by Amy Taylor
It’s a WRAP! The 2025 Glenview Summer Art Fair was FANTASTIC! All the artists are gone but WOW did they have some outstanding work! We thank ALL of you who came, bought, bid, hauled, complimented, chatted, snacked and persevered the rain (aka, played in mud puddles)! Our community of patrons ARE THE BEST!
Best in Show winner Alex Deriy
Merit Award winner Allison Norfleet Bruenger
Sandy and Tom Sheagren orchestrate the Silent Auction tent
Ray Piskule and Kittie Yohe in the Glenview’s Own tent. Kittie won first place!
Zoephia Laughlin and friend
Kittie Yohe and Yaseen Fawzi, with Yaseen’s photographs
Photo credits: Yaseen Fawzi
A round of applause to those that made this show happen:
Sponsors: Lapham-Hickey Steel (Gold Sponsor), Busey Bank (Silver Sponsor) , Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Koenig Rubloff Realty Group, The Doetsch Team, Del Vasey Insurance Agency, Wildbird Shack of Skokie
Volunteers and collaborators: Lee Colpi, Sandy Sheagren, All the Toms: (Pope, Sheagren and Tom D with the Glenview Park District), Deb Anderson, Kittie Yohe, Yaseen Fawzi, Debbie DePalma, Jen Yao, Carrie Pizarro, Ray Piskule, Nancy Halliday, Kerri Mangold, Adele Aaronson, Iris Jutovsky, Maureen Hanlon, Colleen Sullivan, Mary Olson, Carol Krofl, Bob Leopold, Meredith Anderson, Holly Anderson, Bek Oliver, Joe Katz, Sophia Pizarro, Kristina Rankey, Jordan Ayers, Claire Gore, Agneta, Vicki and Voichita from Lyon School, The Friends of Downtown Glenview, Glenview Chamber of Commerce, Goode & Fresh Pizza Bakery, Artists, Friends, Gary Jackson for the featured image graphic, and park squirrels.
2025 GAL Summer Art Fair Award Winners
Best in Show:
- Alex Deriy, Liquid Mosaic, mixed media
Awards for Excellence:
- Jolee Klugherz, mixed media
- George Machart, Machart Glass, sculpture
- Stuart Roddy, painting
Awards for Merit
- Eugene Benes, Pens by Gene, sculpture
- Marie Miklaszewski, jewelry
- Allison Norfleet Bruenger, jewelry
Glenview’s Own Exhibit
- 1st Place – Kittie Yohe
- 2nd Place – Lee Colpi
- 3rd Place – Bob Leopold