We wish all of our members a very happy holiday season and a joyous New Year 2019!

We will start the year with our annual Toni Wilczewski Memorial Photography Exhibit at the Middletown Township Public Library. Receiving is Monday, January 7 from 9:30am-noon. The reception is Saturday, January 26 from 1-3pm. Pickup of artwork: 1/26 from 3-4pm

To be a sponsor of our organization or of a particular show, please contact Ernest Antholis at info@artsocietyofmonmouthcounty.org

Congratulations to our members who won awards at our April 2018 RUTH CROWN MEMORIAL ART SHOW. Pictures from the Reception are here.

In the meantime, the March 2018 OLDIES BUT GOODIES SHOW was a huge success. This was our second-largest show this year with 35 artists and 62 submissions. To see photos of the Reception, click here.

Enjoy photos on last tab: Photos from Demonstrations and Receptions.

Also, take a look at some of our artists' paintings and photographs on the tab: Upcoming Exhibits & Art Galleries

Please join us at our lively and informative meetings with lectures and demonstrations by professional artists. We meet on the third Wednesday (with two exceptions due to holidays) of the month during the Fall and Spring. For information on upcoming meetings, click on the above tab: 

As a member, you may participate in any of our four - six major Art Exhibitions (October, November, January, March, April, and Summer). Click on the tab:

Upcoming Exhibits & Art Galleries.

For a nominal donation, artists may link their websites from our

Artists and Supporter Links page.

Join us! Membership Information is available herel

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ART SCHOLARSHIP FOR BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART MAJOR

The Art Society of Monmouth County is pleased to announce a $500 Grant to the Brookdale Community College Foundation for an Art Scholarship to a Monmouth County art student with 24 credit hours and a 3.0 GPA.

The Scholarship will be administered in the name of the Art Society of Monmouth County during the upcoming academic year. This replaces the ASMC's Annual High School Merit Award.

Our 2017 award recipient was Christina Berndt. Congratulations, Christina!

MARCH 2016 UPDATE:

Congratulations to the winners who received their awards at the May 16 member meeting:

Oil/Acrylic: 1st: Mary Kliauga; 2nd: Nancy France-Vaz; 3rd: Rose Marie Kelly

Watercolor: 1st: Janet Furlong; 2nd: Frank Colaguori; 3rd: Janice Voorhees

Pastel: 1st: Sol Hara; 2nd: Leonia Mroczkowski; 3rd: Ernest Antholis

Photography: 1st: Vince Matulewich; 2nd: Marilyn Baldi; 3rd: Fran Geroni

Mixed Media/Other: 1st: Vicky Culver; 2nd: Paul Clark; 3rd: Ken Klohn

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February 27 AWARDS RECEPTION: Winter Break Photography Exhibit at Monmouth Beach Cultural Center

At Saturday's lovely reception, awards were presented to our talented photographers. Here is the awards list for the 2016 Winter Break Photography Exhibit:

First Place: Lois Wilkes, "Getting a Ticket to Ride" 
Second Place: Joan B. Myers, "Apple Sorbet"
Third Place: Anthony Porto, "Pebble Beach"
Honorable Mention: Vince Matulewich, "Barn & Stable, Allaire Village"
Honorable Mention: Linda Hart, "Prickly Flight"

Thirty-one entries were submitted by 18 photographers. Congratulations to all! It was a great show! Special thanks to Vince Matulewich for chairing the show, Jill Kaiser for judging the works, and to the members who helped with registration and mounting the exhibit - Stephanie Frank, Irene Matulewich, Sol Hara, Ernie Antholis.

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Blakes's Bowls by Blake Patterson demonstrated this bowl-making process on September 17 at our General Membership Meeting and Demonstration at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center.

Artist Demonstrations from 2013-2015:

Roberta Carter Clark painting a live watercolor portrait of Norma Wokas

Liz Schippert shows members how to gild with gold

Jim Kent shows how to paint in an abstract expressionism style.

Photos by Doug Frank and Helen Antholis