The Ridgefield Guild of Artists’

46th Annual Juried Exhibition

September 16, 2023 – October 15, 2023

FIRST PRIZE Lynne Arovas Arctic Exploration Mixed media, collage 24 x 18 $1850

SECOND PRIZE Maj Kalfus Thinking Newspaper, ink, pencil, pastel 28 x 24 $900

THIRD PRIZE Barry Guthertz Ballerina Digital archival inkjet print 28 x 24 $1000

HONORABLE MENTION Roberta Shea Lean on Me Monoprint 34 x 26 $1000

HONORABLE MENTION Marcy Juran Asparagus Archival pigment print with hand coloring 18 x 24 $1500

HONORABLE MENTION Nancy Goettman Inspired by Bark/sushi Picnic Acrylic on paper 18 x 12 $400

HONORABLE MENTION Frances Goulart Ping Pong Charcoal on paper 20 x 16 $300

HONORABLE MENTION Chris Perry 241 Ripples: pulse Altered books 50 x 10 x 15 $600

Richard Alexander The Grab Oil on panel 21 x 16 $1800

Frederick Bannerot IV Peppermint Spinnaker Acrylic 24 x 36 $750

Whitney Bell The Space Between Photo 15 x 11 $225

Melissa Benedek Falling into Place Acrylic on canvas 48 x 48 $3500

Melissa Benedek Urban Poetry Acrylic and pencil on canvas 48 x 48 $3200

Sonia Bombart Breaking Through AI Acrylic, acrylic sprays 48 x 36 $2200

Nancy Breakstone Discarded Photograph 26 x 26 $300

Nancy Breakstone Filling In Photograph on plexiglass 20 x 30 $700

Nancy Breakstone Looking Up Photograph on plexiglass 33 x 30 $850

Anne Brecher Escape Green variegated soap stone 9 x 9 $1000

Janine Brown Marital Constraints Homemade bioplastic, artist's financial statements, crochet thread, artist's wedding dress 20 x 20 x 14 $8000

Debra Burger Rainy Summer Archival pigment print 30 x 20 $350

Trace Burroughs Button Eyes Mixed media/digital 24 x 36 $1200

Miggs Burroughs We Didn't Start the Fire Lenticular 18 x 72 $1800

Paula Burton Gears in Space Monotype on paper 18 x 15 $300

Christian Calabro Mile 64 Photo 12 x 34 $250

Bailey Cardinal Payne's Descent Collograph print 15 x 18 $375

Thomas Carroll Manic Spirits of the R. R. Crossing Photography - print on acrylic, overlayed in camera 46 x 33 $900

John Casey Black Bird #2 Metal and wood 80x 32 x 20 $1995

Sharon Cavagnolo Trap Door Gouache, ink, graphite 30 x 24 $4000

Karen Cipolla Speed Reading Found objects 14 x 12 x 12 $600

Tina Cobelle-Sturges Shorebird Acrylic and oil pigment on canvas 24 x 24 $1850

Tracy Craighead Buckle Up! Screen print on paper 16 x 20 $450

Ron Crowcroft Soliloquy Acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 $2400

Mary Pat Devine Road Map Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 $525

Cynthia DiGiacomo Antheia 5 Mixed media: fabric, photography, paint ink, crayon 19 x 19 $700

Laure Dunne Log and Leaves of Fall Archival pigment print on 100% cotton fiber, acid-free paper 21 x 26 $400

Patti Goldberg Ettinger You Are My Eyes #2 Drawing and photography 30 x 24 $976

Kathleen Fay Colorado Blue Sunset Giclee print on Hahnemuhle Digital Fine Art paper 20 x 16 $300

Heide Follin Formal Delicacy Acrylic on cradled birch board 24 x 18 $1500

Connie Freid Sophisticated Lady Acrylic on canvas 20 x 16 $1100

Nancy Goettman Inspired by Bark Watercolor on paper 11 x 14 $450

Jonathan Gordon Ultraviolet Thistle Archival digital image 13 x 19 $250

Diana Gubbay A Walk in the Woods (Autumn) Digital painting and photography on paper 36 x 36 $850

Diana Gubbay Siesta Light Triptych Photography and digital painting on aluminum 30 x 72 $2200

Gigi Guthrie Theatrics Acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 $550

Eddie Hall Nexus Acrylic on recycled window 28 x 26 $1450

Mary Harold Dancing Daffodils Photo on metal 12 x 12 $175

Norm Jensen Menelaus Ceramic 12 x 9 $800

Maj Kalfus X and Y Paper and acrylic 24 x 18 $800

Doris Kaye The Beets Oil on linen 20 x 20 $3000

Deborah Kouzoukian Swarm Encaustic paint 48 x 16 (triptych) $1500

Joanie Landau FB's Irises Photomontage Blue Story, Version 6 Archival inkjet printed on Moab Slickrock Metallic Pearl Fine Art Paper 42 x 32 $2500

