by Grace Lucarelli | Apr 25, 2017 | Past Classes and Workshops
Alla Prima Painting Workshop
with Christine Lafuente
April 22-23, 2017, 9:30-4:30
This two-day workshop with award-winning artist Christine Lafuente focuses on investigating materials and techniques in oil painting from observation.
More specifically, this workshop will cover palette organization, various limited palettes, control of color-mixing in tonal painting, alla prima oil painting technique, use of viscosity in direct painting, composition, and learning to see in abstract terms. Each day will consist of a 90-minute lecture and demonstration session, followed by painting time from provided still lifes with one-on-one instruction.
A materials list will be provided. The Art Guild has easels that you may use.
About Christine Lafuente: Award winning, Brooklyn-based painter Christine Lafuente considers her paintings “poetic responses to visual experience.”
Her work has been shown in countless solo and group exhibitions, juried shows and public galleries from San Francisco to London. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, Lafuente has a Certificate of Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and an MFA in Painting from Brooklyn College, where she studied with Lennart Anderson and twice won the prestigious Charles C. Shaw Memorial Award. Her work was included in the Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts at the American Academy of Arts & Letters. From 1997 – 2002, Lafuente was Artist in Residence at the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. She teaches Fine Art at Pratt Institute and Western Connecticut State University. Her exhibitions have been written about in numerous publications and her paintings are in corporate and private collections. For more about Ms. Lafuente visit her website at christinelafuente.com.
by Grace Lucarelli | Jan 9, 2017 | Past Exhibitions
Beauty in The Abstract – An Exploration
Juried Competition & Exhibition
December 3, 2016 – January 8, 2017
What is considered beautiful in Abstract Art? Is it a question of taste? One person’s stop-in-your-tracks beautiful is another person’s ugly. This exhibit seeks to offer differing ideas of beauty in Abstract Art. What is YOUR idea of Beauty?
MEDIUMS Including but not limited to acrylic, oil, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, collage, encaustic, etching/prints or sculpture with pedestal. No photography.
JUROR Stan Brodsky A life-long resident of the New York area, he taught at C. W. Post College for 31 years and is now Professor Emeritus of Art. He has exhibited extensively for more than 50 years and received the Heckscher Museum’s 2013 Celebrate Achievement Award, for contributions to Long Island arts and culture.
First Place: Lorraine Nuzzo, Always 17, acrylic and oil pastel
Second place: Vincent Joseph, Ladder, acrylic
Third Place: Dana Epstein, Over the Moon, oil
Honorable Mention: Karen L. Kirshner, Blue Rhapsody, acrylic
Donna Litke, Cracked Ice, encaustic
Linda Louis, Clearing, wax, pigment, ink
by Grace Lucarelli | Nov 28, 2016 | Past Exhibitions
2016 Nassau County High School Student Juried Exhibit
at The Art Guild at Elderfields
November 5 – November 27
Artists’ Reception and Award Ceremony
Saturday, November 5, 3-5 PM
We would like to thank Dick Blick Carle Place for their generous donation of goodie bags for every participating high school student. Thank you Jason and staff!
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 “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. The selection committee’s decision is final. Works to be included in this exhibition must be available from October 31 – November 27, 2016. 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: Stephanie Navon-Jacobson
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 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
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).
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 14
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION: The Art Guild Selection Committee will review all entries and notify each artist as to the acceptance of submitted work by October 13, 2016. 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. 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 30 3-5 pm
October 31 5-7 pm
All Artwork MUST be suitably framed and wired for hanging (see Framing, above).
ARTISTS’ RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY: Saturday, November 5, 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Please invite family and friends! If you can’t make it to the reception, the gallery is open November 5 – 27, on Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5 pm and by appointment.
FORM: Please fill out your information and upload your images below. If you have a problem with the form or prefer to send a check, click here for prospectus and registration form, and email your images to artshow@theartguild.org. If you have further questions or concerns, please call 516-304-5797.
by Grace Lucarelli | Sep 18, 2016 | Past Exhibitions
Fur Fins & Feathers
Juried Competion & Exhibition
August 27 – September 18, 2016
Artists Reception and Awards Ceremony: September 11, 2016, 3-5pm
“Fur, Fins and Feathers” – More than just tributes to pets, animals in art often symbolize ideas from political to moral. From cave drawings to faithful companions, the noble steads of generals to Japanese fish prints and Audubon’s portfolios, animals of all kinds have “captured” the imagination of artists throughout history.
JUROR DENIS PONSOT is an artist with over 35 years of experience in the field. He teaches classes in watercolor painting at the Art League of Long Island, The School of Visual Arts and the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan. Denis also teaches classes in watercolor and oil painting at the Gurwin Jewish Assistive Living Residences. During the school year, Denis teaches classes for all ages out of his private studio in Queens, NY. In the summer, his studio transforms into Denis Ponsot Fine Arts Summer Camp, where students gain experience in every medium from sculpture to collage. Denis’ work has been in exhibitions at the Art League of Long Island Members Exhibition and the Salmagundi Art Club non-member Juried Exhibition.
First Place: Renie Morris for A Full House, acrylic
Second Place: Heidi Block, for Two Colts at Dawn, oil
Third Place: Caryn Coville for Goldfinch, colored pencil.
Honorable Mentions: Robin Moore for Simon Templar, watercolor; Boyd Shockley for Releasing a Western Trout, watercolor; and Ken Strier, Carousel Horse, sandstone sculpture
by Grace Lucarelli | Aug 19, 2016 | Archive
Advanced Art Studio For High School Students
Grades 9 – 12
8 weeks • Dates TBA • 6 – 8 pm
$200m/230nm
This course is designed to assist the advanced drawing/painting/2-D design student in their freshman through senior years. Instructor will mentor and critique pre-assigned school projects or assign projects. There will be open studio time for students to work with the aid of the instructor to learn or enhance a specific skill or technique.
Classes will cover usage of various mediums including color theory, composition and life drawing. Guest speakers will stop by to demonstrate various techniques and skills.
Students should bring a pad of 18” x 24” drawing paper (not newsprint), 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B pencils, a kneaded eraser, and 3-5 samples of their work to the first class.
