| | ARTISTS' NEWSLETTER News and Opportunities for Artists of Fairfield County, CT April 21, 2018 PART ONE |
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| | The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is a nonprofit service organization that supports its members through unified marketing, capacity building, professional development, and advocacy services. This newsletter is sent to all who request it - but we ask that, if you are not a member, you explore membership benefits and consider joining this community of more than 575 individuals and organizations. You can sign up here. |
| | | | | ACE AWARDEES ANNOUNCED. TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR JUNE 6 AWARDS BREAKFAST |
| | Tickets are now available for our 3rd annual Arts & Cultural Empowerment (ACE) Awards Breakfast, Wed. June 6, 7:30-9am at the Shore and Country Club, Norwalk. James Naughton is our master of ceremonies and Robin Tauck, business leader and philanthropist, is our keynote speaker. Our honorees this year are: Dennis Bradbury (Citizen Award); Valerie Cooper (Corporate Award); Megan Bonneau McCool (Artist Award); New England Dance Theater (Nonprofit Award); and Jim Royle (Educator Award). A special President's award is being made to the Family of Burt Chernow, in recognition of the powerful impact he made on Fairfield County’s arts and culture community. The Cultural Alliance is grateful for our generous ACE Award event sponsors: United Capital Financial Life Management, Cohen & Wolf and Studio2pt0, LLC, and media sponsor Moffly Media. Individual breakfast tickets cost $75 and are available now at https://aceawards2018.eventbrite.com |
| | CATCH PODCAST OF SUSTAINABILITY SPOTLIGHT SHOW |
| | If you missed this month's Spotlight on Arts & Culture, you can listen to the podcast here. Catch Wes Haynes (Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation), environmental artist Daniel Lanzilotta and Analiese Paik (Sustainne) discuss Creating a Sustainable Future. Discover the ecology of sustainability: buildings as embodied energy, the links between recycling and bringing new life to old buildings, encouraging consumers to make sustainable choices, and how artists play a role in dramatizing and raising consciousness of the danger of plastics in our environment. You can also listen to podcasts of recent shows on Who Cares About Public Art, Creative Placemaking and David Green & Adger Cowans. |
| | CAFC JOINS BRIDGEPORT GROUPS IN SAVORCITY... |
| | The Cultural Alliance is joining several Bridgeport groups, including Capital for Change and The NEST Arts Factory, that are organizing to feature the culinary and cultural delights of Connecticut’s most diverse city. The idea is to organize monthly visits to restaurants in different neighborhoods featuring samples of the diverse cuisines of the City: Brazilian, Chinese, Thai, Colombian, Italian, Jamaican, Mexican, Portuguese, Turkish, Vietnamese and more, and to also showcase Bridgeport artists and musicians. The project is called SavorCity and is launching April 28 at Ruuthai's Kitchen at 648 Beechwood Avenue, in Bridgeport’s West End, with two servings of lunch, music by Rick Reyes and paintings by the NEST's Jill Morton. Interested? Space is limited, so reserve a spot at https://savorcityruuthai.eventbrite.com. In May, it's Turkish food at Black Rock's Bereket. |
| | ...AND FOR JANE'S WALK - MAY 5 |
| The Cultural Alliance is also partnering with other Bridgeport organizations (bikeport co-op, Bridgeport DSSD, Bridgeport Generation Now, Bridgeport Public Library, City of Bridgeport, and Urban Bike Tours of Bridgeport) in organizing the Bridgeport iteration of the international Jane's Walk, May 5. In celebration of Jane Jacobs, the journalist, urbanist and activist who championed new, community-based approaches to planning for over 40 years, Jane's Walks are organized to help citizen's explore their towns and connect with neighbors and contribute to thoughtful conversations about creative, community-driven city building. The session starts at 3pm with a brief meet-up to learn about the legacy of Jane Jacobs; then join one of two bike and two walking tours and learn how to get involved just like Jane. And then end with a drink at Harlan Haus. Sign up here.
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| | CATCH US ON WPKN
Catch our 2-minute Drive Time selections from the week’s E-Buzz on WPKN 89.5 FM and wpkn.org. Selected events from FCBuzz.org postings, can be heard as PSAs: 7-9am and 4-7pm, weekdays.
