Annual CT Artists Juried Exhibition
Please join us in the Converse Art Gallery for the opening reception of the 79th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition, sponsored by the Katherine Forest Crafts Foundation, on Saturday, January 25th at 1 pm, with special awards announced at 2 pm. The exhibition will close on Friday, February 28th.
This year's exhibition features artwork across various mediums, selected by juror, Sandra Jeknavorian, Professor of Painting and Drawing at Connecticut State Community College at Three Rivers, Program Coordinator of Visual Arts, and Director of the Three Rivers Gallery.
The full list of this year's accepted works can be found below, or by clicking here. The show prospectus can be found here.
This year, Slater Museum will present 11 Awards for the following categories: Best in Show, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, two Honorable Mentions, and six special awards. Each special award comes with a cash prize of $300.00 per award.
Slater Museum graciously thanks the Katherine Forest Crafts Foundation for sponsoring the following special awards and being a long-time supporter and advocate for our annual Juried Show:
Slater Museum graciously thanks the Katherine Forest Crafts Foundation for sponsoring the following special awards and being a long-time supporter and advocate for our annual Juried Show:
- The Teddy Gobreris Award for Excellence in Ceramics
- The Louise Forest Gibson Prize
- The Mabel Kingsbury Fentress Prize
- The Alice Clark Hubbard Prize
- The Joseph P. Gualtieri Prize
- The Mary-Anne Hall Prize
| First Name | Last Name | Title | Medium |
| James | Anderson | Keeping a Low Profile | Gouache on watercolor paper |
| Joyce | Armentano | Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II Ceiling | Hand Cut Paper |
| Joyce | Armentano | Duomo di Milano | Hand Cut Paper |
| Helen | Avalos | Freedom | Batik cotton fabric |
| Del-Bourree | Bach | Keeping an Eye on the Herd | Acrylic on panel |
| Del-Bourree | Bach | Reminiscence | Acrylic on panel |
| John | Baiet | Pearwood | Wood sculpture |
| Charles F. | Barbour | Kanpai | Egg Tempera on True Gesso Panel |
| Nina | Barclay | Hamburg Cove | Oil |
| Karen | Bartone | Pondering Xanadu | Oil on panel |
| Karen | Bartone | Pondering Ice Pond on Monhegan | Oil |
| Serena | Bates | Joyful Ellie | Ceramic |
| Serena | Bates | Miss Independence | Ceramic |
| Edward | Bishop | My Two Sons and a Friend | Oil |
| Sarah | Bishop | SHAMAN | Clay |
| Sarah | Bishop | Dancer Young Judith Jamison | Clay |
| Sherry | Block | Everybody Wants to Be Seen | Steel & wood |
| Mary Patricia | Bolbrock | Home Sheep Home | Oil |
| Brandon | Brownlee | Watching the Clouds on the Wall Pass By | Graphite on paper |
| Edward | Burke | The Dream Black Sun | Acrylic on Canvas |
| William | Butcher | The Deep Sea | Acrylic and foam board on canvas |
| Diane | Cadrain | Sand Ripples with Distant Dune | Jacquard Lumiere paints on cotton |
| Liane | Crawford | Ballet Box | Decoupage |
| Willard | Cummings | Mini Obvara Fired Pot | Ceramic |
| Rita | Dawley | The Neighborhood | Mixed |
| Robert | De Matteo | "Chicken Lady of Silver Sands" Milford, Connecticut, Charlandism |
Oil on Linen |
| Josie Campbell | Dellenbaugh | Dreamer | Bronze |
| Tamara | Dimitri | Geological Study of Intersecting Horizons | textbook paper, wire, cardboard |
| Elin | Dolle | Pratt Cove 2 | photography |
| David | Downey | Fall Reflections | Acrylic on wood panel |
| Carole | Drong | An Aspiring New Davy Crockett | Photography |
| Carol | Dunn | Lovers, Letters, Ledgers | Collage and assemblage |
| Angela | Earley-Alves | Almost | Relief Print |
| Tim | Eaton | Jay's Hideaway | Oil on canvas |
| Tim | Eaton | Summer Field 2 | Oil on canvas |
| Timothy | Egan | Alewife Cove winter | Acrylic on paper |
| William | Evertson | Rime | Woodblock print |
| Michael | Fanelli | Cascade | Photograph |
| Michael | Fanelli | Stepstone | Photograph |
| George | Fellner | Spirit of Well-being | Digital Photographic Print |
| Kevin | Ford | Mason | Acrylic on panel |
| Merrill | French | 7th Avenue | Oil on linen |
| Merrill | French | Spring Street Station | Oil on linen |
| Debra | Gag | Island Life | Oil |
| Sean | Gallagher | Beyond the Cold, White Ground, Home is Here |
Oil Paint on Board |
