The annual Joy of Art exhibit, inaugurated in 2008, features two-dimensional and three-dimensional work by current Maine artists, both amateur and professional, aged 16 or older. Awards are made in several categories identified in the published guidelines with an additional Peoples’ Choice Award announced at the close of the exhibit. This signature event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Topsham Public Library and the Library’s Board of Trustees.
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL JOY OF ART EXHIBIT
Live in the Crooker Gallery, January 13 – February 7, 2025
The 2024 Joy of Art exhibit will be hosted in-person in Topsham Public Library’s Crooker Gallery and Highland’s Community Room. A reception is scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 1pm and is open to the public. Please join us! There will be no artists’ talk this year.
Registration for the Seventeenth Annual Joy of Art opens November 23rd. The deadline is Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 4pm. Printable guidelines with rules of entry and key dates for Joy of Art 2025 are available below.
Click here to register.
Artists, below are the documents you will need to review and reference. We suggest printing them to have on hand:
Topsham Public Library Gallery Policy and Waiver.
Joy of Art Rules of Entry & Submission Guidelines.
How to Photograph Your Artwork.
If you have any questions, please email Kelsie Vosburgh at tplgallery@topshamlibrary.org or call the library at 725-1727.
Library Lover’s Lottery – Drawing to be held on February 7th at the close of the show
Congratulations to the 2024 Joy of Art Winners!
- Painting: Graduate by Kevin Mizner
- Drawing: 1950’s Summer by Emily Hollister
- Mixed Media / Collage: Red / White / Blues by Howard Solomon
- Textile: Positive Influence by Barbara Stainman
- Digital Art: Quantum Movements by Jeffrey Plucker
- 3-Dimensional: Amber Glow by Sandy Bickford
- Other: Spring Runoff by Jane Page-Conway
Honorable Mentions:
- Painting: Urban Arrangement by Harriet Lindemann
- Drawing: Water Moonlight Over Orr’s Island, ME by Mercedes Gastonguay
- Mixed Media / Collage: Protean Folds by Ian Trask
- Textile: The Dress by Rana O’Connor
- 3-Dimensional: Purple Rain by Sandy Bickford
People’s Choice winner
- 1950’s Summer by Emily Hollister AND Amber Glow by Sandy Bickford
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If you have any questions, please email Kelsie Vosburgh at tplgallery@topshamlibrary.org or call the library at 725-1727.