l to r: juror Ted Reed awarding First Prize to Ginger Browning. Juror awarding June Beyer Art Quick Draw First Place to Dipali Rabadiya. Array of art at the festival. Two young art aficionados.
Artists competed for over $5,000 in prizes at the 16th annual Falls Church Arts Plein Air Festival competition October 4 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 500 onlookers cast votes for the People’s Choice Award winner, Unrushed Light by Abinaya Ayyamperumal. Juror Ted Reed selected the remaining prize winners:
- First Place: Children at Cherry Hill by Ginger Browning
- Second Place: Little Falls Café – Let’s Roll into Fall by Damani Rachana
- Third Place: Evening at Tallwood by Arker Kyah
- Barbara Cram Plein Air Prize: Praying by Jinsheng Song
June Beyer Art Quick Draw Awards went to:
- First Place: Farmers Market by Dipali Rabadiya
- Second Place: The Vegetable by Yik Chak Phan
- Third Place: Bird Your Own Banquet by Lauren McDanell
Prizes made possible by the generous contributions of Plein Air Festival sponsors:
- The June and Mike Beyer Family Charitable Fund
- New Editions Consulting, Inc.
- Tori McKinney ROCK STAR realty group
- June Beyer Art
- The Kensington Falls Church
- Founders Row