Janet Rutkowski Curates Online Group Exhibition With Work by Caroline Bergonzi

The Royal is very pleased to present From the Ashes, We Will Rise, a group exhibition curated by Janet Rutkowski, featuring artwork by: Ayako Bando, Caroline Bergonzi, Larry Brown, Hufreesh D. Chopra, Heide Hatry, John Manno, and Hillary Raimo, on view from June 26 – July 26, 2020.

“In order to rise from its own ashes, a phoenix first must burn.”
— Octavia Butler

Susan Beallor-Snyder Selected for CMCA 2020 Biennial & Featured in CTInsider

Susan Beallor-Snyder has been selected to participate in the Center for Maine Contemporary Art 2020 Biennial. The CMCA Biennial is the longest running statewide juried exhibition in Maine, dating back to 1978.

Exhibition Dates: October 2020 – February 2021

More Info: www.cmcanow.org/event/biennial-2020

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Weston artist Susan Beallor-Snyder weaves a rich narrative with lots and lots of rope

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Peter Strasser Solo Show at GARNER Historic District in Garnerville, NY

Big Risks: Creative Discoveries presents sculptures by Peter Strasser at the landmark GARNER Arts Center in the Historic District in Garnerville, NY.  The material Peter Strasser works with is big, really big.  And while the endeavor to create something from a whole cut tree requires taking risks that might not turn out as anticipated, the possibilities can be endless.  
 
ArtsWestchester has awarded Peter Strasser the 2019 Arts Alive Individual Artist grant.  This show will feature a number of large new abstract sculptures created from locally sourced trees that had fallen and were salvaged specifically for this show.  Strasser creates his massive sculptures using a sawmill and reimagines his work with the existing organic shape of his milled timbers, while maintaining the integrity of the beautiful living spirit of the tree. For this exhibit he will be cutting large shapes in selected timber slabs that hold up to the exterior elements. Adding old timber joinery and marrying different shapes into abstract sculptures will be pleasing to the eyes and hopefully to the soul of the tree.  This newer process is engineered so that the heavy slabs can be deconstructed and transported a bit easier than a solid wood mass.  
 
You are invited for an artist’s Opening Reception on May 2nd, 2020 2:00 – 5:00pm.   More Info

Alberto Bursztyn site-specific installation at the Brooklyn College Library

Alberto Bursztyn has created the site-specific installation, I Know More Than I Can Say, on the themes of emigration, dislocation and uncertainty—inspired by the events surrounding Bursztyn and his parents’ departure from Mendoza, Argentina.

Opening reception, Wednesday, March 11, 2020 from 3-5pm at the Brooklyn College Library (lower level), 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210 | On view March 11 - May 30, 2020.

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Jessica Ramirez, Thea Lanzisero and Sarah Haviland in group show at Shirley Fitterman Art Center at BMCC

Jessica Ramirez, Thea Lanzisero and Sarah Haviland are in the group show, Group Dynamic: BMCC Art Faculty Show. On view at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center at BMCC through March 28, 2020.

Group Dynamic, a focused presentation of work by faculty artists provides viewers an opportunity to see the breadth of works produced in a broad range of mediums by BMCC’s professors. The annual faculty exhibition highlights the college’s continued commitment to its growing art department.

Reflecting the great variety of approaches to contemporary art-making, Group Dynamic provides insight into the processes and techniques in use by BMCC faculty, from modes of traditional painting and sculptural form, to installation work, experimental photography, and works employing new media.

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Susan Beallor-Snyder Installation at United States Botanic Garden

Congrats to SG member Susan Beallor-Snyder for her United States Botanic Garden installation! Part of Discover the World of Orchids, opening February 28, 2020 in Washington DC.

"Explore the fabulous world of orchids! In celebration of the U.S. Botanic Garden’s bicentennial year, our orchid show celebrates plant exploration and the diversity of orchids found throughout the world. A natural Manila hemp rope sculpture installation by artist Susan Beallor-Snyder will be featured amidst the tropical plants of the Garden Court. Thousands of orchid blooms throughout the Conservatory will showcase the USBG and Smithsonian Gardens’ extensive plant collection. Join us to celebrate a sea of fantastic flowers!"

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Sarah Haviland Curates Exhibition at Bergen Community College

The interdisciplinary show, Ornithology: Patterns in Flight is co-curated by Sculptors Guild member Sarah Haviland and features work by Haviland and fellow SG member Caroline Bergonzi. The exhibition on the theme of flight, invited artists and composers inspired by birds and features musical birdsong performance events. On view through 3/27/20. MORE INFO

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