Juried Regional Exhibit 2023
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Juried Regional Exhibit
Juried Regional Exhibit 2023
Library Arts Center Gallery | June 17-August 24, 2023
Opening Reception: Fri. June 16th, 5:00-7:00pm
The Library Arts Center is pleased to present the annual favorite Juried Regional Exhibition. This exhibit highlights the diverse and creative talent from regional artists residing in New Hampshire and Vermont. Painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography and mixed media are all featured. Over 140 entries were submitted for the show from 76 artists in the greater region. The jurors selected 73 pieces to hang in the show from 53 artists.
Exhibiting Artists of the Juried Regional:
Listed in alphabetical order:
Ana Maria Ash
William Balsam
Carol Belliveau
Mary Bourdon
Carrie Burton
Sara Byfield
Debbie Campbell
Joe Carton
Jean Chase Farnum
Don Collins
Mary Conrad
Cynthia Daniels
Maggie Devine-Sullivan
Paula Dorr
Soosen Dunholter
Dan Falby
Laura Finke McCoy
Jay Fitzpatrick
Jessica Fligg
Mary Gerakaris
Richard Gombar
Betsy Holmes
Lindsay Holmes
Aaron Kane
Eva Kjellberg
Thomas Kelley
Penny Koburger
Susanne Larkham
Fallon Lavertue
Mary Lazar
Susan Lirakis
Kathy Lowe
Elisabeth Malloy
Gillian Martlew
Peter Maurer
Thomas McHugh
Margaret Miller
Susan Parmenter
Diane Louise Paul
Carrie Salsberg
Adele Sanborn
Susan Sawyer
Yvonne Shukovsky
Alan Shulman
Pam Smith
Jennifer Stark
Heather Sterns
Gene Stout
Eric Sutphin
Carol Van Loon
Patti Warren
Mimi Wiggin
Sasha Wolfe
Congratulations to our 2024 Selections Winners
When entering their work for the Juried Regional, artists also had the opportunity to compete for the Selections Competition. The following artists were awarded, by the jurors, the opportunity to present a larger body of their work in a group exhibit in the Library Arts Center Gallery in early 2024.
Listed in alphabetical order:
Jean Chase Farnum
Don Collins
Soosen Dunholter
Dan Falby
Richard Gombar
Betsy Holmes
Aaron Kane
Susanne Larkham
The Library Arts Center would like to thank our generous corporate sponsors for this exhibit:
Library Arts Center 2023
JURORS
Ginnie Lupi
SHOW JUROR, 2023, Professional Artist & Director, NH State Council on the Arts
Ginnie Lupi has been serving as Director of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts since July 2014. A working visual artist, she holds an MFA in painting from The University at Albany.
Robert J. O'Brien AWS NWS
SHOW JUROR, 2023, Watercolor Artist & Instructor
Robert J. O’Brien is a full time award winning artist and popular local, national and international workshop instructor. He has been painting in watercolor for fifty years and studied at the State University of NY at Buffalo as well as with noted artists such as Tony Couch and the late Marshall Joyce AWS NA. He is a signature member of the American, National and New England Watercolor Societies, among others. He recently won the Image Resolutions Award at the 2022 North American Biennial Exhibition of the New England Watercolor Society and Mary Bryan Memorial Award for Watercolor at the 72 nd Academic Artists National Exhibition at Arts Center East in Vernon, CT. In 2021 he won the M. Graham Award at the North East Watercolor Society’s 45 th International Exhibition in Kent, CT, the Madge Macfarlane Memorial Award at the 45 th Transparent Watercolor Society of America Exhibition at the Kenosha Museum of Art, Kenosha WI, and the Gold Medal at the New England Watercolor Society’s Juried
Members Exhibition held at the Guild of Boston Artists in Boston MA. Robert was the Juror of Awards for the 39 th Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, in Old Forge, NY in 2020 and co-Juror of Awards for the 151 st International Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society in 2018. In 2021, he was featured in the 41st issue of the Art of Watercolour Magazine. Robert serves as the Scholarship Chair for the American Watercolor Society. He lives and paints in Weathersfield, Vermont and teaches workshops throughout the United States, and abroad.