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SUMMARY:Joanne Freeman: New York Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Kathryn Markel Fine Arts is thrilled to announce New York Conversation\, an upcoming exhibition of new work by Joanne Freeman. New York Conversation is Freeman’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. The show will be accompanied by a group show curated by Freeman titled Betty and Veronica. They will run concurrently from January 5th – February 11th\, 2023. \n  \n“New York Conversation references my studio process\, and metaphorically describes the random thoughts\, snippets of conversation\, lyrics and memories that ebb and flow over the course of a painting. Visual signs\, nostalgia and the emotional residue of color\, guide my aesthetic choices\,” Freeman says. While intuitive\, Freeman’s stencil-like forms and irregular hard-edge curves harken Modernism and minimalist sensibilities. This is heightened by a palette of saturated primary colors\, or monochromatic works.   “My paintings reference forms found in architecture and design\,” she says.  “I create compositions based on loose geometry and layered saturated colors. The hard edge process of cutting shapes and layering color onto treated raw linen\, recalls qualities of mid-century low-tech graphics\, color field painting and collage\,” she continues.  \n  \nThe forms are hard-edged while still breathy and organic.  The subtle transparencies at the edges of the forms and the contrast of the brushstrokes across the tooth of linen reveal the artist’s hand. “When applying oil paint to linen I try to accentuate the inherent qualities of both mediums\,” she says. “ I consider both the transparency and opacity of the colors\, how they abut and overlap\, and how they respond to the textured tooth of the linen.” She is mindful of each medium’s materiality when painting.  Her saturated colors in either gouache or oil paint are absorbed by the handmade paper or linen\, enhancing the modernist flatness of her forms and use of space. “My reductive abstract paintings are about the beauty of singular color\, the impact of pure abstract forms and the quiet order that cuts through the noise\,” Freeman says.  \n  \nJoanne Freeman has had solo exhibitions in galleries around the United States\, and shown at The Queens Museum\, Zillman Art Museum University of Maine\, The Painting Center\, and the Cape Cod Museum of Art. She’s a 2021 recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant\, and the Vice President of the American Abstract Artists organization. She has her M.A in Studio Art from New York University\, and lives and works in New York City. \n  Save  
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LOCATION:Kathryn Markel Fine Arts\, 529 West 20th\, Suite 6W\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:2023 Winter Juried Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:BLUE MOUNTAIN GALLERY is pleased to present the work of 47 artists\, 51 pieces of artwork\, selected by Eric Holzman for this year’s winter juried exhibition. The artists\, drawn from over two hundred applicants from across the country\, work in a wide range of media\, including oil\, acrylic\, pastel\, gouache\, photography and mixed media.  \n​Heidi Alamanda \, Marilyn Allen\, Hilary Houston Bachelder\, James Baker\, Nina Kardon Baran\, Bob Barnett\, Raymond Berry\, Leslie Blackmon\, Pam Bowers\, Nancy Breakstone\, Karina Cavat\, Audrey Cohn-Ganz\, Elizabeth Courtney\, Anne Delaney\, Stephanie DeManuelle\, Kiran K Dhaliwal\, Janine Dunn Wade\, Melanie Essex\, Tom Fitzharris\, Meghan Fleming\, Nancy Granda\, Theresa Heidig Rooney\, Teresa Jade Jarzynski\, Moishe Kampin\, Sam Kelly\, Michele King\, Laura Levine\, Pattie Lipman\, Aaron Lubrick\, Manuel Alejandro Macarrulla\, James McKenna\, Elizabeth Meyersohn\, Mark. Milroy\, Blake Morgan\, Arnaldo J Rivera Rivera\, Gail Rodney\, Rebecca Gray Rolke\, Roxy Rubell\, Alyssa Schmidt\, Abbey Stace\, Leslie Ross Stephens\, Yuri Tayshete\, Preston Trombly\, Laura Vahlberg\, Ekaterina Vanovskaya\, Aidan White and Lenore Wolf. \n​Juror ERIC HOLZMAN has been painting and searching for connection in nature and other representational genres all his life. He is a romantic and a classicist who looks into the inner nature of things and tries to walk “The Beauty Way.” He was educated at Tyler School of Art\, Yale\, Skowhegan and the New York Studio School. Eric has taught at Pratt\, the New York Studio School\, and Bard College among others. He is a National Academician and has exhibited twice at the American Academy\, winning awards from both institutions.  Eric has also shown work at Lori Bookstein\, Tibor de Nagy\, Sideshow and Artist Equity\, all in NYC\, and at Gremillion Fine Art and Ellio Fine Art in Houston\, Texas. He has received many honors\, including grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the NEA\, the Pollock Krasner Foundation\, the Gottlieb Foundation and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. Website: www.ericholzman.com \n\n  Save  
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/2023-winter-juried-exhibitions/
LOCATION:Blue Mountain Gallery\, 547 W 27th St\, Suite 200\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
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SUMMARY:August-September @ Art Works!
