Water and Dust

Water and Dust
Water and Dust
A new exhibition at Artsy.net
Curated for the Spliced Connector Group by Karen Fitzgerald
"All our efforts are dust in the wind of time, but look how that dust catches the light, look how it settles on things and softens their angles, bringing seemingly disparate surroundings into harmony. " *
The continuum of energy in our metaphysical world mirrors that within each of us. Artwork explores the myriad ways in which these energies interact, coalesce, and reform.
As creatures of land, we traverse water: wading, swimming, boating. We are infused with water, and intimate with the moisture in air. Yet we are not at home in water; the vast oceans contain a definitive otherness. Water has long served as a symbol for the spiritual nature of the physical earth, an otherness at home in its fluid nature. It is elemental. A section of the Zodiac contains three water signs. Associated with the intuitive, emotional sides of human beings, they influence sensitivity as well as psychic abilities. Water and dust form a pair that bind us within the physical world. They also beckon to our hearts and minds considering what is beyond this physicality.
In a poem ruminating on belief, Denise Levertov wonders if light might nourish. It begs a larger question: how are our minds (and selves) nourished? What are the combinations of nutrients needed on a regular basis? Not just calcium, potassium or iron; but light and energy; water and dust. This question of nourishment goes to the heart of need. Our bodies decline if improperly nourished. Our selves (heart, mind, emotions, souls) do the same. We wither in a landscape that is only physical.
In this collection of work, disparate from each other as water is from dust, the artists of Spliced Connector group present work that also ruminates on belief. When we leave this physical place, we can't take water or dust with us. What we may take is the energy we've each received from our experiences with the visual language. Give this gift to yourself: engage. Think; feel. Where there's water, there's dust; where there's artwork there's transformation and sublimation.
Are some intricate minds
nourished
on concept,
as epiphytes flourish
high in the canopy?
Can they
subsist on the light,
on the half
of metaphor that’s not
grounded in dust, grit,
heavy
carnal clay?
  • Joseph Baietto from a letter to his Ma, 2014.
**Read the full Levertov poem here: https://www.saltproject.org/progressive-christian-blog/2024/4/9/on-belief-in-the-physical-resurrection-of-jesus-by-denise-levertov
https://www.artsy.net/show/shim-art-network-spliced-connector-summer-2024-exhibition-water-and-dust-1?sort=partner_show_position
 

"Artistic Muscles"

"Artistic Muscles"
"Artistic Muscles: Summer Theme Show"
Juried by Christina Massey
July 11- August 4
Opening Reception: July 11, 5-7pm

440 Gallery
is proud to announce the 2024 Summer Theme Exhibition, Artistic Muscles, juried by Christina Massey, featuring 25 artists selected from a national call. This showcase of contemporary, multimedia works celebrates the artist as athlete and creator. Exercising the athleticism inherent in artmaking, this exhibit presents the physicality and discipline behind artistic creativity.
From 1912 to 1952, the Olympics awarded 151 medals for painting, sculpture, architecture, literature and music, alongside those for athletic competition. Celebrating this history, we will look at art as an athletic feat, stretching creative muscles. Artistic Muscles is a fun exploration of the deep intersection of sport and art — relating the depiction of athletic feats to the physicality of artmaking. These works exemplify the emotional high of achievement, while comparing it to the sportsmanship of competition. 
Massey writes:
“The concept of Artistic Muscles was inspired upon discovering that Olympics had given awards for achievements in the Arts. Despite the stereotype of artists being unathletic, many artists play sports, enjoy them or are quite athletic in their artistic process, relying on the body's ability to create their work. Selected works range from representational to abstract and showcase a wide variety of traditional sports from basketball, running and swimming to the exercises typically  associated with creative types like dance and yoga. Some works focus on the muscles or bones themselves, while others show the brain as the ultimate creative flex. Throughout the show, you'll also notice several works that feature gold, silver and bronze tones as a nod to the Olympic awards.”
Artists chosen for the show:
Fred Bendheim, Jocelyn Benford, Stacey Billups, Tanner Bosma, Nell Breyer, Elizabeth Caputo, Jeffrey Chuang, Patricia Dahlman, Stephen Dinsmore, Eric Eickmann, Veronique Gambier, Stephen Gay, Tom Hecht, Isabelle Heldenfels, Jessica Lambert, Matt Logsdon, Barbara Lubliner, Katrina Majkut, Caroline McAuliffe, Shae Nadine || SubtleFlux, Jo Ophardt, Katie Petersen, Haley Pisciotta, Lola Simon, and Ward Yoshimoto
Christina Massey is an artist and independent curator with over a decade of experience in curating exhibitions that focus on and highlight underrepresented, female artists. In 2016, she founded WoArt, a platform dedicated to promoting the work of female-identifying artists through social media and curated exhibitions.
Her curatorial projects have been displayed in prestigious venues such as the Hunterdon Art Museum, Court Tree Collective, BioBAT Art Space, ISE Foundation and Cluster Gallery, among others. Her projects have been featured in notable publications, including Artnet News, Visionary Projects and ABC News.
As an artist, Massey’s work has exhibited extensively in the NYC metropolitan region. She has won multiple awards for her work that most recently include a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2023, an FST StudioProjects Fund Grant, a Brooklyn Arts Fund Grant and a SIP Fellowship at the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop.
  
