HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT: ARTISTS CHOOSE ARTISTS 2025 LONGYEAR GALLERY, NOV. 21st - JAN. 4th, ARTISTS' RECEPTION: SATURDAY, NOV. 22nd, 3-5 P.M.

Bea Ortiz, Tabula Rasa, acrylic on paper

Bernard Cohen, Somerset Bellevue Orchard, silver gelatin print

Corneel Verlaan, Study 2—Mirror Moth, 2025,  mixed media

Ellen Wong, A Gentle Glow, oil on board

Jan Sosnowitz, Fly Oil, collage

Sandra Finkenberg, Rocks in Bedding, oil on canvas

MARGARETVILLE — “Holiday Invitational Exhibit: Artists Choose Artists 2025” will open Friday, November 21st at Margaretville’s Longyear Gallery. This is Longyear’s fifteenth invitational show and will feature exhibitions of the work 71 of Longyear Gallery members' favorite guest artists working in different media along with a group show of the work of Longyear Gallery members. The Artists’ Reception will take place Saturday, November 22nd from 3-5 p.m. 

The works on display include pieces by local, regional, and city artists, each chosen by a Longyear Gallery member artist to create a dynamic visual dialogue for exhibition. This year’s invited artists include, with their Longyear host’s name followed in parentheses: Pati Airey (Lesley A. Powell), Christein Aromando (Sheila McManus), Richard Arnold (Marcia Clark ), Suzanne Ausnit (Deborah Ruggerio), William Behnken (Richard Kirk Mills), Erica Bradbury (Gail Freund), Deb Brindis (Michelle Seigei Spark), Robert Brune (Deborah Ruggerio), Bernard Cohen (Gail Freund), Holly Cohen (Deborah Ruggerio), Cena Pohl Crane (Richard Kirk Mills),  Christopher Criswell (Ron Macklin), Donna David (Irina Grinevitsky), Maria Del Carmen Garcia (Gail Freund), Elizabeth Dimon (Gail Freund), Eddie Donoghue (Deborah Ruggerio), Robin Factor (Mary McFerran), Sandra Finkenberg (Richard Kirk Mills), Don Freeman (Deborah Ruggerio), Jerry D. Gallo (Richard Kirk Mills), Tabitha Gilmore-Barnes (Deborah Ruggerio), Lori Glavin (Richard Kirk Mills ), Kathleen Green (Sara Stone), Josepha Gutelius (Lynn Woods), Oneida Hammond (Sara Stone), Daniel Hauben (Richard Kirk Mills), Aileen Hengeveld (Joanne Barham), Ann F. Hoffman (Deborah Ruggerio), Ben Huberman (Temma Bell), Robin Kappy (Deborah Ruggerio), Ulla Kjarval (Temma Bell), Odgen Kruger (Robin Halpern), Jonas Kyle (Hedi Kyle), Richard LaPresti (Marcia Clark), Zen Linder (Anthony Margiotta), Myra Lobel (Sara Stone), Claire Lofrese (Gerda van Leeuwen), Parker Manis (Anthony Margiotta), Frank Manzo (Margaret Leveson), Helene Manzo (Margaret Leveson), Gary Mayer (Wayne Morris), Harry G. McCarthy (Anthony Margiotta), Parker Manis (Anthony Margiotta), Amy Alice Metnick (Marion Behr), Joe Miller (Deborah Ruggerio), Joanna Murphy (Richard Kirk Mills), Lillian Mulero (Patrice Lorenz), James Nevin (Bonnie Mitchell), Bea Ortiz (Wayne Morris), Kari Pagnano (Ann Lee Fuller), Kevin Palfreyman (Louise Kalin), Linda Leo Palfreyman (Louise Kalin), Ellen Parker (Michelle Seigei Spark), Bill Quinn (Lesley A. Powell), Jennifer Lord Rhodes (Richard Kirk Mills), Susan Rochmis (Neil Driscoll), Julia Rubin (Lesley A. Powell), Michael Francis Ryan (Robin Halpern), Judy Scheck (Mary McFerran), Michelle Sidrane (Deborah Ruggerio), Amy Silberkleit (Gail Freund), Veronica Rose Snead (Alan Powell), Jan Sosnowitz (Gail Freund), GG Stankiewicz (Hedi Kyle), Kathleen Sweeney (Robin Halpern), Barbara Taff (Ron Macklin), Mina Teslaru (Bonnie Mitchell), Tamara Vasan (Michelle Seigei Spark), Corneel Verlaan (Anthony Margiotta), Fred Woller (Lesley A. Powell), Ellen Wong (Sheila McManus), and Ricky Zia (Deborah Ruggerio).  

The work of these artists varies in style and vision, including a large range of media: oil paintings, pastels, watercolor, mixed media, photographs, collages, gouaches, pencil drawings, and acrylics. “It’s always an exciting exhibition since we’re able to invite our artist friends to show their work with us this year,” notes artist and gallery member Gail Freund, “and it inspires our own work as well.” Longyear Gallery artist member Deborah Ruggerio agrees, adding “It’s also a pleasure to be able once again to use our gallery to bring these terrific artists to the attention of our local Catskill community.”

“Holiday Invitational Exhibit: Artists Choose Artists 2025” will be on display at Longyear Gallery from Friday, November 21st through Sunday, January 4th, and the gallery will be open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays each weekend. Gallery hours are from 11 p.m.-4 p.m.  Longyear Gallery is located Downstairs in The Commons, 785 Main Street, Margaretville, New York. For information, please see Longyear Gallery’s website, http://longyeargallery.org/or call 845.586.3270 during gallery hours.