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73rd Annual Sponsors Show


  • Ridgewood Art Institute 12 East Glen Avenue Ridgewood, NJ, 07450 (map)

Receiving: March 24th - 30th 2026

Show Dates: April 6th - May 1st 2026

Online: April 6th 2026

Reception Wine & Cheese: April 19th 2026, 2-4pm

Lottery Drawing: May 1st 2026, 8pm

For paintings remaining after the Sponsors Show, pick up will be Jun 8-11.

Sponsors holding up their selected paintings.

Members donate their artwork. Sponsors contribute $295. On the last night of the Show (May 1st), sponsors’ names are drawn from a lottery, and each Sponsor selects a framed painting to take home.


Donation Details

  • Artwork must be framed, wired and ready to hang, Watercolor & Pastel must be under glass; Artwork not ready for hanging will not be included in the Exhibit.

  • Artwork must be in the Traditional American Realism manner; Chairperson has final decision on rejecting work not in this style.


Volunteer Gallery Sitters

  • 3 Saturday and 3 Sunday afternoons. Time slots are 12-2pm and 2-4pm.

  • Signup sheet available during drop off.