2025 Annual Awards Show

All Star Art!

Members Group Show

All Media

 

Juror of Awards: Ismael Checo

 

Show Dates: Oct 1 – 18, 2025

 

Award Winners:

1st Prize Award supported by Hudson Valley Art Association: Catherine Caulfield Russell
2nd Prize Award supported by Blue Door Art Center: Monique Robidoux
3rd Prize Award supported by Blue Door & Mamaroneck Artists Guild: Suzanne Montresor
Honorable Mention supported by Mamaroneck Artists Guild: Robin Henschel

 

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About this year Juror of Awards:

Ismael Checo was born in the Dominican Republic.He is a consummate master in the genres of still life, portraiture, and landscape.

In 1981 he joined the National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo. In 1984 he enrolled at the Art Students League of New York, where he took classes with painters including David Leffel and John H. Sanden. Mr. Checo apprenticed in the private studio of renowned artist and painter Nelson Shank in Andalusia, Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1989.

In 1989 he began a professional internship in The Grassi Fine Art Conservation Studio, where he was trained in conservation and restoration of works of art.

During his career as an artist he has received numerous awards and honors for his work and his contributions to the Arts in general. Ismael Checo also specializes in teaching workshops on different techniques in painting throughout the United States, Europe and the Caribbean. His works can be seen in a variety of publications, books, magazines and newspapers. He currently teaches painting and drawing at the Rye Art Center in Rye, New York. He is the Executive director of the group Colectivo de Artists Visuales Dominican-Americanos (CAVDA) in NY.

Mamaroneck Artists’ Guild Gallery is proud to be a grantee of ArtsWestchester with the funding made possible by Westchester County government.