2018 Guild Hall Artist Members Exhibition

2018 Artist Winners celebrate during the awards reception

The 2018 Guild Hall Artist Members Exhibition drew a large crowd, as always.

Guests admire the art

Outside Guild Hall

Honorable Mention Award winner Martha Mcaleer with Guest Juror Connie H. Choi

Past winners Drew Shiflett, Christa Maiwald, Joyce Kubat

Artist Steve Izzo

Members Walter and Roseann Schwab

Best Abstract Artist Anne Raymond

Artist George Schulman

Kathleen Mulcahy, shop manager, having fun with Christina M. Strassfield, Director/Chief Curator

Artists Michelle Murphy-Strada, Scott Bluedorn and Michael Halsband with Guild Hall Executive Director Andrea Grover

Registrar/Curatorial Assistant Casey Dalene with artist Emma Ballou and Special Events Associate Kristen Lee Curcie

Artists Valley Bak and Darlene Charneco admiring the exhibit with Guild Hall organizer/Curatorial Assistant Casey Dalene

Eda Kaasik enjoying the beautiful art with her daughter Johanna

Artist Dan Weldon

Sandy Busch and Frank Fiordaliso supporting friend and Honorable Mention winner, Leila Pinto

Artist Gia Schifano, a contributing Dan's Papers cover artist

Members Nicki Diner and Tracy Davey

Member Richard Udice and Board member Jeffrey Loewy

Artist member Alan Glasser shows off his 'Big Heart Balloon' sculpture

Members Gerry Starr and Joanlee Montefusco

The Dianne B Bernhard Award for Excellence in Pastel was given to artist Julie Spain

Artist Janice Stanton

Artist Jeffrey Warner and Eileen Warner with friends, Marilyn Goldstein and Martin Gershon

Sculptor Steve Zaluski displays his 'Conversation' piece

Sculptor Steve Zaluski in 'Conversation' with Caroline Leiberman and Sue Phillips of Scenterprises perfume

Guest Juror Connie H. Choi with Best Representational Work artist Kathleen Ullman and Guild Hall Curatorial Assistant Casey Dalene

Museum Director/Chief Curator Christina M. Strassfield with Guest Juror Connie H. Choi

Artists Darlene Charneco and Valley Bak

Honorable Mention Award artist Martha Mcaleer

Best Representational Work award winner Kathleen Ullman

Top Honors artist Jeff Muhs' winning piece 'Callipyge'

Artist Mark Zimmerman

Honorable Mention artist Suzanne Hoffman

Artist Dan Weldon with Michael Ginsburg, Co-founder Legion Paper

Guest Juror, Connie H. Choi with Top Honor Winner Jeff Muhs and Curatorial Assistant Casey Dalene

Guest Juror Connie H. Choi with Best Photograph winner Gerry Giliberti and Casey Dalene, Guild Hall Curatorial Assistant

Best Sculpture winner Aurelio Torres

Guest Juror Connie H. Choi with John A. Stefanik, winner of the Catherine & Theo Hios Best Landscape award with Casey Dalene, Curatorial Assistant

Honorable Mention award winner Lisa Kiss

Past Artist Members Winners 2000-2017

Artist Alex Walsh with friends Richard Fenwick and Greg Durso

Christina M. Strassfield with artist Athos Zacharias, a past two-time exhibition winner

Artist Max Dobler

Jeff Muhs

Honorable Mention award winner Naomi Grossman

Best Work on Paper winner Arlene Bujese with Best Representational Work winner Kathleen Ullman

Best Work on Paper winner Arlene Bujese

John A. Stefanik

Best New Artist Lianne Alcon poses in front of her winning piece

Members Michael and Jeryl Goldberg

Past winners Jane Martin, Christa Maiwald, Drew Shiflett with 2018 Abstract winner Anne Raymond (second from left)

Artist Jim Hoell and Rowan Hausman

Michelle Murphy-Strada, Scott Bluedorn, Michael Halsband, Andrea Grover, Lauren DiGiulio, and Kimberly Goff

Art on view

Guild Hall hosted it’s 80th Artist Members Exhibition featuring more than 400 works from member artists. Christina M. Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator did the installation design, while Connie H. Choi, Associate Curator/Permanent Collection at The Studio Museum in Harlem, served as Awards Juror. Jeff Muhs won top honors for his sculpture “Callipyge,” which guarantees him a solo exhibition at Guild Hall in 2020. The Exhibition will be on view until May 19, 2018.