Lauren Sansaricq at Hawthorne Fine Art; Janet Rickus at Gallery Henoch; Review: Drawings from the Louvre at the Morgan by RAYMOND J

INSIDE: Raleigh on Film; Bethune on Theatre; Behrens on Music; Seckel on the Cultural Scene; Trevens on Dance; Iwan on Faces of the Renaissance; Potpourri of art at Hawthorne, Henoch & The Morgan; DeVillez ‘Speaks Out’ on Art Roadies; New Art Books; Short Fiction & Poetry; Extensive Calendar of Events…and more! ART TIMES Vol. 28 No. 4 January/February 2012 Holiday Potpourri: Critiques: Lauren Sansaricq at Hawthorne Fine Art; Janet Rickus at Gallery Henoch; Review: Drawings from the Louvre at The Morgan By RAYMOND J. STEINER REPRESENTATIONAL ART IS by dropping in on any of the following alive — and more, it seems, than well! exhibits during “the season”. A trip to the Big Apple the day before Lauren Sansaricq, in her “Na- Thanksgiving brought me a cornu- ture’s Poetry”* at Hawthorne Fine copia of goodies that far surpassed Art , invites the viewer to a nostalgic

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over to the Hudson Valley/Catskill as easily taken for the “school’s” sec- Mountain Region to found what be- ondary generation of luminists (see, Sunrise over the Hudson River, Early Autumn came known as “The Hudson River e.g., her delicate use of diffused light the feast of turkey and trimmin’s set journey into the past (as does the School” of painters. If originally used in Scene in the Catskills, View from before me on the following day. If you entire Hawthorne gallery, in fact by the 19th-century neo-modernists Sunset Rock, Sunrise in the Catskills are an aficionado of classical art — as — back to a time when John Cole in New York City as a derogatory or Scene in the White Mountains with am I — then you will be well rewarded and his friends lured artists from all term for those whose eyes were di- Mt. Chocorua). This is beautiful work rected backward to the strictures of and Sansaricq an exceptional artist academic “rules”, “The Hudson River with surely a long and successful School” not only held its own but — as career ahead of her. the work of Sansaricq proves — has * “Nature’s Poetry: The Paintings endured, continuing to please view- of Lauren Sansaricq” (thru Jan ers down to the present day. Indeed, 13): Hawthorne Fine Art, 74 East the paintings of Lauren Sansaricq 79th St., Suite 3A-B, NYC (212) (though still in her early twenties) 731-0550 might well be mistaken in style, Images courtesy of Hawthorne Fine Art subject and motifs as contemporary works of Cole, Church, et al. — as well Continued on Page 7

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Copies are also available by els that were going up for auction. one given to her by Mike Todd in the 25 years, I still can clearly recall. An mail to subscribers and arts organizations throughout the US and abroad. Copyright © 2012, CSS Their anticipation was obvious and form of their daughter Liza Todd outdoors person, Liza was anxious Publications, Inc. one could almost feel the TV screen Tivey. Liza, more precious than any to get out of her studio (where I pre- Publisher: Cornelia Seckel quivering with the bottled up excite- piece of stone or metal and equally fer to hold my interviews in order to Editor: Raymond J. Steiner ment of the crowd. Interspersed with as beautiful as is her mother, stands get a “feel” for an artist’s space) and Contributing Writers: to take me on a slow-paced tour of Henry P. Raleigh Robert W. Bethune stills and panned sweeps by equally at the opposite pole of “celebrity” as Ina Cole Dawn Lille excited camera- and newsmen inside does Liz, content to live quietly and her farm — which I soon found out Frank Behrens Francine L. Trevens the galleries of the movie queen’s creatively on her upstate New York was her real “creative” space. Her Subscription Rates: ‘treasures’, one could catch quick farm, confident in herself, in her tal- baby son Quinn snug in his carrier USA: $18 /1 year $34 /2years Foreign: $35 /1 year $45 /2 years glimpses of flashy stones, necklaces, ent, and in her choice of jealously on her back and accompanied by Contact for Print and Online Advertising Rates: brooches, and rings, all colorfully se- guarding her privacy. An extremely “Bocci”, her pet donkey (a gift from CSS Publications, Inc., PO Box 730, Mt. Marion, ducing the eye — a conglomeration of gifted sculptor exquisitely attuned to Mom who kept getting his nose NY, 12456. Phone or Fax (845) 246-6944; rocks and metals awaiting the shiv- nature, Liza has a sensitive talent of nudged between us as if to protec- email: [email protected] Web site: www.arttimesjournal.com ering and eager crowd impatiently portraying animals in drawings, clay tively guard his mistress) and her Advertising reservations are due: June 15 for Jul/ waiting outside along the sidewalk. or bronze, quietly making her name dogs, we strolled her grounds, check- Aug; Aug 15 for Sep/Oct; Oct 15 for Nov/Dec; Dec The event had been touted for over in the artworld as a master sculp- ing on her horse, her cats, and “her” 15 for Jan/Feb; Feb 15 for Mar/Apr; Apr 15 for May/ Jun. 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I’ll nev- Market, Poet’s Market and other trade magazines of her with this necklace around her attle Slew” and “John Henry” (1985). or send a legal-sized Self Addressed Stamped neck, that brooch perched above her I have since learned that in 1990 a er forget Liza — diminutive, intense, Envelope (SASE) for Guidelines. Guest articles on breast, that ring on her finger — all cast bronze of her “Secretariat” had focused, completely unaffected or the arts are also considered but must be preceded by a written Query. Our “Speak Out” section is a in preparation for this opening night. been completed and am not sur- pretensions — in brief, a genuine forum for reader’s relevant opinions on art-related Not much of a jewelry person — I prised at the commission. Familiar treasure of the finest quality. You matters; viewpoints expressed in the “Speak Out” section are not to be construed as positions held could never quite understand the with horses since the age of 4, Liza can have the trinkets — I’ll cherish by the publisher, editor or staff of this publication. primitive penchant for hanging shiny had eventually parlayed her love of the memory of Liza. Queries, Mss. without SASE included will not be acknowledged. We do not accept electronic submis- stones and metal from or attach- animals into the enviable position Raymond J. Steiner sions. Sample copy: 9x12 SASE. ing to one’s person — I just couldn’t of being named one of the world’s (Visit my blog at rjsteiner.word- ART TIMES welcomes your letters and comments. get “into” the feverish hullabaloo of foremost equestrian portraitists. 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think of our friends and supporters our Company and efforts. We raised To the Publisher: and how blessed we are to have Art enough to send 4 dancers for a pilot Great! [“Janet Rickus at Henoch”, Times in our community. Letters teaching program in January and Jan/Feb 2012] Warm Regards, will continue to gather funds to send Andrew Liss Barbara Cohen, Chairperson To the Publisher: 10 of the Company for the Shilpgram Gallery Henoch, NYC On behalf of the Fall for Art Commit- Fall for Art, Kingston, NY Festival next December 2012. Meanwhile, I don't know if I To the Editor: tee, thank you for supporting Fall for To the Publisher: Art sponsored by Jewish Federation mentioned but please save the date In your Peeks and Piques! column Thank you for including the summa- of Ulster County the past 15 years. for Bill's symphonic premiere with (Nov/Dec 2011 page 2) you conclude ry about the Chagall in High Falls Art Times has always provided pub- the Hudson Valley Philharmonic with the statement: “I don't see any Exhibit in the Nov/Dec Art Times. licity, advertising space and your March 31, 2012 at UPAC. It will ready-made cure on the horizon.” The more promotion the better es- personal remarks prior and follow- also be the 40th Anniversary of our Well, I do! Advocate for NON-juried pecially in the world of art. Also ing Fall for Art are a pleasure to very first concert. Big gala event be- art shows. I am amazed that so many enjoyed reading that your editor, read! ing planned and Bill is writing 24/7. "genuine" artists put up with juries. Raymond J. Steiner, wrote a histo- Your recent introduction to place Very exciting. Our local arts club holds an an- ry of the Arts Student League! Will us on You Tube is indeed a wow! I Warm wishes to you!! and thank nual members exhibit which allows want to read as soon as possible. I just love how you have highlighted you again. each member to display three works, do have a few old publications from the event. This year was truly a chal- Livia Vanaver no jury. We get a much wider variety the Arts Student League's Summer lenge ... Wiltwyck Golf Club received Vanaver Caravan and more genuine creativity than do Programs in Woodstock published their power several days before the juried shows. in the late 1930's, early 1940's until To the Publisher: show and the day before, Storm Lee Donald A. Windsor left many residents without power. they closed for the war years. Many Thank you, Cornelia (and Ray)! It is of the League members who came to a fabulous review!!!' [“Drawings at Norwich NY One of our artists Harriet Forman [email protected] Barrett from New Paltz had to can- Woodstock for the summer session The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Cen- cel as well as many guests who were would go to Rondout, Eddyville, and ter” Nov.Dec 2011]. Rosendale and even as far as High Emily Darrow Art ………………1, 7, 12 not able to leave their homes. In Art Book Review ……8 spite of nature, we still had a great Falls when seeking new subject mat- Vassar College Calendar of Events ……4 attendance and your video captures ter. Poughkeepsie, NY Critiques ……………1, 3 the enthusiasm and importance of Would be interesting to do a show To the Publisher: Classifieds ……………18 sponsoring this event. at the D & H Museum Chapel on Culturally Speaking…10 We are looking forward to cel- this Woodstock/Ulster County/ D Great! [“Janet Rickus at Henoch”, ebrating the 16th year on Thursday, & H Canal connection! We have a Jan/Feb 2012] Dance …………………13 September 6, 2012. Our goal is to beautiful space in our mini-gothic Andrew Liss Editorial ……………2, 3 provide a venue where artists of the like chapel and the recent success of Gallery Henoch, NYC Fiction ……………14, 19 the Chagall in High Falls show was, Film ……………………9 Hudson Valley can show and sell To the Publisher: their work and support the good in no small part, assisted because of Letters ………………2 How wonderful, Cornelia—thanks so work of Federation. All proceeds are this most interesting setting. Again, Contents Music…………………15 much for sending our way! [“Draw- directed to Federation programs and thanks, keep up the good work and Opportunities ………16 ings from the Louvre at The Mor- humanitarian projects. Sharing the stay in touch, Peeks & Piques! ………2 gan”, December 2011 online] commitment and responsibility to RiK Rydant Poets’ Niche …………18 "repair the world" through Tikkun High Falls, NY Very best, Speak Out ……………3 Alanna Olam is what we are all about! To the Publisher: Theatre ………………17 As we approach Thanksgiving we The Morgan Library & Museum Travel and Culture……5 You're always the best at supporting New York, NY Jan/ Feb 2012 ART TIMES page 3 Speak Out Art Roadie By Randy DeVillez The dark skies were scattered shows, swallowing my first reactions ness. Most Springfield artists offer art roadie is getting to view and study with dimming stars and the remain- when a browser in our tent says to a tourists something with a Lincoln a lot of art, meeting lots of creative ing glow of moonlight… a slight wind friend, “Oh, Gladys. Don’t pay that theme. people. Co-ops, galleries, and art out of the west. I was surrounded by much for that. You can buy a cheaper Late one night, as we were about shows are always alive with conver- a swarm of cars and trucks and mini- painting at Wal-Mart for your bath- to kiss goodnight, Billinda said, “You sation. It might range from gossip to vans all jockeying for position near room… and the frame will match your know, I want to do something about business to technique, but the conver- their allotted spots. I let the sport ute toilet paper holder.” (I can’t make up Lincoln, but not the usual.” sation is never dull. And let’s be hon- idle as I followed the woman walk- stuff this good, trust me.) I heard her, but didn’t reply except est, all of us creative types are a little ing slowly in front of us, the woman I have learned new terms: poin- to say, “Sleep well… kiss you in the left or right of center, which makes with the serious face, the flashlight, tillism, giclée, and sumi-e (none of morning.” us interesting and fun to be around. clipboard, and huge mug of coffee. which, for the uninformed, have “Rest well, dream even better,” Toss in some wine, a shot or two, Finally, she stopped and pointed at anything to do with sushi). I have and some cheese the lines spray painted on the pave- also learned new uses for household and crackers and ment: space number 22... our “home” items: hors d’oeuvres-sized crock pots it hardly seems for the next twelve hours. are great for melting wax, an auto- like work… As I opened the back hatch and graph Sharpie is great for touching …until it is began to wrestle the pop-up tent from up a nicked metal frame, a safety pin time to break beneath the sandbags, I looked at my is great for puncturing a sealed archi- down and pack artist wife, Billinda, grumbled, “Had val bag to reduce moisture build up up. At least this I known what being your art roadie on a hot-and-humid day from hell at totally disorga- entailed, I never would have signed a blacktopped-parking-lot art show, nized disaster up.” I followed with a wink, likely lost and blue painter tape is not a great occurs in day- in the early morning darkness. substitute for affixing a print to a mat light…usually. I “I love you, too, baby,” she said, when the archival tape dispenser is often say at least beginning to unload plastic bins of empty and you have one print left to I can see who prints and cards. Within an hour, the mat at two in the morning. runs over me. Of sun was up, the tent was up, tables The best part has been watching course, once we set up, our chairs in place, a mug of my wife receive praise and compli- arrive home, we hot tea and hot coffee to satisfy our ments from the people who pass need to unload addictions. Life on the road was good through our display. From fellow was (and is) her nightly reply. the truck one more time, store the again. Don’t tell my wife, but I love artists to art lovers (like myself) to I heeded her advice. Upon awak- goodies, take inventory for the next being her art roadie. The experiences those just passing a lazy summer or ing, I shook her, said, “Wake up. I show, and prepare orders to replen- are varied; the learning never stops. fall afternoon, people stop and spend dreamt your Abe item. Central Il- ish. If I am lucky, I am treated to I get to meet people and travel: to time looking. They don’t all make pur- linois is known for cornfields and a wonderful home-cooked meal or art supply and mat and frame and chases, obviously, but the majority of Lincoln. In my dream, I saw Abe’s taken out. We roadies like to eat. We glass and print and screen-printing them pay tribute to the talent. And hat hanging on a stalk of corn in a should; we do a lot of work for a tee shops. I have witnessed some amaz- that makes getting up at four, lugging field of corn.” shirt… and love. I often see artists ing machines and some truly gifted two hundred pounds of sandbags, and She smiled, kissed me, said, “I like who do it alone, without the help of a people operating them. I have become setting up shop all worth it. it…. I can see it,” and grabbing her roadie, loving or otherwise, and feel fans of the counter folks at the state Sometimes, I even get to be in- robe, she was off to her desk. It was like someone in those artists’ lives is sales tax offices. volved with the creative aspect of my not long before she showed me pen missing a really wonderful experi- I have learned new skills: sport- wife’s art. Billinda and I are currently and ink with a touch of watercolor: my ence. ute packing, sport-ute unpacking collaborating on a book manuscript of dream on paper. I had dreamt writing The next time you attend an art (including in rain, in darkness, in art and poetry, so working together ideas before, but never a work of art. festival or art show, after you greet high winds, and in one hundred on a creative level adds another layer I now have my very own roadie the artist and compliment him or three degree temperatures), matting, of intimacy to our relationship. She shirt with this design on it. Most her, notice the person sitting in the framing, gluing, tent erecting (not has work installed in co-ops and gal- roadies are not that lucky. chair in the corner… perhaps nap- as kinky as it sounds), chit-chatting leries in Springfield, Illinois, where For me, the best part of art shows ping, reading, or simply watching with strangers at galleries and art Abraham Lincoln tourism is big busi- or festivals, juried or otherwise, is the people. Just walk up, quietly say, watching the patrons. Some stand si- “Hey, roadie. Nice job anchoring the lently and stare. Some very carefully tent with those sandbags.” look through cases of prints. Some shuffle roughly. Others talk a lot (Randy DeVillez, retired college writing teacher, poet, writer, Quick•Reliable•Affordable about matching, either the furniture, and art roadie, lives in Athens, wallpaper, window treatments, up- IL. He can be reached at pa- holstery, or, in one case, the dog and [email protected]; his wife its collar. I love when a person simply Billinda’s artwork can be seen at gushes, “I love that, must have it.” www.billinda-brandli devillez. F u l l Color Postcards Another great benefit of being an artistwebsites.com/). complete in just one day ef 500 card s - $99 1000 cards - $169 “Every Great Town Deserves a Great Art Full Color 12x18” Supply Store and Frame Shop.”

