2025  CELEBRATE THE ARTS SAN PEDRO RIVER ARTS COUNCIL  15 TH ANNUAL OPEN, JUDGED FINE ARTS SHOW & SALE 

  MARCH 5th through  MARCH 27th, 2025

Show location: Cochise College, Benson Center, 1025 S. Highway 90, Benson, Arizona 

DATES/SCHEDULE: 

 Show open to the public for viewing during regular college hours beginning at 2 p.m. March 5th and will hang through March 27th

Thursday, March 27th Show comes down. Pick up artwork 1 p.m. till 6:00 p.m.

RECEIVING AND PICK UP: All entries must be picked up at Cochise College Benson Center.  Collect paintings after the show on Thursday, March 27th 

between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Note! All artwork shall hang for the duration of the show. If you are

unable to pick up your work on March 27th, contact Linda Stacy--

(520)686-0090 (lastacy43@gmail.com) to make other arrangements.

AWARDS:   

"Best of Show" winner will receive a rosette and $100 cash prize...

Joan Sarraf- Oil Painting -"Huachuca Gold" 

“Best of Division” winners will receive a rosette and $50 cash prize.

Advanced - Joanne Berry "Where's Mine"

Intermediate: Alice Duffy-LaBonte "Rock my World"

Novice - Sharon Amburgey "Two Hills Back"

Youth - Gabby Efthyrious "Deception"

Division-

 First $20, $15, and $10 to 1st,2nd, and 3rd place winners of the various media groups.

Advanced Oil

First Place - Yolanda Vande Lahlij Klein, 

Second - Fred Roth 

Third - Pamela Corona 

Advanced Acrylic

First Place - Kathleen Splittstoesser

Second - Bob Heath

Third - Daphene Wilkes

Advanced Watercolor

First Place - Susan Kennedy

Second - Elizabeth Line

Third - Karen Galemba

Advance Mixed Media

First - Carol Yeutter

Second - Brenda Peo

Third - Frances Mock

Dry Media First Place - Nancy Johnston

Other Media First Place - Michael McGuigan

Intermediate Oil

First Place - Marilyn Methven

Second - Linda Stacy

Third - Joan Davenport

Intermediate Acrylic

First Place - Bill Smith

Second Place - Claudia Farrer

Third Place - Janice Imgram

Intermediate Dry Media

First Place Alice Duffy Labonte

Second Place - Monika Cronberg

Third Place - Waweise Schmidt

Mixed Media 

First Place - Ken Spaulding

Second Place - Madeline Charron

Third Place - Janet Gentry

Novice Oil

First Place - Nancy Caurella

Second Place - Marie Farrington/Anna Showalter

Third Place Ruth Fry/ Dorinda Gibson

Novice Acrylic 

First Place - Greg Brown

Second Place - Larraine Milne 

Third Place - Carolyn Austin-Warskow

Watercolor Heidi MGuigan

Dry Media Carolyn Austin - Warskow

Novice Mixed Media

First Place - Anita Barkley

Second Place- Trace Tulk

Third Place - Anita Barkley

Youth Primary Wet Media: 

First Place - Willow Walz

Second Place - Hayden Gorglein

Third Place - David Rogers

Primary Dry Media

First Place - Rylee Garcia

Second Place - Randi Garcia

Third Place - David Rogers

Middle School Wet Media

First Place - Georgiana Brown

Second Place - Brody Upshaw

Third Place - Hazel Brown

Dry Media - 

First Place - Heidi Hartman

Second Place - Crystal Castaagno

Third place - Alaina Vansickle

Other Media

First Place - Katelyn Contreras

Second Place - Katana Oneal

Third Place - Gabriella Castagno

High School

Wet Media:

First Place - Cali Mendez

Second Place Paige Fulcher

Third Place - Quinn Gagnon

Dry Media

First Place - Kolin Walz

Second Place Paige Fulcher

Third Place - Quinn Gagnon

Mayor's Choice Award

Adult Janet Gentry "Scarry Night"

Youth Kolin Walz "Baxter Black"

Show Manager's Choice

Judy Johnson "Topsy Turvy Town"

Sandra Fergusson " Cooperation"

Kollin Walz “People’s  Choice” Rosette and $50 cash prize