| | News and Opportunities for Artists of Fairfield County, CT
January 12, 2019 PART ONE |
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| | The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is a nonprofit service organization that supports its members through unified marketing, capacity building, professional development, and advocacy services. This newsletter is sent to all who request it - but we ask that, if you are not a member, you explore membership benefits and consider joining this community of more than 600 individuals and organizations. See member benefits here. Join here. |
| | | | MEMBERS: PLEASE REGISTER ON WEBSITE! |
| | Our new website has been live for ten weeks and so far 302 (of our 600) members (including 121 artists) have created their profiles on the site. All members are asked to please register as soon as possible. You will need a nice description of your work, together with 3 images: a square headshot, a wide "hero" image (like the one above) and a smaller, wide "reference image" used in the Meet Our Members page. Complete the simple form and upload your images at http://culturalalliancefc.org/membership/become-a-member/. A new image app. makes it easy to upload your images. Contact us here with any questions. |
| | SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL BARKER |
| | Hear our live interview with Westport Country Playhouse Managing Director Michael Barker on Monday Jan. 14 at noon on WPKN 89.5FM as our next SPOTLIGHT on Arts & Culture show.
Michael joined the Playhouse in 2016 after careers in Chicago and California. Hear his evolving thoughts about the role of theatre in the community, his observations about theatre in Fairfield County in general, and the Playhouse in particular, and what's in store for the Playhouse as it continues to develop even greater engagement with the wider community in 2019 and beyond.
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| | DAWN KUBIE
Dawn Kubie is a Trumbull-based portrait photographer who specializes in working with actors, actresses, bands, dancers, models, and musicians in Connecticut and New York. She's also a freelance event photographer for the Connecticut Post online. Dawn studied voice at Berklee College of Music for two years and graduated Southern Connecticut State University with a degree in research psychology. She worked as a paralegal for 17 years - then she discovered (or re-discovered) photography in 2012. As she puts it: “When I finally got my hands on a good camera, I was unable to put it down. I'm lucky to be able to say that I love what I do. People hire me to capture their spirit, their star quality. I bring joy and passion to my job.” She says there is something particularly satisfying about capturing a look, or a moment, and preserving it for someone: "to show them, in a photo, a piece of what makes them special and unique in this world." Currently, Dawn is working on an art project involving macro images of flowers on canvas. Dawn also recently rediscovered her musical gifts: she has been with the band JK Baughn Inc. since 2016, playing keyboard, singing lead and harmony, and with Acoustic Dawn since 2018, playing cajon, singing lead and harmony. She wrote and recorded an original Christmas song in 2017, Christmas Groove (available on iTunes and Amazon). See Dawn's website, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest pages. |
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| CLAUDIA RENFRO
Claudia Renfro is a painter and mixed media artist. She attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture residency in the 1970s and graduated with a BFA from the Cooper Union in 1980. She says her work embodies total creative freedom: “Art-making means permission to be, without judgment or societal conventions - to laugh at life: the good, the messy, the ugly. I sum up the working process as being ‘out of the closet’.” She works with found objects, what she calls the “detritus of life”: duct tape, hair balls, bits of string and cardboard, gum wrappers, cartoon characters,” creating “a domino effect of chaos and freedom.” There's no doubt that Claudia is an iconoclast: for her, “if there are rules in art, they are meant to be broken. I work intuitively; there is no plan. The unconscious unfolds and dictates. The images are like a bizarre dream, a carnival pulled from memory and my perverse sense of humor.” Claudia has exhibited mostly locally - at Silvermine Arts Center, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, and Carriage Barn Arts Center, at all of which she has won Best of Show awards - but also at The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, and Site Brooklyn in New York and at Galerie Metanoia in Paris. She won an Honorable Mention at the 2017 Art of the Northeast at Silvermine and was inducted into the Silvermine Guild of Artists that same year. Claudia is a member of the Wilson Avenue Loft Artists. See Claudia's website and Facebook page. |
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| | RICK WATSON
