Old Rip's
Art Competition
Old Rip's Art Competition is an all ages, all materials art competition on display during RipFest, a festival that takes place on the first Saturday in October.
For the competition, a local artist judges and awards ribbons for each age category. The festival crowd can also cast their vote for Crowd Favorite awards.
Congratulations to 2025 winners!
TOTS AND TODDLERS
1st - Everlee Reich, “He’s got the Whole World in His Hands”
ELEMENTARY
1st - Kathleen Davis, “Yellow Brick Road”
2nd - Brooklyn Wheeler, “The Proud Protector”
3rd - Ayden Mata, “Titanic”
Honorable Mention - Brooklyn Wheeler, “The Bunny’s Joyful Song”
MIDDLE SCHOOL
1st - Emmalee Hallmark, “Chicken Run”
2nd - Doddi Ball, “Mushroom Man”
3rd - Harper Hutton, “Cartoon Retro Platforms”
Honorable Mention - Doddi Ball, “Cottage Girl”
HIGH SCHOOL
1st - Natalie Dejesus, “Flower”
2nd - Haven Heflin, “Botanical Anatomy”
3rd - Noah Hutton, “Straight up view between two silos”
Honorable Mention, Lillian Moreno, “Promise me brother!”
Honorable Mention - Jessica King, “My Furry Friends”
Honorable Mention - Olivia Hernandez, “My Home”
COLLEGE
1st - Taylor Burney, “Tomato Tango”
2nd - Taylor Burney, “Orange Sunset”
3rd - Taylor Burney, “Orange Zest”
Honorable Mention - Jaylee Humphries-Pittman, “Jaylifish”
Honorable Mention - Alicia York, “Lamp Projector”
Honorable Mention - Mary Leak, “Sepia”
ADULT
1st - Colleen Gregory, “Good Cow”
2nd - Emily Edens, “Romans 6:6”
3rd - Colleen Gregory, “Poseidon”
Honorable Mention - Collin Bachman, “Last Call”
Honorable Mention - Liana Winters, “Rip”
Honorable Mention - Emma Reich, “In a moment”
SENIOR ADULT
1st - Gail Harrell, “Potter’s Hands”
2nd - Lee Ann Goode, “Summer’s Butterfly”
3rd - Gail Harrell, “Watchful Eye”
Honorable Mention - Shirley Thompson, “Momma’s Boy”
Honorable Mention - Larry Roberts, “Ol’ Rootin Tootin Rip Whirlygig”
Honorable Mention - Sonya Appel, “Iris-istable”
CROWD FAVORITE
1st - Chris McCormick, “8 Bit Mario”
2nd - Emmalee Hallmark, “Chicken Run”
3rd - Evelyn Smith, “Khaos”
