The Connect Finals is our annual December event that celebrates the top selected artists from our monthly Connect program (our free monthly pop-up art exhibit). Event established in 2010.

Our celebration has changed, over the years! We upped our artist grant from $2,000 to $4,000 in 2015; in 2018, we re-branded our celebration from December Connect Gala to Connect Finals; in 2018, we also determined that a grant awardee could not win the artist grant more than once.

It’s our pleasure to have made a place to celebrate some excellent creative people. We look forward to bestowing more honors for years to come. Please enjoy a list of our top selected artists from these past years. *You’ll note that we don’t have a record of our winners from before 2012. Don’t worry! We’ll find them.