OGDENSBURG – The Frederic Remington Art Museum’s 2023 Members’ Juried Art Exhibition opened on Saturday, May 20. The exhibit includes 54 works by 40 artists, and will be on display until Sept. 10, in the Museum’s Richard E. Winter Gallery and the Torrey Family Galleries, and online at www.fredericremington.org. At the exhibition’s opening reception juror David Fadden offered comments on his experience jurying the exhibit, and Museum Curator & Educator Laura Desmond announced the prize winners selected by Fadden from among the artworks included in the show. The third place prize went to Rockbrook Barn by Steven C. Cobb, 2022, oil, 24 x 30″. The second place prize went to Rooted in Time by Stacey Smith Tarbox, 2015, conceptual photo art, 36.5 x 24″. And “Best in Show” was awarded to I Will Not Speak by Aimee Douglass, 2022, mixed media: photography/encaustic wax, 12 x 25″. The public is invited to view the exhibition in person at the Museum or online at www.fredericremington.org, and to vote for an additional prize, the Public’s Choice Award. At the close of the exhibition the votes will be tallied, and the winner of the Public’s Choice award will receive a museum wrapped canvas reproduction of Pete’s Shanty by Frederic Remington, 1908. Many of the works in the show are for sale. One third of the proceeds benefits the Frederic Remington Art Museum, and two thirds go to the artist. The online exhibition includes price information and a link to the Museum’s online shop. The artists in the exhibition are: Peter Basta, Carthage, NY; Brad Byrd, Landers, CA; Sharon H.J. Cheng, Potsdam, NY; Steven C. Cobb, Massena, NY; Aimee Douglass, Massena, NY; Kimberly Eiss, Watertown, NY; Gregory Fedchak, Boonville, NY; Vincent Grey, Hammond, NY; Vicky Hollis, Lisbon, NY; Frederick Holman, Brant Lake, NY; Mary Woodcock Johnson, Saranac Lake, NY, Chevelle Keith, Heuvelton, NY; Gary Larsen, Edinburg, NY; Diane Leifheit, Paul Smiths, NY; Barry…
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