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Manifest International Drawing Annual Vol.7

 I am so excited! and honored to be selected for publication in the Manifest International Drawing Annual Volume 7! So pardon the bragging but it is pretty cool to be included in the company of some AMAZING Artists from around the world!!

Many of these artists I have been admiring for years.
The catalog is gorgeous which isn't a surprise because  Jason Franz, founder of Manifest and the other folks who make things happen there, put on a class act.

 Erika Baez

The following  is from the Manifest Creative Research Center's site:

For the INDA 7 Manifest received 1511 submissions from 572 artists in 47 states and 37 countries. The publication includes 126 works by 81 artists from 28 states and 5 countries including Canada, France, Germany, South Africa, and the United States. Essays by Kim Darling, James DeBoer, and Dawn Sagar are also included.

 Myself and Brad Guarino

Ten professional and academic advisors qualified in the fields of art, design, criticism, and art history juried the 7th International Drawing Annual. The process of selection was by anonymous blind jury, with each jury member assigning a quality rating for artistic merit to each work submitted. The entries receiving the highest average combined score will be included in this publication.

Courttney Cooper

I took some quick shots to give you a glimpse and tantalize your eybuds of what is contained in this volume:)! The book is available online through the Manifest site.You can find that HERE.
You can also see the work of the finalists on their online resource just click Here.

Brett Eberhardt and Lori Esposito

 

Michael Reedy

To my academic friends and students special pricing is available through the site also. 
So order it for your institution's library! There is an email on the site especially for this.









Knowing how much work is involved,(albeit on a much smaller scale), the people at Manifest and all the artists they support through high quality exhibitions and courses need your support! Please visit their publication section  and peruse their magnificent  offerings of contemporary art. 

                                                              

Douglas Malone

Cover artists  
Patricia Bellan-Gillen 
and Joomi Chung

Please  click on the artists names pictured here to be directed to their websites!

Angela Cunningham and Chris Day

Congratulations to everyone included! and Thank You! Jason Franz!

Finally a chance to get back out there! 

Just getting started.

The morning was a little overcast, but beautiful. The apple blossoms lightly scented the air and my feathered companion chirped out an occasional song to accompany the breeze.

My Companion

Congrats! to Jenna!

Foundation Student Jenna Cianciolo

 Jenn Cianciolo( Really she's shy:))

Congratulations !!! to high school foundation student Jenna Cianciolo.  
Jenna has had the honor of being selected for  the Center for Creative Youth summer arts residency. The this five week pre- college  program is hosted at the prestigious Wesleyan University's campus located in Middletown, Connecticut. 
Jenna was accepted into the visual arts program at C.C.Y. based on her drawing portfolio. 
The program  draws talented students from throughout the country and  from as far away as Southeast Asia. The C.C.Y. program offers gifted young artists an opportunity to experience a variety of arts' disciplines such as Creative Writing, Dance, Filmmaking, Music, Musical Theater, Theater, and Photography. 


The students are mentored by  a core of professional arts' faculty in their chosen disciplines during the morning sessions. 

Gourd - Jenna Cianciolo

 The students have the opportunity to choose from a number of programs held in the afternoons outside their primary art interest.

 Visiting artists from around the world present workshops and performances during the residency exposing  these  students to a rich and culturally diverse experience. The interdisciplinary nature of the program broadens the students' knowledge base  and better prepares them for future college selection and career choices.

Complicated Still Life WIP

Jenna has been working hard in the studio in between a heavy academic schedule and her active involvement  in the  theater.She continues with her observational studies and is now working toward compositional design exercises and mixed media.

Pepper drawing from Observation- Jenna Cianciolo

Best Wishes for a great summer Jenna!!!











 Jenna  along with Heather Hughes, who is patiently working on a cast drawing, helps keep our younger foundation students on track during the some our our more challenging aspects of the curriculum.

