PARENTS looking to spend valuable time with their children while learning useful skills can accomplish all of these goals thanks to Saturday Art.
Classes resume this Saturday, January 7, with participants learning basic, intermediate and advanced skills in various forms of art including water-colour, acrylic and oil painting; textile design; batik; tie-dye; pottery; basketry; jewellery making; print making and portrait painting.
Speaking to the Barbados Advocate recently at the St. Michael School where the classes are held every Saturday for the year, Co-ordinator Linda Bowen said that the classes are designed to accommodate any individual regardless of the person’s artistic knowledge and the time that they have to spend on these classes.
For small children and adults who have no experience in art other than what they may have done at school, Bowen takes you from the beginning with lines and drawings and introduces you to the colour wheel; while persons who have more experience would be exposed to more advanced material.
There are also inter-lapping class times of 9:00am to 11:00am, 10:00am to 12:00pm and 11:00am to 1:00pm for the children from five to 15 years old, and adult classes which run from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and 3:00pm to 5:00pm.
Bowen explained that the classes, which she describes as “flexi-time,” are done in this way because the persons in each class may be on a different level, so they would be involved in different activities and therefore, you can still have inter-lapping classes as one class would not interfere with another class.
“Flexi-time” also allow persons to come when they have the time and they can come different times each week according to their schedule for that day, explained Bowen.
The classes also involve tours to various public and private exhibitions and organisations where students can see how professional artists in a variety of disciplines work. They also learn about art critique.
Some of the places that participants go are exhibitions held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC), the Queen’s Park Gallery and the Grand Salle, and year-round Highland Pottery at Chalky Mount. They also go on tours around the island so that they can paint different sceneries.
Participants are also given an art journal with blank pages for them to put their art work, other pages for them to take notes on the various subjects being taught as well as write their thoughts and emotions when creating each art piece.
Bowen also recognises the connection that the various art forms have to each other, so another technique that she employs in her classes is painting to music. She brings in and plays classical, jazz, modern and other types of music and the participants paint to the sound of the music. Accordingly, these paintings are abstract paintings, stated Bowen.
2012年1月2日星期一
2011年12月5日星期一
Christmas stamp features Walters Art Museum treasure by Raphael
A Raphael masterpiece that hangs in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore is getting national attention this holiday season as the U.S. Postal Service features the “Madonna of the Candelabra” as one of its 2011 Christmas stamps.
The circular oil painting, created by the famed Renaissance artist around 1513, shows a serene Blessed Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus. It was purchased by Henry Walters from a Vatican official in 1900, becoming the first Raphael Madonna to enter the United States.
Joaneath Spicer, curator of Renaissance and Baroque art at the Walters, said the painting is especially notable for the way it combines an idealized image of Mary with a very human Jesus. Standing in front of the masterwork, Spicer pointed out that the child Jesus places a hand on his mother’s chest and exhibits a bit of mischief on his face.
“You have the Christ child saying, ‘You know, it’s almost lunch time,’ “ Spicer said with a laugh. “You have that little bit of humor in there to emphasize Christ’s humanity. This is a real kid. He’s a baby and he needed to eat to grow just as a human baby does.”
Mary’s gesture also touches on humanity, Spicer said, as she lovingly rests her hand on her child’s torso.
“It’s wonderful the sense of touch that’s brought out,” she said. “The little Christ child is being comforted.”
Contemporaries of Raphael such as Leonardo and Michelangelo tended to be more cerebral in their paintings, Spicer said. Artists down through the ages keep coming back to Raphael precisely because of how the Italian artist portrayed humanity, Spicer said.
“He was able to express things in a vocabulary that artists keep using,” she explained.
The painting is perfect for a stamp, Spicer said, because it is very compact, orderly and symmetrical, while also highlighting the sense of naturalism in the human reactions of the subjects.
The postal service used a detail from the painting, honing in on the image of Mary and Jesus and excluding two angels that Spicer believes may have been repainted by other artists.
“The distillation works beautifully as a composition (for a stamp),” she said.
The selection of the Raphael painting for a holiday stamp was a surprise. The postal service had long ago contacted the Walters “out of the blue” about possibly using one of its images, Spicer said, but so much time had passed that she forgot about it.
Stephen Kearney, executive director of stamp services for the U.S. Postal Service noted that this year’s holiday stamps will be the first of their kind to be issued as “Forever stamps” – stamps that can continue to be used to mail 1-ounce first-class mail even after the price of stamps rises.
Last year, more than 1.3 billion holiday stamps were sold between October and December – one in every 10 stamps sold for the year, according to Kearney.
The Madonna of the Candelabra stamp was unveiled Nov. 18 at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse in Nazareth, Ky.
Because the Raphael painting will be loaned to exhibitions in Spain and France next fall, Spicer said, now is a good time for visitors to check it out at the Walters.
“It was painted at the moment of the High Renaissance,” she said, “when the sense of realism and idealism worked together to really capture the imagination of viewers until today. This picture is a wonderful manifestation of that.”
The circular oil painting, created by the famed Renaissance artist around 1513, shows a serene Blessed Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus. It was purchased by Henry Walters from a Vatican official in 1900, becoming the first Raphael Madonna to enter the United States.
Joaneath Spicer, curator of Renaissance and Baroque art at the Walters, said the painting is especially notable for the way it combines an idealized image of Mary with a very human Jesus. Standing in front of the masterwork, Spicer pointed out that the child Jesus places a hand on his mother’s chest and exhibits a bit of mischief on his face.
“You have the Christ child saying, ‘You know, it’s almost lunch time,’ “ Spicer said with a laugh. “You have that little bit of humor in there to emphasize Christ’s humanity. This is a real kid. He’s a baby and he needed to eat to grow just as a human baby does.”