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Dobbs Ferry NY 914-674-8548 (thru Jan 29) www.upstreamgallery.com Ongoing The Non-I Protects the I SOHO20 Gallery 547 W. 27th Street, Suite 301 Jan 3-8 Focus Dance: A celebration of U.S.-based dance, featuring per- New York NY 212-367-8994 Opening Reception 6-8pm free (thru Jan 28) http:// formances by eight companies in a repertory schedule The Joyce Theater 175 www.soho20gallery.com Eighth Avenue New York NY 212-242-0800 charge www.joyce.org Friday, January 6 Jan 6, 7, 8 American Buffalo (for adult audience); Jan 13-29 Annie The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck661 Route 308 Rhinebeck NY 845-876-3080 Draw-a-thon with Live Models, Demos, Music, Pool, Cash Bar & Pizza charge www.Centerforperformingarts.org Draw All Night & Stay for Breakfast Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 9pm-7am (thru Jan 7) www.salmagundi.org Sunday, January 1 Invitational printmaking show: Mapping the Familiar Adirondack Group Show of photographic work by Gallery Artists Galerie BMG 12 Tan- Artists’ Guild 52 Main St. Saranac Lake, NY NY 518-891-2615 Opening reception nery Brook Rd Woodstock NY 845-679-0027 free (thru Feb 6) www.galeriebmg.com 5 - 7 pm free (thru Jan 29) adirondackartistsguild.com/ Judith Banyas Landscapes Les Malamut Art Gallery 1980 Morris Ave Associate Members Winter Exhibition National Association of Women Union NJ 908-851-5450 free (thru Jan 15) http://lesmalamutartgallery.web.offic- Artists, Inc. 80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1405 New York NY 212-675-1616 free (thru Jan elive.com 26) http://www.thenawa.org Jose Miguelez Oil and acrylic landscapes Casano Community Center Art Saturday, January 7 Gallery 314 Chestnut St Roselle Park NJ 908-245-0666 free (thru Feb 17) Gotham Dance Skirball Center for the Performing Arts 566 LaGuardia Place “Beholden to Beauty” a group exhibit Windham Fine Arts 5380 Main New York NY 212-352-3101 Scheduled to perform in two separate programs over Street Windham NY 518-734-6850 (thru Jan 9) two nights are artists from across the globe. charge skirballCenter.org Abundance The Arts Upstairs Gallery 60 Main St Phoenicia NY 845-688- “Cuisine ‘N Art” - multi-media show featuring food related people, places 2142 free Opening reception December 17, 6-9pm www.ArtsUpstairs.com and things Guild of Creative Art 620 Broad Street Shrewsbury NJ 732-741-1441 In the Search of an Absolute: Art of Valery Yurlov The Zimmerli Art Opening reception 5-8 pm. Pot luck fundraiser; BYOB $10 per person donate (thru Museum at Rutgers University 71 Hamilton Street New Brunswick NJ 732-932-7237 Feb 1) www.guildofcreativeart.org charge (thru June 3) http://www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu/exhibitions/?id=105 The Italians--photographs by Leonard Freed/Paintings by Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H.S. Rey Janet Lage Garrison Art Center Garrison Art Center 23 Depot Square on Norman Rockwell Museum, Rte. 183, Stockbridge, MA (413) 298-4100 (thru Feb 5) Garrison’s Landing Garrison NY 845-424-3960 free (thru Jan 29) www.garrison- The Mind’s Eye: 50 Years of Photography by Jerry Uelsmann (Feb 11); artCenter.org Fish, Silk, Tea, Bamboo: Cultivating an Image of China (Mar 18); Free- PLACE + Images of built and natural environments by David F. Donnelly Port [No. 002]: Marianne Mueller (Mar 26); Shapeshifting: Trans- Harrison Council for the Arts Harrison Public Library 2 Bruce Avenue Harrison formations in Native American Art (Apr 29); Painting the Modern in NY 914-835-0324 free (thru Feb 4) www.harrisonpl.org India (Jun 1) East India Marine Associates Peabody Essex Museum East India HENRY KLIMOWICZ Exhibit Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken Square 161 Essex Street Salem MA 978-745-9500 charge http://pem.org/ Rd., Lakeville, CT (860) 435-3663 Artist’s Reception 4-6PM (thru Feb 2) www.hotch- Monday, January 2 kiss.org/abouthotchkiss/tremaine-gallery/index.aspx Continued on Page 6 Dreamscapes and Dayscapes: Prints and Paintings by Martha Ives Suffern Free Library 210 Lafayette Ave. Suffern NY 845-357-1237 free (thru Jan 30 www.suffernfreelibrary.org Tuesday, January 3 SCNY ART CLASSES EXHIBITION Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) Just Released ! 255-7740 (thru Jan 20) www.salmagundi.org SCNY Junior & Scholarship Members’ Exhibit Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 (thru Jan 20) www.salmagundi.org Hudson Valley h e n r y Impressions klimowicz Paintings and Text by Raymond J. 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Artist’s reception: January 7 Spiral #2 (detail), corrugated cardboard, 2010. Photo courtesy The Re Institute. 4 - 6 p.m. FABRICATED real and imagined architecture

