Congratulations to all our 2025 Colored Pencil Exhibition Winners!

Thank you for your support of this year’s CPSA DC 119 20th Annual Colored Pencil Exhibition that will run through April 25, 2025, at the Fairfield Community Arts Center, 411 Wessel Dr, Fairfield, OH 45014. The Exhibition is open to the public, Monday through Friday from 9 am – 5 pm.

This year we had 16 artists who submitted 34 pieces of lovely, unique art. Of those, five artists with nine pieces of art were eligible for the UP AND COMING awards, which were open to any DC 119 member who had never placed 1st-2nd-3rd in any previous DC 119 Exhibition.

Our juror Dr. Mojgan Samandar selected the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and two Juror’s Honorable Mention winning entries, while a committee of Andrea Roberts, Sherry Birkhold, and me selected the Up and Coming award winners of 4th place and two Honorable Mentions.

I want to thank those that contributed to the awards – CPSA for the Vera Curnow Founder’s Grant, Robert Collins contributors, Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing of Kenwood in Cincinnati, Ohio, and DC 119 member and non-member entrants.

These are this year’s award winners!

NANCY PUGLIANO MONDAY AFTERNOON Vera Curnow Founder’s Award, Best in Show, 1st Place

JOAN HULL PEONY DC 119 Award of Merit, 2nd Place

STEPHEN TOTH LET’S GO THIS WAY Robert Collins Award of Distinction, 3rd Place

LINDA JORDAN THUNDER ON THE PLAINS Up and Coming Award, 4th Place

MICHAEL BURDGE RECLAMATION Juror’s Honorable Mention

NANCY HONAKER A FROND FOR LIFE Juror’s Honorable Mention

LAUREN COWLES OWL AT PEACE Up and Coming Honorable Mention 

CAROL TOPP TEDDY BEAR Up and Coming Honorable Mention