enrich, inspire, enjoy: Welcome to the homepage of the Mason-Deerfield Arts Alliance!
Thank you to our artists, sponsors, volunteers and community for helping us to create such a wonderful event! See you next year!
"The Mason Arts Festival has the nicest volunteers of any show that I participate in."
"The Mason Arts Festival is one of Mason's most wonderful community events!"
Be sure to check back to our site in January for the 2010 Mason Arts Festival Artist Applications.
The Mason Arts Festival is success because of our countless volunteers. This is a fun day to help build arts programming in your community and meet new people. We have a great time.
Just click on the volunteer application form and send it into us. Our volunteers coordinator, Michelle, will be in touch soon.
We LOVE student volunteers and we are happy to write letters of community service. Be a part of a great event and bring your friends.
| Best of Show | Jaime Frechette | sculpture |
| Mayor's Award | Robert Glover | photography |
| Painting/Drawing | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st Place | Maryann Ziemer | |
| 2nd Place | Craig Blackschleger | |
| 3rd Place | Polly Hart | |
| Honorable Mention | Bob Shelton | |
| Photography/Graphics/Print/Mixed Media | ||
| 1st Place | Joseph Voegtle | |
| 2nd Place | Tara McClintock | |
| 3rd Place | Megen Panfil | |
| Ceramics/Metal/Sculpture | ||
| 1st Place | Tracey Andrews | |
| 2nd Place | Tim Hilderbrand | |
| 3rd Place | Aaron Milavac | |
| Honorable Mentions | Charlotte Reed and Todd Feazell | |
| Fiber/Glass/Jewelry/Wood/Leather | ||
| 1st Place | Mary Hoft | |
| 2nd Place | Jim Goethel | |
| 3rd Place | Trish Jeffers-Zeh | |
| Honorable Mention | Jana Margeson | |
| City Gallery | ||
| Best of Show | Garry Breitenstein | painting |
| Painting/Drawing | ||
| 1st Place | Dodie Loewe | |
| 2nd Place | Celeste Brian | |
| 3rd Place | Tracy Molitors | |
| Honorable Mention | Barbara Pask | |
| Photography/Graphics/Print/Mixed Media | ||
| 1st Place | Jason Williams | |
| 2nd Place | Marti Niemczyk | |
| 3rd Place | Greg Buening | |
| Honorable Mention | Karen Ashcroft | |
| Ceramics/Metal/Sculpture | ||
| 1st Place | Richard Schaeffer | |
| Fiber/Jewelry/Glass/Wood/Leather | ||
| 1st Place | Matthew Rust | |
| Honorable Mention | Nick Huber | |
| Student Exhibition | ||
| 1st Place | Tyler Fewell | |
| 2nd Place | Seth Simmons | |
| 3rd Place | Devin Owsley | |
| Honorable Mentions | ||
| Lauren Murray Seth Simmons Devin Owsley Heidi Palmer Zach Baker Jamie Burkhart Devin Newman Sso-Rha Kang |
Here are some pictures from the 2008 Mason Arts Festival:
11:00am - 5:00pm
Mason Municipal Center, 6000 Mason - Montgomery Rd., Mason, Ohio
The Mason Arts Festival is the Mason-Deefield Arts Alliance's signature event. Featuring over 120 local and regional artists and performing arts, this one day event is unique to the area. Held on the grounds of the Mason Municipal Center, the Mason Arts Festival not only features booth artists outside, but transforms the inside of the building into a beautiful art gallery.
Over 200 pieces of artwork produced by the Mason City Schools is also on display in the Student Art Exhibition.
Performing artists entertain throughout the day. Children’s art activities are fun for all ages and people are encouraged to make kites and go fly with the Kite Club. The event is free to the public. Over 3000 are expected to attend. This is the Mason Area Arts Council most collaborative event.
The City Gallery exhibition is held during the Mason Arts Festival inside the Mason Municipal Building. This unique exhibition brings this lovely building to life with over 60 pieces of artwork. Inside, you'll also find an array of performing artists throughout the day. It is truly an experience inside the City Gallery.
Please note, that as an artist, if you showcase your work in an outside booth, you cannot display in the City Gallery exhibition.
Last year, we extended the exhibition for an additional week. We would like to extend it even longer this year... so we'll let you know about that soon. Artists, please remember, that we like to see work that has been completed in the last two years in the City Gallery exhibition.