Arborescent
July 18 - September 20, 2020
This exhibition features traditional and alternative photography, paintings, and mixed media works regarding TREES. Juror Lillian Ball selected 39 pieces from 35 national artists with thought provoking, creative works expressing the theme.
Virginia Aschmoneit
Anita Balkun
Keith Buswell
Charis Carmichael Braun
Vince Cicero
Cara Coleman
Bill Davis
Krystle DiNicola
Chad Djubek
Ben Dworski-Riggs
Judith Eastburn
Nancy Gesimondo
Barry Goldstein
Jeff Green
Katherine Hiscox
Peter Hui
Janis Hurley
Bette Kauffman
David Kutz
Joel Lefkowitz
Patricia Luppino
Kathleen Massi
David McCrae
Mike McLaughlin
Glenn McNab
Ed Monnelly
Michael Palichleb
Jeanne Perrier
Keith Rossein
Jim Sabiston
Steven Schreiber
Jillian Sico
Susan Stair
Greg Thatcher
Pamela Waldroup
Lillian Ball is an ecological artist and environmental activist based in New York. Her multidisciplinary background in anthropology, ethnographic film, and sculpture informs her work with wetland issues, as well as innovative artwork focusing on site-specific conservation initiatives that benefit wildlife, communities, and area visitors. Ms. Ball’s WATERWASH® public projects along the Bronx River and the Mattituck Inlet in New York combine native habitat restoration, stormwater remediation, and preservation. Her documentary “Sanctuary” explores efforts by a Buddhist monk to preserve native flora and fauna in Lumbini, Nepal, an area that is endangered by overdevelopment, and protection of Sarus cranes nesting at Buddha’s birthplace. Ms. Ball exhibits and lectures internationally, and has received numerous awards including two New York State Foundation for the Arts grants, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant, among others.
I am thrilled and honored to share that my work, “Andrew in the Woodpile” has received a Juror’s Mention!
ANDREW, IN THE WOODPILE (DÄMMERUNG), 2014, oil and acrylic on canvas paper, 8 x 10 in.
Alex Ferrone Gallery is the only one of its kind on the North Fork. The Gallery sits on Main Road in a Cutchogue historic landmark building (circa 1820) built by by the Wickham family. Alex Ferrone Gallery has been host to national and international juried exhibitions that have included prestigious jurors such as Lisa Chalif, curator of The Heckscher Museum of Art, Charles A. Riley II, art critic, curator, and Director of Nassau County Museum of Art, Franklin Hill Perrell, art critic, historian, curator, and writer; as well as gallerists and curators, Esperanza León and Glynis Berry. The Director, Alex Ferrone, has also participated as an independent juror for exhibitions in the New York region including at Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, Fotofoto Gallery, Huntington, and Art League of Long Island, Deer Park.