The Art Guild invites the public to view the 2018 Members Showcase Exhibit and enjoy the beautiful grounds of Elderfields Historic Preserve at a Garden Party Reception and Awards Ceremony on Friday June 8, 6 to 8 p.m.
Awards of merit and the annual Terri Shkuda Award for Broadening Creative Pursuits will be presented and there will be an acoustic music performance by Chris Kinnear. The Art Guild will also be introducing their new executive director, Lisa Grossman, and awarding a scholarship to Erin Hogarty of Wantagh High School.
The show will be on view from Saturday, May 26 through Sunday, June 24. The gallery is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 pm (or by appointment) and is always free.
The 90 artist-members who will exhibit their work are: Margaret Andres, Diane Bares, Douglas Barnaby, Katrina Benson, Rozalia Berlin, Leo Bliok, Heidi Block, Phyllis Buchner, Frank Burke, Susanne Corbelletta, Caryn Coville, Aleta Crawford, Gloria Cunnick, Christine D’Addario, Kathy D’Amato-Smith, Madeline D’Aversa, Arlene Dorfman, Karen Fagelman, Judith Feinman, Barbara Flamm, Ivan Frisch, Phyllis Gildston, Linda Gleit, Heather Heckel, Susan Herbst, Susan R. Hicks, Jeff Holtzman, Shelley Holtzman, Frances Ianarella, Ilene Isseks, Sabine Jean-Bart, Caroline Kaplowitz, Ellen Katcher, Diane Kaufmann, Marceil Kazickas, Karen Kirshner, Joan Klein, Carla Kobrick, Myung Ja Koh, Susan Kozodoy-Silkowitz, Randy Kraft, Bruce Laird, Tony LaMarca, Joan Laufer, Donna Litke, Malka Lohmann*, Linda Louis, Piper Lyman, Rose Marino, Gwendolyn Martino, Baruch May, Shoshana May, Marion McManus, Heidi McNamara, Charles Messite, John Micheals, Corinne Michels, Deborah Miller, Susan Miller, Anthony Monitto, Randi Nadrich, Stephanie Navon-Jacobson, Eileen Neville, Ann Parry, Ann Pellaton, Denis Ponsot, Marc Reubins, Randi Benum Roernes, Jane Scal, Ellen Hallie Schiff, Michael Schulman, Valida Scott, Jose Seligson, Roya Shamsdiba, Ilene Silberstein, Steve Silberstein, Barbara Silbert, Kate Smith, Joan Stevens, Bob Stuhmer, Susan Tiffen, Kay Vickers, Margo Vignola, Gabriella Villa, Carol Weinberg, DV White, Nina S. Wolf, Dave Wollin, and Theodora Zavala. (*Student member)
The juror-of-awards for this exhibit is Marc Josloff, an award-winning painter, photographer and art educator. Josloff was mentored by watercolorists Mel Stabin, Irwin Greenberg and Paul Ching Bor. He is on the board of the Hudson River Art Association and is currently represented by the Roslyn Village Gallery.
Grossman, the Art Guild’s new Executive Director, has lived in Port Washington for 12 years with her husband and two daughters and has been active in many organizations in the community. Most recently she was Director of Development at Residents Forward. She is treasurer of Community Synagogue and is on the Advisory Board of The Ed Foundation.
The Art Guild’s annual scholarship being presented to Wantagh High School senior Erin Hogarty is one of three awarded in 2018. Hogarty is an accomplished artist who is adept in many mediums. Her artwork was awarded third place at The Art Guild’s 2017 Nassau County High School Exhibition, has been in the 2016 and 2017 Long Island’s Best Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum of Art, and has won awards in the 2017 and 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. She will be attending the Columbus College of Art and Design for a degree in Illustration (BFA) with a minor in Animation. Two other scholarships were awarded to seniors Rico Ford of Valley Stream Central High School (who will study Illustration and Set Design) and Nicolette Constantinides of Hicksville High School (who will be attending Farmingdale State College and hopes to pursue a BFA in Illustration with a minor in Psychology).
The Art Guild is located at Elderfields Preserve, 200 Port Washington Blvd., in Manhasset. For more information, call 516-304-5797 or visit www.theartguild.org.
