Associations/Awards/Press



Associations

Garafola is a member of numerous art associations. He is a Life Member of the Art Students League of New York and Life Member of the Art Directors Club of New Jersey. In Florida he is a member of the Art Center of Manatee, Longboat Key; the Sarasota Art Center; the Portrait Society of Sarasota; and the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota. In New Jersey he is a member of the Somerset Art Association; the New Jersey Center for Visual Arts in Summit; and the Westfield Art Association. Other associations include The International Guild of Realism, Fine Art Studio Online, LA Art Guide, Oil Painters of America and International Gallery of the Arts.

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Awards

• Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Open/No Theme, Best in Show, Carneval de Venezia
  

  
  

• Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Water/Seascapes, Judges Choice, Belle of Louisville
  

  
  

• Contemporary Art Gallery Online, All Weather of the Seasons, 2nd Place, Hooper Straight Lighthouse
  

  
  

• Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery, Still Life Competition, Third Place, Carneval De Venezia
  

  
  

• Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery, Portrait Competition

  • Honorable Mention, Henry Morrison Flagler

  • Honorable Mention, Gypsy Mirela

  • Honorable Mention, Jeannie & Goliath

• Contemporary Art Gallery Online, All Landscapes, Best in Show, Waterloo Village
  

  
  

• Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery, Creative Inspiration - Inaugural year

  • Award of Merit, Noteworthy, Waterloo Village

  • Award of Merit, Noteworthy, Moose in Yosemite

  • Award of Merit, Noteworthy, Mabry Mill

• Society of Portrait Artists Foundation, the International Portrait Arts Festival held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Certificate of Excellence, Atsuko Kubota (Japanese Girl)

  
  

• Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville, NJ,Award of Excellence, Atsuko Kubota (Japanese Girl)

  
  

• Somerset Art Association, Somerset, NJ, Best in Show, Atsuko Kubota (Japanese Girl)

  
  

• Somerset Art Association, Somerset, NJ, Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award, Atsuko Kubota (Japanese Girl)

  
  

• Anna Maria Art League Gallery, Anna Maria Island, FL, 1st Place, Flamenco Dancer

  
  

• New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, Marion Anderson Memorial Award for Portraiture, Carolann

  
  

• New Jersey Center of Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, Award of Excellence, Bill, Guitar Player

  
  

• Sarasota Portrait Society, Sarasota, FL, 1st Place, Ralph Garafola, Self Portrait

  
  

• Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ, Award of Excellence, Bobby and his dog Butchie

  
  

• Art Center of Manatee, Manatee, FL

  • 1st Place, Carnevale de Venezia

  • 1st Place, Twelve Meter Racing

  • 2nd Place, The Golden Ballet Shoes

• Art & Frame, Sarasota, FL, 1st Place, Bridge Street Pier at Sunrise

  
  

• Les Malamut Gallery, Union, NJ, Honorable Mention, Venice Gondola

  
  

• Longboat Key Center for the Arts (Div. of Ringling College), Longboat Key, FL

  • 1st Place, Tourist in the Ringling Museum

  • 1st Place, Kubuki Courtesan

  • 1st Place, Memories of a Geisha

• Park Avenue Club, Florham Park, NJ, 2nd Place, Au Lapin Agile (Dancing Rabbit) Cabaret, Montmartre

  
  

• Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ, Gamblin "Artists Oil Color" Award, Waterloo Village

  
  

• Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL, 1st Place, Painting on The Left Bank, Paris

  
  

• Westfield Art Association, Westfield, NJ

  • Award of Excellence, The Clammer

  • Award of Excellence, Brown's Head Light

• Art Directors Club of New Jersey, Kearny, NJ, Gold Medal, Special Honor-Service Award, RalphGarafola

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Press

NJ Savvy Living Magazine featured Garafola as one of the three premier portrait artists in New Jersey.

Other media coverage includes:

Asbury Park Press

B.Savvy magazine of Central New Jersey

Courier News

Home News Tribune

Long Island Power and Sail Magazine

Portrait Signature-Journal of the American Society of Portrait Artists

Ridgewood Art Institute's catalogue

Star Ledger

The Connections Showcase

The Journal

The Warren Historical Society newsletter

Warren Business and Professional Newspaper

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