Best Arts Festival
ART ON THE GREEN
It’s going to feel like Groundhog Day for the region’s arts festivals as Coeur d’Alene’s Art on the Green takes top honors again this year. File it under “if it ain’t broke…” because for 51 years, this three-day festival on North Idaho College’s lovely lakeside campus has been one of the highlights of summer. Artisan goods, food booths, live entertainment, a juried art show and more awaits. (CAS) 2nd PLACE: ArtFest; 3rd PLACE: Terrain
Best Tattoo Parlor
ANCHORED ART
Anchored Art is celebrating its third consecutive year snagging this award. The downtown Spokane parlor has been operating for nearly a decade, and their no-nonsense attitude continues to win the hearts of tattoo fans. Tattoos are fun, but they’re also permanent. It’s best to see a team who takes the artform seriously. (JS) 2nd PLACE: Mom’s Custom Tattoo; 3rd PLACE: On the Level Tattoo; NORTH IDAHO’S BEST: Bleeding Hearts, Sandpoint
Best Giant Yard Spider
FLUFFY
Time was, we would have given this prestigious award to the spider out front of a quirky little house on Bridge Avenue in West Central. But, tragically, the spider-woman has moved, and the spider has disappeared. (We cannot discount the possibility that it’s in your bedroom as we speak.) Fortunately, Tyler Henthorne, the Halloween-obsessed owner of the historic Dwight House in Browne’s Addition, hatched an equally ominous spider: Fluffy, a 9-foot-tall Home Depot prop he set up on his front lawn this fall. But Henthorne, who used to turn an abandoned mall into a giant haunted house when he lived in California, didn’t stop there: He painted the kind of netting used by butchers to contain cow carcasses, turning them into cobwebs. By the time an early October snow blanketed the city, the spider — dubbed “Fluffy” by Henthorne’s wife — looked genuinely terrifying, like something that Conan the Barbarian might battle. (DANIEL WALTERS)
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Best Art Gallery
NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS AND CULTURE (MAC)
Tucked into the Browne’s Addition neighborhood, the MAC, as it’s affectionately known, is the kind of regional arts and culture hub that would leave an unfillable hole if it ever left. That’s true physically as it takes up a lot of space. But the kinds of exhibits it brings — from arts to Northwest history to science and the natural world — make it more than a place to simply “view” art. It’s a space to experience lifelong learning. (SAL) 2nd PLACE: Marmot Art Space; 3rd PLACE: Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene
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