| | ARTISTS' NEWSLETTER News and Opportunities for Artists of Fairfield County, CT DECEMBER 24, 2017 Next Issue: January 12 |
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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. |
| | | | SHAPING COMMUNITY - PRE-CONFERENCE MEETINGS
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| As we prepare for the Cultural Alliance's Creative Placemaking Conference, Shaping Community Jan. 23-24, at Stepping Stones Museum, we are holding pre-conference sessions, preparing teams to attend the conference and work on placemaking project proposals. Our Bridgeport meeting attracted 38 people, Greenwich 29. Look out for meetings in Norwalk: Jan. 3; Fairfield: Jan. 4, Westport: Jan. 8; Stamford: Jan. 9, New Canaan: Jan 11; and Stratford, Jan. 15. Pictures from our first meeting in Bridgeport below. |
| | | | Check it out, rent a space, or add your own: it's free! |
| | See our Artists Talk Archive Below is a linked list of artist members who now have their talks posted on our YouTube channel:
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| | | | Also: 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. |
| | | | JAY PETROW
Jay Petrow, who moved to Westport in 1992, has had a brilliant career as both an applied and a fine artist. With a BA in studio art and biology from Middlebury College, Jay later took courses at SVA in advertising art direction, and after short stints at Sports Illustrated and Time Magazine, he settled in at Business Week as an art director for 20 years. Always interested in landscaping, and wanting to apply some of his biology studies, Jay studied landscape design at the New York Botanical Garden and in 2007 he established his landscape design company, PetrowGardens Landscape Design. "Landscape design combines so many of my talents, skills and interests. When I design a garden I think about massed plants of one kind to create an area of a certain color and texture. I'm piecing together in my mind a composition. When you stare at a blank space you have to imagine where it can go. It's a journey, an exploration." Jay talks about how he turned fully to abstract work in response to, and express his experience of, fathering a child with autism. "The entire body of work approximates a place that I inhabit physically and psychologically. My goal in painting is to recreate on canvas what I am experiencing inside, from high states of agitation and angst to feelings of calm." Jay incorporates vibrant colors and layers textures on the canvas as he strives to reconstruct a path through his emotional world. Jay has furthered his studies at Silvermine School of Art, and was included in the 2014 and 2016 Silvermine Juried Student Exhibitions. He has had solo shows at the Westport Library (2014) and the Wilton Library (2015). He is a member of the Westport Artists Collective and was in a WAC Pop Up show this spring. See Jay's website and Instagram page. |
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| | PAMELA STODDART
From the get-go, Pamela Stoddart has had a healthy left brain:right brain mix. Her BA from University of Colorado, Boulder, was in math and science, but she had always taken art classes to keep the balance. AFter graduating, she became engaged with the fashion industry, spending six years as a marketing coordinator for Liz Claiborne, before gravitating to the nonprofit world, while constantly painting. Moving to Ridgefield, Pam served on the board of the Ridgefield Guild of Artists (RGOA) for 7 years, until in 2014, she became its executive director. Pam says that she is essentially an abstract painter: "Everything I see, I want to paint in an abstract way. Some days it’s linear and some days it’s circular and fluid. I see things analytically and portray them creatively." She is constantly inspired by the objects in the world around her - and she is particularly drawn to flowers: "I start with a photograph or an image of a composition of a flower painting I was drawn to, but the finished product always evolves into an abstraction of the original." Pam still takes classes - at Silvermine and the Ridgefield Guild. She shows at the Ridgefield Guild (she won First Prize in RGOA's 2015 38th Annual Juried Exhibition) as well as in the Greenwich Arts Council's Art to the Avenue, Westport's Art About Town, the New Canaan Carriage Barn Arts Center, and in Bedford, NY. See her website, Facebook and Pinterest pages. |
