On view May 20, 2023 – July 4, 2023

Works on Paper is our 25th annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition. Works on Paper will feature eighty artworks created by artists working in all fifty states. Drawing, painting on paper, printmaking, photography, digital prints, mixed media, and paper constructions display the variety of mediums explored in this wide-ranging exhibition of artwork created in the past two years.

Independent curator, Marilyn Symmes has selected 80 works from more than a thousand entries. Ms. Symmes will award three cash prizes and several honorable mentions at the reception. This exhibition offers an art collector a special opportunity to acquire unique contemporary artwork.

The Peggi Einhorn 1st Prize

Peggi Einhorn, a former LBIF Board member, enjoyed a life-long love for creating and studying art. 

After a college major in Art History, Peggi first worked in museums (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,  The Jewish Museum and The National Endowment of the Arts), before embarking on successful careers in banking at J .P. Morgan Chase and in philanthropy as the C.F.O. of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 

Peggi loved to draw and illustrate almost anything in her line of sight — from candid caricatures of her co-workers, to memorable scenes from far flung vacation spots,  to LBI’s natural beauty. But Peggi’s favorite art form was life drawing — nothing was more interesting to her than capturing the complexity of the human form.   Over the past 20 + years, Peggi enjoyed many of the art classes and exhibitions at LBIF, including participating in a recent LBIF faculty student art exhibition. Having the bay, the ocean and the arts all just a short bike ride from her Harvey Cedars home made LBI her perfect place. 

Peggi passed away in February 2023, after a two year battle with brain cancer. Her family has established this annual prize for the Works on Paper exhibition in celebration of Peggi’s creativity, generous spirit and uncommon grace.