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Il Chiostro
241 W. 97th St., 13N
NY, NY 10025
800-990-3506
fax: 858-712-3329
Image by Nina Prantis
Made
in Italy: Art and the Il Chiostro Experience
1995-2007
Broome
Street Gallery, New York City
(located on the corner of Broome St. and West Broadway
in Soho)
March
11-23, 2008
Artists' Reception Saturday March 15th, 4-7pm
Gallery open until 8pm Tuesday March 18
This is a juried exhibit of work selected from paintings, photography, collage, drawings and sculpture done during Il Chiostro workshops in Italy.
Artists Featured :
Marcello Amari * Anne Benvenuto * Carol Blann * Jack Broderick * Virginia Cantore * Jean Cauthen * Joy Cavanaugh * Sue DeSanna * Carol Dragon * Claudia Engel * Sal Fusaro * Joyce Gabiou * Tina Halcomb * Gail Hobson * George Hodges * Stacia Hollman * Marge Holton * M. E. Hughes * Jaspar Hupert * Betsy Jacaruso * Andrea Jakes * Dee Kirkman * Michael Liebman * Julia Marra * Lisa McCarty * Roberta McCarty * James McFarland * Nathan Milgrim * Howard Millard * Mika * Linda Mironti * Susan Mona * Susan Morrison-Sims * Phyllis Murray * Jim Palmer * George Pitlak * Nina Prantis * Denise Riesen * Robin Sacknoff * Janine Salzman * Sindi Schorr * Carol Seedfeldt * Margaret Smith * Gretchen Stein * Andy Stillman * Carol Todd * Anna Tomczak * Lynn Travis Stender * Odette Veneziano
The Juror: Kathran Siegel is a professional artist and teacher from Philadelphia PA where she maintains her own studio. Her works are represented in several collections nationally and internationally. She has contributed articles for arts magazines and been a curator at Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art.
Juror's Statement :
My assignment was, again this year, to select 80 images from around 300 submissions of artist work created as a result of participation in an Il Chiostro program. While last year's artists were primarily focused upon painting characteristic aspects of the landscape in the various workshop locations, this year's submissions took many more liberties both with subject and material. The blend of the artist's personal vista with that of the Italian surroundings which distinguished the selections I made for last year's exhibition was hard to miss among the entirety of this year's entries.
The addition of photography and mixed medium work this year, together with painting, makes the journey around Italy that much more exciting. Because I was able to view a large group of images together this time, my excitement about the way artists' works cross-referenced influenced my selections. I loved seeing an image in paint and then recognizing a different take on the same subject in photography or collage. While utilizing the particular pleasures of each medium, Il Chiostro artists mixed invention with a deep respect for their Italian subjects. The resulting work is playful and filled with the pleasure of seeing.
Kathran Siegel
January, 2008
A Selection of Images from the Exhibit:
Italy
in Lieu of the Sun 3, by Carol Dragon
Market,
by Virginia Cantore
Mornint
through the Arches, by Claudia
Engel
Abandoned
Altar , by Dee Kirkham
Where People Live,
by Linda Mironti