Art judge, Eleanor Steffen chose the awards for our 25th Gala Anniversary Art Show. The awards are top secret until the reception on May 3, 2015 at the Dutch Ale House Gallery, 253 Main Street, Saugerties. The reception will be held 4 – 6 pm with awards being presented at 5 pm. (The public is invited to this free event.) Our distinguished judge has won the highly-honored Kunioshi Award at the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum (WAAM) in 2007.  She won Best of Show at WAAM in 1993, 1994 and 1995. In 2008, she and her late husband, Bernard Steffen (former art teacher at the Art Students League – summer school in Woodstock , NY)  had a two- person show at the Dog House Gallery in Saugerties in 2008. She had a one-person show there in 2014. Among many juried shows over the years, she had a solo show at WAAM in 2007. Eleanor Steffen was an art teacher at Brentwood High School on Long Island (1970 – 1993). We are honored to have her select the winners of our 25th Annual Art Show.