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Edward Burtynsky en plein air Xavier Delory Jim Kazanjian Leigh Merrill Susan Wides Xavier Delory, Lidl, 2010. Archival pigment print, 27”x41” Raymond J. Steiner painting February 7 - March 2, 2012 Opening Reception: February 11, 4-6 p.m. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; 57 Full Color Illustrations; Introduction; List of Plates, Brief Bio. Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School Signed copies available. 11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, Connecticut Gallery hours: Monday - Saturday 10 - 4 ; Sunday, 12 - 4 $15.95 Softcover ($5 Tax & Shipping) (860) 435 - 3663 ~ www.hotchkiss.org/arts Available from CSS Publications, Inc. 845-246-6944 [email protected] Jan/ Feb 2012 ART TIMES page 5 Travel and Culture By CORNELIA SECKEL minican. PuertoPuerto Rico is a combina- Rico The members of the Woodstock tion of all these cultures and has a Arts Fair’s workers and volunteers distinct Latin temperament. Often were invited by one of our members to when I would question something my join her in Puerto Rico after the Fair. friend would tell me “this is Puerto There were 6 of us and it was wonder- Rico, there is a different time sense ful. Christopher Columbus landed here”. We stayed in Isabela, located on the island of Puerto Rico in 1493 in the north-western region of the is- on his second voyage of discovery, land where the annual precipitation and originally named it San Juan is around 62.8 inches, and average Bautista in honor of Saint John temperature is 84.7°F. (ask me if the Baptist. The name of the island’s I’m ready to return). For most of our present day capital, San Juan, hon- time we walked the beach, ate typical ors the name Columbus first gave Puerto Rican food, did some shopping the island. In 1508, it was settled and exploring. One day several of the women happened upon Aguadilla and we understood that it was a catholic holiday (beginning of Advent perhaps) and festivities included Santa coming to town and a truck Woodstock Arts Fair Committee members in Puerto Rico. (L to R) Ann Silverman, that had a snow mak- Cornelia Seckel, Myra Schwartz, Ruth Beyl, Betsy Oden, Elaine Jaffe ing machine shooting philanthropist, and future governor snow out amongst the Another painter whom we all seemed of Puerto Rico, purchased 24 paint- thousands of people to like is Movra whose work is remi- ings at auction in in New that lined the streets. niscent of the social realists here in Sotheby’s York City. Thirteen of these are still They had a great time the states. Other predominant art- part of the museum’s collection that and were treated to lo- work includes masks (many worn at now has over 4,500 works of art from cal culture certain festivals), santos (usually a many cultures dating from the 9th Though there are carving of a saint on wood also used century to the present. Nineteenth- numerous galleries for religious purposes), prints, and throughout the island, jewelry. I visited just a few. An important art The Gaba Gallery in museum in Puerto Rico Aguarda is owned by is the National Gal- artist Nayda Bonet. lery, located in San She has many paint- Juan in an old Do- ings, sculptures and minican Convent jewelry from local art- that was built in the ists. Myra, our hostess 16th century and con- in Puerto Rico and my tains a gallery of paintings from Puerto Rican Hand carved mask often used in ceremonies co-chair of the Wood- stock Arts Fair, is a masters such as Jose by explorer Ponce de Leon and the sculptor and painter. She brought Campeche y Fran- island stayed under Spanish posses- one of her paintings “Las Brisas del cisco Oller. Addition- sion for over four centuries until 1898 Secreto” to have framed and Nayda ally there are a number when it became a commonwealth asked if she could have it to sell at the of rooms of paintings of the United States. Today there gallery. Nayda has a small coffee bar and other works of art is a blending of cultures including and Thursday evenings she has Jazz (paintings and deco- the ancient Taíno people that were musicians performing. Myra’s friend rative) from Puerto exploited/ eradicated (although with Deborah’s apartment is a gallery Rican artisans of the DNA testing many Puerto Ricans are unto itself. She had several paintings 18th – 20th centuries. reconnecting with their roots), the by Wichie Torres whose landscapes As I understand it, se- Africans who were brought there and cityscapes and portraits of in- rious students of Puer- as slaves, and peoples from Spain, digenous people are powerful with to Rican art go to the France, Cuba, Lebanese and Do- bold colors and strong brush strokes. Institute of Puerto Rican Culture in the Dominican Convent in Old San Juan. It’s the Painting by Puerto Rican artist Wichie Torres best source of information on the island about Puerto Rican century English painting and sev- arts and crafts. enteenth-century Baroque painting Also in San Juan is the Museum are the 2 strongest collections in the of the Americas housing a number of museum. The Anton J. Konrad exhibits, some permanent, and some Conservation Center, founded in temporary all with the focus to bring 1979 by Anton J. Konrad is part of about understanding of the history the museum complex. It was the first and culture of the Americas. It covers laboratory for the conservation of art art from the pre-Columbian era to works to be established in Puerto the present and a variety of artists Rico, and its dual mission has been to from Latin America, the United conserve and protect the collections of States and Puerto Rico are show- the Museo de Arte de Ponce and to of- cased at the Museum. The Museo de fer professional services to museums, Arte de Ponce opened its doors on historical societies, cultural institu- January 3, 1959, in a colonial house tions, private collectors, and local and in the heart of Ponce, the second international artists. largest city in Puerto Rico. The first I expect to travel again to Puerto works in the museum’s collection Rico, and this time to visit with indi- were acquired in 1957, when Luis vidual artists. Myra Schwartz and Nayda Bonet with Myra's painting “Las Brisas del Secreto” A. Ferré, a successful businessman, ef Jan/ Feb 2012 ART TIMES page 6

Continued from Page 4 Meade Gallery 5025 Vega Mountain Road Roxbury NY 607-326-7908 free (thru Mar Calendar 16) www.roxburyartsgroup.org Sunday, January 8 Sunday, January 15 Gotham Dance Skirball Center for the Performing Arts 566 LaGuardia Place Houston Person Quartet in Concert The Schoolhouse Theater 3 Owens New York NY 212-352-3101 Scheduled to perform in two separate programs over Road Croton Falls NY 914-277-8477 7:30pm charge www.schoolhousetheater.org two nights are artists from across the globe. charge skirballCenter.org Strawberry Hill Fiddlers in Concert Saugerties Pro Musica Saugerties Weathering Scape: Tomoko Abe Clay Art Center 40 Beech Street Port United Methodist Church Corner of Washington Ave and Post Street Saugerties NY Chester NY 914-937-2047 Opening Reception 3-5pm free (thru Feb 11) www.clay- 845-246-5021 3-4:15pm charge www.saugertiespromusica.org artCenter.org Tuesday, January 17 Monday, January 9 Kingston’s Playwrights Lab presents an Actors’ Marathon Arts Soci- Under 30 - Group Exhibition of works under 30” Skylight Gallery NYC 538 ety of Kingston 97 Broadway Kingston NY 845-338-0331 6:30 p.m. donate The snow West 29th Street (between 10th and 11th Ave.) New York NY 845-222-0177 free date Jan. 24. www.askforarts.org (thru Feb 17) www.skylightgallerynyc.com Wednesday, January 18 Wednesday, January 11 Surface Tension: works by Ayami Aoyama & Florence Associate Members Winter Exhibition National Association of Women Moonan The Gallery at Mercer County Community College 1200 Old Artists, Inc. 80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1405 New York NY 212-675-1616 Reception: Trenton Rd. West Windsor NJ 609-570-3589 Opening Reception 5-7:30pm; 5-7pm free (thru Jan 26) http://www.thenawa.org Gallery Talk: February 1, 7pm free (thru Feb 9) www.mccc.edu/community_gallery Thursday, January 12 Thursday, January 19 Under 30 - Group Exhibition of works under 30” Skylight Gallery NYC 538 Baroque Blockbusters - David Shuler, organist Music & Arts at West 29th Street (between 10th and 11th Ave.) New York NY 845-222-0177 Opening St. Luke in the Fields 487 Hudson Street (1 block South of Christopher Street) New Reception 6-9 pm free (thru Feb 17 www.skylightgallerynyc.com York NY 212-414-9419 8-9:30 pm charge concerts.stlukeinthefields.org On Your Mark: group exhibit Blue Door Gallery 13 Riverdale Avenue Yonkers Maureen Kelleher: solo exhibit Tender Strength All Around Me Frey- NY free (Feb 18) berger Gallery Penn State Berks Tulpehocken Rd, PO Box 7009 Reading PA 610-396- 6140 free (thru Mar 4) www.bk.psu.edu/information/community/freyberger.htm Friday, January 13 WITNESS Freyberger Gallery Penn State Berks Tulpehocken Rd, PO Box 7009 Annie Opening Night Fundraiser benefits the Dutchess County Reading PA 610-396-6140 Reception 6 pm free (thru Mar 4) SPCA. 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“Lili's Jarre” Oil on Canvas Gallery Henoch has long been ahead of the curve when it comes to keeping faith with the allure of traditional art during its forced obscurity through the ‘80s and beyond when visual “emptiness” was all the rage. Janet Rickus is but one more of a long line of realists that the gallery has featured over the “Turned Away” Oil on Canvas past…but definitely not “just” one more. Some seventeen paintings comprise the exhibit**, each riveting the eye as soon as one enters the gallery. An attention to near-minute detail – e.g. in the classical treatment of folds and creases in the multi-sized, multi colored cloths that cover the surfaces of tables — is faithfully repeated in the shapes of fruits and vessels. An adept draftsman, some of her edibles — for instance the mangoes in Turned Away —invite plucking from the canvas, while her near-jumble of cups, bowls, and vases in Lili’s Jarre dazzle the eye by their distinctly-rendered individual forms. Never harsh, Rickus’s paintings are yet starkly presented to the viewer’s eye in carefully chosen primary colors, presenting her chosen objects as “things-in-themselves” without benefit of the usual chiaroscuro or over-subtle nuance. This is classical art by one its superb modern masters. ** “Janet Rickus: Recent Paintings” (thru Dec 10): Gallery Henoch, 555 W. 25th St., NYC (917) 305-0003. Images courtesy of Henoch Gallery q q q q q q q q q q