 

PRINTED PAGE IV

PRINTED PAGE IV
Michael Dal Cerro, Deborah Harris and I will be showing our book "We Live in a Divided Country, Try to Bridge That Gap" as part of "Printed Page IV" at Spark Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive in Denver 80204. The exhibition will run from March 29 - April 21 with an opening on Saturday, March 30 from 3-5pm. There will also be a talk with the curator on Saturday, April 20 from 10:30 am -12 noon. All events are free and open to the public.
For more information go here https://www.sparkgallery.com/

Printed Page IV
Printed Page IV (on view at Spark Gallery, Denver, Colorado March/April 2024) exhibition includes work by 23 artists from throughout the United States who include traditional printmaking techniques in their artists’ book works. Selections were made by Amanda C. Clark, Dean of the Library at Whitworth University in Spokane Washington. Artists in the exhibition are Bug Karplus, Carrie Scanga, Casey Jay Gardner, Elisa Lanzi, Ellen Knudson, Heather Doyle-Maier, Jane Ewing, Joan Iversen Goswell, Julie Baugnet, Karen Baldner, Katherine Venturelli, Laurel Moorhead, Marnie Powers-Torrey, Naomi Velasquez, Patricia Dahlman, Ren Barnes, Rhiannon Alpers, Sarah Hulsey, Sara L. Press, Stephanie Smith, Tatiana Potts, Thomas Parker/ Mary Agnes Williams & Tom Virgin.

Curated by Alicia Bailey, Director Abecedarian Artists’ Books.

The online exhibition can be seen here https://abecedariangallery.com/store/product-category/exhibits/printed-page-iv/

The book "We Live in a Divided Country, Try to Bridge That Gap" was made in response to John Kerry's concession speech in 2004. The artists Deborah Harris, Michael Dal Cerro and Patricia Dahlman each made four prints exploring ways to bridge that gap.
 

Into Wildness

Into Wildness
Please join us in viewing Spliced Connector's new online exhibition "Into Wildness" on Artsy. "Into Wildness" is organized by Karen FitzgeraldArt and Shim Art Network.
Spliced Connector is an artist collective based on the idea that multigenerational diversity enriches creativity and expression for everyone. Started by artists affiliated with Long Island University, Spliced Connector now openly advocates for unexpected collaborations, intergenerational connection and vibrant art making.
https://www.artsy.net/show/shim-art-network-spliced-connector-winter-2023-exhibition-into-wildness?sort=partner_show_position&metric=in&fbclid=IwAR2ROlcXNVsZWZR5e0l0fegoaIWnCO4zDRRuS6_alE4vxGzSJ0GK_zYDy3Q

