Newsletter Spring 2010
FLORIDA CHAPTER - SPRING 2010
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
It's been a great two years for me as President of NAWA Florida Chapter. I've enjoyed working with a terrific Board of Directors, some of which are leaving, Roxene Sloate, Membership, Wendy Nicholas, Corresponding Secretary, Joan Lustig,Historian, Shirley Goldblatt, Recording Secretary and Carol Staub, Treasurer, who held that position for six years. All have done a great job in their positions. Thank you all, I know you will be there for NAWA Florida Chapter in other ways.
We have initiated a website where 25 members have portfolios. We have made it very easy for you to participate. There was an open Membership meeting following a Board meeting, with a Demo given by Sally Cooper. There were Tours to the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts. All the applicants for our Scholarship program attend this highly rated school. There were three venues last season and four this season. Thank you to the Chairpersons and Committees for the wonderful work you have done. The exhibits and prizewinners for this season will be noted further down this Newsletter.
NAWA Florida Chapter has been a member of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council for many years. As of last year we have been active participants. Through networking we established our relationship with the Dreyfoos School. We have attended monthly PBCCC meetings, many of which have been most informative.
A lovely Luncheon was held at Benevento’s. Thank you to Jean Goddeau, for a terrific job. She arranged for our speaker Ann Fay Rushforth, who gave a marvelous talk. The Installation went very well. Thank you to Jane McIntyre for a monumental effort as Nominating Chairperson who came up with a fabulous slate. Thank you to our Founder Liana Moonie, who installed the new Officers. A thank you award was given to Carol Staub for her six years of Commitment and Dedication as Treasurer of NAWA Florida Chapter.
I want to thank Helene Kleiner for the Newsletter, Grace Fishenfeld for Publicity, Stella White, Past President extraordinaire, Lois Barton former Presentation Book Chair, Lore Baer new Presentation Book Chair, and Janice Cohen, as Scholarship Chair and Chairperson of the Armory Exhibit. Two jobs well done. It was a pleasure for me to work with her.
We have lined up some of next seasons venues Coral Springs Museum, Nov.30, 2010- Jan. 3, 2011. Cornel Museum, 2011 and 2012 details to follow. Armory Art Center will host a combined National and Florida Chapter Exhibit. As new Exhibition Chairperson I will work on this exhibit with Susan Hammond, the outgoing President of National. It will take place Nov.18, 2011 -Jan. 7, 2012; we have worked this out with Ann Fay Rushforth, Program Director and Chief Curator. We had a great experience working with her on the March Exhibit and look forward to the next one.
No President can do a job of presiding alone. I have to thank the Board of Directors, Volunteers and the Membership for their participation in all our activities. I was fortunate to have a great Vice President, Emalee Andre. I truly enjoyed working with her. She did things I could not do, as well as being my confidant. She will be a
wonderful President. Good Luck Emalee and Good Luck to Vice President Jane McIntyre, Recording Secretary, Lois Barton, Treasurer Elizabeth Reed and to the Board of Directors. May you have many accomplishments during your tenure.
Have a good summer, Best Wishes,
Bernice Harwood
NOTE THESE EXHIBITION DATES
Coral Springs; Nov. 30, 2010-Jan. 3, 2011
Cornell Museum; Exhibits in 2011 and 2012, dates to be announced
Armory Art Center; (with National NAWA) Nov. 18, 2011-Jan 7, 2012
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Joyce Berger, Dianne Bernstein, Carol Bolt, Elizabeth Myers Castonguay, Corinne Collymore-Peters, Helene C. Ostrow, Beatrice Wolfenson
CORAL SPRINGS EXHIBITION, Chairs; Stella White and Jane McIntyre
Committee members; Nadine Saitlin, Elaine Geisinger, Elizabeth Reed, Sue Hansen and Joan Sonnenberg. Judge; Jules Organ, a docent at the Norton Museum
1st place: Jane McIntyre
2nd Helene Kleiner
3rd Susan Hansen
Hon Men Katherine Mccauley and Janet Gold
Judges Recognition Elizabeth Reed
NORTHERN TRUST EXHIBITION "Creativity Takes Courage"; Chairs; Emalee Andre and Fern Samuels. Committee members; Nadine Saitlin, Joan Lustig and Lois Barton
Judge: Miroslav Antic - Faculty, Armory Art Center, and West Palm Beach, FL
1st place: Lois Barton - Industry
2nd Place: Carol Staub - Story Book #2
3rd Place: Emalee Andre - Tuileries
Honorable Mention: Joan Lustig - Curve Series Golden Arch
ARMORY ART CENTER EXHIBITION-“Fusion: of Form, Content, Color”
Chairs; Janice Cohen, Bernice Harwood, Committee; Emalee Andre, Lori Baer, Carolyn Barth, Lois Barton, Susan Price Gould, Helene Kleiner, Jayne McIntyre, Elizabeth Reed, Nadine Saitlin, Stella White. Juror: Richard Frank-Curator, Norton and Boca Raton Museums; Instructor, Temple Univ., San Jose City College and Univ. of Georgia.