| David | Grable | Tear Drinker | Color pencil, gouache, graphite, chalk on claybord |
| Charles | Gulbrandsen | Phase Gate | Oil on Canvas |
| Bill | Gusky | Jet Lag | Watercolor |
| Robin | Hammeal-Urban | A Summer's Day | Oil |
| John | Hatch | Grey-dation | Photograph |
| Diane | Holtzworth | Floating on the Quinebaug | Pastel |
| Mary Jane | Houser | Lighten up | Oil on canvas |
| Ryan | Kalentkowski | Specter & the Longest Night | Hand-colored woodcut print |
| Sharon B. | Kehmna | Burnt Offerings | Ceramic Raku |
| Susan S | Kenney | Along the River | Acrylic |
| Earl Grenville | Killeen | Repurposing | Watercolor |
| Caryn | Kreitzer | Fish Sea Goddess | Clay, stain, and glaze |
| Caryn | Kreitzer | Sea Faring Goddess | Clay, stains, and glaze |
| Gordon | Kyle | Stay on the Path | Wood |
| Leslie | Landau | Seen/Unseen... | Oil |
| Leslie | Landau | Momentary I | Pastel |
| Isabel | Lane | Snow Glow | Oil |
| Janice | Laska | Norwich Snow Scene | Acrylic |
| Terrence | Lavin | Core Fragment 4 | Cast glass, bronze, silver |
| Carl | Lawson | Heavens Above | Acrylic on Canvas |
| Melody | Leary | Strange times indeed | |
| Susan | Leggitt | Outgoing Tide | Oil on canvas |
| Rafael | Lino | Over/Under | Acrylic on panel |
| Richard | Longo | Elm Burl Bowl | Wood |
| Richard | Longo | Cherry Burl Hollow Form | Wood |
| Sarah Stifler | Lucas | True Blue | Oil |
| Gretchen | van der Lyke | Ice, Silence | Watercolor, mixed media |
| John | Macomber | Miss Red | Clay |
| Charles | McCaughtry | Evening Beach | Watercolor |
| Brian | McClear | For Keeps | Oil |
| Eleanor | Miller | Summer Dance | Oil on canvas |
| Horace | Miller | Anticipating Equilibrium | Welded Steel |
| Amy | Moreno | Inspiration | Acrylic |
| Krista | Narciso | In Winter, Tree Sleeps | Artist book (letterpress, pressure printing, photopolymer printing, book cloth) |
| Krista | Narciso | Measure for Measure | 4,487 handmade paper seeds, glass and brass curio boxes |
| Jeri | Nichols | A Jumble of Squash | Watercolor |
| Linda | Ouellette | Through an Open Gate | Photography |
| Susan | Parish | Bridebrook | Altered Photograph |
| Susan | Parish | Dusk | Photograph |
| Steven | Parton | Summer | Oil |
| Mark | Patnode | Distant Light | Oil on Linen |
| Yujuan | Patnode | Mongolian girl in front of the bonfire | Acrylic |
| Ian | Pawluk | Madonna without the Christ | Charcoal |
| Jon | Quinn | A Time To Gather | Oil on Linen |
| Jon | Quinn | Take A Breath | Oil on Linen |
| Scott | Rhoades | Christina’s Watering Can | Acrylic |
| Alison | Ritrovato | Sea Worthy | Charcoal |
| Alison | Ritrovato | With Age Comes Wisdom | Charcoal |
| Diana | Rogers | View Across the Wetlands to the Sound | Pastel |
| Richard | Roy | Lincoln Way | Oil on canvas |
| Aidan | Rusiecki | Dancing Monster | Film Photography |
| Aidan | Rusiecki | Romantic Connection | Film Photography |
| Scott | Schuldt | Trade Route | Hand-sewn beadwork |
| Elisha | Sherman | The Siren | Mixed Media |
| Michele | Sinkez | A Nesting Loon | Acrylic |
| David | Skora | RoundAbout (Maquette) | Welded fabricated polychromed steel |
| Catherine | Smith | Body Bones | Fiber |
| Stephen | Sottile | Gay City | Acrylic |
| Gregory | St John | Hunter | Oil on Canvas |
| John C. | Starinovich | Beautiful Beasts | Sculpted wood |
| John | Stevenson | Why Not? | Watercolor on paper |
| Robin | Stockford | Perfectly Imperfect Bowl | Clay |
| Gene | Suponski | Departing On Track 3 | Prisma Color Pencil on B&W Photography |
| Karen | Suponski | Meditations | Pastel |
| Len | Swec | At Anchor, Hanging Out | Acrylic on panel |
| Len | Swec | Harkness Passage | Acrylic on panel |
| Joseph | Szalay | Nothern Lights over Ashford | Photography |
| Mark | Szantyr | But Names Will Never Hurt Me | Mixed on rag paper |
| Susan | Tabachnick | The Score | Assemblage |
| Eleanor | Tamsky | Vernal Pool | Oil |
| Barbara | Timberman | Souvenirs | Watercolor |
| Michael | Toti | Old And | Collage |
| Nyla | Tresser | Torn Series - White Crater | Stoneware - Ceramics |
| Ruthie | Viele | What Was Left Behind, And What May Yet Come To Pass |
Graphite on paper |
| Nita | Vitaliano | Herons | Acrylic |
| Stephen | Wilson | Neptune's Staircase Reflection | Photography |
| Mark | Woodcox | Ascension | Oil on Canvas |
| Carol | Zamcheck | Lizard | Alabaster stone |
| Dganit | Zauberman | To hold and let go | Oil on board |