The Eleventh Annual Pahaquarry Foundation, Inc. Exhibition August 1-31
Reception: Saturday, August 9, 2 – 5 PM In Rememberence of Jean Zipser: Remembering Jean’s efforts to
create a community of Artists, beginner & established. The non-profit, 501 c (3) Pahaquarry Foundation, Inc.’s programs: Young
Adult Emerging Artist, and Adult Paint Out and Shoot Out, as well as ‘A
Walk in the Park’—run in the DWGNRA—are co-funded, by the
WCC&H Commission.
Flavia Bacarella & Paula Stark September 8 - October 4
Reception: Sunday, September 28, 1-3 PM
“Making the Cut: Woodcuts and Collage”
Two veteran landscape painters translate their vision of the natural world
through the media of woodcut and collage. In her woodcuts, Flavia Bacarella
has focused on the bounty of the land itself, depicting birds, wild and domestic
animals, plants and vegetables—most of which can be found on the organic
farm in upstate New York on which she lives. In her recent work, Paula Stark
uses cut-out colors and shapes to reformulate her vision of the landscape.
Dramatic skies, wide vistas, and clusters of barns and silos are composed
with a keen sense of observation and invention.
Kate Sykes
October 6 - November 1
Reception: Thursday, October 9, 7- 8 PM
Kate Sykes, ceramics teacher at Blair Academy, celebrates the conclusion of
her master’s degree with a show in the Romano Gallery. The work spans
a three year period during which Kate has used clay to explore various surfaces
and forms that are inspired by nature and the human body. Kate finds the process
of using a transformative material like clay full of endless possibilities;
in her work, clay appears paper thin yet strong, solid yet stressed, and sturdy,
even as it is tearing. She hopes that viewers are invited to discover and recover
a bit of their own experience in nature by viewing her work
Dan Finaldi
November 3 - 29
Reception: Thursday, November 13, 7-8 PM I am devoted to observing people as they are and as I perceive them in their
space. I wish to paint what I believe to be beautiful: space, air, color and
the spark of life that exists in every person. There is a glow and essence
and a soulfulness that exists within each person. It is beautiful and truly
ineffable to me and it is an increasing source of my creative inspiration.
ARTists & STARTists
December 2-13
Reception: Friday, December 5, 7-8 PM
Blair’s Art Department Faculty & Student Artwork
Austin Shaw January 5 – 31 Reception: Thursday, January 8, 7- 8 PM Austin Shaw, a 1995 Blair graduate, has developed a unique style that blurs
the lines between Fine and Commercial Art. After working in NYC as an illustrator,
graphic designer, and animator for some of the top design studios, he founded
his own Studio, Right On Media Corporation and works with clients such as the
National Geographic Channel, VH1, and ESPN. This hybrid style of art combines
traditional materials with new media and digital production processes which
will be featured in this show.
Steve Agin
February 2 - March 7 Reception: Thursday, February 5, 7- 8 pm
Steven Agin is a painter and art professor at Kean University. “My philosophy
of Art and painting is one which embraces all of experience personally. In
an attempt to raise my subjectivity to a more objective level, I have studied
western art history from paleo to contemporary as well as poetry and what natural
science I can grasp. I love Heraclitus. My work tries to reconcile my desire
to make something beautiful (as old as the Greeks) and to make something true
(as new as America). I admire so many artists from the past - Delacroix, Piero,
Cezanne, Ryder, Monk, Kerouac and Reznor and so many others. It is pleasurable
to write their names but better yet to speak them.”
Elizabeth O’Reilly
March 30 - April 25 Reception: Thursday, April 2, 7- 8 pm
“Known primarily for her plein air landscapes and cityscapes, Elizabeth
O’Reilly will exhibit her paintings and small collages. Inspired by the
paintings, the collages incorporate hand-made watercolor paper, which is cut
with an exacto knife and pasted down. They further distill this artist’s
interest in color and form.”
The Annual Student Art Exhibition
April 27-May 16 Reception: Thursday, April 30
Martin Schmalenberg
May 18 - June 7 Reception: Saturday, June 6
Martin Schmalenberg, Director of Asian Studies at Blair Academy and recognized
master of both bonsai and suiseki, shares the art of stone appreciation in
one of the most important exhibits of its kind in the Eastern U.S. “Trying
to depict the power and suggestive value of stones has affirmed for me that
regardless of race, creed, language, or culture, Earth’s peoples through
the ages have consistently sought to transcend their physical existence and
acknowledge a spiritual power greater than themselves.” Viewing stones
is a growing art form, as these elemental but austere forms can evoke the beauty
of the earth—and its spirituality—for all of us.
Introduction