Refining Your Vision: Moving from Automatic to Manual Camera Mode with Linda Nutter – Class Full

by | Oct 23, 2019 | Past Classes and Workshops

Refining Your Vision: Moving from Automatic to Manual Camera Mode with Linda Nutter
8 Weeks • Mondays • Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 24, Mar 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2020 • 10am-11:30am
Class Full – Please contact us for Wait list
$180 M/$215 NM

This class is for you if:

•  You are a beginner photographer 

• You have a DSLR but you shoot in auto mode and want to take control of the aperture and shutter settings.

• You often get photos that are over or under exposed…and you don’t know how to fix it.

• You have some type of software on your computer to view your photos.  (Can be just the consumer software that comes with your computer or camera.)

Requirements: Any DSLR camera with manual, (print it from the website or a link to the manual on your phone.)
(Ex: Canon Rebel/EOS, Nikon D5600/D3400/D3300 and many others.)
DSLRs have interchangeable lenses. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
(Please, no Canon Powershots, Nikon Coolpix or similar.)

You do not need Photoshop. You can use any software that will allow you to upload your photos to your computer.  

Max 12 people

As a photographer, Linda Nutter works at the intersection of art and technology.  Her class at the Art Guild gives her the opportunity to combine her extensive background in the arts with her love of cameras and their technical intricacies…intricacies that, when mastered, allow a photographer to become fully expressive.

 

Although she specializes in artistic and business portraiture of people, she also enjoys photographing landscapes, sports, still lifes.

She holds a BA in Theater, an MA in Choreography and Dance Education, and a Ph.D. in aesthetics. In addition, she is a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) and spent the first part of her career as a choreographer. She has taught at the University of Nebraska, New York University, Marymount Manhattan College, and the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies. She studied photography at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and looks forward to helping students refine their photographic vision by employing a thoughtful and measured approach to experimenting with the manual and semi-manual modes of their cameras.
She lives in Port Washington with her husband, a documentary film distributor, and her two children.  You can see her work at www.lindanutter.com or on Instagram at Linda Nutter Photography.

Class is full. Please call for waitlist.

2019 Nassau County High School Student Juried Exhibit: Nov 2-24

2019 Nassau County High School Student Juried Exhibit: Nov 2-24

by | Sep 22, 2019 | Homepage

2019 Nassau County High School Student Juried Exhibit
at The Art Guild at Elderfields
November 2 – November 24
Artists’ Reception and Award Ceremony
Sunday, November 3, 3-5 PM
Gallery and Reception: Free and open to the public

CALL FOR ENTRIES: The Art Guild invites all Nassau County High School Students to submit digital images of their 2D or 3D artworks for consideration to its “2019 Nassau County High School Student Juried Art Competition & Exhibition” which will be on view at The Art Guild’s home, Elderfields Historic Preserve.

CRITERIA: All styles from abstract to realism are welcome. Student’s 2D or 3D work must be original and done “by hand” (no mechanical reproductions or giclees) and created within the last two years. Please, NO FAN art (celebrity/musician/etc.) or images derived from existing cartoon or animal characters. All art must be original to the student. The selection committee’s decision is final. Works to be included in this exhibition must be available from October 28 – November 24, 2019. No exceptions. 

MEDIUMS: Including but not limited to acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, digital art, collage, encaustic, etching/prints or sculpture with pedestal. (NO COPIES, PHOTOGRAPHY, REPRODUCTIONS OR GICLEES.)

SIZE: Maximum size 30 x 30 inches including frame.

JUROR: Bennett Horowitz was born and raised in Queens County in New York City. He recently retired from teaching after spending seven years offering studio and art history instruction at the High School of Art & Design in Manhattan, in order to devote himself fulltime to fine arts painting. Horowitz is now primarily focused on developing his own Expressionist style of landscape painting; in the past he has also done a great deal of portrait/narrative figure painting. Horowitz received his BFA from Pratt Institute and his MFA from the California College of the Arts in Oakland, with additional training in graphic design, typography and computer graphics at the School of Visual Arts. He has worked professionally as an illustrator and magazine designer. Horowitz has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony; his artwork has been exhibited at the Queens Museum and the Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, as well as numerous other solo and group shows.

ENTRY FEE: $25.00 for up to TWO entries per student.
Each student must fill out a separate form. No combining of fees or entries.

ENTRIES: Submission of images of student’s original 2D or 3D artwork created within the last two years should be sent Apply in one of these ways:
• Fill out the online form below, upload images and pay with a credit card via PayPal

        —- OR —-
• Email images to ArtShow@theartguild.org, Print Form, and mail with a check to:
The Art Guild
200 Port Washington Blvd.
MANHASSET, NY 11030

TEACHERS: 

We are happy to work with you! If you want to submit a group of students and have your district pay their submission fees, please give us a call (516-304-5797) or email us (info@theartguild.org). We look forward to working with you!

All entries MUST be submitted as digital files in JPG format, between 1 and 3 MB each, with 2,000 to 4,000 pixels on longest side. Label digital images as follows: artist’s lastname_firstname_entrynumber_title.jpg. (example: smith_john_1_beachsunset.jpg).

