Paradise TV – Joan Brechin Sonnenberg: The Middle Point, Breaking Through with Color, and Florida Inspiration

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First Preview Reception of our 60th Year was a Big Success

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Naples Art Association

Over 340 artists and art supporters attended the preview reception for Joan Brechin Sonnenberg: The Middle Point, Members’ Gallery: Florida Inspiration, and Breaking Through with Color: Artists Reveal the Power of Color on February 22nd.

Attendees were treated to a jazz trio from Edison College, refreshments, and gelato from Sweet Ginger’s.

Five artists received awards for works featured in the exhibitions. The winners from the Florida Inspiration exhibit were: Tanya Trinkaus Glass whose work Coco-Nuts won in the Bold Spontaneity category, Beth Wiese whose work Untitled I won in the Innovation- Experiment category, and Yelizabet Herrera whose work Origin won in the Technical Achievement category. The winners from the Breaking Through With Color exhibition were: Patricia Place Caldwell whose work Juice & Fruit won First Place, Veronica Benning for Sunflower Bouquet on Coral in Vase. Honorable mentions went to Leigh Herndon for her work Layers and Tanya Trinkaus Glass for her work Summer Sail.

: From Left to Right: Rich Kumicich, Elizabeth Kumicich, Elizabeth Kiegler, Bill Kiegler

During the evening, artists and patrons enthusiastically browsed works in a variety of media. From the stark weight of Pam Schmidt’s Heavy H-art, created from cast-lead, bondo, and epoxy paint, to the heartful whimsy of Sundance Etienne Latour Genore Hughs Sheppard’s Raison d’Etre, painted with acrylic, each work offered a particular facet of the art culture that is vital to our community.

Breaking Through with Color is on view until Jan. 11th. Florida Inspiration and The Middle Point are on view until Jan. 18th.

Spotlight: Florida Inspiration and Breaking Through with Color Award Winners

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Five artists received awards for works featured in two of the exhibitions that are currently hosted by the NAA and on view at The von Liebig Art Center.

The exhibitions are Florida Inspiration and Breaking Through with Color: Artists Explore the Power of Color.

: Tanya Trinkaus Glass, Coco-nuts

Florida inspiration asked artists to consider all of the features unique to Florida that have dazzled explorers, dreamers and artists for centuries. Using features and facets of Florida as inspiration, artists created many great works of art in myriad media.

Breaking Through with Color: Artists Explore the Power of Color is about showing the power and force of color within art. Color has an influential place in our lives. It can alter our emotions, affect our thoughts and inspire new ideas. Color can be pleasing and create a sense of calm serenity or it can be just the opposite. Some colors or combinations of colors can cause agitation and even make us feel uncomfortable. In Breaking Through with Color, the challenge to each artists was to be inspired by, and represent, the power of color to influence.

Five artist recevied awards for works featured in two of the exhibitions. The Breaking Through with Color exhibit included First Place winner Patricia Place Caldwell for Juice & Fruit, Best of Show winner Veronica Benning for Sunflower Bouquest on Coral in Vase. Two honorable mentions went to Leigh Herndon and Tanya Trinkaus Glass. The Florida Inspiration award winners included Tanya Trinkaus Glass whose work Coco-Nuts won for Bold Spontanity; Beth Wiese’s work Untitled I for Innovation-Experiment and Yelizebeth Herrera whose work Origin for Technical Achievement.

: Beth Weise, Untitled I

The winners from the Florida Inspiration exhibit were: Tanya Trinkaus Glass whose work Coco-Nuts won in the Bold Spontaneity category, Beth Wiese whose work Untitled I won in the Innovation – Experiment category, and Yelizabet Herrera whose work Origin won in the Technical Achievement category.

Tanya Trinkaus Glass lives in Naples with her husband and their Golden Doodle and summers in Barrington, Rhode Island. She is a plein air, studio, and figural painter, always playing and experimenting with different media. In her art, Tanya is continually experimenting to find the best way to express herself in order to communicate her visions, her inner soul, and her impressions. Beth Wiese is an artist and sculptor whose work, Untitled I, won the Innovation – Experiment category.

Yelizabeth Herrera believes that as long as you believe in yourself, you will get to see

Yelizabet Herrera, Origin

that bright light appear on the horizon just for you! She sees the power of choice and believes that it is always your choice to make “it” better. She says, “You can become that small grain of sand that became that Amazing Beautiful Pearl”!

