The public is invited to enjoy the 50th annual New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show now on display in the hall galleries of the main building at Meadow Lakes Senior Living, 300 Meadow Lakes, East Windsor.
The exhibit, featuring more than 260 works of art created by New Jersey artists over the age of 60, will remain on display through Thursday, Oct. 27. For the first time in years, the show represents artists from all 21 of New Jersey’s counties.
With artwork by both professional and non-professional artists in 11 categories (acrylic, craft, digital imagery, mixed media, oil, pastels, photography, print, sculpture, watercolor, and works on paper), the exhibit was juried by a three-person judges panel of professional artists who selected first-, second- and third-place winners and honorable mentions in each category. Exhibiting artists range in age from 60 to 95.
This year, Jim Fallon’s (Hudson County) print on handmade paper, “Orphans’ Opus ‘68,” was named Best in Show/Professional, and Martin Hitzig’s (Bergen County) oil painting, “Blue Pitcher,” was selected as Best in Show/ Non-Professional.
The annual exhibit, a co-sponsored project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Mercer County’s Division of Culture & Heritage, caps a year of county-based Senior Citizen Art Shows throughout the state.
“The NJ State Council on the Arts and the NJ Senior Citizen Art Exhibit both turn 50 this year. Though we’re celebrating our golden anniversaries, just remember that 50 is the new 30, and so perhaps the best is yet to come,” said Nick Paleologos, executive director of the NJ State Council on the Arts.
All work on display represents first-place winners from the county shows. A three-member jury of art professionals selected the prize winners for this exhibit.
The show is open to the public Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Groups of six or more are asked to contact Meadow Lakes in advance by calling 609-448-4100. For more information, contact Mercer County Division of Culture & Heritage, 609-278-2712 or [email protected].
The program is made possible with co-sponsored project grant funding from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, with additional support from the Mercer County, Meadow Lakes (a Springpoint Senior Living Community) and the New Jersey Association of Area Agencies on Aging.
