The Red Dot Exhibition 2019

Dates: July 3-17
Opening reception: July 9, 2019, 6-8 pm

Since the annual class Concours Exhibitions began at The Art Students League in the early 1900’s, every week, one outstanding student work from each exhibiting class has been awarded a “red dot” by a juror. These shows are held on a weekly basis in the League’s gallery from January through May each year. The jurors are selected artists and instructors from The Art Students League who make their selection solely based on the quality of the work.

The Red Dot Exhibition presents these selected paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, and multimedia works as an exciting start of the artistic career of each of these talented students. In addition to providing support and encouragement, this show is a wonderful opportunity for the public to see what has been created at The League over the last year and to purchase work from artists at the beginning of their careers.

We invite you to stop by the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery to see this year’s exceptional exhibit of our most outstanding artists.

The tradition of the concours (French word meaning “competition” or “examination”) express a long-standing commitment to French atelier practices. As these practices were applied in America and specifically at The Art Students League throughout the twentieth century, the function of the concours has shifted. Today the exhibitions retain a significant competitive aspect with red dots being awarded to the strongest works, but the shows have evolved into a community-oriented activity that represents a range of artistic styles.

Artists in exhibition:

Mark Araujo and Jamie Kim, Bettina Barbier, Niamul Bari, Jordan Barnes, Karen Beckhardt, Linda Berti Bonforte, Nia Bey, Lucas Bononi, Lucas Bononi, Ezra Bookstein, Marc Bratman, Barbara Brocklebank, Monika Camillucci, Oak Chi Lee, Frank Chiodo, Woon Joung Choi, Alfred Colella, Agnes Collins, Remy Cordeta, Tomas Daskam, Francine Dolores Del Re, Santino Di Renzo, Shaina Donner, Suzanne Drapeau, Andrew Drilon, John Eiche, Gail Eisenfeld, Julia Elizandro, Melissa Frost, Christine Galvez, Julie Garfield, Richard Goldman, Gaia Grossi, Douglass Guy, Miho Hiranouchi, Kumi Hirose, Leah Jacobs, Nora Katz, Hyejin Kim, Patrice Kirkinis, Marina Korenfeld, Steve LaMorte, Chi Shing Benny Leung, Theodore Leung, Evelyn Lewis, Christopher Lodin, Jonathan Lopatin , Christopher LoPresti, Mary Jo Matsumoto, Roy Mendl, Maria Montoya, Ana-Maria Morar, Eliot Scott Moses, John Mullaly , Moshe Nakash, David Noven, Laurel Nyeboe, Margaret O'Keefe, Andrea Packard, Anita Pearl, Colleen Pike Blair, Mary Poerner, Anna Rabinowitz, Kostiantyn Rudnichenko, Yasser Sabra, William Schuppman, Melissa Selcow, Eva Seltzer, Ella Sherman, Nancy Smith, Elaine Thomas, Patricia Van Ardoy, Liangzi Wang, Donald Ward, Joyce Ellen Weinstein, Susan Weintraub, Virginia Wolff, Michael Wyetzner, Yuko Yamaguchi, Kenny Young, Michael Yurick, Vladimir Zlotskiy

Read this New York Times article about the concours exhibits by David Masello.

Listen to 2013 Red Dot winner Marcos Uriondo from Dan Thomson’s class.