by Grace Lucarelli | Jun 26, 2017 | Past Exhibitions
2017 Members Showcase
May 27 – June 25
CALL FOR ENTRIES: The Art Guild will hold its 2017 Members Showcase exhibit at The Art Guild, Elderfields Preserve, 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030. All TAG members are invited to enter their artwork. Non-members may become members at the time of submission.
ELIGIBILITY: All TAG members (14 years and older) may submit. Membership must be current. One entry per member. All styles are welcome. All works must be original and completed with in the last five years. Works previously exhibited at The Art Guild Gallery will not be accepted. The Art Guild reserves the right to choose the artwork to be included in the exhibition. Works to be included in this exhibition must be available from May 22 through Sunday, June 25, 2017, at 3 pm.
JUROR OF AWARDS: Dan Christoffel is an award-winning artist with fifty years teaching experience. His expertise extends from oil painting and sculpture (in terra cotta, stone and steel) to print making. He is an accomplished portrait artist and art lecturer including visiting lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Committed to excellence in education, he has been a visiting artist at schools across Long Island, an adjunct professor and an artist in residence at LIU Post. He presently has two sculptures included in the 911memorial.org collection.
AWARDS: 1st Place $300 • 2nd Place $200 • 3rd Place $100 • Honorable Mention & Students Award/s
The Terry Shkuda Award for Broadening Creative Pursuits will also be presented.
by Grace Lucarelli | Nov 28, 2016 | Past Exhibitions
2016 Nassau County High School Student Juried Exhibit
at The Art Guild at Elderfields
November 5 – November 27
Artists’ Reception and Award Ceremony
Saturday, November 5, 3-5 PM
We would like to thank Dick Blick Carle Place for their generous donation of goodie bags for every participating high school student. Thank you Jason and staff!
CALL FOR ENTRIES: The Art Guild invites all Nassau County High School Students to submit digital images of their 2D or 3D artworks for consideration to its “Nassau County High School Student Juried Art Competition & Exhibition” which will be on view at The Art Guild’s home, Elderfields Historic Preserve.
CRITERIA: All styles from abstract to realism are welcome. Student’s 2D or 3D work must be original and done “by hand” (no mechanical reproductions or giclees) and created within the last two years. The selection committee’s decision is final. Works to be included in this exhibition must be available from October 31 – November 27, 2016. No exceptions.
MEDIUMS: Including but not limited to acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, digital art, collage, encaustic, etching/prints or sculpture with pedestal. (NO COPIES, PHOTOGRAPHY, REPRODUCTIONS OR GICLEES.)
SIZE: Maximum size 30 x 30 inches including frame.
JUROR: Stephanie Navon-Jacobson
ENTRY FEE: $25.00 for up to TWO entries per student.
Each student must fill out a separate form. No combining of fees or entries.
ENTRIES: Submission of images of student’s original 2D or 3D artwork created within the last two years should be sent Apply in one of these ways:
• Fill out online form below, upload images and pay with a credit card via PayPal
OR
• Email images to ArtShow@theartguild.org, print form and mail with a check to:
The Art Guild
200 Port Washington Blvd.
MANHASSET, NY 11030
All entries MUST be submitted as digital files in JPG format, between 1 and 3 MB each, with 2,000 to 4,000 pixels on longest side. Label digital images as follows: artist’s lastname_firstname_entrynumber_title.jpg. (example: smith_john_1_beachsunset.jpg).
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 14
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION: The Art Guild Selection Committee will review all entries and notify each artist as to the acceptance of submitted work by October 13, 2016. The Art Guild has the right, in its sole discretion, to choose which eligible entries will be accepted to be exhibited. All decisions are final.
FRAMING: Artwork must be framed unless gallery wrapped. Mat boards must be clean. All work must be securely wired for hanging with the wire attached via screw eyes or D-rings to the frame. ABSOLUTELY NO sawtooth hangers, duct tape, or glued on wires. Label back of work with artist’s name and title of piece. Please contact The Art Guild with ANY questions or concerns.
DROP OFF: Accepted entries must be hand delivered to The Art Guild at these times
October 30 3-5 pm
October 31 5-7 pm
All Artwork MUST be suitably framed and wired for hanging (see Framing, above).
ARTISTS’ RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY: Saturday, November 5, 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Please invite family and friends! If you can’t make it to the reception, the gallery is open November 5 – 27, on Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5 pm and by appointment.
FORM: Please fill out your information and upload your images below. If you have a problem with the form or prefer to send a check, click here for prospectus and registration form, and email your images to artshow@theartguild.org. If you have further questions or concerns, please call 516-304-5797.
by Grace Lucarelli | May 16, 2016 | Past Exhibitions
LINE: Through Thick and Thin Exhibit April 9 – May 15, 2016
Line is one of the basic elements in art – descriptive, implied or abstract. Bold, soft, elegant or jagged. A line defines the curve of a hip. The lines on the highway define a journey. This exhibit is open to painting, drawing, print-making, mixed media and sculpture in which the line is a dominant component.
