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Art Contest

Contest Details

The Colorado Association for Viticulture & Enology (CAVE) invites artists to submit their original artwork for the Colorado Mountain Winefest Art Contest every October!  

CAVE hosts this annual art contest to choose the official artwork for Colorado Mountain Winefest. Contest entries are accepted each year from October through January. The winning piece of artwork is used to represent Mountain Winefest in the months leading up to the festival and will be featured on promotional materials including posters, wine totes, t-shirts, and brochures, as well as local and nationwide print and digital marketing.

The winner of the annual Colorado Mountain Winefest Art Contest will receive a cash prize of $700.00 (to include all exclusive reproduction rights and copyrights) as well as extensive nationwide publicity and promotion by becoming the official Commemorative Poster Artist of Colorado Mountain Winefest for that year.

The winning artwork is selected by the public through online voting.  All artwork submitted will be displayed online at ColoradoWinefest.com as well as promoted to over 25,000 subscribers! The winning entry is announced online through CAVE’s social media channels!

Qualifications:

  • Artist must be a Colorado resident 21 years of age or older
  • All art entries must be two-dimensional (Photography and 3D art are not eligible)
  • Entries should represent Colorado’s growing wine industry
  • Deadline for entry is Friday, January 3rd, 2025 by 5:00pm

Artists may submit more than one piece of artwork at a fee of $20.00 per piece. Previously submitted artwork is acceptable. All artwork submitted will be displayed online at ColoradoWinefest.com as well as promoted to over 25,000 subscribers!

For more information, please call CAVE: 970.464.0111

2025 WinnerErin Wright – “Blissfully Satisfied”

2025 Art Contest Entries

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Art Contest!
Wine View
Artist: Patrick Dennison
Medium: Digital
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: $500
Celebration Time
Artist: Kathryn McBride
Medium: Oil
Size: 12" x 12"
Price: $550
Mountain Grapes
Artist: Jill Lacy
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 36" x 24"
Price: $700
Wine with Merlot the Cat
Artist: Katrinka Richards
Medium: Oil
Size: 16" x 18"
Price: $400
A bottle of Colorado JOY!
Artist: Jill Lacy
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 24" x 36"
Price: $700
Label of Love
Artist: Tania Llamas
Medium: Graphic Art
Size: 18" x 24"
Vessel of Delight
Artist: Tania Llamas
Medium: Graphic Art
Size: 18" x 24"
Ambrosia Valley
Artist: Tania Llamas
Medium: Graphic Art
Size: 18" x 24"
Drops of Colorado
Artist: Megan McCarthy
Medium: Oil
Size: 8" x 10"
Peace, Love, Wine & Palisade
Artist: Julie Adriansen
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 11" x 14"
Price: $350
Colorado Dancin’
Artist: Wendy Videlock
Medium: Alcohol Ink Mixed Media
Size: 16" x 20"
Price: $600
Cheers to Colorado Wine Under a Moonlit Night
Artist: Nancy Kille
Medium: Oil
Size: 12" x 24"
Price: $300
Untitled
Artist: Jeffrey Pike
Medium: Digital
Wine Season
Artist: Briana Wright
Medium: Digital
Size: 32" x 24"
Price: NFS
Wine on the Western Slope
Artist: Rachel Powers
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 12" x 18"
Price: $340
Vintner’s Sunset
Artist: Kimberly Dwyer
Medium: Mixed Media (primarily collage from hand-painted and found papers)
Size: 24" x 18"
Price: $700
Toast to Nature’s Bounty
Artist: Gail West
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 24" x 18"
Price: $700
Toast to Love and Nature
Artist: Gail West
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 24" x 18"
Price: $700
The Sweetness of Their Song
Artist: Erin Wright
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 15" x 22 1/2"
Price: $700
Pour Some Love
Artist: Lori Anderson
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 12" x 16"
Price: $200
Pinot in the Peaks
Artist: Jessica Chevalier
Medium: Oil
Size: 12" x 12"
Price: $425
Peace of Patchwork
Artist: Traci Cinnamon Webster
Medium: Pencil & Colored Pencil
Size: 8" x 11.5"
Price: $40
Making a Splash in Palisade
Artist: Julie Adriansen
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 20" x 16"
Price: $400
Harvest
Artist: Marilyn Wilcox
Medium: Acrylic and Collage on Canvas
Size: 11" x 14"
Price: $350
Coloring Page – Winefest
Artist: Lisa Stoorza
Medium: Colored Pencils
Size: 8" x 11"
Price: $200
Blissfully Satisfied
Artist: Erin Wright
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 15" x 22 1/2"
Price: $700
3 Wine Down
Artist: Monica Marquez Gatica
Medium: Oil & Acrylic
Size: 18" x 24"
Price: $700