New Brunswick Art Salon Our oldest and most prestigious program

Program Pages:

• Art Salon Jurors
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Winter 2022 – (Part 1, Part 2)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2021 – (Part 1, Part 2)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2020 – (Part 1, Part 2)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2020 – (Part 1, Part 2)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Winter 2020 – Photography
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2019 – (Part 1, Part 2)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2019 – (Part 1, Part 2)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Winter 2019 – Photography
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2018 (Part 1, Part 2)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2018 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2018 – Photography)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2017 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2017 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Winter 2017 – Photography
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2016 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2016 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Winter 2016 – Photography
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2015 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2015 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Winter 2015 – Photography
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2014 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2014 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Winter 2014 – Photography
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2013 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2013 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Winter 2013 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2012 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9) 
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2012 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Winter 2012 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2011 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2011 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Winter 2011 – (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2010
• New Brunswick Art Salon, Fall 2010

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About the Art Salon

In the 18th and 19th century, Art Salons were the greatest annual or biannual art events in the Western world, celebrating the farthest advances in academia and the arts. The Alfa Art Gallery, in order to bridge talented and highly esteemed artists with the New Brunswick public, holds its own Art Salon exhibition biannually in the spring and fall. Please refer to each Salon’s page for details. The Alfa Art Gallery New Brunswick Art Salon has been a successful program for the past six years. Previously twice, now four times (Winter: Photography; Spring: Oil Color /Mixed Media; Summer: All Media; Fall:Water Color / Mixed Media ), during the year, we present salons exhibiting emerging and professional artists in different mediums. The goal of these salons is to bridge the gap between artists and their communities, as well as unifying this diverse city of New Brunswick through the use of art.

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2021 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Mirror to the World” (Fall)

• First Place: Samar Hussaini – “Woven Story“ (Acrylic, graphite, ink, thread & image transfer on raw paper）
• Second Place: Alaiyo Bradshaw – “Dixieland Jazz” (Watercolor)
• Third Place: Deborah Maklowski – “Night Music II” (Acrylic, metal leaf)
• Honorable Mention: Joel Rudin – “Frontier” (Mixed Media)
• Honorable Mention: Maryann Burton – “Elaine’s, Cape May (on board)” (Transparent Watercolor)
• Juror: Kate Perrin and Vesselin Kourtev

2021 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Bonds Beyond Time” (Summer)

• First Place: June He – “Unordinary Vision 09” (Oil painting on linen)
• Second Place: Drew Griffiths – “Untitled” (Acrylic, Paper, Tape, Wax on plywood)
• Third Place: Wendy Born – “Forest St. Montclair” (Acrylic)
• Honorable Mention: Lauren Curtis – “The Dream House” (Mixed media digital collage on canvas)
• Honorable Mention: Afreen Fatima – “Gold Mine” (Acrylic)
• Juror: Kate Perrin and Vesselin Kourtev

2021 New Brunswick Art Salon Photography Winners

• First Place: Chee Bravo – “Subway Performers: The Trio, 2018” (Screenprint digital collage)
• Second Place: Linda Troeller – “Personal Opera #2” (Inkjet print)
• Third Place: Anisa Rahim – “Mystery” (Archival print)
• Honorable Mention: Melchi Dompreh – “From the past” (Photograph)
• Honorable Mention: Lothar Troeller – “Children of the fire” (Photograph)
• Juror: Kate Perrin and Vesselin Kourtev

2020 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Configured Personas” (Winter)

• First Place: Jung Gun Park – “Tame Monsters 1831” (Ceramic)
• Second Place: Yongshin Cho – “Visible and Invisible” (Video)
• Third Place: Seem Singh Dua – “Tender Moments” (Fiber, Resin)
• Honorable Mention: Marina Burana – “The Father”
• Honorable Mention: Deirdre Sheean – “The Revival” (Acrylic)
• Juror: Kate Perrin and Vesselin Kourtev