Rick Watson is embracing his inner artist after careers in both the corporate and non-profit worlds. Pursuing a strong desire to sculpt metal, he spent a recent summer at the Rhode Island School of Design learning welding and metal fabrication. Additional time with other artists at Silvermine Art Center, under advising metal sculptor Mark Andreas, has helped Rick hone his skills and develop his style. Rick now focuses on sculpting with found metal objects and reclaimed tools, sometimes incorporating stone and kinetic features, to create pieces that mirror nature or evoke a sense of tranquility or whimsy. He has also been experimenting with antique tools and machine parts as art in their own right His life sized sculptures of birds enliven the garden while his flower and insect sculptures bring a garden feel indoors. Rick also sculpts for the spa and studio with his dancers, Buddhas and abstracts.Rick is married with two grown daughters, both of whom are also artists. He enjoys cooking, hiking, food and wine. He and his wife live in Stamford and visit Vermont as often as they can. See Rick's Facebook page. |
| | ❦ – Latest List by Town of Organization and Creative Business Members: here
❦ – Latest List by Town of Artist Members: here |
| | | | Those artists who have posted their profiles onto our new website, that launched Nov. 2, 2018, have their names in green with links to their profile. Please join them! |
| Landscape ArchitectAishah Anailah, Multi Media Tracey Anderson-Kollar, Visual Artist Francesca Andre, Leslee Asch, Curator, Writer
Frances Ashforth, Painter/ Printmaker
Photographer/Sculptor Ziggy Bober, Sculptor Amy Bock, PainterAndrea Bonfils, Mixed Media Artist Dennis Bradbury, Photographer
Carolyn Brady, Michael Brennecke, Painter
Janine Brown
Multidisciplinary Lucienne Buckner,
Linn Cassetta, Printmaker
Polly Castor, Painter Painter/Printmaker Eric Chiang, Painter
and Writer Lauren Clayton, Painter Mixed Media Media Tom Comerford, Photographer
Margaret Stapor Costa, Photographer and Painter
Naomi Cruz, Painter Dolly Curtis, Curator
Lisa Cuscuna, Painter
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| John Deakins, Sculptor Sculptor/ Furniture Maker/Violinist Illustrator/Designer
Joyce DiCamillo, Musician
Barbara Kunin Dierolf, Mixed Media Painter Jennifer Drolet, Painter
Ganga Duleep, Painter David Dunlop, Painter
Philip Eliasoph, Writer
Jeanine Esposito, Mixed Lighting Designer Heide Follin, Painter
Christa Forrest, PainterRose-Marie Fox, PainterCecilia Moy Fradet, Painter/ Printmaker
Herm Freeman, Painter
Rebeca Fuchs, Painter Megan Garbe, Painter Robin Jopp Gilmore, Mixed Media and Upcycled Jewelry Joe Gitterman, Sculptor
Danielle Goldstein, PhotographerEllen Gordon, Painter; Mixed-media
Sue Brown Gordon, Painter/Jeweler Ellen Gould, Photographer
Joyce Grasso, Painter/ Photographer Kristen Graves, Musician Len Grayeck, PainterJen Greely, Painter/ Printmaker Carolina Guimarey, Multi- Media Artist Photographer
Dorothy Hafner, Sculptor
Don Hamerman, Photographer
Mary Harold, Photographer Media - ASSOCIATE Mixed Media Lenore Eggleston Herbst, Dancer Tracy Hoffman,
Photographer & Printmaker ASSOCIATE Veronica Hofstetter, Painter Jana Ireijo, Painter
Sholeh Janati, Painter Karen Kalkstein, Graphic Artist
Amy Kaplan, Painter
Natasha Karpinskaia, Painter Wayne Keeley, Writer, Producer |
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| Photographer Susan Keown, Painter/
Mixed Media/Ceramicist Photographer ASSOCIATE Multimedia
Jin Hi Kim, Musician Lesley Koenig, PainterMoki Kokoris, Visual Artist Richard Koleszar, PainterMichael Kozlowski, Painter
designer/Printmaker Lydia Larson, Painter Emily Hamilton Laux, Eric Jiaju Lee, Visual Artist/Musician Julia-Rose Liptack, Painter Barbara Loss, Sculptor/Poet Jane Lubin, Mixed Media
Laurie MacLean, Choreographer, Dancer Mark Macrides, Painter,
Collagist Photographer
Connie Manna, Painter Mary Manning, Painter/ Printmaker
Elizabeth Marks, Painter
Photographer
MixedMedia Shanna Melton, Poet
Peter Mendelson, Photographer Photographer, Designer, Curator Carol Mueller, Painter/Printmaker Susan Murray, Painter Aisha Nailah, MixedMedia/ Photographer Tava Naiyin, Dancer Dale Najarian, Painter Photographer/MixedMedia Susan Newbold, Painter Mary Newcomb, Painter Jill Nichols, Painter Eddie Niño, Painter Julie O’Connor,
Photographer Performing/Visual Artist Melissa Orme, Painter Rose Palmiero, Painter Media Judy Peknik, Painter Justin Perlman, Sculptor Laura Pflug, Painter Igor Pikayzen, Violinist |
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| Karen Ponelli, Painter. ASSOCIATE Jennifer Prat, Photographer Elizabeth Quesada,
Painter Tim Reimer, Painter
Gwen North Reiss, Poet Photographer Dorothy Robertshaw, Mixed Media Lizzy Rockwell, Painter, Illustrator, Author Alyse Rosner, Painter/ Mixed Media Richard Sadlon, Musicians
Renee Santhouse, Graphic Artist Painter Artist
Norma Schlager, Fiber
Artist
Marianne R. Schmidt,
Painter
Guy Sealey, Multimedia
Barbara Shea, Writer
Lisa P. Silberman,
Photographer
Nomi Silverman, Printmaker Phyllis Sinrich,
Photographer
Megan Smith-Harris,
Writer/Filmmaker
Cleo Sonneborn, Painter
Rene Soto, Painter
Barbara Stewart, Painter
Pam Stoddart, Painter
Florence Suerig, Visual
Artist
Denise Susalka, Painter Janice Sweetwater,
Painter
Susan Tabachnick, Sculptor
Mick Theebs, Poet, Painter Alicia Thompson, Actress/ Playwright
Dara Tomeo, Painter
Kris D. Toohey, Painter
Andrea Towey, Musician
Printmaker
Vincent Verrillo, Painter
Karen Vogel, Painter
Lee Walther, Mixed Media
Ann Weiner, Multi-Media,
Painter
Peggy Weis, MultiMedia Gregg Welz, Paper Artist
Jahmane West,
MultiMedia Cynthia Whalen, Painter Elizabeth White,
MultiMedia
Jarvis Wilcox, Painter
Bruce Williams, Painter
Jonah Wilner, Painter Tammy Winser, Mixed
Media
Nancy Woodward,
Photographer/Mixed
Media
Jeffrey Wyant, Visual
Artist
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