COAST: A New Jersey Artist Exhibition

COAST: A New Jersey Artist Exhibition

On view July 18, 2026 - August 16, 2026

Juror: Michelle Donnolly; Evelyn and Will Kaplan Curator of Twentieth Century Art and the John Rhoden Collection at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), PA.

This latest open call for New Jersey artists invited artwork that celebrates and examines the state’s coastline, a defining geographic feature that shapes tourism, the fishing industry, waterways and navigation, politics and defense, natural beauty, and overall quality of life. The selected works either directly depict coastal imagery or are inspired by coastal themes, thereby capturing the spirit, environment, and culture associated with life along the shore.

Our juror, Michelle Donnolly, accepted artworks by the following 54 artists below for inclusion in the Coast exhibition.

Selected Artists

Rachel Alban
Lisa Atkins
Hilary Houston Bachelder
Lori Bonanni
Brandon Bravo
David Cerulli
Ann Coen
James Crispo
Peter Dant
Yevgeniya Devine
Diane Driessen
Gail Driscoll
Willy Ephraim

Ron Garofalo
Yvonne Geist-Gorman
Ben Goldman
Leanne Grimes
Martin Harrison
Kenneth Hess
Judith Hummer
Richard Hunt
Elana Laciofano
Helene Kleiner
Carol Magnatta
George Mattei
Harry Mayer
Denise McDaniel

Alice McEnerney Cook
Rachel Meihack
Hetal Mistry
Matthew Moranz
Denise Mortensen
Mark Natale
Mary O’Malley-Joyce
David Orban
Vanessa Pasqualone
Cheryl Patton
Plamen Penev
Graham Pfeil
Katharine Philip
Marisa Picardo

John Power
Steven Quammen
Linda Ramsay
Nancy Ring
Susan Roche
Lauren Rothstein
Manuel Sia
Sandy Taylor
Karen Terry
Anthony Valvo
John Vlahakis
Karen Waller
Geoff Weiser

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Coast Exhibition

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Caroline Durieux: Atomic Bite with Michelle Donnelly, PhD

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2026 Works on Paper

2026 WORKS ON PAPER

Portrait of Joanna Sheers Seidentstein in a black zipped blouse.

On view May 16 - July 5, 2026

Juried by Joanna Sheers Seidenstein; Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

Works on Paper 2026 is the 28th Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the LBIF! Works on Paper included Drawing, Painting on Paper, hand-pulled Prints, Photographic Prints, Digital Works on Paper, and wall hung Paper Constructions.
 

Thank you to all the artists who responded and submitted work for consideration for Works on Paper 2026, and thank you for your patience awaiting these results. Our juror, Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, has made her selections from the artwork submitted by the following artists for inclusion in the exhibition.

Selected Artists

Christine Aaron, NY
Mary Cara Bates, NY
Ernesto Beckford, PA
Mark Bischel, NY
Steven Bradbury, FL
Bricker Kim, NJ
Adina Bricklin, MA
Thomas Brummett, PA
Fidalis Buehler, UT
Kyle Chaput, TX
Julie Chen, CO
Ziui Chen Vance, PA
Devin Clifton, FL
Michèle Colburn, DC
Chris Conrad, CA
Cathie Crawford, IL
Tom Crawford, NY

Karen Cunningham, NJ
Adrienne Dagg, NY
Susan DAmato, NY
Margaret Day, NY
Len DeLuca, PA
James Dormer, CO
Elaine Erne, PA
Somaya Etemad, CA
Luis Fonseca, NY
Ghislaine & Lando Fremaux-Valdez, TX
Alan Garry, NY
Kathleen A Greco, PA
Diana Guerra, NY
Ruth Hamill, NJ
Sharon Harper, MO
Arran Harvey, CA

William Hays, MA
William Howell, LA
Joyce Jewell, MD
Mathieu Jn Baptiste, TX
John Judge, MA
Vadim Kondakov, NJ
Andrea Kornbluth, NY
Michele Krauss, CT
Rita Maas, NY
Kevin Maginnis, IL
Michael Mantell, CA
Denise Marshall, PA
Andy Mattern, OK
Gail Postal, NY
Travis Rice, AZ
Ricardo Rodriguez, SC
Nicholas Ruth, NY