DESCRIPTION:Throughout August Art Works is open to the public\, offering a variety of engaging exhibits. Adam and Anita Bradley present life-size figurative sculptures and paintings capturing a chaotic world. Mike Bily’s exhibit investigates ecosystems; Sharon Denmark captures light flowing through glass. Rachel Rowden exhibit is a portal of mysteries and Rebecca Visger provides a view from behind the wheel. Blake Bottoms exhibit is featured in the Community Bridge Project. \n  \nJoin us for a fun-filled scavenger hunt with prizes\, perfect for both the young and the young at heart. The activity culminates with prizes for all who participate. We also offer figure drawing sessions on the 1st and 3rd Sundays and Queer Life Drawing at Gold Lion Community Café on August 20th.  \n  \nBradley + Bradley: The Weight of Vanishing Shadows \nAdam and Anita Bradley explore the human condition through their unique mediums. Adam presents life-sized figurative sculptures in wood\, steel\, ceramics\, and smaller bronze pieces\, reflecting themes of anxiety\, loss\, and grief. Anita complements this with layered paintings and mixed media collages\, capturing the struggle for order in a chaotic world. Their intertwined approaches invite contemplation of deep human experiences. \n  \nThe exhibition will be in the Jane Sandelin Gallery at Art Works and will continue through September 20\, 2025. \n  \n  \nArtifacts by Anne Chamblin \nAnne Chamblin’s work is about merging sight and feeling. For her\, painting is a way to process what she experiences. She brings spaces\, places\, and faces to life on canvas\, turning bodies into landscapes and using layers to hint at the passage of time. Anne constantly reworks her paintings\, always keeping a bit of the past to shape the present. Her journey is grounded in everyday experiences\, resulting in unique\, relatable art. \n  \nThe exhibit will be in the Centre Gallery at Art Works through September 20\, 2025. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBetween Worlds by Hannah Anderson \n  \nAmerican abstract artist Hannah Anderson (b. 1953)\, raised in the simplicity of a Quaker household\, rediscovered her love for painting in 1990 with a Crayon watercolor set. Self-taught and inspired by contemporary artists\, her work reflects the light and dark periods of her life\, blending elements of nature and archetypal symbols from healing traditions. Her debut exhibit\, Between Worlds\, explores the liminal space between worlds and relationships. Hannah resides in Richmond\, Virginia\, and finds inspiration in Taos\, New Mexico. \n  \nThe exhibit will be in the Corner Gallery at Art Works through September 20\, 2025. \n  \n\nMental Health Matters: Celebrating Resilience Through Art All Media Show\nThis exhibit is a focal point of all Art Works’ openings. It is a juried show with cash prizes for 1st\, 2nd and 3rd place. The show is open to all artists and all mediums. \n  \nIn August the theme is Mental Health Matters: Celebrating Resilience Through Art. The community has donated terrific items that we will be auctioning to benefit NAMI\, and Art Works will donate the sales from the All Media Show to NAMI. \nWonJung Choi an international artist and educator\, will be the juror for the exhibit. Wonjung Choi is a Korean-born\, Virginia-based artist whose multidisciplinary work delves into the complexities of identity formation in a globalized world. See more on WonJung’s website: Click here. \n  \nCall for entries is July 15  – August 10\, 2025\, and may be submitted through the online form. The exhibit will be in the Port Gallery at Art Works through September 18\, 2025. Check our website for details on submitting artwork:  Call for Entries \n  Save  
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/august-september-art-works-2/
LOCATION:Art Works\, 320 Hull Street\, Richmond\, VA\, 23224\, United States
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SUMMARY:4th Friday Art Shows and Opening Reception @ Art Works!
