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2009 NHAA Exhibits
December
November
October
September
Levy East Gallery:
Karen Bushold & Jim Kelly
Wed Sep 2 – Fri Sep 25
Reception: Fri Sep 4, 5–8 pm
Jim Kelly,"Siesta Key"
Karen Bushold,"Reflection, Ringling Cafe"
Photos by Eva Powers
Levy Main Gallery:
The Evolution of Photography – 30th Annual Parfitt Exhibition
Wed Sep 2 – Fri Sep 25
Reception: Fri Sep 4, 5–8 pm
Paula Singer, "Bicycles, France", First Prize
Roger Paradis, "Kate-Lin", Second Prize
Claudia Rippee, "Alien Matters", Third Prize
Fran Vita-Taylor, "Tell the Bees", Honorable Mention
Photos by Eva Powers
August
Levy East Gallery:
Jane Banquer & Bill Finley
Wed Aug 5 – Fri Aug 28
Reception: Fri Aug 7, 5–8 pm
Jane Banquer,"On Piranesi"
Bill Finney,"Dunquire Castle, Ireland"
Photos by Eva Powers
Levy Main Gallery:
Lincoln Bicentennial
Wed Aug 5 – Fri Aug 28
Reception: Fri Aug 7, 5–8 pm
Daniela Edstrom, "Freedom Song"
William E. Marshall, "At War's End"
Paul Glorioso, "Hope"
Photos by Eva Powers
July
Levy East Gallery:
Rebecca Ronstadt & Michelle Fennell
Wed Jul 1 – Fri Jul 31
Reception: Fri Jul 3 – 5–8 pm
Rebecca Ronstadt,"Fisher"
Michele Fennell, "Street Light"
Levy Main Gallery:
15% Off Sale — Artist's Choice
Wed Jul 1 – Fri Jul 31
Reception: Fri Jul 3 – 5–8 pm
Jack Davis, "Self Portrait"
Photos by Eva Powers
June
Levy East Gallery:
Russ Aharonian
Wed June 3 – Fri Jun 26
Opening reception: Fri Jun 5, 5–8 pm
Russ Aharonian, "The Dancer"
Russ Aharonian, "The Big Squeeze"
Russ Aharonian, "Mayan Mardi Gras"
Photos by Eva Powers
May
Levy Main Gallery:
Art Is Alive and Kickin’ — 23rd Annual Omer Lassonde Exhibition
Wed May 6 – Fri May 29
Reception: Special reception on May 29
April
Levy Main Gallery:
Art Beyond Sight
The Art Beyond Sight juried exhibition lets artists show how "visual" art can be made more accessible for the blind and visually impaired. Each work includes a short description that has been transcribed into braille. The juror is Valarie Burrows, Accessibility Coordinator from the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA. This show has created quite a buzz on the street, and we are getting a lot of inquiries about it from the media and groups who want to come and see it.
Wed Apr 1 – Fri May 1
Opening reception: Fri Apr 3, 5–8 pm
Be sure and see WMUR's coverage of this unique exhibit, including their interview with Judy Brenner: "Portsmouth Gallery Features Art For The Blind".
March
Levy East Gallery:
Marty Cannata, Venture in the Abstract
Ann Tolson, Body Language
Wed Mar 4 – Fri Mar 27
Opening reception: Fri Mar 6, 5–8 pm
Marty Cannata sculpture
Marty Cannata sculpture
Marty Cannata sculpture
Venture in the Abstract, sculptures by Marty Cannata, represents an exploration in options and directions through an on-going engagement with the known and unknown. The use of materials expresses new dimensions in the application of awareness, intuition, and perception.
Ann Tolson painting
The East Gallery will also be showing Body Language, acrylic paintings by Ann Tolson. Originally from England, Ann sees and paints figures and objects as shapes and color, using a simplifying process that leaves in just enough detail to clarify it yet emphasizing it in a plain or abstracted colored background. Known for painting on a larger scale, Ann's recent series is much smaller in an effort to try to make it look more crowded.
Levy Main Gallery:
2009 College Invitational
The NHAA, in its continued effort to be collaborative and to play a pivotal role in the understanding of the visual arts in the region, invited colleges in the state with art programs to select a small group of students to submit a piece of their work for exhibition. This is a wonderful opportunity not only for established artists to see these works, but also to give exposure to the colleges and their art programs. The participants are: Dartmouth College, Rivier College, University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State College, Keene State College, Chester College, New England College, and the New Hampshire Institute of Art.
