44th Annual Juried Show

Exhibition Dates: March 10th - March 24th

The Juried Show is open to all artists working in a representational or traditional manner. Only accepted works will be exhibited

Judges: Thomas Michael Nicholas, Oil & Tim Saternow, Watercolor

Awards Reception: March 24th, 2:00-4:00 pm

Exhibition Dates: March 10th-March 24th

Receiving out of Town Artists:   February 26th - March 1st

Delivery for Local Artists: Deliver uncrated artwork to the Ridgewood Art Institute, 12 East Glen Ave., Ridgewood, NJ on March 2nd, 8:30am-12:00pm.

Pick-Up: March 24th (after reception) or March 25th

Reception/Awards: Sunday, March 24th, 2 - 4 pm

Chair: Rebecca Leer

Awards Chairperson: Mary Mancuso

Receiving: Monday, November 6th - Saturday, November 11th

Pick-Up: January 2nd - 8th

Membership must be up to date to submit.

Members are invited to enter two original works, to be exhibited.

Artwork must be priced for sale, $150 minimum, 25% sale commission to RAI, max size 30x40, wired ready to hang

Reception: Sunday, November 19th, 1- 4 pm

Chairs: Stephanie Cook & Bonnie McGown

The Ridgewood Art Institute Instructor’s Exhibition features the work of our current Instructors. This exhibit provides a wonderful opportunity to explore the possibilities of starting either a new class or a new medium with one of our accomplished Instructors in our beautiful north light studios.

Original artwork of Still lifes, Florals, Landscapes, Portraits and Figurative work is on display and will give art enthusiasts a wonderful sampling of the quality of work of these Instructors.

Classes accept students of all levels. You may join in at anytime. Please contact the Instructor directly for more information and to sign up.

The show is open daily when class is in session. Please check website for class times and schedules.

Chairperson: Laura Paray

Some of our Instructor work included in the show

June 29th to August 25

2 paintings per member, Priced, $150 minimum

Entry Fee: $10 per painting (check only)

Size limit 40“  including frame

An exhibition of works done by the Institute’s young aspiring artists and non-member young people (age 8-17) from surrounding areas.

Receiving: During Classes, May 20th -23rd

Pick-Up: Saturday - Tuesday, June 17th – 20th

AWARDS RECEPTION: Sunday, June 4th, 2pm-3pm (Awards at 2:30pm)

ELIGIBILITY

The Ridgewood Art Institute invites all young artists in Ridgewood and surrounding communities to enter this exhibition. Student members of the Ridgewood Art Institute may enter up to two original works total from their respective RAI Young People’s classes. Non-member students (ages 8 - 17) may enter one original piece: school and independent work of any size is acceptable. No computer generated or 3-dimensional art will be accepted. 

JUDGING & AWARDS

All entries will be judged by the Ridgewood Art Institute's instructors. Cash prizes, merchandise awards, certificates of merit and honorable mentions will be awarded. 

RECEPTION, AWARDS CEREMONY & EXHIBITION DATES

An opening reception and awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, June 4h from 2pm – 3pm for entrants, their family and friends. The exhibition will close on Saturday, June 17th.

LIABILITY

The Ridgewood Art Institute will not be responsible for loss or damage of the entries.

The Ridgewood Art Institute promotes an interest in the fine arts in Ridgewood and surrounding communities. For more information call (201) 652-9615 or visit our web site at ridgewoodartinstitute.org

 Chairs: YP Instructors

Enjoy a week long intensive, consecutive day instruction. Please contact Instructor directly to reserve a spot.
RAI $40 student membership (yearly) required to join in.

Watercolor Painting

July 31 - August 4, 2023
2:30-4:30pm
Joel Popadics
joel@watercolorpop.com
973-851-0366

Learn how to paint in watercolor during this weeklong workshop for children of all levels of ability. Participants will be taught the basics of watercolor – focusing on washes, brushwork and the wet-in-wet approach. They will discover various methods and techniques for still life and landscape painting. Special emphasis will be placed on how to create a flat, even tone wash, the graded wash and many other techniques. They will learn how to paint all kinds of skies, trees, buildings and other objects in a  “transparent” manner.