Thanks also to Ann Rushforth and the Armory Art Center for providing the refreshments for the wonderful reception.
First Place: Joan Sonnenberg “Hope for Haiti”, Mixed Media
Second Place: Liana Moonie: “Feelings of Nature-Haiku Series #34”, Oil on Paper
Third Place: Elaine Geisinger “A Roman Conversation”, Painted Bronze
Honorable Mention: Jean Goddeau “Birch Tree Study”, Batik on Rice Paper
Honorable Mention: Susan Hanson “Pseudo Sioux”, Mixed Media
NAWA-FLORIDA SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Janice Cohen, Chairman, - Committee: Leanna Moodie, Emalee Andre, Bernice Harwood
Scholarship winners:
Ashli Roti, Photographer, The Scholarship in Memory of Rita Schwartz
Caitlin Carnes, Acrylic Painter, NAWA Florida Scholarship
Shelby Rosoff, Printmaker & Mixed Media Artist, NAWA Florida Scholarship
SOLO AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
LoisBarton: Solo,“EVEN MORE”, Paintings and Collages, Town Of Jupiter Community Center Art Gallery, 200 Military Trail Jupiter, Opening Reception, Friday, March 26, 2010, 6 -8 PM, Ends April 30, 2010
Cherie Bender: Featured in April Art In America Magazine with painting "Crown Of Thorns".
Karen Fletcher Braverman: Received an Honorable Mention for the abstract painting Windows II at the Goldcoast Watercolor Society Members Show in March.
Janice Cohen: 2 pieces have been accepted for a Juried Art in Public Places Exhibit-"Environmental Art" at the Boynton Beach Library on Seacrest Ave. Art will be on exhibit until May 2010, Reception April 19, 6-8 PM, A Handmade Artist Book is on exhibit in the 2009 Florida Artists' Book Prize Exhibit at the Bienes Museum in Fort Lauderdale. Books will be on display until June 19, 2010; 3-person show at Sugar Sand Park, south of Palmetto Park road on Military Trail from April 21-May 30, 2010. Reception Saturday, May 8th from 11am-1pm
Janet Gold: One of nine Third Avenue Studio Artists who opened their studios for the 15th Annual Third Avenue Art District Artwalk, Sat Feb 6, 2010: 6-10 PM, The Museum of Art at One East Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale will participated.
Susan Hanssen: Won second place in the Fallbrook Art Center's Signature American Watercolor Exhibition. The Juror was Frank Webb. The inaugural show ran in February -March 2010.