Lauren, Heather,and Xavier,who is assisting with the skeletal anatomy lesson

 Heather Hughes

Xavier, Heather, and Lauren

 Heather Hughes and Xavier.

Cookies are frequently part of the curriculum:)!

Hesitant Squirrel Today! at 3-5PM!

Just a reminder that Hesitant Squirrel is this month's Sketchjam  musical guest.

Here is our own Resident Hesitant Squirrel! His name is RoadKill 1963 and he was kindly donated by Diane Parmalee of Flanders. RK, as we call him, is a frequent model for our drawing classes. He was the willing model for  Jill and Mike O' Meara's first Intro to Watercolor  Birthday celebration class!
Happy Birthday Jill!!!!! 

Jill O' Meara's Wet on Wet Work in Progress!

Mike's First Rainbow Trout

JFOSTER MUSIC'S 

SKETCHJAM
HAPPENS TODAY 
AT 3-5PM!
COME ON DOWN 
AND 
PLAY AROUND!!!!!

Jill and Mike O' Meara :)!

Hesitant Squirrel!!! Sketch Jam this Sunday!

April's Artists - Hesitant Squirrel!

J Foster Music and Blue Horse Arts Studios are pleased to announce the April 2013 Edition of their monthly music and art event known as the Sketch Jam. For the uninitiated, Sketch Jam is a free, open to the public, musical event featuring local musicians. Artists are invited and encouraged to record the event using their sketch book, brush and canvas, or any form of artistic expression. Of course anyone that just wants to soak in this creative environment is also welcome.
This month’s musical guest is Hesitant Squirrel, a Bluegrass Band from Northwest Connecticut. Hesitant Squirrel features: Nathan Day on guitar and vocals, Pat MacDonald on mandolin and vocals, Steven Bacher on banjo and vocals, Bart Holcomb on bass, Colin Hickey-Schiappa on fiddle, and Matt Lauretano on dobro and vocals.
The event will held on Sunday, April 28th, from 3 to 5 pm at J Foster Music Studio located at 250 Porter Street in Watertown. As always, the Sketch Jam is free and open to the public, so come own down and have a good time. For more info email info@jfostermusic.com or call (860) 417-3243.

You know I love their name:)!

Carroll MacDonald at the Morrison Gallery

Carroll MacDonald

Paintings are meant to be seen in person. The internet, with its sexy illumination, or photography, with its color and texture translated by the machine, are no substitute for the physical experience of the painted image. IMHO.

That said, you'll be in for a treat at the Morrison Gallery on April 27th for an exhibition of Carroll MacDonald's new paintings.Carroll's work delivers this physical experience by holding a delicate tension between lyrical color and vigorous paint handling.The result is sumptuous works of painterly orchestration gleaned from observation and memory.

The opening is on Saturday, April 27th from 5-7 PM. 

The Show runs from April 27th- May 26th.

Carroll MacDonald

Carroll MacDonald

Carroll MacDonald

Carroll MacDonald is a fine art graduate from Bennet College and a long time student of Frank Mason.She has exhibited in numerous galleries throughout New England and New York.The National Academy of Design, the Paris-New York-Kent Gallery,the Paul Melon Art Center are among some of those venues.Carroll's paintings can be found in the collections of the William Benton  Museum of Art,the New York Graphics Society,the Art Student's League of New York among other corporate collections.

 

Anne Huibregtse

Showing along with Carroll are two other artists  that I really look forward to seeing.

Sculptor Anne Huibregtse's intriguing bovines in bronze and Robert Lenz's  alluring monotype depictions of quiet countrysides will also be on view.

Robert Lenz

Its  going to be a great show!
For More information please contact the Morrison Gallery
860-927-4501

 The MORRISON GALLERY is located at 8 Old Barn Road ,Kent, Connecticut, 06757
HOURS: Wednesday - Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM | Sunday 1 PM - 4 PM

 Image Credits:
The Morrison Gallery
Hugh O'Donnell Workshops