Fee: $220 - supplies included for the week
or $300 to purchase supplies for the week and take home

Drawing

August 7 - 11, 2023
2:30-4:30pm
Rebecca Leer
rebecca_leer@msn.com
201-906-6839  

All levels are welcome. Students will learn basic techniques of line, shape, proportion, perspective and shading while working from a variety of still-life objects and the human face. Instruction will be tailored to each student.

Fee: $185 - class fee only, bring your own supplies
or $220 to purchase supplies for the week and take home

Oil Painting

August 14 - 18, 2023
2:30-4:30pm
Laura Paray
laura@paray.com
(201) 281-6940  

All levels are welcome. Your child will learn the basic techniques of oil painting and will create landscape and still life paintings to completion. They will learn how to create distance and atmosphere in a landscape three dimensional objects in a still life. Concepts such as massing in, color and value.
Fee: $210 supplies included for the week  

Oil Painting

August 21 - 25, 2023
2:30-4:30pm
Bonnie McGown
bonniemcgown@gmail.com
(201) 803-1083  

All levels are welcome. Your child will learn the basic techniques of oil painting and will create still life and floral paintings to completion. They will learn concepts such as massing in, color and value.
Fee: $210 supplies included for the week

This remarkable, original, eminently successful show features paintings given to the Institute by member artists. The Sponsors are the first of a limited number of people who contribute $275 or $400. On the last night of the show, as their names are drawn, the Sponsors select their favorite painting to take home.

 Receiving:    EXTENDED THROUGH APRIL 15th -DURING CLASS HOURS. PLEASE CALL TO CONFIRM EVENING CLASSES ARE IN SESSION

Hanging:       April 16th

Drawing: Friday, May 5th, 8:00pm                                         

Chairs: Barbara Johansen & Joel Mitnick

Contact Diana Li, Exhibitions Chair, for more information at diana_j_li@yahoo.com

Contact Diana Li, Exhibitions Chair, for more information at diana_j_li@yahoo.com

43rd Annual Juried Show

Exhibition Dates-February 12-March 5

The Juried Show is open to all artists working in a representational or traditional manner. Only accepted works will be exhibited

 Judges: Thomas Adkins, Oil & Robert Heyer, Watercolor

Application Deadline-January 8, 2023

Notification of Acceptance-delayed- will be announced shortly

Awards posted on RAI website-February 8, www.ridgewoodartinstitute.org

Awards Reception-March 5, 2:00-4:00 pm

Exhibition Dates-February 12-March 5, check website for hours

Receiving out of Town Artists:   January 30-February 3

Delivery for Local Artists: Deliver uncrated artwork to the Ridgewood Art Institute, 12 East Glen Ave., Ridgewood, NJ on February 4, 8:30am-12:00pm.

Pick-Up:       March 5th -  6th

Reception/Awards: Sunday, March 5th, 2 - 4 pm

Chair: Rebecca Leer

December 25th, 2022 - January 2nd 2023

The Barn will be closed for the holidays. Classes resume Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Receiving: November 7th - 14th

Hanging: November 15th – 17th

Pick-Up:January 3rd - 7th

Reception: - Sunday, November 20th, 1- 4 pm

Chairs: Stephanie Cook & Dana DiMuro

Exhibition of members work to celebrate 125th Anniversary. Gallery is open during posted class times

Please join us as we present this very special exhibition from the RAI permanent collection.

This show features Plein Air sketches and paintings. Our members have been encouraged and inspired to paint outdoors while on location. Their work is nothing less than amazing -- fast, fun, and fresh!