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| Elizabeth Agresta, Painter Valerie Ahneman, Musician Peter Alexander, Landscape Architect Tracey Anderson-Kollar, Visual Artist Leslee 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 Ziggy Bober, Sculptor Amy Bock, Painter Amy Bonfils, Mixed Media Artist Dennis Bradbury, Photographer Carolyn Brady, Photographer Nancy Breakstone, Photographer Eric Brennan, Singer 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 Eric Chiang, Painter Frederic Chiu, Pianist Elaine Clayton, Painter and Writer Alicia Cobb, Painter Joyce Colburn, Painter Heidi Lewis Coleman, Mixed Media Catherine Conroy, Photographer Margaret Stapor Costa, Filmmaker Adger Cowans, Photographer/ Painter Naomi Cruz, Painter 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 John Deakins, Sculptor Ken Delmar, Painter Loren DePalma, 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, Photographer Jennifer Drolet, Painter David Dunlop, Painter Kate Eisemann, Photographer Philip Eliasoph, Writer Jeanine Esposito, Mixed Media Katherine Evans, Painter Susan Fehlinger, Painter Mary Ferguson, Photographer 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 Joseph Fucigna, Sculptor Megan Garbe, Painter
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Joe Gitterman, Sculptor Leslie Giuliani, Mixed Media Scott Glaser, Painter William Glaser, Photographer Lori Glavin, Visual Artist Danielle Goldstein, Photographer Ellen Gordon, Painter Sue Brown Gordon, Painter/ Jeweler Ellen Gould, Photographer Nicole Grant-Paul, Painter Joyce Grasso, Painter/ Photographer Kristen Graves, Musician Len Grayeck, Painter Jen Greely, MultiMedia/ Installation Mindy Green, Mixed Media Carolina Guimarey, Mixed Media 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 Tracy Hoffman, Photographer & Printmaker ASSOCIATE Veronica Hofstetter, Painter Bruce Horan, Painter/Printmaker Elizabeth Howard, Writer Siovhan Hutcherson, Mosaic Artist Yuko Ike, Painter Jana Ireijo, Painter Sholeh Janati, Painter Martin Johnston, Sculptor 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 Lesley Koenig, Painter Richard Koleszar, Painter Xiao Mai Kong, Painter Michael Kozlowski, Painter Joanie Landau, Jewelry designer/ Printmaker Lydia Larson, Painter Paul Larson, Painter Emily Hamilton Laux, Photographer Eric Jiaju Lee, Visual Artist/ Musician Phyllis Lee, Visual Artist
Julie Leff, Painter Valerie Ann Leff, Writer Susan Leggitt, Painter Barbara Loss, Photographer Shirley Lowell, Painter/Sculptor Poet Jane Lubin, Mixed Media Katya Lebrija, Painter/Mixed Media Jessica Makin, Painter/ Photographer Mary Manning, Painter/ Printmaker Elizabeth Marks, Painter Ruben Marroquin, Fiber Artist Nadia Martinez, MultiMedia Peter Massini, Photographer Sooo-z Mastropietro, Multimedia Barbara Mathis, Painter Megan Bonneau McCool, Choreographer Carole McClintock, Painter Grace S. McEnaney, Painter Tessa Smith McGovern, Writer Nancy McTague-Stock, Mixed Media Shanna Melton, Poet Kristin Merrill, Jeweler/Sculptor Toby Michaels, Painter Jay Misencik, Photographer Allyson Monson, Photographer Duvian Montoya, Painter Brechin Morgan, Painter
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| Meighan Morrison, Painter Carol Mueller, Painter/PrintmakerCynthia Mullins, Painter Susan Murray, Painter Aisha Nailah, Mixed Media/ Photographer Tava Naiyin, Dancer Dale Najarian, Painter Karen Neems, Photographer Susan Newbold, Painter Mary Newcomb, Painter Jill Nichols, Painter Eddie Niño, Painter Judy Noel, Painter Julie O’Connor, Photographer Kazumasa Oda, Painter Amy Oestreicher, Performing/ Visual Artist
Melissa Orme, Painter Rose Palmiero, Painter Parkway South, Musicians Judy Peknik, Painter Louisa Percudani, Producer, Writer Justin Perlman, Sculptor Chris Perry, Book Artist Jay Petrow, Painter Laura Pflug, Painter Marjorie Poe, Painter Diane Pollack, Mixed Media Karen Ponelli, Painter ASSOCIATE Lynn Carlson Popat, Painter Joseph Provey, Painter Jennifer Prat, Photographer Ben Quesnel, Sculptor, Videographer Cynthia Quintanal, Sound Healer Lauren Rago, Mixed Media Tim Reimer, Painter Gwen North Reiss, Poet Rick Reyes, Singer/Songwriter Barbara Ringer, Photographer Mariya Rivera, Painter Christian Roesch, Painter Alyse Rosner, Painter/Mixed Media Richard Sadlon, Musicians Renee Santhouse, Graphic Artist Jill Sarver, Painter Roxanne Faber Savage, Visual Artist Ellen Schiffman, Fiber Artist Norma Schlager, Fiber Artist Marianne R. Schmidt, Painter Lisa Seidenberg, Filmmaker Rick Shaefer, Visual Artist Barbara Shea, Writer Alissa Siegal, Painter Norm Siegel, Painter Lisa P. Silberman, Photographer Nomi Silverman, Graphic Artist Phyllis Sinrich, Photographer Bronislava Slagle, Mixed Media Painter Megan Smith-Harris, Writer/ Filmmaker Cleo Sonneborn, Painter Rene Soto, Painter Liz Squillace, Painter/Printmaker Connie Stancell, Painter Sergei Stepanenko, Painter Kevin Stevens, Mixed Media Barbara Stewart, Painter Pam Stoddart, Painter Florence Suerig, Visual Artist 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 Amy Vensel, Painter Vincent Verrillo, Painter Karen Vogel, Painter Lee Walther, Mixed Media Peggy Weis, MultiMedia Cynthia Whalen, Painter Joan Wheeler, Painter Vonne Whittleton, Mixed Media Al Coyote Weiner, Painter Jahmane West, MultiMedia Elizabeth White, MultiMedia Justin Wiest, Painter Jarvis Wilcox, Painter Bruce Williams, Painter Tammy Winser, Mixed Media Nancy Woodward, Photographer/ Mixed Media Dmitri Wright, Painter Jeffrey Wyant, Visual Artist Janet Zamparo, Visual/Literary/ Performing Artist
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