HotWorks.org 13thBoca Raton Fine Art Showtook place this past weekend in downtownBoca Raton’s Sanborn Square Park, N.E. 1stAvenue and E. Boca Raton Road.The show included 155 quality juried artists, whose work was original and personally handmade by the artist at the show. We were blessed with beautiful weather this year.

Professional artist awards were judged bySally Bright,a retired basketry sculptor artist who participated and won many awards in top-notch juried art shows for 35 years. Criteria was based on originality, technique/execution and booth appearance. Awards were presented Saturday afternoon. Joining us wereBoca Raton Council Member Andrea O’RourkeandPalm Beach County Commissioner Robert Weinroth. All award winners are juried into the January show for 2021 as long as his/her work has not dramatically changed and the jury fee is waived.

Congratulations! 17 Professional Artist Award Winners as follows:

Two Best of Show

Carmen Possobon, Sculpture, Loxahatchee, FL

Marc Anderson, Painting, Wauwatosa, WI

Five Awards of Excellence

Stacy Givon, Jewelry, Jerusalem, Israel

Chelsea & Jeremy Griffith, Glass, Murphysboro, IL

Cherie Haney, Metal, Ann Arbor, MI

Henry Levine, Glass, Albany, OH

Zuxin Yu, Painting, Channahon, IL

Ten Awards or Distinction

Todd Babb, Sculpture, Fort Myers, FL

Anja Bartels, Clay, Asheville, NC

Prince Duncan-Williams, Fiber, Las Vegas, NV

Mel Fleck, Printmaking, Louisville, KY

Ruel Martin, Wood, Ackworth, GA

Gail McCoy, Mixed Media, Sun Prairie, WI

Sip-Tshun Ng, Mixed Media, Pompano Beach, FL

Aaron Reed, Drawing, Albany, GA

Michael Sastra, Painting, Ocklawaha, FL

Victoria Varga, Jewelry, Cumberland, ME

As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, aBudding Artist Competitionis integrated within the art show. Sponsored byInstitute for the Arts & Education, Inc., the associated 501c3 non-profit that focuses on visual arts, community enrichment, cultural diversity, and fostering art education among youth, this unique and one-of-a-kind program encourages students in grades 6-12 or ages 9-19 to create his/her original art and exposes students to the rules and entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living. It brings families to the art show who might not otherwise attend and exposes them to great art.

Mixed Media Artist Zaki was the Budding Artist Judge, with $250 in youth art awards. Judging is based on originality and technique/execution. Winners were:

One $100 Best Budding Artist:

Daniel Pan, Drawing, Age 17, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Three $50 Budding Artist Awards of Excellence:

Jaden Doria, Painting, Age 16, Fusion Academy

Rebecca Fazio, Photography, Age 17, Grandview Preparatory School

Ilan Hirschman, Mixed Media, Age 16, Grandview Preparatory School

We would like to acknowledge and thank local teachers for getting their students involved with this very important program:

Jennifer Schultz, Art Teacher, Grandview Preparatory School
Sue Ann Walentuk, Art Teacher, Saint Andrew’s Middle School
Ana Hentze, Art Teacher, Fusion Academy

Join us

Hot Works Palm Beach Fine Art Show

At Palm Beach Outlets, West Palm Beach

February 22 & 23, 2020

Deadline for youth art entries is February 15

Hot Works Naples Fine Art Show

At Naples Italian-American Foundation Club, Naples

March 28 & 29, 2020

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Boca Raton Fine Art Shows™

downtown Boca Raton

November 2020

and

January 23 & 24, 2021

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