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The viewing of classical drawings has long been my passion (see, e.g. our last issue, Nov/Dec 2011, with its review of master drawings at Vassar’s Loeb Art Center) and the current exhibit*** at The Morgan, a sumptuous, visual treat. Some 80 works comprise the show, each a standout example of master drafts- manship — an art, alas, almost ignored by so many of our present-day painters. Along with depictions of the usual array of courtly, mythological or military exploits, there were several that I found myself pondering over: Pierre-Paul Prud’hon’s Standing Female Nude Resting Her Arms on a Branch, Théodore Géricault's Studies of Cats and The Artist’s Left Hand, Victor Orsel’s Study for Honoré Daumier “Head of a Young Woman Turned Three-Quarters to the Right” Eternity, Camille Corot’s Stream in the Woods near Civita Castelanna, Eugène Delacroix's View of the Duquesne Quay at Dieppe, Paul Huet’s The Côte de Grâce at Honfleur, Honoré Daumier's Head of a Young Woman, Turned Three-Quarters to the Right, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’s Studies for the Turk- ish Bath (just one of many of his stunning drawings) — all exceptional, all master works. 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And it was a particularly “The Monolithic Monsters”, “The good time to be a post-atomic Giant Claw”, “The Astonishing mutated monster. You might say the She-Monster”, and “Invasion of the decade was the movie Golden Age of Saucer Man”. such beings. It began inauspiciously Just when it seemed that surely in 1952 with a George Pal production the over-worked, over-stressed “When Worlds Collide” but really monsters could not continue this gathers steam with “The Thing From hectic performance the following Another World” in that same year. years right up to 1959 provided Also known modestly as “The Thing” “The Blob”, “The Terror From Outer it was notable for having delivered Space”, “The Atomic Submarine” the very first known space monster. and “Attack of the Giant Leeches”. After that there was no stopping the Admittedly this last hinted at a slight parade of monsters, creatures, and loss of vigor, a certain lessening of beasties. They came in a great variety élan — perhaps because the subject of forms although fashion trends ran lacked the cozy familiarity of ants, to overly large heads heavily veined, crabs and spiders. In any case it was single or multi-eyed and numerous just not the same after that. Most of waving arm-like appendages and the monsters returned from whence little else. While a jingly sound was they came and sadly the next preferred among mutated insects decades featured them if all, in cruel most of the others were quite parodies. “The Attach of the Killer distance herself from “This Island Any film title that included the capable of impressive shrieks, yowls, Tomatoes” in 1979 shamefully ended Earth” and “When Worlds Collide” words ‘beast’, ‘terror’, ‘invaders’, howls and slurping noises. Those their once Golden Reign. and find important roles in the ‘outer space” or ‘strange’ would few monsters incapable of sound for While the monsters may have 1954 “Magnificent Obsession”, “The almost certainly see Kenneth Tobey reasons of bodily structure or lack retreated to lick their wounds, left Young Philadelphians” in ’59 and a in some part or another. In tribute of thereof settled for scary musical behind were the actors who had respectable long run in Hollywood sorts later films found him in cameo accompaniments. been regulars in many of these low films. Faith Domergue was less roles — “Inner Space”, “Gremlins”, Among the 1953 invasion was budget B movies. A few had been fortunate. After a promising start in “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”, among the highly regarded “It came From so closely associated with the genre film she was given a supporting role others. Outer Space”, the first to use desert that their careers in film were cut in “This Island Earth” and “It came The good decade and the Golden scenery sending SouthWest real short. Best known for escaping this from Beneath the Sea”, wound up in Age of movie monsters and mutants estate prices plummeting, and the fate was James Arness, the monster “Prehistoric Planet Women” in 1966. has long gone by but we should recall “The Beast From Twenty Thousand in “The Thing”, who soon found An actor who managed to benefit and heed the words that closed the Fathoms”. The very best of the lot in himself helping out John Wayne in from the B stigma was Kenneth 1951 “The Thing From Outer Space”: 1954 was “Them”, a candidate for an “Big Jim McClain” and incinerating Tobey who was such an ubiquitous “I bring you warning — to Oscar had there been a category for giant ants in “Them” before going figure in the monster movies he everyone of you listening to the enormous ants. 1955 was a busy year to Gun Smoke fame. Another is created an illusion that he must sound of my voice. Tell the world, tell and gave us “It Came From Beneath Barbara Rush, lucky enough to somehow have been in all of them. this to everyone where ever they are: Watch the skies, watch everywhere, keep looking — watch the skies!” Damn right, I say. ef

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Visitors to the 4th Annual Woodstock Arts Fair held each year the Sunday after Thanksgiving at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation, Woodstock, NY and co-sponsored by ART TIMES and the Woodstock Jewish Congregation By CORNELIA SECKEL some areas dumped a foot of snow. When I deliver the issues to the Art Club’s 115th Annual Open First off, I hope you all had a Having been out of power, the Sat- galleries in Chelsea I get another Exhibition Awards Dinner is a good Holiday season and are ready urday evening performance had chance to see artists’ work that I may delightful affair. I get to meet lots for the winter when you can pull been cancelled. It was with great not have had on my radar. Marcia of women who I have spoken with your resources together in prepara- joy that on Sunday morning power Clark was showing paintings and on the phone and usually get to tion for the reawakening of creativ- was resumed and preparations were oil sketches from her travels. I par- greet the winner of the ART TIMES ity/ nature. As I thought about the made for a performance. Just barely ticularly like her use of past 2 months, it didn’t seem that I 2 hours before show time a car hit Mylar panels that gave had been out and about much until the main transformer on the main such a wide view of the I started writing down all the places road to town and all power was lost landscape she painted. and things I did. yet again. Dancers insisted on going See her work at marci- aclarkpaintings.com • HeartShare, Human Services of New York, (heartshare.org), annu- ally presents the work of artists with intellec- tual and developmental disabilities at the New Century Artists (new- centuryartists.org) galleries in NYC. It is a very exciting group of artists’ work varying in quality but always passionate. • Lynne Friedman’s (lynnefriedmanart.com) Northeast/ Southwest was at the Prince Street Gallery. I like Lynne’s work; she uses bold and bright colors in most all of her paintings. When I New York Theatre Ballet Performance at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in Tivoli, NY. Note the natural lighting from the windows as there was no electricity went to her website I took a look at her drawings Performances at Kaatsbaan through with the performance and which are excellent. • Al- International Dance Center the natural light from the very tall lied Artists of America (kaatsbaan.org) in Tivoli, NY are windows on each side of the stage (est. 1914) held their Carole Dakake, left, winner of the ART TIMES award always exceptional. New York area (the size of the Metropolitan 98th Annual Exhibit for her painting “Woman in White”. Theatre Ballet (nytb.org) (known Opera house stage) gave some very Cornelia Seckel is to the right of the painting. at the National Arts (Photo credit: John Whinston) for their revivals of classic ballet interesting lighting effects. Music Club in NYC. The goal masterworks), and founder and Ar- was provided by pianist Michael of the Allied Artists of America, Inc. award. This year’s award went to tistic Director Diana Byer, showed Scales. Fortunately, it was a beauti- is to further the cause of contempo- Carole Dakake for her painting their true colors when they finished ful and sunny day. The dancers are rary American artists through its Woman in White. I was one of the up a 3-week workshop with a public exquisite — strong, passionate, and Annual National Open Exhibi- painting judges for this show and for performance. It was the day after the technically sound. What troopers!! tion, demonstrations, lectures, and the first time chose Carole’s painting “October Snow Storm” that knocked Expect a short video of this perfor- $24,000 awards in cash and medals to receive an award (although not out power for a million homes along mance on the arttimes YouTube at the Annual. specifically which award) and it was the Northeastern corridor and in channel The Catharine Lorillard Wolf thrilling to see work again that I had