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| | | | DENISE SUSALKA
Denise Susalka, a resident of Redding and Palmas del Mar, earned an MBA in International Finance and worked for 18 years in banking and finance before beginning her art career. Since 2000, she has been channeling her creativity into painting with the same energy that she brought to international finance. Sharing her memories of living in France, Italy, Japan and Puerto Rico and of her travels throughout Asia, Europe, South America and the Caribbean, Denise uses color, texture, and play of light to convey a sense of place in her landscapes, her evocative abstracts and her still-lifes. She's keen to awaken all the senses of the viewer: evoking the floral scent of hibiscus or lavender, the tartness of a kiwi or the sweetness of a mango, the whisper of trees swaying or the roar of the surf, the warmth of the sun or the coolness of the breezes. Teaching, especially children, helps Denise recapture her child-like vision through the eyes of her students. She revels in seeing children incorporate new information with their unique perspective to arrive at something fresh and undeniably original. Denise has exhibited her work in LakeShore Gallery in Bolton Landing, NY; Lady Audrey's Gallery in West Cornwall, CT; Rockwell Gallery in Westport, CT and had a permanent exhibition of her work at Maji-Lina Gallery in Rio Mar, PR until it closed in 2013. Denise is a founding member of Cannondale Studios and Gallery in Wilton, and exhibits her work throughout Connecticut and Puerto Rico. See her website. |
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| | GREGG WELZ
Gregg Welz, a lifelong resident of Norwalk, is a conceptual artist who configures cut and folded pieces of drawing paper into repeating patterns, creating gradations of light and cast shadow. From early watercolor lessons at the age of twelve to an art and design education at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, Gregg has continued to experiment artistically. He notes that his imagination is influenced by geometries found throughout the environment, both natural and man-made. “I am drawn to this abstract process as a means of expressing the visual symmetry around me: architecture, water patterns, or stone walls, for instance,” he says, citing Sol LeWitt and Louise Nevelson among his sources of inspiration. “Using the grid confines or contains the composition to its singular space; I envision the boundaries broken through to infinite scale.” Using paper with texture and weight is important to the artist; he likes the tactile feel of it. The folds of the paper form shadows that make one more layer of pattern and color; even in the monochromatic compositions, the shadows cast a variety of shades. “When I first created the paper cuts series, shadows were a pleasant after effect,” he says. “As my work develops, I look forward to what the shadows may reveal.” Welz compares cutting paper to preparing a palette of mixed paint, and his studio tools are blades instead of brushes. He then lays out the grid and completes each square, over and over. Each piece of paper has been scored, cut, folded, and a fixed with a riser; completion can take several weeks of repetitious practice. Recent shows include at The Lionheart Gallery, (and its online successor, Paraphé), and Rowayton Arts Center (where Gregg won "Best in Show" for the 2016 Community Sponsored Awards Exhibition). See details on the 2-1-2 Exhibition at the Ridgefield Guild of Artists. See Gregg's website here. |
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| Elizabeth Agresta, Painter
Valerie Ahneman, Musician
