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Library show: Pick up & drop off May 10 & 11 2021

The FAS exhibit at the Freehold Public Library will end next week. Pick up (and drop off) is Monday May 10, 7-8:30 pm and Tuesday, May 11, 9:30-11 am.  Please download the prospectus/entry form for details on our next show:

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The following members were awarded prizes for the current show at the FPL.

Judge’s Awards:
HEMA GUPTA, “Winter Glow’, watercolor

LINDA HART, “Sunset Moorings”, watercolorL

AURA ANGRESS, “Untitled”,  pastel

Honorable Mentions:
LESLIE DALEY, “The Monument”, watercolor

JANE GAVAGHEN, “Top of the World”, oil

DR. DONNA MUZZICATO, “Wiser”, oil

Congratulations to all our winners!

Art Society board member Karen Martin wins juried prize

Freehold Art Society members Jane Gavghen and Karen Martin were juried in to the Guild of Creative Art’s 28th Annual Open Juried Show.

Two of Karen’s works were accepted. She won the Mitchell Award for Acrylics for her piece, B Side 45s. The judge remarked on the work: “A wonderfully intimate capture, this piece is lively and nostagic. It brings to mind the compositional style and quiet draftsmanship of Cassatt. The repetition of forms from the lively eyes and records bring life and playfulness to this image.”

Karen Martin’s prize winning acylic work

*New* Plein Aire at Monmouth Battlefield, October 2020

Hi Folks, board member Dr Marie Miczak invites you all to Plein Aire Paint Outs at Monmouth Battlefield, open to members and the public: Saturdays October 3 & October 10, meet up at 10 am at the visitors center.

Be there or be square! Several art society members will be attending.

An Introduction to Process Painting and Five Things You Must Know to Reclaim Your Creative Life.

The Freehold Art Society presents Process Painting, a workshop by Wild and Free Painting

Join us for An Introduction to Process Painting and Five Things You Must Know to Reclaim Your Creative Life.

No experience necessary, open to the public, free, supplies provided, friendly atmosphere, adults only, snacks!

Time: Wednesday, March 25, 2-3:30 pm
Place: VFW Post 4374 50 Waterworks Road, Freehold
(Between Pond and Throckmorton, next to the prison, turn on Old Englishtown Road & bear right)

Process Painting is making the experience of painting more important than the outcome. The goal of process painting is the creative act itself without pressure to perform, produce or succeed. Process painting creates a space of not knowing and celebrates being led by our intuition rather than a controlled plan. You know that person that has been buried under the inner critic, the expectations, the stress, the to do list, the schedules, the needs of the others, the control, the anxiety, the sadness, the loss, the fear? This process helps support her journey, however it may show up. 

Elissa Arbeitman is a certified art therapist and propietor of Wild and Free Painting in Manalapan www.wildandfree.com

Special thanks to the VFW Post 4374 for hosting!

Questions? Email us FreeholdArtSociety60@gmail.com  

Students of Daley show at MC Library

Leslie Daley is an Art Teacher in Freehold, NJ. She and  her Adult Art Class are exhibiting their watercolors and pastels at the Monmouth County Library in Manalapan for the month of February. Stop in the enjoy the Art Exhibit, which runs from February 3 to February 28th.

Photo below is Leslie plein air Painting in St. Andrews on Scotland as well as some student work:

January 2020 Member Notices

Please note these NEW DATES for pick up and receiving for Freehold Carnegie Library: Monday March 9, 7:15-8:30 pm and Tues March 10, 9:15-10:30 am

Dr. Eduardo Mungiello, Freehold fine artist, author and Art History professor will launch a lecture series at Freehold Art Gallery on Sunday, January 26, 2020 from 6-8. “Artists and Their Cities: The celebration of Everything and the Triumph of Nothing: Andy Warhol and New York 1956-1987” will be Lecture #1. Dr. Mungiello is an engaging, informative and often humorous speaker who brings clarity of vision to every lecture. Admission is $10 per person. Seating is limited, so please reserve your place: email FreeholdArtGallery@gmail.com or call 908-614-6195 

Our next general meeting is on Tuesday, Jan 28 at 1:30 pm at Monmouth County Library Headquarters and will be a discussion of the Principles of Composition in Painting led by Jane Gavaghen and suitable for artists of all levels. Note this is a Tuesday. The meeting is open to the public and free, adults only. Space is limited to 20. *The Monmouth County Library provides meeting space as a community service. The Library neither sponsors nor endorses this speaker, organization or event. Please park in the back.

Upcoming shows include Monday June 1, 10 am receiving at Monmouth County Library. Bring your best work. Let us know if you are unable to make the date/time and we’ll make arrangements with you to submit your work earlier. Registration will open shortly. Our art expo at Olde Freehold Day at Lake Topanemus is confirmed, and we will advise date and theme shortly.

Thanks Butch!

We are thrilled to announce member Butch Neuhaus donated his time, expertise and resources to print up these beautiful display cards for the Art Society.