16 Sep ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO CONGRATULATES ARTISTS IN ANNUAL ESSEX COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS JURIED ART SHOW 27 Senior Citizens Receive Recognition for Their Artistic Talent
Published on September 16, 2019
Cedar Grove, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. congratulated 27 Essex County artists who received awards in the Annual Essex County Senior Citizens Juried Art Show. The artists were recognized during an awards ceremony on Thursday, September 12th in the Robert O’Toole Community Center in Essex County Cedar Grove Park in Cedar Grove.
“I congratulate the winners and all the artists who participated in this year’s Senior Art Show. The talent displayed by our senior artists is truly amazing and the artwork is inspiring,” DiVincenzo said. “Essex County has a thriving fine arts community and our Senior Art Show enables our older residents, both professionals and non-professionals, to display their original creations where the public can see them. This is an excellent event for us to promote the arts and inspire our residents to use their talents,” he added.
Artists, and the awards they received, are as follows:
Bloomfield
- Janis Lee received first place in the non-professional craft category for “Spin Your Life.”
- Elizabeth Pugh received first place in the non-professional pastels category for “Blue Hydrangea.”
Belleville
- Mary Del Negro received second place in the professional photography category for “Pink Blossoms.”
Cedar Grove
- Jane Ballinger received second place in the professional watercolor category for “Impressionist’s Landscape.”
- Richard Hanifan received first place in the non-professional drawing category for “Irish Study.”
- Ray Kowalski received first place in the non-professional watercolor category for “Yesterday’s Rose.”
- Roseann Martin received second place in the non-professional watercolor category for “Sailing.”
- Marie Matarazzo received second place in the non-professional drawing category for “A Horse of Course.”
- John Shiever received first place in the non-professional photography category for “Museum View.”
East Orange
- Lester J. Johnson received first place in the professional sculpture category for “Balls in a Cage.”
Fairfield
- Robert Szpila received first place in the professional photography category for “Courrier.”
Irvington
- Cassandra Daniels received second place in the non-professional acrylic category for “Emerald Isle.”
Livingston
- Angela Wang received first place in the non-professional oil category for “Water Lily.”
Maplewood
- Nila M. Pusin received second place in the non-professional sculpture category for “Anatomically Incorrect #1.”
Montclair
- Steadman D. Channer received first place in the professional oil category for “Copper Pitcher” and first place in the professional drawing category for “Tony’s Pizza.”
- Salvatore Giangresso received first place in the non-professional sculpture category for “Polar Bear.”
- Joyce Goldman received second place in the non-professional mixed media category for “Untitled.”
Nutley
- Anthony J. Andolino, Sr. received first place in the non-professional mixed media category for “Skyscrapers at Dusk.”
- Nina R. Del Collo received first place in the non-professional prints category for “Spinning Off Gold.”
- Theresa Ruffo received first place in the professional watercolor category for “Summertime.”
Roseland
- Evan Stuart Marshall received second place in the professional acrylic category for “Solar Prominence.”
South Orange
- Betty Harris received first place in the non-professional acrylic category for “Lion in the Wind.”
- Cindy Wolf received second place in the professional sculpture category for “Freedom” and second place in the professional mixed media category for “Into Eclipse.”
Verona
- Andrea Bruno received second place in the non-professional photography category for “Dusty Gaucho.”
- Del Turgelsky won first place in the professional acrylic category for “Woman with Hat” and first place in the professional mixed media category for “Renaissance Woman.”
West Caldwell
- Lynne Palmer received second place in the professional oil category for “Tempest in a Teapot.”
West Orange
- Susan Silberner received second place in the non-professional pastels category for “Springs Serenity.”
The Essex County Senior Art Show and Exhibit was open to all professional and non-professional artists ages 60 and older. Art work was judged on originality, composition, style, quality and creativity. Seniors whose artwork was awarded first place are automatically entered into the NJ Senior Citizens Art Show. The NJ Senior Citizens Art Show will be on display at Meadow Lakes Senior Living, 300 Meadow Lakes, East Windsor, from Wednesday, September 19th through Thursday, October 24th. Viewing hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by appointment. A Closing Reception and Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday, October 26th at 10:30 a.m.
The Essex County Park System was created in 1895 and is the first county park system established in the United States. The Park System consists of more than 6,000 acres and has 23 parks, five reservations, an environmental center, a zoo, Treetop Adventure Course, ice skating rink, roller skating rink, three public golf courses, two miniature golf courses, golf driving range, four off-leash dog facilities, a castle and the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens.