09/14/2026
🎨✨ SILICON VALLEY FALL FESTIVAL 2026 — A WONDERFUL SUCCESS! ✨🎨
What an incredible celebration of art, creativity & community! ❤️
This year, 27 artists showcased 80 paintings, along with their portfolios. A huge congratulations to all participating artists! 👏🎨
🏆 AWARD WINNERS
🌟 Best of Show — Denise Howard
🥈 Second Place — Ria Sharma
🥉 Third Place — Smruti Kurse
🎨 Best of Creativity — Anandhi Pugazanthi
🏞️ Best of Landscape — Sriharsha Annadore
🖼️ Best of Realism — Janki Chokshi
🎭 Best of Figurative — Saikat Choudhury
✨ Best of Abstract — Pragya Goel
🏆 Rotary President Award — Anandhi Pugazanthi
🏅 Honorable Mentions: Medha Yadhav, Geetika Bansal, Ramya Reddy, Pragya Goel, Hadi Aghaee, Divya Eby & Saikat Choudhury.
👨⚖️ Special thanks to our honorable juror, Steve Dellicarpini, for his thoughtful judging, patience, and valuable critiques for every participating artist.
💙 Heartfelt thanks to our sponsors & supporters:
Jagi Shahani, CLF, City of Cupertino, Blick Art Materials, California Art Supply Company, Shashtika Arts, Cupertino Senior Center, and Rotary — including Ram, Jagi, Dana, Kalpana Aroda & Rotary President Luisa. 🙏
👏 And a BIG shout-out to our FALC Steering Committee and amazing volunteers who handled setup, panels, receiving, arrangements, printing, demos, finances, potluck, loading & unloading. This show was truly a team effort! ❤️
Thank you to all our artists, volunteers, sponsors, juror, partners and community supporters for making Silicon Valley Fall Festival 2026 so special!
🎨❤️ Together, we celebrate art, creativity and community!