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Meetings
Day: First Thursday of the month from September until June,
except there is no meeting in January.
Time: Beginning at 7:15 pm and lasting until about 9:15 pm.
Place: Roxbury Senior Center, 72 Eyland Avenue, Succasunna, NJ 07876
(see directions)
Note: The AAR Executive Board meets just prior to the general meeting at 6:15 pm.
Meeting Cancellations
For cancellations due to weather, call President Nancy Weiss at home at
973-442-9033. She will also send out an email to any members who have given her
an (up to date!) email address (unless the power or her cable service is out),
so please check your email if the weather is questionable. There will be a
message to listen to informing you of the cancellation.
News Release: Arts Council of Morris Area Grant
Funding has been made possible in part by the Arts Council of
the Morris Area through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of
State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Programs for the 2009 - 2010 Season
These are the programs scheduled for this season. Please click
on the Demonstrator/Speaker name for more information on the particular
presentation.
Note: This list of
demonstrators has not been finalized and is subject to change. See below for
other demonstrator biographies.
Demonstrator Biographies
2009/2010 Season:
September 3 – Steve Zazenski
www.stevezazenski.com
Steve Zazenski will give a
demonstration using watercolors. Many of Steve’s paintings use vibrant
colors which are placed next to each other and provide the viewer with sharp
and inviting contrasts of color and form. His subject matter is mainly
inspired by the landscapes of New England, Bucks County, and the surrounding
regions. Recent travels to Europe and the U.K. are the source of some of
his recent work. He shows widely in galleries and is in many private and
public collections internationally and throughout the United States.
Steve Zazenski, of Bucks County,
received his BFA from the New York Institute of Technology and has been a
full time artist since 1978. He is known primarily for his traditional
landscapes, through which he has developed a series of classes and workshops
entitled: “A logical Approach to Watercolor”.
Having personally attended several of
his classes, I can attest to his down-to-earth and easy-to-understand
teaching methods. His demonstration will be appropriate for beginners and
for advanced artists. And also for anyone just interested in seeing an
artist at work!
October 1 – Doris Schwint
www.schwint.com
Doris Schwint will be giving a
landscape-painting demonstration using watercolors and watercolor pencils.
Doris paints in most mediums, including: watercolor, watercolor pencil,
pastel, and pen & ink. In her watercolors, she enjoys painting in a
free-flowing-style. Her favorite subjects are local landscapes, Maine
seascapes, and gardens. She also is accomplished in painting house
portraits and animal portraits. She has given
many workshops and demonstrations in watercolor, acrylic, ink and collage
throughout the Northwest New Jersey area.
Doris began her art career studying at
Parson's School of Design, in New York City. She has worked as an
illustrator in New York City and in New Jersey. She is in many private
collections throughout the United States and has exhibited widely and won
many awards.
Nov 1
- Auction
December 3 – Tom Valenti
www.thomasvalenti.com
Tom will give a demonstration of watercolor landscape and tonal values.
Mr Valenti is President of Allied Artists of America which is among the most
prestigious art organizations in the nation with members throughout America. He is also an Honorary Member of The Salmagundi Club
in New York, one of the oldest art societies in the United States. He is listed
in “Who's Who in American Art” and “Who's Who in America” and his work is
featured in the January 2007, 70th Year Anniversary Issue of the American
Artist Magazine, a nationally distributed publication. He is the author of
“The Tonal Technique to Watercolor Painting”, an article which appeared in an
issue of The Artist's Magazine.
The artist is the recipient of countless major awards
in National and International Juried Competitions. A few recent
awards are: Traveling Exhibition – American Watercolor Society; First Place
Award – Salmagundi Club Juried Members Exhibition; Best-In-Show – St Mark's 29th
Annual Exhibition, Mendham,NJ; ArtKudos.com online International Exhibition and
acceptance into the American Artist 70th Anniversary art competition.
Thomas Valenti teaches at the Ridgewood Community
School and he demonstrates/lectures and conducts workshops in watercolors
everywhere. He is
sought after as a Juror for many major art competitions. His works are in
numerous private collections here and abroad.
Mr. Valenti graduated from the Newark School of Fine
and Industrial Art as a Fine Art major but is for the most part self-taught. His
inspiration and motivation comes from the belief that beauty is everywhere in
everything.
January - No Meeting
Feb 4 – Group Critique
A group critique is planned for
the February meeting where members will bring unfinished and finished art in the
form of paintings, photographs and collages. Works in progress that are of
concern to the artist will be discussed as well as finished works of interest.
As always, these critiques can be informative and educational.
March 4 - Christina Debarry
www.debarrystudioarts.com
Christina will be giving a floral-demonstration using soft pastels.
Christina has shown all over the world, and
has won countless awards for her art. She is in many private collections.
She is Past-President of the Pastel Society of America 1998-2001. She is an
elected Full member (VP) of the Allied Artists of America, The Catharine
Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, American Artist Professional League (Fellow) and
Audubon Artist. Also an elected former member of The Salmagundi Club, Pen
and Brush, (1991-2001) and IAPS (International Association of Pastel
Societies) former Board of Directors, Artist Fellowship,
Debarry teaches pastel painting and enjoys
giving workshops and demos. In 1997, she traveled to China and gave demos,
as a guest of the Chinese Government. Her pastel workshops have taken her to
Texas, Martha’s Vineyard, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Louisiana,
Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York and New Hampshire in the USA as well as
Canada, Bermuda, France and Mexico.
April 1
- Caroline Goldsmith
We will have a lottery ($1) and members will have a chance to be the one
Caroline paints a pastel portait of.
May 6 - Alice Harrison and
Susan G. Hammond
www.artpresspublishing.com
AAR Members and
Co-Authors of the book, “Artists’ Guidebook to a New Creative Life – Produce,
Exhibit and Sell Artwork" will present a PowerPoint presentation and discussion
of their book.
June 4 -
Professional Critique and Art Supply Sale
Our annual professional critique will be led this year by
well-known artist Ann Kullaf. Works in the form of paintings, photographs and collages will be
critiqued. Everyone is encouraged to bring
one piece of art that you have been working on, either finished or in
process, for Ann's comments. Our
critiques are always very informative and fun.
See Demonstrator Biographies
for Past Seasons
2008/2009 Season
2007/2008
2006/2007
Last Updated: 02/07/2010
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