DESCRIPTION:4th Friday September 26th at Art Works \n  \nJoin us on September 26\, 2025 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for an exciting opening reception of our new exhibits at Art Works. Meet the talented artists\, and enjoy live music\, refreshments\, and libations sponsored by RVA Thriving Artists.  The featured artists are Adam Reinhart\, Jen Cook-Asaro\, Sarah Miller\, Tatiana Grace\, Kenneth Lee\, and experiment with interactive art by RVA Game Jams. \n  \nThis event is free and open to the public. Convenient and free parking is available. The exhibits will continue through October 18\, 2025. \n  Save  
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/4th-friday-art-shows-and-opening-reception-art-works-56/
LOCATION:Art Works\, 320 Hull Street\, Richmond\, VA\, 23224\, United States
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SUMMARY:Heather Stivison\, “Ebb & Flow”\, a Solo Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In this her third New York City solo exhibition\, Heather Stivison explores the intersection of environmental science and visual art with a series of immersive paintings of the ocean. \nStivison paintings capture the essence of water—something clear and colorless\, with its shape formed entirely by the external forces of objects\, land\, wind\, gravity. Searching for water’s most primary qualities\, she uses light\, color\, form\, shape\, line\, to engender a sense of water. Fluidity\, reflections\, rhythms are evident in her ocean surface paintings. Stivison is fascinated by the reflections and patterns created by the coastal ocean surface. She paints variations on patterns\, exploring how much she can change them and still maintain the sense that the subject is surface water. \nCurator and director of Manhattan Arts International Renee Phillips writes: \n“Stivison ventures beyond nature’s physical boundaries into abstraction with the profusion of free-flowing biomorphic patterns and tonal ranges. In her paintings the innate attributes of water evolve into metaphors\, symbolism and visual poetry.” \nThe exhibition includes a massive 110-inch quadriptych that explores the sense of weightlessness and mystery that she finds in the imagining unknown ocean depths. Other paintings explore surface water patterns as abstract design. \nIndependent curator Kathy Imlay writes: \n“Stivison’s paintings have a luminous glow—accomplished by the artist building up layer upon layer of viscous paint\, which she pours\, smears\, scrapes and otherwise manipulates to create fields of color that conjure the watery depths of the ocean or intergalactic space\, depending on the palette.” \nSome of the paintings on view are the result of her multi-year\, grant funded collaboration with Noah Germolus\, a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute who was researching ocean chemistry. Stivison created two paintings about him and his work\, and four five-foot paintings that interpret his research data in paint. \nThe collaboration led to a unique special feature of this exhibition. After Stivison interpreted his data in paint\, he in turn\, interpreted four of her paintings in music. The exhibition includes an on-demand sound installation of original jazz music composed and performed by Germolus. \n  Save  
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/heather-stivison-ebb-flow-a-solo-exhibition/
LOCATION:Pleiades Gallery\, 547 W 27th St. Suite 304\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
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SUMMARY:September - October Exhibits @ Art Works!
DESCRIPTION:Now showing six new exhibits. The featured artists are Adam Reinhart\, Jen Cook-Asaro\, Sarah Miller\, Tatiana Grace\, Kenneth Lee\, and experiment with interactive art by RVA Game Jams. Also see 80+ working artist studios. \nVisit us Tuesdays through Sundays 11am- 5pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Convenient and free parking is available. The exhibits will continue through October 18\, 2025. \n  Save  
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/september-october-exhibits-art-works-4/
LOCATION:Art Works\, 320 Hull Street\, Richmond\, VA\, 23224\, United States
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SUMMARY:October - November Exhibits @ Art Works!