2020 Alfa and Women’s Caucus for Art Collaborations Winners

• First Place: Maryann Riker – “American Gothic” (Mixed Media)
• Second Place: Nicole Shivers – “See Yourself” (Mixed Media)
• Third Place: Nishiki Sugawara-Beda – “KuroKuroShiro CIII” (Sumi on wood)
• Honorable Mention: Kalee Appleton – “It was spring and everyone went on walks” (Archival Pigment print)
• Honorable Mention: Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern – “Six Feet Apart Rococo Two” (Ink and collage on paper)
• Juror: Kate Perrin and Vesselin Kourtev

2020 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Encounters” (Summer)

• First Place: Jamie Greenfield – “Eye in the Sky” (Mixed Media)
• Second Place: Stephanie Deshpande – “Exploring the Basement” (Oil on canvas)
• Third Place: Ogunlesi Paul Oyetunde – “That Nice Guy” (Mixed Media)
• Honorable Mention: Todd Doney – “Trees, May 26, 7:57 PM” (Oil on linen)
• Honorable Mention: Kathleen Shaver – “Chernobyl” (Oil on canvas)
• Juror: Kate Perrin and Vesselin Kourtev

2020 New Brunswick Art Salon Photography Winners

• First Place: Roberta Rose – “Couple Fishing”
• Second Place: Dorie Dahlberg – “Labor Day: Pirate Ship, Surfer, Flag & Stand, Long Branch 2017”
• Third Place: Paul Marvuglio – “Passage Du Chantier Paris”
• Honorable Mention: Samuel Vovsi – “The Vessel Viewpoint”
• Honorable Mention: Kay Kenny – “Full Moon & Sheep in Meadow”
• Juror: Kate Perrin, Andrew Darlow and Vesselin Kourtev

2019 New Brunswick Art Salon Photography Winners 

• First Place: Samuel Vovsi – “Three Boys with Tablet”
• Second Place: Nestor Gonzalez – “Concealed”
• Third Place: Nate Tuvera – “San Fran to Sausalito”
• Honorable Mention: David Anderson – “Where the Roads are Unmapped”
• Honorable Mention: Alan Chimacoff – “Compact Fluorescent”
• Honorable Mention: Carl Geisler – “Alcove”
• Honorable Mention: Plamen Petrov – “Sensual Freedom”
• Juror: Andrew Darlow – An award-winning photographer, writer, and digital imaging consultant

2018 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

• First Place: Allison Maletz – “Sam On Her Honeymoon”
• Second Place: Minakshi De – “Captive II”
• Third Place: Charity Henderson – “Covert”
• Honorable Mention: Michael Price – “Chromatic Improvisation No. 1, Andromeda”
• Honorable Mention: Susan Ward – “The Sky Shall Unfold”
• Honorable Mention: Amanda Yoakum – “Consumption”

2018 New Brunswick Art Salon Photography Winners

• First Place: Amy Becker – “Newark Liberty”
• Second Place: Patricia Bender – “Bystanders (1)”
• Third Place: Casey Shaw – “Salt Flat Reflection”
• Honorable Mention: Thomas Maugham – “Full Moon Photo”
• Honorable Mention: Hannah Schrenzel – “Pink Soldier”
• Honorable Mention: Patrick Carroll – “NYC Standing Tall Through it All”
• Honorable Mention: Barbara Eggermann – “So Many Ribbons to Choose From”
• Honorable Mention: Carl Geisler – “Lady in the Pond”
• Honorable Mention: Christine Cuthbertson – “NYC 1970’s 3”
• Juror: Andrew Darlow – An award-winning photographer, writer, and digital imaging consultant

2017 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

• First Place: Jim McKeon – “Artist As Bodhisattva” (Oil on canvas)
• Second Place: Sajal Sarkar – “Blessing” (Mixed Media)
• Third Place: Dion Hitchings – “John Smith Oldest Living Indian 140 Years Old” (Mixed Media)
• Honorable Mention: Scott MacNeill – “Wax Doll” (Mixed Media)
• Honorable Mention: Lorraine DeProspo – “A Break In The Clouds” (Oil on canvas)
• Honorable Mention: Tracy Coon – “Madams Dream” (Mixed Media)
  • Rocco Scary‘s curatorial notes for winners.

