Arborescent

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.

 

The Male Nude - Livestream

I am honored to be a panelist on H&R Studio’s livestream, “The Male Nude.” Moderated by co-founder Lauren Amalia Redding and hosted on H&R's YouTube Channel, the panel also features Miguel Carter-Fisher, Alaina Plowdrey, Darryl Babatunde Smith and H&R Studio co-founder Brett F Harvey. It was an interesting discussion exploring the topic of the male nude past, present, and future.

Click the video to be taken to the link on YOUTUBE where you may watch a recording of the livestream panel.

CVA Zine: "Memory"

CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ART ZINE - ISSUE #5 MEMORY JAN 2018 

A non-profit zine for emerging artists and students exploring ideas of identity through art, graphic design, poetry, photography, and everything in between.
http://cvazine.bigcartel.com/product/contemporary-visual-art-zine-issue-5-memory-jan-2018

Featuring Artists Patti Robinson, Jamie F Simpson, Nina Fraser, David Rodríguez, Lita Poliakova, Marta de la Parra, Rafaela Micheloni, Lucy Jane Frank Purrington, Claire Martine, Christoph Liepach, Tania Bohuslavska, Nathan Mullis, Ira Iosub, Charis J Carmichael Braun, Olga Lupi, Heidi Wong, Clarice Sena, Rochelle Steffanie Hanson, Vika Pranaitytė, and Pippa Tyler.

Reformation 2017

The Reformation 2017 Lutheran Art Invitational celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, at the YFAC Gallery at Bethany Lutheran College. 

EXHIBITION CURATOR AND CATALOGUE EDITOR: WILLIAM BUKOWSKI
CATALOGUE DESIGN: KAREE HENRICH
(c) Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato MN

Participating artists: Nathan Beilke, Anna Biedenbender, Jeff Bukowski, William Bukowski, Paul Burmeister, Charis Carmichael Braun, Jesse Cordes, Kristen Gjerdstet, Annette Hartzel, Lance Hartzel, Jason Jaspersen, Chad Lindemann, Karyn Lukasek, Ben Lundsten, Jim Matson, Jonathan Mayer, Don Moldstad, Eric Ouren, Andy Overn, Kurt Shrader, Erik Soule, Joey Steinbach, Paul Trapp, Alicia Ulm, Missy Vandermause, Anne Wendland, Malia Wiley, Denice Woller

Participating writers: Paul Burmeister, Tim Schmeling, Luke Ulrich

Patron Of The Arts

I am happy to be invited to Union Arts Center's Patron of the Arts Sunday. Curator Elena McCabe notes that this event is a fitting complement to Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday. Not only will "patrons" be able to purchase beautiful new art, there will also be prizes for the patrons if they post pictures of their purchases on Instagram, too! Join me for the Opening Reception on Sunday, November 26, 6-9pm.

“Post your new purchase on Instagram for a chance to win a 10% refund off the sale price of the work. The winning patron must tag @unionartscenterny and the artist in the post of their purchased artwork. The patron with the most likes at 8:30pm 11/26/2017 and 8:30pm 1/28/2018 wins. Patrons must purchase a piece from Patron of the Arts Sunday to qualify to win the 10% refund. Two chances to win!”

Participating artists include:

• Anne Bell @sohoartist
• Charis Carmichael Braun @charisjcarmichaelbraun
• Jane Cowles @janeccowles
• Diane Churchill
• Dan Fiore @4flowersphotos
• Catherine V Graham 
• Alex Katsenelinboigen
• Lisa Lebofsky @lisa_lebofsky
• Elena McCabe @naturaly_adorned 
• Char Norman @charstegernorman

#betterthanblackfriday

Reformation 2017

Installation view in the gallery at the Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center. 

Lutheran Art Invitational

For the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the Bethany Lutheran College Art Department invited 26 artists, two filmmakers and three writers to celebrate with works of paintings, prints, drawings, photography, ceramics, video and writings. Some of the artists are faculty members at Bethany Lutheran College, Wisconsin Lutheran College, or Martin Luther College. The other artists are alumni from these schools.

This exhibition is on display in the Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota, from October 1 until November 22, 2017. A gallery talk on “Luther, Vocation and the Arts” is scheduled for October 26, at 7:00 pm.

Participating artists: Nathan Beilke, Anna Biedenbender, Jeff Bukowski, William Bukowski, Paul Burmeister, Charis Carmichael Braun, Jesse Cordes, Kristen Gjerdstet, Annette Hartzel, Lance Hartzel, Jason Jaspersen, Chad Lindemann, Karyn Lukasek, Ben Lundsten, Jim Matson, Jonathan Mayer, Don Moldstad, Eric Ouren, Andy Overn, Kurt Shrader, Erik Soule, Joey Steinbach, Paul Trapp, Alicia Ulm, Missy Vandermause, Anne Wendland, Malia Wiley, Denice Woller; with participating writers: Paul Burmeister, Tim Schmeling, Luke Ulrich.

Reformation Reformed

I am pleased to have a work included in this invitational exhibition at Concordia University in St. Paul, MN, celebrating the 500th anniversary of Luther’s Reformation, on display Oct. 19 through Nov. 15, 2017 at the Concordia Gallery. 

Curator Keith J. Williams explains, "Martin Luther saw issues in his church and chose to try to reform the institution with an earnest intent to help foster a new relationship to spirituality among the people. Concordia University’s Reformation Reformed invitational exhibition asks Lutheran artists to envision works of art that creatively project forward the concept of ongoing 'reformation' into an unknown future."

Concordia Art Center at 1301 Marshall Avenue, St. Paul, MN   (Frontispiece: Junker Jörg, 1521, Intaglio, Diego Lasansky,(2015)

PALETTE at Abend Gallery

June 15th - July 8th, 2017    ■    Opening Reception: June 15th, 6-9pm    ■   1412 Wazee Street, Denver, CO 80202    ■   Curated by Dina Brodsky & Trek Lexington

Participating Artists: Liz Adams-Jones, James Adelman, Erin Anderson, Steven Assael, Daniel Bilodeau, Luis Borrero, Maya Brodsky, Charis Carmichael Braun, Zach Brown, Sue Bryan, Garrett Cook, April Coppini, Diana Corvelle, Benjamin Craig, Cara DeAngelis, Dimitri Desiron, Michelle Doll, Daniel Doubrovkine, Heidi Elbers, Christian Fagerlund, Shauna Finn, Julien Gardair, Nick Gebhart, Jennifer Gennari, Alonsa Guevara, Andrew Haines, Eben Haines, Joshua Henderson, F Scott Hess, Rafael Hoekstra, Caitlin Hurd, Kieran Ingram, John Jacobsmeyer, Yunsung Jang, Marshall Jones, Kit King, Evan Kitson, Brandy Kraft, Maria Kreyn, James Kroner, Shawn Krueger, Andrew Lenaghan, Amber Lia-Kloppel, Tim Lowly, Daniel Maidman, Brian Mashburn, Adam McGalliard, Anna Mogilevsky, Tun Myaing, Jessica Pisano, Kim Power, James Raczkowski, Per Elof Nilsson Ricklund, Matt Rota, Nicolas Sanchez, Denis Sarazhin, Raphael Sassi, Victoria Selbach, Josh Suda, Maria Teicher, Mark Trujillo, Emilio Villalba, Melanie Vote, John Wellington, John Wentz, Timothy Wilson, Zane York, Miles Yoshida