Sights & Insights, February 2026

On the afternoon of Saturday, February 7th, DFAA and Abernathy Arts Center held the opening reception and awards ceremony for Sights & Insights 2026. Barbara Riordan, co-chair of the exhibition, and juror Veronica Hogan presented the awards to six talented artists. Co-chair Lynne Joffe and other members of the exhibition committee were there to help celebrate the very talented artists and their work. Thanks to Linda Brown for the reception and to all the S&I volunteers. The award-winning work is featured first. We hope you can visit in person but if not, there is an ArtCall web gallery featuring all of the accepted work -- login and select the Web Gallery tab at dfaa2026.artcall.org

1st Place - "War and Peace", Jackie Dorsey

2nd Place - "At the Feeder", Katherine Moore

3rd Place - " Star Crossing", Cynthia Frigon

1st Honorable Mention - "Dissolution", Michael Sawecki

2nd Honorable Mention - "Mother's Borsch ", Zoya Smolko

3rd Honorable Mention - "Turner Field '25", Chase Jones

Candids from the reception.