FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 17, 2019

   

 
Beth Garcia from Lakeland, Florida
Takes Home Best of Show at the 2019 ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival
Best of Show winner Beth Garcia with her work. 

JUPITER, Florida -- The 2019 ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival presented by Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center and produced by the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce Beth Garcia from Lakeland, Florida, has won Best of Show for her work in ceramics.   

"I am so thankful. The quality of the artwork at this show is so strong, that it makes me humble to be chosen as the Best of Show at ArtiGras 2019," said Garcia who is a high school art teacher for the Harrison School of the Arts in Lakeland, Florida. 

The winners were selected by three judges who scored each artist and awarded a Best of Show and a first-place winner in each of the 14 categories. The judges also awarded 13 Judges awards. The following is a list of the artists who placed first in each category and the Judges Awards: 

List of First Place Winners: 

First Name Last Name Medium Hometown
Beth Garcia Best of Show (Ceramics) Lakeland, FL
Barry Bernstein Ceramics Marquette, MI
John Leben Digital Art Saugatuck, MI
Flo Kemp Drawing and Printmaking Setauket, NY
Jean Yao Fiber  Nonwearable Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Billie Barthelemy Fiber  Wearable Pinewood, MN
Sebastian Coleman Glass Mt. Vernon, OH
Marilyn Vaillancourt Jewelry Weeki Wachee, FL
Steve Cambronne Metal Winter Springs. FL
Woody Patterson Mixed Media Birmingham, AL
Lorri Kelly Painting  Vero Beach, FL
Micheal Paul Cole Photography Hannibal, MO
Todd Fox Sculpture Orlando, FL
John

 Mascoll Wood Safety Harbor, FL
 
Judges Awards:
 		  
 
First Name Last Name Medium Hometown
Gail Markiewicz Ceramics Woodbridge, FL
Robin Meyer Fiber  Wearable Minneapolis, MN
Busarin Kittichareonsup Jewelry Phoenix, AZ
Rosario Garcia Jewelry Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jeannie Papadopoulos Mixed Media Ocala, FL
Xiao Jiang Painting Scarborough--Ontario
Jeannie Maddox Painting Dothan, AL
Yu Zhou Painting Yardley, PA
Ronna Katz Painting Albuquerque, NM
Richard Hilgendorff Photography Brewster, MA
John Canterbury Photography Holmes Beach, FL
Reza Pishgahi Sculpture BLOOMINGTON, IN
Jon Welborn Wood Pittsburg, TX


The ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival, located in Abacoa in Jupiter, Fla., will run through Monday, February 18. 

Celebrating 34 years in Palm Beach County and the 17th year in Abacoa, the ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival presented by Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center is the premier fine art show of the Palm Beaches.  Ranked as one of the Top 50 art shows in the United States, ArtiGras showcases a unique juried exhibition of nearly 300 fine artists from all over the country. 
 
A portion of the proceeds from ArtiGras go to support art education in schools throughout Palm Beach County. For additional information on ArtiGras visit www.artigras.org.

About Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce:
The Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce serves 10 municipalities - Juno Beach, Jupiter, Jupiter Inlet Colony, Lake Park, Mangonia Park, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach Shores, Riviera Beach and Tequesta - that together are Palm Beach North. The Chamber is one of the largest and most active business organizations in Southeast Florida. The Chamber fosters a partnership of private, public, education and civic organizations working together to ensure Palm Beach North is Florida's "Prosperity Coast". The Chamber's four strategic imperatives are: A Prosperous Economy, High Quality of Life for all residents, a Smart and Connected Region, and Regional Leadership.  For more information visit:  http://www.pbnchamber.com.

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Media Contact: Rebecca Seelig, PBPR, (561) 628-5929, rseelig@pb-pr.com