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• Peter Anderson Legacy Award –
ANITA AND MICKIE HUGHES OF LAFAYETTE, LA., for their functional and creative pottery pieces.“There are so many potters at
this show and awesome people. My daughter, Mickie, was in tears over receiving the legacy award,” Anita Hughes said. The mother-daughter duo creates pottery and teaches classes at their studio. Their motto is “We are the place where art and function collide.”
ANITA & MICKIE HUGHES BOOTHS #126 & 127
• Mississippi Press Award of Excellence –
ANDREA “ANDI” WILKES- JONES OF COVINGTON, LA., for her vintage jewelry made with buttons. Wilkes-Jones has been taking her
unique jewelry – called The Brass Button and Chained Mail – on the road for around 30 years. The 2015 Peter Anderson festival had its challenges because of the rain, especially when she opened her double size booth on Sunday and found one side collapsed. All she had was a roll of paper towels to dry off everything.“I was ready to throw in the proverbial paper towel,” she said. The award has rejuvenated her creative efforts.
ANDREA WILKES-JONES BOOTHS #138 & 139
• Award for the Creative Arts –
RICHARD “RICK” LORENZ OF BELL VISTA, ARK., for his U-Birdz digital paintings.“I’ve received awards from all over the country, and this
was one of the nicest,” Lorenz said. A native of Louisiana he now lives in the Ozarks. He loves coming to the Peter Anderson festival because “the people are more hospitable no matter if it’s raining, humid or windy – they are happy to be there.”
RICHARD LORENZ BOOTHS #526 & 527
• Booth Award –
CATHERINE ANN “CAT” DAVIS OF STARKVILLE, MISS., for her Hi Y’all Made in the South booth display. Davis gives the credit for her Booth Award to her husband, Parker Davis, because he puts in the hard work to set up her booth. “Ocean Springs is such a fun town. You can tell people in the community really appreciate art, and the work the artist does,” she said.
CATHERINE ANN DAVIS BOOTH #711
THE OTHER TOP AWARDS HANDED OUT DURING THE 2015 FESTIVAL WERE: