The 12th Annual State of Delaware Employee Exhibition AWARD WINNERS
2023
BEST OF SHOW
Megan Brooke
Thomas
Professional Ninety’s Color Works on Paper
Art Education Award
Farrah Charles
Teen
Girl with Red Boa
Painting
People’s Choice Award - Online
Kayleigh Vodvarka
Teen Hope there’s softballs in Heaven
Painting
People’s Choice Award – In Person
Rigoberto
FloresSuaza
Intermediate
Bioluminescence
Mixed Media
Professional Category
Professional Honorable Mention
Cindy Morris
Hardiness
Painting
Professional Honorable Mention
Austin Gardoski
Rattle Snake
Sculpture
Professional Honorable Mention Rob Sample Vigil Painting
Professional Honorable Mention
Brian Davis
Birds in a Wire
Sculpture
Professional 3rd Place
Thomas Del Porte
The Journal
Painting
Professional 2nd Place
Shari Dierkes
Class Pet
Sculpture
Professional 1st Place
Woodland Treasures
Craft
Brianna Shetzler
Intermediate Category
Intermediate
Honorable Mention
Hyo Lee
Are you ready to become
God’s bride?
Painting
Intermediate
Honorable Mention
Naomi Smith
This Love of Mines
Painting
Intermediate
Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Geller
Parksley Grocery Co.
Photography
Intermediate 3rd Place
John Guentner
Snail on Leaf
Craft
Intermediate 2nd Place
Rebirth KHEPRI
Craft
Luis Rios Fontanez
Intermediate 1st Place
Mexican Art Figures
Painting
Gilberto Rodriguez
Amateur Category
Amateur Honorable Mention
Rebecca Griffith Knot on the Bay
Photography
Amateur Honorable Mention
Cyndi Holbrook
City Scene: In the Style of Paul Clark Works on Paper
Amateur Honorable Mention
Dana Niemeyer
All Squared Up Painting
Amateur 3rd Place
Karen Warner
Musical Dream
Works on Paper
Amateur 2nd Place
Homesick Works on Paper
Jung Hwa Kim
Amateur 1st Place
John Guthrie
My Father’s Cigar Box
Guitar Craft
Teen Category
Teen Honorable Mention
Eric Robles
Octopus Warrior
Craft
Teen Honorable Mention
Clown - Innocence
Works on Paper
Vivian Pinckney
Teen Honorable Mention Ally Wiesendanger
Drapery Study
Works on Paper
Teen Honorable Mention Chloe Hannah
Painting
Veda
Teen 3rd Place
Andersyn Biggs
Overstimulation
Painting
Teen 2nd Place
Grant Harmon
A Ghoul’s Crushing Stare
Painting
Teen 1st Place
Elizabeth Chen
Self Reflection
Painting
Youth Category
Youth Honorable Mention
Works on Paper
Ina
Kayelle Belvin
Youth Honorable Mention
Jaxxon Sellers
Whimsical Night Works on Paper
Youth
Honorable Mention
Madison Frock
Folding Droplets
Mixed Media
Youth Honorable Mention
Works on Paper
Nolan Murani Red Panda
Youth 3rd Place
Kassiana Sipple Little Frida
Painting
Youth 2nd Place
Camryn Murani
Magical Masterpiece
Works on Paper
Youth 1st Place
Yediael Hernandez Rivera Diversity
Works on Paper
Special Awards
Special Award, Landscape
Sarah Pohlman
Professional
Peripheral Vision
Mixed Media
Special Award, Still Life
Anita Zaret Zetlin
Professional Floral Heart in Bloom
Painting
Special Award, Birds
Thompson
Professional
600 Bph (Birds per hour)
Works on Paper
GregorySpecial Award, Fantasy
Kelly Ewing
Intermediate Under the Sea for Tea Works on Paper
Special Award, Water
Elisabeth Stephens
Intermediate Salt Water Soul
Painting
Thank You!
Judges: Guy Miller, Artist, Professor of Art, DSU
Diane Laird, Artist, Director, Downtown Dover Partnership
Roxanne Stanulis, Artist Services Program Officer, DDOA 2023
Employee
The 12th Annual State of Delaware
Exhibition