2007 Spring Dialog - The New Jersey Watercolor Society

Artists’
Spring 2007
Vol. 11, No. 3
Award winners in the Associate
Members Show see Page 2
Sandy Jones Best in Show
effort.
Spring Summer 2007
President's Message
Summer, 2007
It was a great pleasure to welcome our newest Elected Members into the society at the Annual
Member’s Meeting on Saturday, May 19th. The Annual Meeting and Luncheon was held at the
Deal Country Club in Deal, New Jersey. The setting was beautiful and the food was terrific, plus
it was a great opportunity to socialize with old friends and make new ones. I’d like to thank all
who made the event possible; it was great success.
At the April 28th meeting of the Executive Board, fourteen people were elected full members of
the New Jersey Water Color Society: This year’s newly elected members were Susanna Anastasia, Bryan Collins, Marie DeVenezia, Lisa Grob, George Karcich, Jan Kiszonak, Ronald
McCarty, Leonia Mroczkowski, Hedi Lang Parrinello, Donna J. Roettger, Lois Sanders, Michael
G. Tiscia, Marie T. Zukoff, and Nancy Zwerling. I’d like to extend my congratulations to all and I
encourage you to get involved in the activities of this excellent organization. I would especially
like to recognize Susanna Anastasia and Donna Roettger who will be joining the Executive
Board. Susanna is our new Awards Chairperson and Donna will be our new Recording Secretary.
The Annual Associates Show at the Morris County Library was held on April 3rd – April 24th.
Opening reception was held on April 14th. I’d like to thank Judy Martindale, Jinnie May and all
those who helped with this show. Hats off to the award winners, you can see their award winning
paintings in this newsletter.
NJWCS Welcomes
New members
Susanna Anastasia
Bryan Collins
Marie DeVenezia
Lisa Grob
George Karcich
Janet Kiszonak
Ronald McCarty
Leonia Mroczkowski
Heidi Lang Parrinello
Donna Roettger
Lois Sanders
Mike Tiscia
Marie T. Zukoff
Nancy Zwerling
I would like to remind everyone, this year’s Annual Elected Member’s Show will be held at the
Atrium Art Gallery at the Morris County Administration & Records Building on July 20 through
October 19 in Morristown. Exhibitions at the Atrium are well attended. Please select your entry
carefully, so that your work reflects the high standards of the Society. The building is open to the
public weekdays 9:00 to 5:00. I encourage every elected member to put a painting in the show.
The Open Juried show will again be at the Monmouth Museum this year. The show will run from
September 16th through October 28th. Receiving is on Saturday, September 8th. The opening reception with awards ceremony will take place on September 23rd. Volunteer information sheets
were mailed out, please take the time to fill it out and return it to our show chairman, Ken Hamilton. If you didn’t receive one and would like to help out at receiving please give Ken a call or
drop him a note.
I hope you all have a safe and enjoyable summer.
Joel Popadics
The New Jersey Water Color Society On-Line Members Gallery
As an Elected Member of The New Jersey Water Color Society we would like to invite you to share some of the
work that you have been doing over the years on the gallery page of our web-site: www.njwcs.org. We will display work here for members and the public to view. We are limiting the number of submissions to four paintings
per member for one year. We hope to include work by Associate members in the future. In order to submit your
work please supply a digital image that can be emailed to our web master, Jeff Clapp at clappster@hotmail.com.
Members Slides Needed
We are in the process of approaching galleries, corporations and museums on behalf of the Society for possible
exhibitions. When approaching a gallery it is helpful to show a packet of slides of our Members artwork. If you
have a slide or slides to spare please send them to Joel Popadics, 83 Clifford Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470. Unfortunately, they will not be returned.
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2007 Associate Members Show
Morris County Library
Best in Show
Sandra Jones
Awards of Excellence:
Susanna Anastasia
Ed Baumlin
Bernice Chin
Jinnie May
Leonia Mroczkowski
Marie Natale
Best in Show- Sandra Jones
Bernice Chin
Ed Baumlin
Leonia Mroczkowski
Marie Natale
Susanna Anastasia
Jinnie May
in the News
MEMBERS
Publications:
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Sandy Mezinis won the B. Bud Chavooshian Award in the 2006 Garden
State Watercolor Society Open Juried Exhibition and an honorable mention
in the 2006 GSWCS Members Show. Sandy received Second Place in the
2007 Florida Keys Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition. She was published
in the 2006 edition of the Key West Culture Magazine and was the featured
artist in the 6th annual Key Women Artists exhibition in Key West, FL, in
"Perspectives" a Florida Keys Artist 5 person show at the Florida Keys Community College, had two Gallery Exhibitions (Sodu and Stone Soup Galleries
in Key West) and was accepted into the Anna McKee Auction in Key West.
Katherine Gray, New Paltz artist, is 1 of 27 artists to have been accepted in
the Columbia County Council on the Art's 12th Annual Juried Art Show. Her
watercolor, "Cow Crossing," was on exhibit in the Hudson Opera House, 327
Warren Street, Hudson, from March 3rd until April 7th. The Juror was John
Weber, art dealer and former owner of John Weber Galley in NYC.
Carol Staub was Awarded 1st Place in Mixed Media and Collage in The
Artist’s Magazine first open online international juried competition, February,
2007, the painting is featured in the current July/August issue. Carol was
also Awarded 1st Place and an Honorable Mention in Watercolor Magic
Magazine’s Water Media online international competition, February 2007,
the paintings are featured in the current July/August Issue. She was
Awarded 1st Place at the Vero Beach Museum of Art Artist’s Club 19th Annual Art By The Sea, February 2007, featured in the March 1, 2007 Wall
Street Journal—Art and your car, had 2 Works selected for the American
Juried Art Salon 2007 Spring/Summer Show and awarded “Artist-Master
Class Status”. She was Awarded the M. Graham Watercolor Award at the
66th Watercolor Society of Alabama’s National Exhibit, April 2007, featured
in an article in “The Treasure Coast Magazine”, March 2007 issue,
and received an "Award of Excellence" from the Art Addiction Medial Museum's (London, England) juried international online exhibition, May 2007.
