Best Artwork From Senior Citizens Statewide Now On Display In East Windsor

East Windsor, NJ -- The 50th annual New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show is now on display in the hall galleries of the main building at Meadow Lakes Senior Living, 300 Meadow Lakes in East Windsor, through Oct. 27.

The exhibit features more than 260 works of art created by New Jersey artists between the ages of 60 and 95.

For the first time in years, the show represents artists from all 21 of New Jersey’s counties, organizers said Wednesday morning.

The exhibit was juried by a three-person judges panel of professional artists who selected first-, second- and third-place winners and honorable mentions in each category.

• acrylic;
• craft;
• digital imagery;
• mixed media;
• oil;
• pastels;
• photography;
• print;
• sculpture;
• watercolor; and
• works on paper.

This year, Jim Fallon’s print on handmade paper, “Orphans’ Opus ‘68,” was named Best in Show/Professional, and Martin Hitzig’s oil painting, “Blue Pitcher,” was selected as Best in Show/ Non-Professional.

The annual exhibit, a co-sponsored project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Mercer County’s Division of Culture and Heritage, caps a year of county-based Senior Citizen Art Shows throughout the state.

“The NJ State Council on the Arts and the NJ Senior Citizen Art Exhibit both turn 50 this year,” NJ State Council on the Arts Executive Director Nick Paleologos said. “Though we’re celebrating our Golden Anniversaries, just remember that 50 is the new 30, and so perhaps the best is yet to come.”

The show is open to the public Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Groups of six or more are asked to contact Meadow Lakes in advance by calling 609-448-4100.

For more information, contact Mercer County Division of Culture and Heritage, 609-278-2712 or tfagan@mercercounty.org.

This program is made possible with co-sponsored project grant funding from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, with additional support from the County of Mercer, Meadow Lakes (a Springpoint Senior Living Community) and the New Jersey Association of Area Agencies on Aging.

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