Fairtastic Poster Art Competition<\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The 2026 Fairtastic Grand Champion artwork was created by Milwaukee artist Riley Peters<\/span><\/span>!<\/h3>\nAs the commemoration of the Competitive Exhibits 2026 theme, \u201cRooted in Tradition,\u201d Peters\u2019 piece overflows with warmth and nostalgia. <\/span>The\u00a0artwork\u00a0depicts a colossal\u00a0potato shaped like\u00a0Wisconsin\u00a0that is\u00a0rooted in\u00a0the traditions\u00a0of\u00a0agriculture, entertainment\u00a0and\u00a0memory making\u00a0while spotlighting a beautifully rendered Wisconsin State Fair ribbon.\u00a0As Wisconsin State Fair\u00a0officials\u00a0invite everyone to \u201cCelebrate Together\u201d for the\u00a0175<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0anniversary this year, Peters\u2019\u00a0poster will\u00a0offer Fairgoers\u00a0a\u00a0chance to bring home a piece of history.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nCommemorative posters and postcards featuring the artwork will be available for purchase during the 2026 Wisconsin State Fair. Proceeds support the Wisconsin State Fair Park Foundation.<\/h3>\nThe Wisconsin State Fair Park Foundation<\/a> was established in 1995 as a non-profit corporation with the mission of securing partnerships to support youth development programs, assisting with future planning and providing funding for capital improvements for Wisconsin State Fair Park. For more information, please visit WSFPFoundation.org.<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2026-Fairtastic-Poster-scaled.jpg\" "\\"2026")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Artist: Riley Peters, Milwaukee WI<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Past Fairtastic Art Posters<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/600x830_Poster_Competition-217x300.jpg\" "\\"600x830_Poster_Competition\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2025<\/strong> – Lauren Marvell, South Milwaukee, WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/fairtastic-2024-600x400-1-e1733335006318.png\" "\\"fairtastic")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2024<\/strong> – Jeff Sadowski, Brookfield, WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2023_WSF_Poster_Art_Winner-WEB.png\" "\\"2023_WSF_Poster_Art_Winner")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2023<\/strong> – Ryan Steiskal, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/fair\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/600x800_fairtastic_poster_2022.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2022<\/strong> – Mikayla Albrecht, Appleton WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/fair\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/600x830-fairtastic-poster-2021.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2021<\/strong> – Deborah Perrino, Janesville WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/fair\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fairtasticweb.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2020<\/strong> – Ryan Steiskal, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/fair\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fairtastic.poster.compressed.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2019<\/strong> – James Steeno, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/fair\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fairtastic-1-300x225.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2018<\/strong> – Laura Jackson, Muskego WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/fair\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fairtastic-225x300.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2017<\/strong> – Julie Roth, West Bend WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/fair\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/poster-223x300.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2016<\/strong> – Rozan Henning, Augusta WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/fair\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2015-Fairtastic-Art-Poster2-232x300.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2015<\/strong> – F. Paul Dominguez, Watertown WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/fair\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fair-Poster-for-Web-300x300.jpg\")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2014<\/strong> – Larry Schultz, Milton WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wisconsin State Fairtastic Poster Art Competition is a way to celebrate and engage local and statewide artisan talent. Show off your creativity and capture State Fair’s heritage in a single, bold design as we celebrate 175 years of Showing off Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competitions-for-professionals-small-businesses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5178"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8661,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions\/8661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The 2026 Fairtastic Grand Champion artwork was created by Milwaukee artist Riley Peters<\/span><\/span>!<\/h3>\nAs the commemoration of the Competitive Exhibits 2026 theme, \u201cRooted in Tradition,\u201d Peters\u2019 piece overflows with warmth and nostalgia. <\/span>The\u00a0artwork\u00a0depicts a colossal\u00a0potato shaped like\u00a0Wisconsin\u00a0that is\u00a0rooted in\u00a0the traditions\u00a0of\u00a0agriculture, entertainment\u00a0and\u00a0memory making\u00a0while spotlighting a beautifully rendered Wisconsin State Fair ribbon.\u00a0As Wisconsin State Fair\u00a0officials\u00a0invite everyone to \u201cCelebrate Together\u201d for the\u00a0175<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0anniversary this year, Peters\u2019\u00a0poster will\u00a0offer Fairgoers\u00a0a\u00a0chance to bring home a piece of history.