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Ridgewood Art Institute hosts Open Juried Show
January 30, 2015 Last updated: Friday, January 30, 2015, 12:31 AM
By Eileen La Forgia
STAFF WRITER |
The Ridgewood News
The Ridgewood Art Institute is hosting The 35th Annual Regional Open Juried Show 2015. This very competitive show features 117 artworks selected for exhibition, drawing artists from Long Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York and is open to all artists working in a representational or traditional manner.
More than $5,000 in cash and merchandise was awarded with a top prize of $1,000. The show features oils, watercolor and pastel. Subjects include landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, floral and still life as well as portraits. There are also scenes from Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Scotland and Africa. Seascapes were in abundance showing Maine, New Jersey and Newfoundland Bay.
Awards jurors were award winning professional artists Jennifer Adams and Michalyn Tarantino, who also twice received the Silver Medal of Honor from NJWCS (North Jersey Water Color Society.)
The prestigious Arthur F. Maynard Award for Best Light and Atmospheric Effect was presented to Antonio Masi for “Red Light/Green Light.”
Among the award winners are: The Betty Kaytes Floral Award given to P. Nebbeling for “Roses Study,” Dr. John Bowe Memorial Award to Marianne V. Kuhn’s “Hidden Falls,” The Lorraine Minetto Memorial Award for Robert Waltsak’s “Boat Basin,” Marsha Holst Memorial Award to Tom Hedderich’s “Below Deck,” American Artists Professional League Award to Robert J. Demarest’s “Two Bridges From the Gorge,” and Hudson Valley Art Association Award to Laura Paray for “Cows in the Sibillini Mtns, Italy.”
The show was dedicated to Lorraine Minetto (1958-2014) a much loved instructor at The Ridgewood Art Institute.