Champaign-Urbana Boneyard Arts Festival

40 North is thrilled to announce the Signature Image for the 2026 Boneyard Arts Festival! After evaluating 90+ outstanding submissions, a panel of local arts professionals selected Zoya Wu ’s Devotion (watercolor), to be the signature image of the 2026 Boneyard Arts Festival! The Boneyard Arts Festival signature image is featured on all festival registration materials, posters, postcards, billboards, print and online advertising, as well as on the cover of the Boneyard Arts Festival quick guide. Two herons floating on an island of grass face an unknowable future. The surrounding void threatens to devour them as they huddle in the light of familiarity. Time will tell whether they will succumb, but for now, they endure. “This image was created during a time of transition. I left many people and places I knew and returned to a version of life that no longer felt recognizable. This piece...