Open Studios at Project for Empty Space

Open Studios at Project for Empty Space
As part of the Newark Arts Festival please join us Sunday, October 1 from 1-5pm for Open Studios at Project for Empty Space located at 800 Broad Street, Newark, NJ. There will be many studios open showing amazing art work. For more information go to www.projectforemptyspace.org

"View from the Easel" in Hyperallergic

"View from the Easel" in Hyperallergic
My studio is at Project for Empty Space in Newark, New Jersey. Recently I have been reworking old forms to make new sculptures. The old forms are made from canvas and stuffing, usually wired and sewn together. I rework these forms, cover them with bright colors of fabric, and then sew the different forms together. A finished sculpture may have gone through many incarnations.
The smaller works in the foreground represent a home under construction. Dad is talking on his cell phone, Mom is relaxing on the couch, a gay pride flag flies outside, a child is sleeping in a different room and a cat strides through the house amidst works of art. All of these pieces can be wrapped up and snapped together within the white rectangle they are placed on, to make it a traveling home.
The canvas rectangles with drawings, that are hung on the wall, are sewn drawings that I am working on. I take photographs from my home neighborhood or of downtown Newark and work from the photographs to make drawings on the canvas. I then use both pencil and thread to complete these sewn drawings. These sewn works are a slow process and may take weeks to complete.

Cross Cultural Perspectives at the Newark Museum

Cross Cultural Perspectives at the Newark Museum
The Newark Arts Festival 2023 signature exhibition, open to the public from September 27 through October 29, will provide Cross Cultural Perspectives in a truly powerful way: through the visual arts. This poignant exhibition will enhance each attendee’s cultural experience by providing a rich bounty of diverse viewpoints, artistic mediums, and voices to be valued.
The exhibition is co-curated by Adrienne Wheeler, Visual Artist and Independent Curator, and Atteqa Ali, Associate Curator, Arts of Global Asia at The Newark Museum of Art. It will feature artworks by a remarkable roster of 90+ artists from Newark and beyond. Participating artists will include: Cecilia Martinez, Marina Carreira, Doune Clermont, Allison Capel, Nette Forné Thomas, Timothy Simmons, Sherwin Banfield, Theda Sandiford, Antoinette Ellis-Wiliams, Anonda Bell, Cathleen McCoy Bristol, France Garrido, Kervin Andre, Fausto Sevila, Ida Ochoteco, Gregg Banks, Beau McCall, Kathleen Heron, Patricia Dahlman, Kirk Maynard, PaulA Neves, Aubrey J. Kauffman, Sandra Charlap, M.Malcolm King, Ife’ East, Ameerah Shabazz, Sue Eldridge Ward, Martryce Roach, Joseph Eze, Simone Bailey Campbell, Caren King Choi, K. Eleven Muldrow, Melisa Gerecci, M’nard Derosena, Ron EA Powell, Beth Heit, Kay Reese, K Brown, Maria Estela, Dionne Jackson, Josephine Barreiro, Nathan Williams, Fatou Ridgird, Anthony Akanbi, Manman Huang, Terry Boddie, Armisey Smith, Kween Moore, Eric Valosin, Tiara Fitch, Ricardo Osmondo Francis, Malik Whitaker, Rachel Fawn Alban, Serron Green, David James, Yvonne Onque, Teena Soni, Suliman Onque, Anibal Padilla, Samad Onque, Denise Toney, Dawn Tighe, Jazlyne Wooden, Gwen Charles, Darryl Dwayne, Samantha Treadwell, Emanuele Cacciatore, Devin Alexander, Amira Rogers, Rebecca Goyette, Kortez Artist, Cali Smith, Elizabeth Menzie, Devynity Wray, Judyann Affronti, Linda Street, Terence Grimsley aka Alkhem Eternal, Anniyah Bilal, Stephen B. Ellis, Dominique Duroseau, Maimouna Sow, Anker West, Luisa Fernanda Pinzon Romero, Mashell Black, Heather Williams, Ziui Chen Vance, Anne Dushenko Dobek, Frank Soto, Patricia Andrea Patzi, David Christopher Orrell, Kilolo Kumanyika, Dennis Chima Dike, Vazquez, Diana Candelejo, Pam Owens, Juan Giraldo, Dominant Dansby, Danielle Scott, Yasmine Barboza, and Anindita Dutta.

