JAS 18: The 2022 Juried Art Show
May 31-July 9, 2022
May 31-July 9, 2022
AWARDS
First Place: Michael Scherfen, Piano Man
Second Place: Ann Marie Fitzsimmons, Miss America
Third Place: Louise Krasniewicz, Polish Witches
Honorable Mention:
Phyllis Frazer-Mayer, Dreaming Of Yesterday
Michael Naghski, Le Peloton
Marino Cirillo, We Will Not Give Up
Bill Ross, Vanitas
Margaret Marzullo, Boundaries of Womanhood
Denise Van Dyke, Green Dragon
Second Place: Ann Marie Fitzsimmons, Miss America
Third Place: Louise Krasniewicz, Polish Witches
Honorable Mention:
Phyllis Frazer-Mayer, Dreaming Of Yesterday
Michael Naghski, Le Peloton
Marino Cirillo, We Will Not Give Up
Bill Ross, Vanitas
Margaret Marzullo, Boundaries of Womanhood
Denise Van Dyke, Green Dragon
ACCEPTED ENTRIES SLIDE SHOW
Comments from the juror, Pat Hutchinson:
This is a great exhibit. Thanks and congratulations to all the artists who entered their work and contributed to this show. I love the variety of media, but also the range of subject matter. For each of the pieces displayed here, I have to pause as I think of all the years of skill-building, thought, and sheer satisfaction-in-creation that it represents.
Each piece makes me want to know the individual who has offered me a chance to glimpse the world from his or her unique perspective. Take, for instance, “Piano Man.” This artist’s drawing skills and mastery of watercolor are inarguable. He uses those tools to capture personality, and that’s the real magic. The perspective of the keys, then fingers, lead you back to that face—the performer at his craft!
Then there’s “Miss America”—this is beautifully painted, bold in its composition and contrast, and intriguing in its message. Is it an accidental confluence of flotsam given meaning by some graffiti by the artist, or the remains of a Raggedy Ann who’s fallen on hard times? Only the red, white and blue colors remain—surely a commentary on the state of the nation.
The "Polish Witches” is even more intriguing. It feels like authentic folk art—featuring a stylized figure, hand stitched and laden with esoteric symbols and words. “Charged with theft of the morning dew” is particularly provocative. I could make some guesses—does it refer to a sixties folk song or something more personal?
The Honorable Mentions represent a sampling of the range of media the artists have chosen to explore, all very capably, with insight, appreciation and sometimes humor. I think everyone in the show should be proud to be part of this gathering, as I am to have been asked to judge.
This is a great exhibit. Thanks and congratulations to all the artists who entered their work and contributed to this show. I love the variety of media, but also the range of subject matter. For each of the pieces displayed here, I have to pause as I think of all the years of skill-building, thought, and sheer satisfaction-in-creation that it represents.
Each piece makes me want to know the individual who has offered me a chance to glimpse the world from his or her unique perspective. Take, for instance, “Piano Man.” This artist’s drawing skills and mastery of watercolor are inarguable. He uses those tools to capture personality, and that’s the real magic. The perspective of the keys, then fingers, lead you back to that face—the performer at his craft!
Then there’s “Miss America”—this is beautifully painted, bold in its composition and contrast, and intriguing in its message. Is it an accidental confluence of flotsam given meaning by some graffiti by the artist, or the remains of a Raggedy Ann who’s fallen on hard times? Only the red, white and blue colors remain—surely a commentary on the state of the nation.
The "Polish Witches” is even more intriguing. It feels like authentic folk art—featuring a stylized figure, hand stitched and laden with esoteric symbols and words. “Charged with theft of the morning dew” is particularly provocative. I could make some guesses—does it refer to a sixties folk song or something more personal?
The Honorable Mentions represent a sampling of the range of media the artists have chosen to explore, all very capably, with insight, appreciation and sometimes humor. I think everyone in the show should be proud to be part of this gathering, as I am to have been asked to judge.
The Juror: Pat Hutchinson
After completing her M.F.A at Penn State University, Pat Hutchinson, Belmar, taught art for ten years at (then) Trenton State College, as well as at Mercer and Ocean County Community Colleges. An invitation to teach design in the Department of Industrial Education at the College of New Jersey stimulated an interest in the creative process as it extends beyond the world of art, which led to a Ph.D. in Design and Technology Education at New York University. As a Fulbright Scholar at Oxford University, UK, she carried out dissertation research on British Design Education. Upon her return to the US, she co-founded and edited TIES Magazine (circulation 50,000), a design education publication for teachers, published first at Drexel University and then at the College of New Jersey, where she continued to teach design until 2008. Dr. Hutchinson served as Curriculum Director for two National Science Foundation Projects from 1991-98, and as Principal Investigator/Project Director of NSF’s Children Designing and Engineering Project from 1999 to 2005.
Dr. Hutchinson is co-founder of the 501c3 Belmar Arts Council, on whose Board she served as Chair for four years and Vice-chair for two years, while also serving for six years on the Board of the Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan. She is currently a member of the Belmar Public Library Board and is the President of the NJ Fulbright Association. She is a figurative painter and has directed many community arts initiatives and mural projects. Since 2016 she has concentrated on social justice issues in her painting.
Dr. Hutchinson is co-founder of the 501c3 Belmar Arts Council, on whose Board she served as Chair for four years and Vice-chair for two years, while also serving for six years on the Board of the Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan. She is currently a member of the Belmar Public Library Board and is the President of the NJ Fulbright Association. She is a figurative painter and has directed many community arts initiatives and mural projects. Since 2016 she has concentrated on social justice issues in her painting.