DESCRIPTION:Now showing six new exhibits. The featured artists are Blake Seals\, Felicia L. Reed\, Adam Reinhard\, Sorvino\, and Tobi Holtslag. Also see 80+ working artist studios. \nVisit us Tuesdays through Sundays 11am- 5pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Convenient and free parking is available. The exhibits will continue through November 22nd 2025. \n  Save  
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/october-november-exhibits-art-works-5/
LOCATION:Art Works\, 320 Hull Street\, Richmond\, VA\, 23224\, United States
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SUMMARY:Robert Braczyk: Cardinal Directions
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: January 27 – February 21\, 2026\nOpening Reception: Thurs.\, January 29\, 2026\, 5PM-8PM\nArtist Talk: Saturday\, February 14\, 2026\, 3PM-4PM\nGallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday\, 11AM-6PM \nBowery Gallery is pleased to present “Cardinal Directions\,” an exhibition of new sculpture by Robert Braczyk.  \nFor many years a prize-winning figurative sculptor\, in recent years Braczyk has turned to abstraction. In his new work—most about 24 inches high—he assembles various tree elements into vertical compositions that echo figural forms\, but whose abstract vocabulary of open volumes and discontinuous contours suggests the possibility of multiple allusions. Each work evinces a powerful spatial tension between the cardinal point from which it is begun and the complex three-dimensional image that Braczyk builds with primary thrust\, axis\, and meridian.  \nBraczyk’s trajectory from figure to abstract figure may be seen as a temporal through line connecting the events of a life. The artist’s comment that he brings all his life’s experiences into the studio reminds us that in the long arc of his career\, the spatial and temporal are never far apart. \nView the exhibition website. \n  \nBowery Gallery\n547 W. 27th Street\, Suite 508\nNew York\, NY 10001 \n  Save  
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/robert-braczyk-cardinal-directions/
LOCATION:Bowery Gallery\, 547 W 27TH ST Suite 508\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
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SUMMARY:LEO VILLAREAL: COSMOS
DESCRIPTION:An homage to the late Cornell astronomy professor Carl Sagan\, Cosmos is a site-specific installation by New York–based artist Leo Villareal (born 1967)\, a pioneer in the use of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and computer-driven imagery. His signature pieces explore complex movement and dazzling patterns created by points of light using his own computer software. \n \nVillareal – Cosmos – Johnson Museum – Cornell final from Walter Patrick Smith\, AIA LEED A on Vimeo. \nPlanning for Cosmos began in November 2010\, when Villareal—along with the project architect\, Walter Smith\, and donors Lisa and Richard Baker—worked with Johnson Museum staff to determine the optimal location for the installation. The ceiling of the Sherry and Joel Mallin Sculpture Court was chosen for its high visibility not only on campus but also from the city of Ithaca. After studying the Museum’s architectural plans and considering structural and aesthetic aspects of the installation\, the artist’s team returned to Cornell in April 2012 to install a nine-foot-square mock-up. Installation of the final piece took several weeks\, with twelve thousand energy-efficient LEDs on a gridded framework attached to the ceiling of the sculpture court. A zero gravity bench was designed by the artist for viewers to fully immerse themselves in the viewing experience and to foster a more communal involvement with his installation. Villareal gave a public lecture to mark the opening of the installation. \nVillareal’s works reinterpret fundamental components of such twentieth-century art movements as pop\, minimalism\, conceptual\, and post-painterly abstraction while responding to the ingenuity and imagination that defines technology in the twenty-first century. Among his most notable site-specific works are the illumination of the exterior of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (2006)\, Multiverse in the Concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings at the National Gallery of Art (2008)\, and Sky at the Tampa Museum of Art (2009). His largest installation to date is The Bay Lights\, illuminating the West Span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge for its 75th anniversary in 2013. \nAndrea Inselmann\nCurator of Modern and Contemporary Art \n\nImage:\nLeo Villareal\nCosmos\, 2012\nWhite LED Lights\, custom software\, and electrical hardware; site-specific installation.\nAcquired through the generosity of Richard Baker\, Class of 1988\, and Lisa Baker.\n2012.056\nPhoto: James Ewing \n\n  Save  
