The Annual Sponsored Awards is a highly anticipated event on The Rowayton Arts Center's calendar. Its long tradition in Rowayton joins commerce and community in the celebration of art. A special thank you to those generous individuals and local businesses who participated this year, combining to contribute $3,450 in cash awards. Many of them are yearly sponsors of this event.
Cash prizes were awarded to Best in Show as well as prize winners in three categories: 1) Mixed Media, Watercolors, Printmaking, Pastels, Collage 2) Photography and Sculpture 3) Acrylics/Oils.
Thank You to our 2026 ASA Sponsors:
All Seasons Marine Works
Arden's Rowayton
Beacon Capital, LLC
Brendan's 101
City Strong Athletics
Cucina Daniella
Darien Rowayton Bank
E.R. Salvatore Associates
Fairfield County Bank
- HTG Investment Advisors
- Images of Old Greenwich
- Kenneth Johnson
Rowayton Wine Shop
- Sails American Bar & Grill
- Seaside Delights
- The Bait Shop Marine Services
The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood
Whitebridge Wines & Spirits
William Raveis/Tammy Langalis
VOLUNTEERS
Hanging: Robert Lansden and Pamela Proctor
JUROR
Joseph Fucigna, Professor of Art and Chair of the Visual Arts Program, Norwalk Community College
Click here for judge's bio and a list of ASA 2026 prize winners
Mixed Media, Watercolors, Prints, Pastels,
Collage and Sculpture
Pam Lindberg
Wild Things
Acrylic and tissue paper on canvas
20" x 24"
$500
Barbara Shaprio
The Grace of Gray
Acrylic, India ink, carborundum, gloss medium on Dura-Lar
23.5" x 29.5"
$850
Carol Sattler
Untitled
Mixed media
12" x 9"
$400
Rosa Sclafani
Grief
Watercolor
21" x 17"
$850
Mary Moross
Under the Rainbow
Ink and watercolor on paper
10" x 12"
$395
Frank Maco
Blue Hour Habit
Monotype and acrylic
16" x 12"
$700
Mindy Green
Angels of Titan Moon
Mixed media
18" x 18"
$2,000
Robert Lansden
Silent Witness XVI
Watercolor and graphite on paper
22" x 22"
$3,800
Denise Minnerly
If Not Now
Cyanotype
27" x 35"
$2,500
Ronnie Gold
Gone Fishing
Pastel
24" x 27"
$900
Ira Hara
Zoologico Exotica
Acrylic gouache and pen & ink
24" x 18"
$1,500
Hanneke Goedkoop
9/11 Twintowers NYC
Printmaking
32" x 23"
$1,800
Holli Levy
Beach Fences
Encaustic
12" x 15"
$495
Stephanie Hilton
The Sand Bar
Mixed media
10" x 13"
$350
Christy Gallagher
Flowers from the Garden
Watercolor and graphite on paper
12" x 9"
$650
Terry Atkin
Rowayton Market
Watercolor
12" x 9"
$500
Jean Bowler
Sunny Shore
Watercolor
16" x 20"
$500
Betty Schneier
Hydrangea Joy
Watercolor
16" x 12"
$500
Ruth Chapman
Woodpeckers with Roses
Collage
24" x 14"
$1,600
HONORABLE MENTION
Laura Bowman
The Parrot Told Him Everything
Mixed media
12" x 12"
$250
THIRD PRIZE
Joseph Dermody
Harmonic ChillOut
Mixed media -1200 scannable QR codes; Top 12 songs from each year of the last 100 years
40" x 30"
$2,800
Lisa Thoren
June Bride
Mixed media collage – photography and painting
9" x 12"
$250
Fran Meehan
Summer Sunset I
Monotype I
18" x 18"
$500
FIRST PRIZE
Katharine Draper
Weaving
Monotype
28" x 28"
$900
Amy Schott
Mapstraction No. 6-26
Mixed media
12" x 6"
$850
SECOND PRIZE
Judith Orseck Katz
Cow Pasture Pier
Gouache and ink on Arches paper
14" x 20"
$2,800
Photography and Sculpture
Rosalind Shaffer
The Power of Love
Cermaic, wood, metal, and metallic leaf
25" x 21" x 1.5"
$1,800
Marcy Juran
Golden Light | August
Archival pigment print
18" x 18"
$1,200
Nina Nelson
Cinderella
Photography
24" x 16"
$1,200
Annie Roberts
Untitled
Porcelain
8" x 5" x 3"
$425
Pam Rouleau
Gilded Nest
Mixed media – photo on washi paper, gilded with 12k gold leaf and waxed
11" x 11"
$875
Zili Zhang
