The Smithtown Township Arts Council is pleased to announce its 36th Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition to be held August 23- September 27 at the Mills Pond House Gallery, 660 Route 25A, St. James, NY. The public is invited to an opening reception on Saturday, August 23, 2-4 pm to meet the participating artists and view their work. This year’s juror is Denise Bibro of Denise Bibro Fine Art, Inc., a contemporary gallery in Chelsea NYC representing an eclectic mix of emerging and established artists. Ms. Bibro selected 60 works from 45 artists for the exhibition.

About the juror: Denise Bibro began exhibiting the work of a diverse group of contemporary artists in corporate and alternative spaces in 1980. After showcasing work at her art salon in Union Square, 1987, she saw the opening of her first gallery in SoHo. Denise Bibro Fine Art moved to its current Chelsea location in 1997, and encompasses the main gallery as well as a project space, Platform, providing over 4,000 square feet of exhibition space. Presenting and promoting both emerging and established artists, the gallery has an emphasis on painting, works on paper, sculpture, and multi-media works. The programming for Platform explores more conceptual work, including video and installation works, as well as presenting collaborative projects with other curators and dealers.

Participating Artists:
Andrea Brogan (PA), Sara Conklin (NY), Ronnie Cramer (CO), Cesar Delos Santos (NY), Bruce Erikson (OH), Ya Ping Fan (NY), Toni George (NM), Beverly Gimlin (WA), Susan Handwerker (NY), Deborah Holcombe (NY), Dongze Huo (CA), Sassoon Kosian (NJ), Chalda Maloff (TX), Lowell Miller (NY), Chris Plaisted (CT), Stephen Schiff (VA), Patience Sundaresan (NY), Nathan Taves (IN), Duat Vu (MO), Cecilia Whittaker-Doe (NY), Charles Yoder (NY)

Participating Long Island Artists:
Amal (Port Jefferson), Chris Ann Ambery (Hauppauge), Barbara Bilotta (Mount Sinai), Kyle Blumenthal (Stony Brook), Joyce Bressler (Commack), Patricia Caracappa (Hauppauge), John Catania (Northport), Caryn Coville (Greenvale), Bernadette DeNyse (Sound Beach), William Dodge (Plainedge), JoAnne Dumas (Wading River), David Herman (East Meadow), Katherine Hiscox (Commack), David Jaycox, Jr. (Northport), Franco Jona (Stony Brook), Paulette Lust (St. James), Virginia Mallon (Northport), Jeanette Martone (Bay Shore), Ali Miller (Kings Park), Gail Miller (Quogue), Margaret Pesco Schultz (Blue Point), Lisa Petker-Mintz (Old Bethpage), Debra Puzzo (Hempstead), David Quinn (Setauket)

The Mills Pond House Gallery hours are: Monday through Friday 10 am – 5 pm and Saturday and Sunday 12 pm – 4 pm. Admission to the Gallery is free. For more information, call the Smithtown Township Arts Council at 631-862-6575, or visit www.stacarts.org. Gallery and Office are closed August 30, 31 and September 1.

Smithtown Township Arts Council is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization, funded in part by Suffolk County and Town of Smithtown.