By Deborah
Winiarski
There was a lot of art on exhibition during the 11th International Encaustic Conference this year. In addition to Depth Perception, co-curated by Joanne Mattera and Cherie Mittenthal at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, six exhibitions featuring work in the medium of encaustic took place in and around Provincetown – two juried exhibitions, two curated exhibitions, one invitational and one solo exhibition. Here’s a brief recap.
Sense of
Place
Juror:
Patricia Miranda
Castle Hill
Gallery
May 23 –
June 9, 2017
Sense of
Place was juried by artist, educator, and curator Particia Miranda. In the
prospectus, Miranda stated that ‘A sense of place is something that we
ourselves create in the course of time. It is the result of habit or
custom . . . A particular experience of a person in a particular setting . . .”
This thematic exhibition included the work of twenty-six artists whose work
emanated a ‘sense of place.’
From
left: Diana González Gandolfi; Kelly Steinke, top; Dietlind Vander Schaaf,
bottom;
Lia
Rothstein, Shelley Gilchrist, Steven Cabral; Kelly Steinke, top; Julia
Dzikiewicz, bottom; Susan Delgalvis, Marina Thompson
Installation
photos: Cherie Mittenthal
From
left: Marilyn Banner, top; Karen Karlsson, bottom; Lia Rothstein, Cindy
Martin Lesperance, top; Nancy Whitcomb, bottom; Stephanie Roberts-Camello,
Michelle Robinson, Laura Moriarty on pedestal, Patricia Dusman, Christine
Shannon Aaron
From left:
Pamela W. Wallace, Melissa Morton Lackman; Diana González Gandolfi, top; Julia
Dzikiewicz, bottom; Gay Schemp, Nancy Natale; Christine Shannon Aaron, top;
Mitchell Visoky, bottom; Stephanie Roberts-Camello; Dorothy Cochran, top;
Beverly Rippel, bottom; Nancy Whitcomb
Exhibition
artists: Christine Shannon Aaron, Marilyn Banner, Binnie Birstein, Steven
Cabral, Dorothy Cochran, Susan Delgalvis, Patricia Dusman, Julia Dzikiewicz,
Shelley Gilchrist, Diana González Gandolfi, Karen Ruth Karlsson, Melissa Morton
Lackman, Cindy Martin Lesperance, Laura Moriarty, Nancy Natale, Beverly Rippel,
Stephanie Roberts-Camello, Michelle Robinson, Lia Rothstein, Gay Schempp, Kelly
Steinke, Marina Thompson, Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Mitchell Visoky, Pamela W.
Wallace, Nancy Whitcomb
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The Space
Between Shadow and Light
Curator:
Debra Claffey
Gallery X
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro
June 1-9,
2017
At Castle
Hill’s Gallery X, The Space Between Shadow and Light brought together
work by five artists who explore monochrome in black and white. In the
exhibition catalog of the same name, curator Debra Claffey writes, “. . . in
monochrome, we can feast our eyes on value . . . The elegance of rhythms, the
strength of contours, the massiveness of blocks of value appear with an amazing
force.”
This
exhibition took place as part of the Conference Curatorial Program. This annual
program encourages artists to conceive and propose an exhibition to be held in
conjunction with the International Encaustic Conference.
Gallery X
with exhibition banner
Photo: Dora
Ficher
Left and
Right: Christine Shannon Aaron; Pat Spainhour, center
Installation
photos: Debra Claffey
Paula
Roland, left; Toby Sisson
Debra
Claffey
Exhibition
artists: Christine Shannon Aaron, Debra Claffey, Paula Roland, Toby Sisson, Pat
Spainhour
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Photosynthesis
Curators:
Sherrie Posternak and Lia Rothstein
Julie Heller East,
Provincetown
June 2-8,
2017
Another
Conference Curatorial Program exhibition, Photosynthesis, was hosted by
Julie Heller East in Provincetown. Co-curators, Sherrie Posternak and Lia
Rothstein brought together six artists, including themselves, whose work
combines encaustic and photography in various ways. In the exhibition catalog,
they write, ”Applying wax to a photograph can exponentially extend the meaning
of an image. The texture of the surface and the invitingly sensuous and tactile
sheen of the waxes add to the visual and emotional impact of the underlying
handmade photographic work.”
From left:
Fran Forman, Janise Yntema; Sherrie Posternak, pedestal and far right; Lia
Rothstein, center pedestal; Wayne Montecalvo, foreground
Photo:
Deborah Winiarski
From left:
two by Patti Russotti, three by Fran Forman; Sherrie Posternak on
pedestal;
Janise
Yntema, far right
Photo: Patti
Russotti via Facebook
Lia
Rothstein, Fran Forman, Janise Yntema, Sherrie Posternak
Photo: Lia
Rothstein
Exhibiting
artists: Fran Forman, Wayne Montecalvo, Sherrie Posternak, Lia Rothstein, Patti
Russotti, Janise Yntema
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Cherie
Mittenthal: New Works
Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown
June 2-15,
2017
Two
exhibitions took place this year at Kobalt Gallery in Provincetown. On the
ground floor, Cherie Mittenthal, Conference director, had a solo exhibition
of New Works, while the mezzanine held the juried show, Alternative
Wax – Layers of Facts. Cherie’s solo exhibition included her notable still
lifes and Provincetown landscapes.