Receiving:      Match 7 – Mar 12

Hanging:        Match 13

Pick up: March 28th- April 1st

Chair:Rick Perez

This show features portraits and self -portraits done by our members.  It's introspective, interesting, and only comes around every few years.

Receiving:  Tuesday - Monday, January 4th - 10th

Hanging:    Tuesday - Saturday, January 11th - 15th

Pick-Up:     Saturday - Monday, January 29th – 31st

Chairs: Ed Galenkamp

Ascent:
A Perspective on Loss to Transformation
Paintings by Rebecca Leer
the Backstory
On view in our beautiful galleries thru 9/29

As my tax guy says, “Nobody gets out of this life alive.” The trajectory is predictable. Although death is universal, when it visits us personally, it is, well, personal.

At 46, my very fit husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. After a three-year war with it, he died. Certainly a change in our plans and in the plans for our small child. One of the hardest things about a loss is not only the event itself, but the loss of all that could have been after.

I am a painter, so painting is what I do. I was doing a lot of still lifes at the time, and it was a natural progression to include articles of Rob’s in the set-ups, especially as I was going through all of his belongings. Some items were painfully meaningful while others were more incidental characters in a man’s life. Painting the arrangements brought serenity and presented a path through grief. The paintings themselves resonated with others, and that affirmation gave me courage and strength.

The progression to landscapes felt natural in the healing process. Snarls of trees represented chaotic emotions; the war of wave and rock reflected inner turmoil. Gradually, as I untweezed my insides, the scenes I painted took on an expansion.

Roger Scruton says, “The beautiful work of art brings consolation in sorrow and affirmation in joy. It shows human life to be worthwhile.” Painting these works provided me a portal to healing; I could feel beyond what was directly in front of me to the sacred.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Receiving during these class times:

Sunday, May 16 th 12pm - 2pm

Monday, May 17 th 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Tuesday, May 18 th 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Reception and Awards:

(weather permitting on outside lawn)

Sunday, June 6 2pm - 4pm

(Awards at 3:00pm)

Show Dates: May 30th - June 12th 2021

Removal of Artwork: June 13th-15th during class times

ELIGIBILITY The Ridgewood Art Institute invites all young artists in Ridgewood and surrounding communities to enter this exhibition. Student members of the Ridgewood Art Institute may enter up to two original works total from their respective RAI Young People’s classes. Non-member students (ages 8 - 17) may enter one original piece: school and independent work of any size is acceptable. No computer generated or 3-dimensional art will be accepted.

ENTRY INFORMATION Entries must be delivered to the Ridgewood Art Institute on: Sunday, May 16th 12pm - 2pm, Monday, May 17th 3:30pm - 5:30pm, Tuesday, May 18th 3:30pm - 5:30pm. In addition to filling out an entry form on receiving day, the following information must be printed on the back of the artwork: Name, Title, Age, Address, Telephone Number, School and Grade. All pictures must be framed, WIRED (no saw tooth hangers) and ready to hang.

JUDGING & AWARDS All entries will be judged by the Ridgewood Art Institute's instructors. Scholarships in traditional painting and drawing, cash prizes, merchandise awards, certificates of merit and honorable mentions will be awarded. Recipients of a Ridgewood Art Institute scholarship will be ineligible for another scholarship for the next 3 years.

RECEPTION, AWARDS CEREMONY & EXHIBITION DATES An opening reception and awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, June 6 th from 2pm – 4pm (weather permitting on the front lawn) for entrants, their family and friends. The exhibition will close on Saturday, June 12 th . All works must be picked up between June 13th - 15th during young people’s class times.

LIABILITY The Ridgewood Art Institute will not be responsible for loss or damage of the entries.

