43rd Annual Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolor
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In its 43rd year, this major national exhibition showcases outstanding artistic talent, skill and beauty in a range of water media. During the opening reception, more than 20 awards will be announced.
ANEAW includes transparent and opaque watercolors, casein, egg tempera, gouache, acrylic and ink. This year’s water media works will be selected by Juror of Selection, Dean Mitchell.
Award Winners of ANEAW '24
Award | Amount | Winner Name | Title of Art Work | Donors |
The Beechmont First in Memory of Matt and Rosetta DeVito | $2,500 | Chris Krupinski | Bittersweet |
Charlie & Ann Walker, Reisterstown, MD
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The Rosenau-Alexander Memorial Award | $1,500 | Ken Call | Charlotte In Waiting | Anonymous |
The Morrison Family Memorial Award | $1,000 | Gayle Weisfield | Riders in the Sky | R.P. Morrison Family, Vero Beach, FL and Old Forge, NY |
Strong Narrative Content Award in Memory of Ben Alexander | $1,000 | Jane E Stoddard | Abandoned | The Porter Family |
The Arthur E. Baker Jr. and Barbara S. Baker Memorial Award | $700 | Robert Steedman | Welcome Home | The Baker Family, Santa Fe, NM, Manlius, NY and Old Forge, NY |
The Garnet Award in Memory of Howard and Judith Slater | $500 | Marilynne Bradley | Where do I Begin | The Slater Family, Old Forge, NY |
The Judith and A. Richard Cohen Abstraction Award | $500 | Barbara Edwards | Ominous Horizons | Miriam Davis Kashiwa Fund, Old Forge, NY |
The Burstein Family Award (in Memory of Dorothea and Albert Gordon and Alan Burstein) | $500 | Robert O'Brien | The Frenchman | Margery Burstein, Fayetteville, NY and Old Forge NY |
Three Smart Sisters Award for Soft Edged Expressionism | $500 | Woon Lam Ng | Early Birds @ Jeju Island | Krisjann & John VanOpdorp, Charlene A. Davis and Jane. D. VanOpdorp, Winchester, MA and Oswego, NY |
Realism in Nature Award | $500 | Michael Ridge | As Above, So Below | John B. Nolan, Brecksville, OH, and Arnold T. Drooz |
Tina Wolfe Memorial Award | $500 | Nancy Stark | Raquette Lake Line | Dr. & Mrs. Edward Nathan |
The H. Samuel Slater Memorial Award for Landscape, Realistic or Imaginative | $500 | Alonzo Clarke | Family Plot | Hilary & Peter Crist, Stockton, NJ, Jennifer & Jeffrey Posner, Scottsdale, AZ |
Friedlander Award | $500 | Janine Helton | It's a Long Story | The Sidney Friedlander Family, Palm Beach Gardens, FL and Old Forge, NY |
Ben Emerson Memorial: "Eye for Color" Award | $500 | Ratindra Das | Around the bend | The Emerson Family, Rochester, NY |
Still Life Award In Memory of Edna Tillman | $500 | Chris Krupinski | Pears and Squares | Margaret Huskin |
Landscape Award In Memory of Robert Huskins | $500 | Catherine O'Neill | Still Life | Margaret Huskin |
The Karen and Gary Lee Award | $400 | Mick McAndrews | Door County Memories | Karen and Gary Lee, Inlet, NY |
The Kashiwa Legacy Award | $400 | Ron Thurston | Rock Paper Scissors | The grandchildren of Henry and Miriam Kashiwa |
Trails and Streams Award for a Woodlands Theme | $400 | Catherine O'Neill | Stay a Bit | Adirondack League Club, Old Forge, NY |
Exhibition Award | $300 | Karen Barnes | Red Shirt | Burkhard Evans Inc., Inlet, NY |
Gurdon and Mildred Evans Memorial Award | $300 | David Gardner | Waiting | Robert Fitzgibbon & Jennifer Evans, Rome, NY |
The Stafford Family Award for Outstanding Portrait | $300 | Kathleen Durdin | Bass Player | Heather & Ed Stafford, Goodyear, AZ and Old Forge, NY |
The Segaul Family Award | $300 | Cindi Handy | Color Burst | Dr. & Mrs. Robert Segaul, Plantation, FL and Old Forge, NY |
Margaret and William Foley Award | $300 | Elaine Daily-Birnbaum | A Great Divide | Their Children, Utica and Old Forge, NY |
Old Forge Hardware Store Award | $250 | Jean Cannon | Old Carriage House | The Old Forge Hardware Inc., Old Forge, NY |
W. B. Romeling Memorial Award | $250 | John James | Flying Kites In Grey Skies | W. B. Romeling Memorial Fund |
Central New York Watercolor Society Award | $250 | Eileen Sudzina | West Newton Bridge | Central New York Watercolor Society |