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Sugar Creek Arts Festival 2019 Artists
Kelly Anderson - Photography Michael Anderson - Painting Stephen Ayers - Ceramics Mike & Karen Baum - Ceramics Jake Beccue - Other Vahan & Vicki Bedeian - Jewelry Janice Bees - Jewelry Katrina Bennett - Fiber Jacqueline Bevan - Fiber Angela Bond - Painting Felicia Breen - Ceramics Kent Broadbent - Painting Rosalind Broome - Ceramics Peter Brown - Glass Jon Bryan - Wood John Bumgarner - Painting Jill Bush - Jewelry Bekki Canine - Painting Denise Cardinal - Other Sean Corner - Sculpture Felicia Fitzgerald - Other Jerry Crable - Sculpture Julie Dancs - Fiber James Downey - Glass Julia Dressler - Photography Debi Dwyer - Glass Brock Eddleman - Glass Kaila Elmaataoui - Other Cathy Engberg - Painting Russ Erickson - Other Gerard Erley - Painting Neil Estrick - Ceramics Tracy Fenwick - Jewelry Nancy Fermanian - Jewelry Jerry Fortag - Wood Molly Foust - Ceramics Tim & Pam Frye - Ceramics Su Ge - Painting Diane Gonzalez - Jewelry Kathleen Green - Painting Shea Grehan - Photography Howard Hammel - Photography Melanie Mollman Hancock - Glass | Mariko Brown Harkin - Ceramics Jeff Hart - Wood Rachel Haynes - Sculpture Emily Cellini Henson - Other Reinhard Herzog - Glass Karen Heuton - Painting Mary Ann Holmes - Other Matthew Holt - Painting Sandra Holt - Fiber Amy Huisinga - Painting Sandy James - Jewelry Arlaina Janowski - Painting Larry Kanfer - Photography Gopal Kapoor - Jewelry Kara Kirchner - Fiber Susan Kline - Painting Amy Koch - Other Linnea Lahlum - Jewelry Philippe Laine - Fiber Sheila Lamberson - Painting Barry & Linda Lane - Ceramics Jimmy Langford - Sculpture Andrea Lebeau - Fiber David Lehman - Other Sara Lenart - Jewelry Cara Van Leuven - Painting Henry Litchfield - Jewelry John Locus - Photography Greg Macdonald - Wood Anastasia Mak - Painting Edward Martin - Glass Steven Martin - Wood Kelly McCleary - Fiber Amy McGovern - Other Jill Miller - Fiber Amy Millspaugh - Ceramics Terri Myer - Painting Iwona Narolewska - Jewelry Lois Gress Neal - Jewelry Rachel Newell - Other Hua Nian - Jewelry Allison Norfleet-Bruenger - Jewelry Andy Norton - Painting | Scott Obernberger - Ceramics Pat O'Brien - Fiber Thomas Pabst - Wood Sue Pasetti - Glass Angela Pierce - Other Sophia Pip - Jewelry Lydia Puddicombe - Other James Rasmussen - Photography Tom O. Reed - Wood William Richards - Photography John Riss - Wood Kevin Roberts - Wood Mandy Roeing - Painting Michael Schael - Ceramics Kathrin Schmidt - Jewelry Fred Schollmeyer - Painting April Sepich - Other Rob Shannon - Photography Anthony Slichenmyer - Sculpture Lisa Slodki - Jewelry Amy Song - Ceramics Robert Spickerman - Wood Tim Spicknell - Glass P. Pete Steele - Jewelry Lee Stein - Fiber Scott Sternberg - Photography John Stoeckley - Graphics Chester Stogner - Wood Kit Sunderland - Painting Tom Suter - Jewelry John Tapager - Other Joan Tweedell - Other Jason Ulman - Photogrpahy Jon Walton - Photography Jay Wennersten - Graphics Rod Wiegand - Other Debbie Wiles - Other John Wilkinson - Wood Robin Willey - Ceramics Jeremy Williams - Wood Lisa Williams - Jewelry Jacqueline Worden - Ceramics Lou Zale - Graphics |
2019 Festival Timeline
Applications are Due: Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Notification Date: April 8, 2019
Festival Dates: Saturday, July 13 and Sunday July 14, 2019
July 14 & 15, 2018 in Uptown Normal
Judges Peter Olson (NIU Art Museum Assistant Director) and Alfonso Gosálbez Berenguer (local Artist and Teacher) served as judges of the 35th Annual Sugar Creek Arts Festival in Uptown Normal.
Prizes are as follows:
Best of Show: Desiree Swanson, Minooka, IL
First Place Fine Art: Lydia Puddicome, Urbana, IL
First Place Fine Craft: Luis Villa & Jennifer McKenna, Galesburg, IL
Second Place Fine Arts: Cathy Engberg, Peoria, IL
Second Place Fine Craft: Lisa Slotky, Chicago, IL
The D. Bill Memorial Prize for Best Use of Recycled Material: April Sepich, Helenville, WI
The Sugar Creek Arts Festival is now rated as the 100th Best Fine Arts Festival in the United States!
We are honored to so valued by our artists.
July 13, 2019 -------10 am - 5 pm
July 14, 2019 -------11 am - 4 pm
in beautiful Uptown Normal!
We would love to have you, or your group, volunteer at the Sugar Creek Arts Festival!
Do you have a scout troop or other group looking to volunteer?
Contact our director, Doug Johnson, at doug@mcac.org to learn more!
Roundabout
Saturday
10:00 am Stone & Snow
11:30 pm Brian Stear and Charlie Hayes
1:30 pm Jeni B
3:00 pm Sara Quah
Sunday
11:00 am Dave Berchtold
1:00 pm John Wahl
2:30 pm Leah Marlene
Broadway Stage
Saturday
10:00 am Sugar Creek Cloggers
11:30 pm Joe Zaklan Band
1:30 pm Edward David Anderson
3:30 pm Banjovi, Hawkins, & Anne
Sunday
11:00 am Award Announcement
11:10 am Leah Marlene
1:00 pm One Foot In
2:00 pm Suga Beatz
The shows are free and open to the public, with donations of any amount appreciated.
"One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure"
Saturday, July 14 at 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM
Sunday, July 15 at 12 noon and 2 PM
Free and open to the public, donations appreciated.
Elmo and Big Bird live in the United States, while Hu Hu Zhu lives far away in China.However together they discovered that they still see the same Moon and stars at night!
"Incoming! Asteroids, Comets, and the Hard-Hitting Stories of Our Cosmic Origins"
Saturday, July 14 at 12 noon, 2 PM, and 4 PM
Sunday, July 15 at 1 PM and 3 PM
Free and open to the public, donations appreciated.
Narrated by “Star Trek’s” George Takei, "Incoming!” explores what impacts from space teach us about the history of our planet, the solar system, and the universe!
The ISU Planetarium is located in the Felmley Hall of Science Annex, at the corner of College Avenue and School Street in Normal.
