Friday, November 28, 2008

2008 Efest Photos

Efest Photos has arrived. See if you can see yourself in these amazing photos of the 2008 Efest. Great festival with family, friends, food, music, art, pets and many more....
Enjoy.



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Efest Announces Winners of 2008 Eco-Art Contest


Lindow, Rio, Wolfe, Cioffi, Gormley, Velikan, and Botschner Win Awards at Efest 2008 Eco-Art Contest


With 50 exquisite entries to choose from in Efest 2008’s Eco-Art Contest, the public – and the judges – were hard pressed to select just one. This year’s entrants ranged in age from five to 84 and were comprised of amateurs and professionals, students and art groups. Assemblage artist Richard Hinger provided the Eco-Art Contest with its “Trash to Treasure” young woman that graced the entrance to the exhibit.

The three main-prize winners are: for Individual Entry, Stig Lindow and “Oscar,” a fish made from metal parts from 1950s garage doors; for Group Entry, submitted by Harmony Rio, Kelly Wolfe, and Janet Wolfe, “Reconstructing a Sleeping Venus;” and for People’s Choice, “Discover Nature – Play Outside” by nature photographer Kelly Cioffi.

Honorable mentions this year go to: Michael Gormley with “35 Hours with a Downed Citrus Canker;” K a r e n a V e - likan’s “Goddess;” and last year’s People’s Choice winner, Carla Botschner with “Faerie Dress,” created with used dryer sheets and lint. Prize sponsors this year include: Pro-Motion Notions, Stephanie Heidemann, Catherine Seress, Whole Foods, Local Coffee + Tea, LolaBlueLiving, Sunny Day Soap, Juno & Jove, Frumples, and D. G. Dart.

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Thursday, November 27, 2008

VESPA WINNER


Bernie Gottschalk of Sarasota won the LX50 Vespa at Efest. Bernie is an executive with Sarasota and Her Islands Convention & Visitors Bureau. Bernie is originally from Michigan and Massachusetts. She moved to Sarasota in 1973 after a vacation.

"Efest offers our community and all of Southwest Florida a wonderful opportunity to interact with professionals in the green living community," she said. "Kudos to everyone involved with Efest".