Eric Schaeffer, NJ
Jennifer Scheuer, IN
Qin Shen, NY
Jessie Shinn, NC
Asya Dodina Slava Polishchuk, NY
Chao Song, NJ
Janice Stanton, NY
Zachary Stensen, WI
Erica Stoller, CT
Cody Swanson, AK
Tatiana Tatum, SC
Basia Tov, NY
Maria Villanueva, TX
Betty Wilde-Biasiny, NY
Brandon Williams, TN

First Prize 

Devin Clifton, Florida
Losing My Mind
Charcoal

Statement: My practice burgeoned following a neurological event that simultaneously gave me contamination-based OCD and the ability to draw professionally. Through surreal metaphors and meticulous photorealism, I formalize internal states of fear, control, isolation, and resilience to create space for recognition, empathy, and reflection.

Second Prize

Ghislaine and Lando Fremaux-Valdez, Texas
Drape (transfusion)
Pastel and gouache

Statement: Our work investigates how humans develop beliefs about the needs, mechanics, and purposes of our bodies informed by medicine, religion, and love. We think about drawing as surgery conducted with line on paper skin.

Third Prize

Thomas Brummett, Pennsylvania
River #56
Black and white print

Statement: My photography process is an act of meditation through deep and extended attention and has evolved over time into capturing “infinite systems.” Photography uniquely and mysteriously achieves duality between line and photographic subject.

Honorable Mentions

Kyle Chaput
Ascension I
Kathleen Greco
Under the Surface 01
William Howell
Cypress Roots, Lake Pontchartrain

Ziui Chen Vance
1984_Coded

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Coast Exhibition

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Caroline Durieux: Atomic Bite with Michelle Donnelly, PhD

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LBI Artist Studio Tour

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2025 Plein Air Plus

2025 PLEIN AIR PLUS

On view September 13, 2025 - November 2, 2025

Juried by Laurel Garber, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The tenth Plein Air Plus exhibition features work from artists who worked and painted on Long Beach Island during the months of July and August 2025. This exhibition celebrates the beauty and natural habitats found on LBI, as well as its iconic landmarks.

Selected Artists

Kimberly Baker
Stacey Beerman Rivkin
Patrick Biesty
Jim Brown
Chelsea Clemens
James Crispo
Christiane David
James Ditmars
Diane Driessen
Gail Driscoll
Frje Echeverria
Cindy Edzenga

Tarryl Gabel
Diane Grimes
Hema Gupta
RJ Haas
Marjorie Haley
Martin Harrison
Susan Hennelly
Cornelius Hughes
Joseph Hughes
Gretchen Kelly
Margo Kleinfeld
Stefanie Lalor
Melanie Landrith

Lee Ann Lindgren
Madeline Lovallo
Tricia Lowrey Lippert
Alison Lusardi
Dominic Martelli
William Martin
Melissa Maschal
Sheila Mashaw
Heda Matiejunas
Denise McDaniel
Kerri McKay
John Meehan

Joyce Millman
Manuel Monge
Thomas Nulton
Mary O’Malley-Joyce
Vanessa Pasqualone
Marisa Picardo
Kylie Sager
Kimberly Schneider
Anna Simmons
Frank Sparandera
Doreen Tighe
Karen Tighe

First Prize Plein Air Classic

Joseph Hughes
Getting a Head Start
Oil

First Prize Plein Air Plus

Dominic Martelli
Gabrielle – The Floppy Hat
Oil

Second Place

Hema Gupta
Men at Work (Viking Village)
Watercolor

Third Place

Anna Simmons
Plein Air Artists
Watercolor

Honorable Mentions

Diane Driessen, Bayside Deck, Pastel on Paper; Cornelius Hughes, An Afternoon of Peace in a Shaded Tunnel, Oil; Stefanie Lalor, A Day in the Life of Fisherman, Oil on Linen; Karen Tighe, Distant Storm, Pastel

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Coast Exhibition

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Caroline Durieux: Atomic Bite with Michelle Donnelly, PhD

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40 Under 40 Exhibition

40 UNDER 40 EXHIBITION

On view July 19, 2025 - August 10, 2025

Juried by Jennie Goldstein, The Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator of the Collection at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC

Thank you to all the artists who responded and submitted work for consideration for 40 Under 40, and thank you for your patience awaiting these results. Our juror Jennie Goldstein has made her selections from the artwork submitted by the following artists for inclusion in the exhibition.

