Seniors From The Caldwells Earn Awards At Essex County Art Show

CALDWELLS, NJ — Several artists from the West Essex area recently captured awards in the county’s annual senior citizen art show.

A total of 37 people received awards in the 2025 Essex County Senior Citizens Juried Art Show. The list includes residents of Caldwell and West Caldwell:

CALDWELL

• Henderson Cole won second place in the non-professional photography category with “Cruising to the Floating Market.”

WEST CALDWELL

• Jan Kamper won second place in the non-professional craft category with “Pops Chair.”
• Christine Mayer Elvin won second place in the professional oil category with “Wilsons.”
• Marcia Miele Branca won first place in the professional print category with “Portal.”

The annual contest is open to all professional and non-professional artists ages 60 and older. Artwork is judged on originality, composition, style, quality and creativity. Judging was done by Heather Carter, founder of Carter Fine Art Services.

Seniors whose artwork was awarded first place are automatically entered into the NJ Senior Citizens Art Show.

The winning artists were recognized during an awards ceremony on Sept. 12 in the Robert O’Toole Community Center in Cedar Grove Park.

“Essex County has a thriving fine arts community and our Senior Art Show enables our older residents, both professionals and non-professionals, to display their original creations where the public can see them,” Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. said.

“This is an excellent event for us to promote the arts and inspire our residents to use their talents,” he added.

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