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Results for the 2017 Alaska Hummingbird Festival Juried Art Show KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April
19, 2017– Twelve years ago, the Alaska Hummingbird Festival Juried Art Show was created to educate and promote awareness of the spring migratory birds of Southeast Alaska through creative arts. This year’s art show will be on
display through June 3, 2017 at the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center. A warm springtime thank you goes out to the 84 artists who submitted entries. There were 17 adult and 67 juvenile art submissions for the annual show celebrating the return of the migratory
birds to Alaska. The show was judged through a blind judging process. The winners are listed below. Adult Category:
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Best of Show: Mimi Kotlarov, “Woven Birdhouse,” Spruce Root, Habitat for many small migratory birds to southeast Alaska
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First Place: Malcolm Doiron, “Swan on Ice,” Photography, Species: Trumpeter Swan
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Honorable Mention: Jim Guenther, “Selasphorus Rufous with Pink Parasol,” Acrylic and Ink, Species: Rufous Hummingbird
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People’s Choice: Carrie Axelson, “Prism,” Watercolor, Species: Rufous Hummingbird Juvenile Category:
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Best of Show: Emma Axelson, “City Bird,” Colored pencil, Species: California Gull
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First Place: Samadhi Moore, “Sandpiper on the Shore,” Oil Paint, Species: Western Sandpiper
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Honorable Mention: Danielle Grace Lacour , “Untitled,” Pencil, Species: Rufous hummingbird
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People’s Choice: Hope Call, “The Violet Green Swallow,” Prismacolor Pencil, Species: violet Green Swallow Photos of the artwork may be seen at
https://www.facebook.com/TongassNF. For more information, contact Leslie Swada at 907-228-6290
or lswada@xxxxxxxxx.
The best of show award in the adult category went to Mimi Kotlarov’s “Woven Birdhouse. (Official U.S. Forest Service photo by Travis Mason-Bushman, Southeast Alaska Discovery
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