IF ACCEPTED…

ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION: The Art Guild Selection Committee will review all entries and notify each artist as to the acceptance of submitted work after October 16, 2019. The Art Guild has the right, in its sole discretion, to choose which eligible entries will be accepted to be exhibited. All decisions are final.

FRAMING:  Artwork must be framed unless gallery wrapped. No white frames. Mat boards must be clean. All work must be securely wired for hanging with the wire attached via screw eyes or D-rings to the frame. ABSOLUTELY NO sawtooth hangers, duct tape, or glued on wires. Label back of work with artist’s name and title of piece. Please contact The Art Guild with ANY questions or concerns. 

DROP OFF: Accepted entries must be hand delivered to The Art Guild at these times
October 27, 3-5 pm
October 28, 1-7 pm
All Artwork MUST be suitably framed and wired for hanging (see Framing, above).

ARTISTS’ RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY: Sunday, November 3, 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Please invite family and friends! If you can’t make it to the reception, the gallery is open November 2 – 24, on Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5 pm and by appointment.

Pick-Up
• Sunday, November 23: 3:00 – 5:00 pm (Exhibit Closes)
• Monday, November 24: 1:00 – 7:00 pm

If you have further questions or concerns, please call 516-304-5797.

Congratulations to the artists listed below!
Your name and the piece(s) accepted are listed.

Please note all the all the framing requirements and all the important dates (above).

Paris Abbott, Junior Year
Samantha Adler, Regrets of the Past
Jacqueline Atchley, The Hill
Mia Bader, Paint Tubes
Lauren Baroletti, Ancient Sea Lore and Mountain with Stars
Skyler Basco, Daydreaming and Crumpled to Pieces
Gabrielle Bautista, Still Life on the City Skyline
Sylvia Bergman, The Cliff Edge
Elyssa Brandl,Trompe L’oeil
Ashley Buenaventura, Denim
Madeleine Cannon, Summer Shark
Kaylynn Chen, Time’s Bride and The Human Condition
Elizabeth Cirelli, Forest Trees and Ocean Book
Mikaela Cohen, Puzzle Pieces and Lollipop
Raymonii Cowan, She’s Cute or Whatever!
Lauren Cronin, Submergence
Eliseea Faur, Inseparable
Madelyn Ferber, Drapery
Mia Flynn, Sand and Sea Book
Caitlin Fracasso, Bicycle
Mia Goldstein, Trompe L’oeil and Chomp
Emily Harragan, Untitled
Sasha Hyde, Pattern on Pattern
Isabella Iacona, Iris
Ginamarie Ivers, Asian Still Life
Dylan Lebensfeld, Skeleton Reflections
Rebecca Linder, Cultural Beauty
Nava Lippman, Talya
Grace Livio, New York City at Night
Andrew McIntyre, Shinnecock Inlet
Elizabeth Monastero, Trompe L’oeil
Alena Moreira, Finding Clarity
Van Moy, In My Shoes

Rachel O’Day, The Road to the City
Rachel Oh, Roundtrip and Garlic
Brianna Patane, The Apparition of These Faces
Talya Pecullan, Cloth
Dina Perulli, Nude Back
Mia Perulli, Woman in Blue Skirt
Katelyn Reddy, Mind Blown
Miriam Reitano, Converse
Mia Renna, Orange Section
Sophia Rhall, Sneaker
Olivia Robson, Self-Portrait
Peter Rogers, Elements
Caroline Roser-Dialma, Stitched
TJ Roszko, “Bare” Burger
Amy Salgado, Starry Night in El Salvador
Erika Saur, For You
Brandon Schrier, Mighty Bonz
Adriana Schumacher, Taking Flight
Sharyn Schweitzer, Doors
Zoe Scrivener, Monochrome Still Life
Ryan Sheinberg, Beach
Hannah Siskin, Pose 
Gary Solorzano, Addiction
Jasmine Soriano, Boardwalk Stroll
Lillian Stone, Through the Eyes and Innocence
Gabriella Testani, Unfinished
Lucia Tomicick, Tropics
Noelle Valdinoto, It’s About Time
Gianna Valente, Golden Eyes and Golden Hands
Robert Vernola, Observation of a Statue
Skylar Vernola, Eye and Angela Davis 
Emma Weston, Clothed Model

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

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The Art Guild Annual Meeting – Thursday October 24

The Art Guild Annual Meeting – Thursday October 24

by | Sep 5, 2019 | Past Events

Please join The Art Guild for our Annual Membership Meeting
Thursday, October 24, 2019, 7 pm at Elderfields.

All members and friends are encouraged to attend.

Find out what’s been going on at The Art Guild this past year,
learn about new programs and opportunities. Introduction of new board members.

Refreshments will be available. 

Following the meeting:
Demo: Printing Without a Press –
Add to Your Artistic Toolbox!
with Artist and Instructor
Stephanie Navon-Jacobson

Two simple and exciting printing processes which can be accomplished without a printing press, will be demonstrated and discussed. 

Silkscreen monotype: This is NOT the t-shirt making we did in high school!
Combining screen printing, drawing, and painting techniques, an artist can create stand-alone unique prints, images which can be enhanced with mixed media, or overprinted on other artwork.

