09/11/2026
Congratulations to SAU’s Randy Richmond! Randy teaches digital photography and supervises the Galvin Mac lab.
Congratulations to the award winners of the "44th Rock Island Art Guild Fine Arts Exhibition!" 🎉
This long-running exhibition celebrates the creativity and talent of artists living within 200 miles of the Figge Art Museum and has served as a vital platform for contemporary artists and a point of connection for the Quad Cities art community for more than five decades.
This year's exhibition was juried by Katherine Alcauskas, Chief Curator at the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, who selected the works included in the exhibition and chose this year's award recipients.
🏆 First Place — $1,500
Erin Kono, "Tercet Sum"
🥈 Second Place — $750
Randy Richmond, "5-19-2026 9:42 AM"
🥉 Third Place Founder's Award in Honor of Art Guild Member William Hannan — $500
Wendy S. Rolf, "Flower Power"
Sculpture Award in Memory of Zeivel Harris — $500
Janis Mars Wunderlich, "Lost in The Woods"
Digital Art, Performance, Sound, and Video Award — $300
Sandra Dyas and Leann Erickson, "fuze"
Honorable Mention — $100
Amanda Wilharm, "The Pile"
🎨 Sally MacMillan Watercolor Awards
First Place — $1,000
Barbara Weets, "Tapestry"
Second Place — $500
Jessica Merchant, "Buttonbush"
Third Place — $250
Barb Thompson, "Amaryllis Pirouette"
Congratulations to all of the award winners and to each of the artists selected for the "44th Rock Island Art Guild Fine Arts Exhibition!" 👏
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Organized by the Rock Island Art Guild since 1970, the exhibition has been hosted and co-organized by the Figge Art Museum since 2016.
🖼️ Left to Right: Sandra Dyas, Wendy S. Rolfe, Barbara Weets, Randy Richmond, Rock Island Art Guild President Elizabeth Russell, Jessica Merchant, Juror Katherine Alcauskas, Janis Mars Wunderlich, Erin Kono, Figge Executive Director and CEO Melissa Mohr
