The Art Guild is holding its 2017 Members Showcase Exhibit now through June 25 at the Elderfields Historic Preserve.
Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5 p.m. or by appointment.
The 68 artist-members who will exhibit their work are: Diane Lennox Bares, Sandy Jo Becker-Hyman, George Billy, Leo Bliok, Phyllis Buchner, Frank Burke, Kelly Ciani, Caryn Coville, Susanne Corbelletta, Aleta Crawford, Gloria Cunnick, Kathy D’Amato-Smith, Arlene H. Dorfman, Karen Fagelman, Judith Feinman, Ivan Frisch, Phyllis Gildston, Alicia Gitlitz, Susan Glazer, Jan Guarino, Susan Herbst, Jeff Holtzman, Shelley Holtzman, Frances Ianarella, Ilene Isseks, Marceil Kazickas, Karen Kirshner, Joan Klein, Ellen Kletzkin, Carla Kobrick, Susan Kozodoy-Silkowitz, Tony LaMarca, Donna Litke, Malka Lohmann*, Linda Louis, Piper Lyman, Rose Marino, Baruch May, Marion McManus, Charles Messite, John Micheals, Deborah Miller, Dina Miller, Susan B. Miller, Anthony Monitto, Stephanie Navon-Jacobson, Eileen Neville, Ann Parry, Anthony Pepitone, Annette Proimos, Liz Reis, Alan Richards, Kristine Rivera, Gia Schifano, Ellen Hallie Schiff, Valida Scott, Jose Seligson, Joan Sicignano, Ilene Silberstein, Barbara Stein, Donata Stern, Stanley Strauss, Bob Stuhmer, Margo Vignola, Tani Shaesta Waheed, Joan Weiss, Nina Wolf, and Theodora Zavala (*student)
The juror-of-awards for this exhibit is Dan Christoffel, an award-winning artist and former board member of the Art League of Long Island.
Christoffel is a visiting artist at the Great Neck Arts Center and a guest lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
He was president of the Long Island Art Teachers Association and a teacher for 41 years in the Bellmore-Merrick School District. He was invited to be the artist-in-residence at LIU Post, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate art classes.
He works in a myriad of media, including painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking. His inspiration is the grand history of portraits from the Romans to the present.
His works include sculptures of Theodore Roosevelt’s horses and sketches and oil paintings of Abraham Lincoln. He has exhibited internationally and locally (Huntington Arts Council, Heckscher Museum), and presently has two sculptures included in the 911memorial.org collection.
“Christoffel has become one of Long Island’s most recognized historical artists and manages to combine both his passion for history and his talent as a representational painter. His paintings are historical stories, not just portraits. They represent our country at times of change and promise.” Newsday – 2010
Classes for children, high school students and adults run year-round. Workshops include: Watercolor with Joyce Hicks, June 22-25; Silkscreen Monotype with Stephanie Navon-Jacobson, July 8-9; The Floral Still Life with Gregg Kreutz, September 16-17; and Colored Pencil with Kristy Kutch April 22-24.
Sip & Sketch, a non-instructional drawing session with a live model, meets on the second Thursday evening of every month. Summer schedules will be available soon for adult classes such as Get Sharp: Drawing for Beginners and Get Sharper: Drawing for Intermediates, Watercolor with Eileen Neville (July), The Still Life in Oil with Frances Ianarella, and Life Drawing with Nude Model (non-instructional). A twice per week, six-week, Advanced Art Studio Class for high school students is now open for registration and classes for younger children (5 and up) are being planned. Please call or check the website for more information.
The Art Guild is located at Elderfields Preserve, 200 Port Washington Blvd. in Manhasset. For more information please call 516.304.5797 or visit www.TheArtGuild.org.
