Isabella Bannerman I'm a cartoonist for the comic strip 'Six Chix'. 'Six Chix' is published in many papers in the US and abroad, and it is also available through the web sites "Comics Kingdom" and "dailyink" - the digital branches of King Features. I also enjoy painting landscapes, and during Art Fairs such as Friday Night LIve, I like to sketch passersby. While someone sits for a few minutes, I sketch a quick pencil study of their likeness in profile.
Exhibiting and doing her Caricatures at Re-Find.
Geoffrey C. Barbey [link] Studying at the School of Visual Arts in 1971, Geoff found that traditional painting had fallen from favor. Disillusioned, he embarked on a yearlong painting journey throughout Europe and North Africa. Returning to the US, he began a 25-year career in advertising and commercial film production. He was a Producer for major advertising firms in NY and went on to represent various creative-based companies. Clients included commercial film directors, production companies, special effects studios and other creative companies.
After facilitating the careers of other creative people, he decided to return to painting and pursue his own creative goals. Searching for a classic approach to painting, Geoff began studying at the Arts Students League in NYC & then with John Osborne at the Ridgewood Art Institute in NJ. He offers oil painting classes in his studio in Dobbs Ferry. His paintings are held in numerous private collections. Exhibiting at Bike Cafe (former location of Toast)
Jim Bergesen Studied at the Art Students League of New York of which he is a Life Member. MFA in Studio Art, and MA in Contemporary Art History & Criticism from Purchase College, State University of New York. Painter/Photographer, Artist/Teacher, Historian/Curator, Jim is all of these, finding excitement in the friction and resultant synergy of combining the passion of traditional painting and printmaking with the possibilities of digital technologies onto canvas, paper and transparent media, in a constant journey of exploration and experimentation. A process that creates Works that seeks to reach beyond the artificial constructs of painting, photography, printmaking and leap into an undiscovered territory of Art. The results of which may be seen @ Perogi Gallery’s Flat Files, [link],
in Brooklyn, as well as in corporate and private collections.
Exhibiting at Hastings Station Cafe. Poets, Michael Howley (7pm) and Ann Van Buren (7:30pm) to read during the art reception.
Stephanie Buck [link] Bio TK
Exhibiting at
Yellow Door Stuidos
Crystal Colotti is a graduate of SUNY Purchase with a degree in New Media. She specializes in pet photography and created Wag For The Camera, a business dedicated to in-home photo sessions capturing pets in their favorite environments. Crystal has been featured at events around the area, such as Adoptapalooza in New York City and Hounds on the Sound in New Rochelle. She also volunteers her photography for America’s Vet Dogs, who provide guide, service and therapy dogs to disabled veterans.
Kelsa DeBrabant grew up in New Hampshire in a creative, psychology-oriented household. Her love and curiosity of the human form, spirit and condition was a seed planted early. After receiving a B.S. degree in psychology at University of Oregon in 1998, Kelsa moved to Boston where she worked in the mental health field. On a personal level, she continued to develop her creative eye
through portrait and figure drawing, and industrial design classes. In 2004, she moved to New York City to attend the fashion design program at Fashion Institute of Art. Upon graduation, she worked for several years in the fashion industry in design, trend forecasting and production. The birth of her child in 2010 inspired the latest series of photographic works, in which the artist's face appears in abstract forms. Exhibiting at Slices.
Carol Herd-Rodriguez grew-up in Hastings-on-Hudson. The Hudson and the local landscape drew her back to Hastings as an adult, where she lives with her two children. In the metaphor and beauty of an empty boat, a bird in flight, or trees in a forest she seeks to make visible the numinous in the ordinary. Ms. Herd-Rodriguez's art work expresses the seen and unseen. Her influences include Nancy Spiro, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keefe, and Paul Klee. Her current body of work includes layered mixed media paintings which incorporate the artist's photographs and iconography. Ms. Herd-Rodriguez has been exhibiting her art work for more than two decades. Her art work is held in many corporate and private collections. Exhibiting at Christina Griffin Architect.
Barbara King [link] was born in Syracuse, NY and currently likes in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. She earned a BFA in Printmaking from SUNY Buffalo and was the recipient of a Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship. King graduated from Hunter College with an MFA in Mixed Media and her thesis show was awarded a William Graft Scholarship. She has taught art workshops and classes in New York, Buffalo, Yonkers and Hastings-on-Hudson. Her work has been exhibited in Buffalo,
Rochester, Hastings-on-Hudson, and Yonkers. She has shown at Saint Peter's Church in Manhattan. King works in mixed media and installation art. The ideas of her pieces deal with political and person issues which engage the audience to question complex meanings behind the work.
