| | ARTISTS' NEWSLETTER News and Opportunities for Artists of Fairfield County, CT April 7, 2018 |
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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. |
| | | | NEXT SPOTLIGHT: Creating a Sustainable Future - WPKN |
| | On Mon. April 9 at noon, join Cultural Alliance members Wes Haynes, from the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, environmental artist Daniel Lanzilotta and Analiese Paik, Managing Director of Sustainne, in a conversation about Creating a Sustainable Future, and how the arts and culture can articulate the need and show the way towards living in sustainable ways. This is our regular Spotlight on Arts & Culture interview show, the 2nd Monday of each month, at noon on WPKN.org 89.5FM. Catch podcasts of recent shows on Who Cares About Public Art, Creative Placemaking and David Green & Adger Cowans. |
| | SAVE THE DATE: ACE AWARDS WED. JUNE 6, 7:30am |
| Mark your calendar and plan to join us for the 2018 ACE Awards, an annual event to draw attention to the wealth of talent, the hard work of organizations, and the tireless volunteerism and philanthropy that gives Fairfield County its unique standing in the Cultural Community. These events are a perfect example of how the Cultural Alliance brings together the many disciplines in the arts and culture sector with the business and philanthropic communities to celebrate successes and inspire ideas for the future. After resounding success the past two years, we are busy with preparations for the 3rd annual breakfast on June 6th. Our keynote speaker is Robin Tauck, noted business leader and philanthropist, and Master of Ceremonies is James Naughton, Tony Award-winning star of theater, film and television. Look for our announcement next week when we name this year’s recipients!
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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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| | | | | Kristen Ambrosi is a painter, a writer, a vocalist, and a yoga instructor. Kristen studied studio art and dance at Bowdoin College and shares that, "inspired by light, color, nature, music, and words, my work is an evolving exploration of the beauty within these elements, gathered and channeled into two dimensions." Her ability to weave together these elements creates an expressive and dynamic but cohesive whole. Her fundamental goal? "To create harmonious canvases that resonate and vibrate, embracing the richness of experience through exquisite use of color, light, and form." She says that as a practitioner and instructor of yoga, the themes of balance and integration inspire and permeate her work. "I repeatedly rotate the canvas while working towards a composition where the weight of color and contrast feels balanced. Intuitive abstractions emerge through layering." Using less representational imagery and more broad forms, Kristen strives to achieve aesthetically pleasing pieces through a process honoring both intelligence and intuition: "This is a bold, scary, trusting, and exciting place from which to be working, and it is my hope that my paintings reflect the truth of that energy." Kristen's art can be found in private collections throughout the US and Europe. She maintains a studio at The NEST Arts Factory where she completes commissions, independent projects, and leads lessons and workshops combining both art and yoga. Her work is currently on view as part of two exhibitions: North East Space Time, a show of seven artists from the NEST at the Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport and the Colorblends Pop Up Art Gallery at Colorblends House & Spring Garden. See Kristen's Facebook and Instagram pages |
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| | YVONNE CLAVELOUX
Yvonne Claveloux is an abstract painter who merges vibrant colors and organic shapes to create a sense of energy in her work. She embraces "beauty in imperfection," through her uninhibited brush strokes, loose lines, drips and smudges - all bursting on her canvases in harmony. Her style is instinctive, which leads to new and unexpected adventures, when she steps into the studio. Always beginning her paintings without a plan, she uses diverse mediums including chalk, acrylics, watercolors and gesso, allowing each piece to develop its own personality. She says, "Inspiration for my art derives from my travels, Cuban roots and colorful winters in Miami. I use paint as a way to express emotions that cannot be verbalized and strive to celebrate beauty - flaws and all." Yvonne's passion for art was sparked while studying fashion design in Milan, and since then her creative journey has taken many forms. From running her own interior design firm, to working as Head Stylist for athome Magazine, Yvonne's artistic eye has continued to evolve as she encounters new opportunities and explores the world around her. Yvonne divides her time between Westport and Miami. Look out for her next show at Gallery@Pearl opening May 8. See Yvonne's new website, appearing this next week. |
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| | ALAN CHAPELL
Former singer/keyboardist of Connecticut's alt/rock band All the Voices, Alan Chapell plays "Indie Rock for Adults," blending "poppy synth lines (played by the best fiddle player north of the Mason-Dixon) with Americana bass and guitars with a punkish Neutral Milk Hotel vibe thrown in for good measure." A "musical wunderkind" growing up in Stamford, he was first chair trumpet in his school band, toured middle schools as a classical pianist and played organ regularly at church. While still in High School, Alan recorded his first e.p. with legendary music producer Jimmy Ienner, and in (and after) college, his band All the Voices was regularly pulling crowds of 1,000 people, and touring alongside Flock of Seagulls, 10,000 Maniacs, Crash Test Dummies and Echo and the Bunnymen. After time in India, Alan enlisted Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads to produce his debut album, The Redhead’s Allegations, which synthesizes a myriad of old-school influences into something unique. His latest release, Soul Man was just released to strong reviews. He produced everything himself on this album, working with longtime members of his live band, including Lorenza Ponce (violin, vocals), Ann Klein (guitar, vocals) and Ali Culotta (piano, vocals). Alan commented that "the time I spent working with and learning from Jerry Harrison and world class engineer Eric “ET” Thorngren, on Redhead was like getting a master’s degree in the how to record an album.” Soul Man was built on working with those great musician, but it's definitely his own production. On making music in 2018 Chapell now says, “I feel like I’m discovering myself as an artist in a way I never could have earlier in my life." Supporting Soul Man, Chapell is starting to open for much larger bands like Big Head Todd and Gin Blossoms. Chapell’s live show is a carnival-like spectacle and you can experience his next show when he plays as guest of Milo Z at Wall Street Theatre on May 19. See Steve's website, Facebook page, YouTube channel, Instagram page, and Apple Music page.
