The 32nd annual Dermot Gale Award Show, sponsored by the New Rochelle Art Association, will be featured in the Lumen Winter Gallery of the New Rochelle Public Library from March 31 to April 21, during regular library hours. The show is open to all exhibiting members of the Association, with a cash prize in Dermot Gale’s name to be awarded for best two-dimensional work in the show. A prize will also be awarded for best in show. Ribbons will be awarded for outstanding entries in all media.
The Dermot Gale Memorial Award was established by his family after his death in 1980. Mr. Gale was an active exhibiting member of the New Rochelle Art Association for nearly 40 years, serving terms as both president and program chairman. He produced a volume of work in his lifetime, most notably a series of oil paintings of New Rochelle’s historic buildings for the Art Association’s Bicentennial Landmark Exhibit.
The New Rochelle Art Association has a long tradition of promoting and supporting artists and the visual arts. Since its informal inception 100 years ago, in 1912, the association has included among its membership many talented and internationally known painters, illustrators and sculptors.