2026 Spirit Show Artists
2026 Spirit Show – Best of the Best
On the Way Home
Andrea Swainson
Location: Norglenwold
Division: Masters
Medium: Oil
Award: Presidents Award – Best of Show
Welcome to the first ACACA Alberta Spirit Show, which will showcase all award winning artists’ pieces as a result of the 3 Juried Zone Shows in the Southern, Central and Northern locations in Alberta, hosted by Art Club members throughout the Province of Alberta. Then, after each of the 3 Zone shows, all winning pieces along with juror selected art move on to a second jurying, completed to pick the Memorial Award winners (youth, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Masters, and Signature, with the Harry Wohlfarth Drawing Award and the President’s Choice – Best of Show Award), at the beginning of the Alberta Wide Show. Along with the winners, several pieces of art are selected to stay in this show for the month of August.
There are 29 of the final awarded artists’ pieces in this Show. The President’s Award – Best of Show is showcased first, followed by the winning 2026 Spirit Show pieces in the three sections categorized by Zone Shows for this year. The winners of the Zone Shows and the Alberta Wide Memorial awarded pieces are included together with each artist’s information.
Click on the photo to enlarge it. Enjoy this new approach to the ‘Spirit’ Show which will continue throughout the years going forward.
Northern Show Winners
2026 Spirit Show – Northern Show
Fall Gathering
Rachel Imrie
Location: Hinton
Division: Advanced
Medium: Fibre Art – Felting
Award: Jurors Choice Award
Hello Human
Susan Thompson
Location: Hinton
Division: Intermediate
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Intermediate
The Blues
Mary Frances Fitzgerald
Location: Edmonton
Division: Advanced
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Advanced
West from the Petro Can
Susan Roper
Location: Hinton
Division: Intermediate
Medium: Fibre Art
Award: Fibre Art – Intermediate
Whispers
Mary Frances Fitzgerald
Location: Edmonton
Division: Beginner
Medium: Wood Sculpture
Award: Sculpture – Beginner
A Calm Spot
Donna Steele
Location: Lac La Biche
Division: Beginner
Medium: Oil
Award: Beginner
Athabasca Temporal Syncline 1
Andrew Godsalve
Location: Hinton
Division: Masters
Medium: Photomontage Digital Manipulation
Award: Digital Manipulation – Masters
& Margaret Seelye Memorial Award
From the Ashes
Joy Burkinshaw
Location: Brule
Division: Masters
Medium: Encaustic photo transfer
Award: Masters & Peoples Choice Award
Southern Show Winners
2026 Spirit Show – Southern Show
Hunting Break
Cindy Welsh
Location: Picture Butte
Division: Masters
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Masters
Put out to Pasture
Rick Janzen
Location: Rosemary
Division: Masters
Medium: Digital Art Illustration
Award: Digital Art Illustration – Masters
Resplendent in Her Yellow Dress
Cindy Clark
Location: Drumheller
Division: Signature
Medium: Oil
Award: Signature
Silver Swirls
Bradyn Baynham
Location: Brooks
Division: Beginner
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Beginner
Between Sky and Sage
Alenda Gridley
Location: Morrin
Division: Advanced
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Jurors Choice Award
& Martha Houston Memorial Award
Cozy Life
Cathleen Thibert
Location: Brooks
Division: Intermediate
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Intermediate
Flying Fish
Ellen Nobel
Location: Drumheller
Division: Masters
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Peoples Choice Award
Fog Rising
Amy Ouellette
Location: Drumheller
Division: Advanced
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Advanced
Luna
Diane Peeers
Location: Acadia Valley
Division: Signature
Medium: Drawing & Watercolour
Award: Harry Wohlfarth Memorial Award
Central Show Winners
2026 Spirit Show – Central Show
My Quiet Place
Joyce Boyer
Location: Edmonton
Division: Signature
Medium: Mixed Media
Award: Signature
& Lillian Nunn Memorial Award
Burned into Time
Donna Orr
Location: Clive
Division: Advanced
Medium: Encaustic
Award: Advanced
Busy Bee
Margaret Walker
Location: Red Deer
Division: Intermediate
Medium: Watercolor
Award: Intermediate
Encore
Coralie Banks
Location: Eckville
Division: Beginner
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Beginner
First Light on Silent Fields
Karen Filthaut
Location: Sylvan Lake
Division: Masters
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Jurors Choice Award
Forget Me Not
Stephanie Perry
Location: Sylvan Lake
Division: Masters
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Masters
Memories of Home
Colleen Biggar-Robinson
Location: Sylvan Lake
Division: Beginner
Medium: Fibre Art – Cross Stitch
Award: Fibre Art – Beginner
Blue Lotus
Sheree Nimmo
Location: Edmonton
Division: Advanced
Medium: Sculpture
Award: Sculpture – Advanced
Thunder and Lightenin’
Laurie Miller
Location: Innisfail
Division: Intermediate
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Peoples Choice Award
Temperatures May be Low, but Spirits are High
Laurie Miller
Location: Innisfail
Division: Intermediate
Medium: Acrylic
Award: Hildur Sherbeck Memorial Award
On the Way Home
Andrea Swainson
Location: Norglenwold
Division: Masters
Medium: Oil
Award: Presidents Award – Best of Show
Reflected Practice
Erin Odell
Location: Red Deer
Division: Beginner
Medium: Oil
Award: Jean Stephenson Memorial Award
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