2025 Art Show Winners:
The People’s Choice Awards are as follows:
1st Place – The Culvert under a January Sunset by David Campbell
2nd Place – A Good Friend by Keira Parsons (also Blue Ribbon in Painting, Youth 15-18)
3rd Place – Coral Reef by Ruby Dessiatoun (also Blue Ribbon in Sculpture/3D)
4th Place – Me in My Favorite Lion King Shirt – by Therese Beall
The Cipriano Award for art portraying people at work went to David Campbell for his entry, Roofers. The Cipriano Award is the Art Show’s special connection to Labor Day. It also memorializes one of Greenbelt’s best and distinguished friends and honorary Greenbelter “Pop” Cipriano, who at one time worked as a carpenter for the City of Greenbelt. Cipriano was known in his day for his colorful, flower-covered farm wagon, pulled along in the Labor Day Parade by his donkey.
| WINNERS 2025 | Artist | Title |
| Pre-school to 6 | ||
| Drawing | ||
| 4th | Darren Rytting | Tweet |
| 3rd | Christopher Kim | Water Fish |
| 2nd | Caroline McGillen | The Sunny Day |
| 1st | Molly McGillen | Rainy Valentines Day |
| Painting | ||
| 2nd | Molly McGillen | Animals in the Ocean |
| 1st | Chloe Rueger | Meadow |
| Sculpture/3D | ||
| 3rd | Saoirse Sanders | Bird Nest |
| 2nd | Elizabeth Archibald | Crowned Queen |
| 1st | Elizabeth Archibald | Biggest Beast |
| Age 7-10 | ||
| Drawing | ||
| 4th | Claire Seibert | Simone Biles Enjoying Her Work |
| 3rd | Madelyn Zevallos-Bolanos | Insects |
| 2nd | Gloria Rytting | Tea Party |
| 1st | Keilana Chang | First Day of School |
| Painting | ||
| 4th Rose Rueger Planet 3rd | Elise Rueger | Cactus |
| 2nd | Lisette Sanders | Three Layers of the Sky |
| 1st | Therese Bell | Fruit Bowl |
| Sculpture/3D | ||
| 4th | Evalena McLaughlin | Turtle in Action |
| 3rd | Rose Platt | Winnifred Elizabeth Dixie Platt |
| 2nd | Tarn | Fishy Bobblehead |
| 1st | Tarn Sanders | Panda and His Bamboo |
| Fine Crafts | ||
| 2nd | Violet Yashinski | Hynotize |
| 1st | Violet Yashinski | Spring Garden |
| Artist | Title | |
| Age 11-14 | ||
| Drawing | ||
| 4th | Maren O’Roark | Fox |
| 3rd | Thomas Sage | Roz’s Choice |
| 2nd | Thomas Sage | Flowing DNA |
| 1st | Skylar Leisnham | Frogs and Fungi |
| Painting | ||
| 4th | Evelyn Sage | Separation |
| 3rd | Evelyn Sage | Seafire |
| 2nd | Nadia Nickel | Peace, Love and Pit Vipers |
| 1st | Skylar Leisnham | The Purrfect Picnic |
| Sculpture/3D | ||
| 4th | Catalina Tillard | Bobby the Fox |
| 3rd | Skylar Leisnham | Santa Paws |
| 2nd | Nadia Nickel | Secrets of a Dead Log |
| 1st | Catalina Tillard | Sea Monster |
| Fine Crafts | ||
| 3rd | Catalina Tillard | Bowl |
| 2nd | Persephone Douglas | The Collection |
| 1st | Ezekial Kelly | Battle Ax |
| Age 15-18 | Artist | Title |
| Drawing | ||
| 2nd | Jonathan Rytting | Dedicated to the kid who drew Jimbei last year J |
| 1st | Jonathan Rytting | Meeting the Maker |
| Painting | ||
| 3rd | Vivian Nickel | Peter Pan’s Midnight Flight |
| 2nd | Anna Dahlen | My Cat Biscuit |
| 1st | Keira Parsons | A Good Friend |
| Sculpture/3D | ||
| 3rd | Jonathan Rytting | My Parents’ Lego Collection Aint Bad |
| 2nd | Olivia Nickel | Lava Pot |
| 1st | Vivian Nickel | Woodland Whimsy |
| Fine Crafts | ||
| 3rd | Vivian Nickel | Butterflys in the Wind |
