128th Anniversary Open Juried Exhibition

Salmagundi Club
47 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10003

October 28 – November 14, 2025
Tuesday – Friday 1-6pm
Saturday and Sunday 1-5pm

This fee is payable with your credit card when you enter online. Maximum of two entries per artist. Only one may be accepted.

Entry fees are non-refundable.

Sunday, October 26, 9:30am–12:00 noon

Accepted works will be received only on the date and during the hours specified. Artists should include a brief 1–2-page resume/bio which will be displayed in a binder for the duration of the exhibition. Artwork must arrive unpacked, whether delivered by artist or agent, to The Salmagundi Art Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003. Shipper should receive work in advance to allow its timely transport to the gallery. The name given to your shipper must be identical to your online application. Two available shippers are:

D.A.D., 855 Edgewater Road, Bronx, NY 10474
Phone: 718-893-3044
Email: [email protected]

Mike DePompeo, 5-00 First Street, Fairlawn, NJ 07410
Phone: 201-873-1495
Email: [email protected]

Selection jury comprised of previous CLWAC award winners, will choose work for the Exhibition:

Jeanette Koumjian, BFA,
Honored Member CLWAC 2014
Website

Kate Faust, Member of: Salmagundi Club, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, and Ridgewood Institute, Served on CLWAC Board, Arts Committee for Salmagundi Club
imagerybykate.com

Lana Privitera, AWS, NWS, NEWS, WHS, PWCS
lanaprivitera.com

More than 40 awards will be given. All awards will be presented at the Awards Reception. Any winner who cannot be present should arrange a representative to accept the award on their behalf.

Lea Colie Wight - Nationally recognized award winning artist, Lea earned a BFA from The Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1974. In 2003 she discovered Studio Incamminati, an intensive Atelier founded in Philadelphia by renowned artist Nelson Shanks and entered as a student. After completing her studies, Lea was invited to join the teaching staff rising to become one of the lead teachers at that school. Lea served as teaching assistant to Nelson Shanks at The Art Students League in New York and has served as lead instructor for various Studio Incamminati workshops as well as her own workshops. She has been awarded an Honor Award at the Portrait Society of America’s national competition in 2009 and in 2010 as well as a Certificate of Excellence in 2011. Her work has been featured in numerous publications. Lea maintains a studio in Philadelphia as well as Manasquan, NJ. and teaches workshops throughout the country.

Natalie Italiano - Signature member of the Portrait Society of America, Senior faculty member at Studio Incamminati Natalie Italiano is a contemporary realist painter whose work focuses on portraits, still life and animals. As her work evolves, she continually experiments to include abstract elements in her paintings. Recent work includes a series of birds with gilded backgrounds and playful narrative paintings featuring her granddaughter. She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, as an apprentice with Nelson Shanks.

Susan Eley - Gallery owner and Director of Susan Eley Fine Art, located in Hudson, NY and nyc

Before establishing the Gallery, Susan Eisner Eley was an editor and writer for national and regional publications featuring articles on fine art, dance and travel. Eley worked in public relations and education at the Morgan Library & Museum, NY, the Mayor's Art Commission of the City of New York and interned at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. She is also a former professional ballet dancer with the Feld Ballet, NY. Eley has a BA in Art History from Brown University and an MA in Visual Arts Administration from New York University.

Olga Nielsen - Fellow of National Sculpture Society, and a Signature Status member of the Portrait Society of America. Born in Russia, Olga has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in the Delaware Valley and in national and international exhibitions, receiving many awards for her works. Olga believes in the importance of art education in Realism tradition, in teaching skills of representational art. She is on Faculty at the Delaware College of Art and Design in Wilmington, Delaware as a Portrait drawing instructor and at The Community Arts Center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania as a Portrait and Figure sculpture and drawing Instructor.

Padget Sutherland - Deputy Chief Development Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Padget works closely with Museum leadership to deepen and broaden engagement with current and prospective donors on an international scale. She holds a Masters degree in the History of Art, specializing in Venetian Renaissance Art, from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Classics and Art History from Washington and Lee University. Padget joined the Met in 2017, progressing through roles within the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, where she formerly oversaw the Department’s Friends Group and Visiting Committee.

