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essential art:  annual
regional juried show

May 16 - June 25, 2025
Gallery Hours:  Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 4pm

tapping the creative talents of new york State!

It never ceases to amaze us, the wealth of artistic talent from New York State!  For 34 years running, the ESSENTIAL ART Regional Juried Show has been a cornerstone of our annual exhibit schedule, kicking off the CAA's busy summer season in May & June.  This show is open to New York State residents only, working in any and all media, and juried by a different set of judges each year - ensuring endlessly diverse and compelling exhibits.  

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How to enter the 2025 regional show:  

Open to artists 18 years of age and older who are residents of New York State. Artists must hand-deliver their artwork to the Cooperstown Art Association on the specified dates, shipped artwork is not eligible for entry. All artwork must be for sale for to be eligible for entry. Crafts, commercial or digital reproductions, in any media are not eligible for entry. This does not apply to photographs or digital art.

Please read the entire Prospectus prior to entry, and make note of significant dates and times as they pertain to your participation.

2025 Regional Juried Art Show Prospectus


This Exhibit will be on display May 17 - June 25 in Gallery A

Gallery Hours:  Tuesday - Saturday  11-4pm


THE 2025 annual Regional juried exhibition
award winners

Grand Prize - William Bracken - The Norwegian
The Linda M. Clark Memorial Award - Mary Beth Vought - The New Farm Stand
Hannah-Lee Stoke Memorial Prize - Lynne Reichhart - Under the Blacklight
Bertha Bartlett Sherman Memorial Prize - Herman Roggeman - Hartwick Flowers
Michael J. Naso Jr. Memorial Prize - George T. Holdredge - Grandmother's Lace
Award of Merit - Andrew N. Fitzsimmons - Gregor of the Weathering
Award of Merit - Bill Lee - Aero Denmark
Award of Merit - Steff Rocknak - Welder, 1940's
Florence Peaslee Ward Memorial Prize - Emily Julian - Varick Street
Mary Garrison Memorial Prize - Lynda Naske - Multi Verse
Golden Artist Colors Inc. Prize - Harlough Dingman - Beyond the Boundary
Leatherstocking Brush & Palette Club Prize - David Kiehm - A Rustle of Leaves
Leatherstocking Credit Union Prize - Janky Painting - Bet Boss
Carefree Gardens Prize - Phyllis Orlowski - Green Fields Rt. 28, Cooperstown
Jurors' Citation - Stephen Condon - My Street
Jurors' Citation - Glen Noto - Grandma's Farm in Spring
Jurors' Citation - Jonathan Pincus - Butch

THE 2024 annual Regional juried exhibition
Viewers Choice Award Winners, its a tie!

Regina B. Quinn - An Unexpected Light
David Kiehm - The Suitor
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