For Immediate Release:
August 16, 2017
Monmouth County Senior Art Show Winners Recognized
32 local artists receive awards
MANALAPAN, NJ –Thirty-two local senior citizens received awards at the Monmouth County Senior Art Show Awards Ceremony & Reception held today at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters on Symmes Drive.
The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Monmouth County Office on Aging and Monmouth Arts produced the 2017 Senior Art Contest and Exhibition and invited all Monmouth County senior citizens to participate in the juried competition.
Freeholder Deputy Director John P. Curley, liaison to the Monmouth County Division on Aging, Disabilities and Veterans Services, was on hand to present the awards.
“I am continually impressed by the talented artists that we have here in Monmouth County and am proud to present them with their awards,” said Deputy Director Curley. “Many of these artists participate every year and each time they bring something new and more stunning than they did the year before.”
One hundred participants submitted artwork to ten categories that included acrylic, craft, digital, drawing, mixed media, oil, pastel, photography, sculpture and watercolor.
Winners in each of the categories received first-, second-, third-place and honorable-mention ribbons. Winning Best in Show were Lois Wilkes of Middletown in the professional category for her photograph “Sisters,” and Jasmine Smith of Allentown in the nonprofessional category for her craft entitled “Winter Robin in Blizzard of 2016.” All other winners and categories are listed below.
“With one hundred participants, it is incredible to see the creativity and variety among our artists,” said Curley. “These senior citizens are remarkable and I can’t wait to see what next year brings.”
The artwork is on display until Aug. 30 at the Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Dr. Photographs of the winning artwork also are posted on the Office on Aging webpage of the County’s website at www.VisitMonmouth.com.
“I encourage our library patrons to take some time to visit the display,” said Director Lillian G. Burry, liaison to the Monmouth County Library System. “It is truly an exhibition not to be missed.”
First-place winners from each of the seven categories will be on display at the 51st annual New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show, to be held at the Meadow Lakes community in East Windsor, NJ from Sept. 18 through Oct. 20.
For information about the Division on Aging, Disabilities and its other event and activities, stop by the County’s office at 3000 Kozloski in Freehold or call 732-431-7450.
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* List of winners follows.
2017 Monmouth County Senior Art Show Winners
Best in Show was presented to Lois Wilkes of Middletown in the professional category for her photograph “Sisters,” and Jasmine Smith of Allentown in the nonprofessional category for her craft entitled “Winter Robin in Blizzard of 2016.”
Acrylic
Professional
First Plan Val Dyshlov Morganville On the River
Nonprofessional
First Place Allan Mogel Manalapan Florida Shore
Second Place Karen Martin Freehold Twp. Quiet Time at White Pine
Farm
Third Place Carol Jankowski Freehold Wagon Ride
Craft
Nonprofessional
First Place Jasmine Smith Allentown Winter Robin in Blizzard of
2016
Second Place Beth DeMartino Tinton Falls Birch Trees
Third Place Patricia Supplee Ocean Grove Winter Night
Digital
Professional
First Place Louis Rivera Tinton Falls Acid Rain
Drawing
Nonprofessional
First Place Theresa Trocchia Interlaken Regal Doberman
Mixed Media
Professional
First Place Nat Regan Ocean Sandy Hook November
Nonprofessional
First Place Pearl Patricio Neptune Alms! Alms to Poor
Orphans!
Second Place Dorathea Manaro Manalapan Flowers for Sharon
Oil
Professional
First Place Guido Guazzoni Ocean Twp. Pierced By a Ray of
Sunlight
Second Place Leonardo Ruggieri Lincroft Gina’s Fresh Catch
Nonprofessional
First Place Joseph Taliercio Marlboro Happy Ours
Second Place Frank Lumia Allentown The Rostafarian
Third Place Marion Dobrowolski Neptune Endless Grazing
Pastel
Professional
First Place Sharon Steinhorn Marlboro Full of Flowers
Nonprofessional
First Place Ellen Silverman Manalapan Venice
Second Place Sol Hara Ocean Twp. Santa Fe Day into Night
Third Place Valerie Rigazio Freehold A Little Dancer
Photography
Professional
First Place Lois Wilkes Middletown Sisters
Second Place Vince Matulewich Morganville Pink Hibiscus
Nonprofessional
First Place Terry Halifko Neptune Lady Blue
Second Place William Jelinek Freehold Santorini Sunset
Third Place Thomas E. Smith Allentown Guinea Turaco
Sculpture
Professional
First Place Tova Navarra Middletown This Changes Everything
Nonprofessional
First Place Georgette Giuffre Howell Asparagus Plate
Watercolor
Professional
Honorable Mention June Knopf Marlboro Palm Coast AU
Nonprofessional
First Place Diane Schechter Manalapan Pottery and Shadows
Second Place Barbara Lomasson Long Branch Amped
Third Place Bennett Campanella Freehold Summer Time
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