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nCommemorative posters and postcards featuring the artwork will be available for purchase during the 2026 Wisconsin State Fair. Proceeds support the Wisconsin State Fair Park Foundation.<\/h3>\nThe Wisconsin State Fair Park Foundation<\/a> was established in 1995 as a non-profit corporation with the mission of securing partnerships to support youth development programs, assisting with future planning and providing funding for capital improvements for Wisconsin State Fair Park. For more information, please visit WSFPFoundation.org.<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Artist: Riley Peters, Milwaukee WI<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Past Fairtastic Art Posters<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2025<\/strong> – Lauren Marvell, South Milwaukee, WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2024<\/strong> – Jeff Sadowski, Brookfield, WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2023<\/strong> – Ryan Steiskal, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2022<\/strong> – Mikayla Albrecht, Appleton WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2021<\/strong> – Deborah Perrino, Janesville WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2020<\/strong> – Ryan Steiskal, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2019<\/strong> – James Steeno, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2018<\/strong> – Laura Jackson, Muskego WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2017<\/strong> – Julie Roth, West Bend WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2016<\/strong> – Rozan Henning, Augusta WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2015<\/strong> – F. 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Commemorative posters and postcards featuring the artwork will be available for purchase during the 2026 Wisconsin State Fair. Proceeds support the Wisconsin State Fair Park Foundation.<\/h3>\nThe Wisconsin State Fair Park Foundation<\/a> was established in 1995 as a non-profit corporation with the mission of securing partnerships to support youth development programs, assisting with future planning and providing funding for capital improvements for Wisconsin State Fair Park. For more information, please visit WSFPFoundation.org.<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Artist: Riley Peters, Milwaukee WI<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Past Fairtastic Art Posters<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2025<\/strong> – Lauren Marvell, South Milwaukee, WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2024<\/strong> – Jeff Sadowski, Brookfield, WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2023<\/strong> – Ryan Steiskal, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2022<\/strong> – Mikayla Albrecht, Appleton WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2021<\/strong> – Deborah Perrino, Janesville WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2020<\/strong> – Ryan Steiskal, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2019<\/strong> – James Steeno, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2018<\/strong> – Laura Jackson, Muskego WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2017<\/strong> – Julie Roth, West Bend WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2016<\/strong> – Rozan Henning, Augusta WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2015<\/strong> – F. Paul Dominguez, Watertown WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>2014<\/strong> – Larry Schultz, Milton WI<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wisconsin State Fairtastic Poster Art Competition is a way to celebrate and engage local and statewide artisan talent. Show off your creativity and capture State Fair’s heritage in a single, bold design as we celebrate 175 years of Showing off Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competitions-for-professionals-small-businesses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5178"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8661,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions\/8661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/span><\/div>Artist: Riley Peters, Milwaukee WI<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div> 2025<\/strong> – Lauren Marvell, South Milwaukee, WI<\/p>\n<\/div> 2024<\/strong> – Jeff Sadowski, Brookfield, WI<\/p>\n<\/div> 2023<\/strong> – Ryan Steiskal, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div> 2022<\/strong> – Mikayla Albrecht, Appleton WI<\/p>\n<\/div> 2021<\/strong> – Deborah Perrino, Janesville WI<\/p>\n<\/div> 2020<\/strong> – Ryan Steiskal, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div> 2019<\/strong> – James Steeno, Milwaukee WI<\/p>\n<\/div> 2018<\/strong> – Laura Jackson, Muskego WI<\/p>\n<\/div> 2017<\/strong> – Julie Roth, West Bend WI<\/p>\n<\/div> 2016<\/strong> – Rozan Henning, Augusta WI<\/p>\n<\/div> 2015<\/strong> – F. Paul Dominguez, Watertown WI<\/p>\n<\/div> 2014<\/strong> – Larry Schultz, Milton WI<\/p>\n<\/div> The Wisconsin State Fairtastic Poster Art Competition is a way to celebrate and engage local and statewide artisan talent. Show off your creativity and capture State Fair’s heritage in a single, bold design as we celebrate 175 years of Showing off Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competitions-for-professionals-small-businesses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5178"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8661,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions\/8661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wistatefair.com\/competitions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Past Fairtastic Art Posters<\/h2><\/div>
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