Nominee: Visual Artist - ACOR

I am honored to be nominated for a Visual Artist award at the 2021 Arts Council of Rockland’s (ACOR) Annual Gala.

The nominations were solicited via an open nominations process. The final award recipients have been selected through a jury process and were announced at the virtual Arts Awards on Tuesday, June 15 at 7:00 PM EST. ⭐ Congratulations to Kris Campbell, the recipient of the Visual Artist Award. I'm proud to be among such great folks. ⭐

In addition to the announcement of the Arts Award-ees, ACOR is honoring the following for their significant impact on the arts in Rockland County: jazz vocalist, voice over artist, and educator Shirley Crabbe🎤; composer and former conductor for the Rockland County Choral Society Philip Hagemann🎶; and corporate leader and supporter of the local arts community, Hilton Pearl River 🏨, and posthumously bestowed the Ars Longa Award to late painter and sculptor Jeff Burtch 👑.

To watch ACOR’s 2021 Arts Awards, please click link below (to see Visual Artist portion, start at 58:48).

Arborescent

Arborescent
July 18 - September 20, 2020

This exhibition features traditional and alternative photography, paintings, and mixed media works regarding TREES. Juror Lillian Ball selected 39 pieces from 35 national artists with thought provoking, creative works expressing the theme.

Virginia Aschmoneit
Anita Balkun
Keith Buswell
Charis Carmichael Braun
Vince Cicero
Cara Coleman

Bill Davis
Krystle DiNicola
Chad Djubek
Ben Dworski-Riggs
Judith Eastburn
Nancy Gesimondo

Barry Goldstein
Jeff Green
Katherine Hiscox
Peter Hui
Janis Hurley
Bette Kauffman

David Kutz
Joel Lefkowitz
Patricia Luppino
Kathleen Massi
David McCrae
Mike McLaughlin

Glenn McNab
Ed Monnelly
Michael Palichleb
Jeanne Perrier
Keith Rossein
Jim Sabiston

Steven Schreiber
Jillian Sico
Susan Stair
Greg Thatcher
Pamela Waldroup

Lillian Ball is an ecological artist and environmental activist based in New York. Her multidisciplinary background in anthropology, ethnographic film, and sculpture informs her work with wetland issues, as well as innovative artwork focusing on site-specific conservation initiatives that benefit wildlife, communities, and area visitors. Ms. Ball’s WATERWASH® public projects along the Bronx River and the Mattituck Inlet in New York combine native habitat restoration, stormwater remediation, and preservation. Her documentary “Sanctuary” explores efforts by a Buddhist monk to preserve native flora and fauna in Lumbini, Nepal, an area that is endangered by overdevelopment, and protection of Sarus cranes nesting at Buddha’s birthplace. Ms. Ball exhibits and lectures internationally, and has received numerous awards including two New York State Foundation for the Arts grants, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant, among others. 

I am thrilled and honored to share that my work, “Andrew in the Woodpile” has received a Juror’s Mention!

ANDREW, IN THE WOODPILE (DÄMMERUNG), 2014, oil and acrylic on canvas paper, 8 x 10 in.

Alex Ferrone Gallery is the only one of its kind on the North Fork. The Gallery sits on Main Road in a Cutchogue historic landmark building (circa 1820) built by by the Wickham family.  Alex Ferrone Gallery has been host to national and international juried exhibitions that have included prestigious jurors such as Lisa Chalif, curator of The Heckscher Museum of Art, Charles A. Riley II, art critic, curator, and Director of Nassau County Museum of Art, Franklin Hill Perrell, art critic, historian, curator, and writer; as well as gallerists and curators, Esperanza León and Glynis Berry. The Director, Alex Ferrone, has also participated as an independent juror for exhibitions in the New York region including at Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, Fotofoto Gallery, Huntington, and Art League of Long Island, Deer Park.

 

Juror Award - Representational Art in the 21st Century

I am so pleased to announce that my work, "Andrew in the Woodpile (Daemmerung)" has been selected as a Juror Award by the curator James Lancel McElhinney in the Representational Art in the 21st Century exhibition at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

McElhinney selected "artists charting new territories, expanding the representational canon through the process of observation" and I am honored that my painting was recognized as such among the outstanding artists selected for the exhibition which included colleagues Diana Corvelle and Noah Buchanan. See the entire exhibition.