Circles
Photography
20" x 16"
$300
THIRD PRIZE
Barbara Soares
Wonderland of Gong: Cosmic Rabbit Hole
Photograph
20" x 30"
$1,850
BEST IN SHOW
Miggs Burroughs
Puppetry
Lenticular
24" x 24" x 1"
$950
Erin Karp
Il Duomo Abstract, Firenze (ed. 4/15)
Archival pigment print on matte paper
24" x 18"
$1,200
HONORABLE MENTION
Emily Kelting
Japanese Garden in the Mist
Photography
24" x 24"
$500
Marilyn Parker
Red Bird
Photography
16" x 12"
$150
Bill Gore
Tarot Today
Pigment ink print
27" x 22"
$900
Tyler Rhind
Swiss Alps
Metal print
20" x 30"
$1,995
Lisa Laible
Wallflower
Color film photography gicleé print on Hahnemuhle fine art paper
15" x 10" image
$425
Joyce Andersen
Daily Commute
Photography
18" x 24"
$700
Jeffrey Chapman
Beach Fire
Photography
18" x 24"
$325
Julie O'Connor
Relax Shack, Florida Keys
Digital archival photograph sublimated to aluminum
12" x 12"
$180
Lisa Paulette Silberman
The Briefest Moment of Light
Archival inkjet print
10" x 8"
$295
Lisa Keuker
Illuminating Freedom AMERICA250
Photo on metal
24" x 36"
$825
FIRST PRIZE
Richard Ventre
ROBYN / THE FLAG. Victory, Gallantly Streaming
The painted nude, photography and photomontage
32" x 25"
$2,000
Nancy Breakstone
Stacked for the Season
Photography
22.5" x 30"
$500
SECOND PRIZE
Brooke Sessions
Carnival Chaos
Color photography
16" x 22"
$450
Arthur Nager
Granite Savings Bank, Rockport, MA
Photography
24" x 32"
$1,000
Laura Dunne
Alive Inside
Photography
26" x 21"
$400
Acrylics and Oils
Karen Maloof
Harbor – 4am
Oil
13.25" x 18.5"
$1,000
Sean Murtha
Marsh Hunter
Oil
18" x 36"
$2,800
SECOND PRIZE
Maxwell Wiesen
The Raven
Oil on aluminum
29.5" x 24"
$1,800
THIRD PRIZE
Gretchen Bruno
Simply Elliot
Oil on canvas
20" x 16"
$1,800
Marcia Brandwein
Over the Top
Oil
20" x 24"
$800
Alanna Fagan
Boatyard
Oil
8" x 10"
$1,200
Kathie Milligan
Spring Blooms (triptych)
Oil
4" x 14"
$90
Elizabeth Lefevre
Smell the Flowers
Oil
7.5" x 6"
$275
SOLD
Britt Bair
Keep it Together
Oil
24" x 24"
$1,700
Joel Flora
Dreaming At Mendo
Oil
36" x 24"
$5,000
Karen Kent
Teatime
Mixed media
24" x 24"
$950
Susan Lippman
Thrive
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 20"
$1,150
Joyce Grasso
Morning Walk
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30" x 1.5"
$2,800
Kris Toohey
Big Sky
Oil
36" x 36"
$2,750
Milan Chilla
Joy
Acrylic
24" x 18"
$675
Joanne Leaman
Summer Fete
Acrylic
30" x 24"
$750
Sarah Schneider
Hanging Out on Rafts
Acrylic
30" x 30"
$1,685
Susan McHale
Bird Song – Painted Bunting
Acrylic
18" x 18"
$300
Meg leComte
Aquamarine
Acrylic
12" x 24"
$800
Eileen Carey
Night Pool
Oil
20" x 20"
$1,200
Kathleen Weinstock
Central Park Spring
Oil
12" x 9"
$650
Connie van Rhyn
A Pinkney Day!
Oil
26.5" x 22.5"
$875
Richard Koleszar
Recovery
Oil
18.5" x 26"
$1,200
Georgette Diamandis
My Cat My Heart
Acrylic
36" x 36"
$2,800
Dana Laird
Mid-July
Acrylic
16" x 12"
$495
Christina Tugeau
Hang On
Acrylic
18" x 18"
$350
HONORABLE MENTION
Gwendolyn Morris
2 Peruvian Men
Oil
24" x 24" x 2"
$1,000
Eunice Roy
Happy Hour
Oil
18" x 18"
$495
George Radwan
Chinatown
Mixed media – acrylic, gel, sand, and paper
20" x 20"
$550
FIRST PRIZE
Michael Brennecke
Black Forest
Oil
18.5" x 17"
$600
Shelby K. Smith
Union Jack
Acrylic on canvas stretched onto a wood panel wrapped in a dark denim fabric
36" x 36"
$3,000
Diane Carten Lynch
Beyond
Mixed media on canvas
24" x 24"
$800
Lynn Sadlon
Praying for Rain
Acrylic
16" x 20"
$500
Andy Kimmel
Trees
Oil
20" x 24"
$450
Clarice Shirvell
A Writer's Desk
Acrylic
24" x 18"
$850
Marcia C. Friscia
Breathing Meadow
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 30"
$2,000
