Art - CULTURAL ARTS COALITION

SOME PAST ART SHOWS

Susan McKeever-Duys is a locally-based artist working in a variety of mediums, although mostly oil and watercolors.

“This show, SEEN, is about the positive and negative aspects of being seen. On the positive side, we as humans need to be seen, validated, heard… especially in an ever-growing world that is influenced by huge, wealthy enterprises making decisions that affect us as individuals. We see in the world today a terrible trend of marginalizing more people and favoring huge money interests while eroding the individual human.

Holding space and acknowledging the individual - the person - and seeing them and their needs is more important than ever. This holds true for nature and the beauty of our world that we often glimpse while on trains, in cars or in passing, often invoking a feeling of longing to be able to spend more time in those places.

On the negative side, there is the increased constant surveillance happening against our permission, where our identity, habits and personal health information is being captured by cameras, biometrics and computer surveillance. This information is being used to train A.I., sold to third party vendors to profile us, and used in ways we have no knowledge or clarity about. Our eyes contain everything about our bodies, health, personal identity - and it’s all being used now more than ever against our consent.

They say the eyes are the windows of the soul, and maybe we need to ensure that they are being used in our best interests.”

Susan McKeever-Duys has been an artist her whole life, but has been painting since 1992. Her work has been shown in a variety of galleries in the US, Costa Rica and across Europe. She accepts commissions and can be contacted (through the Cultural Arts Coalition) if interested.

Elizabeth Elder: "Transitions"

The show as a whole could be viewed as a life metaphor in which particular, or limited, outlooks transition over time into broadly interpretive perspectives.

"We are always in THE NOW, where THE PAST nudges into the present, and mixes with ideas that might grow into moments we don't know about yet."

All works are available for purchase.

Chris Carter: "Calm Amidst Chaos"
Christopher Carter is an artist, woodworker, musician and practitioner of various spiritual disciplines. He was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts in November of 1973, where he lived until 2000 when he moved with his then wife and two young children to the Catskills.

After struggling with substance abuse for years, Chris found sobriety in March of 2021. A large part of his recovery is engaging in authenticity and vulnerability through creative expression.

Primarily, Chris’s work is abstract in acrylic on canvas, but he also does black and white sketches and works in other mediums. Traditionally trained in woodworking and furniture design, Chris has always been drawn to creative endeavors. He has been using painting as a medium to connect with his higher consciousness and practices it as an exercise in surrender and non-attachment.

He seeks to create images that invoke a sense of calming depth for the viewer, in hopes of promoting stillness and serenity in a chaotic world. He is grateful to share his catalogue of work with you in the hopes that something will resonate with your divine self.

You can find all of his work on Etsy under Drift Gallery or on Instagram under the handle Gallery.Drift.

"Triple Vision" Exhibit through July 3
(featuring works by Beth Tolmach and Rocco Rea)

This two-month-long art exhibit features work created by two promising artists (and Carmel natives!) - collaborating on parallel bodies of work using prompts and Jungian art exercises. Resulting themes include the Tarot Major Arcana and other invisible worlds.

Free Past Workshops with Beth Tolmach (Saturdays, 12-2 PM)
April 12 — Open Studio
April 26 — Workshop: Collage & Mixed Media Techniques
May 3 — Open Studio
May 10 — Children’s Workshop: Art Journaling- Create Your Own Book! (ages 7-14)
May 31 - Children's Workshop: The Art of Movement (ages 7-14)
June 14 - Tarot Workshop

Edison Arevalo: "What Lies Beneath"

Fascinated by illustrations from old encyclopedias, lithographs of Animalia - especially botanicals - Edison Arevalo gathered wild plants and flowers to make illustrations. His attention was drawn to the root systems, - some tangled and messy, others simple - which we never see or appreciate in any plant. This is how the series got the name "What Lies Beneath."

Aravelo shot over 100 plates for this work, primarily ambrotypes ("glass plates") and some tintypes ("metal plates").

Born in Cuenca, Ecuador, Edison and moved to the US at age 20. Fascinated by analog photography, he started with 35mm. Later he movied to medium format and ultimately ended up working with large format cameras.

Digital photography was replacing traditional photography at this time, and some favorite films and photo papers were no longer being made. Aravelo looked into 19th-century photographic processes and making photographic film. The wet plate collodion technique instantly caught his attention. It took years to read, learn and understand the collodion process and to build the necessary equipment and chemicals to work with this process.

This show is the culmination of that work.

Jen Upchurch: "Heart Fam Fam"

Jen Upchurch announces Heart Fam Fam Series Exhibit
Originally crafted in Georgia and New York starting in April 2020, these paintings are the next phase in the ever-expanding dreamscape of Jen and her Heart Fam Fam members. What began as drawings on bar napkins in the wake of 9/11 are now full-color paintings brought to life with background stories and interesting names.

Georgian born Jen Upchurch has been a working artist for over 20 years. Originally trained in dance, acting, and art, Jen started her career in circus sideshows and showing art in New York and other parts of the world.

Jen is also author of “Princess Peaches and the Cloud Castles," a children's book.

Hudson Valley Blues Society: "Art and the Blues"

Join us for April's "Art and The Blues" - at the intersection of art and music!

In addition to music events hosted by Hudson Valley Blues Society, the Studio Around the Corner will have music-themed art from the following area artists on exhibit the month of April:

Ray Grappone aka Grappo Bellini. https://hipboneart.com
Rene Soto, of Rene Soto Gallery in Norwalk, CT
Joan Lengel, mixed media artist of Larchmont, NY joanlengel.com
Elisabeth Frischauf. www.elisabethfrischauf.com
Ernesto Castanuj
Hilary Korn Fontana
Pat Stanton

Date: April 1, 2022
Time: from 7 - 9 PM Exhibit Opening (and Saturdays in April 12 – 2 PM gallery hours)
Where: Studio Around The Corner, 67 Main St, Suite 101, Brewster, NY