The Guilford Art League presents its 75th Annual Juried Exhibit & Sale on view at The Gallery at Guilford Art Center from Monday, September 11 – Saturday, September 30. An Opening Reception will be held on Thursday, September 14, 5-7 pm.
Juried by Jeanne Criscola, the colorful and eclectic show features more than 100 Connecticut artists working in all media including oils, watercolor, pastels, acrylics, sculpture, collage, mixed media, printmaking, and photography. (See a complete list of accepted works below.)
This year, First Prize ($600) went to Helen Cantrell for Winter Sunset, Second Prize ($400) was awarded to Sharon Morgio for Uneasy Guest, and Third Prize ($300) went to Cheri Weymann for her work Evergreen Walk II. The Sculpture Prize went to Sandra Spahr for Lion Cub and the Photography Prize was awarded to Peggy Bloomer for Kayaks In Fog. The Elizabeth (Mike) Boyd Memorial Prize went to Karen Wiesner for Summer Marsh – Meig’s Point, and the Richard Cretell Memoria Prize went to Ralph Levesque for Confluence. Honorable Mentions included Gritli Rabin for Your Choice: Light over Darkness, Ralph Acosta for Evening Ferries at Martha’s Vineyard, and Arthur Guagliumi for The Printblock Blues.
“I think the work was extraordinary and wonderful,” said Criscola. “I feel humbled to be choosing the show and I wanted to be as inclusive as possible. If an artist submitted two pieces of work I compared the two carefully and took out one of the pictures, I then went through all the work again, looking at composition, framing and presentation. Then finally I looked at colors, concepts and imagery and whether all would talk to each other – whether they would work together to support each other and whether the show as a whole would work together. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing such varied, competent and exciting work — thank you.”
Many of the pieces in the show are for sale. A complete list of items can be found in the show program, available at the gallery. Those interested in purchasing art may speak with a gallery sitter or contact Sheila Kaczmarek 203.645.8827, sheila.f.kaczmarek@gmail
or Ava Orphanoudakis 203.689.5342, avaorph@gmail.com.
The Guilford Art League was founded in 1947 by a small group of local artists. The objective of the art league is to promote and stimulate interest in the visual arts. Members and associates of the Guilford Art League are a participating and interactive group of artists who learn and benefit from their association with one another.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE ACCEPTED ARTISTS!
Ralph Acosta, Evening Ferries at Martha’s Vineyard
Del-Bourree Bach, Standing Strong & Tall
Laura Barr, Here & There Panel #13
Nancy Bass, Sublime Landscape
Nancy Bass, At the Museum (After Monet)
Serena Bates, Precipice
Serena Bates, Emancipation
Sister Joan Bernard, Floral Fantasy
Peggy Bloomer, Kayaks In Fog
Terry Bogan, White Peony
W C Butcher, Two Figures
Jill A. Butcher, The Gardener
William Butcher III, Lucid Dream
Laura Byrne, Peach Dahlia
Helen Cantrell, Winter Sunset
Susie Capezzone, Untitled
Denise Casey, Late in the Day, Wyoming
Polly Castor, Wade in the Water
Diane Chandler, American Attitude
Anne Coffey, I’ll Meet You on the Sunset Side
Jan Cohen, Shed Party
Stephany Cousins, Buddha’s Dream
Steffen Cretella, Untitled
Rita Dawley, The Gathering
Douglas Deveny, O Thou Who Changest Not
Raffael DiLauro, Dream
Celeste DiNello, Pine Trees at Dawn
Anne Doris-Eisner, Hidden Lives
Nancy Douglas, Through the Marsh Oil
Carol Dubielle, The Earth Is Hanging by a Thread
Ruth Dwyer, Bean
Eileen Eder, Rembrandt’s Gaze
Vincent Elliott, Guilford Harbor Shore
Betsey Evarts, The Door Yard
Betsey Evarts, Vintage Barn
Oi Fortin, Variation in Abstract #8
Gail Friedland, The Crossing
Ted Genard, Julianka
Ava Orphanoudakis, Germinating in an Invisible Space
Timothee Graze, Lilac Limbs
Deborah Greco, Misty Swamp
Jean Gresham, Wonder
Hilary Griffin, Stripes and Florals
Arthur Guagliumi, The Printblock Blues
Lisa Helene, You Make Me Feel Like Dancin’
B. Joan Hickey, Early Morning Light
Marianne Holtermann, My Grandmother’s Kitchen
Sunil Howlader, Identity
Elizabeth Hundt Scott, Beach Trees, Madison
Robert Jacoby, Portal 2
Sheila Kaczmarek, Pulp Fiction
Sheila Kaczmarek, Talking Heads
Karl Kaufmann, Gazing bowl
Suzanne Kriger, Grass Island
Charles Lagana, Despair
Ann Langdon, Untitled
Edward Lent, Rhythm Is a Danger
Stuart A Lerner, The Missing Links
Steven LeRoux Sr, Vision Quest
Ralph Levesque, Confluence
Lillian Levine, Nurturing embrace
Maureen Lopes, Cedar Spirit
Sharyn Jakiela Maher, Time
Dolores Marchese, My Story
Joanne Martignoni, Bound
Thomas Mayer, Triangles
Rosemary McClain, Cactus Blossom
Rosemary McClain, Red Winged Black Bird
Molly Sullivan McDonald, Undertow
William Meddick, House with a View
Sharon Rowley Morgio, Uneasy Guest
Sue Mullaney, Romelda Calling up the Clouds
Will Naclerio, Petit
Sal Naclerio, Lake Saltonstall
Marilee Noonan, The Walk
Windy Noviardy, It Was Only in My Mind
Eileen O’Donnell, Bunny
Lon Paffumi, Sunrise
Vincent Palladino, Frames #10
Scott Paterson, The End of August
Alicia Pena, Urban Landscape
Chris Penry, Untitled
Dorie Pouch Petrochko, A Perilous Landing
Diane Platt, Of the Forest
Steven Plaziak, Rooster and Hen
Gritli Rabin, Your Choice: Light over Darkness
Sue Rollins, Serinus Canaria
Katie Samuelson, In Pieces
Anthony Scala, Lady Moonglow
Julie Schaffer, Trees At Florence Griswold
Beverly Schirmeier, Letting Loose
Charlotte Scot, Waiting
Steve Senatro, Tiger Lily
Steve Senatro, Black Bass
Rosemary Serfilippi, The Red Plate
Eliot Sheiman, Yes! I Love you
Anita Soos, Cadence 3015
Lorelei Sowa, The Barge
Sandra Spahr, Lion Cub
Cynthia Stannard, Night Concert
Cynthia Stannard, Summer Solitude
Thomas Stavovy, Sisyphus
Richard Stephen, Woodland Joy
Len Swec, From Christina’s World
Ceal Swift, Red Barn 2
Aaron Tessler, Untitled
Jan Vanderburg, The Marsh
Penny Weinstein, Edgar Simoneau
Cathy Weiss, Vibrant Sea #4
Seth Weiss, Sharks in the Marsh
Cathy & Seth Weiss, Iron and Ink
Dinah Wells, Snowy Trees
Cheri Weymann, Evergreen Walk II
Karen Wiesner, Summer Marsh – Meigs Point
Vickie Williams, Glad You’re Here!
Jeanetter Wimmer, Sunflowers II
Nancy Wood, Mother and Child
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