2012 Westerville Music & Arts Festival Award Winners

By LENNY C. LEPOLA

News Assis­tant Man­ag­ing Editor

Artists from across the coun­try exhib­ited their work at the 39th Annual West­er­ville Area Cham­ber Music & Arts Fes­ti­val, held on July 14 and 15 at Her­itage Park and Everal Barn. Through­out the course of the fes­ti­val, over 100 vol­un­teers donated their time in order to make the 2012 Music & Arts fes­ti­val a suc­cess. The fes­ti­val show­cased work from both youth and adult artists, many of whom were awarded for their talent.

The fes­ti­val included a youth exhibit of 88 stu­dents who dis­played their work, total­ing 205 pieces of art­work. This area of the fes­ti­val was spon­sored by Nation­wide Children’s Hos­pi­tal West­er­ville Close to Home Cen­ter and Roush Honda. All youth exhibitors received a par­tic­i­pa­tion rib­bon for their work. The 2012 Youth Awards were orga­nized into categories.

The fol­low­ing stu­dents were rec­og­nized at the awards cer­e­mony Sun­day afternoon:

2012 Best in Show

• Bud­ding: Daniel Con­nor (Pen and Ink)

• Ele­men­tary 6–8: Ash­ley Kiger (Pho­tog­ra­phy– Color)

• Ele­men­tary 9–11: MaKenna Hen­nell (Pastels)

• Mid­dle 12–14: Lau­ren Todd (Acrylic Painting)

• High 15–18: Laura Erck­ert (Pen­cil – Color)

2012 People’s Choice Winners

• Bud­ding: Devin Eby (Pastels)

• Ele­men­tary 6–8: Nora McCutchen (Water Color)

• Ele­men­tary 9–11: Amy Ramirez (Pastels)

• Mid­dle 12–14: Han­nah Kratofil (Pen­cil Draw­ing – Black & White)

• High 15–18: Bai­ley Strick (Charcoal)

The 2012 Adult Divi­sion win­ners were pre­sented with rib­bons in three cat­e­gories: Fine Crafts, Fine Arts and Her­itage Crafts. The Fine Arts/Crafts were spon­sored by Human Resource Ser­vices and the Her­itage was spon­sored by the Kroger Company.

Fine Arts

• Best of Show, Cody Miller, Mixed Media

• First Place, Fran & Bar­ney Cole, Watercolor

• Sec­ond Place, Cur­tis Krueger, Photography

Fine Crafts

• Best of Show, Steve Brew­ster, Glass

• First Place, John Paglialungh, Mixed Media

• Sec­ond Place, Kathy Sher­man, Ceramics

Her­itage

• Best of Show, Ernie Brown, Wood and Mixed Media

• First Place, Gary and Carol Davis, Fine Arts — Hand­made Brooms

The West­er­ville Music & Arts Fes­ti­val made its first appear­ance in 1973. Today, the fes­ti­val is rec­og­nized as a West­er­ville tra­di­tion and is antic­i­pated by West­er­ville com­mu­nity mem­bers and non-community mem­bers alike. What began with only 50 ven­dors is now acknowl­edged to be one of the finest juried arts fes­ti­vals in Ohio.

The West­er­ville Area Cham­ber of Com­merce pro­vides com­mu­nity lead­er­ship and advo­cacy on behalf of its mem­bers. Com­prised of over 600 indi­vid­u­als and busi­nesses, the Cham­ber has served the busi­ness com­mu­nity for over 40 years.

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