SKETCH NIGHT at the Brant Foundation Inspired by STEVEN SHEARER

You are invited to participate in a Sketch Workshop with a professional model and explore Steven Shearer's multifaceted drawing techniques reflecting the history of portraiture and figuration.

Sketch Night at The Brant Foundation is free of charge and open to artists of all ages and experience levels. Participants are invited to sketch from a professional model in one of the foundation’s gallery spaces, which currently houses an exhibition by Steven Shearer. 

• Uninstructed • Free of Charge • Professional Nude Model • Bring your own Materials

Steven Shearer on view at The Brant Foundation through March 2017.

Shearer’s work draws upon a visual lexicon of portraiture and representation of the body, often using found imagery that he collects and archives as source material. Through this process, contemporary imagery is distilled into the tradition of portraiture revealing affinities between various modes of figuration throughout history to the present.

This workshop focuses on the dialogue that exists between Shearer’s formal drawings, preparatory sketches and finished paintings and invites participants to explore the same in their own artistic practice.

SKETCH NIGHT at the BRANT FOUNDATION
February 16, 2017
5 to 7 pm
Space is Limited
RSVP at brantfoundation.org
or email us at info@brantfoundation.org

Brant Foundation
941 North Street
Greenwich, CT 06831
203.869.0611
www.brantfoundation.org

MARK ROTHKO: Do You Know That Guy?

Published by: ArtNexus Weekly News
January 16 to January 22, 2017

The Case For Mark Rothko | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

PBS Digital Studies presents, via "The Art Assignment", a video about Mark Rothko, covering in four minutes the artist's biography between Europe and the United States.

After studying different art styles and movements of the period, Rothko questioned the role of art in connection to the social and political situation in the world. From then on he experimented with color and hazy areas, arriving at "full" abstraction in 1947. For Rothko, a work of art connects with human emotions through its structure and color.

"The Art Assignment" is a video series that introduces artists and explores the history of art through the lens of the present.

Barrett Art Center: "Photowork 2017" Art Exhibition Opens January 21, 2017

Barrett Art Center invites you to their 30th Annual National Juried Photography Exhibition Photowork 2017 on January 21, 2017.  Selected from over 800 entries, Photowork 2017 showcases 63 photographic works representing a full spectrum of subjects and styles.

Angelika Ejtel, You Have Small Braids Like Spider Threads, Archival Pigment Print

In addition, 3 Mid-Hudson residents have been selected to join the 42 other photographers representing 16 states: Photographer Mark Lyon of Marlboro, Karl Schmitz of Poughkeepsie and Marie Triller of Hopewell Junction.

Patrick S Flood,  Lapse

In celebration of 30 years of Photowork Exhibitions, the artwork was selected by a distinguished panel of 3 jurors: Isaac Diggs - a photographer and faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in New York City;  Rebecca Morse - Associate Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); and Robert Stevens - former Photo Editor of TIME Magazine and faculty member at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Tim Christensen, Cygnus Wall

Mark Lyon, "Wash N' Glo, Newburgh

Jurors’ awards with cash prizes for Photowork 2017 will be announced at the reception. 

Photowork 2017
January 21 – March 4, 2017
Opening Reception:
Saturday, January 21, 2017, 3:00- 6:00pm

Barrett Art Center
55 Noxon Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
845.471.2550
www.barrettartcenter.org    

Ann Street Gallery's "Kaleidoscope of Perspectives" Opens January 28, 2017

Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Kaleidoscope of Perspectives with an Artist Reception on Saturday, January 28th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Sydney Cash, Red Forward, Dibond on Sheet Aluminum

Kaleidoscope of Perspectives features a survey of sculptures, paintings, works on paper and site-specific installations by 8 diverse contemporary artists.

This exhibit focuses on the lens that each artist uses to create, imagine and represent their own realities and to construct meaningful experiences for themselves and their audience, through inventive styles combined with individualistic perspectives.

Featured Artists: Delainey Barclay, Sydney Cash, Linda Cordell, Joy Dilworth, E.J. Herczyk, Ingrid Ludt, Suzan Shutan and Jayoung Yoon

This exhibition was curated by Virginia Walsh, Gallery Director. The Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery is a nonprofit art gallery specializing in contemporary emerging and established artists. 

Kaleidoscope of Perspectives
January 28 - March 25, 2017
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 28, 2017
6:30 – 8:30pm

Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery
104 Ann Street
Newburgh, New York 12550
845.784.1146
www.annstreetgallery.org

Edward Hopper House "Small Matters of Great Importance: PAPER + ART " - On Exhibit through January 8, 2017

The Edward Hopper House is currently showing their 23rd Annual Juried Small Works Show, Small Matters of Great Importance: PAPER + ART. The exhibition celebrates small works that make big statements despite their size. The theme for this year’s show is paper, with all works using paper as a primary medium or support.

Carole Kunstadt, Sacred Poem Series

The juror of this year’s Small Matters show is Michelle Donnelly, Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Michelle manages the Sondra Gilman Study Center, which houses the majority of the museum’s collection of 18,000 works on paper, and assists on permanent collection and loan exhibitions.

Prior to joining the Whitney, she held curatorial positions at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Morgan Library & Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Brooklyn Museum, and Heckscher Museum of Art. She received an MA in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA with honors in Art History from Vassar College.

Small Matter of Great Importance: PAPER + ART closes January 8, 2017

Edward Hopper House Art Center
82 North Broadway
Nyack, NY
845-358-0774
www.edwardhopperhouse.org