The 10th Annual Joshua Tree National Park Art Expo was held on Saturday (November 5). In addition to a show of fabulous art works, awards were given out by the Expo’s jury at a reception in the evening. Sixty artists from across California had work featured in the exhibition.
Elisabeth Pollnow of 29 Palms won the Best of Show award for her bronze sculpture, “Bright New Day,” featuring a juvenile desert tortoise climbing toward a poppy.
In three dimensional art, the first place award went to Linda Shrader of Yucca Valley, who received first place for her Joshua Tree wall sculpture. Second place went to a fabric art piece by Laurie Schafer of Yucca Valley, and third place was a clay sculpture of desert critters by Cher Townsend of Yucca Valley.
In the Photography category, first place was awarded to Dawn Anderson of 29 Palms. Second place went to Casey Kiernan of Joshua Tree. Third place went to Delphine Bordas of Palm Desert.
In the 2-Dimensional category, first place was an oasis oil painting by Stephanie Britt of Bellingham, Washington. Second place was “Lilly and Josh,” an acrylic painting by Dollar Davis of Los Angeles. Third place went to Liv Stofko of Santa Ana for her drawing titled “Yucca Brevifolia.”
The Superintendent’s Award, an honor selected by Joshua Tree National Park Superintendent David Smith, went to “Morning,” an oil painting by David Fairrington of Cherry Valley, CA.
The exhibition is on display at the gallery through November 27 and features artwork inspired by Joshua Tree National Park.
The 29 Palms Art Gallery is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, at 74055 Cottonwood Drive on the corner of National Park Drive in Twentynine Palms.
The artwork can also be viewed online at jtnpARTS.org
