Gallery Opening at Bear Mountain inn for AiP
This is exciting news for AiP. A dedicated gallery space for AiP members. Work will be juried, and shows rotating.
The Inn looks amazing with all it’s new renovations and I am delighted to have a piece in this show. The opening reception is February 24th, 6-8:30PM. I will be there, know ing me, a little late.
Here is all the info. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9180171.htm
Highlands Bank of Vernon Exhibit, February 2012 – April 2012
Fifteen landscape paintings on exhibit at the bank. If you get a chance to go check it out, let me know what you think, it is a nice space to exhibit.
Highlands State Bankhttp://highlandsstatebank.com/
Highlands State Bank® – this is at the intersection where Rt. 515 meets 94, and Rt. 94 has a right angle turn.
(973) 764-3200
310 Route 94
PO Box 160
Vernon, NJ 07462
Monday thru Thursday:
Lobby Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday:
Lobby Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday:
Lobby Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Book Cover Art
I recently illustrated a cover for an e book”Dark Red, the beginning of the…. I was delighted to work with the author Walter Masterson. I read the first chapter and found it profoundly interesting, spiritual and metaphorical. I am going to read the whole book. Check out the cover art and synopsis here. http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Red-Beginning-End-ebook/dp/B0068UWDHO/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321834335&sr=1-1
NJ Gallery Celebrates Giving the Gift of Handmade This Holiday Season
“Good Things, Small Packages”, celebrates giving the gift of handmade, featuring TraillWorks’ guest artists, old and new. New artists include Linda Finkelstein, Janet Howard-Fatta, Joann Wells Greenbaum, Heidi Lanino, Amanda Gordon Miller, Kristen Muller, Ted Petrockho and Andrea Rosenfeld alongside TraillWorks’ regulars, Phylis Barfoot, Brenda Decker, Martha C. Hall, David Ohlerking, Karin Lowney- Seed, and owner, Jennie Traill Schaeffer. Works range in media from paintings to prints, fibers to ceramics, with every piece priced under $200.
During the opening reception on November 12th, artists Amanda Gordon Miller and Jennie Traill Schaeffer will be sharing their creative processes and insight at the opening reception through their demonstrations and discussions. Amanda Gordon Miller will be demonstrating the art of printmaking with water based, eco-friendly ink transferred onto her woodcarvings. Her nature-inspired prints embody organic shapes and forms. And, owner, Jennie Traill Schaeffer, will show her technique of blending and applying oils to model forms on panel. Jennie’s vivid and textural oil paintings are based around domesticity and the role of women in the home.
“Good Things, Small Packages”, features contemporary work by eighteen emerging and established artists from the mid-Atlantic region. Photographer, Ted Petrochko, whose work was recently on display at Krave Café and Caterers, in Newton, NJ, brightens the gallery with his vibrant, unusual photos that he refers to as the “Abstract Expressionism of Rust”. Collage artist and painter, Linda Finkelstein, brings an element of intimacy to the gallery with her small, spontaneous pieces that revolve around her travels in Europe. Oil painter, Janet Howard-Fatta, embraces light, color and her love of nature to create landscapes from the Hudson Valley area. Andrea Rosenfeld’s jewelry is made of eco-friendly, natural stones and materials that are Reiki cleansed to enhance their healing. Martha Traill Schaeffer’s delicate necklaces and earrings embrace the world around us by using nature castings of sterling silver and earthy stones. This exhibit encourages guests to buy local, give uniquely and celebrate the art of hand-made.
TraillWorks: Studio, Gallery, and Lesson space is located at 214 Spring Street, 1st Floor, in Newton, NJ, and is open Tuesday and Wednesday 12-6pm, 12-8pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, and Sunday 11-4pm. The contemporary gallery features artist/owner, Jennie Traill Schaeffer’s paintings, drawings, and prints as well as original, artisan-made jewelry and art by emerging and established guest artists. TraillWorks offers art lessons and custom work, specializing in Wedding Cake Portraits. For additional information, please call 973-383-1307 or visit http://www.TraillWorks.com
Open Studio Tour 2011
In chaos we become the ocean.
It is that time of the year–Open Studios! Every other year Warwick participates in an Open Studio Event, every year new artists participate. The tour is FREE! You can get your map on-line here Or you can pick one up at the OCAC office in Sugarloaf. or I can drop one in the mail to you. It is nice to have the hard color copy at your fingertips.
Over 50 artists in the beautiful Hudson Valley!
The doors to studios will be open Saturday and Sunday Oct.22 & 23rd, 2011, 11AM-5PM. I’ll be doing a painting demo on both days at noon.
I am number 12 on the map.
Also, join us for the opening reception on Friday Oct. 21st, 6-8PM, at the Seligmann Homestead.
Warwick FarmAid Community Mural
On September 25th Warwick Valley Farm Aid 2011 raised over 50,000 to be distributed equally to Warwick farmers who applied for assistance. Farmers in Warwick were severely affected by Hurricane Irene and its subsequent flooding.
