At the 40th International Festival last weekend, tens of thousands of people gathered to celebrate the City’s diversity with food, music, art, and various entertainment.
The 2025 Galleria Art Show winners have been announced and are as follows:
Oil Painting – Professional
- 1st place: #11D “Stepping Out” by Dottie Doucette
- 2nd place: #25A “Fire House” by Eileen Montbleau
- 3rd place: #11B “Best Friends” by Dottie Doucette
Oil Painting – Amateur
- 1st place: #4A “Provincetown Sunset” by Alan Baribeault
- 2nd place: #13D “Morning Light” by Sheila Falco
- 3rd place: #4B “Bluebird” by Alan Baribeault
Acrylic Painting – Professional
- 1st place: #34B “Lobster Traps and Buoys” by Frank Tomasello
- 2nd place: #34C “Anisquam Lighthouse” by Frank Tomasello
- 3rd place: #5A “A Season Ends” by Donna Barnes
- Honorable mention: #6A “I’ll Follow the Sun” by Anne Brown
Acrylic Painting – Amateur
- 1st place: #2A “Lacey on Pillow” by Roseanne Ankiewicz
- 2nd place: #15A “Dune Fox” by Dianne Gagnon
- 3rd place: #32A “Sopwith Camel 1917” by Joseph Smith
Watercolor – Professional
- 1st place: #11A “Pink Beauty” by Dottie Doucette
- 2nd place: #10B “Eastern Point” by William Deveney
- 3rd place: #10A “Ceramica” by William Deveney
- Honorable mention: #17A “A Shelf Portrait of Peabody” by Melissa Guimaraes
- Honorable mention: #25C “Blue Jay” by Eileen Montbleau
Watercolor – Amateur
- 1st place: #12B “Time in St. Augustine” by Virginia Dunford
- 2nd place: #20A “Sailing” by Priscilla Lindhout
- 3rd place: #12C “Poppies in Bloom” by Virginia Dunford
- Honorable mention: #12D “Afterglow” by Virginia Dunford
Drawing – Professional
- 1st place: #6B “Dancing in the Street” by Anne Brown
Drawing – Amateur
- 1st place: #16A “Vetruvio/Sansone” by Jack Gallo
- 2nd place: #18A “Taylor Swift” by Kevin Hawes
- 3rd place: #18C “Wilbur” by Kevin Hawes
Photography – Professional
- 1st place: #33D “Province Lake Sunset” by Jillian Stanton
Photography – Amateur
- 1st place: #31A “Puerto Rican Man – Times Square: Manhattan” by Joseph Silva
- 2nd place: #31D “Polish Woman – Williamsburgh – Brooklyn” by Joseph Silva
- 3rd place: #27A “Bird’s Nest!” by Desarae Myette
- Honorable mention: #30C “Eggs-pensive” by Nancy Patano
- Honorable mention: #31B “Dominican Woman – Rooftop – Financial District – Manhattan” by Joseph Silva
The Judges’ “Best in Show”
- #12B “Time in St. Augustine” by Virginia Dunford
The Diversity Award
- #17A “A Shelf-Portrait of Peabody” by Melissa Guimaraes
And finally, the award chosen by our visitors who kindly cast their votes for their favorite piece of art in the show.
The People’s Choice Award – Most Popular
- #17A “A Shelf-Portrait of Peabody” by Melissa Guimaraes.
