2025 Winter Show poster . Click to enlarge.
The 2025 Winter Show at Barnes & Noble takes place Feb. 3-March 1. Co-chairs are Nancy Mallo and Susan Fredericks Hodes, with assistance from past chair Linda Delaney.
Entry in the show is open to PAA members only. Members who register for the show may also submit images of the same paintings for the online companion show.
The judge is Steve BonDurant, an award-winning landscape painter and frequent local and national show judge. He earned his AAS in painting and BFA in medical illustration from RIT and has studied in France and Italy. Steve is one of the founding members of Pittsford Fine Art and exhibits and teaches at the Pat Rini Rohrer gallery in Canandaigua. He is a signature member of the Rochester Art Club, a founding signature member of Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters, and paints most Saturdays, year-round, with the All-Weather Gang, a group of outdoor painters that formed in the 1980s.
Here are the key dates for the Winter Show:
Registration deadline: Jan. 4
Online Companion Show deadline: Jan. 18
Drop off paintings: 10:30 a.m. – Noon Feb. 2
Judging: Noon – 2 p.m. Feb. 2
Pick-up of unaccepted works: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Feb. 2
Show Opens: Monday, Feb. 3
Opening Reception and Awards: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5
Critique by Judge: 3 – 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22
Take Down & Pick-up: 4 – 5 p.m. March 1