During the Open House portion of the event a group of local artists worked with the community to create a mural.
The mural began less than two weeks prior to Farm Aid I met with local Warwick artists Ron Gee, Heidi Lanino Bilezikian, Dan Mack and myself to discuss with Jane Hamburger, former principal of Pine Island Elementary, on how we could incorporate the visual arts into Farm Aid. Jane had the idea of creating a mural with the community and then using that mural as a backdrop for the FarmAid Concert. Furthermore, the mural has now been broken down into smaller works of art, framed and will be presented and given as gifts to the municipalities that helped during the floods. The presentation will take place on Oct. 13th, 2011 at the Town Board Meeting.
Through our brainstorming process we developed the idea to focus on the beauty of water, using large plywood panels as our base, tempra paint and collage. Local businesses donated the material for mural. Prior to the event Ron Gee gathered materials, prepared and painted swirls of blues on the panels to set a template that impied the movement of water.
In the courtyard of the Warwick Valley High School event attendees flowed through the doors and began to create with material laid out on four long tables that were assembled with paints, brushes, water and paper. There were kids as young as two, parents, teenagers and seniors all painting side by side. There was a constant flow of people all day.
Local artists Karen Decher, Lisa Cullen, Tyler Cullen and Nicole Heller also volunteered to help carefully cut and assemble the painted paper into collage onto the boards with glue. A half hour before the concert the mural was carried onto the stage and hung on cables other volunteers/custodians had put in place.
The final piece was electric! With the spotlights on it, it worked perfectly with the music, evoking waves of sound.
What a fantastic collaboration. I am so proud to be a part of this community that cares about the food we grow and the people who grow it.
An Artists Inspiration: Landscapes of Warwick’s Village and Town
The plein-air series I created in May is finally hanging in the library. I am getting lots of interesting feedback about the work. I still think about the ones that did not get painted. I would like to do one on the weekend of September 28th of the Farmers Market in action. That is the one thing that is really missing from this exhibit. The Farmers Market is part of the heart of this town.
Warwick Life Drawing Group
Study on Red, 9 x 12", oil on panel, by Janet Howard-Fatta
The Warwick Drawing group meets at the Orange County Arts Council facility (A.K.A. the Seligmann Estate), 23 White Oak Road, Sugar Loaf. (Use Chester for your GPS)
Time: Wednesday morning, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. (check during the summer if we are meeting or not)
New! Starting January 2012. 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month. 3 Hour Studies.
The 1st Friday of the month is a portrait with a clothed model, the 3rd Friday is a nude, 1 long pose. Both days meet 10AM-1PM. Sign up in advance. Limited to 1o people. e-mail me. janet@jhowardstudios.com
This is non-instructional and is open for all to come. Please bring your own materials to draw with. There are tables and chairs for your use, we ask that you clean up your area after the session. You may bring your own easel. There is also a sink if you need water for wet media.
The poses vary, starting off with 5 one minute gestures, 3-two minutes, 2 five minute poses. Then two-ten minute poses, and lastly two twenty minute poses. We draw silently and usually make a heck of a lot of chatter during the five minute breaks.
Fees are:
$50 for all six sessions
$30 for any three of the six
$12 for drop-ins.
Any questions contact janet@jhowardstudios.com or Chris Brune cbrune@warwick.net
Workshops
Weekend Plein-air workshops in pastel or oils with Janet Howard-Fatta
There with an emphasis on color theory and light. Focusing on the Impressionist Masters practices, as well as plein-air contemporary artists. Engaging discussions about contemporary representationalism and applications. Participants will be working from still life in a light filled barn studio, or outside in the Audobon property that is adjacent to artist’s studio, weather permitting.
Dates: Saturday, April 21-22nd, 2012 – 9AM-2PM
For Ages: 15 and to adult (class size limited to 8 )
Fee: $130
Place: To be determined
Supply list supplied upon registration.
Teen School Painting & Drawing Classes - Mondays 3-5PM
Painting and drawing with an emphasis is on creating a college portfolio with observational drawing, painting, and design work. Students will learn advanced drawing & painting skills, working with a variety of wet and dry mediums including, oils, charcoal, ink. With oils, we will work on technique, materials, color, composition, elements of design and capturing the light. Students work independently, if a student has an idea on what he or she wants to accomplish, I try to help them realize their ideas and help them through the process to accomplish them.
Classes size is limited (4 ) At my private studio. Fee: 4 weeks $100, with an ongoing enrollment through the school year.
Solo Exhibit at the Albert Wisner Public Library
September 2011, the galleries at the Albert Wisner Public Libary in Warwick NY will feature my artwork, including early work, prints, drawings and paintings. Also, it will include the latest works from my cross country trip summer 2011. Check back here this summer, because I will be blogging about the trip. I hope to make it interesting for everyone.
