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NJWCS Watercolor Workshop
For the first time in a number of years, the NJWCS is reinstating
its popular workshop series.
The first offers an opportunity to study with one of our best
known members. A two-day, weekend plein air workshop with
Marge Chavooshian has been scheduled for May 31 & June
1, 2008 in the Essex County area. Hold this weekend. Flyers
with all details will be mailed in March or call Ann Taylor
at 973-239-6074 or e-mail to actrtist@comcast.net.
66th Annual Open Juried
Show
Ridgewood Art Institute
Receiving: October 4th
Opening: October 11th
Opening Reception with Awards Ceremony: October 19th
Closing: October 31st
Pickup: November 1st
The Annual NJWCS Member's Meeting
was held again this year at the Deal Golf and Country Club's
beautiful setting in Deal, NJ. on Saturday, May 17th. With
great pleasure our newly Elected Members were introduced and
congratulated as they received their membership certificates.
Everybody's appetite was satisfied with the delicious choice
of entrees, and the occasion provided a chance to socialize
and meet new friends. Thank you to all who helped in making
this popular event a great success.
At the Executive Board meeting on
April 12th, seven people were elected full member status with
the New Jersey Water Color Society. This year's newly elected
members were; William Dynan, Vicki Bloye Gainsburg, Jinnie
May, Marigene Misinay, Marie Natale, Edward Rabinowitz and
Alice Warshaw. I would like to extend my congratulations to
all and to urge that they're participation benefits both them
and our great organization in making it function. I'm also
very pleased to have Ann Taylor and Theresa Troise Heidel
join with us on the Executive Board. Ann will be our new 1st
Vice President and Exhibition Chairperson and Theresa our
new 2nd Vice President.
The Annual Associate Show will be
held at the Morris county Library from June 30th - July 31st.
Opening reception will be held July 12th, 2:00 - 4:00. This
show is popular with the library and I encourage all our associates
to enter.
This year's Annual Elected Members
show was held at the guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury,
NJ. May 3rd - May 29th. The reception was held on May 17th
in conjunction with our Annual Meeting and luncheon. Top honors
go to Dolores Ziegler with all the award winners shown in
our Spring/Summer 2008 newsletter. Thank you to Susanna Anastasia,
Margaret Crawford, Roberta Carter Clark and all those who
helped in making this a successful and well received exhibit.
The 66th Open Juried show will be
back to the Ridgewood Art Institute this year. Receiving is
October 4th with the show opening October 11th until October
31st. More information can be found on the exhibition page.
You are encouraged to fill out the Volunteer Helper form and
return it to show chairperson Ann Taylor. Your participation
greatly helps your society's Open Show to be a success.
Hope you a great summer and create
some fine paintings!
Ken C. Hamilton
President NJWCS
Gregory Bruno, AWS won the David Wu
and Elsie Jeck-Key Memorial Award at the Allied Artist of
America 94th Annual Exhibition in December (National Arts
Club, NYC), was juried into the 2008 American Watercolor Society
Open Juried Show, and was an invited juror of awards of the
Essex Watercolor Club 75th Anniversary Member Exhibit, September
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Gay Billich's painting "The Balcony",
was accepted into the Perkins Center for the Arts Juried Watercolor
Exhibition in Moorestown, NJ and received a Jurors Award for
Artistic Excellence. She received Third Place in Abstracts
in the Tewksbury Art Show. Gay received full membership status
with the Garden State Watercolor Society after being juried
into the open juried show for the third time. And her work
was included the 111th Annual Exhibition of the Catherine
Lorillard Wolfe Art Club at the National Arts Club, NYC.
Roberta Carter Clark was featured
12 of her portraits in the May 2008 issue of American Artist
Magazine.
Lisa Grob's work has been selected
to appear in the 2008 National Watercolor Society All Member
Exhibit: VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California.
Michalyn Tarantino is presenting her
watercolors at The Monmouth Museum (Brooksdale Community College,
Lincroft), Emerging Artists Series from April 25- May 25.
