Next Exhibition: December 2019
Recent exhibitions:
Goldenbells, April 2019 Award Winners
The Hamden Art League celebrated the Opening Reception of its 64th Goldenbells Art Exhibition and Sale on April 9th from 7 - 9 pm with one of the largest gathering of artists, family and friends in its recent history. The tables in the Social Hall of the Hamden Senior Center in the Miller Memorial Library Complex were full as people enjoyed the refreshments and drinks provided by Hamden Art League members, and the hallways of the Exhibition were crowded with the viewing audience members. In the formal program, which took place half way into the evening, awards totaling $895 were presented to participating artists. The Hamden Art League is very grateful to the many local businesses and benefactors who sponsored these awards. This year the artists' awards also included the new honorary People's Choice Award. Proceeds from the lively raffle that was held that evening of art-related items will help fund HAL's Scholarship which is annually presented in June to a graduating Hamden High senior who plans on pursuing art in college. Hamden Art League members are from Hamden, New Haven and fourteen neighboring towns.
The judge for this year's Goldenbells Art Exhibition and Sale was artist/professor Leeah Joo. Following are the award-winning artists:
Sharon R. Morgio won the Hamden Art League Best in Show Award for her oil painting, Tender Thoughts
Phil Chagnon received the Chris Kohler Award for his watercolor painting Spring Planting
Jeanette Compton won the Sue Nally Award for her ink drawing Puffball
Ruth Morrill received the FRAMED Gift Certificate for her oil painting The Runoff
Diane Chandler won the Sherry Johnson Nieman Award for her oil painting Sarah with Umbrella
Al Granberg received the Whitney Center Award for his tempera painting Woman Looking Down
Matty Dagradi won the E. H. Scott Art & Design LLC Award for her collage Arches
Annis Fusaris received the DiMotta Artistry Award for her pastel Patterns in Cologne
Steven Porter won the Whitneyville Food Center Award for his pastel Red Boat
Carol Kennedy received the Hull's Art Supply Gift Certificate for her charcoal Stony Creek
Elizabeth Hundt Scott won the David Dio Hair Studio Gift Certificate for her oil painting All Citrus
Sharon R. Morgio won the Hamden Art League Best in Show Award for her oil painting, Tender Thoughts
Phil Chagnon received the Chris Kohler Award for his watercolor painting Spring Planting
Jeanette Compton won the Sue Nally Award for her ink drawing Puffball
Ruth Morrill received the FRAMED Gift Certificate for her oil painting The Runoff
Diane Chandler won the Sherry Johnson Nieman Award for her oil painting Sarah with Umbrella
Al Granberg received the Whitney Center Award for his tempera painting Woman Looking Down
Matty Dagradi won the E. H. Scott Art & Design LLC Award for her collage Arches
Annis Fusaris received the DiMotta Artistry Award for her pastel Patterns in Cologne
Steven Porter won the Whitneyville Food Center Award for his pastel Red Boat
Carol Kennedy received the Hull's Art Supply Gift Certificate for her charcoal Stony Creek
Elizabeth Hundt Scott won the David Dio Hair Studio Gift Certificate for her oil painting All Citrus
Sharon R. Morgio, Tender Thoughts
Jeannette Compton, Puffball
Diane Chandler, Sarah with Umbrella
Matty Dagradri, Arches
Steve Porter, Red Boat
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Phil Chagnon, Spring Planting
Ruth Morrill, The Runoff
Al Granberg, Woman Looking Down
Annis Fusaris, Patterns in Cologne
Elizabeth Hundt Scott, All Citrus
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Five Honorable Mentions were presented to:
Annette Pallatto Bailey for her pastel Branford Sunset
Alice Merlone for her monoprint Circles & Squares: Primary Colors I
Donna Gertler for her watercolor painting Monarch of the Glen
Mike Eagle for his watercolor painting Shhh...Michael's Sleeping
Rita Kelly for her watercolor painting Freerange
Annette Pallatto Bailey for her pastel Branford Sunset
Alice Merlone for her monoprint Circles & Squares: Primary Colors I
Donna Gertler for her watercolor painting Monarch of the Glen
Mike Eagle for his watercolor painting Shhh...Michael's Sleeping
Rita Kelly for her watercolor painting Freerange
Alice Merlone, Circles & Squares: Primary Colors I
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Mike Eagle, Shh...Michael's Sleeping
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Rita Kelly, Freerange
This year a new category, People's Choice, was inaugurated, in which viewers with six or more raffle tickets were eligible to vote for their favorite entry in the exhibit. This year's People's Choice Award winner was Phil Chagnon for his watercolor Spring Planting.
The Hamden Art League's Goldenbells Art Exhibition and Sale will be on view until Tuesday, May 7th. The public is invited to visit the exhibit M - F, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm in the hallways of the Hamden Senior Center in the Miller Memorial Library Complex, 2901 Dixwell Avenue, with the entrance in the back of the building.
The Hamden Art League's Goldenbells Art Exhibition and Sale will be on view until Tuesday, May 7th. The public is invited to visit the exhibit M - F, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm in the hallways of the Hamden Senior Center in the Miller Memorial Library Complex, 2901 Dixwell Avenue, with the entrance in the back of the building.