Peter Alexander, Landscape ArchitectKristen Ambrosi, Painter Tracey Anderson-Kollar, Visual Artist Francesca Andre, Filmmaker & Photo- grapherLeslee Asch, Curator, Writer
Frances Ashforth, Painter/ Printmaker
Judith Bacal, Designer
Anna Badini, Painter
Mary Bailey, Sculptor & Writer
Louise Baranger, Musician
Patrice Barrett, Painter
Nina Bentley, Mixed Media/Sculptor Sue Benton, Photographer
Paul Berger, Photographer
Karla Bernstein, Photographer
Thomas Berntsen, Photographer/Sculptor Binnie Birstein, Painter/ Printmaker
Elise Black, Painter
Tara Blackwell, Painter Christina Blais, Quilter Ziggy Bober, Sculptor
Amy Bock, Painter
Andrea Bonfils, Mixed Media Artist Dennis Bradbury, Photographer
Carolyn Brady, Photographer
Nancy Breakstone, Photographer Michael Brennecke, Painter
Wendy Brest, Mixed Media
Lucienne Buckner, Sculptor
Bevi Bullwinkel, Painter
Miggs Burroughs, Graphic Artist
Trace Burroughs, New Media
Joy Bush, Photographer
Louise Cadoux, Painter/Sculptor Bob Callahan, Painter
Donna Callighan, Photographer
Patricia Campbell, Dancer
Linn Cassetta, Printmaker
Polly Castor, Painter Carolyn Cavolo, Dancer
Ann Chernow, Painter/Printmaker
Alan Chapell, Musician Eric Chiang, Painter
Frederic Chiu, Pianist
Yvonne Claveloux, Painter Elaine Clayton, Painter and Writer Alicia Cobb, Painter
Joyce Colburn, Painter
Heidi Lewis Coleman, Mixed Media Rosa Colón, Painter, Mixed Media Margaret Stapor Costa, Filmmaker
Adger Cowans, Photographer and Painter
Naomi Cruz, Painter Dolly Curtis, Curator
Lisa Cuscuna, Painter
Dawn Dahl, Painter
Cris Dam, Painter/Muralist
Holly Danger, Video Artist
Betsy Davidson, Painter
Carlos Davila, Painter, Sculptor
Jane Davila, Fiber Artist/ Mixed Media Cortney Davis, Writer
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Sculptor/ Furniture Maker/Violinist Emily Derr, Illustrator/Designer
Joyce DiCamillo, Musician
Barbara Kunin Dierolf, Painter
Jan Dilenschneider, Painter
Eugenie Diserio, Painter
Carol Nipomnich Dixon, Mixed Media
Erin Dolan, Painter
Amy Dolego, Photography Jennifer Drolet, Painter
David Dunlop, Painter
Philip Eliasoph, Writer
Jeanine Esposito, Mixed Media
Katherine Evans, Painter
Susan Fehlinger, Painter
Louise Flax, Mixed Media
Rosaida Flores, Dancer
David Laurence Flynn, Lighting Designer
Heide Follin, Painter
Christa Forrest, Painter
Rose-Marie Fox, Painter
Cecilia Moy Fradet, Painter/ Printmaker
Herm Freeman, Painter
Rebeca Fuchs, Painter Megan Garbe, Painter Rhonda Gentry, Painter Joe Gitterman, Sculptor
Scott Glaser, Painter
William Glaser, Photographer
Lori Glavin, Visual Artist
Danielle Goldstein, Photographer
Ellen Gordon, Painter
Sue Brown Gordon, Painter/Jeweler Ellen Gould, Photographer
Joyce Grasso, Painter/ Photographer Kristen Graves, Musician
Len Grayeck, Painter
Jen Greely, MultiMedia/ Installation
Mindy Green, Mixed Media
Carolina Guimarey, Multi- Media Artist Barry Guthertz, Photographer
Dorothy Hafner, Sculptor
Don Hamerman, Photographer
Mary Harold, Photographer
Julie Headland, Painter/ Printmaker
Adair Heitmann, Printmaker
Kate Henderson, Mixed Media - ASSOCIATE MaryEllen Hendricks, Photographer
Gwen Hendrix, Fiber/ Mixed Media Lenore Eggleston Herbst, Dancer Tracy Hoffman,
Photographer & Printmaker ASSOCIATE Veronica Hofstetter, Painter Bruce Horan,
Painter/Printmaker
Elizabeth Howard, Writer
Sonya Huber, Writer Yuko Ike, Painter
Jana Ireijo, Painter
Sholeh Janati, Painter
Renée Kahn, Painter/ Sculptor
Vasken Kalayjian, Painter
Karen Kalkstein, Graphic Artist Amy Kaplan, Painter Natasha Karpinskaia,
Painter
Ed Katz, Theatre Critic
Emily Kelting, Photographer
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Elisa Keogh, Photographer
Susan Keown, Painter/ Mixed Media/Ceramicist Photographer ASSOCIATE Niki Ketchman, Sculptor/ Multimedia
