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
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Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Open/No Theme, Best in Show, Carneval de Venezia
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Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Water/Seascapes, Judges Choice, Belle of Louisville
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Contemporary Art Gallery Online, All Weather of the Seasons, 2nd Place, Hooper Straight Lighthouse
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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
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Contemporary Art Gallery Online, All Landscapes, Best in Show, Waterloo Village
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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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