Winners of the 2016 Monmouth County Senior Art Contest and Exhibition were recognized at an artists’ reception and awards ceremony on Aug. 17 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan.
Winners in each of the seven categories received first-, second-, third place and honorable mention ribbons. Winning Best in Show were Bernadette Sabatini of Eatontown in the professional category for her photograph “Chincoteague” and Rosa Lee McNair of Neptune in the nonprofessional category for her acrylic entitled “Childhood.”
First-place winners from each of the seven categories will be on display at the 50th annual New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show to be held at the Meadow Lakes community in East Windsor, Sept. 24 through Oct. 28.
Area residents whose work earned recognition were:
Acrylic: Non-professional, Second Place: Karen Martin of Freehold Township, “One More Time,” Honorable Mention, Sharon Er of Freehold, “Sampan,” Honorable Mention, Charlotte Levitan of Allentown, “View from Brette’s Fire Escape”
Mixed Media: Professional, Honorable Mention: Rhoda Hollander of Marlboro, “Daisies Too,” Non-professional, Honorable Mention, Ruth A. Appel of Marlboro, “Goes With Coffee”
Oil: Non-professional, First Place, Ellen Silverman of Manalapan, “Summer Strawberries,” Honorable Mention, Joseph Taliercio of Marlboro, “Porto D’Capri-Naples, Italy”
Pastel: Professional, First Place, Sharon Steinhorn of Marlboro, “Peaches,” Second Place, Carolyn Tischer Bartlett of Freehold, “Out To Pasture,” Non-professional, Second Place, Valerie Rigazio of Freehold, “Read Me a Story,” Third Place, Patty Ryan of Morganville, “Reminiscing,” Honorable Mention, Sonia Resnick of Marlboro, “My Grandmother Sarah”
Photography: Professional, Honorable Mention, Vince Matulewich of Morganville, “Orchids (Phalaenopsis),” Non-professional, First Place, Tony Rustako of Colts Neck, “Teton Mountain Stream,” Third Place, Thomas E. Smith of Allentown, “Swan on the Rhine”
Watercolor: Non-professional, First Place, Michael Robby of Marlboro, “Morning Swim,” Third Place, Yachi Pan of Freehold, “Shangrila,” Honorable Mention, Elizabeth Zigray of Freehold, “Pretty Bottles in a Row.”