The winners from the Breaking Through With Color exhibition were: Patricia Place Caldwell whose work Juice & Fruit won First Place and Veronica Benning for Sunflower Bouquet on Coral in Vase, which won Best of Show. Honorable mentions went to Leigh Herndon for her work Layers and Tanya Trinkaus Glass for her work Summer Sail.

Patricia Place Caldwell prefers to use simple composition, tense color relationships and flat surfaces. She says, “Subtraction is conceptually more interesting and poetic than expression, hence the isolation of the objects [in my work]. She uses compressed space to generate intimacy between the viewed and viewer while luminous shadows formulate the external light.

Veronica Benning taught for thirteen years as Associate Professor of Painting at the Maine College of Art in Portland Maine and as Instructor at the University of Maine. In her work, she uses oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, ink and graphite. She often works from the still-life or landscape to produce the over-all color condition. For her, painting is the beauty of one pot of color with another in size, shape, and position relationships. She considers painting a study. She describes the importance of painting as a process and appreciates Wolf Kahn’s description of beautiful color as a “crab like” and “sideways” discovery. She and Kahn believe painting with color is sideways, because it is a trial and error process. As a painting changes, the painter discovers possibilities and makes choices.

Audubon Fall Festival of the Arts

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Naples Art Association

The Naples Art Association proudly collaborated with the Audubon Country Club at The Audubon Fall Festival of the Arts on Sunday November 10th. The event, which lasted from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m., featured member artists, live artwork created on site, wine and hors d’oeuvres. Artists were on hand to exhibit and discuss their work and did a great job of engaging guests to imagine, discover, and create.

Our member artists were excited for the opportunity to be exhibiting. Veli and Judy Lapinoja were in attendance with many beautiful sculpted wood pieces. Veli said, “We should be doing this all through the season… it is a great opportunity for people to experience fine art who might not normally have a chance at the experience.”

The location for the event was absolutely beautiful. The Audubon Country Club is stocked with lush foliage and fantastic trees. The building itself was beautiful and well-appointed for the event.

Perhaps the greatest advantage of the event was the opportunity to interact with the artists and discover about the creative and practical processes of creating the art. Patricia Curtis said it well, “It is fun to talk about the process.”

Leigh Herndon was on site demonstrating her process painting on silk. She was excited for the opportunity to show her process. She believes that live art demonstrations are exciting to visitors. When she began demonstrations, guests quickly collected to discuss and ask questions about Leigh’s Asian-inspired Rozome painting techniques. She relishes the interactivity of art and especially live art demonstrations. She said that her art is meant to request the viewer “to participate in the piece and see the way it works for them.” Although she was speaking about metaphor in her art when she was quoted, she undoubtedly appreciated the extra audience participation garnered from her live art demonstration.

The successful event was for Audubon members to enjoy an evening of art and create an opportunity for local artists to demonstrate and sell their work. The Naples Art Association seeks out quality opportunities, like the Audubon Festival, for local artists to showcase their work.

Great Gift Ideas

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Naples Art Association

ART & OPERA!

Santa Fe, New Mexico

August 3 – 7, 2014

The Santa Fe Opera Company established in 1957, located hundreds

of miles from any major city, has grown to become recognized as one

of the world’s leading cultural festivals.

Join our unique Art, Opera and History Tour that blends

harmoniously with the high desert landscape!

We are planning to see DON PASQUALE and FIDELIO; CARMEN is optional.

Included are a Day Tour of Santa Fe and The GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM.

A Full Day Adventure is planned to ABIQUIU (G. O’Keeffe’ Home),

The TAOS MUSEUM, MILLICENT ROGERS MUSEUM and TAOS PUEBLO.

And a wonderful lunch at The Historic Taos Inn, with a complimentary

Cowboy Buddha!

Our tour will be extended for an additional four nights to MESA VERDE, DURANGO, and ASPEN for those who want more of the beautiful Southwest!

THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURE DESIGNED BY GET OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL—

DON’T MISS IT !!!

For pricing and reservations contact: Nancy Sant’Angelo Reyelt at

GET OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL- (239) 596-4142; 1-877-522-4142 or nreyelt@yahoo.com, www.getoutoftowntravel.com

A donation will be made to the Naples Art Association for each reservation.

Nancy will also be hosting several informational cruise presentations at the von Liebig Art Center, for dates and times please click on the link.

