Silverbells
Annual Winter Exhibition of Members' Works
The annual Silverbells Exhibition and Sale was held in December at the Hamden Senior Center. The pot luck dinner was followed by a raffle whose profits go toward a scholarship for a Hamden High School art student. The judge for this year's Silverbells Art Exhibition and Sale was artist/professor Mia Brownell.
The award-winning artists were as follows:
Hamden Art League Best in Show Award: Diane Chandler, Jodi (Orange & Black), oil
TJB Landscaping Award: Jeanette Compton, Cap’s Tree Stump, ink
Sherry Johnson Nieman Memorial Award: Ron Tonelli, Basking in the Light, acrylic
E.H. Scott Art & Design LLC Award: Scott Paterson, Stony Creek Beach, 2017, oil
DiMotta Artistry Award: Carol Lambiase, Harshi, Hyderabad, India, colored pencil
Paier College of Art Award: Elizabeth Hundt Scott, Pear Trees, pencil
Wholesale Frame Gift Certificate: Sharon Rowley Morgio, A Woman of Experience, watercolor
FRAMED Gift Certificate: John Massimino, The Boatsmen, acrylic
Hull’s Art Supply Gift Certificate: Susan Seseske Wolanic, Reflections, watercolor
The award-winning artists were as follows:
Hamden Art League Best in Show Award: Diane Chandler, Jodi (Orange & Black), oil
TJB Landscaping Award: Jeanette Compton, Cap’s Tree Stump, ink
Sherry Johnson Nieman Memorial Award: Ron Tonelli, Basking in the Light, acrylic
E.H. Scott Art & Design LLC Award: Scott Paterson, Stony Creek Beach, 2017, oil
DiMotta Artistry Award: Carol Lambiase, Harshi, Hyderabad, India, colored pencil
Paier College of Art Award: Elizabeth Hundt Scott, Pear Trees, pencil
Wholesale Frame Gift Certificate: Sharon Rowley Morgio, A Woman of Experience, watercolor
FRAMED Gift Certificate: John Massimino, The Boatsmen, acrylic
Hull’s Art Supply Gift Certificate: Susan Seseske Wolanic, Reflections, watercolor
Diane Chandler, Jodi (Orange & Black)
Ron Tonelli, Basking in the Light
Carol Lambiase, Harshi, Hyderabad, India
Sharon Rowley Morgio, A Woman of Experience
Susan Seseske Wolanic, Reflections
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Jeanette Compton, Cap’s Tree Stump
Scott Paterson, Stony Creek Beach, 2017
Elizabeth Hundt Scott, Pear Trees
John Massimino, The Boatsmen
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Five Honorable Mentions were presented to:
Alice Nolan Merlone, Contemplation IV, Series VI, monoprint
Nancy Douglass, Through the Grasses, oil
Sheila Creed, The Jockey, graphite
Matty Dagradi, 11 Hoyt, Brooklyn, collage
Darcy Van Heuveln, Blue Jay, charcoal
Alice Nolan Merlone, Contemplation IV, Series VI, monoprint
Nancy Douglass, Through the Grasses, oil
Sheila Creed, The Jockey, graphite
Matty Dagradi, 11 Hoyt, Brooklyn, collage
Darcy Van Heuveln, Blue Jay, charcoal
Alice Nolan Merlone, Contemplation IV, Series VI
Sheila Creed, The Jockey
Darcy Van Heuveln, Blue Jay
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Nancy Douglass, Through the Grasses
Matty Dagradi, 11 Hoyt, Brooklyn
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Our judge, Mia Brownell, teaches painting and drawing at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. She has had solo exhibitions in major American cities, including New York, Boston and Washington DC.
Mia has also been included in over 130 group exhibitions worldwide. Her paintings often feature food items treated as a still life and referencing 17th Century Dutch work but with a molecular imaging treatment.
We want to thank the following for supporting Silverbells with their donations for awards:
Ruth Johnson
John Alvaro
E. H. Scott Art and Design LLC
TJB Landscaping
Hulls Art Supply
Framed
Paier College of Art
Wholesale Frame
Mia has also been included in over 130 group exhibitions worldwide. Her paintings often feature food items treated as a still life and referencing 17th Century Dutch work but with a molecular imaging treatment.
We want to thank the following for supporting Silverbells with their donations for awards:
Ruth Johnson
John Alvaro
E. H. Scott Art and Design LLC
TJB Landscaping
Hulls Art Supply
Framed
Paier College of Art
Wholesale Frame
Goldenbells
Annual Spring Exhibition of Members' Works
April 7, Reception and Awards
Receiving: March 31, 4-6 pm
Take down: May 19, 4-6 pm
Receiving: March 31, 4-6 pm
Take down: May 19, 4-6 pm
