2026 Festival Art Contest

Each year Friends of Bosque del Apache hosts an art contest as part of Festival of the Cranes. The winning piece is featured as one of the faces of our event and will be released on apparel, notecards and much more!

Original artwork can be any medium, including: painting, digital, printmaking, mixed media, two or three-dimensional art, photography, as well as any other. Photographs can be unaltered originals or edited.

The winning artist receives a $500 cash prize and a free Expo booth during Festival of the Cranes, where they can sell their work, from postcards to originals. 

Submissions are closed for 2026. Please watch this space for the announcement of the winner!

Submissions for 2027 start in January 14th and are due June 1st, 2027. Could YOUR beautiful, crane inspired work of art be selected as our next Festival of the Cranes featured art? Well, not if you don’t enter! We can’t wait for you to share your unique creations with us!

2026 Festival of The Cranes Art Winner: Macey Sigaty

My name is Macey Sigaty and I am a Colorado-born interdisciplinary artist focusing mostly on photography, drawing, and print-making. I use many different mediums with an aim to appreciate the ordinary manner of miracles, to see beauty in the banal, and dabble in whimsy. My work is often focused on small moments otherwise easily missed, or a collage of symbols weaving disparate elements together. Nature often finds its way into my work.

I come from a line of artists and grew up with art as a center point. I use it not only as a way to honor those who came before me but as the language needed to connect with the world. You can often find me at The Church Project Community Art Center in Monte Vista, CO, where I am using my hands to make real things and encouraging others to do the same. Congratulations Macey!