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I hope you’re all enjoying this cold snap. Let’s all bundle up, huddle together, and create some art! Keep the news flowing to me at marvinschn@msn.com , and have a great week. – Marvin
IMPORTANT DATES
July 18: Wizard of the Strings, Screening Room Program, 3PM
July 19: Richard Bennett Solo Piano Ragas, 3PM
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Sad news again this week. Ray Hall’s wife, Cathy, passed away this week after a long fight with cancer. Our best wishes go to him and his family.
1. Summer Show: Attendance was down 20% again this weekend but sales were ahead of last year.
Please cut and paste this email announcement and send it to your mailing list.
Art in changing perspectives
thru Aug 16 weekends 1 – 6PM
It’s a great place to catch a harbor breeze and snatch an affordable piece of art.
Among the 800 new works and 220+ exhibiting artists, four artists are featured -
Audrey Frank Anastasi, whose paintings capture the soul and essence of their subjects,
Joseph Anastasi and his grand scale presentation of photographic images which definitely offer an altered perspective
David DiPasquale’s spiritual, otherworldly qualities of light in his Octave Cycle paintings and
Arden Suydam’s Night Crossings – a unique perspective of the Brooklyn Bridge at night.
This weekend at the Pier:
Sat: In the BWAC Screening Room at 3PM – Wizard of the Strings: Portrait of Roy Smeck
Mike Movie presents Alan Edelstein’s lovely documentary about vaudeville musician, ukulele and guitar player, Roy Smeck.
Sun: Richard Bennett Solo Piano Ragas
Richard combines Lisztian virtuosity, African grooves and Hindustani melodic development to create new transcendent music.
2. Words of Color: Acceptance letters will be sent out by the end of July. Please see Fritz and Carlo’s description below. Also looking for images of work to be used for promotion, please send your images to steven_weiss@verizon.com and cart2gonow@nyc.rr.com
3. Reduced Membership Fee and Work for New Members: For the last remaining 2009 show, new members need only pay a $50 membership fee and work 12 hours.
Enjoy!
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MEMBERS’ NEWS
From Fall Show Co-Chairs Steven (Fritz) Weiss and Carlo Grassini about Words of Color:
This is a narrative show about the Words and the Colors of Art. It is open to all medium of art, performance and word requiring only your imagination. But above all it will require that you submit a narrative with your work in order to be hung on the center aisles, although we would prefer every panel have a narrative. Your narrative can be one word to one page long. If your narrative is an integrated into your work it is not necessary to submit a separate narrative. The narrative can be a statement, poem, or story.
Further to the Edge: Like the Summer Show, the 200′s Bay will allow total freedom of, what,where and how your work is displayed on your panel. You can have as many works with or without frames as you can hang. You even choose your own panel. We encourage more members to take advantage of this opportunity.
If you need an extra large panel to present your work, please submit your Images, Words, thoughts, ideas and suggestions to steven_weiss@verizon.net and cart2gonow@nyc.rr.com .
The Words of Color speculates, insinuates and attempts to define the discourse of the essential elements of Art as the Word and Word as the Art: Color, Balance, Texture, Image, Song, Performance, Dance, Poem, Emotion, Concept:
This is an example:
He sat fixated
No stirring about
Almost breathless
His face against the paned view-scape of this morning’s world
His face seemed to be sculpted by the dance of sunbeams across his face
The windswept currents of leaf-dance
Ablaze in reds, oranges and yellows
Intermixed within an endless assortment
The many shades of umber
And in the background a brilliant blue enveloped
The many caricatures of white pillow like creatures
Available in all sizes and shapes
In the distance the trumpeting of snow geese
The sharp blurting call of mallards, teals, canvasbacks and wood ducks While close enough almost to touch
A chorus of mockingbirds, cardinals and chickadees
Chimed in to complete this morning’s performance of autumnal beauty
Fritz (Steven) Weiss
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Faith Gabel has pieces in the 5th Avenue Art Walk sponsored by the 5th Avenue Business Improvement District. Four of her works have been put up in Park Slope’s Aunt Suzie’s Restaurant on 5th Avenue between Garfield and Carroll Streets and will be there through Labor Day.
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From Bernette Rudolph:
Left a Chelsea Gallery and am now on exhibit at “La Bagel’s New Store” on Seventh Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets opposite the hospital in Park Slope, Have a bagel and see my work.
ParkSlopeArtist.Etsy.com Bernette@Earthlink.net www.BernetteRudolph.com
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From Julian Hsiung:
I will have an open studio show during Art Under the Bridge Festival. It runs from Friday, September 25, to Sunday, September 27 at 55 Washington Street, Studio 254, Dumbo, Brooklyn. I welcome our BWAC members to come and enjoy the festival.
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CLASSIFIEDS
From harriet regina marion:
2 Bedroom, 1750 sq. ft. sunny floor-through on 2nd floor of owner-occupied Victorian mansion. Your own washer/dryer, dishwasher, air conditioner, large double closets with antique beveled mirrors, huge 150 sq. ft. Victorian bathroom with large stained glass windows, 2 fireplaces, shiny parquet floors, ceiling fan, gingerbread trim and architectural details, eat-in kitchen, free satellite TV, door buzzer. Easy parking, near public transportation and shopping, Faces park, school and museum. $2200/month + security deposit. Call harriet or John to see it: 718.778.3145.
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From Tracy Phillips:
I have an apartment in Windsor Terrace Brooklyn for rent beginning August 15th. The apartment is a beautiful, large (approximately 1000 sq ft) one+ bedroom. It is a floor-through with hardwood floors, bay windows, tin ceiling in the living room, good light, 1/2 block from Prospect Park, 2 short blocks from the F train, and pet friendly, in a two family owner (me) occupied building.
The rent is $1700. asking one month + security. If interested or know someone who is looking, I can be reached at 917-620-6594.
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Call for photographers for stock agency collaboration:
I am looking for all photographers interested in submitting works to my new online stock agency. All photos will be copyright protected (your copyright) and watermarked.
Advertising agencies, businesses, collectors, art lovers, the general public, basically any user of the internet, etc. will have the opportunity to buy your works royalty free for usage in ads, the internet, newspaper, billboards, etc. Additionally, the website provides the ability for interested parties to purchase prints from a professional print lab.
You take 65% (I said 60% last week – sorry) of the sale which is significantly higher than what the traditional stock agencies pay out. There is the ability to set your own prices or you can utilize our global pricing model. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase some or all of your work. I am working on major publicity, advertising, my network of creatives and industry professionals, and search engine optimization and management firms to get you recognized and funded.
Please get in touch with Dan Marino | dan@danmarinophoto.com | (917) 207-2091 if interested. Looking for all category submissions at this point in time.
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