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tion of conductor James Bagwell. had been a very large warehouse. This year’s program included the Stephen Tenner, Lou Sina and Franz Joseph Haydn Mass “Har- Erica Price are the 3 principals in moniemesse”. My only complaint this very enthusiastic and ambitious was that the program was too short. undertaking. “If you can dream it, In November, 81 newly elected you can do it” is their motto. They members of the National Associa- have great determination to bring tion of Women Artists (est. 1889) all the arts under one roof. It is their were inducted into the organization idea to use the 14,000 sq. ft. of their at a general meeting held at the part of the building (the other half Rubin Museum of Art in NYC. being used by the owners’ business) Currently, more than 800 artist and offer a Theatre, an Art Gallery, members are located in 42 of the Opera, Jazz and Cabaret, Photog- 50 States with members working raphy, Fashion Design, Dance and in a variety of mediums within the more. It is expected that this will visual arts. The heads of the various provide economic development and committees spoke and new members tourism for Ulster County while were then able to sign up for specific showcasing the arts and enhancing volunteer work for the organization. the already existing cultural outlets. Some of the 81 newly elected members of the National Association of Women Artists Membership is open to all profes- Soon they will launch an event that (est. 1889) that were inducted into the organization at a general meeting held at the sional women artists in the US will be a collaborative effort to bring Rubin Museum of Art in NYC. and Puerto Rico and in March and all the arts organizations together spent hours looking at and then had for the WJC. Early next summer, September applicants are selected and promote them. At the first of chosen for awards. I was pleased to look for the notices for applications by a jury from slides and cds. Mary several focus group meetings, there be able to speak for a few minutes for the 5th Annual WAF. Cassatt, Gertrude Vanderbilt were artists, actors, filmmakers, during the awards presentation and It was my mother’s birthday and Whitney, Isabel Bishop, Anna musicians, directors, writers, arts to congratulate all the artists whose we went to Tilles, (www.tillescen- Hyatt Huntington, Alice Neel, business people and a representa- work was in the show and to briefly ter.org) the Performing Arts Cen- Louise Nevelson, Audrey Flack, tive from the economic development describe how difficult it was to make ter at CW Post Campus of Long the choices we (the judges) did. Bob Island University in Brookville, Trien received the Creative Hands NY. Touted as Long Island’s premier Award, given to someone who is a concert hall they offer over 100 per- strong supporter of the club. Catha- formances by world-renowned art- rine Lorillard Wolfe (1828-1887) ists in music, theater and dance each was a prominent New York philan- season. In addition, Tilles Center is thropist and art collector, and the home to regional arts organizations only woman among the 106 founders including the Long Island Phil- of The Metropolitan Museum of harmonic and Eglevsky Ballet. Art. In addition to bequeathing her We went to a family performance of painting collection to the museum, Momix. The performance was at Ms. Wolfe left an endowment to 11am and was just a shortened pro- Grace Church in Manhattan to gram from the previous evening. The promote “women’s work.” At the audience consisted of children with urging of Rector Dr. William Reed their parents and/ or grandparents, Huntington and several parish- and Seniors who don’t want to drive ioners, the Catharine Lorillard at night. I never thought to look Wolfe Art Club was established in at the Family offerings, but what 1896. The purpose at the time was a good idea. MOMIX is a company to provide aid, counsel and exhibi- of dancer-illusionists under the di- tion opportunities to young women rection of Moses Pendleton. The artists in New York City. program was breathtaking. They An informational meeting of the Saugerties Performing Arts Factory (SPAF) The 4th Annual Woodstock Arts are fabulous dancers, presenting located in Saugerties, NY Fair cosponsored by ART TIMES innovative choreography in beauti- Miriam Shapiro, Pat Adams, council. It is expected that there will and the Woodstock Jewish Con- ful costumes and flowing props. You Faith Ringgold were/ are all mem- be an Arts & Entertainment Fair gregation was again a big success. might see them in film and televi- bers of this important organization at SPAF in the next few months. There were more people than in sion, and commercials. If they’re in that provides numerous exhibition Take a look at their site for more previous years that came to the Fair your area don’t miss them, they are opportunities, educational pro- information: stellamayproductions. and artists and craftspeople were, great (www.momix.com). grams, networking events and an com for the most part, happy with their Bard College Symphonic image registry and historic archive. Have a good winter and make sales and the fair in general. It is Chorus and the Bard College Applications are available at www. sure to say hello if you see me out the goal of the organizers to provide Chamber Singers give an annual thenawa.org and about. ef a professional and relaxed venue for concert and I’ve been to quite a few I was invited to an informational participants to sell their work; to of them over the years. Composed meeting of the Saugerties Per- introduce the community to the WJC of Bard students and community forming Arts Factory located in and its facilities, and be a fundraiser members they are under the direc- Saugerties, NY and housed in what

