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Legacy of Leonardo @ Da Vinci Art Alliance

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Legacy of Leonardo

Dexiang Qian, Gold Medal award winner.

The Legacy of Leonardo

Da Vinci Art Alliance’s Annual Members Exhibition 2009 is a multi-media exhibition open to all current Da Vinci members, featuring works inspired by the life, art, and science of Leonardo da Vinci.

July 8-29, 2009
Gallery Hours:  Wed 6-8 pm, Sat-Sun noon-5 pm
The awards for the Legacy of Leonardo were as follows:

Da Vinci Gold Medal for Best in Show:  Dexiang Qian, Dinner, Bread, and Tea

Silver Medal, 2nd Prize:  Gerard di Falco, Camera Non-Obscura:  Clarity

Copper Medal, 3rd Prize:  Burnell Yow!, Mona Squared

Honorable Mention:  DoN Brewer, Self-Portrait

Honorable Mention:  Carol Wisker, Urban Machine I

Legacy of Leonardo

Mina Smith-Segal with her watercolor painting, In Gratitude to Leonardo Da Vinci @ The Da Vinci Art Alliance.

Legacy of Leonardo

Rachel Citrino‘s digital prints, Vanishing Point, for The Legacy of Leonardo exhibit.

Legacy of Leonardo

DoN Brewer with his Self Portrait in charcoal and chalk on paper.  Photo by Morris Klein.

Legacy of Leonardo

Michael DiPrinzio, Untitled, mixed media.

Legacy of Leonardo

David Foss, Model for Flight, mixed media and wax and Mickie Rosen, Seeds of Flight, photage.

Legacy of Leonardo

Mona, Mona, Mona – clockwise, Mickie Rosen, My Mona Lisa, photage, Karen McDonnell & Tony Cortosi stencil & spray paint, Ona Kalstein, Mona by Ona, ink, pencil on vellum, Jed Williams, L.D.V. by J.W., acrylic & collage on paper.

The board of directors of the Da Vinci Art Alliance continues to promote exciting opportunities for alliance artists to create original works based on a theme such as Envisioning Othello, Envisioning Romeo and Juliet, Art in Bartram’s Garden, Photo Synthesis and more – upcoming programs include Heroines and Harlots: Women in History, an open juried awards exhibition at Da Vinci Art Alliance of art depicting the female personage in history, literature, and religion 9-27 September 2009, Opening Awards Reception: Saturday, September 12, 6-9 pm and “Little Show of Horrors: Carnivorous Plants and the Inspiration of Darwin” a multi-media exhibition open to all current Da Vinci members featuring artworks inspired by carnivorous plants and their explication by Charles Darwin, 14-23 August 2009.

The Plastic Club – Workshop Show

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Plastic Club Workshop Show

Kim Martin @ The Plastic Club.  Kim leads an early morning workshop on Tuesdays at the club featuring extended poses.  The result is magnificent works like this portrait of Bob Jackson; Martin’s exuberant use of color and expressive gesture is fun to be around.

Plastic Club Workshop Show

Glenn Benge, Reclining Figure, chalk @ The Plastic Club.

Plastic Club Workshop Show

 Workshop show @ The Plastic Club.  The venue is one of the few accepting all work which is then juried.

Plastic Club Workshop Show

Correction – the show is down.  Next – Models as Artists.

Prospectus’ – PSCs Miniatures, Da Vinci Art Alliance Heroines & Harlots

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Philadelphia Sketch Club Miniatures

Works Eligible:  Miniatures, up to 3 pieces utilizing any 2-dimensional medium.  All submitted work must be offered for sale during the exhibition. No transparencies will be accepted.  Maximum framed size 8”x10”, image size up to 5 “x 7”.  All work must be framed with glass or plexiglass, wired and ready for hanging.  No clip frames.  Improperly framed pieces will be rejected. Active PSC members:  $8 for each piece or $20 for three. All others:  $10 for each piece or $25 for three. Pickup: Unaccepted work: Friday, August 21, and Saturday, August 22, 2009, 1-5 p.m. at PSC, Accepted work: Sunday, September 20, 1 to 5 pm and Monday, September 21, 2009, 1-5 p.m. at PSC. 

