Over 250 Works of Art Displayed at the Oswego Business & Consumer Expo

On April 13, the Fox River Academy of Music and Art helped coordinate the third annual Oswego Business & Consumer Expo Art Exhibition and Competition. The show received over 250 pieces of art from local schools, independent and adult amateur artists-- the largest number of entries ever collected for the Expo Art Show.  

The two judges for the event were Sandy Lowder and Adam Bedore.  Lowder is an
Illinois-certified art teacher and special-needs advocate and Bedore is a professional graphic artist and illustrator.  

Participating schools included: Oswego High School, Oswego East High School, Plainfield East High School, Yorkville High School,  East View Kindergarten Center, Prairie Point Elementary, Boulder Hill Elementary, and Churchill Elementary.  Centennial Elementary in Plano and Fox River Academy of
Music & Art also submitted work to the show.

New to the show this year was the inclusion of Adult Amateur Artist age category.

The judges awarded 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons in several age groups.

You can view the all the photos from the event at the Fox River Academy of Music & Art Facebook gallery.

Kindergarten-2nd Grade

• 1st-Kyla Hartigan, “Painted Lady”, Watercolor & Crayon Rubbing
• 2nd-Isaac Zilvitis, “Fish Bowl”, Ceramics
• 3rd- Hayden Loughary, “Ginormous Flower”, Tempera

3rd-5th Grade:

• 1st- Kendall Sackmann, “Mr. Wise”, Paper Mache & Recycled Materials
• 2nd- Madison Etheridge, “Bright and Curly”, Tempera
• 3rd- Lauren Pantaleon, “Girl with a Flute”, Paper Collage

6th-8th Grade:

• 1st- Zoe Smith, “Cake Box”, Ceramics
• 2nd- Caitlyn Eng, “Accordion Book: Seed to Tree”, Mixed Media
• 3rd- Olivia Smith, “Cake Box”, Ceramics

9th-12th Grade:

1. 1st-Amy Wilson, “Untitled”, Colored Pencil
2. 2nd- Ashley Blocker, “Untitled”, Watercolor & Colored Pencil
3. 3rd- Brodin Mikuta, “Wrinkles”, Graphite

Adult Amateur:

• 1st- Mary Kolarits, “Shattered Dreams”, Photography
• 2nd- Pat Korthauer, “Wood Carvings”, Woodwork
• 3rd- Tom Korthauer, “Untitled”, Woodwork