The Ridgewood Art Institute promotes an interest in the fine arts in Ridgewood and surrounding communities. For more information call (201) 652-9615 or visit our web site at ridgewoodartinstitute.org

This show features artwork executed in RAI classes:

The Galleries are Open to View In-Person:

10am - 1pm Monday-Saturday

11am - 2pm Sunday

The Sponsors Art Show

The Sponsors Art Show is our most popular annual event, providing our sponsors an opportunity to acquire a beautifully framed original painting from among the collection donated by our outstanding artists and instructors. In addition to fabulous landscapes and still life subjects, several of our professional artists offer the chance to commission a portrait or pet painting. The fortunate recipients are the first 108 persons who declare their sponsorship by contributing $275. Proceeds from the show go directly toward the RAI’s effort to promote fine arts in our community.

Gala Drawing: Friday, May 7 ( 8 PM Sharp )

 Here is how it works: the entire collection of donated paintings in oil, watercolor and pastel will be on exhibit both online and in our galleries from April 10 through May 7, 2021. The collection is on display for sponsors to create a “wish list” of their favorite paintings. An Opening Reception will be held on April 10th - 11th. We will be adhering to all Covid safety guidelines including a staggered entry to the building The culmination is our Gala Drawing to be held on Friday May 7 at 8PM and again Covid safe practices will be enforced. Sponsors can attend by Zoom as well as in person. Shipping will be at the Sponsor’s expense

RSVP FOR GALA DRAWING

Due to current Covid-19 regulations, very limited in-person seating is available and must be reserved in advance. To attend in person, please contact Marie Malloy at mvmalloy889@gmail.com. We will confirm your seat via email the week of the Drawing. We will send you an invitation with the link, if you will be attending via zoom. Thank you for supporting the RAI Sponsor Show!And once again we are offering Gift Certificates. You can become a sponsor yourself, and you can purchase a Gift Certificate that will enable a friend or family member to join you as a sponsor. After all, a personally selected painting would make a wonderful gift for Mother’s Day, Graduation, Anniversaries, Weddings, etc.

 Chairs: Barbara Johansen & Murray Smith

• POSTED IN EXHIBITS

• TAGGED SPONSOR SHOW

AWARD WINNERS

1 Arthur F. Maynard Award $1,000 Oil REBECCA LEER Vertical Coast

2 Lawrence & Lydia Miniter Award $800 Oil Todd M Casey Corner of My Studio

3 Copper Beach Foundation Award $500 Oil Robert Papp Mia

4 Dr. John Bowe Memorial Award $300 Oil Patrick Okrasinski Watergarden Sunset

5 Betty Kaytes Memorial Floral Award $300 Watercolor Mary Nagel Klein TENDERNESS

6 Joan Englander Memorial Award $300 Oil Bruno Baran Afternoon Light White Barn on Route One

7 Angela Mineo Memorial Award $250 Oil Richard Alexander Waterfront Sunrise

8 Ann Marie Mancuso Award for WaterColor $250 Watercolor Dick Close Railroad Bridges

9 Bill Fornaci Memorial Award for Oil Painting $200 Oil William Angresano Morning Light

10 American Artist Professional League Award $200 Oil Denise Franzino Summer Breeze

11 Kent Art Association Award $100 Oil James Magner South Beach Moment

12 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Award $100 Oil Nicole Mone The Critique

13 Dr. John Bowe Memorial Award $100 Watercolor Patricia Quirk Turbulence

14 Hudson Valley Art Association Award $100 Oil Arlene F Carallo Ridgewood Break Room

15 Pastel Society of America Award $100 Pastel Elaine Denton Asphalt Plant

16 Marsha Holst Memorial Award $100 Oil William Breidenbach Classical Still Life

17 Salmagundi Award $100 Oil Duke Finley Late Afternoon Early January

18 New Jersey Water Color Society Award $100 Watercolor Dee Turba Swirling Bubbles

The Juried Show is open to all artists working in a representational or traditional manner in the New York Metropolitan area. Professional and non-professional works will be judged on an equal basis by a qualified jury.  Only accepted works will be exhibited

Judges: Ellen Buselli & Ken Hamilton

Click here for the list of Artists accepted into the 41st Annual Juried Show