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Clive he wrote, Clive com- died in 1822 his widow, Mary Woll- Barnes was such a critic of dance and pared Daniil Sim- stonecraft Shelley (author of Fran- theater. He did not reflect the opinion kin, American Ballet kenstein and subsequently many of the audience; he reflected the aims soloist, to Barysh- other stories and novels), dedicated of the theater and dance disciplines. nikov. many years of her life to gathering, He delighted in finding dedicated and In early winter fair copying and getting published talented new dancers and actors and the year following all his works as a memorial to him. in bringing them to the attention of his Clive’s death, his She persisted in this throughout her reading public. widow held a cel- life, even though her father-in-law On first meeting, Valerie Taylor- ebration of Clive’s refused funds to raise his grandson if Barnes and I chatted, reminiscing life. From the many she honored the poet’s name. about Mr. Barnes. She and the remarkable people When Clive Barnes died in 2008, critic had married on July 24, 2004. who attended and The year they married, “Clive went spoke to her about his widow, Valerie Taylor Barnes Clive Barnes's favorite photo of himself. the critic and his good (former Sadler’s Wells/Royal Ballet through four surgeries, so we had to Courtesy Clive Barnes Foundation. Dancer), dedicated the years follow- pick a date when he would not be in works, was born the ing to establishing a foundation in his hospital.” idea of the foundation. So many peo- to say something to the audience. The honor. This year, The Clive Barnes He called to tell his first wife of the ple at this celebration of life urged, actors had no problem with that, but Foundation celebrated its second year date (they had wed on the 26th of July “Go on, do not stop,” that a foundation several of the dancers shyly abstained. of awards to outstanding new talents many years before, and he, with no appeared to her the most logical way This year, Michael Riedel was MC. in the fields of drama and dance, both memory for dates, had set his second to do so. After the winner was announced, marriage on the 26th “It took a year to get it going and awarded flowers and winner’s en- of July some years acquire the 501C3,” Valerie Taylor- velope, finalists, having been pre- later, which naturally Barnes said. Once it was made an advised that they were to speak, each appalled the previous official charity, it could accept tax- said a few words when they were wife.) This time the deductible contributions. To make it called. first wife remarked, easier, they set it up so anyone can “I originally wanted the winning “Well, at least it isn’t make a donation via pay pal at the money to be earmarked for further the 26th!” official site: www.theclivebarnes- training in their art,” Ms Taylor- We reminisced foundation.com. Barnes admitted, “I was voted down about 17 year-old That accomplished, Valerie began by the committee who said most Valerie’s first trip to concentrating on getting grants for young artists need money for their America with Sadler’s the foundation. That’s not an easy rent more than anything else, so the Wells as the youngest feat in these recession days. Grant money is awarded with no strings.” dancer in the compa- givers generally favor very high pro- Valerie is also dedicated to young ny. “Being the young- file companies, which can add to the people. She has taught dance at Mar- est in the company, grant giver’s public profile! Finding tin Luther King High School and La I was stand-by for the right grant writer is a job in itself. Guardia High. One of her favorite everyone.” The awards given by the Clive projects was getting these 14 and They were housed Barnes Foundation are designed to 15 year-olds, to go on stage to enjoy in Boston in a ho- celebrate the work of young actors dancing in public. She is proud that tel where everything and dancers, a goal Clive himself the winners of the Clive Barnes Foun- was pink. She won- favored. Since the idea for the foundation awards went on to greater suc- dered about it, as did dation did not occur to the widow cesses in the year after they won. “I the other dancers. until after Clive’s demise, she never think winning helped their careers.” Turns out, they had discussed it with him. I asked if she Last year’s dance winner was been booked rooms thought he would be pleased or would Chase Finley, who was subsequently Isabella Boynton as soloist in “Bright Stream” in a “brothel!” as she he have demurred. promoted to soloist with NYCB dur- photo by Rosalie O'Connor called it, a short rental “I think he’d have fancied it – he ing the year after winning the award. had an incredible life,” she responded. Ms Arianda, the theater awardee last of which Clive covered so assiduously by the hour hotel. Nina Arianda, winner of last year, is now being praised for her as a theater/dance critic of great dedi- We talked about Clive’s reputa- year’s theater award, presented this work in “Venus in Furs.” cation, integrity and insight. tion for sleeping through some per- year’s award to MJ Rodriguez in the If their future successes were This year’s Awards were held in formances. I knew he had not slept, off Broadway production of “Rent.” based in part on their having been early December. I spoke subsequent- because his reviews always indicated (The finalists were Annaleigh Ash- recognized for this award, she has ly with Ms. Taylor-Barnes, a gra- he had heard everything. Myself hav- ford, Jennifer Damiano, and Josh achieved her aim, “The idea for The cious, vivacious and very personable ing been a daily dance/theater critic Grisetti.) Clive Barnes Foundation arose out of woman with her charming English in Springfield, Ma. and then a theatri- Winner of the dance award this my strong desire that my husband, accent, about how she managed to cal press agent in New York, I often year, Isabella Boylston, soloist with Clive will not be forgotten and that get this foundation established, able closed my eyes after attending plays American Ballet Theatre, had the his wish to encourage and promote tal- to award $5,000 to two winners each every night plus Wednesday, Satur- added distinction of being presented ented, young artists should continue. year and $500 to each of the 3 finalists day and Sunday matinees! I think she the award by Frederic Franklin, We offer them recognition, encourage- in each of the two artistic disciplines. was pleased that I had realized Clive a much honored and outstanding ment and financial assistance and I I queried how she knew how to go was not asleep. dance luminary. Finalists here were know that this is something that Clive about establishing such a foundation Ms Taylor-Barnes said during her Michael Novak for the Paul Taylor would applaud and love.” and she admitted, “I didn’t. I had lots years married to Clive she went to the Dance Company, Barrington Hinds It’s something the rest of us can of help. First from Gwin Job Chin theater with him 8 or 9 times a week. and Natalie Mackessy, both of the applaud and support as well. I Appre- and Jennifer Dunning, and later His work, therefore, entailed a great Stephen Petronio Company. ciated Ms Taylor-Barnes frankness from many others, especially Adrian deal of sitting. Because he loved food, This year’s distinguished selection and glimpses into little known facts Bryan Brown.” his weight was erratic, even though committee consisted, in addition to about Clive Barnes. Too often people The misses Chin and Dunning he exercised every day. Ms. Taylor-Barnes, of Edward Albee, on the arts mock or demonize critics, were co-staffers at the New York “One month he could be 155 Alexandra Ansanelli, Gwin Job Chin, forgetting they serve as a guide for the Times during Clive’s stint as the pounds, and several months later, George Dorris, Barbara Hoffman, average viewer and a standard for the critic for theater and dance at that top 200. He had two sets of clothes.” Howard Kissel, Jacques Le Sourd, creative people involved in the arts. esteemed publication. I know many women who also have Patrick Pacheco, Damian Woetzel As a fan of Mr. Barnes myself, I A critic has a special task: to define skinny clothes and heavy weight and Craig Wright. applaud and laud this foundation and and uphold standards of the art which clothes and was amused by this. The awards last year were also held admire the love and dedication of the he assesses. It is not his job to tell the Clive was so dedicated to his work at the Walter Reade Theatre at Lin- woman who started it all. We should story of the work – it is his job to grade that a mere three weeks before his coln Center. At that time, each of the all have such devoted other halves. the work against the highest level of death he attended an American Bal- finalists went on stage and was asked such achievements. Only then has he let Theater performance at City Cen- ef Jan/ Feb 2012 ART TIMES page 14 Fiction Just Another Story About Dead Horses By S. Brady Tucker ment in his home state. Tommy Red, had ever seen — his mathematical and hookers which were a part of his Matthew “Pinky” Scalero be- a massive sack of fat and muscle and powers were unmatched. Most of his normal monthly budget of necessary lieved he was a handsome and intelli- innards, sans brain, was an old friend customers never even saw the change expenditures, and his savings were gent man. Such was the absurd power of Matt’s deceased father, and in hom- from paper money to rolls of nickels all in hundreds, and all hidden in of belief. In truth, Matt was a man age to Jose Scalero’s memory, offered occur. There it just was. It seemed assorted places in his apartment. In plagued by adolescent acne and suf- his idiot son a job. Matt’s father had that Matt had a skill after all. Within some ways, Matt had learned his les- fered from an impoverished intellect. been a kind and integral part of the two months, Matt was dressed in son from his brush with death and/or In short, he was the type of narcissist Stillwater Pentecostal community, purple satin shirts and slacks, deal- extreme torture. With the money he who was prone to believe that looks and was a compassionate supporter ing to the big boys at the blackjack had saved, Matt created a new line of disgust and astonishment from of Gambling Anonymous, among tables, and taking money from them of slot machines, whose popularity haggard bar wenches were merely other diverse recovery communities all — even the cons and counters who took off almost immediately. Sure, the disguised and confused gazes of in the city. He was god fearing, and came in occasionally. Matt fell off the wagon from time to lust and need. Matt was a convicted zealous, and had the keen ability to Matt soon discovered his second time, but he never gambled again. felon twice over, and this mistaken engender fear of the unknown in any talent: palming one hundred-dollar For the first time in his life, he made confidence in his abilities had made would be criminal or gambler. He bills into his tight back pocket. Matt an intelligent observation: from the him the stool pigeon of every heist he was loved and he was feared. And in worked for Red for three years, and other side of the table, gambling was had ever had the misfortune of being a moment of rare fatherly pride, he consistently had the highest take per a stupid waste of time and money. involved in. had named his son after his favorite night. However, as time went by, it Soon, Matt was rolling in dough The Black Lagoon Casino, just disciple in the New Testament. He was obvious that the take was slowly from casinos all over the world, and outside Stillwater, Oklahoma, was in had high hopes for Matt, all of which decreasing in increments exactly through a broker of gambling ma- many ways his last chance for employ- were all but utterly destroyed by his made up of hundreds. Red had slowly chines, The Black Lagoon was unwit- son’s third year on earth. Matt’s poor come to appreciate Matt’s felicity, but tingly one of his biggest clients. He character was so evi- he also knew that he had to face him made sure he doubled the price when dent by then, that Mr. with the theft, and if necessary, bury selling to them though, in an effort to NEW FOR 2012 Scalero, for the first Matt in his back yard with a mouthful ease the humiliation of dribbling piss, A TASTE OF TROMPE L’OEIL time in his long life, of his own genitals. and running. gave up on one of God’s When Red confronted him with his After a period of making enough w/ Nancy Catandella, Wednesdays, 9-12 own creations. mashers Sully and Pete in tow, Matt money to wipe his ass with hundred Tommy Red didn’t actually dribbled a bit of piss, and in a dollar bills (which he actually oc- WATERMEDIA trust Matt from the remarkable burst of speed and panic, casionally did) and drinking seven w/ Angela Gaffney-Smith, Fridays, 9-12 start — he put him on ran out the back door and down the thousand dollar bottles of wine (if the the floor as a nickel wet streets, never to return. woman sharing it with him was a sure ECORCHE OF THE HORSE changer for the slots. Over the course of the three years thing), all the crime and addiction of w/ Keith Gunderson, Fridays, 9-12 Surprisingly, Matt of employment, Matt had saved one his past was a faded memory. Matt begins February 3 was the fastest and hundred-twenty thousand dollars never saw a jail cell again, and never best coin changer Red exactly by laying off the booze, heroin, found himself on the other side of a botched robbery, but in 1992 he was THE PORTRAIT IN CLAY killed while fishing in the innards w/ Keith Gunderson, Fridays, 1-4 of one of his machines for a wedged begins February 3 nickel. He just couldn’t bring himself MAG to ship the machine while money still ARTFUL USE OF WHAT’S AT HAND EIGHTH ANNUAL SMALL WORKS SHOW remained inside. The nickel turned w/ Polly Law, Saturdays, 1-4 May 9 – June 2, 2012 out to be a quarter, but that is neither here nor there. CALL FOR ENTRIES ~ Work in all media (S. Brady Tucker lives in Erie, CO.) ADVENTURES WITH COLOR- Max. 15” in any direction CASH AWARDS A COLOR THEORY WORKSHOP Juror: Neil Watson Executive Director ef w/ K. L. McKenna, January 16-20 Katonah Museum of Art Please Support our For prospectus send SASE to: Mamaroneck Artists' Guild Advertisers; SOLARPLATE WORKSHOP 126 Larchmont Ave, Larchmont NY 10538 or w/ Kate McGloughlin, January 23-25 download: www.mamaroneckartistsguild.org They Support US Entry Deadline March 16, 2012 PAINTING WITH ACRYLICS WORKSHOP Speak Out w/ Tor Gudmundsen, January 26-27 is your forum! WALL SCULPTURE WORKSHOP w/ Jenne Currie, ART TIMES seeks your February 1-22, Wednesdays opinions, viewpoints, ideas and complaints on any COLLAGRAPH WORKSHOP aspects of the arts. If you w/ Kate McGloughlin, February 14-15 have a point to make—no matter how controver- LANDSCAPE & MOOD WORKSHOP sial—all we ask is that it w/ Christie Scheele, February 18-19 be well reasoned and professionally presented. (No ACTION ABSTRACTION WORKSHOP CALL ENTRIES for advertorials, please). Limit w/ Jenny Nelson, February 25-26 FINE ARTS • FINE CRAFTS yourself to three (3) double- spaced typewritten pages Be sure to visit our extensive website at 50th Annual Juried Show and send with a SASE to: www.woodstockschoolofart.org JUNE 2 & 3, 2012 “Speak Out,” ART TIMES, For application (click apply) or information: PO Box 730, Mt. Marion, www.WhitePlainsOutdoorArtsFestival.com NY 12456-0730. A by-line White Plains Outdoor Arts Festival Committee and tag-line identifying P.O. Box PMB 441 • 333 Mamaroneck Ave. White Plains, NY 10605 • 866.210.7137 the writer accompanies all “Speak Out” articles. Jan/ Feb 2012 ART TIMES page 15 Music Mythical Elements in Works for the Musical Stage: The Outsider By FRANK BEHRENS Having considered so far the will marry and produce new life) is Unknown Son of a God (or equiva- Curly, young and vital. The “bad” lent) and the trickster, we come to one is Jud Fry, whose overly symbolic one last (for now) major mythical name is 3/5 of Judas and what one element: the Judas figure. Research- will do in Hell. Whether or not Jud ers have found that happy events in really loves or merely lusts for Laurie pre-historic Greece were interrupted is beside the point. by an Outsider, an Ill-Wisher. (This Act I, scene 1 contains Jud’s solilo- character is called an “alazon” by quy “Lonesome room,” a very impor- Wylie Sypher in his book “Comedy.”) tant insight into his character and one It was his purpose to shout curses at usually cut from productions, because the happy couple or newly instituted (1) they can’t find a good actor who can king, or fertility rituals to assure also sing or (2) it breaks the light mood the next crop. A sort of pre-historic of the show. In re the second reason, Scrooge. But the real purpose was to the director implies that Rodgers and keep the gods from becoming envious Hammerstein didn’t know how to of the happy humans. write a play. There is no room here to This figure is most familiar in quote the lyrics, but the loneliness of Shakespeare’s comedies. There is this alazon seems to be the strongest the aptly named Malvolio in “Twelfth motivation for Jud’s evil acts. Night,” the vile Thersites in “Troilus Even when Jud joins Curly in and Cressida,” the cynical Jacques in a very comic number, “Poor Jud is The Original Outsider as Pictured in the Middle Ages “As You Like It,” and the loud-mouth dead,” the theme is still death. In critic Lucio in “Measure for Measure.” fact, I am hard pressed to think of any is thwarted by two villains. There play called “Green Grow the Lilacs” Of them and all the rest like them, other musical comedy or comic opera is Crown, who has claims Bess as by Lynn Riggs, but that work itself only Jacques leaves them peacefully, in which a character actually dies. his own property and whose death was a musical. “Porgy and Bess” was in this case to find a “convertite” from Oh yes, in “Gianni Schicchi” Buono brings about the crisis to the plot. based on a play (“Porgy” by DuBose whom “there is much matter to be has died before the opera begins, But more important is Sportin’ Life, and Dorothy Heyward) that itself was heard and learn’d” [Act 5]. Malvolio so that doesn’t count. And no, Jack possibly the slimiest of them all. Not based on DuBose’s novel. And “Damn leaves, swearing vengeance. And Lu- Point “falls insensible,” not dead, at only does he sell “happy dust” to the Yankees” was based on a novel by cio is “married to a punk.” the final curtain of “The Yeomen of people of Catfish Row, not only does Douglass Wallop. Still it is the finished So let us start with “Oklahoma!” the Guard.” he mock the Bible’s tales that are musical products that we have and on (yes, seriously), the plot of which Okay. Roberta in “Roberta” does so dear to those people, but he uses those must we base our conclusions. centers around the question of which die on stage; but it is from natural drugs to lure a defenseless Bess to go A neat twist on all this is J. Pier- man will bring Laurie to the picnic. causes. with him to New York. (This is NOT pont Finch in “How to Succeed in The “good suitor” (i.e., the one who The love between Porgy and Bess a musical comedy by any means.) It Business Without Really Trying.” is quite clear that Porgy, who had This musical is based on a satirical killed Crown, will kill himself in the manual of the same name by Shep- hopeless task of going to New York herd Mead. In this play, Finch him- on his goat cart. (The “happy ending” self is both the Trickster and the Salmagundi Club provided in the recent production— Outsider who rises to the top, a sort better, perversion—of this great work of lovable alazon. But the plot needs Center for American Art since 1871 notwithstanding.) a character to keep even Finch from Of course, the Ultimate Outsider happiness; and so Bud Frump, the d January 3 – 20 D SCNY Junior & Scholarship Members’ Exhibit is the Devil himself. He is called egomaniacal nephew of the Boss, was Applegate in “DamnYankees.” (How invented. Thwarted himself at the d January 3 - 20 D I love these names!) Here the Apple end of the first half of the show, he Art Classes Show Exhibit of Temptation and the Gate to Hell exits declaring, “I shall return.” In the uses as his double bait the Senators second half, he returns nastier than d Fri. Jan. 6, 9pm until Sat., Jan. 7, 7am D winning World Series and then Lola ever and declares, “I have returned.” Salmagundi Draw-a-thon Live Models, Demos, to tempt Joe Hardy from home and (Is it a coincidence that “Bud Frump” Music, Pool, Cash Bar & Pizza loving wife. That Applegate should is so close to “Jud Fry”?) Draw All Night & Stay for Breakfast fail is simply part of a long tradition in Finch finds love and is redeemed. tales like this: Goodness will always Frump remains the “company man.” email [email protected] triumph. And thus do we have a Madison Av- d January 23 – February 10 D Now, “Oklahoma!” was based on a enue Mythos for our Modern Times. Black & White Exhibit ef & Dutch Treat: The Well-Traveled Landscape Exhibit