Panoramic
installation view of Cherie Mittenthal’s solo, New Works
Photo:
Kobalt Gallery
Above and below: Cherie Mittenthal
Photos: Deborah Winiarski
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Alternative
Wax – Layers of Facts
Juror:
Francine D’Olimpio
Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown
June 2-9,
2017
Alternative
Wax - Layers of Facts was a politically themed show juried by Kobalt
Gallery director Francine D’Olimpio that included 40 artists from around the
globe, each with a unique take on the current political climate.
Panoramic
installation view of Alternative Wax-Layers of Facts
Photo: Kobalt Gallery
Top row:
Lisa Pressman, Stephanie Roberts-Camello, Mitchell Visoky, Cherie Mittenthal
Bottom row:
Kathy Cotter, Beth Johnston, Dorothy Cochran, Deborah Winiarski
Photo:
Deborah Winiarski
Top row:
Jodi Reeb, Milisa Galazzi, Angel Dean, Jennifer Greely, Christine Shannon
Aaron, Dora Ficher. Bottom row: Beverly Rippel, Janise Yntema, Elizabeth
Harris, Nancy Whitcomb, Mira White
Photo:
Cherie Mittenthal via Facebook
Exhibiting
artists: Christine Shannon Aaron, Binnie Birstein, Edith Rae Brown, Martha
Chason-Sokol, Debra Claffey, Dorothy Cochran, Kathy Cotter, Angel Dean, Susan
Delgalvis, Patricia Dusman, Julie Dzikiewicz, Dora Ficher, Milisa Galazzi,
Jennifer Greely, Penny Gunderson, Ritch Hanna, Elizabeth Harris, Beth Johnston,
Susan Lasch-Krevitt, Wayne Montecalvo, Nancy Natale, Louise Noel, Susan
Paladino, Samantha Passaniti, Lisa Pressman, Jodi Reeb, Beverly Rippel, Stephanie
Roberts-Camello, Ruth Sack, Gay Schempp, Marina Thompson, Mitchell Visoky, Anna
Wagner-Ott, Pamela W. Wallace, Deborah Winiarski, Nancy Whitcomb, Mira M.
White, Dianna Woolley, Patricia Yanulis, Janise Yntema
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Black Tie
(optional)
Adam Peck Gallery, Provincetown
June 2-9,
2017
As the name
implies, Black Tie (optional), an invitational exhibition at the new Adam
Peck Gallery space, was in essence a celebration – of the new Adam Peck Gallery
space, the new leadership of the International Encaustic Conference and the
sixth anniversary of exhibitions by artists working in encaustic to take place
at the gallery during the conference. Indeed, a black-tie event.
View into
the Adam Peck Gallery
Photo:
Corina S. Alvarezdelugo via Facebook
Top: Pamela
Blum
Middle row:
Lynda Ray, Anna Wagner-Ott, Adam Peck, Diana González Gandolfi, Susan
Paladino. Bottom row: Dawna Bemis, Sherrie Posternak, Dorothy Cochran,
Cherie Mittenthal, Sara Mast. Table: Lisa Zukowski, Laura Moriarity;
pedestal far right: Karen Frazer
This and two
following photos: Deborah Winiarski
Top: Susan
Lasch Krevitt
Middle row:
Lisa Pressman, Kay Hartung, Kathy Cantwell. Bottom row: Patricia Dusman,
Kathy Cotter, Marie-Claude Allen
From
top: Martha Chason-Sokol, Julie Snidle, Fanne Fernow
Exhibiting
artists: Christine Shannon Aaron, Marie-Claude Allen, Corina Alvarezdelugo,
Dawna Bemis, Binnie Birstein, Pamela Blum, Karen Bright, Kathy Cantwell, Martha
Chason-Sokol, Debra Claffey, Dorothy Cochran, Linda Cordner, Kathy Cotter, Cat
Crotchett, Helen Dannelly, Susan Delgalvis, Patricia Dusman, Fanne Fernow, Karen Frazer, Milisa
Galazzi, Lorraine Glessner, Diana Gonzalez Gandolfi, Jennifer Greely, Kay
Hartung, Jeff Hirst, Karen Hubacher, Susan Lasch Krevitt, Sara
Mast, Joanne Mattera, Cheryl McClure, Cherie Mittenthal, Laura Moriarty, Nancy
Natale, Louise Noel, Susan Paladino, Adam Peck, Sherrie Posternak, Lisa
Pressman, Lynda Ray, Stephanie Roberts-Camello, Paula Roland, Lia Rothstein,
Julie Snidle, Patricia Spainhour, Marina Thompson, Dietlind Vander Schaaf,
Mitchell Visoky, Anna Wagner-Ott, Charyl Weissbach, Deborah Winiarski, Dianna
Woolley, Lisa Zukowski
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