Acceptance notification via email Friday, September 19, 2025. The email will include a label to be downloaded and attached to accepted work. Alternatively, use the label at the bottom of this prospectus.

This year, en lieu of a printed catalogue, all of the works in this show, along with the award winners, will be available on our website: CLWAC.org

Work must be for sale; NFS is not allowed.

Every effort will be made to encourage sales. A contribution of 25% will be accepted by the CLWAC. No artwork can be listed as POR or NFS. The artist is responsible for sales tax and delivery of artwork to the purchaser.

No artwork may be removed for the duration of the exhibition. Artists attending the Awards Reception on Friday November 14 may remove their work at the end of the evening by signing and returning the label from the back of their work. All other artwork must be removed on Saturday November 15, 2025 between 10:00am -1:00pm. Work not removed will be stored at artist's expense with D.A.D.

Benefit reception supporting The Metropolitan Museum of Art Travel and Research Fund

Thursday, October 30, 2025 from 5:30-8:00pm at the Salmagundi Club, featuring Linda Moore, award winning author, gallerist and museum board trustee.

A minimum donation of $50 per person benefits the Travel and Research Fund of The Met. Additional donations are welcome and very much appreciated.

Those that wish to attend should register and make payment in advance at: clwac.org/event-6185866

Benefit Chair
Cindy Wagner
203-952-1139
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There will be a silent auction during the reception featuring artwork of prominent CLWAC artists. The auction will close after the Awards Reception on November 14.

Friday, November 14, 2025, 7pm

Exhibitors may enter free, but additional guests will be charged an entry fee of $10. Reservations are required for exhibitors and guests and should be made online at clwac.org/event-6185847 There will be a silent auction during the reception featuring artwork of prominent CLWAC artists.

President
Maryann Burton
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Exhibition Co-Chairs
Rebecca Rosenheck
908.868.8749
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Susan Jarecky

714-745-8318
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2-Dimensional Chair
FIo Kemp
516.330.8548
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3-Dimensional Chair
Lilian Engel

718-344-4735
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Please contact us if you can volunteer to help with the exhibit.

Please note that the Salmagundi Club is closed to the public on Mondays. The Salmagundi Club cannot answer questions regarding this prospectus.

Additional Notification Information

Notifications will be emailed and posted in your ShowSubmit account by the end of the day on September 19, 2025.

You may view the notification in your ShowSubmit account by logging in and clicking tapping the Notifications at the top right of the screen, or in your Entry History.

If you do not receive your email, login and view the notification in your account. We cannot respond to inquiries regarding the status of notifications.

Note: Entries made prior to 2023 may not display the View Notification link.

Image and Filename Specifications

• File Format: Submit original, high-quality JPEG image files. Other formats (e.g., PNG, TIFF) are not accepted.
• Crop Your Image: Ensure only the artwork itself is visible in the image. Do not show any visible matting, frames, or background distractions.
• Orientation: Make sure your image is oriented correctly (right side up) so that the artwork appears in its intended viewing direction.
• Image Size: You do not need to resize your image files before uploading. The system will automatically resize them. Smaller images cannot be enlarged to meet the requirements, so ensure your images are high resolution before uploading.
• File Names: You do not need to rename your files before uploading them. The system will handle any file naming requirements.
• File Size: There is a 30mb maximum file size limit. Larger image files will take longer to upload and process.

Additional Entry Information

• You will pay for your entry by credit or debit card using our secure checkout system.
• After your entry is submitted and paid for, you may log back in to review your entry, edit artist and image information, and add or substitute images up until the entry deadline (September 2, 2025.)
• Entry fees are not refundable and must be submitted and paid by the entry deadline.
• Entries cannot be accepted or changed after the deadline. Incomplete entries will be disqualified.

Support

For questions about CLWAC or this Prospectus, please contact Rebecca Rosenheck ([email protected]) or Susan Jarecky ([email protected]).

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