d January 29, 11am - 3pm D Winter Brunch $20 per person + tax

d February 13 - March 16 D SCNY Spring Auctions Exhibit Auctions: March 2, 8pm; March 11, 2pm (following brunch, 11am-3pm); and March 16, 8pm

d March 5 - 30 D Sylvia Glesmann Floral Exhibit

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But you’ve gotten that the people who get in at your the- your first production. Maybe it’s the ber at a local college who directed you, involved with a small resident profes- ater are those who share your opinion school play; maybe it’s a community somebody gave you good advice about sional company; SPT contract, fly- of you. You make sure that those who theater; maybe it’s a church produc- what schools to try for, and helped you over country. They like you; you like govern your theater appreciate your tion; whatever it is, you do it. You’re get into a good one. them, even if it is in fly-over country. fine qualities. You go on, and it all expressing yourself. People are pay- It turns out you are good. Your suc- Their artistic director retires; they becomes a habit; you don’t even know ing attention to you. Your visibility cess continues at this new, higher lev- tap you for the job. You’re ecstatic. you’re doing it after a while. gets a great lift. Your relatives all el. Your skills improve. You mature. No more day job! Theater now is your Partly this is you, but more im- come to see the show, possibly in- You start understanding that this is day job! portantly it’s the effect of the circum- cluding people who never paid much an art form, that the reason to do it You move from the big city into stances of the industry you work in. attention to you before. is not the attention it showers on you, fly-over country. Five years on, that’s You aren’t alone; most of the people You’re hooked. though that craving continues undi- where you are. Ten years on, that’s who work in the business are in the You keep going. High school, com- minished. You start learning to deal where you are. same boat you are, and for the same munity, maybe local college produc- with your material in depth, to make it The audience is stable — read reasons, and with about the same tions that need young people. You’re valuable and rewarding to watch you. small. The budget is stable — read reaction. The industry is so frag- good at it; you’re praised, when you You branch out; you start directing small. Your income is stable — read mented, so chaotic, so unsuccessful audition, you get cast. and designing as well as acting. small. Are you growing artistically? in paying its own way that almost Now your parents are getting seri- With the help of your mentors and Is your work of value? Are you making all career paths through it are dead ously worried about you. At first, they peers, you make the jump to actual a contribution? Are you a respected ends, as yours is. It is, essentially, a liked this new interest of yours; they paid work. Now you can call yourself a artist? lottery at every level; equal talents thought it was good for you to be ex- theater professional. You don’t make The nagging feeling in the back of and abilities do not rise equally. It pressing yourself, taking responsibil- enough money at it to support your- your mind is that the answer to these is fundamentally, deeply unhealthy; ity, working with others, having con- self, but that doesn’t matter — yet. questions just might be — “No.” You unhealthy for the work, unhealthy for tact with adults in a purposeful en- Now things are getting tough. You meet your local major donors; they the people. You have come to the end vironment, and so forth. Now they’re learn what it’s all about to audition think you’re “just fascinating” — read of your road in it as a big fish in a small seeing their child poised to decide to and not get cast, to interview and not freak. You meet your local high school pond, with all the personal damage become a theater artist, and visions of get chosen to direct. But you do work; drama club; they think you’re amaz- that entails, but both those above you starvation dance in their heads — or, you do get paid; your theatrical in- ing; you know what they don’t know. and those below you display the same more likely, visions of long-term sup- come starts to be a pretty significant You attend your college reunion; your symptoms: the highly developed ego, port past the age of your adulthood part of your living. Perhaps you’re classmates praise you for having the high level of denial, the underly- dance in their heads. (Parents love also getting some TV or movie work. toughed it out and stuck by your guns; ing profound frustration. their children, but sooner or later, And yes, you’ve moved; you’re now liv- they sleep at the Hilton, you sleep at There have been, and there are, the Motel 6. times and places where your art, You’ve topped out; you’ve hit your and the other arts as well, did not ceiling. function in such an unhealthy way. How do you react? It may be possible to change the situ- REGISTER NOW! It took a pretty strong ego to get you ation. It may be possible to change this far. Now you give it free rein, and your society to the point where artists there’s no one to stop you. You con- are respected, where viable career FOR ART CLASSES vince yourself that your theater, un- paths exist, where a populace exists like all the other theaters like yours, that understands and values artistic Winter/Spring Semesters is special. You have your own way of creativity in adulthood. All this may doing things that’s better than all the come to be. It’s probably too late for 3 Starting Dates others. You do the plays others don’t you, but some of those young people do. You create work of special value you talk to at the high school drama and importance, which is unfairly ig- club, who are so highly impressed January 9 nored. 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I really wanted to be me, I thought, that I had not been after more than a dozen.” long, I promise.” with her. But I still had time. She around last night or this morning. I’m “Just one; I promise.” “You better mean it this time.” wouldn’t be walking fast, admiring usually there by nine on a Saturday She shrugged. “Okay, but remem- “I give you my word.” the passing pleasure boats…the tall, morning — ten at the latest. ber — one.” “Two more drafts,” I told the leafy trees. I still had lots of time to Some of my co-workers had asked “What would you like?” I asked her waiter. “You’re sure you don’t want catch up with her. me to join them for a beer after work, when the waiter came to our table. anything?” I asked Natasha. But after that one I wanted an- yesterday. They had all gone home “I don’t want anything.” “Nothing for me,” she said to the other, and then another. And finally after just a few, but I had stayed, and “Come on, just one beer,” I prompt- waiter. I knew it was too late. I could never gone bar hopping after a few more. I ed. “Or a glass of wine.” I was starting to relax, telling her catch up with her now. had no idea at what time I had made “No, I just finished eating and I about the beautiful little nightspot I’d I had never felt lonelier. Or sorrier. it home, but it had to have been after don’t feel like anything.” found last night on Crescent Street, Or so much like life was speeding by three, when I last checked the time. “Get me two drafts,” I instructed and the great Irish band they’d had me while I sat here, missing it all. I came to the Saint Patrick street the waiter. playing. “We can go tonight, if you Why hadn’t I made more of an ef- entrance and was about to step across “I thought you said just one,” she want,” I invited. “You’ll love it, I fort to talk her into staying, I asked the open doorway when I spotted remarked. know.” myself again and again? And failing Natasha, coming up the sidewalk, “Two drafts is one,” I said. “Nobody “Come on, finish that beer and let’s that, why hadn’t I gone with her? We waving. orders less than two drafts at a time; get out of here.” could have walked awhile, like she Something instantly twisted in- they come in pairs.” “Just one more and then we’ll go wanted, and later I could have taken side of me. God, how that woman God but she was beautiful, with for sure, okay?” I said and raised my her to that nightspot on Crescent. She turned me on, with her trim figure, long silken black hair that dropped empty glass without waiting for an would have loved that, I was sure. and those phosphorescent, jade green weightlessly over her shoulders. How answer, getting the waiter’s atten- After a few more beers I moved in eyes. I longed to take her in my arms and tion. with some of my buddies, which did She gave the impression that the wrap her natural red lips with mine. “No, I’m leaving,” she said deci- little to relieve me of my loneliness. attraction between us was two ways, “You look really gorgeous, like sively, getting up. I had that feeling of being alone in a but I could never seem to work any- always,” I said after my first beer. “Come on, just this one and I’ll go crowd. thing out with her. “How pleasing to the heart just to be with you; I promise.” God, why hadn’t I gone with her? “Hi,” I said when she came up to with you.” “No, you had me waste my day Next time, I would, I promised me. “Where are you headed?” “I like being with you too, but not a few Saturdays ago, waiting while myself. “On the canal; it’s such a nice day.” here. Now come on; finish your beer, you had more than a dozen last ones, “Ted, what’s the matter?” someone The Lachine Canal — a more than so we can get going.” finally getting me to join you and at the table said to me. “You look like nine-mile long, man made river, with I drained it. “Just one more and getting me drunk too. Not today. I’m a mutt who’s lost his master.” bike trails and walkways on both we’re on our way; I promise,” I said. going.” She started backing away. I forced a smile, though I felt more sides — stretched along the other side “You said just one.” “Well, tell you what; I’ll have one like crying. of the street from where we stood. “Yes, I know, but I was thirsty. I more and catch up with you on the “I’m okay,” I lied. “It really is beautiful,” I agreed. was downtown last night and drank canal. You’ll be headed towards the (Edgar Bee (Nom de plume) lives “How would you like some company?” more than my usual. 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MY TAG DORA MAAR I have often wanted to tattoo my federal Frequently I can’t resist. ID prison number on my arm. LOVE POEMS I rise at two A.M. and go to my library It would be so Dachau. Where I dream the night to dawn. But I didn’t suffer in prison camp. I don’t understand them Tonight I find a volume on the art of Dora Maar, I liked it. She shrugged. Who; what Picasso’s mistress, his weeping woman. I wrote five hours a day and worked out three. Are they about? Her art is Picasso’s art. I was in Fighter’s Writer’s Camp. My dear, he whispered, they Picasso had insinuated himself into her bone I can no longer remember my number. Are not about. As would a virulent bacillus. I hardly remember the camp. They are because of. She fought his infection by stealing his image, The prison camp. Painting him with dark malignant eyes, Tom Murray Not the concentration camp. Those daggers that had peeled away at her flesh —San Diego, CA In another twenty years I’ll no longer Revealing the dark solitude Remember me. That wept existential tears. I will be dead. In none of her portraits do we see Picasso weep. I will be forgotten. He leaves her without a gift The “I” who will have forgotten will be dead. Except for a brush that paints his image David Lawrence On the canvas of a heartbreak. —New York City, NY John P. Driscoll, M.D. —Falmouth, ME