Arts and Alzheimer’s program helps participants connect

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Naples Art Association

Arts & Alzheimer’s Program Co-Directors Angel Duncan & Bernadette La Paglia

A new program hosted by the Naples Art Association will help people living with Alzheimer’s and other associated dementias to make connections within themselves and to their families through the arts. The first class begins Oct. 1, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. A second program will be offered later this spring.

In this six-week, Tuesday morning program for participants and their caregivers, the emphasis will be on the benefits of encountering, experiencing and creating art. Naples Art Association Executive Director Aimee Schlehr says this program is exactly the type of opportunity the organization wants to make available to the community. “Art has the power to lift us up, give us a voice and is such a strong connection to who we are as individuals. We enthusiastically included the Arts and Alzheimer’s course in our offerings because we believe in the healing power of art,” Schlehr said.

Interactive gallery walks and conversations will introduce participants to specific works of art while engaging their reactions and recollections. This will be followed by an opportunity to create art in various forms in the studios at The von Liebig Art Center.

Co-directors Bernadette La Paglia, BSN, M.Ed. and Angel Duncan, M.A., MFT, ATR, will be joined by several guest presenters throughout the six weeks. Violinist Daniela Shtereva, who holds the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra David & Cecile Wang Chair, and internationally acclaimed pianist, Dr. Alexandra “Sasha” Carlson, are among the musicians who will interpret works of art at the gallery through music. Additionally, Dr. Natasha Lidow, President of the Opera Naples Guild, will be contributing to program development. Renowned local artist Paul Arsenault will be also be a featured guest who will lead a discussion on art and facilitate a workshop.

Each session will conclude with helpful, practical information for caregivers. In addition, emphasis will also be placed on the Medical Arts, factoring in the importance of exercise and good nutrition. Whole Foods will be donating box lunches to be enjoyed in Cambier Park.

La Pagila, an educator, artist and registered nurse emphasizes the capacity of the arts to accommodate an aesthetic approach to working with those afflicted with Alzheimer’s. “All too often, they are left out of the loop of life, but the arts are all inclusive. They enhance our ability to empathize, affirm and engage,” La Paglia said.

Duncan, an art therapist and mental health counselor, concurs. “We want to reintegrate them back into the community and help others recognize them as individuals, not as a disease. Having the means of coming to a safe and welcoming place in the arts bridges these connections. Here they thrive in a positive, social experience that sparks recognition, brings back memories, and increases their quality of life,” she said.

Tuition for the six week program is free, thanks to a generous gift from Peter and Stella Thomas and sponsorship by Moorings Park. Of note, Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust is underwriting Paul Arsenault’s newly published book, My Journey as an Artist, for each participant.

To register, please call 239-262-6517, as space is limited.

Naples Art Association’s Show of Shows highlights and awards local artists

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Naples Art Association

The 6^th Annual Non-Juried All Artist Members Show of Shows Exhibition opened on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 with an exciting preview reception at the von Liebig Art Center. Hundreds of people attended and helped choose the award winners, officiated by the Collier County Elections Office. You can view photos of selected images from the show the Naples Art Association website.

Once all the votes were counted, the following artists took home cash and donated awards sponsored by Koenig Art Emporium, Blick Art Materials and David and Joan Fuller. Levi Hayes wins Best of Show with 4.8% of the votes.

Best of Show – $200

Artist: Levi Hayes Artwork: Hamsa Hand 1, plaster, acrylic and resin on canvas

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First Place – $100 Koenig Art Emporium Gift Certificate

Artist: Yurline Franklin Artwork: The Observer, acrylic on canvas

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Award of Merit – $100

Artist: Joel Shapses Artwork: The Agony and the Ecstasy, black chlorite sculpture

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Honorable Mention – $50 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate

Artist: Dennis Gormley Artwork: White Horse, pen and ink

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Honorable Mention – $50 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate

Artist: Wanda Kemper Artwork: Everglades at Dusk, Serenity, oil on canvas

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Honorable Mention – $50 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate

Artist: Nic Provenzo Artwork: Inappropriate, photograph

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There was a nine-way tie for the $50 Honorable Mention award sponsored by David and Joan Fuller. Additional funds have been donated and each of the nine artists received $25.

