“SHE IS FRAGILE AND BEAUTIFUL”: This watercolor by Susan Lauricella was named Best in Show/Non-Professional at the 56th annual “New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show,” on view at Meadow Lakes Senior Living in East Windsor through October 27.

The public is invited to enjoy the 56th annual “New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show,” now on display in the hall galleries of the main building at Meadow Lakes Senior Living, 300 Meadow Lakes, East Windsor. The exhibit, featuring more than 270 works of art created by New Jersey artists over the age of 60, will remain on view through Thursday, October 27. Artists from 18 of New Jersey’s 21 counties have work on display in this year’s exhibit, the first in-person show since 2019.

The exhibit, with artwork by both professional and non-professional artists in 11 categories (acrylic, craft, digital imagery, mixed media, oil, pastels, photography, print, sculpture, watercolor, and works on paper), was juried by a three-person judges’ panel of professional artists who selected first-, second-, and third-place winners and honorable mentions in each category. This year, exhibiting artists range in age from 60 to 101.

This year, Lisa Hendrickson’s (Burlington County) mixed media, Wary: Living with Scarcity, was named Best in Show/Professional, and Susan Lauricella’s (Middlesex County) watercolor, She is Fragile and Beautiful, was selected as Best in Show/Non-Professional.

The annual exhibit, a co-sponsored project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Mercer County’s Division of Culture & Heritage, caps a year of county-based Senior Citizen Art Shows throughout the state.

All work on display represents first-place winners from the county shows. Work may also be viewed on the “New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show “website at njseniorarts.com.

The show is open to the public Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Groups of six or more are asked to contact Meadow Lakes in advance by calling (609) 448-4100. For more information, contact Mercer County Division of Culture & Heritage at (609) 278-2712 or email tfagan@mercercounty.org.

The “New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show” is a project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Mercer County Division of Culture and Heritage. It receives additional support from the County of Mercer, Meadow Lakes (a Springpoint Senior Living Community), and the New Jersey Association of Area Agencies on Aging.