11 Artists - Thursday Aug. 3, 2006
You are Cordially Invited to an ARTIST'S RECEPTION
at the Gallery of the New Haven Public Library
THURSDAY, August 3, 5:30 to 7:30 PM
THE EDWARDS-X STREET GROUP
Works by 11 artists
Patricia Ames
Robert J. Cuneo
Phillip Chambers
Roberta Chambers
Francine Curto
Joseph Higgins
Linda Horning
Bob Parker
Maria F. Satterwhite
Rick Turek
Cathy Valley
THE NEW HAVEN LIBRARY ART GALLERY
133 Elm Street (lower level)
New Haven, CT 06511
ARTIST'S RECEPTION: Thursday, August 3, 5:30 to 7:30 PM
PATRICIA AMES -- dramatic portraits
"I use a mix of textiles and acrylics to create dramatic
portraits, combining a loose style with a sense of humor
to give these pet portraits a whimsical quality."
Patricia Ames studied sculpture and painting at Middlesex
Community College. She also pursued independent study
with sculptor James Caudle and painter Lennie Moskowitz.
In 2004, Patricia joined fellow artists Lucinda Gray, Margaret
Moore, and Francine Curto to form the Cedar Swamp Artist
Group.
PHILLIP CHAMBERS
"I was born in Australia in the early 1950s. I traveled the
world in the early 1970s, and settled in Connecticut
in 1975. I"ve been involved with the art movement in the
States for many years and have been in many shows.
I like working with pen and ink drawing, and consider
myself an illustrator of short stories that I've written
myself.
"In this show at the New Haven Library there will be two
of my illustrated books. One book is called "Mailman
walkit"and the other book consists of drawings of toys."
ROBERTA CHAMBERS
"I'm intrigued with using textiles in unexpected ways --
as paper, photographic paper, skin, posters, cards,
and in ways there are no words for yet."
Roberta Chambers is an artist, and a designer
of textiles, costumes, sets, and sound stages.
She has shown her work at ArtPark Whitneyville,
Artspace Gallery, the John Slade Ely House, Erector
Square Gallery, Wave Gallery, the Moira Fitzsimmons
Arons Gallery at Hamden Hall, the Channel 8 March
of Arts Festival, the Building Wrapping Art Festival at
Gateway Center, the PMVI shows at the Clock Factory,
the Green Gallery in Guilford, and the New Haven
Women's AIDS Coalition Art Show. Her costume
and set designs have shown at Shakespeare on the
Green, the New Haven Arts Council "Human Float"
for New Haven's 350th birthday, Take Notice Dance
Company, Performance Studio, Theatricide, The Buy
and Sell, and the Love/Money Show at Erector Square.
ROBERT J. CUNEO -- semi-miniatures
"This new series called 'Towers', semi-miniatures depicting
an imaginary town with figures, is part of a long-term
manifestation of Hermetic & mythical themes.
Cuneo is a long-time and well-known New Haven artist and
Magic-Realist painter and art historian who has shown his
work recently at the York Square Gallery, Never Ending Books,
and at 5 Edwards Street Gallery. From 1965 to 1990, he was
on the full-time Fine Arts faculty of the University of Bridgeport.
FRANCINE CURTO -- pastel drawings
"Art has been the one and only constant sane part
of my life..." Francine Curto speaks of her art as
"poetry for the eye, therapy for the spirit, and love
for the heart." She studied art techniques privately
with some of the leading artists in Connecticut:
sculpture with Jim Caudle, pastels with Joann
Ballinger, watercolor with Frank Constantine
and Judith Campbell. She has shown he work
at The Brick Gallery and the Essex Art Association
in Essex, CT, the Tip Top Gallery, Plattsburg, NY,
at Golden Street Gallery, New London, and at
Chester Open Gallery Night.
JOSEPH HIGGINS -- abstract images
"Working in abstract imagery is a natural avenue for me.
It is a broad place, flowing nicely with my artistic process,
which allows me freedom of expression. My paintings rely
on natural rhythms. The intricacy of detail evokes an
experience unique to each viewer. I try to create, through
depth of spiritual space, an environment that allows travel
into the image. As people see, arrange, and resolve my
pictures according to their own ideas, I am able to share
a part of my artistic experience.