"Going Deep: Work and Process Presented by Three Artists"

"Going Deep: Work and Process Presented by Three Artists"
As part of North2Shore Festival, join us for Index Art Center's "Going Deep: Work and Process Presented by Three Artists" on Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 12-5 at 245 Halsey Street in Newark, NJ. This will be a three person exhibition with Bisa Washington, Stafford Woods and Patricia Dahlman. Each artist will be giving an individual lecture about their work and then will be interviewed by Colleen Gutwein-O'Neal. The event and exhibition is co-curated by Colleen Gutwein-O'Neal and Lowell Craig. 

"Arc of the Viral Universe" notebooks at Hudson Valley MOCA

"Arc of the Viral Universe" notebooks at Hudson Valley MOCA

"Arc of the Viral Universe" notebooks at Hudson Valley MOCA
Peekskill, NY
Throughout the summer of 2023, Saturdays 11am-5pm
“Thanks to the generous efforts and collaborative spirits of Studio Theater in Exile's Director, Mara Mills and her colleague, Jeremy Gratt, we have been invited not only to exhibit the notebooks, but to participate in a uniquely interactive event that will encourage the public to engage with the notebooks on a whole new level.”
Carla Rae Johnson 
https://www.studiotheaterinexile.com/exhibitions




BLOOM! Gallery Aferro's 20th Anniversary Benefit Art Auction & Party

BLOOM! Gallery Aferro's 20th Anniversary Benefit Art Auction & Party
BLOOM!
Gallery Aferro’s 20th Anniversary Benefit Art Auction & Party
Saturday, May 20th, 7-10PM
73 Market Street Newark, NJ
Advance tickets of only $35/regular or $125/VIP on sale here

“A rose is a rose is a rose” and art is in full bloom at Gallery Aferro’s 20th Anniversary Benefit Art Auction & Party. Make your way to the verdant art-covered walls of Gallery Aferro for cake, cocktails and contests for a celebration of Newark’s oldest operating artist-run alternative space.

There will be 
two full floors of artwork up for bid, to enlarge or establish your collection.

