The Catalina Island Festival of Art wrapped up its 66th year over the weekend of Sept. 19-21. The festival brought in local artists and artists from around the country to share their works and even showcase some artists working on the spot.
Torrance-based artist Ron Libbrecht, whose work has been featured on the event’s poster in recent years, teamed up with Ron Hust, a Seal Beach based artist to work on a canvas painting at the same time. They termed the work as being done by Ron-squared. They painted several Catalina scenes on the spot and put on an impressive display of artist teamwork.
“It’s very unique that two artists can work on the same canvas at the same time and still get along,” Hust said.
Overall, the event had 54 vendors of mixed media throughout the show. Mother Nature decided on Sunday she wanted to see the show, so she made a quick visit to let us know she had arrived. With her visit she brought a few mermaids and sea creatures to promote the upcoming Mermaid Festival Oct 25-26.
On Saturday they had the awards ceremony, starting with the Youth Art Show. Mr. Sean was in charge of the youth portion of the show and all artists walked away with some prize.
Winners of the youth show were:
Ages 4-7
First place – Malia Solario
Second place – Camilla Morones
Third place – Melody Garcia
Honorable Mention
Luna Hernandez
Maeve Hernandez
Quinn Lennon
Tatum Lennon
Alexander Gomez
Lenny G
Ages 8-13
First place – Maya Ponce
Second – Molly Rose Dassa
Third place – Selah Panlasigai
Honorable Mention
Nia Ponce
High School
First place – Sophia Degnan
Second place – Penny Garcia
Jewelry
First – Stephen Weber
Second – Joyce Watanabe
Third – Chris Driggs
Honorable Mention
Julio Gomez
Fine Art
First – Ron Libbrecht
Second – Snake Jagger
Third – Claudia Nocke
Honorable Mention
Julie Agular
Photography
First – Chelsea Mayer
Second – Richard Ponce
Third – Juan Rodriguez
Honorable Mention
Linda Ikeda
Fine Crafts
First – Buck Lopez
Second – Ryan McKay
Third – Jennifer Hartley
Honorable Mention
Lorenzo Gonzalez
Best Catalina scene
Ron Libbrecht – Coming to Catalina
Best in Show
Kymberlee Stanley – Casino Light Magic
