Arts for Our Future 2025 Winners
Congratulations to Last Year’s Winners
The purpose of this show is to provide visual artists the opportunity to compete and exhibit in our community; to allow the public to appreciate this artistic talent; and to further our community’s cultural development by the permanent display of selected artwork at the Bedford Branch Library.
Oil & Acrylic
- Deborah Conner Koi Pond
- Evelyn Deselms Butterfly Meadow
- Angela Heflin Toes in the Sand
Honorable Mention: Deborah Conner What’s in the Water? | Michael Hill Portland Head Lighthouse | Mary Recknagel Looking In
Watercolor
- Andy Stearns Vulture
- Kay Kocher My Favorites
- Michael Hill Standing Against the Tide
Honorable Mention: Cody Winter Once Verdant Land Now Lies Still | Debra Sommer Pines in the Mist | Michael Hill Pink Canna
Drawing
- Carrie Fredericks Mom and Grace
- Elaine Scarvelis La Danse Des Fleurs
- Thomas Frushour Fermi Plant
Honorable Mention: Angela Heflin View From the Lake | Mary Mossing Krueger The Great Tree at the Manor House
Photography
- Charlie Rumschlag The Monarch
- Cheryl Beilman Keep Calm and Gnaw On!
- Lewis Horn Seafood Breakfast
Honorable Mention: Charlie Rumschlag Happy as a Bluebird | David Zambo Grand Traverse Winery | Sharon Lennard I See You
Mixed Media
- Sharon Lennard Fall Fantasy
- Molly Duke Medicine Birds in Felt
- Carrie Hawkins Dreamscapes: Serenity
Honorable Mention: Larry Majewski Homeward Bound
Sculpture/Ceramics/Glass
- Nate Elarton Viking Warrior
- Deborah Conner Blooming Iris
Best of Show Award
Carrie Fredericks Mom and Grace
Purchase Awards
- Bedford Community Arts Council for the Permanent Collection | Carrie Hawkins Mission Point Lighthouse
- Bedford Community Arts Council for the Permanent Collection with funding from the Willis C. Smith Legacy Collection | Charlie Rumschlag The Monarch
- Bedford Community Arts Council for the Art for Loan Collection | Evelyn Deselms Butterfly Meadow
The Bedford Arts for Our Future Show is sponsored by the Monroe County Library System, the Bedford Branch Library and the Bedford Community Arts Council.
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