“ANGEL OF THE GRASSLAND”: This photograph by Rebecca DePorte of Princeton was named Best in Show, non-professional, in the 2024 Mercer County Senior Art Show, on view through September 9 at The Conference Center at Mercer on Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor campus. 

A professional juror has selected the winners from 136 entries in this year’s Mercer County Senior Art Show, which is being held through September 9 at The Conference Center at Mercer on Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor campus. The exhibition can also be viewed at mercercounty.org.

Each year, the Mercer County Office on Aging and the Division of Culture and Heritage partner to produce the Mercer County Senior Art Show. All first-place winners from the County show will advance to the New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show, which will be held in October.

Each year, Mercer County residents age 60 or older may submit artwork to this show. There is never a fee to enter. Submissions must be the original work of the applicant, created within the last three years, and not previously entered in a Mercer County Senior Art Show or the State Senior Art Show. This year, artwork was entered in the following categories: Acrylic, Craft, Digital Imagery, Mixed Media, Oil, Pastel, Photography, Sculpture, Watercolor, and Works On Paper.

The winners were selected by professional juror Tricia Fagan, who has served in the arts and cultural heritage fields for more than 30 years as an administrator, curator, and writer. Fagan’s extensive experience in the visual arts includes her time as coordinator for the State’s Senior Citizen Art Show while at the Mercer County Division of Culture and Heritage; 14 years managing and curating exhibits at The Gallery at Mercer County Community College; and her time as executive director of Artworks/Trenton.

Twenty artists from the Mercer County Senior Art Show — one “non-professional” winner and one “professional” winner in each of the 10 categories will move on to the state show.

The non-professional winners are as follows: Acrylic, Charles Fox of Hamilton; Craft, Frank Castellana of Princeton; Digital, Stephen Heringes of Hamilton; Mixed Media, Eugenia Travers of Trenton; Oil, Claude Herzberg of Hopewell; Pastel, Susan Tsui of Hightstown; Photography, Best in Show, non-professional, Rebecca DePorte of Princeton; Sculpture, Kay Chen of East Windsor; Watercolor, Cecilia Hetzer of East Windsor, and Works on Paper, Barbara Bingham of Pennington.

The professional winners are: Acrylic, Jane Conlon Goble of Lawrenceville; Craft, Deb Brockway of Hamilton; Digital, Best in Show, professional, Maia Reim of West Windsor; Mixed Media, James Dashcund of Hopewell; Oil, Karen Brodsky of Princeton; Pastel, Margaret Kalvar-Bushnell of Princeton Junction; Photography, Diana Frost, Princeton; Sculpture, Leslie Binswanger Siegel of Lawrenceville; Watercolor, Margaret Simpson of Hamilton; and Works on Paper, Terry Goldstein of East Windsor.

For more information, visit mercercounty.org.