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/leo-villareal-cosmos/
LOCATION:Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art\, Cornell University\, 114 Central Avenue\, Cornell University\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14853\, United States
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SUMMARY:Identifiably Houston – Foundations III
DESCRIPTION:Identifiably Houston: Foundations III  \nSeptember 15 through October 27\, 2018 \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, September 15\, 2018\, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm \nPanel Discussion and Open House: Saturday\, October 20th\, 2:00 to 6:00 pm (Panel at 2:30) \n  \nJOHN ALEXANDER      BOB CAMBLIN             MICHAEL COLLINS      VIRGIL GROTFELDT \nLUCAS JOHNSON       BERT L. LONG JR.       JESSE LOTT               SHARON KOPRIVA \nKERMIT OLIVER          FORREST PRINCE       EARL STALEY                     RICHARD STOUT \n  \nDeborah Colton Gallery is pleased to present Identifiably Houston: Foundations III\, a group exhibition of courageous and spirited artists who have made a major impact and have conveyed the pioneering spirit that Houston was founded with over 180 years ago. The exhibition is also paying tribute to Houston’s Heritage Society and their related events this season. \nAlthough this is just a small sampling of Houston artists who reveal their strong individualism and brave representational type art that has a narrative — often with an aspect of abstraction\, as viewers enter Deborah Colton Gallery during this exhibition\, they will instantly feel and see the connection within this genre or “School” that is something special and unique to Houston! \nSharon Kopriva\, Forrest Prince and Kermit Oliver\, though working with dissimilar processes\, are all sensitive to religious influences where narratives are commingled with their powerful personal visions\, spiritual traditions\, and attraction to global events and mythologies\, all which further energize their strong creative voices. The works of John Alexander\, Bert L. Long Jr. and Earl Staley have long represented the rich traditions and highest qualities of story-telling and their works continue to inspire and connect us with a splenetic era. A pioneer and leader in his own right\, Jesse Lott has never been afraid to create awareness of serious human rights and humanitarian issues through his art. Lott’s important sculpture from 1980\, titled Big Girl –A Tribute to Eula Love that is featured in this exhibition reveals this clearly. Richard Stout and Michael Collins share inspiration from places remembered and imagined that posses a certain evanescence and soulfully verdant energy. Virgil Grotfeldt has used bold materials and imagery that evoke a sense of mystery that take us to a higher level of consciousness. Both Lucas Johnson and Bob Camblin have used the figurative and the landscape to express bold statements about society and the human condition. The tragic and joyous may be found in all of these masterful creations.  All of these artists have not been afraid to tackle tough issues and are as courageous as the first settlers founding Houston\, the first artists coming out of Houston\, and have been affected by our geography\, neighboring boarders\, their travels and those artists making a strong statement in Houston before them. \nOn Saturday\, October 20th\, at 2:30 pm\, Deborah Colton Gallery will host a panel discussion addressing the question\, is there a type of art\, a spirit of art that is “Identifiably Houston”? Does this go back as far as Emma Richardson Cherry and the first artists who organized as a Gallery Guild around the time Houston was founded? What were they influenced by? What artists in the 20’s\, 30’s and 40’s were “setting the stage” for this type of art in Houston? Who were the mentors of these artists and who are the other artists whose work displays these qualities? There are certainly many. Is this a “Houston School”? How do the historical roots of our artists in Houston differ from other cities in Texas? What were the outside influences geographically and through artist who came to the city and formed a community with others? Has there been more of a community of artists in the past and where are we now as a community of artists?   