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Contemporary Realism in Soft Pastel
Don Coons
Prominent National Juried Art Festivals- Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO- Saint Louis Art Fair, Saint Louis, MO- Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Winter Park, FL- Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI- Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MOAwards and Competitions- One man show, Artworks, Wichita, KS- Wichita City Arts Competition, People’s Choice, Wichita, KS- ‘Round the Fountain, Merit Award, Lafayette, IN - On the Square, Merit Award, Belleville, IL- Mainsail Art Festival, Merit Award, St. Petersburg, FL- Bayou City Arts Festival, Best of Show, Houston, TX- Boston Mills Artfest, Merit Award, Peninsula, OH- Old Capitol Art Fair, Merit Award, Springfield, IL- Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, 2nd place, Winter Park, FL- Boston Mills Artfest, 1st Place, Peninsula, OH- Austin Fine Arts Festival, Best in Category, Austin, TX- Missouri Spring Festival of Art, Best of Show, St. Louis, MO - Boston Mills Artfest, Merit Award, Peninsula, OH- Art in the Barn, Best of Show, Barrington, IL- Springfield Old Capital Art Fair, Award of Merit, Springfield, IL- Naples Art Fair, Award of Merit, Naples, FL- Dallas Artfest, Best of Show, Dallas, TX- Coconut Grove Arts Festival, 3rd Place, Coconut Grove, FL- Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Merit Award, Winter Park, FL- Kermezaar, Best of Show, El Paso, TX- Bloomington Art Fair, Merit Award, Bloomington, IN- Uptown Art Fair, Best of Show, Minneapolis, MN- Lubbock Arts Festival, Award of Merit, Lubbock, TX- Art Affair, Award of Merit, Saint Louis, MO- Salina Country Club, One-Man Show, Salina KS- Smoky Hill River Festival, Best of Show & Merit Award, Salina, KS- Ponca City Fine Arts Festival, 3rd Place and Board of Directors Award Ponca City, OK - Harvest of the Arts, People’s Choice Award, Wichita, KS- Kansas Pastel Society International Competition, Wichita Art Assoc., Wichita, KS- Midwest Salute to the Masters, 1st Place, Fairview Heights, IL- Twin Rivers Festival, Best in Fine Arts, Emporia, KS- Valley Arts Festival, 1st Place, Arkansas City, KS- Hays Art Fair, Best of Show, Hays, KS- Art in the Park, Best of Show, Winfield, KS- Printing Inc. Three-time Calendar Competition Winner, Wichita, KS- Kansas 6 Exhibition, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS- Salina Art Center Annual Statewide Competition, Salina, KS- Kansas Pastel Society National Competition, Color King Purchase Award, Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS - Kansas Black & White, Women in the Arts, Wichita, KS- Kansas 5 Exhibition, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS- Kansas Artists Postcard Traveling Show, ACACK, Oberlin, KS- Smoky Hill Juried Competition, Hays Art Center, Hays, KS - Kansas Watercolor Show, Wichita Art Museum, Warren Travel Purchase Award, Wichita, KS - Kansas 3 Exhibition, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS, was selected for National Traveling Exhibition.Museum and Corporate Collections- Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS- Cancer Center of Hays Hospital, Hays, KS- Oklahoma City Freightliner, Oklahoma City, OK- G.D. Searle Corporation, Chicago, IL- Fitzgerald & Associates Architects, Oklahoma City, OK- University of Missouri at Kansas City, MO- Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic, Oklahoma City, OK- Kansas Farm Bureau, Manahattan, KS- Ponca City Art Association, Ponca City, OK- City Bank of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, OK- Kansas University Lifespan Institute, Lawrence, KS- The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK- Volume Shoe Corporation-Payless Shoe Source,Topeka, KS- First National Bank of Bethany, Bethany, OK- Salina Public Art Collection, Salina, KS- Regan Jewelers, Garden City, KS- Homco Construction, Oklahoma City, OK- City of Arkansas City, Arkansas City, KS- Equity Bank for Savings, Oklahoma City, OK- Old Kent Bank and Trust, East Lansing, MI- Smith & Pickel Construction, Oklahoma City, OK- Psychology Consultants, Wichita, KS- Globe Life, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma- Washburn Graphiccolor, Lisle, IL- Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK- Baptist Foundation of Texas, Dallas, TX- Boys and Girls Town of Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO- Associates, Oklahoma City, OK- Orthopedic Associates, Oklahoma City, OKGallery Representation- Artworks, Wichita, Kansas- The Gallery at Round Top, Round Top, TexasEducation- Graduated BFA, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
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