Franklin 54 Gallery + Projects: January 2010

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Nov. 10th opening reception: Sharon Bartel-Clements, a solo exhibition "The Nature of Things" and Elisa Pritzker in the Project Space with "Naturalia" for LACW; 6-8p
Edward Evans: new paintings Sept. 20th - Oct 29th. Opening reception September 22, 6-8p
Thursday July 28th, 5-8pm: Chelsea Art Walk, over 100 galleries participating; www.artwalkchelsea.com
July 7th @ 7pm - Reading & Book Signing @ Barnes & Noble: "Exploring the Original West Village" by Alfred Pommer & Eleanor Winters. 396 Avenue of the Americas @ 8th Street
Thursday June 23rd, 6-9pm: Book Signing & Reception for "Exploring the Original West Village" by Alfred Pommer & Eleanor Winters
Thursday April 14th @ 6:30p: "Exploring the Process" with AJ Nadel and Wolf Kahn in conversation about Nadel's current solo show in the gallery
Thursday March 31st, 6-8p: opening reception for AJ Nadel exhibition
Friday Feb. 11th, 6-9p: reception for Santeria by JAVA
Saturday January 22nd @4P: "Exploring the Process" continues with James LoParo and Critic David Cohen
Dec. 16th, 6-8:30p - "Exploring the Process" with artist James LoParo and Guest Moderator Larry Qualls @ 6:30p with reception to 8:30p. Larry Qualls a former contributing editor and columnist for Art on Paper is a contemporary art consultant for ARTstor, the non-profit digital image library for education and scholarship. For thirteen years he served as an associate editor of Performing Arts Journal, published by the MIT Press, and was an editor of the pioneering film and video journal Art + Cinema in the 1980s.
Nov. 6th @ 2p: an "in gallery" walking tour by NYC tour guide Alfred Pommer of the Flatiron/Gramercy areas depicted in the Triple Play exhibition . Will take place in the gallery, no reservations needed. Pommer's tours focus on history & architecture - visit nycwalk.com for more on Alfred's walking tours.
October 21st, 6-8p: opening reception for Triple Play exhibition
September 16th, 6-8p: opening reception for "Zipped", a solo show of new works by Elisa Pritzker
September 30th, 6-8p: The Easels project featuring artist Siri Berg and Guest Moderator David Cohen, Publisher/Editor of artcritical magazine. Visit our website for more details
October 16th, 4-6p: "Exploring the Process", a conversation between artist Elisa Pritzker and Dominique Nahas, Independent Curator and Critic
May 13th: The Easels featuring artist Eleanor Winters and Guest Moderator Maureen Mullarkey, a painter who writes on art and culture; 6-8p with an informal dialogue from 6:30-7p
March 25th, 6-8p: "The Easels" featuring artist Liz Whitney Quisgard with Guest Moderator Judith Page
JAVA: Mosaics & Paintings opens on March 3rd - join us for the reception on Thursday March 11th, 6-8p
Saturday February 6th: Exploring the Process: artist Edward Evans discusses his process in "Journeys", the current exhibition with Independent Curator and Critic Dominique Nahas at the gallery @ 4:30p; informal reception 4-6p.
Coming Thursday January 21st from 6-8p: "The Easels" featuring Peter Tripp, works on paper from his Evaporation Plus Series. Curated by Elisa Pritzker with this month's Guest Moderator Larry Qualls, Contributing Editor of Art on Paper and a contemporary art consultant to ARTstor. For thirteen years he was an associate editor of PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art and before that a co-editor of Art + Cinema.
Edward Evans: Journeys - Jan. 5-Feb. 13 with an opening reception on Jan. 7th, 6-8p. Visit our website for more images and information about Edward @ thefranklin54gallery.com
Coming Up this month: November 12th, 6-9P opening reception for Sharon Bartel-Clements "The Side of the Road". Followed by "The Easels" on November 19th from 6-8p - this month's artists are Rosetta Bentz & Elisa Pritzker with Guest Moderator John Goodrich, artist and independent critic.
AJ Nadel @ Utica College Art Gallery in a solo exhibition Doubling, Cutting, Pasting: Figures Re-Invented; Nov. 9-Dec. 21, 2009. Reception Monday Nov. 9th, 4:30-6:30P. www.utica.edu/gallery
Nov. 5th-28th: Sharon Bartel-Clements, "The Side of the Road", paintings, drawings & confluent objects. Opening reception: Nov. 12th, 6-9P.
September @ the Gallery: Laura Duggan - solo exhibition Faces & Figures through September 26th. September 10th @ 6:45P - Portraits of a Lady film screening of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor paintings that were exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in 2007. September 17th - opening reception for the Laura Duggan exhibition. September 24th: introducing a new project "The Easels" from 6-8P. See postings to the left for all details and images.
