Award Winners Announced at Rowayton Arts Center

Photo: Some of the Focus Under Forty Winners- Margaret Kraus, Lucy Shaiken, Jon Puzzuoli, Joseph Dermody, Keelin O'Reilly.jpg

Photo: Board Member, Exhibition Chair Joanna Bridges and Lesley Concannon

Joseph Dermody  (Greenwich) wins Best in Show - asecond time in a row - at the Rowayton Arts Center!At Sunday’s opening reception for Focus Under Forty, Joseph Dermody was awarded the top honor for his acrylic painting, “Vortex.” Eleanor Flatow, an independent art consultant and former co-director of the Carriage Barn Arts Center, selected 16 winners from over 200 entries.  Focus Under Forty was an Open Call for artists ages 16 through 39 with no restrictions for media or theme.  Exhibition Chair is Board Member Joanna Bridges (Darien) and Co-Chair Megan Garbe (Norwalk).

In the Portside Gallery, the Plein Air exhibition - Paint Rowayton - runs concurrently with Focus Under Forty.Exhibition Chairs are Eunice Roy and Yuko Ike. NCC Adjunct Professor and Exhibition Judge, Steve DiGiovanni, selected the oil painting by Lesley Concannon (Wilton) Best in Show. Both exhibitions will be in the gallery until Sunday, June 24. Gallery hours are Tues – Sat (11-5pm), Sun (11am-2pm).

Other Focus Under Forty award winners include

 Acrylic- 1^st Prize- Cynthia Hernandez (Stamford) Evaporation
2^nd Prize- Lucy Shaiken (Storrs, CT) Stearns Road 1
Oil– 1^st Prize- Lucy Armstrong (Darien, CT) Dual Nature
 Alternative Photography/ B&W Photography–

1^st Prize- Cam Gould (Monroe, CT) Reaching Out
 Color Photography– 1^st Prize- Kerry Long (Trumbull, CT) Fog
2^nd Prize- Margaret Kraus (Norwalk) Orange Balloon
3^rd Prize- Amit Chernichaw (Darien, CT) Joy
Honorable Mention- Kasey Seymour (Baltimore, MD) Forever Fall
 Mixed Media– 1^st Prize- Keelin O’ Reilly (New Haven, Ct) Boat Lily
2^nd Prize- Jill Teitsworth (Brooklyn, NY) Garbage Folks #2
Honorable Mention- Aaron Internet (Bridgeport, CT) Human Contact
Drawings, Pastels and Printmaking–1^st Prize- Sarah Donovan (Norwalk, CT) The Fates
Sculpture– 1^st Prize- Nadia Yaron (Brooklyn, NY) Finding Balance
2^nd Prize- Jon Puzzuoli (Norwalk, CT) Father and Son I
Watercolor–  1^st Prize- Shashi Raghunandan (Old Greenwich, CT) Sun on Rocks