Joanie Landau Iris Solo B + W Archival inkjet print, face mounted to plexiglass 26 x 20 $1120

Arlene Lawrence Grandma's Love is Gold Oil on panel 20 x 16 $1500

Holli Levy Cityscape Photo encaustic 17 x 17 $625

Charles McIlvane Formal Attire Wood oil stained on stone 40 x 15 $1500

William Meddick Needed a Worm Oil 32 x 32 $800

Erin Nazzaro Summer's High Notes Acrylic on canvas 24 x 72 triptych $3000

Keven Nelson 1st Trip to the Mall Photography 20 x 16 $450

Tim Nighswander Amaryllis Series #41(S) Archival pigment print on fine art paper 29 x 23 $1400

Melissa Orme Metropolis Acrylic on paper 29 x 36 $1200

George Radwan A told B told C... Concrete, plaster, sand 8 x 6 x 3 $375

George Radwan Out of the Rubble Concrete, rubble, plaster, sand, brick, found object 6 x 5 x 3 $325

Barbara Ringer Morning Walk Photography, decoupaged homemade frame 13 x 19 x 3 $450

Soteris Roussi Bouncing Betty Eyes Acrylic and dry pigment on museum board 40 x 32 $2560

Phyllis Ruffer Montauk 1962 Mixed media 18 x 24 $1250

Karen Schlansky Let's Fly Acrylic 32 x 26 $900

Amy Schott Fungi Fantasy Shadow box w/ vintage found materials 17 x 14 x 1.5 $1200

Rick Schwab Dreams of Childhood Archival pigment on watercolor paper 16 x 20 $800

James Segelstein Lupine bowl Porcelain 6 x 2 $35

Barbara Shapiro Sea Swell India ink and acrylic paint on Dura-Lar 25 x 41 $1250

Barbara Shapiro Together India ink on Dura-Lar (2 separate pieces 'laced' together) 26 x 20 $1250

Robert Speranza A Beautiful Thought? Ink and pigment on paper 26 x 32 $2850

Robert Speranza Handyman Ink on paper 34 x 41 $2850

Robert Speranza PTSD Ink on paper 22 x 28 $2200

Jean Tock Fragments of Democracy Wood 18 x 32 $2200

Leonor Dao Turut I Can Be Playful Oil on canvas 36 x 24 $2500

Karen Vogel Before Dawn Print on paper 18 x 18 $600

Jennifer Weinstein Against the Current Metallic spray paint, fan coral impressions, acrylic overlay on canvas 30 x 40 $800

Lee A Willatt All These Miles 230727 Mixed media digital print 30 x 30 $5000

Jay Wilson No Fortunate One Print on Moab Estrada Bright Rag Paper 20 x 30 $900

Nancy C Woodward Lucy Blue Archival inkjet print on hot press paper Edition 2/15 38 x 38 $3200

Tony Woolner Hippo Monoprint 36 x 29 $1000

Camille Zaino Checked Out Analog & digital collage: combo paper on printed canvas 10 x 10 $850

Camille Zaino Hudson River Sunrise Analog & digital collage: oil pen on printed canvas 18 x 18 $1200

Juror – Carey Mack Weber, Executive Director of Fairfield University Art Museum

Carey Mack Weber has over 25 years of experience working in museums and galleries. Carey spent over a decade working in fine art galleries in New York City, notably serving as Director of Susan Sheehan Gallery and Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art. She was integral to the creation of the university’s art museum in 2010, assisting Dr. Jill Deupi, the founding director, in developing exhibitions, programming, setting up the Collections Management systems, and creating policies. She was appointed Frank and Clara Meditz Executive Director of the Fairfield University Art Museum in January 2019.

Carey also currently serves as the President of the Connecticut Art Trail, a nationally recognized partnership between twenty-two world-class museums and historic sites. She is the CT State Representative for the Association of Academic Art Museums and Galleries and is on the Advisory Board of the Maguire Museum at St. Joseph’s University. She is an active member of the American Alliance of Museums, the Association of Academic Art Museums and Galleries, the New England Museum Association, and the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County.

Important Dates: 

• Saturday, September 23, 2023, 4 – 6pm: Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony
• Sunday, October 15, 12 – 4pm: Last View
• Sunday, October 15 from 4 – 5pm & Monday, October 16 from 2 – 4 pm: 

Pickup of unsold work*

*All work must be picked by during the noted pickup times or a $20 late fee will be applied. The Guild cannot be responsible for work left behind.