41st National Exhibition

The Next Picture Show
A Fine Arts Center
113 W. First St.
Dixon, Illinois

May 3 – May 31, 2025

Juror of Selection and Awards, John Salminen, AWS-DF./NWS-M/TWSA-DM

Award Winners

First Place
Alexis Lavine – Smoke Break

Second Place
David Williams – Final Days of the Silver Dollar Tavern

Third Place
Ratindra Das – Around the Bend

Award of Excellence I
Aneita Gates – Wait… What?

Award of Excellence II
Chris Krupinski – Dots

Award of Excellence III
Patricia Garey – Temptations

Award of Excellence IV
Diane Shabino – Made to Make

Evelyn E. Schultz Creative Spirit Award
Tom Herzberg – Bride of Frankenstein

Director’s Choice
Anne Hightower-Patterson – Translucent Reflections

Charles Strissel Memorial Award
Elaine Daily-Birnbaum – When Things First Started to Fall Apart

People’s Choice Award
Raymond Grossi

Honorable Mention
David Gardner – He Studies Her Hands

Honorable Mention
Robert Mejer – Impulse III

Honorable Mention
John James – Folding Over Laluna

Honorable Mention
Catherine Hillis – Stripes

Honorable Mention
Sonya Schuessler – Luna Park

Honorable Mention
Cheyenne DeMarco – Morning Sun