1) Tania Begg Artwork: “MAD” Michelangelo’s David, acrylic on canvas

2) Julieta de Palacios Artwork: Untitled 2013.5, oil

3) Barbara Groenteman Collaborative Artwork: Summer Bloom, Plumeria Rubra, Jeannie Moragne, watercolor on paper

4) Raud Johnson Artwork: Lettering a Torah, oil on canvas

5) Patty Kane Collaborative Artwork: Summer Bloom, Plumeria Rubra, Jeannie Moragne, watercolor on paper

6) Sandee Kozlow Artwork: I Still Feel It, acrylic and mixed media

7) Dawn Lutz Artwork: HARMONY in Platinum, steel metal sculpture

8) Michael Moukios Artwork: White Pelicans, acrylic

9) David W. Sussman Artwork: American Rose, photograph

Show of Shows will be on view at The Naples Art Association (NAA) at the von Liebig Art Center through Nov. 9, 2013.

Alongside the Show of Shows, visitors can see Dimensions in Art presented by the Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild, juried by artist Muffy Clark Gill. Dimensions in Art will be on view through Oct. 4, 2013.

NAA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, operates The von Liebig Art Center, located at 585 Park Street in downtown Naples. Founded in 1954 by local artists, its mission is to educate and promote visual arts in Southwest Florida. Through its programs, the Naples Art Association is dedicated to serving individual artists of all ages and skill levels, along their creative journeys. It’s open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays in season. For more information, please call 239-262-6517, visit http://naplesart.org.

ART Connects: Business of Being An Artist Series

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Naples Art Association

The Naples Art Association offers a free opportunity for artists to access resources that help them become better at their business. The 2013 ART Connects:

Business of Being an Artist Series is a specially designed set of workshops that delve into the business practices can make or break an artist’s career. Each speaker offers expert tips and real world experiences that offer insights on everything from financial record keeping to legal protection to marketing and more. The series is held on Tuesday nights at 5:30 p.m. at The von Liebig Art Center beginning on Oct. 8, 2013. Free admission!

Oct. 8, 2013 (5:30 – 7:30 p.m.) — Anne Dalton – A Gallery Owner, an Artist and an Attorney: 3 Perspectives on Fair Use

Bringing light to the legal issues creative face, Anne Dalton, Esq. tackles the big questions. What rights do I have over my artwork images? What is considered “fair use” for my creative work?

Dalton shares her decades of experience and her expertise from her law and mediation practice, emphasizing the creative arts and entertainment law. She represents visual artists, photographers, sculptors, gallery owners and more.

Her distinguished career has included many years with ABC (the American Broadcasting Company), Radio City Music Hall, and the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in New York City, where she provided pro bono legal services in contracts and licensing matters to dancers, writers, and musicians. Currently, she’s licensed to practice law in Florida, New York and Pennsylvania.

Oct. 15 2013 – Cyndee Wooley, APR – 7 Steps to Building Brand [You]

Building a successful career in the art industry depends on your ability to connect with your customers in a meaningful way. In this lecture, marketing and branding expert, Cyndee Woolley, APR, will outline a strategic plan to cut through the clutter of daily life and build a brand that gets noticed and inspires action.

Woolley holds an Accredited Public Relations professional (APR) designation from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and has over a decade of experience in marketing and public relations.

Woolley is a consultant in public relations, social media, and community outreach strategies. She has led training initiatives in social media and public relations training programs through: The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce, Marco Island Chamber of Commerce,American Business Women’s Association Vistage, Collier County Republican Executive Committee, Miromar Design Center, Naples Area Board of Realtors, HR Collier and for over 80 non-profit organizations at Thinking Outside the Box seminar.

Oct. 22, 2013 (5:30 – 7:30 p.m.) – Tracy Colleran – Organizing Your Financials

Tracy Colleran of Straighten Up, Inc. will jumpstart your behind the scenes business organization by helping you track your income and expenses properly using QuickBooks. Artists are encouraged to bring laptops loaded with QuickBooks Pro 2013 are encouraged. Handouts will be provided, including one on Document Record Keeping as a reference tool for how long to keep certain paperwork.

Colleran began her professional organizing company in 2007 to help circumstantially and chronically disorganized individuals feel more in control of their surroundings. She works particularly well with people going through life changes, including death, divorce, job loss, relocation, marriage, and child birth. She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers, and she guarantees not only confidentiality and discretion, but often needed motivation and compassion.

Oct. 29: (5:30 – 7:30 p.m.): ART Connects – Jury Process with Sharon McAllister, Executive Director of ArtFest Fort Myers

This session will help artists gain more insight into what jurors are looking for when they view and select work for shows, especially in the electronic processes that are becoming more and more prevalent in the industry. ArtFest Fort Myers Executive Director Sharon McAllister leads the conversation.