CROW DOG AT A FALL FESTIVAL Beyond the Eye of the spirit time Stroked by sky of pooled blue, beyond the dawn and the vision sign fingered by trees freckled with light, there among the sage and cedar pine we lean into one another, we come to the realm where the veil is nigh touch heads and hands, we come to the world where Crow Dog lies do not mention There to find the smoky vision quest the other hours, with myself the un-invited, un-intended guest the tasks waiting in an avalanche we come to what is all and best that trembles at the ready. to dance in mind with the eternal need Music eddies, murmurs, to stand at the cliff-side, and to see laces this time up so we the lost spirits dancing at wounded knee. can carry it with us tomorrow. William R. Ford Jr. Carol Hamilton —Potterville, MI —Midwest City, OK Jan/ Feb 2012 ART TIMES page 20 Calendar Continued from Page 18 Saturday, February 11 Relationships Art Exhibit: Annual Members Show Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council 133 Spring Street Newton NJ 973-383-0027 Opening Recep- tion 4-6 pm. free (thru Mar 10) www.scahc.org ART TIMES ALUMNI EXHIBITION Woodstock School of Art 2470 Rt 212 Woodstock NY 845- Yes! I want my copy of ART TIMES Add $15 to your 1 year subscription 679-2388 Reception, Saturday 3-5 PM (thru Mar 3) mailed directly to me. and we will send a 1 year subscrip- Canine/Feline Art Exhibit to benefit True Friends “No Kill” Animal Shel- __1 yr. $18 ___2 yrs $34 ___ tion to ART TIMES as a gift from you. ter Windsor Whip Works Art Center/Gallery 98 Main Street Windsor NY 607-655- ___Foreign: $30/1yr; $55/2yrs Note to read______2370 Opening Reception 6-9 pm free (thru Mar 10) www.WhipWorksArtGallery.org ______Name______Joyce Pommer and Elisa Pritzker Beacon Artist Union bau Gallery Please mail my gift subscription to: 161 Main Street Beacon NY 845-440-7584 Opening Reception 6-9 pm free (thru Address______Mar 4) baugallery.com Name______City______ST______Zip______SIGNAL FROM OUTER SPACE: PROSPECTIVE ARTWORKS BY DANNY Address______HENDERSON Harrison Council for the Arts Harrison Public Library 2 Bruce Phone______City______ST______Zip____ Avenue Harrison NY 914-835-0324 Opening Reception 2-4pm free (thru Feb 27) www.harrisonpl.org email:______Phone______You Make My Heart Sing Lady Audrey’s Gallery 52 Main Street Millerton Make check payable to ART TIMES PO Box 730 Mt. Marion, NY 12456 or NY 528-592-1303 free (thru April 30) www.ladyaudreysgallery.com

 visa /  mc /  disc / code______Short Plays & Skirmishes University at Albany Department of Theatre card # ______/______/______/______exp date______Performing Arts Center 1400 Washington Ave. Albany NY 518-442-4200 charge www.albany.edu/theatre FABRICATED: PHOTOGRAPHS BY EDWARD BURTYNSKY, XAVIER DELORY, JIM KAZANJIAN, LEIGH MERRILL Tremaine Gallery, Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken Rd., Lakeville, CT (860) 435-3663 Artist’s Reception 4-6pm Pastel Society of America (thru MAR 2) www.hotchkiss.org/abouthotchkiss/tremaine-gallery/index.aspx Sunday, February 12 Celebrating our 40th Year! Chill out Fundraiser Proceeds to KAC scholarship fund Katonah Art Center 131 Bedfford Rd. Katonah NY 914-232-4843 Enjoy chili in a handmade bowl - keep the bowl 11 - 2pm donate katonahartCenter.com Monday, February 13 Join us for this special year ~ 40 years of PSA! SCNY SPRING AUCTIONS EXHIBIT Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 (thru Mar 16) www.salmagundi.org We have on-going classes year round and a wealth of workshops – surely one to meet your needs. Friday, February 17 Our Annual Open Juried Show will have lots of special events Girls Night: The Musical Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts 1351 Kings Highway Sugar Loaf NY 845-469-2287 8-10pm charge . www.lyciancentre.com including a Gallery tour and reception, Saturday, February 18 a Materials Fair, a demo and Film Screening at The Schoolhouse Theater 3 Owens Road Croton Falls grand festivities! NY 914-277-8477 7:30-10pm charge Lost Bohemia by Josef Astor. Tickets $10. Stay for Q&A with the director, a 20-year resident of the Carnegie studios. www. For information on classes, workshops schoolhousetheater.org and other events, please contact us at: Figure It Out National invitational exhibition of functional works Clay Art Center 40 Beech Street Port Chester NY 914-937-2047 opening reception: 6-8pm d d d free (thru Mar 31) www.clayartCenter.org Maureen Kelleher: solo exhibit HOLD FAST Azarian-Mc- Pastel Society of America Cullough Art Gallery St. Thomas Aquinas College Costell Hall, Room 15 Gramercy Park South 110, 125 Route 340 Sparkill NY 845-398-4195 Reception: 4:30-6:30pm Artist Talk: 5:30pm free (thru Feb 19) www.stac.edu/amag.htm New York, NY 10003 Sunday, February 19 (212) 533-6931 “Here And About” Drawings and Paintings by Robert Ritter and email: [email protected] Maureen Rogers LaBella Bistro 194 Main Street New Paltz NY 845-255-2633 www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org Opening Reception 5-7pm (snowdate: Feb 26) free (April 19) www.labellapizzbistro Zynszajn & Pakhomov Saugerties Pro Musica Saugerties United Methodist Church Corner of Washington Ave and Post Street Saugerties NY 845-246-5021 3-4:15pm free www.saugertiespromusica.org The following Letter came from the Sunday, February 26 National Association of Women Artists, Inc Zynszajn & Pakhomov Violin & Piano Concert Saugerties Pro Musica Saugerties United Methodist Church Corner of Washington Ave and Post Street Additional news of such scams can be sent to me at [email protected] Saugerties NY 845-246-5021 3-4:15pm charge www.saugertiespromusica.org and I will alert our readers Thursday, March 1 Thank you NAWA for alerting us. Ripple Effect, The Art of H20 (Apr 30); Written on the Waves: Dear Members - Scam Alert!!!!! Shipboard Journals and Logbooks (Oct 2) East India Marine Associates One of our members was contacted through e-mail by a woman named Esther Pow- Peabody Essex Museum East India Square 161 Essex Street Salem MA 978-745- ell, who wanted to buy several of her paintings. This Esther Powell had been on our 9500 charge http://pem.org/ members’ website and picked out certain pieces. When our member asked how she Friday, March 2 heard about her....she was vague. Esther Powell had an elaborate story about moving to SCNY SPRING AUCTION Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Ave., NYC (212) 255-7740 London from New Jersey and she wanted to get the pieces fast. 8pm www.salmagundi.org She then sent our member a Wells Fargo check. Our member took it to Chase and asked if it was real - they said yes, so she deposited it. MARY ALICE ORITO / MAO: Exhibit National Association of Women Artists, Esther Powell sent our member double the required amount to cover shipping and was Inc. 80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1405 New York NY 212-675-1616 (thru Mar 29) www. told to ship the work and deduct that amount and send remaining cash back by Western thenawa.org Union to London. Saturday, March 3 When our member got home from her Thanksgiving trip, the Chase bank had sent Premiere ASK Regional Juried Exhibit Arts Society of Kingston 97 Broadway rejection notices on the check (which was fake) and the paintings were sitting in FEDEX Kingston NY 845-338-0331 charge (thru Mar 31) www.askforarts.org office in London. Now she has to pay to get the paintings back. Ultimately, she is out kershner gallery fairfield library 1080 post rd $2,200.00 Journeys: a group exhibit fairfield CT 203-256-3155 Opening reception with talk by artists 4-6 pm free (thru Our member contacted our office so we could alert other members about this scam. April 6) www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org We suggest when receiving an e-mail about purchasing your art works, google the person’s name to see if there are any posts regarding whether or not the person is a scam Sunday, March 4 artist. Rhythm Of The Dance Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts 1351 Kings BEWARE!!! Highway Sugar Loaf NY 845-469-2287 3-5pm charge www.lyciancentre.com ef