The Essex Art Association
2019 Exhibition and Events Schedule
Hours:1-5 pm daily, except Tuesday
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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
“Chilly, Cheap & Chili” - All artwork for sale $200 or under
Entry and hang your own work: Wednesday, December 11, 3 - 7 pm
Reception and Sale: Saturday, December 14, 10 am - 4 pm
Pickup: Saturday, December 14, 4-5 pm
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