2016 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

• First Place: Paul Mordestsky – “Caldron” (Acrylic on canvas)
• Second Place: Eva Mantell – “Poem-a-day” (Mixed Media)
• Third Place: Libby Ramage – “Richard” (Mixed Media)
• Honorable Mention: Karen Terry – “Journey Path” (Sumi ink on paper)
• Honorable Mention: Karen Starrett – “Childhood Memories” (Mixed Media)
• Honorable Mention: Tania Sen – “Ravana” (Mixed Media on reclaimed canvas)
• Juror: Rocco Scary – Multi-diciplinary artist and teacher of sculpture
  • Rocco Scary’s curatorial notes for winners.

2015 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

• First Place: Tania Sen -“Possessions” (Watercolor and mixed media)
• Second Place: Pia de Girolamo – “Butterfly World” (Oil and mixed media)
• Third Place: Steve Cavallo  – “It was so Long Ago” (Watercolor)
• Honorable Mention First Place: Jan ten Broeke – “Ten’s Art” (Oil)
• Honorable Mention Second Place: Miriam Stern– “Huangluo Yao” (Oil)
• Honorable Mention Third Place: Rudy Martin – “Portrait of Bajane” (Watercolor)
• Juror: Jeffrey Wechsler – Senior Curator  at Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers – retired in 2011

2014 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

• First Place: Dustin Garafolo – “Julia” (Mixed Media)
• Second Place: Rita Herzfeld – “Churches Lane on Farrington Lake” (Watercolor)
• Third Place: Karen Terry – “The Hike” (Watercolor and Mixed Media)
• Juror: Jeffrey Wechsler – Senior Curator  at Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers – retired in 2011

2014 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

• First Place: Christine Anderson – “Concrete Timewarp”
• Second Place: Gina Delia – “Beacon”
• Third Place: Casey Shaw – “Windows”
• Honorable Mention for Outstanding Work: Parvathi Kumar – “Commuters”
• Honorable Mention for Emerging Artist: Karissa Gannon – “New Brunswick”

2013 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners 

• First Place: Tricia Zimic – “Flight or Fight”
• Second Place: David Rivera – “Absence of Tide”
• Third Place: Shyamal Raguso – “Into the Light”
• Honorable Mention for Outstanding Work: Martin Blender – “Figure 34”
• Honorable Mention for Emerging Artist: Hannah Batren
• Juror: Jeffrey Wechsler – Senior Curator  at Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers – retired in 2011

2012 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners (Winter Photography Exhibition)

• Andrew Darlow, “Observatory Tree”
• Aubrey Kauffman, “No Trailers”
• Mark Chernin, “Boyd Park”
• Neil Larsen, “Quiet City on the Raritan”
• Frank Villafañe “Spring Street View”

NBAS Photography Jury 

• Nancy Ori –  Owner of New Jersey Media Center- renowned industrial photographer and video producer
• Greg Ritter  – Owner of George Street Camera and Framing Company – Chairman of the Board at New Brunswick City Market
• Nat Clymer  – Contributor to Flashes of Hope, Canal Project, and Sparks

2012 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners (Spring and Fall Exhibitions)

• First Place: Alaine Becker – “Circular Consciousness Leading to Altered Sleep”
• Second Place: Alyce Gottesman – “Circular Systems Red”
• Third Place: Marie Sturken  – “Fiesta”
• Young Emerging Artist: Ethan Sherman  – “Little Finger”

NBAS Juror

• Donna Gustafson – Andrew W. Mellon Liaison for Academic Programs and Curator  at Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers

Supporting Jurors

• Vesselin Kourtev – Alfa Art Gallery Director
• Peter Arakawa – Best in Show- NBAS 2011
• Rita Herzfeld – Best in Show-NBAS 2011

2011 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

• First Place: Peter Arakawa
• Second Place: Darren McManus
• Third Place: Rita Herzfeld
• Honorable Mention: Dara Alter

2010 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners 

• First Place: Wes Sherman
• Second Place: Marsha Goldberg
• Third Place: Larry McKim