Temecula Announces 2016 Art and Street Painting Festival Winners

From City of Temecula:

Temecula, CA ̶ The City of Temecula hosted the annual Temecula Art and Street Painting Festival on June 10, 11 and 12, 2016. The event featured 50 exhibiting fine artists in all mediums under festival tents, and 42 chalk painters creating their magnificent masterpieces on the streets of Old Town.

During this three-day event, visitors shopped, viewed the creation of art works, and enjoyed live music. Kids Art in the Park included face painting, balloon hat clowns, and provided opportunities for kids to learn to draw cartoons like Anime, and try their hand at a potter’s wheel, create sugar skullz or paint ceramic leaves.

The fine artists participated in a Juried Art Show and the winners were as follows:
BEST OF SHOW Chai Nortate, Photography
1st PLACE Bodhi Smith, Photography
1st PLACE Peter Ellers, Kaleidoscopes
2nd PLACE R & T Traders, Leather and Wood Products
3rd PLACE Ingrid Warner, Floragami Originals
HONORABLE MENTION: Andrea DeBaay, handmade jewelry, knitted hats, scarves & more
Troi O’Rourke, Barcelona Mosaics
Bonnie Dull, Fused Glass
Constance Peters, Paintings and Hand Painted Scarves

All winners received ribbons, gift bags, gifts certificates, and more. Our Street Painting Festival Winner, Gayle DuRivage, received a check for $500 and a trophy. Many vendors and visitors expressed how wonderful the art festival was in the level of planning and professionalism…And That’s The Temecula Way!