JUROR

Antony Zito is an Italian-American portrait painter, sculptor, muralist and musician. He has been a major proponent of independent art in New York City’s Lower East Side since the early 1990s and in 2002 he opened Zito Studio Gallery on Ludlow Street in Manhattan. Zito’s portrait paintings are featured in the films of Jim Jarmusch, including a scene with Meg and Jack White (The White Stripes) in Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), and in Broken Flowers (2005). Zito is Director/Co-founder Emeritus of 4heads Inc, the arts non-profit that has, since 2008, hosted Portal Art Fair in Lower Manhattan and Governors Island, hailed by the New York Times as the “Art Fair for the 99 Percent”. Zito left NYC in 2011 to return home to East Granby, CT where he has become more involved in the Connecticut art scene. He is Associate Director of Parkville Art Gallery in Hartford where he is in charge of curation and guiding the aesthetic vision of the exhibitions. His classes at West Hartford Art League are booked to capacity and his mural work is propagating across interior and exterior walls throughout NY and New England. 

Zito’s work branches out from traditional portrait painting, divining the implied narrative inherent in his use of found materials and mixed media. The layering of image and object coalesce into a theater of allegory, leading the viewer to unearth a meaning of their own. 

Zito’s work has been exhibited and collected throughout the US, UK, Mexico, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium and Japan. He is currently directing a documentary film centered on the legendary Mars Bar of the East Village in the 1990s and early 2000s.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Up to two original works produced solely by the artist, within the past two years are accepted. Each entry must have the completed form attached to the lower left hand corner of the back of the work. All adult works must be framed and wired for hanging. Youth works do not need to be matted or framed.

ENTRY FEES

Adult: $30 for first entry - $15 for second entry
Youth: $10 for first entry - $5 for second entry
Pinewood Derby Cars: $5 each

Cash or Checks preferred
(payable to: East Granby Public Library)
Venmo accepted (@EastGranbyPublicLibrary)

DELIVERY OF ART

All works must be hand delivered to the library

Wednesday, January 21st; 10am - 7pm
Thursday, January 22nd; 10am - 7pm
Friday, January 23rd; 10am - 4pm
Saturday, January 24th; 10am - 2pm

PICK UP OF ART

Monday, March 3rd through Saturday, March 8th

Works may not be removed before the end of the show.

SALES

All works are for sale unless noted "NFS" (Not For Sale). No "POR" (Price on Request) are accepted. A 30% commission is taken on all sales to support the event and benefit the Library. You may offer prints of original paintings entered in the show for sale. Size, type of print, and price must be added to entry.

DISCLAIMER

All entries will be handled with the best possible care. Artists will be required to hold harmless the East Granby Public Library and employees from any claim of damage from any cause whatsoever, or loss of works of art submitted for the exhibition.