Laura Duggan in "Faces" exhibition at Gallery 705 in Stroudsburg, PA, Aug. 1st - Sept. 15th, 2009; reception August 1st from 4-7P. Visit www.Gallery705.com for more.
Sharon Florin: "On & Off the Grid", 25 paintings @ The Durst Organization Lobby Gallery, 1155 Avenue of the Americas (44th-45th st) from July 30-Sept. 18th, 2009. Reception is Thursday August 6th, 6-8P. Visit www.sharonflorin.com for preview
Elisa Pritzker is included in the "Cat Show" @ The Treadwell Museum of Fine Arts, Treadwell, NY from July 24-Aug. 9th; www.tmfa.net
Edward Evans: works will be included in an exhibition of 77 artists who previously had solo exhibitions at the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science, Sioux Falls, South Dakota from Aug. 28-Dec. 6th, 2009. His work is currently in a group show @ the Reading Public Museum in Reading, PA from July 12-Sept. 6th; Ed's work was also recently in a group show @ the Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA ending July 18th
POETRY READING & BOOK SIGNING: JAMES LOPARO will read from his new book of poetry in preparation for a spoken-word recording; Thursday July 16th @ 7P @ the gallery. View www.thepoetryworks.com website (click artists books) for more information on Jim's poetry, the book & other products
Leendert van der Pool has been curating several exhibitions in commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the Dutch Settlement of Manhattan, in collaboration with a maritime museum in the Netherlands. These exhibitions are being shown at the Salmagundi Club and the Fraunces Tavern Museum in NY as well as at the Vlissingen Maritime MuZeeum in the Netherlands. He has two solo shows planned for autumn, 2009 in the Netherlands. The first show is a selection of pastels from his Ellis Island series (1998-2005), which will be shown at the Provincial Archives in Middelburg in September and October. In December he will exhibit a new series of paintings based on travels on a commercial freighter in 2008. They will be shown at the Galerie Maritime in Middelburg.
Eleanor Winters is currently preparing work for a a solo exhibition of her Calligraphy Quilts at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford Museum in Detroit, Michigan in the spring of 2010. She is scheduled to teach calligraphy workshops this autumn in England, Belgium and Germany.
"Vacation Venues", a group exhibition of selected gallery artists and 3 invited artists from Allen Projects: June 11-July 18th with an opening reception on June 18th from 6-8P
Franklin 54's new space is located at 526 West 26th street, Rm 403 in Chelsea. News about the opening and upcoming exhibitions will be posted soon. We are partnering with Allen Projects at this new location.
Joyce Pommer, owner of Franklin 54 Gallery currently has a solo exhibition of her work @ Gallery 705 in Stroudsburg, PA from April 4-May 30th, 2009. Go to www.Gallery705.com for more information
Siri Berg: participating in Rutgers University, NJ- Institute for Women & Art auction of works from artists having shown in the Dana Women Artist Series. Siri's work is also included in the "Color" group show at the Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum from March 3-April 25, 2009 and has been selected for the New Arts Program Invitational Salon Exhibition of small works from May 22-July, 2009
Elaine Defibaugh is currently in LA doing a 3 month residency @ RAID projects working on some exciting new pieces
Edward Evans paintings are currently featured at the prestigious fair Art Karlsruhe in Germany with a Swiss Gallery
Joyce Pommer & Elisa Pritzker will be exhibiting their works @ the PooL Art Fair on March 6, 7, 8th in the Wyndham Hotel on 24th street - for more info/invitation go to jpommer.blogspot.com
Gallery artist Mary Felton's charcoal drawing "Beauty" is featured in the December issue of Art Calendar in an article about juried competitions by Renee Phillips of Manhattan Arts International; www.artcalendar.com and www.manhattanarts.com
Sharon Florin's solo exhibition "L.I. Changing" @ Art-O-Mat Gallery, Long Island City, NY includes over 30 LIC themed works from December 5, 2008-February 8th, 2009; opening reception December 4th, 6-9P; www.licweb.com/artomat
Sharon Florin's painting 'Madison Reflections II" has been accepted into Greenwich Workshop Gallery's Small Works North America Exhibition, opening November 29th in Fairfield, CT
Siri Berg's piece "Empty Spaces" has been acquired by the Moderna Museet (Modern Museum) in Stockholm Sweden through the museum's curator of International Art, Iris Muller Westerman
Siri Berg's work will be included in Independent Visions/Feminist Perspectives @ The University Art Gallery at Baruch College/Mishkin Gallery on 22nd Street, opens November 30, 6-8P