| 2nd | Olivia Nickel | Untitled |
| 1st | Mary Shivone | Caribou in Woods |
| Adults | ||
| Artist | Title | |
| Drawing | ||
| 4th | Katherine Ruckle | My Mother Never Really Fed Herself |
| 3rd | Pat Owens | Tamerlane |
| 2nd | Madeline Henderson | Orange |
| 1st | Ellen Lee | Sneakers |
| Painting/Oil or Acrylic | ||
| 4th | Connie Roy-Fisher | In the Square |
| 3rd | John Headley | Untitled 3 |
| 2nd | Katarina Russell | Handle with Care |
| 1st | John Headley | Untitled 2 |
| Painting – Watercolor | ||
| 4th | Connie Roy-Fisher | Fishing with Mom |
| 3rd | Christopher Mahaney | Marco and his Sock |
| 2nd | Rosanne Douglas | Community Blooms in Greenbelt |
| 1st | Ellen Lee | Peeking Squirrels |
| Prints | ||
| 4th | Anthony Holmes | Andrew Robinson as Garak |
| 3rd | Robert Birkenes | Muses at St Hughes |
| 2nd | Monica Riggins | Magenta Mori |
| 1st | Robert Birkenes | Dragonfly at Greenbelt Lake |
| Fine Crafts | ||
| 4th | Hennele Sy | Dolly Celeste |
| 3rd | Hannele Sy | Gotta Catch ‘Em All |
| 2nd | David Heintzelman | Ol’ Prospector |
| 1st | Megan Rytting | My Rhyming Pants – Upcycled Patches Upon Patches |
| Sculpture/3D | ||
| 4th | Alaska Heintzelman | Loungin’ Lizard |
| 3rd | Alaska Heintzelman | Creature from the Black Lagoon |
| 2nd | Shaine Siegel | Little Pangolin |
| 1st | Ruby Dessiatoun | Coral Reef 3 |
Greenbelt Artists! Do you have artwork or work in progress you’d like to enter? Pre-registration is closed.
After submitting this online form, please plan to bring your display-ready artwork to the Community Center for drop off in the gym. Drop-Off Time: Wednesday, August 27 from 5pm to 8pm. Please plan to bring all entries mounted or otherwise display-ready.
The Art Show takes place in the Community Center gym:
Saturday, August 30, 1pm – 6pm
Sunday, August 31, 1pm – 6pm
Monday, September 1, 1pm – 4pm
There will be prizes for youth entries that receive first-place ribbons. In addition, art and photos portraying “People at Work in America” will be eligible for special Cipriano awards in honor of Labor Day. See below for categories and rules.
New this year: Enjoy live acoustic music in the gym during the Art & Photo Show! Small ensembles from Greenbelt Community Orchestra will perform, as well as the Zookulele Collective.
Adult Art Show Categories:
- Drawing
- Painting/Oil/Acrylic
- Painting/Watercolor
- Prints/Hand-pulled, Digital
- Fine Crafts
- Sculpture/3D
Youth Art Show Categories:
- Drawing
- Painting
- Prints/Collages
- Sculpture/3D
- Fine Crafts
Age Groups: Pre-School – 6 years old; 7-10 years old, 11-14 years old, 15-18 years old
Art Show Rules
- Participating youth must live or go to school in Greenbelt or have a parent or grandparent who works in Greenbelt. Participating adults must be from Greenbelt or the surrounding communities.
- Adult artists are limited to four entries, and youth are limited to three entries. Adult two-dimensional artwork must be framed for hanging. Children’s art can be matted or mounted.
- The Cipriano Award is given each year to one adult and one youth for art portraying or interpreting “People at Work.”
Questions? Please contact Lisa Stand at greenbeltartshow@gmail.com
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