Michelle Kondos (shown Saturday night) took Best of Show in the Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s Front and Center Judged Art Show at Middleridge Winery for “Last Run, Last Light.”Photos by Becky Clark
Michelle Kondos (shown Saturday night) took Best of Show in the Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s Front and Center Judged Art Show at Middleridge Winery for “Last Run, Last Light.” Photos by Becky Clark

Art Alliance of Idyllwild President Shanna Robb reported on the success of the Front and Center Judged Art Show and Hot Spot Gallery/Art Tour over the weekend.

“According to our door tally, we had 335 people view the show on Saturday and 115 on Friday. Tally for Sunday is yet [to be] captured, but having Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Room as the host and co-sponsor of the event definitely created the Front and Center experience for our artists,” she said.

The list of winners are:

• Best of Show: Michelle Kondos, “Last Run, Last Light”

• People’s Choice: Lynn Ryan, “Ernie Maxwell”

2D 

• 1st Place: Gideon Cohn, “Methamorphosis”

• 2nd Place: Jean Amodt, “Girl With Rainbow Lips”

• 3rd Place: Ron Singerton, “Symphony”

Photography/Digital Art

• 1st Place: Jennifer Gowen, “Victoria Sunset”

• 2nd Place: Debbie Crowell, “Cuba - A Country in Transition”

• 3rd Place: Erin O’Neill, “Once Upon A Time …”

3D

• 1st Place: Gary Kuscher, “Sensuality”

Lynn Ryan (shown Saturday night) won the People’s Choice award in the Front and Center show for “Ernie Maxwell.” Maxwell taught Ryan art classes at the Hi-Lo Alternative School in Idyllwild in the 1980s.
Lynn Ryan (shown Saturday night) won the People’s Choice award in the Front and Center show for “Ernie Maxwell.” Maxwell taught Ryan art classes at the Hi-Lo Alternative School in Idyllwild in the 1980s.

• 2nd Place: Martha Lumia, “Itsybitsy Spider on Steroids”

Wearable Art

• 1st Place: Trudy Adler, “Ginkgo Leaf & Sea Glass Necklace”

• Honorable Mention: Robert VandenBurg, “The Revenant Bag”; Sherri Domenigoni, “Sedona Vortex”; and Cher Townsend