ON THE SCENE: Artist Suzi Hoffman takes it all in. (Supplied photo)
SEEING GREEN: Artist Paul Hartelius captures the details. (Supplied photo)
See Shores: Painting direct from nature, en plein air, award-winning Pine Shores Art Association artists will be stationed at each of the six gardens on the Garden Club of Long Beach Island’s Outdoor Living Garden Tour and Art Show on Thursday, June 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Glimpse the beautiful ways they capture light and color in the manner of Monet and Renoir.
Besides their on-site work, the Pine Shores painters have donated over $4,000 in original framed paintings to a raffle for ticketholders.
Proceeds from the tour support the work of the Garden Club. Tickets are $40. Visit thegardencluboflbi.com for ticket information.
Pine Shores member artists have work on display in continuous rotation at three locations throughout Southern Ocean County. The show currently hanging at the Manahawkin gallery is “Spring Fling.” Meanwhile, at the PSAA Tuckerton Art Center, the exhibit up through June and July is “Artists’ Choice.” At the Beach Haven Borough Gallery is an exhibit called “Summer Fun,” on display through Sept. 24.
PSAA’s open-format Art Chat meets twice a month, on the first Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Tuckerton branch of the Ocean County Library, and on the third Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Barnegat branch. Artists bring projects to share with the group for feedback and support.
Visit pineshoresartassociation.org to view exhibits, check out the calendar of events, learn more about membership and tuition fees, and register for classes and workshops.
Drop-in figure study sessions with an undraped model take place at PSAA’s Manahawkin gallery-studio on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m. with moderator Lee Stacy. The model fee is $12. At the Tuckerton Art Center, practice portrait drawing from life with a draped model on second and fourth Sundays from 1 to 3 p.m. for a $5 model fee. Easels and tables are provided, but artists bring their own art supplies.
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Wild About Art: Wildflowers Too owner-curator Cricket Luker has reimagined the Barnegat Light art gallery’s look and plan for this summer, with a series of short-term shows set to launch this month, featuring the “deeper collections” of a different artist every three to four weeks through mid-September. First up in the series is contemporary abstract artist Joan Gantz. Gantz’s show opens Saturday, June 15 at 3 p.m. with an artist talk about her work and process.
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Author-illustrator Katy Tanis is a biologist and wildlife expert. (Supplied Photo)
Color-Full: During Pride Month, author-illustrator Katy Tanis offers a series of adult art workshops called “Pride and Picture Books” at area libraries: Jackson, Monday, June 17 at 3 p.m. and Little Egg Harbor, Thursday, June 27 at 2 p.m.
Elsewhere in the library system, the works of Ocean County-based tween artist Jason B. are on display through the end of August at the Ocean County Library’s Jackson branch.
‘Cardinal in Winter’ (Artwork by Jason B.)
Meanwhile at the Toms River branch during June and July, take a look at places in and around Ocean County as depicted in the photographs of Nick DiGiacomo. The exhibit is in the branch’s second floor gallery.
The exhibit in the branch’s second floor gallery. (Photograph by Nick DiGiacomo)
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Flying Solo: Application is open for the 2025 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, awarded to practicing New Jersey artists through an anonymous, competitive application process to help them pursue their artistic goals, in the categories of choreography, crafts, music composition, photography, play/screenwriting, poetry and sculpture. The deadline to apply is July 16 at 5 p.m., and application assistance webinars are scheduled for June 13 and 25.
In 2024, from a total of 692 eligible applications, 160 fellowships and finalist awards were granted in six categories, totaling $1.7 million, according to the Arts Council.
Awards are decided based solely on artistic quality as determined by a panel of specialists in each discipline. Program application assistance resources, including links to register for the webinars, are available at midatlanticarts.org.
The webinars allow applicants to attend a scheduled training session online and offer opportunities to ask general questions about the program and application. Registration is required to participate in the webinars. Registrants will receive the Zoom information and instructions via email.
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Hone in: Take a “Master Class” at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences on Friday, June 21. Better yet, take two. Register at lbifoundation.org.
The first is a mixed media workshop on “Water and Sky, Peace and Calm” with Jane Zamost from 1 to 3 p.m. A $15 materials fee is due to the instructor on the 21.
The same day, from 4 to 6 p.m., learn “The Essentials of Art Materials” with Sarah Becktel in a free 90-minute, hands-on presentation. Attendees will receive a selection of Strathmore, Canson and Arches papers and literature, plus drawing, painting and water-soluble materials and a Princeton watercolor brush. —V.F.
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