Tulip Time reveals top 20 finalists for poster contest

HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — Tulip Time has announced the top 20 finalists for its annual poster competition.

The annual First Bloem Festival Artwork Competition was first started in 2011 as a way to pick the official Tulip Time poster each year. Ottawa County residents, along with residents in Allegan, Kent, Muskegon and Kalamazoo counties, are invited to submit pieces to the competition.

More than 50 artists submitted a total of 93 pieces this year, Tulip Time said in a Wednesday release.

Those pieces were narrowed to the top 20 by juror Michael Burmeister, the owner of Button Gallery in Douglas. He also has an MFA and was formerly a fine art professor.

This year’s top 20 are:

• Tricia Baker, “Tip Toes and Tulips,” watercolor & acrylic
• Cindy Bender, “All the Frills,”  watercolor
• Elizabeth Bombara, “Grand Collective,” oil on canvas
• Alla Dickson, “The Gift of Presence,” oil
• Judy Giles, “Coaxing the Tulips to Dance,” oil on canvas
• Karen Johnson, “Nothing but Tulips,” mixed
• Mary Ellen Kettelhut, “Windswept,” mixed
• Kate Moynihan, “Flourishing Tulips,” acrylic
• Erin Mullis, “Dorothy and the Tin Woodsman,” mixed
• Erin Mullis, “Sweet Grass and Tulip Fields,” mixed
• Heather Persch, “Gertrude’s Garden,” acrylic and fabric
• Tammi Radomski, “Klompen Time,” oil on canvas
• Andrea Rich, “Tulip Medley,” oil on canvas
• Conni Schaftenaar, “Colorful Tulips,” watercolor batik
• Andrew Snyder, “Blooms on Parade,” watercolor and colored pencil
• Carolyn Stich, “Beaming Joy,” gouache and ink
• Alissa Volbeda, “Floral Symphony,” watercolor & ink
• Alissia Volbeda, “Holland Blauw,” watercolor
• Dameris Wahl, “Abstract of Tulips,” acrylic on canvas
• Emily Wells, “Tulip Tide,” acrylic

The winner will be announced in February 2025.

Tulip Time 2025 is set to run from May 3 to May 11.

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