Panel Members will include Pete Gershon\, Randy Tibbits and Michael Collins. Moderator will be Deborah Colton. \n  \nBorn on the bayou in east Texas\, John Alexander has made an international career as a skilled draftsman\, a painter of lush landscapes\, and as a satirist creating allegorical tableaus. Alexander (b. 1945) began studying art at Lamar University in his hometown of Beaumont. After earning an MFA in 1970 from Southern Methodist University in Dallas\, Alexander took a teaching position at the University of Houston\, where he became a key figure in the city’s nascent art scene. Alexander moved to New York City in 1979\, taking a SoHo loft he still calls home. In addition to his continuing fascination with the surreal and humankind at its worst\, Alexander gravitates toward depicting marshy landscapes\, and studied portraits of flora and fauna\, particularly the birds flocking to his part-time home on Long Island’s East End. Naturalism and conservation remain hallmarks of his work\, and he says the Beaumont bayou of his youth is never far from his mind. Alexander has been widely exhibited\, with major shows at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington\, D.C.\, and the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston. His work can be found in public collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago; Dallas Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston; and many others. He has received many awards in the arts nation-wide. \n  \nBob Camblin was born in Oklahoma in 1928 and studied painting at the Kansas City Art Institute\, earning an MFA in 1955. He taught at Rice University from 1967 to 1973 with Joe Tate and Earl Staley\, with whom he shared a studio space. His influence and art was a constant undercurrent in the Houston art scene\, revealing much about the environment and those that surrounded him. He left Houston in the early 80s. Known for his drawings\, watercolors\, paintings and his gregarious\, direct personality\, Camblin was included in the Fresh Paint\, The Houston School Museum of Fine Arts exhibition in 1985 and was the only artist without a written statement in the catalogue…. \n  \nMichael Roque Collins is an artist recognized for producing some of the most profoundly affecting figurative Post Symbolist painting seen today in Contemporary art. He was born in Houston\, Texas\, in 1955 and maintains his primary studio in this Gulf Coast city. His works have been favorably reviewed in a variety of international arts publications\, such as Art News Magazine\, Art In America\, Art Lies\, and Art World Magazine. His art has been curated in more than 250 group exhibitions in the U.S.\, Cuba\, Peru\, Germany\, China\, Mexico\, France\, Denmark\, Greece\, and Istanbul. His paintings have received more than 50 juried awards\, including a National Endowment for the Arts-Middle American Arts Alliance grant for excellence in painting and works on paper\, as well as three Cultural Arts Council of Houston grant awards for excellence in painting. Collins has held many university teaching positions and is currently the Senior Director of the Visual Arts Department\, at Houston Baptist University\, where he is also Artist-in-Residence in Painting\, Professor of Art and focuses on teaching in the MFA program. \n  \nBorn in 1948 in Decatur\, Illinois\, Virgil Grotfeldt earned a bachelor’s degree in art education from Eastern Illinois University in 1971 and a master’s degree at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia in 1974. He moved to Houston in 1977. He began teaching painting and drawing at HBU in 2002\, where he was also widely considered instrumental in the concept and construction of the University Academic Center’s new building\, of which the art department occupies about 70 percent. Grotfeldt’s work is included in many private and public collections\, including The Menil Collection\, Houston\, Texas; Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York\, New York; NOG Insurance Company\, Amsterdam\, The Netherlands; Free International University World Art Collection\, Zeist\, The Netherlands; Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, Texas; Dallas Museum of Art; El Paso Museum of Art; Tyler Museum of Art\, Tyler\, Texas; and Upriver Gallery Collection\, Chengdu\, China. \n  \nLucas Johnson was a self-taught\, multi-disciplinary artist immersed in the creative community in Houston from the time of his settling here in 1973 until his passing in 2002. He lived for an extended time in Mexico City\, where he was embraced and influenced by artist contemporaries who followed the great Mexican muralists. Self-taught in drawing\, paintings\, printmaking and bronze casting\, he debuted paintings for the first time in 1967. Johnson was a guest instructor in the arts at the Glassell School of Art and at Houston’s Rice University. His work is represented in the permanent collections of museums in Mexico City\, the Menil and Museum of Fine Arts Houston\, and the Modern Art Museum in Tel Aviv. In 1993 Johnson was a founding board member of the Houston Artists Fund with two associates\, effectively establishing a charitable organization\, still active\, that serves as a fiscal sponsor for nonprofit art-related projects and provides administrative support and budgets monitoring for funds raised from the art community. \n  \n  \nBert L. Long\, Jr.