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Congratulations to PPFA Framing Competition Winners!

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Congratulations to the winners in the PPFA International Framing Competition Finals, held during the PPFA 2018 Convention at the WCAF Expo. The Framing Competition Awards Reception was sponsored by Tru Vue.

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First Place: Janine Buechner, MCPF, Artists Guild LLC, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

Second Place, and First Time High Point Entry: Karen Fox, Art Heads Custom Picture Framing, Lake Oswego, Ore.

Third Place: Pat Blossom, River Road Gallery, Wilton, Conn.

Judges Award for Creative Use of Glass, sponsored by Frame Ready by SoftTouch Solutions: Carolyn Wilkinson, Plaza Artist Materials, Joppa, Md.

Popular Choice, sponsored by PFM Magazine Dean Cardenas, Art Incorporated, San Antonio, Texas

OPEN Judges
Head Judge: Joyce Michels, MCPF
Ellen Collins, MCPF
Alan Abeyta, CPF


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First Place, and First Time High Point Entry: Karen Fox, Art Heads Custom Picture Framing, Lake Oswego, Ore.

Second Place: Deborah Hill, MCPF, and Dean Cardenas, Art Incorporated, San Antonio, Texas

Third Place: Justin Brander and Jim Reinhart, Wall Street Gallery, Madison, Conn.

First Honorable Mention; Popular Choice, sponsored by PFM Magazine; and Judges Award for Best Use of Moulding, sponsored by Vermont Hardwoods: Christine Hasenhundl, Hako-Oja Studio, Wainwright, Alberta, Canada

Second Honorable Mention: Andrew Webster and Sue Davis, CPF, Master Framers, Saint Paul, Minn.
Judges Award for Creative Use of Fabric, sponsored by Franks Fabrics: Tim Hanson, CPF, and Marilyn Hanson, The Great Frame Up, Burnsville, Minn

Judges Award for Technical Execution: Frame Construction and Alteration: JM Gallo, ASAP, Inc., Canoga Park, Calif.

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Head Judge: Kimberley Breil, MCPF
Patrice Marquardt, CPF
Meghan MacMillan, MCPF

Competition Board:
Chair: Robin Gentry, MCPF
Valerie Becker, MCPF
Elizabeth Hellsten, MCPF (incoming)
Alan Abeyta, CPF (outgoing)
 
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Congrats to all the Winners, and Thank you to all that entered Digital and International Finals!

The Competition Wall was Beautiful and Inspiring

We look forward to the next Competition
 
Congratulations to all the PPFA Framing Competition Winners :first::second::third:

And also THANK YOU to all of you who entered. The competition wall looked great, and I am glad I didn't have to be the one who did the judging!

Also, thanks to those that unpacked the entries, prepared them for the judges to see, hung them on the wall, and then stayed late on Wednesday to pack the entries and make sure they were safe for shipment.
 
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