There is limited availabilty in the 2 upcoming encaustic workshops that Francesca Azzara will be teaching.
 ”Encaustic Basics and Beyond” at the Newark Museum, Sunday, May 20 10 -4, is almost full.
   This workshop will cover the basics for those new to encaustic paints but will also explore new techniques for those
 with experience.  If you have been painting in encaustic, feel free to bring pieces you have been working on.
 Connect to the link below for more info.

http://www.newarkmuseum.org/uploadedFiles/Adult_Programs/Arts_Workshop/springartsworkshop2012.pdf 

  For photographers:  I will be running a 2 day workshop with noted photographer, Nancy Ori, in Berkeley Heights…
from 10-4, Saturday, May 12 and Saturday June 2. Learn exciting & simple mixed media techniques to create new and
 diverse work for your portfolio.  $260 for 2 days plus $35 materials fee.  Contact francescapaints@gmail.com  or 
 nancyori@comcast.net to book your spot.
 
Francesca
www.FrancescaAzzara.com
encaustic paintings, workshops & demos
see my 4 encaustic workshop videos on You Tube…

MACC Invites U Exhibit

April 14th-June 30th

Casa Colombo, 380 Monroe St., Jersey City NJ

Artists: Megan Gulick,Kay Kenny, Bill Rybak, Phillip Hinge & Joseph Sabatino

for more info: e-mail info@casacolombo.org

www.maccmuseum.org

Opening reception: April 28, 5-8PM
The exhibition “Elements and Emotions”, featuring the work of Leslie Rubman, Douglas Smith, and Abby Levine, will open at the HOB’ART CO-OPERATIVE GALLERY, 720 Monroe Street, Hoboken, NJ starting April 28 and continuing until May 20th. The exhibit will be open to the public from April 28 through May 20, 2012. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays, 12 to 5PM and by appointment.

Leslie Rubman’s work in found and recycled objects speaks to the nostalgia of passing time—each piece carries a history of its own. Douglas Smith’s photographs provide an avenue which may induce or resurrect happiness, sadness, anger or metaphysical thoughts. Abby Levine’s wood wall reliefs appear toy-like, amusing, and non-threatening, but reveal a serious political message.

The hob’art gallery at the Monroe Art Center
720 Monroe Street, E208, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Saturdays and Sundays, 12 to 5PM and by appointment

Gallery information can be obtained on the website www.hob-art.org and from
the Director, France Garrido, 201-319-1504 or director@hob-art.org

The Show will run from March 30 until May 22, 2012 and features a wide selection of hob’arts artistic styles. Featured artists include: Don Sichler France Garrido Roslyn Rose Howard Berelson Carla Cubit Abby Levine Heidi Curko Heather Leigh Corey Miriam Untoria Pauline Chernichaw Charlotte Nekola Janet Kolstein Thomas Egan Jodi Zulueta Constance Ftera Starr Tucker Ortega Sissi Siska Leslie Rubman Ibou Ndoye Ray Guzman Geraldine Anderson Gaines Liz Cohen.

The Gallery is located at the Chauncey Conference Center, E T S
Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ 08541, 609-921-3600

Hobart (Hobokens only non profit artists cooperative gallery) and Mile Square Theatre are presenting a new show ‘TIME’. All the works in this show explore the concept of time past present and future. This theme was chosen in conjunction with Mile Square Theatres new production THE PAVILLION a play dealing with the ravages of time.

The artists exhibiting are: France Garrido, Roslyn Rose, Ann Kinney, Don Sichler,Miriam Untoria, and Jodi Zulueta. A variety of media and style will inspire the viewer in each piece. Works range from photography to paintings.

The show will be on exhibit in the lobby/entryway of the Monroe Theatre Space starting April 18 at 6pm, until April 29, 2012. The art show will be open during theatre hours Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8 pm and Saturday and Sunday 3 pm. The opening night reception will be on April 18, 2012 from 6- 8 pm.

Both Hob art Gallery and Mile Square Theatre are located in the Monroe Arts Center, 720 Monroe Street, the second floor, Hoboken, NJ.

hob’art would like to extend special thanks to Chris O Connor the director of the theatre for his support and sponsorship.

BAMA Gallery- 946 Bloomfield Street, 201.659.8873
Barsky Gallery- 49 Harrison Street, 888.465.4949
Gallery 1200- 1200 Washington Street, info@gallery1200.org
Historic Museum Gallery- 1301 Hudson Street, 201.656.2240
hob art- Monroe Art Center, 720 Monroe Street, E208, 201.707.6107
PVS Gallery- 49 Harrison Street, 201.448.7870
Right Angle- Downtown: 320 Washington, 201.420.8262 or Uptown: 1108 Washington Street, 201.942.9220
Lana Santorelli Gallery- 628 Washington Street, 201.798.9000
Tresorie – 1204 Washington Street, 201.420.9388

Walk the loop at your own pace or take a free guided tour. The guided tour leaves from Lana Santorelli Gallery at 628 Washington Street between 6th & 7th Streets at 2pm on April 15th and May 20th. The guided tour will feature east side galleries in April and west side spaces in May. If you wish to take a guided tour, an RSVP is requested to info@lanasantorelli.com by noon on the Friday prior to the guided tour you wish to attend.

Tell me about the woman photographer who inspired you.

KK: Photography as an art form began rather abruptly for me. As a graduate student, I was a painter about to register for a printmaking class when my advisor took me aside and asked me to register for his color photography class. This was long before digital, and I had never been in a darkroom or had any formal training in photography. He planned to have me teach the class the following semester. My history of art did not even include photography. The result was a flurry of reading–every photo book I could get my hands on. I soon found that my approach to photo imaging was profoundly different from the typical male photographers in the books I read.

By the 1970’s the feminist second wave was in full swing, and photography as a fine art also began to emerge in galleries devoted to contemporary photography (Witkin Gallery,1969 and Light Gallery, circa 1973). However, publications remained the major source of information about photographers. Women photographers were scarcely mentioned in the various anthologies: Nathan Lyons’ Photographers on Photography (Prentice Hall/George Eastman House, 1966) includes two contemporary women: Berenice Abbott and Dorothea Lange; both of whom are included with twelve other women photographers among the hundred plus men cited in Beaumont Newhall’s History of Photography (5th Edition, 1993). To read the entire post please go to http://www.pwponline.org/blog/2012/03/25/30-by-30-kay-kenny-judy-dater/