Wed Mar 4 – Fri Mar 27
Opening reception: Fri Mar 6, 5–8 pm
February
Levy East Gallery:
"Exquisite Realism" paintings by Jeannie Duval, Alberta Geyer and Mary Phillips
Wed Feb 4 – Fri Feb 27
Opening reception: Fri Feb 6, 5–8 pm
Alberta Geyer, "Tang Dynasty Steed", oil
Jeannie Duval, "Oil Painting", oil
During the month of February, the East Gallery displayed "Exquisite Realism" paintings of Jeannie Duval, Alberta Geyer and Mary Phillips. The public will get a chance to see some beautifully rendered portraits, still lifes, and landscapes by these three well established New Hampshire artists. The depth and richness of their painting that conveys the beauty of the varied subject matter is not to be missed.
Levy Main Gallery:
Passages
In the Main Gallery, members of the NHAA displayed many mediums and styles for "Passages", the NHAA show that offers artists the opportunity to present different aspects of life s journeys through their visual interpretations. Those journeys can include growth, sorrow, joy and struggle. Come see a show that will surely elicit many interesting emotional responses.
Wed Feb 4 – Fri Feb 27
Reception: Fri Feb 6, 5–8 pm
January
Levy East Gallery:
ear+h water + air: Paintings by Jim Kociuba
Fri Jan 2 – Fri Jan 30
Opening reception: Fri Jan 2, 5–8 pm
Jim Kociuba, "Fire Sky", 39.5 x 29.5, metallic acrylic and pumice on canvas, 39.5x29.5"
Jim Kociuba, "Stream", oil over acrylic underpainting on canvas, 47.5x23.5"
Jim Kociuba, "November Light", metallic acrylic and pumice on canvas, 23.5x47.5"
Jim Kociuba, "November Morning", acrylic on canvas, 23.5x47.5"
Jim Kociuba Statement
My concern for wetlands comes from the environment that literally surrounds my home. The wetland paintings are devoid of any human or animal presence. I have noticed that wetlands that were recently teeming with indigenous plant life, insects and animals are becoming inhabited by purple loosestrife and that the animals that lived in these areas are being driven away by human development. What remains of these once ecologically important spaces is what I choose to portray.
I have always been awestruck by the beauty of New England sunsets. I learned that some of the colors we see in sunsets would not be present if it were not for particles of air pollution that refract the light and are responsible for beauty and a reminder that our world is changing.
These paintings are produced by starting with an underpainting of intense red and then palette knife preliminary layers. As each piece evolves, I choose to work the surface with a traditional painting method with a brush or by adding pumice and metallic paints with a palette knife. Technically I am working with a combination of automotive paints, acrylics, pumice, metallic acrylics and oils on canvas.
Jim Kociuba's web site: home.comcast.net/~jimkociuba/site
Currier Museum of Art:
61st Annual Currier Museum of Art NHAA Exhibition
Sat Jan 17 – Mon Feb 16
Opening reception: Fri Jan 16, 5–8 pm
(See the prospectus for details)
Currier Show Award Winners
Ryan LeFebvre, "Untitled #1" (1 of 2), Currier Museums of Art Award, Best in Show
Ryan LeFebvre, "Untitled #2" (2 of 2), Currier Museums of Art Award, Best in Show
Rebecca Ronstadt, "Flycatcher 1/11", James & Eugenia Georgopoulos Memorial Award for Drawing
Robert Johnson, Jr., "Holden Caulfield: An Homage to JD Salinger", Dr. Paul & Duddy Costello Memorial Award for Mixed Media
Allan B. Hall, "Memories", Miriam S. Sawyer Memorial Award for Painting
Ron McClure, "A Change in the Air", Rosmond deKalb memorial Award for Pen/Pastel
Claudia Rippee, "Bring Me Back", Ezekial A. Straw Memorial Award for Photography
Jane Kaufmann, "Thinking of Ground Water", Ferrest D. McKerley Award for Sculpture
Susan Siegel, "Bell Pond I", Friel Award for Watercolor
Artwork photos courtesy of Ed Blake.
Levy Main Gallery:
Altered Images
Artists all have a stash of works which can be torn apart, painted over and transformed into a fresh new creation. NHAA members are challenged to recycle, economize, and display two pieces of recycled art.
Fri Jan 2 – Fri Jan 30
Reception: Fri Jan 2, 5–8 pm
Updated 10/3/09
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