She will give a Gallery Talk on Wednesday May 14 7-8 PM.
Dolores Ziegler, AWS took First Place
in "State Show" at the Ocean County Artist's Guild,
a Third Place in the Art Center of Southern NJ (Marlton, NJ).
She will be doing a demonstration and workshop for Willingboro
Art Assn, was accepted into the Burlington County Art AssociationÑMt
Hollow Show and had a collage angel in "Wings" Show
at Smithville, NJ.
Beverly Golembeski had two paintings
accepted into the National PaintAmerica Top100 Exhibition
and one painting juried into the Paint-America MiniTop50.
Both these exhibits can be viewed on the Paint America website,
at www.PaintAmerica.org. They will be part of a traveling
gallery exhibition over this coming year. She also received
the WaterMark Gallery Award at the Tuckerton Seaport Art Show
held at the Lighthouse Gallery, Tuckerton Seaport, Tuckerton.
Jinnie May received Best in Shows
from the Essex Watercolor Club and Roxbury Art Associations.
Lois Sanders received Honorable Mention
at the St. Mark's Juried Art Show and Best in Watercolor at
the Gaelen Juried Art Show, JCC MetroWest (Whippany), open
till June 17.
Mark de Mos is serving the Allied
Artist of America board as the digital image submissions for
their juried show. He received the Anne H. Hanifan Memorial
Award, Skylands Art Show (Newton), and Awards of Excellence
from Essex Watercolor Club and Roxbury Art Association.
Elsa Herrmann was awarded First Place
in Professional Pastels in the Ocean County Senior Citizen
Show, at the Ocean County Artists' Guild, Island Heights.
She was accepted into the 21st Annual Juried Art Exhibit of
the Ocean County Artists' Guild, as well as the 8th Annual
Juried Art Show at the Bernardsville Public Library. She received
a first place Blue Ribbon in Professional Watercolors at the
Laurelton Art Society's Spring Art Festival in Herbertsville.
Christina Sanes was juried into the
following shows: Monmouth Festival of the Arts 2008, Ocean
County Art Guild Annual Show, Tuckerton Seaport Museum Exhibit,
and the Jersey Shore Juried Art Show.
Tom Wilczewski has won First Place
for Watercolor in the Art Society of Monmouth County's Ruth
Crouwn Memorial Art Show: Middletown Township Public Library
April 2008. Tom was also invited by the William Penn Foundation
to show a watercolor in their Philadelphia art exhibit. Tom
had a one person exhibit at the Little Silver Boro Hall.
SANDY MEZINIS won Best in Show /Founders's
Award at the Florida Keys Watercolor Society's 26th annual
exhibition and received an award of excellence at the 2008
Garden State Watercolor Society's annual members exhibition
at the Princeton Day School.
Hudson Valley Art Associations
76th Annual Exhibition at the National Arts Club
in New York awarded Anthony Ventura with the Mrs. John
Newington Award for Excellence 9Best in Watercolor), Joel
Popadics with the Edgar Whitney Memorial Award (3rd),
James Toogood with Joseph Kranansky Memorial Award
(6th), Joan Ross with John Loughlin Memorial Award
for Landscape of Seascape (7th). Also Juried into the exhibit
Winnie O'Dougherty, Betty Stroppel, Mark de Mos, Katherine
Gray, Ken Hamilton, Mel Stabin and Michael Tiscia,
plus Arthur Barbour in Memorium.
Essex Watercolor Color Club's Winter
Members Show in February award winners included NJWCS members,
Best in Show winner Betty Stropel, Awards of Excellence
for Mark de Mos and Virginia May (Associate
Members), Awards of Merit for members Nat Lewis, AWS, Ann
Taylor and Joan Ross as well as associate members
Inese Houlis, Debbie Fryer and Vicki Gainsburg.
Debbie Fryer is the current president of the Essex
Watercolor Çolor Club and the Judge was NJWCS member,
Tom Valenti, AWS.
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