(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - The Alaska Hummingbird Festival Juried Art Show will be on display through May 31st, 2014, at the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center. The U.S. Forest Service and the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau (KVB) co-hosted the opening reception on April 4th. The Ketchikan Visitors Bureau provided the refreshments and support throughout the evening.

Alaskan artists submitted 108 entries from Two Rivers, Anchorage, Ward Cove, Port Protection, Skagway and Ketchikan. There were 31 adult and 77 juvenile art submissions for the annual show celebrating the return of the migratory birds to Alaska. The winners are:

Adult Category

Best of Show:

Kana Yamasaki Mettler, “A Moment,” Watercolor, Species: Cedar Waxwing

First Place:

Marilyn Lee, “Are you singing to me?,” Watercolor, Species: Dark-eyed Junco

Honorable Mention:

David Personius, “Shorebirds at Rest,” Carved and Painted Wood-Cedar, Species: Pacific-golden Plover

People’s Choice:

John Lofgreen, “In Quiet Solitude,” Acrylic on Gesso Board, Species: Wilson’s Snipe

Juvenile Category

Best of Show:

Madison Rose, “Canada Goose,” Watercolor and Colored Pencil, Species: Canada Goose

First Place:

Paul Axelson, “The Woodpecker,” Colored Pencil, Species: Red-breasted Sapsucker

Honorable Mention:

Korbin Stack, “Fox Sparrow,” Colored Pencil, Species: Fox Sparrow

People’s Choice:

Ema Lee Oshima, “Welcome Back!,” Pencil and Colored Pencil, Species: Dark-eyed Junco, Townsend’s Warbler, Northern Flicker, Cedar Waxwing, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Common Yellowthroat.

Source of News: 

Southeast Alaska Discovery Center

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