JUROR Award winning artist, Antonio Masi has been featured in articles in The Artist’s Magazine; PBS’s Sunday Arts, NBC-TV’s Weekend Today in New York,” as well as a book on his paintings New York’s Golden Age of Bridges, He is currently President of the American Watercolor Society. More on Mr. Masi can be found at his website, www.antoniomasi.com.
First Place: Stephanie Navon-Jacobson, Flutterbies, print
Second Place: Frances Ianarella, Orchids, oil
Third Place: Ann Pellaton, Shoreline, watercolor
Honorable Mentions: Diane Bares, Eliza, oil; Ellen Hallie Schiff, Texture Piece 2, enamel on paper; Alexander Betko, Dirty Mind, graphite on paper
Student Award: Matt Santiago, Untitled 3, ink.
by Grace Lucarelli | Apr 4, 2016 | Past Exhibitions
Travels & Destinations
Landscapes, Still Lifes & Figurative Images of Other Worlds, Other Lands, Other Lives
March 5 – April 3, 2016
Reception Sunday March 6, 3-5 pm
Show us where you’ve been – near, far and far-out! Landscapes, still lifes and figurative images tell the story of our travels both real and imagined. Where have YOU been? Montauk, Maine or Mexico? The Moon or the Milky Way? We can’t wait to see your travelogue.
JUROR Paul David Elsen went to the High School of Art & Design where he studied drawing and painting under the late Irwin “Greeny” Greenberg and the noted portrait painter and book cover illustrator Max Ginsburg. After a number of career moves unrelated to art, encouraged by his wife Karmen in 2009, he once again turned his attentions to painting and drawing. Paul David has since studied with artists as diverse as Paul Bachem, Howard Rose, Marc Josloff, and Rob Silverman.
Paul has been awarded Best-In-Show Awards in exhibits at The National Art League and The Art League of Nassau County. He has been part of juried shows at The Heckscher Museum, Huntington Arts Council’s Main Street Gallery, My Gallery in Port Washington, the Art League of Long Island. Other exhibits include the Barnes Gallery in Garden City, a solo exhibit at the Colors Salon in Cold Spring Harbor, The Graphic Eye in Port Washington, the Tripani Gallery in Manhasset, and at the former Sovereign Bank in Forest Hills, Queens. Mr. Elsen has also contributed to group exhibits at the Locust Valley Library & a two-artist show with his wife Karmen Elsen at Cold Spring Harbor Library.
More on Mr. Elsen can be found at his website.
First Place: Diana De Santis for Monet at The Met, pastel
Second Place: Bennett Horowitz for Slot Canyon, New Mexico, oil
Third Place: Aleta Crawford for Siren Song, oil
Honorable Mentions: Meike McLaughlin for The Lighthouse, watercolor; Robert Stuhmer for Surprise at Daybreak, marker; and Rona Winter for The Road Not Taken, mosaic.
by Grace Lucarelli | Oct 19, 2015 | Past Exhibitions
Port To Port – Art Exchange Exhibit
October 6-18, 2015
Artists from the Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council and The Art Guild of Port Washington swap gallery space for this unique Nassau/Suffolk art exchange.
CALL FOR ENTRIES Members of The Art Guild may apply to exhibit their artwork in “Port to Port,” a unique art exchange with Greater Northern Brookhaven & Port Jefferson Arts Council (GNBPJAC). Non-members can become members at the time of submission.
ABOUT PORT TO PORT: This unique art exchange sends artwork by TAG members to be on display at The Community Center, 101A Broadway, Port Jefferson. The work of members of the GNBPJAC with be on exhibit at Elderfields. No prizes will be awarded in this show, however, all accepted artists will receive a one year membership in the GNBPJAC.
Sat. October 10 • 3 – 5 pm
GPJAC Artists’ Reception at
The Art Guild of Port Washington
200 Port Washington Boulevard, Manhasset 11030
516-304-5797
Sun. October 18 • 3 – 5 pm
TAG Artists’ Reception at
Port Jefferson Village Center
101A East Broadway, Port Jefferson 11777
gpjac.org • 631-473-5220
Sponsored by: Long Island Arts Council, Nassau County, Blick Artists Materials, Fern & Hersh Cohen
Port to Port is a Signature Event of the Arts Alive LI 2015 October Arts Month Celebrations!
Upon filling out the on-line form & paying with your credit card via Paypal, you will get an acknowledgement email from The Art Guild and receipt from from PayPal. If you have any questions, please email info@theartguild.org.