\, a self-taught artist\, was born in 1940 in Texas\, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a master chef\, Long decided to devote himself entirely to art in 1979. He began to explore folk art and assemblage to create a unique body of work\, attracting the attention of Jim Harithas\, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston\, and artists John Alexander\, Salvatore Scarpitta and James Surls. His life spanned an era of radical change in the American social climate\, the influence of which can be seen clearly in his work. Long’s paintings and sculptures incorporate a high level of skill and sophisticated knowledge of art history\, along with complex philosophical and social issues. Long describes the philosophy behind his work as “a quest to help people diagnose their inner self\,” believing his art to be “the vehicle to help facilitate [such a] process.” The late Peter Marzio\, former Director of the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, said of Bert Long: “Bert Long does not avert his gaze from that which is painful\, but as [his artworks] testify\, he also brings a spirit of joy and redemption to his art. We can all learn from this great artist.” Over Long’s 33-year career as a painter\, sculptor\, and photographer\, he was awarded several significant awards including the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in 1987 and the prestigious Prix de Rome fellowship in 1990. \n  \nJesse Lott is an African-American sculptor of great distinction and a long time 5th Ward\, Houston resident\, who began his artistic career creating and selling his works as a student at E.O. Smith Elementary School in 1957. Jesse Lott works in paper\, metal\, and wood as well as working with armatures and wire\, all the while building with his artistry a capacity for emotional power. His technique is derived from collecting and recycling discarded materials\, as a type of urban archeology fused with scientific methodology. He has influenced many artists\, including Texans as well known as James Surls\, Bert Long Jr. and Angelbert Metoyer. The all-ages workshops that he has held over the years in his studio as a community service have inspired many students who would otherwise have no exposure to art. Lott’s community-oriented philosophy and his Artists in Action program helped spark the creation of the now famous Project Row Houses.” \n  \nSharon Kopriva is a Houston native. Her career launched in 1985 with the exhibition Fresh Paint at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston. In the past 25 years she has exhibited her art in major cities in the United States\, Mexico\, Peru\, India\, Cuba\, China\, and Europe. In addition to her participation in Fresh Paint – The Houston School\, her most notable exhibitions include a solo show curated by the legendary Walter Hopps at The Menil Collection in 2001 and a retrospective of her work shown at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art\, curated by Bradley Sumrall in 2012\, entitled From Terra to Verde. Kopriva is deeply influenced by a varied set of inspirations\, including her Catholic upbringing\, the wonders of nature\, and her continued spiritual journey. \n  \nKermit Oliver was born in Refugio\, Texas\, the son and grandson of African American working cowboys. He majored in art and education at Texas Southern University and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and teaching certificate. Throughout college\, Kermit was mentored by professor and artist\, John Bigger who recognized strength and individual spirit. Over the years\, Kermit Oliver’s masterfully executed paintings and drawings have earned him worldwide recognition as one of the finest contemporary American artists of our time. Oliver’s work was included in the inaugural exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and recently also\, The Nave Museum held a solo exhibition of selected works by Oliver. In 2013\, Oliver received the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art League Houston. Oliver’s work was the subject of a major retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston in 2005. His work was included in the 2001 international SITE SANTA FE biennial\, curated by art historian/critic Dave Hickey. His works have a sense of spirit and mystery that reflect his unique and personal vision. \n  \nForrest Prince was born in Houston\, Texas in 1935. With no formal art education\, he began making art in 1969\, and in 1976 was given his first solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum\, Houston. In 1983 Prince founded the Praise God Foundation. His body of work is unusual in its’ freedom from the machinations and impurities of the art world and represents man’s