This year, we had the pleasure of having Paul Efstathiou serve as Awards Juror. He is the Director of Contemporary Art at Hollis Taggart Gallery in New York City and is also on the board of directors at the MoCA Westport Museum in CT. Efstathiou is a second-generation art dealer and curator with twenty-plus years of experience, having worked closely with more than sixty emerging and contemporary artists, to date. 

Efstathiou has developed a well-trained and prescient eye, making him a successful dealer and curator of contemporary art. It is with that skillful eye that he has selected this year’s award winners on the merits of quality, creativity, and mastery of the medium. On behalf of Paul Efstathiou, we congratulate the artists shown receiving these high honors on our awards page, https://www.audubonartists.org/2023-audubon-artists-award-winners.

We would also like to extend another huge congratulations to all of our wonderful artists who were accepted into this year’s annual exhibition. Without you, none of this would be possible. 

All accepted entries can be viewed on the ShowSubmit website at the following link: https://showsubmit.com/gallery/aa-81st-annual-exhibition, as well as on our own site at this link: https://audubonartists.org/audubon-artists-81st-annual-exhibition. 

Thank you all for your dedication, loyalty, and your creativity. It is truly a delight to see the variety of subject matter, themes, compositions, colors, and unique voices of our society together once again in the 81st Annual Exhibition.

Wishing you good health and happiness always,

Melanie Berardicelli
President