Lois Sanders Best in Watercolor 2007 at The Gaelen Gallery Juried Art
Show at the JCC in Whippany. The exhibit was May 6 - June 17.
Essex Watercolor Club Exhibit at the Morris County Library
award winners included Award of Excellences to Dolores
Ziegler, Ann Michaels, Susanna Anastasia and Mark de
Mos, and Award of Merits to Lois Sanders and Associate
Members Maria de Mos and Jinnie May.
in the News:
ASSOCIATE
MEMBERS
Christina Sanes was included in the Monmouth University
Department of Art and Design Exhibition. She was accepted
into the Jersey Shore Juried Art Show and the Monmouth
Festival of the Arts. Her work was also selected for the MFA
museum web site and was an invited artist to the Land Rover
Art Exhibit. She was accepted into the Noyes Museum of Art
as an exhibiting artist
Please send Member & Associate Member News to:
Editor: Mark de Mos email: deMosArt@juno.com
7 Richlyn Court Morristown, NJ 07960
(973)267-4363
Information deadline: Fall, 2006 Issue Aug 25, 2007
Winter, 2008 Issue
December 15, 2007
Spring, Summer, 2008 Issue May 15, 2008
The Editor reserves the right to edit submissions to this
newsletter.
Award winning works in national juried exhibitions send
a jpeg, for possible inclusion in the newsletter.
We need your input! If you have an idea for an article please
send it in.
Was there an artist who is responsible for your life-long love
of watercolor, have you gone on an exciting painting holiday,
please send it now.
Mark de Mos was Awarded 2nd Place and Best New Artist at the Skylands
Art Show at the Sussex County College in Newton, NJ. He has feature article, “A Light Touch” ,in the Watercolor Magic August edition (now out).
Tim Gaydos was Awarded 1st Place at the Skylands Art Show at the Sussex
County College, Newton NJ.
Hudson Valley Art Associations 76th Annual Exhibition at the National
Arts Club in New York awarded Anthony Ventura with the Mrs John Newington Award for Excellence (Best in Watercolor), Joel Popadics with he
Edgar Whitney Memorial Award(3rd), James Toogoood with Joseph Krasnansky Memorial Award(6th), Joan Ross witheh John Loughlin Memorial
Award for Landscape or Seascape(7th). Also Juried into the exhibit Winnie
O’Dougherty, Betty Stroppel, Mark de Mos, Katherine Gray, Ken Hamilton, Mel Stabin and Michael Tiscia, plus Arthur Barbour in Memoriam.
Essex Watercolor Color Club’s Winter Members Show in February
award winners included NJWCS members, Best in Show winner Betty
Stroppel, Awards of Excellence for Mark de Mos and Virginia May
(Associate Member) , Awards of Merit for members Nat Lewis, AWS, Ann
Taylor and Joan Ross as well as associate members Inese Houlis, Debbie Fryer and Vicki Gainsburg. Debbie Fryer is the current president of
the Essex Watercolor Club and the Judge was NJWCS member, Tom
Valenti, AWS.
Pass the word,
Don’t Forget to Send in Your
Membership Dues for 2007
We regret to announce the passing of two long time members, Elwood Bender, AWS and Jewel Ryman.
Jewel Ryman, a long time resident of Morristown, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. She
was painted in Guatamala where she enjoyed painting the native Mayans in their unspoiled
natural habitat. She was active with the Essex Watercolor Club, the NJ Center for the Visual Arts
and Morris County Art Association and was a past president of the Drew Art Association
(Silent Arena)
Elwood Bengert, AWS of Wyckoff was a
long time member of the NJWCS—over 50
years. He was a graduate of Parsons School of
Design and the New York School of Fine and
Applied Arts and showed with the prestigious National Academy, the AAPL and AWS
where he once was included in their traveling show. He owned an art store, designed
stained glass windows and lead art studies in France and Italy. He loved to paint on
location and was well known for his paintings of marble.
(Horse Farm)
Past Presidents
Joel Popadics
Ken Hamilton
Mark de Mos
Jack O’Reilly
Donna Roettger *
Joan McKinney
Anthony Ventura,
Gigi Burboeck,
Marge Chavooshian
Roberta Carter Clark
Anthony Ventura,
Nessa Grainger
Joan Ross,
Rolf Hellmich,
Florence Rosenberg
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Annual Elected Members Show: Morris Atrium(4th floor), Morristown
Receiving: Friday, July 20th, 3:00-5:00 pm
Reception: August 3rd, 7:00-9:00
Pick-up: Friday, October 19, 3:00-5:00 pm
65th Annual open Juried Exhibition: Monmouth Museum
September 16, 2007 through October 28, 2007
Judges: Wiltraub and Nancy Barch
Receiving: Sat, September 8th, 9am to Noon
Opening: Sunday, September 16th
Opening Reception / Awards Ceremony:
Sunday, September 23rd, 2 - 4pm
Demonstrations: Oct 7, Oct 21 and Oct 28
Pickup: Sunday, October 28th 3 - 5pm
Artist’s Dialog Newsletter
7 Richlyn Court
Morristown, NJ 07960
President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
Treasurer
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Members at Large
NJWCS Calendar
Please give us your feedback on
our website. Www.NJWCS.org
and send your jpegs for the
members gallery to
clappster@hotmail.com
New Jersey Water Color Society
Board of Directors 2007