Festival Art Show

Award Winners

Celebrate the artists and photographers recognized in the Sandhill Crane Festival Art Show.

Festival Art Show

Award Winners

Celebrate the artists and photographers recognized in the Sandhill Crane Festival Art Show.

Celebrating Artists

2025 Art Show Awards

The 2025 Sandhill Crane Festival Art Show featured two divisions; Fine Arts and Photography. A People’s Choice Award was selected from each division. Each of the divisions had two categories; Crane and Other California Wildlife.

Winners were voted on by the people who visited at the Art Show.

People's Choice Award Winners

Photography Division

Crane Photography

Embers In The Sky

Robert Yabumoto

Fine Art Division

Crane Art

“Attitude”

Lauris Phillips

Footprints-
Footprints-

Photography - Crane

Avian Photography

1st Place

“Adult Sandhill Crane with Young Colts”

Charlie Willard

Avian Photography

2nd Place

“Three Cranes”​

Nancy Griffitts

Avian Photography

3rd Place

“Sandhill Crane Drinking”

Charlie Willard

Photography - Other California Wildlife

Woodpecker Art

1st Place

“Acorn Woodpeckers Bring Food to the Nest”

Charlie Willard

Avian Art

2nd Place

“Synchronicity”

Jan Lightfoot

Avian Photography

3rd Place

“Stick the Landing!”

Jacquie Hill

Fine Art - Crane

Art

1st Place

“The Dance”

Matt Zidar

Art

2nd Place

“On the Wing”

Lauris Phillips

Art of Cranes

3rd Place

“Autumn’s Sonata”

Andrea Morris

Fine Art - Other California Wildlife

Avian Art

1st Place

“Great Horned Owl”

Abby Racco

Quail Art

2nd Place

“The Party's This Way (California Quail)”

Cynthia Hayes

Art in Nature

3rd Place

“Acquired Taste (Hermit Thrush)"

Molly Keller

Call To Artists!

The Sandhill Crane Festival is soliciting original artwork for its art show, submit your entry today