#SweetArtBeach 💖

By jmhatre

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026

A HUGE THANKS to everyone who voted for their SweetARTs at the Beach Museum of Art.
🥁🥁 And the 💖SweetART💖 contest winners are:
SweetART #1: Alan Shields, Kansas Meatball, 1985 – 1998, acrylic on canvas over aluminum tubing, bolts and nuts, and cotton thread, 2007.111
An icosohedron sculpture using metal tubing, bolts and nuts, and cotton thread, hanging from the ceiling at the Beach Museum of Art.
SweetART #2: Joanna Mitchell (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation), Child’s beaded crown, 2013, multicolored glass beads, leather, thread and elastic, 2025.187
A beaded crown with floral patterns.
SweetART #3: Lisa Grossman, River Mile 104, Mill Creek on the Kaw, 2024, oil on canvas, 2024.34 @Lisa Grossman – artist
River with land around it and sky at dusk.
Honorable mention: Jesus (Jessie) Manuel Montes, 21 with Cube, 2001, corrugated paperboard with acrylic, cube, 2003.5
A cube like sculpture and pedestal made from joining corrugated cardboards and painted patterns over it.
This was such a fun activity! We loved seeing so many hearts placed beneath the artworks indicating your favorites. We can’t wait to do this next year!