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| JIN HI KIM
Jin Hi Kim, is a world-renowned innovative komungo virtuoso and composer. A Guggenheim Fellow, she has performed as a soloist in her own compositions at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art, Asia Society, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Royal Festival Hall (London) and around the world. She is known as a pioneer in introducing komungo to the contemporary American music scene through her "Living Tones" cross-cultural chamber and orchestral compositions, and her extensive solo performances of the world’s only electric komungo, with interactive MIDI computer system, in her large-scale multimedia performance pieces. The New York Times has written: "virtuoso, Jin Hi Kim promises thoughtful, shimmering East-West amalgams in combinations that are both new and unlikely to be repeated." Jin Hi has received commissions from the American Composers Orchestra, and the Kronos Quartet. Among many awards, she has received a Fulbright Specialist Scholarship to visit Vietnam in 2017, a Composers Now Creative Residency at the Pocantico Center (2015), and an Asian Cultural Council Fellowship to Indonesia (2014). Her new work, incorporating the sounds of her Korean heritage in a balance of Eastern and Western aesthetics has met with wide acclaim. Recent pieces include a choral work, Child of War, dedicated to Kim Phuc, known as "the girl in the picture" during the Vietnam War, and One Sky II for Orchestra dedicated to the reunification of Korea (see Your News article below). She has also been working on multimedia pieces with new interactive technology and traditional Asian instruments. Kim’s autobiography Komungo Tango, a 25-year journey of creative collaborations with master musicians in America and around the world, was published in Seoul, Korea. An interview about her major works was recorded and archived in Oral History of American Music at Yale University Library. See Wikipedia article, Jin Hi Kim's website, Facebook page and Apple Music profile. |
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| | | STEVE PARTON
Steve Parton is a Westport-based painter and teacher who divides his time between Manhattan and Westport. He was born in England, and educated in Brooklyn and Manhattan at a variety of arts-related schools, including the School of Visual Arts, on a scholarship from the Art Students League of New York. A burgeoning career as an illustrator and designer for books, films, television, and Broadway musicals evolved into an increased focus on painting. He paints in a painstaking, traditional Renaissance manner: building up a monochrome grisaille underpainting, over which he adds color with both transparent glazes and full-bodied color. He says he employs everyone from the Old Masters, such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, and DaVinci, to popular American illustrators such as Hopper, Wyeth, and Hockney as his guides. Steve has become known for his insightful portraits (of humans as well as Man's Best Friend), and for his landscapes. He has become a successful teacher - in his studio, on the faculty of the Silvermine School of Art, and the Westport School District. He has won many awards for his work over the years and his paintings are in private collections throughout the U.S. and Europe. He is a Fellow Member of the American Artists Professional League, the Salmagundi Arts Club, the Society of Illustrators, Audubon Artists, Allied Artists of America, the Portrait Society of America, and the Westport Artists Collective. See his website, Facebook page, Twitter feed and Instagram page.
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| GUY SEALEY
Guy Sealey is a Westport-based multimedia artist, who also works as a butcher. His work fuses animal bones and sterling silver, wire sculptures, photography, digital design, paint and sometimes video to develop, as he puts it, "deeply evocative, sometimes sweet, but mostly painfully honest and emotional works, mining family dynamics, political and social issues." Guy grew up in South Africa and served in its army during the apartheid years. Art appeared in his life and quickly became a way both to channel his anger at the government and, by embedding veiled anti-apartheid messages in what became successful work, a vehicle to insinuate change. He eventually made his escape to the Parsons School of Design from which he graduated with a BFA in Communication Design. For someone who had fought to tell the truth, the advertising world was a challenge and he eventually left that world for that of art and design. He also trained as a butcher, which has led him to a side passion, and part-time career, at Fleishers Craft Butchery, in Westport. I still run a small design practice. See a sample of Guy's advertising work here and his artwork on his website here and also here. See his Twitter feed, YouTube channel, and Instagram pages. |
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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
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| Betsy Davidson, Painter
Carlos Davila, Painter, Sculptor
Jane Davila, Fiber Artist/ Mixed Media Cortney Davis, Writer
John Deakins, Sculptor
Ken Delmar, Painter
Joseph Dermody, Painter/ 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, PainterRhonda 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
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| 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
Karen Kent, Painter
Elisa Keogh, Photographer
Susan Keown, Painter/ Mixed Media/Ceramicist Photographer ASSOCIATE Niki Ketchman, Sculptor/ Multimedia
Jin Hi Kim, Musician 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
Eric Jiaju Lee, Visual Artist/Musician Phyllis Lee, Visual Artist
Julie Leff, Painter
Susan Leggitt, Painter
Julia-Rose Liptack, Painter Barbara Loss, Photographer
Shelley Lowell, Painter/ Sculptor/Poet Jane Lubin, Mixed Media
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 Joseph Provey, Painter 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
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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
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
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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