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2008 Art Awards

Because our mission includes supporting artists, the Festival started a program in 2007 called "Anacortes Collects" that places artwork in public and corporate collections. The two-to-one matching-funds program provides up to $15,000 yearly for the purchase of work from Art at the Port exhibits.

Two additional corporate awards totaling $1,500 are also presented. They include

• $1,000 Peoples Choice sponsored by Peoples Bank - selected by votes from attendees of the exhibit
• $500 T. Bailey Award - sponsored and selected by a representative of T. Bailey Inc.

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2007 Art Awards

Sue Roberts won the $1,000 Peoples Choice Award. She was selected by votes of over two thousand people who attended Art at the Port. Her work was featured in the John L. Scott Focus Gallery.

"Cap Sante Sunrise" by Jack Gunter from Camano Island received the $500 T. Bailey Corporate Award. Ruby Tanaka of T Bailey, Inc. made the selection.

The Anacortes Arts Festival has a new Art at the Port program titled Anacortes Collects that awards up to $5,000 in Festival fine art award money with community partner matching funds to place artwork in public or semi-public places. This year's partners are Island Hospital and The Anacortes American. The Anacortes American purchased 3 Lewis Jones polaroid transfer photographs depicting images from Anacortes. Island Hospital chose two Jack Gunter oil paintings, titled "Basket Painting #23" and "A View from Rose Point" to hang in the new hospital facility. "A View from Rose Point" was painted from a historic Anacortes photo from the Wallie Funk collection. The Island Hospital Art Committee is shown with "Basket Painting #23" by Jack Gunter. Left to right: Mike Bruggerman, Diane Elliott, Rita James, Beverly Swanson, Vince Oliver, Dave Cortelyou.