Relief printing materials have become easier to cut and use. A block or plate is carved into, ink is applied to its surface, and printed on paper, fabric or other surfaces. Many multiples of an image can be created for greeting cards or repeat patterns. 

Stephanie Navon-Jacobson is an artist, printmaker, and instructor. She is currently on the faculties of St. John’s University, Art League of LI, The Art Guild, and the Great Neck Adult program where she teaches printmaking as well as other art disciplines.

Anatomy for Artists Lectures with Frank Porcu

Anatomy for Artists Lectures with Frank Porcu

by | Aug 31, 2019 | Past Events

Anatomy for Artists Lecture with Frank Porcu
November 21, 2019 • 7 – 9 pm
$15 M/$20 NM 

Think learning about human anatomy is boring?
You haven’t seen leading Artistic Anatomist Frank Porcu demonstrate!

Artistic anatomist, Frank Porcu, will conduct two dynamic lecture/demonstrations through large drawings produced before your eyes with the use of unique props. Designed to enlighten the novice as well as the professional artist, Mr. Porcu will focus on overall concepts as well as some specifics of anatomy in each limb and the head.

The historical ideologies and philosophies as well as society’s aesthetics will also be discussed. 

Attendees will leave this demo/lecture with a more thorough knowledge of human anatomy across various disciplines.

Bring a sketchbook and questions! We promise you’ll understand human anatomy in an entirely new way!

(November 21 lecture/demo will be different than the October 17.)

To see Frank Porcu in action, watch this video. 

Frank L. Porcu is a sculptor, anatomist, and painter who earned a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute and an M.F.A. from the New York Academy of Art. Mr. Porcu has devoted the last seventeen years to the study of the human form, based on the truth of human and quadrupedal dissection.

His research in the theories of “anatomical form-making” and its historical usages has provided him with a platform to teach to artists and physicians a “lost philosophy” dealing with the scientific construction of form. He has currently truncated his teaching schedule to take on studio practice for public and private sculpture commissions.

A monument to the lineage of education is a fourteen-foot statue he has designed for West Texas A&M University; the statue was erected in 2012. The anatomy text he is authoring is in manuscript form, and is being updated weekly due to the great lessons and explanations demanded of him by his ambitious students.

Mr. Porcu teaches anatomy, drawing, and sculpture at the Art Students League of New York, where he has recently brought back the appropriate study of “the Antique,” with the design and erection of the new second floor Antique Cast Wall. He also lectures on stereoscopic anatomy at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

 

Sacred Geometry – with Antonia Fthenakis

Sacred Geometry – with Antonia Fthenakis

by | Aug 26, 2019 | Archive

Sacred Geometry in Art
for Middle & High Schoolers with Antonia Fthenakis

7 weeks: September 10, 17, 24, Oct 15, 22, 29, November 12, from 11am-12:30pm (No class Oct. 1 & 8, Nov. 5)
$125

The Art of Nature, an introduction to the sacred geometry of everyday life. 

In this course, Andonia Fthenakis will take you on a journey through geometry, and its relationship to nature, culture, and our understanding of the universe. You will gain an intimate understanding of the power of numbers 1-10 in the world and how they are used in nature and art, in patterns, structure and design. 

The course includes several techniques to create sacred geometry using a compass, drawing, and painting. We will create Metatron’s Cube, Athena’s Web (the Weave of the Goddess), Golden Rectangles & Spirals, and more.

Sacred geometry is that which unites and creates all realities. Sacred geometry is a complex system of symbols and structures involving space, time and form and these basic patterns of existence are perceived as sacred. 

It unites the mind and the heart, spirit and matter, science and spirituality. It shows us that everything in nature is made up of patterns, structures, and designs from the smallest atom to the infinite universe. Here we will find that mathematical order is intrinsic to the nature of the universe. Some of the most prevalent traditional geometric forms ascribed to sacred geometry include the sine wave, the sphere, the vesica piscis, the 5 platonic solids, the torus (donut), the golden spiral, the tesseract (4-dimensional cube), and the merkaba (2 oppositely oriented and interpenetrating tetrahedrons). Sacred geometry is considered foundational to building sacred structures such as temples, mosques, megaliths, monuments and churches; sacred spaces such as altars, temenoi and tabernacles; meeting places such as sacred groves, village greens and holy wells and the creation of religious art, iconography and using “divine” mathematical proportions. Alternatively, sacred geometry based arts may be ephemeral, such as visualization (kaleidoscope), sand painting, and medicine wheels.

 

Together, through the art-making process, we will investigate nature to understand and create works of art based on sacred geometry. Some of the topics to be covered are:

  • Introduction to sacred geometry in art and nature
  • Fundamentals of the number sequence and its relationship to form and symbols.
  • Geometric structures in nature, the cross sections of trees, plants, seeds, shells 
  • Nature’s design of botanicals; dissecting form and matter.
  • Patterns in nature, looking at life from microcosm to macrocosm.
  • Drawing sacred geometry forms 
  • Painting an original work of art using sacred geometry.

More info and a materials list (minimal) to come.

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