Welcome! We are a non-profit organization that provides educational opportunities for artistic, cultural and social development. Qualified artists provide instruction in various art media to beginners as well as professionals. Our members are informed of exhibits and places to show their work. An interest in art is all that is required to become a member. PSAA is operated and adminstered solely by member volunteers. The gallery is open to the public on Wednesday from 10 am to 3 pm and Sunday from 1 pm to 3 pm. Admission is free. See map and directions below.
See FORMS for membership, registration and gallery information.
Pine Shores Art Association
Offering 30 years of service to fine arts and the community
Contact or visit us
94 Stafford Avenue PO Box 886
Manahawkin, New Jersey 08050
609-597-3557
email: psaa3@verizon.net
Welcome...
Other Noteworthy Events
The Annual Student Show, Jan. 26-Feb. 28. Up to two framed pieces that were completed within the last 3 years may be submited on Wed., Jan. 25, 10am to noon.
Pat Johnson, Brad Thomas and Carol Neugebauer in a group show at Stafford Library, March 1-April 30.
Art History Lecture, "Master Artist Vincent Van Gogh, Expressionist and Visionary," Monday, March 26, 7-9 pm, Stafford Library.
Pine Shores Bus Trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Van Gogh Up Close," Thursday, April 26, departing PSAA at &:30am, returning 5:30 pm.
50 for $50 Patron Art Show, Sun., July 22, 1 pm, Stafford Firehouse.
Barnegat Lighthouse Fine Art Show, Sat., July 28. Raindate: July 29.
For more details on how to apply for the above events, go the Forms page or click here.
For lecture signup, click here.
Pine Shores Artists in the News
Aileen Barbato is Featured Artist on the Website. . . Lee Wagner was profiled in The Sandpaper. . . Best in Show in Belmar's March 2011 exhibit, Beverly Golembeski, along with the other award winnners, will be participating in a collective Art Exhibition to be held at The Boatworks, Belmar Art Council, 608 River Rd., Belmar, NJ, Feb. 9-24.The Opening Reception will be on Saturday, Feb. 4, 5-7pm. Gallery hours: Wed. through Sat., 1-5pm, Belmar Arts Council, 732-749-3360, info@belmarartsorg. . . . Bev was also accepted in Monmouth Museum's 33rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition held at the Monmouth Museum on the Brookdale College campus, Lincroft, NJ, Jan. 14-Feb. 26. . . Mike Amato, Donna Wightman, Mike Lipton, Pat Morgan and Irene Bausmith will be featured at Stafford Library's "Fall, Winter Hoiday Show." This exhibit will remain on the library's gallery walls during November through February.
The next Pine Shores board meeting will take place Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 9:45 am. For more photos, see About Us.
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Our 30th Year Could Be Our Best Ever
by President Tom Rutledge
This 30th anniversary year of our Pine Shores Art Association has been a special year in so many ways and continues to be. We have had some real stand-out shows this year. First, the Student Show was a resounding confirmation of the wonderful and continued growth of so many artists taking classes at Pine Shores. Plus the ability of their teachers to nurture that growth. Next, Linda Coulter's Purely Pastels show was a dazzling display of her students' and other skilled pastelists' work. Truly, a positive, upbeat show. Then, in May. . . For the rest of of Tom's essay, please go to President's Page or click here.
Drawing a Crowd
We Started with 11 Members. We Now Boast 350. Tracing Pine Shores' Remarkable Three Decades of Artistic Growth
by Irene Bausmith
Donna Wightman (below, top) and Mike Amato are among five artists featured in the Stafford Library show. For more pictures, please click here.
Brush Up On Your Skills! Take a Pine Shores Art Class!
From left: Works by teachers Lee Fricke, Tom Rutledge and Nancy Barch.
Winter Wonders: Pine Shores' Student Show Entrants Display a Touch of Class--and Dazzling Technique
To read the essay, please click here.
A Note of Appreciation--and a Call for Help
Thanks to Chris Koutsogiannis for her years of dedicated volunteer service as PSAA's publicity chair and her expertise at acquiring our much-needed grants. Also, please welcome our new publicity chair, Suzi Hoffman.
We are still looking for someone to help with grant applications. And we're looking for a hospitality chair to decorate the gallery and set up refreshments for our major art shows. If you can help, please e-mail us at psaa3@verizon.net call the Pine Shores office at 609-597-3557.
And the winners are. . . (counterclockwise from top right): First place, "Lakeside View," watercolor by Peggy Mahan (Tom Rutledge, instructor); second place, "The Nest," watercolor by Louisa Lavelle (Mikkey Tarantino, instructor); third place, "Jersey Jockeys," watercolor by Barbara Palilo (Tom Rutledge, instructor); Honorable mention, a three-way tie that includes "Gliders in the Glade," watercolor by Margaret Hartwell (Carol Nace, instructor). The other honorable mentions went to Susan Budnik and Paul Hartelius. For a look at all the winning paintings, please click here. Pine Shores members cast their ballots at the Feb. 6 meeting.The 2012 Student Art Show runs til Feb. 28.
