Exhibitions at the Carriage Barn
Each year the New Canaan Society for the Arts presents Exhibitions featuring talented local artists – from students to amateurs to award-wining professionals. We are proud to showcase their work in the Betty Barker Gallery — and to share their success. We are grateful to the sponsors who make these prizes possible.
THE 32nd ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
The 32nd Annual Photography Exhibition (January 22 – February 19, 2012) was juried by Joan Fitzsimmons, award winning photographer and educator. The prizes were sponsored by the New Canaan Society for the Arts and The Barbara Benton Davis Fund at The Fairfield County Community Foundation.
- Best in Show Grand Prize
Jeanne McDonagh of New Canaan, CT for her color image, Doll Houses
- Color
First Prize: Laurie Jane Bepler, Merry Halloween
Second Prize: Dallas Molerin, Boat Alley
Honorable Mention: Richard Chaloux, Mannequin
- Black and White
First Prize: Kathryn Frederick, Timothy
Second Prize: Carrie Brady, Modern Rorsach
Honorable Mention: Kathryn Frederick, Blueberries
- Student Category
First Prize: Caitlin Morton, Taft School, Rory
Second Prize: Andrea Mullaney, New Canaan High School, Da Monsta
Honorable Mention: Nicole Giusti, New Canaan High School, Prom
Honorable Mention: Kellen Tensen, New Canaan High School, Cherry Pie
SPECTRUM 2011
Spectrum is the Carriage Barn’s major juried event for painting, drawing, graphics and sculpture (February 6 – March 6, 2011). The juror this year was Paul Clabby, Director and Curator of Exhibitions, John Slade Ely House, Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT.
The Best in Show prize was sponsored by Deborah and Frank Haines. Other generous prize sponsors included: Halstead Realty, Handwright Gallery, Karl Chevrolet, New Canaan Alarm, New Canaan Foreign Car, Printers Inc, and Walter Stewart’s Market.
- Best in Show
Don Axleroad, The Greed of Cerbeus, mixed media
- Painting
First Prize: Dominic Botticelli, The Other Looking Glass (Alice), acrylic
Second Prize: Kathleen Bossert, The House with Nobody in It, acrylic
Honorable Mention: John Whitton Bria, 9 ½ EEE – The Artist’s Feet, oil on linen
- Sculpture
First Prize: Claudia Renfro, Untitled, semi-translucent albaster
Second Prize: Lubomir Tomaszewski, Illusion, copper
Honorable Mention: Andrew Stillman, Jack, sugarstone casting
- Drawing/Works on Paper
First prize: Andrew John Mullen, Madonna Mt. in Fog, scratchboard
Second prize: Susan Frey, It All Started with Beauty, mixed media
Honorable Mention: Michele Gage, Gold Garden, watercolor
THE 31ST ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
The 31st Annual Photography Exhibition (February 6 – March 6, 2011) was juried by Susan G. Hammond, Executive Director of the National Association of Women Artists and an award-winning photographer. The prizes were sponsored by the Board of Trustees of the New Canaan Society for the Arts.
- Best in Show Grand Prize
Libby Collins of Riverside, CT for her color image, Iridescence
- Color
First Prize: Juliana Post, Cuba 1
Second Prize: Hedi Minow-Pike, Night Lights of Chicago
Honorable Mention: Janine Brown, Rain, Rain, Go Away
- Black and White
First Prize: Diana Angstadt, White Out
Second Prize: Brad Shwidock, 1st Ave
Honorable Mention: R. Stamford Lake, Jazz Moment
- Student Category
First Prize: Zack Zannini, Gabe Meets Wall, New Canaan High School
Second Prize: Lauren Bly, Family Table, Taft School
Honorable Mention: Caitlin Morton, Nolan and Batman, Taft School
Honorable Mention: James Colello, Untitled, 2010, Taft School