The Neighborhood Preservation Program & Freehold Borough Historic Preservation Commission with Downtown Freehold are calling all artists to participate in the 2023 Half Mile of Horses Art Walk. The project involves painted horse sculptures decorating Main Street, honoring the equine heritage of Freehold Borough (home to the oldest half-mile horse racing track in the county)! We welcome your participation in a public art project combining creativity and history. Click here to see the 12 creative designs from last year’s artists.

All submissions will be judged by the NPP Committee. 18 designs will be chosen for this year’s exhibit. Effort is important – detailed and carefully executed designs are more likely to be chosen! Deadline for submissions is May 12, 2023.

Artist Information Packet and submission details:
https://www.freeholdboroughnj.gov/news-hidden/345-npp-half-mile-of-horses-art-walk-2023

2024 Date to be Announced

Join us at the Elks’ Fundraiser, Paint Night, Canvas Bag Painting, May 18, 2023 7-9 pm. Sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary of the Freehold Elks Lodge # 1454, 73 East Main Street, Freehold Boro. The Freehold Art Society will be assisting and providing instruction as needed. Open to the public.

Join us at Freehold Art Gallery this Saturday 3-5 for the launch of Ben and the Amazing Animal Adventure illustrated by our president, Leslie Daley.

Stop by the Elks Wednesday 3/29 from 1-3 for a relaxed paint together. Bring your own supplies and inspiration.

Pictures from our 2023 Show Below:

Stop into Freehold’s Boro Hall at 30 Mechanic Street, Freehold Boro, to see our Art in Public Places! All works are for sale. Browsers welcome!

Join us for our general meetings, which are open to the public. March’s speaker is Leslie Daley, Freehold Art Society President, who will present a demo on Watercolors. See below for our schedule of meetings which include night meetings May-September, and Wednesday afternoons the rest of the year.

2023 General Meeting Schedule

February 21 Receiving Freehold Boro Hall 11-12 am & 7-8 pm, 30 Mechanic Street Freehold, 3 pieces local theme

March 15 1:00 pm General Meeting, Demo on Pastels by Leslie Daley. The Elks Lodge 73 East Main Street, Freehold Boro, Freehold.  Parking in rear, Handicapped accessible

May 9, Tuesday night, 7 pm General Meeting, note this is a night time meeting. Demo by Richard Talbot, Acrylic Pour Painting. The Elks Lodge 73 East Main Street, Freehold Boro, Freehold. Parking in rear, Handicapped accessible.

May 17 Pick up & Receiving Boro Hall 11-12 am & 7-8 pm 30 Mechanic Street Freehold, 3 pieces local theme.

July 12 7 pm Tuesday night 7 pm General Meeting, note this is a night time meeting. Speaker, demo or workshop to be announced. The Elks Lodge 73 East Main Street, Freehold Boro, Freehold.  Parking in rear, Handicapped accessible.

August 5, Saturday Receiving 9:30, Olde Freehold Day, Art Walk by the Freehold Art Society

Sept 12, Tuesday night 7 pm General Meeting, note this is a night time meeting. Speaker, demo or workshop to be announced. The Elks Lodge 73 East Main Street, Freehold Boro, Freehold.  Parking in rear, Handicapped accessible.

November 8, 1 pm, General Meeting. Speaker, demo or workshop to be announced. The Elks Lodge 73 East Main Street, Freehold Boro, Freehold.  Parking in rear, Handicapped accessible.

As part of our ART IN PUBLIC PLACES initiative, the Freehold Art Society will host a continuing art show at Freehold Boro’s Municipal Building, 30 Mechanic Street, Freehold.

ENTRY FORM below

What: FREEHOLD ART SOCIETY MEMBERS ONLY SHOW

Where: FREEHOLD BOROUGH TOWN HALL
30 Mechanic Street, Freehold, New Jersey

When: February 21, 2023 through May 17, 2023

Receiving: February 21, 2023 from 11am to 12pm and 7pm to 8 

Any member artist, amateur or professional, may enter up to three paintings.

New Memberships will be accepted at receiving ($25/year) There are no entry fees and no awards given for this show.
Original artwork only. No nudes and no politically themed artwork.Local themes and scenes preferred- Freehold and Monmouth County
All entries must be wired. No saw tooth hooks.
Minimum frame size 11”x14” and maximum frame size 24”x36”.
Maximum weight, 10 pounds.
This is a three month exhibit. 
30 Mechanic Street is between South Street and Hudsonand between The County Clerk Building and Habitat for HumanityParking lot entrance is on Mechanic Street.

Please bring a completed enry form with you. Click below.

If you have any questions, please reply to email us or contact Leslie Daley at artles08@hotmail.com

Please note our New Meeting Place, The Elks Lodge 73 East Main Street, Parking in rear. Handicap accessible. For more information on the Elks, click here.

On January 17 at 11 am, we will be holding a “free paint” session. A still life set up will be available. Or bring your work in progress or your own reference to draw or paint. Please bring your own pencils, paints and supplies, any medium. No painting supplies will be provided. Feel free to bring a snack and beverage for yourself. Painting not required. Meetings normally run about 2 hours.

Save the date: March 14, 11 am, our next meeting

Some evening meetings will be scheduled in the spring and summer.

FREEHOLD ART SOCIETY OPEN EXHIBIT

FREEHOLD PUBLIC LIBRARY   

SEP 16, 2022 THROUGH NOV 2022

JOSEPH REILLY, “Bella”, Mixed Media, $250, Judge’s Award

MICHAEL PETRIZZO, “Black River in Autumn”, Acrylic, $300, Judge’s Award

DARLENE K. MACOMBER, “The Island”, Oil, NFS, Judge’s Award

LINDA HART, “Hooked on the View”, Watercolor, NFS, Honorable Mention

CAROLYN TISCHER BARTLETT, “Spring Barn”, Pastel, $220, Honorable Mention

Our judge was Richard Berger, a classically trained artist who maintains a studio in Freehold Borough. His work is commission based and includes portraiture, sacred art, still life, and landscape. His art is in many private and public collections and can be seen locally at St. Rose of Lima, Freehold. He also gives lectures and demonstrations on paint making, perspective, drawing and painting.

Congratulations to all our winners and thanks all those to participated in the last show of 2020. Pick up is Monday 12/12.

Update: Opens to the public at 11, drop off your work at 10:30.

The holiday season gets off to an exciting start with the 9th Annual Freehold Arts and Crafts show on Saturday 12/3, 11- 4pm. The show will be at the Park Avenue Elementary School, 280 Park Ave, Freehold. Join us!

Members are encouraged to bring a few items to sell (16×20 or smaller) for our table. Paintings, crafts, cards or other creations are welcome. Please drop off 10:30. We’ll have a 10 ft table, table top easels and members on hand to handle sales. Bring your own standing easel for large works. Feel free to stay! Please label your work with your name, price and a telephone number. Pick up by 4 pm.

If you are able to donate a few of your unique Holiday Cards or general use cards to FAS (for 2022 Holiday Greetings and 2023 Thank Yous), we would appreciate droping them off at the show. .