Susan Lopeman [link] Susan Manley Lopeman has been involved in art all her life. Her work consists of figurative paintings, drawings and sculpture. She has exhibited in Westchester, Long Island and New York City, and has work in private collections. Susan’s studio is in Dobbs Ferry, NY. She received a BA in Studio Art and studied privately in NYC after college.
Betty Ming Liu [link] I love to eat . So I paint with delicious oil colors. Usually, my best work looks edible. After each piece is done, it gets a title that hopefully provides a little extra food for thought. My paintings are inspired by all the things I can’t articulate in a regular conversation – things I feel about where my life has been and where it’s going now. My parents, who raised me in New York City’s Chinatown, were immigrants from China and South Vietnam. In my first life, I was a New York Daily News columnist. After I got divorced and moved to Hastings, I became a blogger (BettyMingLiu.com) and adjunct journalism prof (NYU and The New School). I also teach personal essay writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Now I’m a painter with my own show. Thank you, Rainwater Grill for this wonderful, neighborly opportunity! Exhibiting at Rainwater Grill.
Wendy B. Naidich Wendy's photos have been shown at the Station Cafe and Human Bodyworks in Hastings-an-Hudson,
and at Hastings High School and Farragut Middle School theatre productions and productions at the Riverdale V's Rising Stars program. Wendy has lived in Hastings for 18 years. She holds a doctorate in social policy, and is an adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work and a program development and evaluation consultant. Wendy is a current member ofthe Hastings School Board and has been extensively involved in school and community activities for many years. She's advocated for arts education and extracurricular opportunities, and worked on school plays, the Middle School Arts Extravaganza, and the Popcorn and Puppets Waterfront Festival. Exhibiting at Bike Cafe (former location of Toast)
Barbara Prisament [link] is a veteran of the music industry where she had the pleasure of working with an array of wonderful recording artists. Her career spanned three record companies - Elektra, Chrysalis, and finally Capitol Records where she served as the Label Director of the East Coast before choosing to stay home to raise her two sons in Hastings-on-Hudson. Since then she has received a Masters Degree in The Art of Teaching from Sarah Lawrence and has remained involved in the community through her work as a La Leche League Leader for the Rivertowns group, and as a board member for two arts organizations: 12milesnorth and Tribes Hill.
Passionate about capturing beauty, as well as documenting events, the photography she is showing in this year’s Art Walk is an expression of both. The front window of Visual Difference will be adorned with photographs from the recent 12milesnorth event: Nothing! which was a celebration of Andy Warhol’s Silver Factory and the music of the Velvet Underground as performed and experienced by local actors, musicians and audience. Inside is a display titled “Town & Country”. One wall features nature photographs that highlight spring in bloom as spied in Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown, and Hastings (including the Aqueduct and Vernal Pond). The other wall features urban images shot throughout Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Manhattan. Beauty as seen in nature, as well as in decaying graffiti, peeling posters, and an east village launderette. Artist statement and images can be viewed at [link] Exhibiting at Visual Difference.
Patrick & Django Sibilia are a father and son artist team living in Hastings on Hudson, NY. Patrick was a
noted street artist during the late 80's and early 90's creating community art projects and drawing chalk murals throughout Washington Sq. Park and Greenwich Village. He works in various media from wood to stained glass, fine ink to acrylic. He has authored and illustrated three self-published children's books. His works can be viewed on his website: patricksibilia.com. Django Sibilia is a ten year old up and coming artist whose works reflect a natural design aesthetic and creative unity. He studies at Appel Farms arts& music center and has worked in multi-media, ceramics, acrylic and pencil- he can turn nearly any material into a work of art. Together they collaborate on various projects.
Exhibiting at Bowen on Warburton.
Tony Wan was born in NYC in 1961, Tony Wan resides in Hastings with his wife Tori & their kids, Ben & Ella. Strictly an amateur photographer, most of his photos appear from different parts
of the world. While on vacation with his family, he spends time looking for photos
capturing natural light. He has a collection of photos from Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Lake
Louise, Banff & Jasper National Park, Montreal, Calgary & Quebec Canada, Guilin &
Beijing China and more. His love for photography images his work ethic in the construction field of 30+ years having a keen eye as a skilled finish carpenter with experience in Historic Landmark Restoration & then as a GC renovating commercial space. In October of 2010 he began assisting in the design and building the sets for the Hastings school plays. Other
hobbies include; woodworking, finish carpentry, cooking and is a dedicated Volunteer
Firefighter of Engine #46 Riverview Manor Firehouse. Exhibiting at Arturo's Barber