We are honored to have Jennie Goldstein, The Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator of the Collection at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC.

Selected Artists

Bethany Altschwager
Victoria Brill
Sherrell Chillik
Samantha Connors
Natalie de Segonzac
Tielin Ding
Rachel Eng
Riley Goodman
David Guarnizo
Luiza Happi

Marco Hernandez
David Heshmatpour
Erika Hewston
Sam Horowitz
Rodrick Howard
Austin Jenkins
Vadim Kondakov
Sophie LaBell
Jordan Layton
Ty Le Roux

Adrienne Lee
Isabella Losskarn
LUSMERLIN
Cameron Meade
Mochael Morgan
Daneille Moss
Anastasia Natrella
Clara Nulty
Chunbum Park
Eden Quispe

Dylan Ragas
Julian Schaevitz
Egor Shokoladov
Yuli Sung
Tatiana Tatum
Kerra Taylor
Andrew Weatherly
Jenny Wu
Jonathan Yubi Gomez
Mina Zarfasz

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2025 Works on Paper

2025 WORKS ON PAPER

On view May 17, 2025 - July 6, 2025

Juried by Samantha Friedman, Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at MoMA, NYC

Thank you to all the artists who responded and submitted work for consideration for Works on Paper 2025, and thank you for your patience awaiting these results. Our juror Samantha Friedman has made her selections from the artwork submitted by the following artists for inclusion in the exhibition.

Selected Artists

David Avery, CA
Gary Barton, UT
Bob Bechtol, NY
Diana Behl, SD
Susan Benarcik, DE
Chris Bunney, NY
Keith Buswell, NE
Janet Cass, PA
Natalie Christensen, NM
John Cinco, NY
Bob Conge, NY
Jonah Criswell, MO
Zoraye Cyrus, FL
Andrew DeCaen, TX
Hannah Demma, NE
Nicole Di Fabio, D.C.
James Dormer, CO
Leonard Duffy, VT

Kobe Elixson, TX
Andrea Ferrigno, IL
Susan Frankel, IL
Richard Gilles, CA
Lydia Gladkova, NJ
Bret Gonden, NJ
Mille Guldbeck, OH
Yen Ha, NY
Kelly Hartigan Goldstein, CA
Amellia Hausmann, TN
Joseph Heathcott, NY
Dusty Herbig, NY
Joseph Holsapple, TX
Raluca Iancu, IA
Kevin Jacobs, CA
Erin Karp, NJ
Rebecca Kautz, WI

Megan Klco Kellner, MI
Amanda Kralovic, NY
Dean Kube, MI
Ashley Kuhn, PA
Sophie LaBell, NJ
Laura Lemna, CO
Rita Maas, NY
Emily Mann, MI
Craig Marcus, PA
Jo Margolis, PA
Andy Mattern, OK
Elizabeth McMahon, NY
Larinda Meade, ME
Anna Moore, IL
Jacobb Nichol, NY
Ocean Ocean, WA
Mio Olsson, NY
Julia Paul, VA

Alyson Provax, OR
Wren Ross, UT
Eric Schaeffer, NJ
Julian Schaevitz, NY
Beth Shadur, IL
Robert Silance, SC
Sarah Smelser, IL
Janice Stanton, NY
Zachary Stensen, WI
Clark Stoeckley,
Robert Tomlinson, NY
Jennifer Tungol, NJ
Rachael Van Dyke, MI
Christian Wechgelaer, NY
Geoff Weiser, NJ
Lisa Wilde, NY
Mario Zucca, PA

First Prize

Joseph Holsapple
Outside Games
Charcoal and pastel on paper
46 × 39 × 2 inches

Second Place

Andrew DeCaen
To Hold Gravity and Time
Lithograph and screenprint
20 × 15 inches

Third Place

Rita Maas
Lasdon Arboretum, June 14, 2023
Graphite on BFK Rives paper
32 × 24.5 × 2 inches

Honorable Mentions

Janet Cass, Worlds Within Worlds; Andy Mattern, Ghost No. 68; Mio Olsson, Untitled

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Coast Exhibition

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Caroline Durieux: Atomic Bite with Michelle Donnelly, PhD

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LBI Artist Studio Tour

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2024 Plein Air Plus

2024 PLEIN AIR PLUS

On view September 7, 2024 – November 2, 2024

Plein Air Plus showcases plein air, the French practice of painting outdoors. This exhibition will present paintings of locations on Long Beach Island (LBI), New Jersey, captured by artists unfamiliar with LBI. Artists will travel to LBI for the exhibition’s Paint Out from July 1 through September 1, 2024. After painting plein air on LBI, artists have the unique opportunity to document their progress and complete their works in their studios to create dynamic compositions.