Da Vinci Art Alliance Heroines & Harlots

Rules for Entry:  The exhibition is open to all visual artists; work may be in any medium, but must be directly related to the theme.  Dimensions may not exceed 36 x 36” for wall pieces, or 36 x 24 x 12” for 3D work.  Application must include entry fee of $20 for 1-3 entries for non-members, or $10 for 1-3 entries for current Da Vinci members (and your annual membership dues, if not current, of $30 for adults, $20 for full-time students, with copy of valid ID).   Make check payable to Da Vinci Art Alliance; no cash please.  Entries may be submitted in the form of slides, photos, or, preferably, digital images on disk (JPEG, pc format), and must be clearly labeled with the artist’s name, title, date, medium, dimensions, retail price or NFS, and an arrow to indicate top of work.  Images should be numbered to match entry form.  Include a SASE for their return.  No glass slides or Mac format entries can be accepted.

The Games We Played Remade – Dumpster Divers @ Historic Smithville Mansion

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Ellen Benson

Ellen Benson, “Snow Day“, mixed media.

The Dumpster Divers “The Games We Played Remade” @ The Historic Smithville Mansion inhabiting the game rooms (the pool room & bowling alley) of the 1875 estate is a melange of mixed media, metaphors, memories and wishes.  Alden Cole‘s Chinese Checkers is delightfully addictive, Ellen Benson‘s mixed media works are displayed with room to breath and absorb, Burnell Yow! squishes Barbie heads with badminton rackets – Super Fun!

 

Burnell Yow!

 

Burnell Yow! @ “The Games We Played Remade” in The Historic Smithville Mansion.

 

Games Remade

 

The bowling alley of the historic space is a perfect venue for the show; The Games We Played Remade is exhibiting some of Philly & SJs best mixed media, green artists in a quirky theme seemlessly matched with a truly beautiful space (there’s a rose garden and a Moose head in the card room) is definitely worth the short drive on Route 38.

Envisioning Romeo & Juliet @ The Da Vinci Art Alliance

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Romeo & Juliet

 

An awards exhibition by members of Da Vinci Art Alliance, in collaboration with International Opera Theater, of art inspired by Shakespeare’s tragedy and IOT’s interpretation, a new opera Romeo e Giulietta, directed by Karen Saillant, with music by Emily Wong, libretto by Tommaso Sabbatini, costumes/sets by Mi-Kyoung Lee, world premiered in Teatro degli Avvaloranti, Citta’ della Pieve, Italy, in August 2008.

 

Da Vinci Art Alliance members interpret the Shakespearean play with paintings, collage, objet trouve and prints.  Above is Lilliana Didovic’s mixed media piece incorporating red fabric the singers use to evoke emotion; Karen Saillant gave a wonderful lecture at the alliance explaining how she selected singers based on their ability to interact expressively with the fabric.  Here a sweet love notion , like a candy heart box drenched in red.

 

Awards Judges: Karen Saillant and Mi-Kyoung Lee, International Opera Theater.  Lee designed the costumes and is a UArts alum -Holla!

 

Romeo & Juliet

 

First prize winner, Rachel Citrino‘s, expressive mixed media installation is wildly bold, intefrating new technology with a special red color.

 

Romeo & Juliet

 

June Blumberg, “Romeo and Juliet in Love“, Pitt Pen.

 

Romeo & Juliet

 

3rd place winner, Francine Strauss, expanded the blue – a visual metaphor the opera employs to convey a change in mood – by repurposing her own old prints into a new collage.

 

Romeo & Juliet

 

Ted Warchal, 2nd prize – Dr. Deb Miller explained the metaphor of the coffin/cigar box conveniently branded Romeo Y Julietta.

 

A special surprise during the awards was an acapella performance of songs from the Italian opera by Elias Hendricks – Romeo – which had everyone in tears, a great artist in blossom.  Artistic director Karen Saillant of the International Opera Theater is searching for an appropriate Philadelphia venue after the successful production world premiered in Teatro degli Avvaloranti, Citta’ della Pieve, Italy, in August 2008.