Ann Marie Fitzsimmons

Ann Marie is a fine art teacher here at the Around the Corner Art Center. She teaches instructional art classes to students of all ages from the curious young children just entering elementary school to adults looking for some interesting & creative recreational activities. Ann Marie specializes in preparing portfolios with teen students interested in pursuing an education in Fine Art. Her concentrations are in acrylic painting and drawing. She enjoys the challenge of capturing new images on canvas. Some classes are taught in a step-by-step instructional style with a focus on learning techniques. Other classes are presented in an open-studio style setting so that students can work on individual art projects at their own pace. Ann Marie brings an art history lesson to each session to educate her students about great masterpieces. She encourages ALL of her students to exhibit their artwork whenever possible. Ann Marie received a B.A. in Fine Art from Montclair State College.

See Some of Ann Marie's Art below! 

Ann Marie Fitzsimmons uses paint and canvas to capture a moment in time that would otherwise be forgotten.  She challenges the viewer to take a closer look at things left to waste away.  Her images evoke emotion, whether from a discarded plastic fork entwined in weeds, or an unwanted rag doll left to tumble down a storm drain.  A recent painting of a blue latex glove at the Jersey Shore hung in an exhibit titled “Shine” at the Annemarie Sculpture Garden in Solomons Maryland.


Ann Marie graduated with honors and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art from Montclair State College (now Montclair State University).  She currently teaches painting and drawing to children, teens and adults at the Around the Corner Art Center in Freehold, NJ.  AnnMarie’s paintings have won many awards and have been exhibited in numerous juried shows, some of which are listed below.


Selected Juried Exhibitions:________________________________________________________________
2022 –The Cooperstown Art Association, 87th Annual National Competition, Cooperstown, NY
2022 –Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie Open 39, Trenton, NJ
2022 - The Gallery at Thompson Park, The Silence of Winter, Neon Spring, Summer Nights, Lincroft, NJ
2021,2020,2019,2018, 2017 - The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society (MPSGS) of
             Washington, DC, Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, Bethesda, MD
2021 - Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Shine, Solomons, MD
2021 - The Gallery at Thompson Park, Into the Woods, Of the Earth, Color, Geometric, Lincroft, NJ
2021 - Berkeley Arts Council, 11th Annual Art and Earth Exhibit, Martinsburg, WV
2021 - Art Alliance, 34rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ
2020 - Allied Artists of America 107th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
2020 - Art Alliance, 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ
2020 - Novado Gallery, Red, Jersey City, NJ
2020 - Main Street Arts, Small Works, Clifton Springs, NY
2019 - John F. Peto Museum, Trompe L’oiel meets Photorealism, Island Heights, NJ
2018 - Barron Arts Center, The Earth Speaks, Woodbridge, NJ
2018 - Masur Museum of Art, 55the Annual Exhibition, Monroe, LA
2018 - Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Yellow, an international online exhibition
2017 - Upstream Gallery, Small Works, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
2017 - George Segal Gallery, Art Connections 13, Montclair, NJ
2017 - The Cooperstown Art Association, 82nd Annual National Competition, Cooperstown, NY
       2016 - Stamford Art Association, 36th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford, CT
2009 - First Street Gallery, National Juried Exhibit, New York, NY
2009 - The Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts (SICA), 6th International Exhibit, Long Branch, NJ
2007 - Marcella Geltman Gallery, 16th National Show, New Milford, NJ
2006 - Visual Art Center of New Jersey, 20th International Juried Show, Summit, NJ
2004 - Silvermine Guild Arts Center, 55th Annual Art of the Northeast, New Canaan, CT


Solo Exhibitions:________________________________________________________________________           
2016 - Arts Guild of New Jersey, The Baker’s Dozen, Rahway, NJ
2012 - Monmouth Museum, New Jersey Emerging Artist, Lincroft, NJ
1999 - The Mansion at Thompson Park Exhibit Series, Lincroft, NJ


Honors and Awards:______________________________________________________________________
Best in Show, Monmouth County Senior Art Show, Manalapan, NJ  2022
Second Place, Belmar Arts Center, JAS18, Belmar, NJ   2022
Honorable Mention, Art Alliance, 35 Annual Juried Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ  2022
Spotlight Award, The Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, Sunshine & Shadows, Atlantic Highlands, NJ  2021
Second Place, New Jersey Council on the Arts 55th Statewide Art Show, Mercer County, NJ  2021        
First Place, Art Alliance, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (or Women), Red Bank, NJ   2021
Second Place, New Jersey Council on the Arts 54th Statewide Art Show, Mercer County, NJ   2020       
Honorable Mention, Point Beach Arts’ 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Point Pleasant, NJ  2020
Honorable Mention, MPSGS 84th Annual International Exhibit, Bethesda, MD  2018
Honorable Mention, MPSGS 83rd Annual International Exhibit, Bethesda, MD   2017
Juror’s Award, Art Alliance’s 28th Annual Juried Art Show, Red Bank, NJ 2014
Best in Show, St. George’s by-the-River Canterbury Art Show, Rumson, NJ   2012
Third Place, 21st State Exhibition at the Ocean County Artist’s Guild, Island Heights, NJ   2008
Judges Award, Monmouth County Arts Council’s exhibit at Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ 2007
Award in Excellence, SICA’s 2nd International Juried Exhibit, Long Branch, NJ   2005
Judges Choice, 19th State Exhibition at the Ocean County Artist’s Guild, Island Heights, NJ  2004


Education:______________________________________________________________________________
BA, cum laude, Studio Art, Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ.   1981                                                 


Employment:___________________________________________________________________________
Resident Artist, Instructor & Chairperson, Around the Corner Art Center, Freehold, NJ.   1996-present