light beings (Sid & Nancy), digital photograph, 2009, DoN Brewer @ The Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown, NJ. The Photography 30 show is the cover story of the Weekend magazine section of the Philadelphia Inquirer!
DoN uploaded a new group of photographs from his “light being” series to DoNBrewerPhotography.com, click on the slide-show button in the top bar.
Today is a good day!
DoN
DoN Brewer’s light beings (Sid & Nancy) is included in Photography 30 @ Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ. DoN‘s Grandparents lived in Moorestown and family still lives there, DoN is so proud to represent the Hayes clan especially in a photo competition ; ) Photography has been big deal in DoN‘s family for a long time, his first photography experience was developing film with a kit Grandpa gave him with a red light bulb; Grandpa was a teacher, engineer, photographer and filmmaker, it must be genetic. DoN’s MoM is going to freak out that her son is in a show in her home town!
Photography 30
The opening reception will be Sunday, January 30, 2011
from 1:00 to 4:00 PM with an awards ceremony at 2:30. Free and open to the public.
Gallery Hours, January 30-March 6:
Thursday and Friday, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM; Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Roz Bloom @ Da Vinci Art Alliance, Apocalypse Soon 2012.
Carol Wisker, Through My Window, a Da Vinci Art Alliance event at Smile Gallery, Carol won First Prize; the exhibit went on to be shown at Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts in Millville, NJ and the Perkins Center for the Arts in Collingswood, NJ.
Da Vinci Art Alliance – Seven, a Da Vinci Art Alliance members exhibit went on tour to the Noyes Museum of Art in Hammonton, NJ.
Seven @ Da Vinci Art Alliance – Year in Review 2010.
Seven @ Da Vinci Art Alliance.
Seven a Da Vinci Art Alliance event @ Noyes Museum of Art, Hammonton NJ.
The Black Light show @ Smile Gallery, a Da Vinci Art Alliance event – DoNArTNeWs Year in Review 2010
Rachel Citrino, Picturing the Decameron, a Da Vinci Art Alliance event in collaboration with the International Opera Theater @ Smile Gallery.
Alden Cole @ Bartram’s Garden, What’s the Buzz? a Da Vinci Art Alliance event in collaboration with Bartram’s Garden Art Gallery in the oldest barn in Philadelphia. DoNArTNeWs – Year in Review 2010
DoN Brewer, Shared Passion, @ Bartram’s Garden, What’s the Buzz? A Da Vinci Art Alliance event – DoNArTNeWs Year in Review 2010
Lilliana Didovic @ Bartram’s Garden, a Da Vinci Art Alliance event, What’s the Buzz? – DoNArTNeWs Year in Review 2010.
Ted Warchal @ Bartram’s Garden, a Da Vinci Art Alliance event – DoNArTNeWs Year in Review 2010.
Through My Window, a Da Vinci Art Alliance event @ Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts – DoNArTNeWs Year in Review 2010
Through My Window, a Da Vinci Art Alliance event @ Perkins Center for the Arts – DoNArTNeWs Year in Review 2010.
Karen McDonnell & Anthony Cortosi @ Da Vinci Art Alliance Tis the Season – Karen & Tony are such good friends and great artists, their collaborative spirit spills over into all areas of the Philly art scene, representing what is possible when people work together.
Tis the Season Da Vinci Art Alliance – DoNArTNeWs Year in Review 2010.
Thank you so much to the Da Vinci Art Alliance for offering innovative, inspirational opportunities to create art, meet fellow artists, and stretch the imagination. Being a part of the board of directors is an honor, DoN edits the Vitruvian newsletter, the talent and determination of the team is strong. Thank you to Dr. Debra Miller, President, Lucrezia Minniti, Recording Secretary, Lilliana Didovic, Treasurer, Alden Cole, Sharri Jerue, Ona Kalstein and Ted Warchal, being included in decision-making of such an august and revered alliance is a lifetime achievement.
Happy New Year
LoVe
DoN
Michelle Post @ Lighten Up! An invitational lamp exhibition curated by Michelle Post @ Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ.
