Artists of New York's Capital District and Beyond
Now Celebrating 50 Years!
Est. 1974
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2025 Holiday Art Show
December 2-29, 2025
William K. Sanford Library
629 Albany Shaker Rd
Loudonville, NY
+1 (518) 458-9274
colonielibrary.org
Exhibit Categories Our Holiday Show categories are based on medium. 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place Awards and Honorable Mention Awards will be given within the medium categories listed below. We will continue to have an Emerging Artist category with 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place Awards and one Honorable Mention (depending on the number of entries in this category).
Categories:
● Watercolor
● Acrylic
● Oil
● Pastel
● Other Media (including – drawings (pen/ink, charcoal, pencil/graphite, colored pencil, markers), collage, mixed media (2 or more media), encaustic, photography, digital photography (all forms of digital including manipulated), and traditional printmaking (limited edition of 10, hand-pulled original prints only).
● Emerging Artist. An emerging artist has never received any award (i.e., Best in Show, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Place Award or Honorable Mention or any other competitive recognition) from CAL or any other art organization for work in any medium submitted for any show or exhibit.
Thank you to all the talented artists who participated!
Our judge this year is the American painter,
Eden Compton.
Eden was born in Texas and raised in Connecticut. She currently resides in Saratoga Springs, New York, where she has a teaching studio and fine art gallery.
She works in multiple mediums including pastel, oil, acrylic and gouache. Prior to settling in upstate New York, Eden and her NZ born husband, Richard, spent many years sailing and managing private charter boats in the Caribbean and throughout the US East Coast. "My extensive travel has sparked an interest in different types of subject matter ranging from rural landscapes to rainy cityscapes to colorful market scenes as well as figurative subjects and interior paintings. I am particularly enamored of the colorful grays and variety of shapes found in the urban landscape.”
Eden’s formal training began with a B.A. in Art History at Colgate University and independent courses at the International Center for Photography in NYC. She also has studied independently and in workshops with nationally known artists over many years. Her award winning work has been included in national juried shows including the Catherine Lorillard Society, Salmagundi Open Non Member Juried Exhibit, the International Pastel Society, American Impressionist Society online members show as well as numerous regional and local shows. She is a member of the American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America and an Associate with Distinction of the American Women Artists Association.
Special thanks to Show Co-Chairs Cathy Laccetti and Lynn Huntington for their leadership!
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