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STOCKTON: Fog painting gets award at Byway show

Show featured images from Frenchtown to Trenton by Delaware River region artists.

   STOCKTON — The painting, “Delaware Fog,” by Frenchtown artist Alexander Volkov, was the recipient of the People’s Choice award at the recent “DRSB: Images from Frenchtown to Trenton” art show.
   Those who visited the exhibit or attended the 2013 Delaware River Scenic Byway (DRSB) Gathering were able to vote.
   The show featured images from Frenchtown to Trenton by Delaware River region artists. The exhibit was open to the public daily from June 19-30, in the Sawmill Gallery at the historic Prallsville Mills Complex, Stockton.
   ”The exhibit was unique in that all proceeds from sales of the artwork went directly to the historic sites or artists who submitted the images,” said a spokesman.
   The winning artist, Mr. Volkov, and his wife, pianist Heidi Breyer, gave a joint concert/art show at the Prallsville Mills Grist Mill in July 2012.
   The performance of Ms. Breyer’s award-winning album, “Another Place and Time,” was accompanied by a projection of Mr. Volkov’s paintings.
   Mr. Volkov donated the giclee print of “Delaware Fog” to the Mill Society. The Delaware River Mill Society entered the painting into the exhibition.
   THE NATIONALLY designated Delaware River Scenic Byway (DRSB), Route 29, which runs along the D&R Canal State Park and the nationally protected, Wild & Scenic Delaware River, from Trenton to Frenchtown, is New Jersey’s first state Scenic Byway.
   The DRSB Corridor Management Committee sponsored the art exhibit and the 2013 annual Byway Gathering, which took place during the show’s closing reception on June 30.
   The Byway Gathering offered space to historic sites and organizations along the Byway for outreach tables and site information handouts.
   The DRSB committee goals are to develop and foster cooperative opportunities to grow and sustain the Byway by focusing on Byway protection, Byway improvement, and Byway promotion.
   The Delaware River Mill Society is the nonprofit organization responsible for continued restoration, operation and maintenance of the Prallsville Mills Complex, the center point on the Byway.
   The Mill Complex has become “a place of cultural and environmental events that attract widespread participation. Concerts, art exhibitions, an annual fine crafts show, holiday parties, school fund-raiser auctions, and meetings, as well as private parties, are a source of income for restoration and maintenance of the site,” said a spokesman.
   For information about the Byway, Google, DRSB for the Facebook or webpage. The Byway has a monthly radio show on WDVR, 89.7 FM on the first Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.
   Free DRSB guides, including maps and visitor resources, are available at most historic sites and all state park sites on the Byway, as well as some commercial businesses.
   Free Guides are available at the historic Prallsville Mills complex or the John Prall Jr. House, open Saturdays and Sundays, from 1-4 p.m.
   For additional information, email [email protected] or call 609-397-3586.