Jin Hi Kim, Musician/Composer Lesley Koenig, Painter
Richard Koleszar, Painter
Xiao Mai Kong, Painter
Moki Kokoris, Visual Artist Michael Kozlowski, Painter
Joanie Landau, Jewelry designer/Printmaker Lydia Larson, Painter Emily Hamilton Laux, Photographer Katya Lebrija, Painter/MixedMedia Eric Jiaju Lee, Visual Artist/ Musician Phyllis Lee, Visual Artist Julie Leff, Painter Susan Leggitt, Painter Barbara Loss, Photographer Shelley Lowell, Painter/Sculptor/Poet Jane Lubin, Mixed Media Mark Macrides, Painter,
Collagist Jessica Makin, Painter/ Photographer
Connie Manna, Painter Mary Manning, Painter/ Printmaker
Elizabeth Marks, Painter
Ruben Marroquin, Fiber Artist
Nadia Martinez, MultiMedia
Sooo-z Mastropietro, Multimedia
Barbara Mathis, Painter
Megan Bonneau McCool, Choreographer
Carole McClintock, Painter
Grace S. McEnaney, Painter
Nancy McTague-Stock, MixedMedia Shanna Melton, Poet
Kristin Merrill, Jeweler/Sculptor
Toby Michaels, Painter
Jay Misencik, Photographer Duvian Montoya, Painter
Brechin Morgan, Painter Day Moore, Painter Nancy Moore, Painter Meighan Morrison, Painter Carol Mueller, Painter/Printmaker Cynthia Mullins, Painter Susan Murray, Painter Aisha Nailah,MixedMedia/ Photographer Tava Naiyin, Dancer Dale Najarian, Painter Karen Neems, Photographer/MixedMedia Susan Newbold, Painter Mary Newcomb, Painter Jill Nichols, Painter Eddie Niño, Painter Judith Norinsky, Painter Julie O’Connor, Photographer Kazumasa Oda, Painter Amy Oestreicher Performing/Visual Artist
Melissa Orme, Painter Rose Palmiero, Painter Parkway South, Musicians Steve Parton, Painter Judy Peknik, Painter Justin Perlman, Sculptor Chris Perry, Book Artist Jay Petrow, Painter Laura Pflug, Painter Diane Pollack, Mixed Media Karen Ponelli, Painter ASSOCIATE Lynn Carlson Popat, Painter
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Jennifer Prat, Photographer Elizabeth Quesada, Painter Ben Quesnel, Sculptor, Videographer Lauren Rago, Mixed Media Tim Reimer, Painter Gwen North Reiss, Poet Rick Reyes, Singer/ Songwriter Barbara Ringer, Photographer Mariya Rivera, Painter Dorothy Robertshaw, Mixed Media Alyse Rosner, Painter/ Mixed Media Richard Sadlon, Musicians
Renee Santhouse, Graphic Artist Jill Sarver, Painter Visual Artist
Ellen Schiffman, Fiber
Artist
Norma Schlager, Fiber
Artist
Marianne R. Schmidt,
Painter
Guy Sealey, Multimedia
Lisa Seidenberg,
Filmmaker
Rick Shaefer, Visual Artist
Barbara Shea, Writer
Alissa Siegal, Painter
Norm Siegel, Painter
Lisa P. Silberman,
Photographer
Phyllis Sinrich,
Photographer
Megan Smith-Harris,
Writer/Filmmaker
Cleo Sonneborn, Painter
Rene Soto, Painter
Liz Squillace, Painter/Printmaker
Connie Stancell, Painter
Sergei Stepanenko,
Painter
Barbara Stewart, Painter
Pam Stoddart, Painter
Florence Suerig, Visual
Artist
Denise Susalka, Painter Janice Sweetwater,
Painter
Susan Tabachnick, Sculptor
Juliette Tehrani, Painter
Mick Theebs, Writer/Painter
Alicia Thompson, Actress/ Playwright
Dara Tomeo, Painter
Kris D. Toohey, Painter
Andrea Towey, Musician
Ruth Kalla Ungerer, Printmaker
Vincent Verrillo, Painter
Karen Vogel, Painter
Lee Walther, Mixed Media
Ann Weiner, Multi-Media,
Painter
Peggy Weis, MultiMedia
Cynthia Whalen, Painter
Joan Wheeler, Painter
Al Coyote Weiner, Painter
Ann Weiner, MultiMedia
Conceptual Artist
Gregg Welz, Mixed Media Jahmane West,
MultiMedia Artist
Elizabeth White,
MultiMedia
Justin Wiest, Painter
Jarvis Wilcox, Painter
Bruce Williams, Painter
Jen Williams, Painter
Tammy Winser, Mixed
Media
Nancy Woodward,
Photographer/Mixed
Media
Dmitri Wright, Painter
Jeffrey Wyant, Visual
Artist
Greg Ziebell, Painter |
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