"The energy or impulse behind my work moves through
tension and conflict, and ultimately to resolution. It is a
cathartic experience that one consummated, begins again.
As I work on a painting or design, I weigh my sense of
color, form, composition, contrast, and negative versus
positive light."
Higgins invented his method of amorphous painting on
4" square ceramic surfaces in 1990, using only paint,
brushes, and water.
He attended the University of Massachusetts at Boston
where he studied literature, and apprenticed with the
Beacon Hill Artisans. He is a founding member of the
Edwards Street Collective.
Higgins' art & music installation "Still Small Voice" will be
performed Friday, September 22 at St Paul / St James
Church, Olive & Chapel Streets, New Haven.
LINDA HORNING
"I have resided in New Haven for over 30 years.
I attended the University of Illinois, receiving a
BFA in Art Education. For many years I was
a printmaker primarily working out of the Creative
Arts Workshop in New Haven. I currently work
with mixed media sculpture deriving mainly
from found objects.
"I am mainly interested in symbols or images
which condense a concept to elicit an instinctively
recognizable in the viewer. Consequently, my
current work tends to be more abstract but
hopefully quite accessible."
BOB PARKER -- shrines
"I build boxed shrines containing small carcasses,
bones, and other found objects. These shrines are
constructed of wood, sheet metal, and joint compound.
Some works are embellished with pieces of colored
glass, tin foil, and carvings. I am currently working
on "The DNA of Bob" Series. In this work, I am
incorporating small amounts of my hair, fingernails,
skin, etc."
Bob Parker's work has been shown throughout the
New Haven area, such as Artspace, Erector Square
Gallery, Open Studios, the Willoughby Wallace
Gallery at Stony Creek, and Artworks Gallery at
Dover Street, New Bedford, MA.
MARIA F. SATTERWHITE -- cityscape photography
Maria Satterwhite photographs cityscapes. Focal
points in central perspectives are surrounded by blurred
backgrounds.
Satterwhite is a graduate of Cal Tech Institute, and is
a Graduate Teaching student at Yale University, teaching
the History of Medicine. She is also technical advisor
for Joseph Higgins' upcoming art & music installation
"Still Small Voice."
RICK TUREK
Rick Turek has been creating and exhibiting paintings,
photography and sculpture for over 20 years. His
award-winning work has been included in group and
one-person shows at museums and galleries throughout
the Northeast. Rick's paintings and photographs are
in several private collections.
Turek's love for the simple things in life are evident in
his work. His themes evoke a dreamy sense of peace,
solitude and romance simultaneously. He has a passion
for forgotten and decayed objects and brings them back
to life in his work.
CATHY VALLEY -- collages
"Most of my collages have to do with relationships.
It's been fun going from more straightforward type of
painting to making these metallic paint & plastic figures."
Cathy Valley attended the Swain School of Design in
New Bedford, MA. She went on to receive a BA in
Psychology from Southern Connecticut State University,
and an MS in Marriage & Family Therapy from Central
Connecticut.
Cathy Valley received her degree in Design from Swain
School of Design, in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
She has her artwork shown in various New England
galleries, including Gallery X in New Bedford, and a solo
show in 2000, at Periodic Art in Stonington, CT, and
in a two-person show at the York Square Cinema
in New Haven in 2003.
If pressed for a description, Ms. Valley considers her
work "fantasy composites." In her painting, she explores
interior and exterior landscapes. Her mythic Classical
settings enclose the viewer in a peaceable dreamworld,
in a kind of eternal present.
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Exhibition: July 27 - August 31, 2006
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For SUMMER Library & Gallery HOURS
Please call (203) 946-8130
The Art Gallery of the New Haven Free Public Library
133 Elm Street (lower level)
New Haven, CT 06510
(located across from the New Haven Green,
corner of Temple Street & Elm Street)
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
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For more information, please contact:
Curator: Johnes Ruta
(203) 387-4933
azothgallery(at)comcast.net
Image: Robert Cuneo "Tower Series 1" pigmented lead on rag paper
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