Visual Artists
Awards
Artists of the
Driftless Area
| 2011 Awards | |
| The Driftless Area Art Festival presents two awards to participating artists. One is the Committee's Choice Award, given to the artist based on the quality of the artist's body of work and the appeal of the artist's overall booth. The other is the People's Choice Award, given to the artist whose work garners the most votes from the attendees as their favorite. The People's Choice Award is sponsored by VIVA Gallery in Viroqua. | |
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The inaugural Committee's Choice Award
went to Joan Finnegan of Lanesboro, Minnesota, whose oil
paintings reflect her love of nature. After 18 years as an owner of a retail frame shop and gallery in southern Minnesota, Joni retired in early 2000 to create her own artwork. She works "en plein air" or in her studio, painting landscapes, still lifes, and scenes from her travels. She teaches painting to adults and children and has written three instructional books for the craft arts field. |
| For the second year in a
row, Jamie Heiden of Holmen, Wisconsin, was voted the People's
Choice Award winner. She also won this year's Madison Art
Fair Off the Square Best of Photography Award and La Crosse's
Art Fair on the Green People's Choice Award, both for the second
time. Jamie's photography features ordinary things in a creative light. She's drawn to simple things, but she infuses her images with texture and often a bit of whimsy...finding a little fairy tale in every day. |
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