Artists with works in this year's auction include: Judyann Affronti, Isser Aronovici (1932-1994), Lolu Aguda, Julian Adon Alexander, Mauro Altamura, Sybil Archibald, Nora Evita Aresti, Kenseth Armstead, Aileen Bassis, Deborah Bell, Angel Bellaran, Katrina Bello, Kim Berman, Ruth Borgenicht, Debby Branch, Emily Brown, bydemilade, José Camacho, LG Carpenter, Patricia Dahlman and Michael Dal Cerro, William Clutz, Santiago Cohen, Christopher Cozier, Kevin Cuddy, Christine DaCruz, Evonne M. Davis, Derek Jay Dent, Nitjuan Designs, David Driskell (1931-2020), Predrag Dimitrijevic, Anne Dushanko Dobek, Kevin Durkin, Kate Eggleston, Dahlia Elsayed, Rachael Faillace, Eileen Ferara, Benedicto Figueroa, Jessica Floyd
Parastou Forouhar, Matilda Forsberg, Aaron Leonard Freeland, Michael Fresco, Julie Gallagher, Iliana Emilia Garcia, Melisa Gerecci, Bryan Nash Gill (1961-2013), Elizabeth Gilfilen, Marsha Goldberg, Allan Gorman, M. Gosser, Jaz Graf, Gladys Barker Grauer (1923-2019), Katelyn Halpern, Eric Hartl, Vincent Hawley, Zuzu Hill, James Horner, Heather Johnson, Jan Kathleen, John Keefer, Kendog, Donna Kessinger, Ian King, Katarina Kissoczy, Robert Kosinski, Rory Krupp, Vijay Kumar, Sylvia Alejandra Padilla Lalaleo, David LaMorte, Zohar Lazar, Paul Leibow, jc lenochan, Laura Lou Levy, Crystal Marshall, Faith Ringgold & Grace Matthews, Jose Trejo Maya, Stephen J. McKenzie, Anne Q. McKeown, Hasnat Mehmood, Jennifer Morrison, Alejandra Munizaga, Margaret Murphy, Elisa Nadzieja, Nelle, Olga Nenazhivina, Linda Lee Nicholas, Leslie Nobler, Christy E. O'Connor, ShyU ONE, William A. Ortega, Jeff Oyo, Nell Painter, Kelly Ann Pinho, Gail Winbury, Psy.D., Elisabeth Page Purcell, Dominic Quintana, Carol Radsprecher, Kay Reese, Victor Reynolds, Gabriel Ribeiro, Derrick Riley, Jillian M Rock, Steve Rossi, Cassandra Saint-Jean, Christine Sauerteig-Pilaar, Sam Sebren, Fausto Sevila, Erika Shallcross, Michael Sherman, Joseph Silvestro, Penny Siopis, Armisey Smith, Kiki Smith, Buzz Spector, Christine Stoddard, Lizzy Storm, Kristina Taylor, Rollo Thomasey, Bleriot Thompson, time, Anne Trauben, Samantha Treadwell, Chris Twomey (1954-2012), Miyuki Tsushima, Christopher Ulivo, Thomas P. Valenti, Eric Valosin, Mary A. Valverde, John Walker, Bisa Wendy Washington, Ken Weathersby, Kenneth Webb, Tenesh Webber, Adrienne Wheeler, Barbara Wilk, Heather Williams, Philemona Williamson, Sara Wolfe, Agnieszka Wszolkowska, Aaron Wuerker, Layqa Nuna Yawar, E.Y. Yun, Ozaki Yutama, Mág Ne Tá Z'air, Juno Zago and more to be announced in the coming weeks.
 
 

LUMINOUS ELSEWHERES

LUMINOUS ELSEWHERES
 
LUMINOUS ELSEWHERES
March 31 - April 28, 2023
Westbeth Gallery
Opening reception: Friday March 31, 6-8pm
Closing reception: Friday, April 28, 6-8pm
For exhibit updates and events:
Westbeth Gallery
55 Bethune Street at Washington Street, New York, NY 10014
Exhibit hours:
Wednesday through Sunday, 1-6pm
(And by appointment)
Westbeth Gallery will host Luminous Elsewheres, an exhibit featuring artists who actively explore visual domains that
are evocative, mysterious and unexpected. Eschewing the confines of logic and linearity, Luminous Elsewheres artists are receptors through whom “the echoes and reflections of an irrational elsewhere flow freely and take form.” (Daniela
Ferretti) The exhibit will be on view from March 31 through April 28, 2023
The following artists will be featured in Luminous Elsewheres: Phoebe Adams, Tracey Adams, Cheryl Aden, Deborah Barlow, Hedwig Brouckaert, Janine Brown, Leigh Anne Chambers,
Mi-Jin Chun, John Cox, Alison Cuomo, Patricia Dahlman,
Silvia De Marchi, Tina Feingold, Karen Fitzgerald, Kathryn Geismar, Caroline Golden, Ed Grant, Laura Gurton, Lynette Haggard, Carole Kunstadt, M P Landis, Joanne Lefrak,
Denise Manseau, Donnelly Marks, Elizabeth McAlpin, Diane McGregor, Elizabeth Mead, Elizabeth Mooney, Kellin Nelson, Paula Overbay, Heather Palecek, Sky Pape, Deborah Peeples, Laura Ann Perry, Mary Pinto, Taney Roniger, Larry Rushing, Ann Sgarlata, Julie Shapiro, Sarah Slavick, Rhonda Smith, Malu Tan,
Linda Tharp, Priya Vadhyar, Debra Weisberg.
Luminous Elsewheres is curated by Deborah Barlow, Alison Cuomo and Karen Fitzgerald.
Press contact
Deborah Barlow
dbarlow@gmail.com
@deborahbarlow
https://www.slowmuse.com/2023/04/02/luminous-elsewheres-show-guide/

