The Scottsdale Artists’ School announced awards for its 23rd annual The Best and the Brightest Juried Fine Art Show and Sale. An Artists’ Reception will be held on Thursday October 25 from 5 to 7PM.

The nation’s premier fine art school, Scottsdale Artists’ School’s annual show features paintings, drawings and sculpture from some of the best emerging artists from around the country. Artists from 25 states have work in the exhibit.

Awards include:

Best of Show:

Eric Speyer, Miami FL

Title: Strong Westerly Medium: Oil

First Place Oil:

Anna Youngers, Sioux Falls SD

Title: Glass Collection Medium: Oil

Second Place Oil:

Joe Netherwood, Scottsdale AZ

Title: Man with a Past Medium: Oil

First Place Pastel/Drawing:

Ralphie Hendrix, Redway CA

Title: Mendocino Cliffs Medium: Pastel

Second Place Pastel/Drawing:

Cari Updike, Mesa AZ

Title: Swan Song Medium: Drawing

First Place Sculpture:

Ben Hammond, American Fork UT

Title: Repose Medium: Bronze

Second Place Sculpture:

June Towill Brown, Incline Village NV

Title: Bloodline Medium: Bronze

First Place Watercolor:

Susan Montague Spear, Littleton CO

Title: Warm Edge Medium: Watercolor.

Second Place Watercolor:

Carol Hillsbery, Mesa AZ

Title: Abandoned But Not Forgotten Medium: Watercolor

Scottsdale Artists’ School Purchase Award:

Ben Hammond, American Fork UT

Title: Repose Medium: Bronze

The show runs from October 17h through November 16^th and hours are 8:30 am to 5:00 PM weekdays and 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturdays. Admission is free and open to the public. Scottsdale Artists’ School is located at 3720 N. Marshall Way in Old Town Scottsdale (SW corner of 2nd Street and Marshall Way). Free parking is available in the school’s parking lot.

For more information call the school at (480) 990-1422.

About Scottsdale Artists’ School

Founded in 1983 by a group of artists and community leaders, Scottsdale Artists’ School is a non-profit school of traditional fine art offering workshops and courses in oil painting, drawing, watercolor, pastel and sculpture. The School attracts more than 3,000 students each year from all 50 states and many foreign countries.