The Westchester Biennial 2012 At CNR Castle Gallery

The College of New Rochelle’s (CNR) Castle Gallery will host The Westchester Biennial 2012 – a juried exhibit featuring 20 Westchester artists. Selections of paintings, installation, photography, sculpture, mixed media, and works on paper created in the last two years will be on view at CNR’s Castle Gallery beginning Tuesday, March 27, through June 17, 2012. The exhibit will open with a reception on April 15 from 2-4 p.m.

This is the eighth juried art exhibition that began in 1998 to showcase recent work by both emerging and established artists throughout Westchester County. It is the only show of its kind open exclusively to Westchester County artists. Works submitted must have been created within the last two years (2010-2011).

The goal of this exhibition is to “Showcase recent work by both emerging and established artists throughout Westchester County,” according to Katrina Rhein, Director, Castle Gallery. 

Artists selected (from approximately 100 applicants this year) for The Westchester Biennial 2012 exhibit have been chosen by a prestigious and experienced panel of jurors, including: Chana Benjamin, visual artist (photography, video) and founder, president/ director of New Century Artists, Inc., New York, NY; Mary Birmingham, curator at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ; and Ruth Hardinger, visual artist (sculpture, installation, mixed media) and environmental activist, New York, NY.

Westchester exhibitors include:

PAINTING

   Ivy Dachman                          Croton on Hudson

   Galina Dargery                        Tuckahoe

   Jessika Hamilton                     Harrison

   Patricia Horing                        Larchmont

SCULPTURE

   Michael Anthony Natiello          Garrison
          

MIXED MEDIA

   Christine Shannon Aaron          Larchmont

   Tim Grajek                             Sleepy Hollow

   Yen-Hua Lee                           Scarsdale

   Leslie Madigan                        Hastings on Hudson

   Alex Masket                            New Rochelle

   Charles McGill                         Peekskill

   Avery Syrig                             Cortlandt Manor

INSTALLATION

   Tomoko Abe                           Rye

PHOTOGRAPHY

   Arnold Kastenbaum                 Mamaroneck

   Diane Mitchell & Marko Gosar   Yonkers 

   Daniel Willner                         Katonah

WORKS ON PAPER

   Larry Blizard                           Dobbs Ferry

   Douglas Freeman                    Yonkers

   Rima Grad                              Larchmont

   Elena Grajek                           Sleepy Hollow

For general information, tours, and directions to the Castle Gallery and The College of New Rochelle, please call (914) 654-5423.  Castle Gallery is open Tuesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Open to 8 pm on Wednesday, and Saturday & Sunday, 12 – 4 p.m. The gallery is closed on Mondays and major holidays.