On September 15 at 2:00 pm, the LBIF will welcome this year’s juror, Leah Triplett Harrington to the gallery, where she will present the talk, Artists as Cultivators: Forays into Curating Contemporary Art.  An artist reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public.

Leah Triplett Harrington is the Director of Exhibitions and Contemporary Curatorial Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. 

Previously, she was a curator at Boston’s Now + There, facilitating the Public Art Accelerator and organizing large-scale public art commissions in Boston. Her writing has appeared in ArtAsiaPacific, ArtNet News, Sculpture, Public Art Dialogue, Flash Art, Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, and others. She has curated projects for Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston University Art Galleries and Herter Art Gallery, all Massachusetts; and Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn. In 2021, she was the inaugural curatorial mentor for Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Massachusetts. From 2021-2023, she taught at Boston University in the MFA and BFA programs.

Juried by Leah Triplett Harrington, Director of Exhibitions and Contemporary Curatorial Initiatives at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. 

The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences is pleased to present the 9th Annual National Juried Competition: Plein Air Plus 2024: Island Life on view from September 7 through November 2, 2024. Plein Air Plus is generously supported by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA) and the Ocean County Board of Commissioners.

Selected Artists

Laura Angress
Kimberly Baker
Sandy Binger
Wendy Born
Lisa Budd
Damini Celebre
James Crispo
Gail Driscoll
Nancy Edwards
Sean Friel

Tarryl Gabel
Nancy Gower
Diane Grimes
Hema Gupta
Marjorie Haley
Susan Hennelly
Seth Ruggles Hiler
Suzi Hoffman
Joseph Hughes
Gretchen Kelly

Sonia Kumar
Stefanie Lalor
Melanie Landrith
Lisa Burger Lentz
Lee Ann Lindgren
Tricia Lowrey Lippert
Anna Litwiller
Dominic Martelli
William Martin
Denise McDaniel
KerriMcCay

John Meehan
Joyce Millman
Mary O’Malley Joyce
Paula Pearl
Marisa Picardo
Isabella Pizzano
Linda Ramsay
Kimberly Schneider
Anna Simmons
Karen Tighe
Nadine Yura

First Prize Plein Air Classic

Hema Gupta
Shea and Grace at Viking Village
Watercolor

First Prize Plein Air Plus

Melanie Landrith
Sense Serenity
Oil

Second Place

Kimberly Schneider
Kite Island
Oil

Third Place

Sean Friel
Sunset at Beach Haven
Oil

Honorable Mentions

Marjorie Haley; Gretchen Kelly; John Meehan; Anna Simmons

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Coast Exhibition

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Caroline Durieux: Atomic Bite with Michelle Donnelly, PhD

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35 Under 35 Exhibition

35 UNDER 35 EXHIBITION

On view July 2024 – August 2024

The exhibition’s juror is Ruba Katrib, Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at MoMA PS1, New York. To quote Katrib about the jury process for the 35 Under 35 Exhibition, “I am very impressed by the talented pool of artists who submitted their work for this year’s 35 Under 35 program. Spanning painting, sculpture, and other media, the artworks I selected were intriguing and energetic, with the artists often using storytelling devices to put forth their unique perspectives.” Out of 151 submissions, Katrib chose 35 artists and 40 works featuring the new work of these emerging talented artists.

At PS1, Katrib has curated exhibitions such as Rirkrit Tiravanija (2023); Daniel Lind Ramos (2023); Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally (2022); Frieda Toranzo Jaeger: Autonomous Drive (2022); Greater New York (2021); Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life (2021); Simone Fattal’s retrospective in 2019, and solo shows by Edgar Heap of Birds (2019); Karrabing Collective (2019); Fernando Palma Rodrigues, and Julia Phillips (2018).

On July 21 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, the LBIF will welcome Katrib to the gallery, where she will present the talk “Global Women” as it relates to PS1’s programs and current presentations, including the works of Pacita Abad, Yto Barrada, Melissa Cody, and Regina José Galindo.