Michelle Post has curated an outstanding exhibition of art lamps with an astonishing array of Philadelphia region artists who each use electric light to enhance their creations and bring them life. The gallery was dark except for the art lamps, each piece softly illuminating it’s own carefully chosen space, the warm glow of golden shadows around the room is enticing. Michelle Post and Dave Carrow recently exhibited @ Da Vinci Art Alliance, see the photo below, where DoN had the opportunity to meet Michelle and talk about art.
Phil Vinson created each part of this lamp by hand from the carved finial to the metal base, truly a tour de force in craftsmanship, style and design; like a dreamy pod of a luminescent night blooming flower, this lamp is entrancing, drawing gallery goers like moths. Lighten Up! An invitational lamp exhibition curated by Michelle Post @ Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ
Charmaine Caire @ Lighten Up! An invitational lamp exhibition curated by Michelle Post @ Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ.
Dave Carrow creates heavy metal, industrial strength art, building lamps of welded chunks of metal like cyber-punk set pieces for the star-ship Serenity. Carrow’s lamps are large, substantial, ambitious constructions, creating a transmuted modernist environment all on their own with clever connections and thought provoking problem solving.
Alden Cole is showing a cluster of his signature glowing objects, the lamps are more night-light than reading lamp, each subtly changing color, energizing the shadow patterns flowing across the walls. With his lamps groups together, DoN noticed gallery goers having difficulty not touching the orbs, curiously drawn to the light.
Sarah Stengle – Genius!
Wayne Russell, Streamliner, lamp @ Lighten Up! An invitational lamp exhibition curated by Michelle Post @ Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ.
Lighten Up! has so much more that DoN wants to share but if I were you, I’d take a drive down to Millville and check out the art center, the RRCA is a model of a multi-purpose art space.
“Lighten Up!” curated by artist, Michelle Post, exhibits uniquely constructed lamps sure to “lighten up” your night. Michelle gave the eleven artists included one stipulation- their lamps must plug into an outlet and actually light up. Beyond that, artists: Harry Anderson, Charmaine Caire, Dave Carrow, Alden Cole, Pam Lethbridge, Ted Simon, Michelle Post, Wayne Russell, Eric Schultz, Sarah Stengle, Carole Sivin and Sally Willobee were left to create their illuminated treasures. The exhibition offers stellar examples of the creativity artists have when looking at ordinary objects many of us take for granted. Michelle explains, “Rising to the challenge of bursting through and penetrating darkness come artists whose wit and imagination show us not to take life too seriously. With laughter comes healing, and with illumination comes peace.”
Michelle Post & Dave Carrow @ Da Vinci Art Alliance, Autumn 2010.
Photos by DoN.
Bruce Garrity, Double Boulder in Recent Work @ Crestmont Gallery, 495 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ.
Bruce Garrity is a professor at Rutgers Camden and is the curator of the Hopkins House Gallery on the banks of the Cooper River as well as a fine artist and painter in his own right. His large canvases are atmospheric, the clear, bright colors of the paint telling stories packed with myth and mystery, each painting taking the viewer deep into the artist’s introspection. The new Crestmont Gallery on Haddon Avenue occupies a grand old house with the first floor now dedicated to art, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry and more, the space looks so elegant with Bruce’s paintings accompanied by beautiful ceramics and cases filled with desirable objects.
Owner Gary is planning exciting exhibitions to coordinate with the car shows, street fairs, art scene and cultural events that have become the calling card of Collingswood. The Second Saturday art crawl in Collingwood is really fun with fine art, good food and a great small town atmosphere that is optimistic and forward looking with the arts being a driving force.
Bruce Garrity, @ Crestmont Gallery, Collingswood, NJ.
Dr. Deb Miller, a friend and colleague of Garrity’s said his paintings are, “Asian in perspective“, a Zen-like feeling of contemplation and respect for nature is infused in the compositions.
Bruce Garrity, Black Sea Bass @ Crestmont Gallery, Collingswood, NJ.
Photos by DoN.