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May 18, 2012

Lois Sanders’ painting “Currents” wins Best In Show at Atlantic Cafe Exhibition.

MSHAC Welcomes Powles and Dziomba to Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees unanimously approved adding James M. Powles IV and Michael Dziomba  to the board. James is a Middle School Fine Arts teacher. He has a passion for painting watercolors and taking photos of his adventures. He has a B.A. in Fine Arts from Montclair College, Masters of Fine Arts Education and a Supervisor certification from Kean University. He is currently doing the planning of a series of art salon critique sessions to begin mid year 2012.

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Mike was born and raised on Long Island N.Y. and currently resides in New Jersey. After spending over 30 years in corporate America, Mike decided to actively pursue his love of painting. He is a self-taught artist and continues to attend workshops and classes to fine-tune his skills.

Being a self taught artist entails a lot of trial and error and every painting brings with it a new lesson. Mike experimented with various mediums until he found his “calling” with acrylics. Why acrylics, because this medium allows him the flexibility to experiment on the canvas and when necessary, make quick adjustments during the painting experience.

His work tends to be very detail oriented. While he takes artistic license, he doesn’t want to stray too far from the subject that inspired him to paint it in the first place.

His paintings tend to focus on rustic, quiet or simple times. You will often find him photographing farms, barns and rustic areas for possible paintings. Back in his studio he will then work from a series of photographs taking artistic license but not straying too far from the image, which inspired him. His goal is to bring the viewer into the painting and hopefully instill in them the same sense of tranquility he had during the painting experience. The biggest compliment is when someone views one of his paintings and says, “ I feel like I am there!”

You can find more of his work at www.thefineartofmikedziomba.com.

ANR ARTFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH ATLANTIC HEALTH PLANS HONOR VOLUNTEERISM AND VAN GOGH

The next show at Atlantic for Volunteers. The board of trustees announced today that the second show at the Atlantic Cafe will feature the art of members who have volunteered their time and energy in supporting MSHAC activities. A volunteer is defined as a person who has not only said they would actively support an activity but who actually show up. Volunteer activities include assisting in setting up our exhibitions, bringing refreshments, helping take down shows, chairing or co chairing events, committee participation, board membership, and taking on a leadership role. This next show will be in the second quarter of the year. A prospectus will appear on this website and be sent to those who have volunteered for the 2012 membership year.

The third show at the Atlantic Cafe will be open to MSHAC members and others. While the announcement will be forthcoming in a prospectus and other notification, it will be honoring Van Gogh, his art, life and times. Applicants must submit their own version of Van Gogh’s paintings, paintings or photos about his life and times, or other aspects of his life and times. More details will be published in March.

ART AT 1275 STUDIO

Local Artists Holiday Exhibit and Sale

Fairfield - Thirteen local area residents are exhibiting their art work in ART @ 1275 Studio & Gallery conveniently located in the Pio Costa Junction, 1275 Bloomfield Avenue, Building 1, Unit 3, Fairfield through December.  Exhibiting are Marilyn Rose, John Wolff, Medy Bozkurtian, Lois Sanders, Mark deMos, Jinnie May, Kerry Hewitt, Joe Mango, Nancy Robinson, Janet Kucks, Donna Read, Delores Ziegler and Marian Jones.  Original art work puts a finishing touch to your home or office and is an appreciated Holiday gift. Shop where Santa shops!

 

Owner and MSHAC member Marian Jones invites the public to a Meet The Artist Reception on Saturday, December 17th from 11am to 4pm with featured artists conducting ongoing art demonstrations.   All art work is affordably priced and as purchased that work goes home with the buyer immediately, so it’s first come first served.  The artists will replace each piece that sells with a new work which means the exhibit will be changing all through December so stop in often.  Our holiday hours are M & F 1 - 7pm, T & Th 2 - 8 pm and Saturdays 11 - 4.  For more Gallery information visit us online at ARTat1275.com or call 201 747 5969.

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NEWS & EVENTS

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This is a juried show to get into it and for awards. See prospectus for details.

Board welcomes Powles and Dziomba 

Volunteer Recognition show at Atlantic. Prospectus sent to those who volunteered.

Mayo Prospectus is out.