Selected Artists

Jude Abu Zaineh
Jimin Baek
Whitney Blue
Mallory Concetta Smith
Cecilia Crowe
Allison DeBritz
Tielin Ding
Kerrianne Fallat

Alicia Finger
Samuel Fisch
Jon Gabry
Mia Gahrmann
Beronica Gonzales
Marysia Gruszka
Sandy Hanna
Lenore Hernandez
Erika Hewston

Katherine Keogh
Brit Ko
Sophie LaBell
Yadi Liu
Yujia Ma
Michaela Moran
Zana Naveed
William Patterson
Bermuda Pierre

Tania Qurashi
Ro Robertson
Ariana Sanchez
Julian Schaevitz
Davis Schenkman
Benjamin Truong
Maria Valerio
Andrew Weatherly
Jenny Wu

First Prize

Jenny Wu
It Turns Out that 16oz of Coffee at 5:11pm is Too Much Coffee
Latex paing and resin on wood panel

Second Place

Tania Quarashi
A comet appears in my dream of you
Colored pencil on Stonehenge black

Third Place

Jude Abu Zaineh
Studies in Colour + Flora
Digital print: mixed media in agar, petri dishes

Honorable Mentions

Tielin Ding, Backyard Stonehenge, Archival pigment print; Bermuda Pierre, An Escape for Two, Acrylic on canvas; Yadia Liu, Mars, Soft pastel, sand sheet

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2024 Works on Paper

2024 WORKS ON PAPER

On view May 18, 2024 – July 8, 2024

On June 16, LBIF welcomed Dr. Conaty, Chief Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, who presented the talk “Ruth Asawa Through Line,” as it relates to Asawa’s inquisitive approach to artmaking that guided the curatorial decisions in the associated recent retrospective exhibition at the Whitney.

Artists from 45 states submitted works for consideration. LBIF is pleased to showcase the work of 63 artists who live and work across 23 states. Conaty selected First, Second, and Third place prize winners, as well as three Honorable Mentions.

The Peggi Einhorn First Prize

Peggi Einhorn, a former LBIF Board member, enjoyed a life-long love for creating and studying art. Her family has established this annual prize for the Works on Paper exhibition in celebration of Peggi’s creativity, generous spirit, and uncommon grace.

Selected Artists

Abate, Bobby
Abraham, Julie Lee
Agabs, Joanne
Anderson, Keisha-Gaye
Applebaum, Sarah Moli Newton
Aubry, Molly
Avery, David
Barajas, Erica
Beavers, Kathryn
Beldue, Tamie
Bennerstrom, Susan
Bierly, Lauren
Birritteri, Aida
Bloom, Wendy
Brewer, Camille Ann

Brummett, Thomas
Buehler, Fidalis
Bunney, Chris
Chao, Lijun
Chupa, Anna
Crawford, Thomas
Curko, Heidi + Miner, Jed
Dauer, Catherine Lipsetz
DeLuca, Len
Farenci, Arlene
Fine Foer, Anna
Glick, Kristina
Gowen, Catherine
Gross, Katie
Guarneri, Anna
Hale, Morgan

Hamilton, Elizabeth
Harvey, Arran
Henderson, Paula
Hennen, Gregory
Hiratsuka, Yuji
Hopkins, Kate
Howell, Cecil
Huang, Anthony Tung Ning
Ives, Martha
Ling, Ambrin
Livathinos, Harriet
Maas, Rita
Mania, Susan
Matyas, Diane
McGlynn, Eileen
Meehan, Tammi J.

Mermingas, Amalia
Mitchell, Marilyn
Montgomery, Margaret
Nenazhivina, Olga
Ryan, Ajean
Shaver, Kathleen
Silance, Robert
Smelser, Sarah
Straussberg, Barbara
Sweeney, Janis
Tawczynski, Jessica
Tobin, Lynne
Truesdale, Brian
Walsh, Lorraine
Yoder, Madonna
Zorensky, Ed

The Peggi Einhorn First Prize

Arran Harvey, California
Museum Crowd
Acrylic on paper

Second Place

Kate Hopkins, New York
Painted Weaving No. 13 (Thank you, Emma Lee)
Watercolor and graphite on Arches hot press

