Southern Nevada
Gem & Mineral Society
Cabochon Contests
To be eligible for the cabochon contest you must have at least one hour of shop time during the month of the contest. Bring your cab to the General Meeting for display. The winners will be chosen by popular vote at the general meeting and will receive free shop time as their prize.
2025 Monthly Cabochon Contest:
(Artistic Styles)
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The 2025 Cabochon contest will be a different artistic style each month. This contest will be your interpretation of those styles. We hope you will enjoy the challenge.
Below are each months style and a few artists in that style to help you get started.
Jan Impressionism – Monet, Degas, Renior, Rivera
Feb Cubism – Picasso, Braque, Cezanne, Metzinger
Mar Abstract – Mondrain, Rothko, Pollick, O’Keeffe
Apr Seascapes - Friedrich, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Joaquin Sorollo, Childe Hassam
May Surrealism – Dali, Frida Kahlo, Lucien Freud, Breton
Jun Architectural – Michael Rodde, Caillebotte, Hadid, Giovani Antonio Canal
Jul Expressionism – Kandinsky, Chagall, Malfati, Macke
Aug Contemporary (any type) – Picasso, Warhol, Murakami, Kapoor
Sep Fauvism – Matisse, Derain, Roualt, de Vlaminck
Oct Landscapes – Carl Gustav Rodde, Windslow Homer, Theibaud, da Vinci
Nov Graffiti – Bansky, Fairey, Halring, Lady Pink
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