Shaw Art Fair 2026

12 ABOUT THE SELECTION JURY ABOUT THE AWARDS T his year’s judges will select recipients for $5,700 in prize money. Awards are given for Best of Show, and First, Second, Third and Fourth Places in both the fine art and fine craft categories. Four additional monetary prizes include: the DJ Stamm Glass Award, the Jonathan Collins Hoare Memorial Award, and Mark’s Award. MARIAN STEEN , painter and mixed media artist, graduated fromWashington Univer- sity School of Fine Art and after raising a family, turned to the outdoor art show scene participating in art fairs across the Midwest andWest, including the Saint Louis Art Fair, Vail Art Fair and Chicago's Northshore Art Fair. She has taught at Washington University Fine Arts Institute and has been a visiting artist at various or- ganizations and schools. She has exhibited in museum and galleries in group or solo shows, such as Martin Schweig Gallery in St. Louis, Margaret Harwell Art Museum in Poplar Bluff, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Kansas City, Saint Louis University Mu- seum of Art. Her work has been published in numerous books on art and as book jacket illustrations. Her work has won nu- merous awards and is in numerous public and private collections, including the Amer- ican Embassy, Brussels, Belgium. mariansteen.com ANGIE VILLA is the MuseumManager at 21c MuseumHotel St. Louis, carrying out both behind-the-scenes and public facing aspects of the contemporary art exhibi- tions and arts programming for the mu- seum. She comes from a background in public art, having worked for Via Partner- ship, a consulting group which helps com- mission and plan public art projects around the country. Angie is proud to ex- pand artist experiences available in St. Louis as it is wonderful to be involved in growing the opportunities for artists and the public in this region, especially in an in- clusive way. PHILLIP FINDER is a ceramic artist working in St. Louis. He studied industrial design at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI, before earning a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL under the guidance of ce- ramic artist Stephen Heywood. Phillip honed his artistic direction through a three-year graduate program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and in 2013 received a Master of Fine Art degree in Ceramics with the direction of Paul Dresang and Matt Wilt. Phillip has been teaching for over a decade at several St. Louis colleges including Maryville Uni- versity (2014-2023) where he acted as the Ceramic Program Facilities Manager, and now works with St. Louis Community Col- lege at both the Menacme and Forest Park Campuses. He also creates work from his home studio in Compton Heights, St. Louis, MO. A n independent panel of 3 jurists selects the artists. Each entry is viewed with others in that medium, and scored for later tallying. The top scores are se- lected for acceptance. All previous year’s award winners are invited back to the show, and do not have to have their work reviewed.