l to r: Dipali Rabadiya receiving First Place Award from juror Tricia Ratliff. Oyunaa Waskin receiving Barb Cram Plein Air Prize. Vicky Zhou receiving People’s Choice Award.
Artists competed for over $5,000 in prizes at the 15th annual Falls Church Arts Plein Air Festival competition October 12 on the Falls Church City Hall grounds. The competition featured not only works by artists who painted outdoor scenes around the city during the festival but also works completed by artists during a three-hour “Quick Draw” competition that morning.
Around 400 onlookers cast votes for the People’s Choice Award winner, Isaac Crossman Park by Vicky Zhou. Juror Tricia Ratliff selected the remaining prize winners:
- First Place, sponsored by Beyer Auto Group (House on Broad Street, Dipali Rabadiya)
- Second Place, sponsored by Kensington Senior Living (Falls Church Downtown, Rajendra KC)
- Third Place, sponsored by Rock Star Realty Group (Barn at Cherry Hill Farmhouse, Diane Ellor)
- Barbara Cram Memorial Plein Air Prize, sponsored by Falls Church Arts (Falls Church Presbyterian, Oyunaa Waskin)
- Honorable Mention, sponsored by Founders Row (State Theater, Yvonne Leung)
- Honorable Mention, sponsored by Founders Row (Isaac Crossman Park, Vicky Zhou)
Quick Draw Awards went to:
- Quick Draw First Place, sponsored by June Beyer Art (Farmers Market, Dipali Rabadiya)
- Quick Draw Second Place, sponsored by June Beyer Art (Farmers Market, Rajendra KC)
Additional contributor to Plein Air Festival: Erin Flynn