KAA Member News
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Leonardo da Vinci
Reminders for the 2011 Season
- New Membership Rates are in effect for 2011; please see the membership page.
- Collage will be accepted into the Graphics section of the shows.
- Abstract (non-objective) Art will be accepted into the Member shows.
- Elected Artist Candidates will have three (3) years to be accepted into two (2) juried shows.
- Small Wall Works will be limited to a canvas size of 80 square inches. We are going to measure the image's size, not the frame size.
Member News Items
George Wittman, is having his first one-man exhibit,"The Four Season's of the Field" at Kent's newest gallery space, SCOTT & BOWNE, llc.
The show, comprised of over thirty new large scale oil paintings, is the culmination of his year documenting Kent's Marble Valley Farm off Rte 7, his experience, education and focus on this single well-known local organic farm was instrumental in reinvigorating his energy and technique as he began to understand the importance and immediacy of life on this 21st century farm. Inspired originally by a visit to farmer Megan Haney's farm stand, and becoming awestruck by the sheer beauty of her produce.
As the year progressed, his understanding of the effort involved in the success of this local farm, formed a desire to express in a vivid series if large scale images the buildings, fields, produce and equipment and the importance of maintaining Kent's agricultural heritage. The stories concerning the initial conservation of this farm from Bill Arnold from the Kent Land Trust, reminded Wittman that some of his favorite 19th century artist's played a huge role in the early creation of the American conservation movement. Before moving to Kent full-time in 2009, Wittman worked as a fine artist and Union Scenic artist over the last 25 years. He believes now, at 48, that he has really just hit his stride with this focused and personal group of paintings. The show will run at SCOTT& BOWNE from July 30th -September 5th.
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 30th from 4-7 pm, food and refreshments will be served.
SCOTT & BOWNE, 27 North Main Street, Kent, CT 06757
For more information: call 860-592-0207 or e-mail: info@scottandbowne.com or Click here for the e-vite
Julie Hopkins' pastel painting, "Big Fish....," received the award for Best Pastel at the Salmagundi Club of New York's Special President's Exhibition "The Best of The Best: Water media & Pastel," currently on exhibit at the Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue through April 22.
Julie's painting "Last Straw" was selected as one of the top 100 pastel paintings of the year in the 12th Annual Pastel 100 Competition, sponsored by The Pastel Journal magazine. The painting received an Honorable Mention as one of 15 paintings chosen for the Abstract/Non-Objective category; the painting is currently featured in the March/April 2011 issue of The
Pastel Journal.
Lidaenes Macrina Ferro is mounting a new show entitled
“A New Beginning - A Tribute to Women” at the Rio II Gallery.
The show will feature Lidaenis’ Paintings and Drawings and will run from March 4th through March 31st.
Opening Reception: Friday, March 11, 2011 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Rio II Gallery - 583 Riverside Drive - 7th Floor (corner of 135th Street) - New York, NY 10031
212-568-2030 x 208 - aorodriguez@broadwayhousin.org
For More Information:
www.lidaenis.com or lidaenis@yahoo.com
201-602-3342
Virginia Donavan is participating in a show at the New Century Artists Gallery on 25th Street in NYC. The show is entititled "TOGETHER" and features works by 16 Artists - curated by Basha Maryanska - Running from March 1 through the 19th.
Virginia was cited in a review for the show in Gallery & Studio Magazine’s February/March 2011 issue by Maurice Taplinger -
“... in Virginia Donovan's austere landscapes, primarily in somber earthy hues, hilly land masses suggest slumbering giants, set against pale areas of water. The quiet power of Donovan's compositions emanates from the almost sculptural weight and presence that she imparts to compositions in which the land itself, with its fluent contours, appears to ebb flow, rather than the still bodies of water, as impassive as the seemingly limitless expanses of cloudless sky.”
New Century Artists Gallery – 530 W 25th Street, Suite 406 – New York, New York 10001 – 212-367.7072
For more information: Evpdonovan@aol.com
