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48th Annual Winter Festival Art Show & Sale
February 10 - March 23
The Winter Festival Art Show & Sale (WFAS) is the foremost community art exhibition in our region, featuring over 120 artists from across the province each year. Any member of the Mann Art Gallery is eligible to submit, exhibit, and sell one artwork, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
This year, Bevin Bradley, Assistant Curator at Remai Modern in Saskatoon, serves as the Guest Curator. With 133 artworks on display, the event promises a diverse and vibrant showcase of artistic talent.
Bevon Bradley
An Assistant Curator at Remai Modern with over twenty years of diverse experience. This includes the not-for-profit sector, co-owning a commercial gallery, and working within the school system. In the not-for-profit sector, she worked with underserved youth, using art as a tool for re-direction. She was the co-owner and co-founder of a successful commercial art gallery. Bevin maintains an active studio practice, including art residencies within the school system. Her founding belief is that art needs to be publicly accessible, and relevant to local, national, and international issues.
Best in Show
Mayor's Prize sponsored by On the Avenue Artisan's Gallery and the Mayor
Marcy Friesen (Carrot River), Come Eat, mixed media including beadwork and fur
Second Place Prize
Sponsored by Prince Albert Council for the Arts
Janaya McCallum (PA), Bow Down, acrylic on canvas
Third Place Prize
Sponsored by the Prince Albert Arts Board
Hilary Johnstone (La Ronge), Morning Swim, Welcoming Sky, fabric, needlepoint batting, thread
Art Placement Award for Accomplishments in the Medium of Acrylic | Sponsored by: Art Placement
Shelley McGillivary (Regina), Cat's Cradle, acrylic and mixed media on birch panel
Art Placement Award for Accomplishments in the Medium of Oil Paint | Sponsored by: Art Placement
Brennan Cantin (PA), Borghese Gardens, oil on canvas
Art Placement Award for Accomplishments in the Medium of Watercolour
Jerome Mrazek (PA), Lane View North, watercolour , graphite, oil pastel on canvas
Art Placement Award for Accomplishments in the Discipline of Drawing | Sponsored by: Art Placement
Ruby Lalonde (Leask), Cow/Calf Pair, vine charcoal
Prince Albert Spinners and Weavers Guild Fibre Award
Shelia Devine (PA), Reflections #2, woven silk
Northern Image Photographers Club Award
Ryan Arnott (Regina), Four Tulips in a Glass Vase, photograph printed with archival pigment ink, acrylic and coloured pencil on Strathmore rag paper
Northern Image Photographers Club Geoff Payton Memorial Photography Award
Ken Tickner (Saskatoon), Green Thumb, photograph
The Creative Stitchers Guild Needlework Award
Annette Lanoie (PA), Fly Little One, mixed media including beadwork and fur
Lorraine Mathiason Memorial Pottery Award sponsored by the Prince Albert Council for the Arts
Tie: Tabata Bagatim (Saskatoon), Botanical Guardian, stoneware, underglaze with sgraffito carving
Adrian Golban (Saskatoon), Self Portraiture, Series 2, Saggar fired stoneware and found objects
Hue’s Art Supply Store Award for Excellent Use of Hue
Jason Doucette (Saskatoon), Morning Trumpets - Trumpeter Swans, oil on canvas
Award for Expressing Canadian Identity through Landscape Painting | Sponsored by: Men who Paint
Lorelle Meyer (PA), Serenity at 7, acrylic on canvas
KYLA Art Group Award for Landscape
Uihyang Kim (Melfort), One Summer Day, oil on canvas
Frank Sudol Memorial Award sponsored by the PA Woodturners Guild
Don Schoenfeld (Saskatoon), Sounding the Alarm, acrylic and carved basswood
Dana Wareing Popescul Memorial Award for Mixed Media
Elissa Brown (Langham), Listening to the Spirits, beadwork on brain-tanned hide
Peggy & Sandy Kerr Memorial Award
Wayne Longjohn, Be Proud of Who You Are (But Be Careful Where You Do It), acrylic on canvas
John & Marjorie Hicks Memorial Award
Lana Wilson (PA), For Kevin; Self-Portrait of the Artist as "a fat and grinning 40-year old woman with long brown hair receiving an award for her artwork," Artificial Intelligence generated artwork using https://perchance.org/ai-text-to-image-generator
Lemon Yellow Art Studio Award for Creative Exploration in Any Medium
Carmen Bellehumeur (PA), A Journey of a Thousand Threads, mixed media, fibres
Guy Rutter Memorial Award – People's Choice Award
Lorelle Meyer - Serenity at 7
Winter Festival Art pickup dates:
March 26, 27, 28: 10am - 5pm
Closed March 29 for Good Friday
March 30: 12pm-5pm
Artists whose works have sold during the show will have already been contacted regarding their sale.
Please let us know ahead of time if you have someone else picking up a piece on your behalf.