Project for Empty Space Open Studios

Project for Empty Space Open Studios
https://www.projectforemptyspace.org

Newark Arts Festival’s annual fall exhibition

 Newark Arts Festival’s annual fall exhibition
The Newark Museum of Art hosts the Newark Arts Festival’s annual fall exhibition and the opening of NAF 2022.

The arts provide some of the most powerful outlets for spreading healing in our world. The theme in 2022 features art as medicine. As an acknowledgement of the challenges of our times, NAF 2022 aims to create a collective restorative experience through thoughtfully curated artwork, performances, and programming meant to help our artist community and Festival attendees heal holistically. Participating artists have been challenged to demonstrate what healing means or looks like to them and inspire others with their messages of hope, comfort, and encouragement. Through October 30, 2022. For more information go to https://newarkmuseumart.org/

Arc Books on the Road Again

Arc Books on the Road Again
The “Arc” Notebooks are on the Road Again!
“The Arc of the Moral/Viral Universe” will be on exhibition at
SUNY WESTCHESTER, Center For Digital Arts
Exhibition: through April 26, 2023
27 North Division Street, Peekskill, New York 10566
Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday - 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday - 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
For more information, please call 914-606-7300
Sherry Mayo, Gallery Curator

Participants: “Arc of the Moral Universe”
Gabriel Adames - Karen Allen - Ori Alon - Inez Andrucyzk - Gus Angelos – BOLDFACE - Sally Bowring - Jo-Ann Brody - Anne Bruce - Edward Burke - Angela Carrozza - Judy Collischan - Sarah Connors - Ada Cruz - Linda Cunningham - Kathy Daley - Ellen Hackyl Fagan - Karen Fitzgerald - Marcy B. Freedman- Wendie Garber 
Fred Gillen, Jr. - Bonnie Glauber - Pearl Rosen Golden - Susan Grabel - Sarah Havilland - Hillary Hoffstatler - Phillip Hopper  - Carla Rae Johnson – Rick Kline Robin Kline - Harry Kollatz - Mary McFerran Brook Maher - G Ray Mak - Willie Marlowe Mara Mills - Linda Mylish - Ilse Schreiber Noll - Susan Obrant - Amie Oliver Barbara Page - Mary Tooley Parker - Marina Payne - Cristina Ramos Payne  - Francine Pearlman  Bonnie Peritz - Jessica Rechtschaffer  - Sheilah Rechtschaffer  Jacqueline Rivera - Marilyn Rosenberg - Jeanne D. Shaw – Rose Spano Swider - Laurie Steinhorst - Nadine Gordon Taylor - Peg Taylor - Lavinia Wiggins - Dava Frog Wing - Maureen Winzig - Marjorie Z.

Participants: “Arc of the Viral Universe”
Karen Allen - Inez Andrucyzk - Anne E. Bruce - Jo-Ann Brody  - Angela Carrozza - Laurel Garcia Colvin - Linda Cunningham - Patricia Dahlman - Maria DeLaney - Beth DeWitt - Maureen Dillon - Flori Doyle - Linda Jean Fisher – Marcy B. Freedman Wendie Garber - Bonnie Glauber - Steve Jacoby - Claudia Jacques - Carla Rae Johnson - Barbara Lipp - Mary McFerran - G. Ray Mak - Brook Maher - Willie Marlowe - Susan Obrant - Amie Oliver -  Francine Perlman - Pearl Rosen Golden Cristina Ramos-Payne -.Jacqueline Rivera - Sharon Rubinstein - Ann Shapiro Devin Siglock - Barbara Suggs - Peg Taylor - Lavinia Wiggins – Dava Frog Wing
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