Art in the Village rescheduled to May 5th

Art in the Village -- Spring 2013

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

APRIL 28, 2013

10AM-3PM

(Rain date May 5)

 

 

 

SANDY BEACH                               FUSED GLASS

VIDABETH BENSEN                      SILK SCREEN

ANNE BIGELOW                             JEWELRY

EVELYN BROWN                           POTTERY

BEVERLY CROW                           WATERCOLOR, ACRYLIC, MIXED MEDIA

CAROLYN DAVENPORT              MIXED MEDIA, COLLAGE

FORREST GREENSLADE            NATURE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

MURY HANDLER                           ACRYLIC, INK BRUSH PRINTS

KAREN HAVIGHURST                  COLLAGE, MIXED MEDIA

MARY HEISSERMAN                    WATERCOLOR

HORTY JACOBS                             PHOTOGRAPHY

FLORENCE JOHNSON                 WATERCOLOR

MATTHEW LEAVITT                       DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

RONI LIBERMAN                            WOOD FURNITURE, TURNED BOWLS

ROY LINDHOLM                              PHOTOGRAPHY

JOHN MAKOWSKI                          CERAMICS

SUSAN McLAURIN                         HANDMADE PAPER, MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE

PAC McLAURIN                              NEW ARTIST

KAY MURPHY                                 JEWELRY

JANE PALKOSKI                             FIBER ART

ZEN PALKOSKI                               SCULPTURE

STAN POMERANZ                         POTTERY

ANNE RAMOS                                MISCELLANEOUS CRAFTS

STEVE SHAFER                             PHOTOGRAPHY, OBJECT SHADOWBOXES

EL TREMBLAY                                PAINTING

HARRY LANE WURSTER            MIXED MEDIA

 

 

Happy April

Spring is in full bloom in Fearrington Village – and so is the art



Painting by Florence Johnson, Photo by Matthew Leavitt

Artist Studios at Fearrington Village presents Art in the Village, an outdoor exhibit and sale showcasing  visual artists who live and create in Fearrington.  Come to the Village Center on Sunday, April 28^th, from 10 to 3 for Exhibitors: painters, potters, sculptors, photographers, jewelers, woodworkers, fabric artists - a wide variety of styles and media. Join us – it’s family friendly and free!

Stroll through our beautiful gardens. Enjoy lovely and exciting music. Have a snack or a meal in Fearrington’s renowned restaurants. Browse interesting shops. Visit McIntyre’s Books, a delightful independent bookstore.

Enjoy exhibits by local, regional and nationally-known artists and purchase their original artworks.

 

For more information, visit our blog: http://fearringtonartists.blogspot.com/2013/03/art-in-village-spring-2013.html and website: http://fearringtonartists.org/

The Iraq War: 10 Years Later -- The Real Story

Early in the morning, Kazem was awakened by horrified screams. He ran to the next room where is wife Shatha cowered in the corner. “Look” she demanded. Kazem turned his eyes in the direction of his wife’s extended finger. “There” she pointed again, “Do something”.

Kazem’s eyes then locked on the opposite corner of the small room where Shatha prepared food for the family. In the corner, frantically darting this way and that, was an equally horrified and very small rodent. “Do something” Shatha repeated, with a heightened tenor of urgency in her voice. Kazem grabbed a broom from near the table, and lunged toward the miniature beast – which abruptly turned to the far wall, and scurried through a barely discernable crack in its base.

“Kazem – Do something” Shatha demanded.

Kazem hurried down the street, past one of the towering statues of Saddam, into the neighborhood market place. Making his way through close aisles of merchandise, he went right to the stall of Mogtada, his friend, who sold whatever he could find at a cheap price. Kazem recapped for Mogtada his encounter with the small rodent, and stressed that any level of domestic tranquility in his household depended on his doing something with it. “It is only a mouse” advised Mogtada, “They are everywhere here in Baghdad.”

“What can I do about this mouse?”

“You need a mouse trap.

“OK, sell me such a mouse trap!”

“I wish that I could sell you a mouse trap” Mogtada responded, “But with these United Nations sanctions, Iraq cannot import food and medicines, let alone mouse traps” he elaborated.

Kazem’s mind began to race. He was a very enterprising person, always sensitive to opportunity. “Why don’t we make these mouse traps, and sell them all over Baghdad” he blurted out excitedly. I will be able to do something at home, and we can make a better Baghdad, perhaps even a better Iraq.”

Kazem and Mogtada, anxious to get started on their new venture, rushed to the home of Abu, an influential person in the local Ba’ath Party in Baghdad. They stressed to Abu the importance of ridding communities all over Iraq of these rodent threats. They urged Abu to help them secure the resources needed to design and produce some sort of device for mouse eradication.

Abu was also an astute man with a quick mind for opportunity. He suggested that, for a small percentage of future profits from the venture, he would secure funds from government resources. “Even with UN sanctions, there is plenty for Saddam’s friends” he winked.

The next day, Abu visited the Ministry of Security. His friend, Hamza, was assistant to Assistant Minister of Baghdad Security. Abu outlined for Hamza the strategy for producing devices for mouse eradication. Hamza, quite astute himself, allowed that, for a small percentage of future profits, he would get support from Saddam’s inner circle. “Being well connected in the Ba’ath Party, I will simply send an email message to a very influential person,” Hamza declared.

Hamza sat right down at his computer, one of the very few allowed in Baghdad. He addressed his note to Uday. In the email, he emphasized the critical importance of a program to produce weapons of mouse eradication in order to circumvent the UN sanctions.

