Winning artists in the festival’s juried art show came from as far away as Florida and as close to home as Maumee.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Every summer for the past 30 years, artists from all over the nation have been converging on a small Midwest college town surrounded by corn and soybean fields to show off their art.
This year’s winners of the Black Swamps Arts Festival Juried Art Show in Bowling Green came from as far afield as Florida and Pennsylvania and as close to home as Maumee, Ohio.
The Best in Show award went to Harry Welsch, whose glazed ceramics utilize found objects from nature.
Best 2-D was awarded to Joe Dagostino, Photography & Digital Art from Sagamore Hills, Ohio and Best 3-D was awarded to Alexander Draven, Jewelry from Akron, Ohio.
This year’s Judge’s Award for the Juried Show was Stephen Wheeler, Painting from Aurora, Indiana and the Sustainability Award was awarded to Allen Danielsen, Mixed Media, from Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania. The 2025 Emerging Artist Award was presented to Katherine McKernan, from Maumee, Ohio.
Honorable mentions went to Loraine Lynn (Fiber & Leather), Matthew Godsil (Painting), and William Shearrow (Ceramics).
The popular Chalk Walk competition, in which team’s from area high school’s compete for a monetary award for their school’s art department went to Anthony Wayne High School.
The Beats on the Street winners went to Bowling Green High School team.
The Beats on the Street competition involves acapella vocal performances by teams from area high schools who earn money for their school’s music department.
The three day festival happens every year in downtown Bowling Green on the first full weekend after Labor Day.
This article was published by Mark Bickle on 2025-09-07 17:49:00
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