The 20th Annual Showgirl Art Competition is April 23rd, 11:00am - 2pm
at the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts Black Box Theatre
Cash prize categories:
Best in Show: $300. 1st: $250. 2nd: $200. 3rd: $150. 4th: $100.
Last year we added two special categories and will keep them if they apply:
the Backstage Connection: $200. and most playful: $200. I encourage you to look at 2025’s winners.
The winning artists artwork will be on display at Blick Art Materials
We are still in the planning stages, but this is what we have in place so far:
This year’s Showgirl Models: Brooke Brown and TBA
Costumes: Karen Burns Hello Hollywood Hello costume collection, and more to be announced
Visual arts Instructors: Kelly Mabel and James Ibarra
Panel: Linda Spinks, Anthony Brown, and more to be announced
Photographers: Virginia Trudeau and Lola Mabel
Special guest and entertainer: Wes Winters
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
info@showgirllegacy.org 2025 competition guidelines
The links of interest page directs artists to websites with photo collections and costume sketches that document the showgirl and the stage show spectaculars, the Showgirl Legacy Foundation Facebook page also has references and photos.
The program is sponsored by the Showgirl Legacy Foundation, Founder & President Lou Anne Chessik,
Art Instructor Kelly Mabel, and the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts.
Special thanks to our foundation board members: Kelly Mabel, Virginia Trudeau, and Su Kim Chung
and thanks to our sponsors: James Rollans, Cupertino Electric & Thrivent Financial
SO THE PROCESS BEGINS: Presentation in the Black Box Theatre, painting the showgirl in the classroom,
submitting paintings to the 2026 Showgirl Art competition to be displayed at Blick Art Materials.