The Great Hollow Juried Art Show fundraiser for Great Hollow Nature Preserve is opening Friday May 16, 6-8pm and then Saturday May 17 and Sunday May 18, 10 – 4pm.  Painters and photographers who love nature have created over a hundred and thirty pieces of artwork celebrating nature in and around Great Hollow Nature Preserve.  Sponsored by the Great Hollow Photographers Club, this is the eighth annual art show fundraiser for Great Hollow Nature Preserve.   The opening Reception is on Friday, May 16, 2025, 6:00– 8:00 pm with refreshments and prizes will be announced.   All are welcome.  The show will continue for viewing and sales Saturday May 17 and Sunday May 18, 2025 10 am – 4 pm, in the Gate House Barn at Great Hollow. This show will also be online from May 16 – June 30, 2025 on the Sherman Artists website, www.shermanartists.org.

All artworks are for sale and a portion of the sales support Great Hollow Nature Preserve’s mission of environmental education, research, and conservation.  There will also be a display of children’s artwork by campers who have attended the Great Hollow Camp programs.  In addition to the fifty artists that are participating in the show, many thanks also go to the local Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Sherman, Patterson, and Pawling businesses that have donated prizes for the winning artists.  Jurors for the artwork are Ned Reade for painting and Lori Adams for photography.  Thanks also go to the Friends of the Great Swamp (FROGS) and Sherman Artists Association (SAA) for the use of their art show panels and SAA for hosting the art show on their website.

Opening Reception May 16, 6-8 pm

JUDGES



Great Hollow Art Show 2025 – Winners

Photographs

1st Place

 Susan Locke – Foraging Squirrel

2nd Place

Don Turner – Swamp Sparrow

3rd Place

 Stephanie Wozniak – Quizzical Bee  

Photograph Honorable Mentions:

Dave King  –   Silhouette at Sunset
John Clery – Andor and Young Tuari   

Paintings

1st Place

 Betty Ann Medeiros – Discover Together

2nd Place

Andy Kimmel – Land

3rd Place

Doreen O’Connor – Bright Garden Corner

Painting Honorable Mentions:

Bethe Bogues – Bunny Hop
Suzi Mitchell – Serenity

Thank you to our sponsors

Eagle  $200+

IGA, Sherman, CT
New Milford Tennis Club, New Milford, CT
Still River Editions, Danbury, CT
Visual Impact, Danbury, CT

Owl  $100 – $199

Barn Gallery & Frame Shop, New Fairfield, CT
Edward Schaffer ESQ, Carmel, NY
Agway, New Milford, CT
American Pie Restaurant, Sherman, CT
Bank Street Theater, New Milford, CT
Biscotti’s, New Fairfield, CT
Bruno’s Pizzeria, New Fairfield, CT
Claire’s Garden Center, Patterson, NY
`LAND Gallery, Pawling, NY
`Limoncello, Sherman, CT
New Milford Fitness & Aquatic, New Milford, CT
Sacred Grounds Coffee, Sherman, CT
Sherman Wine and Spirits, Sherman, CT
Twisters, Ice Cream Shop, New Fairfield, CT
The Blue Olive, Pawling, NY
The Putnam Diner, Patterson, NY