Hometown Artist,
Chris Dufur takes
first place in poster
competition
T
he annual Gilroy Garlic Festival Art Poster Contest welcomes
submissions from across the country, but this year’s first-prize
winner and other top place finishers are all hometown artists who
hail from the Garlic Capital of the World.
The winning poster was created by Gilroy artist Chris Dufur. As First
Place winner, Dufur receives a $500 prize, and prints of his winning
design will be available for sale during the 40th Annual Gilroy Garlic
Festival, July 27, 28 and 29, 2018.
Winning artist Chris Dufur said, “This was the first art contest I’ve
entered—so it feels pretty good to win! I have a passion for art and
enjoy having my work out there for people to see.” Dufur submitted
three different entries in different styles; his winning poster was done in
traditional watercolor paint and features a metal tub of fresh-picked garlic
bulbs in a field against a backdrop of rolling green hills and trees. Dufur
says he was