{"id":65592,"date":"2026-05-11T20:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=65592"},"modified":"2026-05-11T20:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:36:38","slug":"mayfaire-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/05\/11\/mayfaire-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayfaire Award Winners:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A special recognition for Olga Nenazhivina<\/strong> of Bradenton, Florida, who took home Best of Show<\/strong> and the festival\u2019s top honor with a $5,000 award<\/strong> at Mayfaire by-the-Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Originally from Russia, Nenazhivina works primarily in ink on paper, creating pieces that feel both precise and deeply alive. A well-earned honor, and a powerful reminder of why Mayfaire continues to bring world-class artists to the heart of Lakeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards of Excellence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Heather Duncan \u2014 Mixed Media<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Richard Wilson \u2014 Drawing & Graphics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Awards of Distinction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Robin Holt \u2014 Jewelry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Paul Tilton \u2014 Photography<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Ray McLendon \u2014 Painting, Oil & Acrylic<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Magali Cereghino-Groves \u2014 Wood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Merit Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Jack Hill<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Trent Manning<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Oriana Gerez<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Danny O\u2019Driscoll<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Diana Zhang<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Craig Sacra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Honorable Mentions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Inna Schoeler<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Johanny De Los Santos<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Mike Gibson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Peggy Miller<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Suzanne Bellows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          A special recognition for Olga Nenazhivina of Bradenton, Florida, who took home Best of Show and the festival\u2019s top honor with a $5,000 award at Mayfaire by-the-Lake. Originally from Russia, Nenazhivina works primarily in ink on… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"6","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDVcL2ltYWdlcy0yLTIud2VicD9maXQ9MjAxJTJDMjUxJnNzbD0xIiwidHh0IjoiTWF5ZmFpcmUgQXdhcmQgV2lubmVyczoiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.yzvQ3qxTuYDj8kUAssNl1DKfmx4jBMa0QuTw7lFaYigMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA1XC9pbWFnZXMtMi0yLndlYnAiLCJ0eHQiOiJNYXlmYWlyZSBBd2FyZCBXaW5uZXJzOiIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZG9pcyIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.zr0VYDGtMkODyrwxK3qaWIVRjwg2awkumHrntodN32MMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[14601],"class_list":["post-65592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-mayfaire-award-winners"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65594,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65592\/revisions\/65594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}