Elisa Pritzker will be exhibiting with Vernissage Gallery @ the London Affordable Art Fair 2008 from October 23-26th; for more info: www.vernissage.co.uk or www.affordableartfair.com
Elaine Defibaugh: Mixed media paintings @ Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum, September 2-24th, 2008 - Marshall, MN
Elaine Defibaugh: "line over matter", August 25-October 1, 2008 @ Goodstein Art Gallery, Casper College - Casper, Wyoming
Elisa Pritzker in Hudson Valley Invitational @ van brunt gallery in association with curcioprojects - Beacon, NY; September 13-29th; for info-www.vanbruntgallery.com
Edward Evans paintings- "Inscriptions" August 25th to September 28th @ Dana Gallery, Phillips Museum of Art, Steinman College Center, Lancaster, PA; for info - www.fandm.edu/phillipsmuseum.xml
Siri Berg @ Gallery 705 in Stroudsburg, PA, July 5-August 30th, reception and gallery talk on July 12th from 4-7P; www.Gallery705.com
Ann Woodward "Fragments", mixed media collage/paintings- A Window Show @ the Ansonia Pharmacy through July 22nd; 6th Ave. and 10th St. NYC
Mary Felton's charcoal drawing "Order Up" has been awarded the Gold Medal of Honor from the Academic Artists Association Annual Juried show
Liz Whitney Quisgard @ Garmany in Red Bank, NJ, 40 works on display through July 2008, presented by James Yarosh Associates
Siri Berg: in "Color", a summer group show @ OK Harris Works of Art- 383 Broadway, NYC, opening May 31, 2008
Elisa Pritzker "Glimpse of Spring", solo exhibition and installation @ Barrett Clay Works in Pougkeepsie, NY, through May 7th, www.barrettartcenter.org
Sharon Florin "Windows", a solo exhibition of small works and giclee prints @ the Ansonia Pharmacy windows - 6th Ave and 10th Street, April 14-May 13th
Siri Berg: Geometric Acrylic and Mixed Media Paintings @ Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum, Feb. 4- Mar. 7, 2008, Marshall, Minn.
Siri Berg's "Coloratura" (pastel & oil) will be in "Punchbowl", an exhibition @ Metaphor Contemporary Art - 382 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn - show runs through January with the opening reception December 15th, 6-9P
Siri Berg is included in "100 New York Painters" by Cynthia Maris Dantzic; 4 of Siri's artworks are in the Model Apartment for 2 modern glass buildings in Williamsburg, Brooklyn designed by architects/developers, Meshberg Group
Mary Felton's charcoal portrait "The Chief" won 1st place in the Drawing/Pastel category @ the Duxbury Art Association's WInter juried show & is on view until April 2008 @ the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA
Mary Felton's charcoal drawing "Order Up" (recently featured in "Powerful Papers" @ Franklin 54) won Best in Show at the Cape Cod Art Association's Interpretations of Light juried show; the piece was sold but will be on display at the Association's gallery in Barnstable through mid-March 2008.
Liz Whitney Quisgard "Pattern and Structure" @ Robeson Gallery, Penn State: paintings, fiber wall hangings & sculpture through December 2, 2007
Elisa Pritzker in Ecological Integrity: On the Brink - 10 artists confronting current environmental problems through various media @ the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery in Stone Ridge, NY; Nov 30-Dec 21, 2007
Edward Evans paintings are featured in "Myth, Memory & Imagination, a 2 person exhibition in the Madelon Powers Art Gallery @ the East Stroudsburg University of PA through March 7, 2008
"Vesey II" oil painting by Sharon Florin - has won the "John Collins Award" for Oil at the American Artists Professional League's 79th Grand National Exhibition @ the Salmagundi Club
Saturday February 6th: Exploring the Process: artist Edward Evans discusses his process in "Journeys", the current exhibition with Independent Curator and Critic Dominique Nahas at the gallery @ 4:30p; informal reception 4-6p.

Hosted Events

January 2009 "Our Neighborhoods", a photography show by the Creative Center's Photography Club; reception on January 3rd; Visit this excellent organization online @ www.thecreativecenter.org; Arts in Healthcare
Coming March 7, 8, 9th - AAF 2008 Collectors Private Night Preview of Franklin 54's participating artists: Sharon Bartel-Clements, Elaine Defibaugh, Laura Duggan, Edward Evans, Sharon Florin and Elisa Pritzker
2007 - Collectors Preview, Introducing New Work by Jim Loparo & Aldo Bertolini
2007 - Art Auction to benefit Equality Now - www.equalitynow.org
2006 - A Night in Gotham Benefit for the Gotham Stage Company

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Exploring the Process: a discussion between artist Edward Evans and Dominique Nahas, Independent Curator and Critic

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THE EASELS: January 21st, 6-8p featuring artist PETER TRIPP and Guest Moderator LARRY QUALLS

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