In his office in London, Michael sat, bleary eyed from hours of staring at reams of email traffic. Abruptly, his eyes focused tight on the words “In order to circumvent UN sanctions, Iraq’s program to produce weapons of mouse destruction will have the highest priority.” Michael bolted from his chair, and ran into the office of John, Assistant Director of Intelligence at MI6.

John called Clive.

Clive called Reginald.

Dubb'ya in clay by Forrest

And Reginald called Tony.

Tony picked up the red phone, and called Condi. “We are getting a bit of chatter about Iraq’s program to produce weapons of mouse destruction to circumvent the UN sanctions, he said.

“Weapons of mouse destruction?” Condi repeated

Condi Called Donald, “British intelligence has some scuttlebutt about Iraq using weapons of mouse

destruction against the UN.”

Donald dropped the phone, and strode into Dubb’ya’s office, “Saddam Hussein has weapons of mouse destruction, and he plans to use them against the United Nations building in New York City.”

Dubb’ya just stared back “WMD?”

A few weeks later, Kazem looked up in shock and awe, as bombs rained down on his little home in Baghdad. Kazem, Shatha, their four children, and several very small rodents were killed.

Organic Forrestry at Chatham Marketplace

Biologist turned artist Forrest C. Greenslade, PhD (http://www.organicforrestry.com/) will exhibit a selection of paintings depicting local  scenes in the Café at the Chatham Marketplace (http://chathammarketplace.coop/) during the month of April. There will be a meet the artist wine and cheese reception on Saturday April  13 from 1 to 3.

Bynum Bridge, a relief painting in modeling paste and tarnished metals

"I was that kid you could always find turning over rocks in streams, looking for what wonders nature would disclose to me," says Greenslade. His curiosity about the natural world, led him to a life as scientist and organizational executive. Now in retirement, Dr. Greenslade is again doing what he did when he was ten years old -- turning over rocks and sculpting and painting the wonders that nature discloses.

"I lived a serious life, but now in my dotage, I am just letting the kid out again, " Greenslade smiles."It's more fun than an old guy deserves."

Greenslade’s latest book, Visitations: A Nature-Lover’s Journal (http://www.blurb.com/b/3301641-visitations-a-nature-lover-s-journal?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=140x240) will on view at the reception.

April 13^th is also the opening day for the Marketplace Farmers Market.

Shetland Reverie

Shetland Reverie by Forrest C. Greenslade, PhD 

About a month ago, Carol-Ann and I adopted a Sheltie named Stanley from Triangle Sheltie Rescue. He has stolen our hearts and those of neighbors and many, many folks in Fearrington Village. Stanley is a very good model, and has inspired me to do several paintings of him.

In "Shetland Reverie", I imagine Stanley recalling the ancestral home in the Shetland Islands of this wonderful breed. This is a 16x20 painting using watercolor and colored pencil.

Carolina Brewery Features Chatham Artists Guild Art for All Seasons

Patrons of the popular Pittsboro restaurant will enjoy the colorful and textural works of printmaker Vidabeth Bensen and mixed media artist Rita Spina from February 2 – April 6, 2013. Bensen and Spina are charter participants of the Chatham Studio Tour. There will be a free reception on Sunday, March 3^rd from 4 to 6 PM. Come, meet the artists and  share some custom crafted brews and delicious snacks.

Vidabeth Bensen’s original screen prints reflect 27 years living and working overseas.  She is a retired high school art teacher and used her skills as a printmaker while working as an illustrator and graphic artist for the US Army in Germany and for USIS in Morocco. 

Winter Trees by Vidabeth Bensen

Bensen grew up in NYC. “I remember always making art,” she says. She majored in art, with a minor in education at Brooklyn College.  That intersection has been a continuous thread throughout her life. The other constant has been screen printing. In college she had a lot of acting friends, who asked her to make posters for them. Making posters by hand was too time-consuming, so she learned to do silk screening. “The first time I pulled a squeegee across a screen, I was hooked – I have been doing it ever since.”

Her prints are hand pulled in her studio in Chatham County and each one is unique.  Many of her prints could be called “screen paintings” as they are mounted on canvas and are one-of-a-kind mono-prints.  Color and composition inspired by Bensen’s interest in abstract expressionism are the subject matter of several newer prints. . “I consider myself so very fortunate – I have been doing this for over 50 years – Every print that I make is still exciting to me.”

Rita Spina is renowned for the re-visioning of discarded materials into beautiful and distinctive art. “I am a “junque” artist, she grins. Spina’s work is almost always 3-dimensional and is made of materials that have been previously used, which includes, metal scrap, old wood, paper and often organic materials themselves. “I find most of the materials in scrap yards, walks in the woods, rural roads and often on my front deck, as people who know my work pass "junque" along.”



Golden Touch by Rita Spina

Born and raised in Manhattan, Spina always expressed an interest in art, and as a child attended Saturday classes at the famous Parson’s School of Design. She planned to be an art major at Russell Sage College. However, she became an English major, as the Art program was tailored for those who wished to follow the great artists of the world -- that would come later. She married, had four children, went to Hofstra University for her graduate degree in Psychology and eventually headed up the Psychological Center. A subsequent clinical practice followed.

“Whereas in my career as a Psychologist, I put people and ideas together, as an Artist, I now put materials and ideas together,” Spins notes.  “The materials often stimulate the origins of what I do.” 

Life’s cycles, the power of nature and her changes, the tension between natural form and emerging technologies, the remnants of progress and the coexistence of variables are an endless table from which to choose for Rita Spina - nothing ever remains the same.

For more information about the artists, visit: http://www.chathamartistsguild.org/portfolio-item/vidabeth-bensen/ and  http://www.chathamartistsguild.org/portfolio-item/rita-spina/.