Graceson Stibbards

2023 Nominee

Best in ARTS, PERFORMING ARTS + CULTURE

Artist/Vendor

Self Employed

Since moving to Lewiston, Graceson has become a champion for our community. Graceson lives and works in the Downtown Arts District and has made a positive impact on the neighborhood with her unwavering dedication to helping and supporting anyone she comes across who may be in need. Through her art, she connects and engages members of our community with every local event she participates in. Through her art business, Rosewinkoi, Graceson sells her art prints, stickers, and handmade goods. She has participated in our local monthly Art Walks and city festivals and events. She is most notable with those she meets for her incredibly kind and generous nature. She is a strong proponent for individual rights and creating safe spaces for people to be themselves and encourages people to be tolerant and supportive of one another. In her part time work at Obscura Cafe & Drinkery she has brought a level of comfort and ease to everyone she interacts with. Her successful art business takes her all over New England to conventions and she is definitely a rising star who has already made an impact in the art world. Graceson Stibbards will surely continue to positively impact our community the way she’s already been impacting the lives of the people in it.