The Essex Art Association
2019 Exhibition and Events Schedule
Images of the Essex Steam Train and Riverboat 2019
All activities listed below are at the Oliver O. Jensen Gallery in the River Valley Junction building, 1 Railroad Avenue, Essex, CT
New Pick-up Date: Sunday, January 5, 2020, 12-2 pm (All work must be picked at this time)
Exhibition Hours: November 8 - December 28, 2019, during regular EST&R hours
For details: www.essexsteamtrain.com/schedule
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2019 Exhibition and Events Schedule
“The Space Between” - Late Summer Open Show
Exhibition Juror: Corina Alvarezdelugo
Gantner Gallery Featuring: Anne Coffey - “In Love with Paper and Paint”
Entry Dates: Sunday August 18 & Monday, August 19, 2-5 pm
Reception: Friday, August 23, 6-8 pm
Hours: 1-5 pm daily except Tuesdays, August 24 - September 14, 2019
Pickup: Sunday, September 15 & Monday, September 16, 2-5 pm
Show Chair: Tony Donovan
AWARDS
The Gantner Gallery Show Award: Katie Kindilien, Summertime
The awarded artist will have a solo exhibit next season in our Gantner Gallery.
Best in Show $275: Jill Beecher Matthew, Cacti
Barnes Award - Best Painting $200: Patti Lizotte, Lemon and Bowl
Barnes Award - Best Collage $200: Denise Casey, Peonies in a Jug
Best Watercolor $175: Richard Raicik, Low Tide Repairs
Best Abstract $175: Jean Dalton, Unleashed
Best Sculpture $175: Susan Chamberland, Frenzy
Closest to Theme $150: Elin Dolle, Shadow Play
Best in Photography $150: Fred Rosenthal, Iris
Images of the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat 2019
November - December
At the Oliver Jensen Gallery, 1 Railroad Avenue, in Essex, CT
RENTAL SEASON 2019 – September 19 - October 31, 2019
September 21-22: River Valley Artists
https://www.rivervalleyartists.com/
October 24-27: “Save a Horse-Buy Art”
Past Events and Exhibits 2019 Season
“Converge” - Summer Juried Show
Exhibition Juror: Anne Doris-Eisner
"Converge" July 2019 Accepted Work
Gantner Gallery Featuring: Richard Raicik - “Papa’s Retirement”Entry Dates: Sunday July 21 & Monday, July 22, 2-5 pm
Reception: Friday, July 26, 6-8 pm
Hours: 1-5 pm daily except Tuesdays, July 27 - August 17, 2019
Pickup: Sunday, August 18 & Monday, August 19, 2-5 pm
Show Chair: Lee Bardenheuer
Awards
The Gantner Gallery Show Award: Kimberly Edwards, The Sprint
The awarded artist will have a solo exhibit next season in our Gantner Gallery.
Best in Show $300: Leonard Hellerman, Fall Milkweed
Best in Oil/Acrylic $125: Mary Mellot, Jim
Best in Watercolor $125: Steven Wells, Handle It
Best in Pastel $125: Beverly Schirmeier, Coming Ashore
Best in Photography $125: Carin Roaldset, The Tree
Best Interpretation of Show Theme $100: Ralph Levesque, Bridges
Founders Award in any Medium $100: Juilet Sharrock, Together Yet Apart
Founders Award in any Medium $100: Michele Sinkez, Far Flung
Dock Award in any Medium $100: Diane Brown, Serendipitous Encounter
Dock Award in any Medium $100: Jacqueline Jones, Evening a Pucketts
Dock Award in any Medium $100: Jean Dalton, Fondly Remembered
Dock Award in any Medium $100: Howard Margulas, Inmates
“Out my Window” - Summer Open Show
Exhibition Juror: Fethi Meghelli
Gantner Gallery Featuring: Matt Ruocco - “Far Off Places”
Entry Dates: Sunday June 23 & Monday, June 24, 2-5 pm
Reception: Friday, June 28, 6-8 pm
Hours: 1-5 pm daily except Tuesdays, June 29 - July 20, 2019
Pickup: Sunday, July 21 & Monday, July 22, 2-5 pm
Show Chair: Rose Marie Cushing
Awards
The Gantner Gallery Show Award: Laura Barr, Sound 3 + 4 (Diptych)
The awarded artist will have a solo exhibit next season in our Gantner Gallery.
Best in Show $300: Janet Rayner, The Things We Choose to Ignore
Best Portrait: $225: Michele Gill Tycz, Waiting For
Best in Sculpture $200: Ralph Levesque, View
Best in Photography $200: Leonard Hellerman, In Plane View
Durland Award $200: Susan Chamberland, Voyeur
Best in Pastel $175: Peggy Price, Blink
Best in Black & White $100: Tony Donovan, Christmas Eve, Belfast 1971
Best Interpretation of Theme $100: John Lawler, Chetstone
Elected Artist Show
Exhibition Juror: Jan Ayer Cushing
Elected Artist Exhibit booklet link
Gantner Gallery Featuring: Ralph Levesque - “Mini Retrospective”
Entry Dates: Sunday, May 26 & Monday, May 27, 2-5 pm
Reception: Friday, May 31, 6-8 pm
Hours:1-5 pm daily, except Tuesdays, June 1 - 22, 2019
Pickup: Sunday, June 23 & Monday, June 24, 2-5 pm
Show Chair: Howard Margules
Awards
The Gantner Gallery Show Award: Lisa Tellier, Autumn Woodland
The awarded artist will have a solo exhibit next season in our Gantner Gallery.
Best in Show $250: Leonard Hellerman, Grand Central Station
Best in Sculpture $200: Janet Rayner, Repose
Best in Watercolor $200: Richard Raicik, Color of Rain
Best in Photography $200: Charles Lagana, Lost
Best in Oil $200: Phyllis Bevington, Gentle Surf
Excellence in any Media $150: Kathleen DeMeo, Quietude
Lohman Award $100: Rob DeBartolo, Colored Sand
Lohman Award $100: Carol Dunn, Forest for the Trees
Gantner Award $100: Jill Vaughn, Monsanto - Engineered
“Becoming” - Spring Juried Show
Exhibition Juror: Wilson Harding Lawrence
Accepted work: "Becoming" May 2019
Gantner Gallery Featuring: B. Rossitto - “Gushing, Streaming, Still....Water and Reflections on Nature”
Entry Dates: Sunday, April 28 & Monday, April 29, 2-5 pm
Reception: Friday, May 3, 6-8 pm
Hours: 1-5 pm daily, except Tuesdays, May 4 - 25, 2019
Pickup: Sunday, May 26 & Monday, May 27, 2-5 pm
Show Chair: Kay Brigante
Awards
The Gantner Gallery Show Award: Judith Gay, In His Reverie
The awarded artist will have a solo exhibit next season in our Gantner Gallery.
Best in Show $300: Steven Wells, Holy Cows
Best in Sculpture $200: O.A. Rolston, Not Straight
Best in Photography $200: Leonard Hellerman, Shadows of Dawn
Moore Award: any Media $200: Gray Jacobik, Out of Time & Into Something Else
Best in Pastel $150: Kimberly B. Edwards, Tension of Opposites
Best in Portraiture $150: Mary Mellot, The Reader
Best in Black and White $100: Carol Hedberg, Untitled
Best in Watercolor $100: Keiko Kaiser, Shadow of Decrepitude
Gantner Award in any Medium $100: Diane Rubacha, The Dawning...
Valley Regional High School Student Art Show
Hours: Monday, April 22 - Tuesday April 25, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Reception and Awards: Wednesday, April 24, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