Cassandra Gordon-Harris: Solo Exhibition: "Sleepwalking though Creation", October 1, 2009- March 1, 2010, Ottawa University Muller Art Gallery- Ottawa, Kansas, 27 recent oil on canvas paintings
Ruth Karp: City of Pembroke Pines 5th annual art competition, Best Painting award (cash Prize) Oct thru Nov. 2009, One woman show (100) paintings, Pembroke Pines Glass Gallery, Jan-Feb., 35th Annual Members Only Show, Gold Coast Watercolor Society Show, Second Place, (cash award) March, 37th Annual Spring Exhibition Miami Watercolor Society, Honorable mention, March
Lynne Kroll: Tallahassee Watercolor Society 22ND Tri-State Juried Watermedia Exhibition, Le Moyne Center for the Arts,Tallahassee, Florida, April 30-May 29,2010; Watercolor Society Of Alabama 69TH Ann. Juried Exhibition, Johnson Center for the Arts, Troy, Alabama, May 15-July 17,2010; National Society Of Painters In Casein And Acrylic 56TH Ann. Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York
City, N.Y May 24-June 11,2010
Deni se Lorenz: Solo exhibit of collage landscapes entitled "Other Worlds" at Lone Star College-Montgomery from March 1 - 31, 2010. The mixed media works were composed of etchings, collagraphs, watercolor and colored pencil.
Joan Lustig: Solo-“THE WORKS”, paintings, prints and collages. South Palm Beach Town Hall, 3577 S. Ocean Blvd. {A1A) South Palm Beach, FL. Opening Reception, Sunday, March 7, 2010 from 2-4 PM. After reception, by appointment only, call 588-8889, Exhibited three paintings in the Artists of Palm Beach County Juried Exhibition at Gardensart in Palm Beach Gardens, March 13 to April 9, 2010, Received an Award of Merit, in the category of mixed media, at the Armory Student Show, March 13 to April 8, 2010.
Bobbi Mastrangelo: "The Sidewalk Was Paved in Gold" selected for "Water S(our)ce" at The Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford Georgia from April 3 – 28, 2010. Interview with Carolyn on Artsy Shark http://www.artsyshark.com (posted in mid April 2010)
Elizabeth Miller McCue: 2 site-specific sculpture exhibits by invitation only and include honorariums. Outdoor Sculpture Invitational 2010, Artists in Dialogue with the Landscape, Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, MD, Curators Mary and Howard McCoy, June 1 – September 15, Opening Reception and Sculpture Walk June 19, 3-5; 2010 Sculpture on The Green, Bi-Annual Invitational Exhibition The Village Green Cashiers, NC, Curator Wesley Wofford, July 16 – December 16, Opening Reception June 17
Susan Megur: Won Honorable Mention at the "Art 2010 International" at Nathan D.Rosen Museum Gallery in Boca Raton. Upcoming solo show at the Palm Beach Gardens City Hall. Reception on Nov. 19th, 6pm to 8pm.
Joyce Harris Mayer has been juried into two exhibitions. Her image “Imagined Transformation of Nature” will appear in "Art on Paper", Monmouth Museum, New Jersey, April 23-June 27, Reception Friday, April 23, from 6-8pm. Mayer's image “The Soul of Merce Cunningham” has been juried into the exhibition "Homage", to be presented in California's Escondido Arts Partnership from July 9 to August 21 and at the Art Institute of California, San Diego, September 11 - October 15. This exhibition will have a catalog
Vernita Nemec: Awarded a 3 month residency at Farspace in NYC through The Field for Performance Art, April-June, 2010; Open Studio as part of annual “Toast Artwalk”, Friday April 23rd 5-9, Saturday April 24-Monday April 26, 1-6pm
361 Canal Street, NYC
Pokey Park: Best Sculpture at Elk River Area Arts Alliance, Arts in Harmony exhibit.
Connie Legakis Robinson: Awarded a solo exhibition at the Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ. Exhibition is entitled "Drawings" and runs from Sept 1-25, Artist's Reception: Sept. 12, 1 - 4p.m.
Fern Samuels; Published a book called "Women Wear Many Masks". It is a compendium of art and poetry for and about women containing 40 original images- on Amazon in May. 20% is donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Anika Shpilberg: Solo, “Bac:Black and White”, Black and White Photography, Nov 13-20, 2009, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami; Reception, Nov. 13, 7-10 PM.
Stella White: Represented by Transitions Galleries 1 and 2; and Island City Traders, in Wilton Manors. She's composing stories about people and their pets (so please send your story to her if ok to publish: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ); Pursuing a grant to teach art in juvenile jail. An auction to benefit the local shelters is envisioned.
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OFFICERS AND BOARD 2010– 2012
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Founder Liana Moonie