62nd Armonk Outdoor Art Show 2024

62nd Armonk Outdoor Art Show 2024

The Armonk Outdoor Art Show (AOAS) returns to 205 Business Park Drive in Armonk on Saturday and Sunday, September, 28 and 29 in 2024. In its 62nd year, the Armonk art show will present works from 135 juried artists in Fine Crafts, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking/Drawing/Pastels, Sculpture, Photography/Digital Art, and Wearable Art. This flagship Armonk consistently ranks among the top fine art and design shows in the country and benefits the Friends of the North Castle Public Library.  Proceeds from this two day event help fund the maintenance of North Castle libraries as well as their educational and entertainment programs including the Armonk Players.

You can get familiar with the exhibitor’s work on the OAOS website, and link to individual artist’s sites or even contact them if you want to browse or shop ahead of the show. Or check out highlights from the show carefully selected by What To Do’s discerning arts and entertainment critics, below:

Painting

Always one of the highlights of the show, AOAS will feature 40 artists presenting figurative, abstract, landscape and still-life paintings in acrylics, oils, and watercolors. Including works from muscle car enthusiast Jill Binser from Elizabethtown, PA who will also exhibit her food and glass themed acrylic paintings. And Andy Eckard’s Andrew Wyeth inspired watercolors of the architecture and landscape of his home state of Maine. We also like R. Michael Wommack’s vibrant pastels based on his experience growing up in Levittown, Long Island in the sixties. And Stephen Baldauf’s mixed-media abstracts of Martinique and St. Kitts.

Mixed Media

Mixed Media almost always offers the best artwork in terms of sheer fun as this year’s group of 31 mixed media artists demonstrate. As per usual, this is also where you will find some of the best abstract art. Like Fort Lauderdale’s Carla Bank’s strip and drip Sand Dunes (pictured here). And architect/sculptor Carrio Gaston’s large scale works that have earned him 33 awards at art shows since 2009– including AOAS in 2022. And, of course, AOAS favorite and multiple award-winner Ummarid “Tony” Eitharong, whose current work focuses on acrylic abstract art on watercolor paper.

Photography/Digital Art

We know Photography is one of the most popular categories in the show because it attracts the most repeat exhibitors. Including our fave rave head and tail light photog Dan Oleski who snaps iconic close ups of classic cars from Porsches and Cadillacs to a VW Microbus. Andrew Sovjani’s city scapes seem so instantly familiar you would swear you’ve seen them before on a Time/Life magazine cover. Likewise, Eric Saulitis is your go-to shutterbug for dance prints. As is Caroline Christie for equine photography. But for sheer take your breath away snapping, check New York City’s Michael Cheng’s white winter landscapes (pictured here).

Sculpture

Eighteen sculptors will exhibit at this year’s art show beginning with our perennial favorite, Clearwater FL’s award-winning glass blower Marlene Rose who works in sand cast glass. See her Moon Face Sun (picutred here). Eugene Perry’s abstract metal sculptures embody the simplicity, grace, organic forms, and striking aesthetics that can turn any Armonk yard into a mini Pepsico sculpture garden. While Laguna Beach’s Christopher Jeffries’ glass blown sculptures will grace your walls like a fine abstract painting.

Other Show Standouts

Other exhibitors you will won’t want to miss include Fine Crafts exhibitor Robin Kittleson, whose pieces begin as mass molten glass dots pulled into long thin rods which are then fired up to become a single surface (pictured here). Michael Nemnichs’ abstract prints (pictured at top of page);  plus Wearable Art from jewelry designer Avila Jackson and water marbled silk scarves and ties from Shibumi Silks.