With business degrees from the University of Hawaii and the University of Chicago, she became a part of the Lee County community upon her early retirement at the age of 39. Her experience as a Divisional Vice President with H&R Block quickly transitioned into active local community service.

In 2000, at the request of Don Paight, City of Fort Myers Downtown Redevelopment Director, Sharon took over the existing “Lee Sidewalk Arts & Crafts Show”, with the understanding that she would form a not-for-profit organization and transform this annual event into ArtFest Fort Myers, a juried fine art festival. Under her tutelage, this event has quickly gained national recognition, while bringing an unparalleled art experience to the community.

Nov. 5, 2013 (5:30 – 7:30 p.m.) – Lynda Fay Braun – Facebook Marketing

Did you know that over 200,000,000+ people log onto Facebook each day? News spreads fast inside these networks. Wouldn’t it be great if Facebook users were spreading the news about your art? If you’re not promoting your art using Facebook, you are missing out on the best opportunity to build a loyal following of your art. “Facebook’s not for me” you say? —Come on, it’s free, easy and it’s proven effective.

Building a Facebook Fan Page provides several other advantages:

Help with building relationships with your target audience
Establishes you as a serious artist
Provides a casual environment for you to interact (connect) with admirers of your art
Creates a place for Feedback. Your Facebook page offers an opportunity for your Fans to comment on your art
Provides another place for search engines to find you

In this lecture we will cover how to set up a Fan page. What makes an attractive Page. How to promote your page, including alternative ways to build an audience. There will be a demonstration on how to resize and upload your images to FB and organize them in albums.

Lynda Fay Braun is a 1973 graduate of the Master of Fine Art Program at Cornell University. She completed her undergraduate work at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City. In the mid-1970’s Braun was awarded an Artist Fellowship from the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico.

Nov. 12, 2013 (5:30 – 7:30 p.m.) – Anne Dalton – 5 Easy Pieces – Photography

5 Easy Pieces – Legal Tips for A Photographer’s Holiday in national and state parks, on the street, in museums, or on government property

Inside the Artist Studio with Naples Art Association – Lynda Fay Braun

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Naples Art Association

Lynda Fay Braun will tell you right away, though she loves what modern technology has brought to the creative world, she is a painter at heart. The tactile feel of the brush against the painting surface moves and inspires her. She works from a garage studio off Taylor Road in Naples. Natural light pours in from roll up doors at either end.

Always inspired by her surroundings, Braun has lived in beautiful locations. She moved from New York to Southwest Florida in 1998 and to New Mexico in 2005. She spent eight years in Santa Fe, absorbing the stunning natural surroundings and taking thousands of photos. Living in Naples now, she keeps her camera nearby. She’s been fascinated by images of water. When she works with them in Photoshop, she simplifies the image, looking for the basic outlines and patterns on the surface. The finished result often has a topographical, outlined appearance.

“I’m reducing the image to the primary elements to find composition, balance and logic in nature. I see it as the beauty and truth in nature that the computer is distilling. Just as there is an endless pattern on the earth’s surface, that pattern is for me, a way into endless, meaningful abstract possibilities.”

Raised in upstate New York, Lynda Braun spent her early years between the rugged environment of the Adirondacks and the museums of New York City. A natural attraction toward the ineffable combined with an affinity for nature and an independent spirit compelled Braun to seek a life in art.

Braun attended Boston Museum School of Art and Cooper Union School of Art, New York City; receiving an MFA in Painting from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY in 1973. As part of her assistantship at Cornell, she hosted a visit from Agnes Martin, a relationship which began a mentorship that lasted over 25 years until Martin’s death.

Her work has been exhibited in Santa Fe at the Center for Contemporary Art; Zane-Bennet and Linda Durham Contemporary Art Gallery.

Museum exhibitions that Braun’s work has been included in are the Tabik Museum, Vienna, Austria; Johnson Museum of Art in Ithaca, NY, and the Empire State Museum in Albany, NY. University exhibits include a one-person show at FGCU and the Sibley Gallery at Cornell University. Brawn also has mentored art majors with the FGCU Internship program and continues to teach on occasion at the von Liebig Art Center in Naples, Florida.

Braun is active with the Naples Art Association as an instructor and exhibiting artist. Braun will also share a free workshop presentation on Facebook Marketing for artists as part of ART Connects in the fall. She is the featured artist for the Edison State College Collier Campus exhibition, on view through Apr. 30, 2014.