higher spiritual aspirations. In addition to his Christian religious work\, Prince’s artwork is also concerned with political and social issues. Some of his artworks involve the artist’s investigations into food consumption other works severely question the satanic practices of the US Government. He has participated in many group exhibitions in museums and galleries including: Diverse Works\, Hooks-Epstein Gallery\, San Antonio Museum of Fine Arts\, Lawndale Art Center\, Art Car Museum\, Station Museum\, and The Menil Collection. \n  \nEarl Staley was born in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park\, received his BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University and his MFA from the University of Arkansas. His first teaching position was at Washington University\, Saint Louis\, Mo. Earl arrived in Houston in 1966 to teach at Rice University. In 1969 he became the chairperson at the new studio art American Academy in Rome. He remained there four years studying the old masters and painting from the Classics. His major influences are Texas/Mexico and Classical Art. Earl showed at the 1973 Whitney Biennale\, and then in 1979 in the landmark show\, Bad Painting\, at the New Museum\, in New York. He has had two exhibits at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; one was a 10-year survey 1974-1984 which traveled to the New Museum\, New York. Earl was included in Fresh Paint – Houston School Museum of Fine Arts exhibition\, the Venice Biennale 1984 and numerous exhibits across the USA and Europe. Since 1992 He teaches at Lonestar College/Tomball. \n  \nRichard Stout was born in 1934 in Beaumont\, Texas. He quickly discovered his interest in art and\, while still in high school\, studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati during summer visits with family in Ohio. Stout received a scholarship to attend the School of Art at the Art Institute of Chicago\, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA). He completed graduate studies and earned his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at the University of Texas at Austin. From 1959 to 1967\, Stout was an instructor at the Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston. After completing his MFA\, he began teaching art at the University of Houston\, a career he maintained until his retirement in 1996. Stout was named Texas Artist of the Year in 2004 by the Art League of Houston and\, in 2010\, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art (CASETA). Currently\, Richard Stout has the exhibition “A Sense of Home” at the O’Kane Gallery at the University of Houston – Downtown. This exhibition debuted at the Art Museum of South East Texas in Beaumont and then traveled to the Art Museum of South Texas. Richard Stout resides in Houston\, Texas. \n  \nDeborah Colton Gallery is founded on being an innovative showcase for ongoing presentation and promotion of strong historical and visionary contemporary artists world-wide\, whose diverse practices include painting\, works on paper\, sculpture\, video\, photography\, performance\, conceptual future media and public space installations. The Gallery aspires to provide a forum through connecting Texas\, national and international artists to make positive change and to help Houston become a leading destination city of the arts. \nSince 2013 especially\, Deborah Colton Gallery has had a strong focus on establishing HOUSTON FOUNDATIONS which reveres our city’s artistic roots. By understanding where we came from\, we can build on this foundation to become an even more dynamic and empowered “City of the Future” in the national and international art world. Deborah Colton Gallery’s Foundations I was Suzanne Paul’s PROOF exhibition in 2016\, which the gallery actually started researching over a decade earlier when it started to house this important archive after Suzanne Paul’s passing. Suzanne Paul’s archives are the most comprehensive photographic documentation of Houston art scene from the 1970’s to 2005.  September – October of 2017\, Deborah Colton Gallery organized and exhibited Foundations II: Focus on the 70’s & 80’s  which  featured 26 of the most significant artists of that time period who have made a major impact on who we are as an art city today. The Foundations Symposium Series of panels and lectures was part of this exhibition. Deborah Colton Gallery has a permanent Foundations Room in the back of the gallery which highlights Suzanne Paul’s photographs of the Houston art scene plus a video excerpt of our Foundations Symposium Series from 2017. The video was created by Lee Benner. There also is a library of publications on Houston artists. For more information on our Foundations Projects\, please access our website. \n  Save  
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