FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 2, 2009
County announces annual senior citizen art show
Visual artists must apply by June 20th
FREEHOLD – Monmouth County residents age 60 and over are invited to submit one piece of original, visual art in Monmouth County’s annual 2008 Senior Citizen Art Contest and Exhibition.
County residents may download the complete application packet from the county Web site at www.visitmonmouth.com/aging, pick up an application at the county’s Division on Aging, Disabilities and Veteran’s Interment Affairs at 21 Main St., Freehold, or request a copy be mailed to them by calling 732-431-7450. The deadline to submit a completed application is June 19.
Categories in both the professional and nonprofessional divisions are acrylic, craft, computer imagery, drawing, mixed media, oil, pastel, photography (film, digital or other), print, sculpture and watercolor. Category specific information is included in the application packet.
“Monmouth County’s creative and vibrant older adults have an opportunity to showcase their talents in this popular program again in 2009,” said Freeholder Amy A. Mallet, liaison to the Monmouth County Division on Aging, Disabilities and Veterans’ Interment Affairs. The agency coordinates Monmouth County’s contest and exhibition each year. “I look forward to seeing all the types of creative efforts that will be on display in the library.”
Entries will be on display in the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan from July 6 through July 30.
In 2008, 15 participants of last year’s contest went on to participate at the state level where 10 residents came up winners. Carol Gleason of Howell, Stephen Ravner of Freehold, Paul Puliese of Long Branch, Joan Wallace of Manasquan, Guido Guazzoni of Wayside, Robert Herbert of Neptune, Gail Joseph of Long Branch, Dorothy Lawrence of Marlboro, Patty Ryan of Marlboro and Avram Shapiro of Adelphia were recognized among the 226 state entries in the professional and nonprofessional categories. Carol Gleason was judged the 2008 overall Best in Show in the nonprofessional division for her whimsical sculpture “Time for a Fish Story.”
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