Third Place

Bobby Abate, New York
Queer Objects
Pen, ink, and graphite on 16 paper panels

Honorable Mentions

Lynne Tobin, New York, Threads, #2, Ink on paper; Kathryn Beavers, Pennsylvania, Lure, Acrylic and pen on paper; Catherine Lipsetz Dauer, California, patience, Watercolor on paper, painted plein air

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2023 Plein Air Plus

2023 PLEIN AIR PLUS

On view September 16, 2023 - October 29, 2023

Juried by Kiko Aebi, Curatorial Associate in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art in New York

Kiko Aebi is currently working with Christophe Cherix on ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN, a retrospective, cross-media exhibition that will be on view from September 10, 2023, through January 13, 2024, before travelling to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from April 7 to October 6, 2024. Most recently, she worked with Jodi Hauptman and Samantha Friedman on the exhibition Cézanne Drawing (2021) as well as the associated catalogue, which was the recipient of the 2022 PROSE Award. Before joining the museum staff in 2019, Aebi was a Fulbright Research Fellow in the Netherlands. She holds a BA from Amherst College and an MA in Contemporary Art History from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.

Selected Artists

Jill Banks
Sandy Binger
Cathy Cole
James Crispo
Gail Driscoll
Frje Echeverria
Cindy Edzenga
Sean Friel
Tarryl Gabel
Amy Giampoala
NancyGower

Hema Gupta
RJ Haas
Marjorie Haley
Susan Hennelly
Suzi Hoffman
Daniel Izard
Maura Kelley
Gail Kelly
Stefanie Lalor
Melanie Landrith
Lee Ann Lindgren

Robert Lipartito
Tami Louco
Madeline Lovallo
Lippert
Tanya Lucadamo
Dominic Martelli
William Martin
Melissa Maschal
Heda Matiejunas
Helene Mazur
Denise McDaniel

Kerri McKay
John Meehan
Joyce Millman
Thomas Nulton
Mary O’Malley-Joyce
Paula Pearl
Paul Rosiak
Norman Schmidt
Emelyn Shea
Raymond Smith
Adrianna Speer
Margaret Vega

First Prize, Plein Air Classic

John T. Meehan
Low Tide Lagoon
Acrylic

First Prize, Plein Air Plus

Sean Friel
End of Summer in Holgate
Oil on canvas

Second Place

Jill Banks
Night at the Holiday (painted in front of the Holiday Snack Bar)
Oil on linen-lined panel
Plein Air

Third Place

William Martin
Viking Village Abstraction
Oil on panel
Plein Air 

The Art and Exhibitions Committee Award

Dominic Martelli

Barnegat Light

Spray Beach

Beach Haven Crest

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2023 Water Stories

2023 WATER STORIES

On view July 15, 2023 – August 13, 2023

Juried by Tricia Laughlin Bloom, Senior Curator of American Art at The Newark Museum of Art

A specialist in modern and contemporary art, Bloom has initiated exhibitions and publications that foster global perspectives and expand the way the Museum defines American art. Bloom has worked with contemporary artists on acquisitions, exhibitions, and site-specific commissions, while also leading the reinterpretation of NMOA’s American collection galleries, Seeing America: 20th & 21st Century, and Seeing America: 18th & 19th Century. She holds a PhD from Rutgers University and an MA from Stony Brook University, New York.

Water Stories exclusively showcases compelling work by New Jersey artists who pay tribute to water through a personal perspective while living and creating in the state.

First Prize

Thomas Murray
Narcissus
Oil on canvas
60 x 36 inches

Second Place

Joanna Wezyk
The Shape of Water (Hackensack Water Works)
Gouache and oils
10 x 8 inches

Third Place

Katharine Philip
Massive Storm Over the Atlantic
Oil on canvas
30 x 48 inches

Honorable Mentions

Sybil Archibald; Frank Ippolito; Linda Ramsay; Gail Scuderi; Joanna Wezyk

"Watershed Storytelling"

LBIF highlights a special project organized by two faculty members at Rowan University, Megan Bucknum and Jen Kitson titled, “Watershed Storytelling.” The current Water Stories exhibition at LBIF and this special project links the often-overlooked connections between the Arts and the Sciences. The Water Stories exhibition at the LBIF visually depicts the personal experiences through the eyes of artists. Personal experiences told through storytelling augment how people interact with and form memories that are connected to water. 

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