Mary’s gesture also touches on humanity, Spicer said, as she lovingly rests her hand on her child’s torso.
“It’s wonderful the sense of touch that’s brought out,” she said. “The little Christ child is being comforted.”
Contemporaries of Raphael such as Leonardo and Michelangelo tended to be more cerebral in their paintings, Spicer said. Artists down through the ages keep coming back to Raphael precisely because of how the Italian artist portrayed humanity, Spicer said.
“He was able to express things in a vocabulary that artists keep using,” she explained.
The painting is perfect for a stamp, Spicer said, because it is very compact, orderly and symmetrical, while also highlighting the sense of naturalism in the human reactions of the subjects.
The postal service used a detail from the painting, honing in on the image of Mary and Jesus and excluding two angels that Spicer believes may have been repainted by other artists.
“The distillation works beautifully as a composition (for a stamp),” she said.
The selection of the Raphael painting for a holiday stamp was a surprise. The postal service had long ago contacted the Walters “out of the blue” about possibly using one of its images, Spicer said, but so much time had passed that she forgot about it.
Stephen Kearney, executive director of stamp services for the U.S. Postal Service noted that this year’s holiday stamps will be the first of their kind to be issued as “Forever stamps” – stamps that can continue to be used to mail 1-ounce first-class mail even after the price of stamps rises.
Last year, more than 1.3 billion holiday stamps were sold between October and December – one in every 10 stamps sold for the year, according to Kearney.
The Madonna of the Candelabra stamp was unveiled Nov. 18 at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse in Nazareth, Ky.
Because the Raphael painting will be loaned to exhibitions in Spain and France next fall, Spicer said, now is a good time for visitors to check it out at the Walters.
“It was painted at the moment of the High Renaissance,” she said, “when the sense of realism and idealism worked together to really capture the imagination of viewers until today. This picture is a wonderful manifestation of that.”
2011年10月13日星期四
Wayne exhibit comes to a close
The Joseloff Gallery located in the Harry Jack Gray Center was proud to exhibit the traveling showcase of artist Leslie Wayne in an exhibition titled “Leslie Wayne: Recent Work.”
Wayne’s work was on display from Aug. 30 through Oct 9. The last days of the gallery viewing were between 12-4pm where lovers of art and students of The Hartford Art School were welcome to come.
Along with the gallery viewing hours, included a reception on Thursday, Sept. 8 and a lecture given by Wayne herself in the Koopman Commons at the Hartford Art School.
Wayne’s work that was displayed came alive on the walls featuring manyoil paintings that had very intricate structures and designs that had brilliant colors.
These dimensionaloil paintings were inspired by the work of the 19-century paintings of Romantic Landscapes. The work did not only exhibit nature, but the world as a whole.
For me not being well verse in art, Wayne’s art was so intriguing because it wasn’t just a washed outoil paintings. These oil paintings had different dimensions and layers that the artist did to really convey and show the nature motif in her work.
This particular exhibition of Wayne’s work has been from the past five years (2005-2010) and takes a contemporary approach. The onepainting that really caught my eye among the 20 oil paintings featured was titled “Doxology.”
“Doxology” was a 42” x 25”oil painting on wood, which was in a shape of a “T.” This particular painting showed many different hews of blue that were layered on the base, and a bright orange hew on top.
“Leslie Wayne: Recent Work” made its first appearance in January 2011 at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art [Charleston, SC] then made its way to the Visual Arts Center [Richmond, Virginia] before arriving at The Joseloff Gallery.
Wayne was born in 1953 and began her study of art at the University of California in Santa Babara, California, where she majored inpainting , then received a BFA in Sculpture from Parsons School of Design in New York.
Wayne currently resides in New York where she is continuously working. Through the years, Wayne’s work has appeared at many different exhibitions not only in the United States, but internationally as well. Wayne’s galleries include The Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City and Solomon Projects in Atlanta, GA.
Having Wayne’s exhibit at The Joseloff Gallery was a great opportunity for students of the Hartford Art School to come and view her work, as well as other students and members of the community that may not be as well verse in art. Seeing great art from an artist like Wayne redefines aesthetic beauty.
Wayne’s work was on display from Aug. 30 through Oct 9. The last days of the gallery viewing were between 12-4pm where lovers of art and students of The Hartford Art School were welcome to come.
Along with the gallery viewing hours, included a reception on Thursday, Sept. 8 and a lecture given by Wayne herself in the Koopman Commons at the Hartford Art School.
Wayne’s work that was displayed came alive on the walls featuring many
These dimensional
For me not being well verse in art, Wayne’s art was so intriguing because it wasn’t just a washed out
This particular exhibition of Wayne’s work has been from the past five years (2005-2010) and takes a contemporary approach. The one
“Doxology” was a 42” x 25”
“Leslie Wayne: Recent Work” made its first appearance in January 2011 at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art [Charleston, SC] then made its way to the Visual Arts Center [Richmond, Virginia] before arriving at The Joseloff Gallery.
Wayne was born in 1953 and began her study of art at the University of California in Santa Babara, California, where she majored in
Wayne currently resides in New York where she is continuously working. Through the years, Wayne’s work has appeared at many different exhibitions not only in the United States, but internationally as well. Wayne’s galleries include The Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City and Solomon Projects in Atlanta, GA.
Having Wayne’s exhibit at The Joseloff Gallery was a great opportunity for students of the Hartford Art School to come and view her work, as well as other students and members of the community that may not be as well verse in art. Seeing great art from an artist like Wayne redefines aesthetic beauty.
2011年9月18日星期日
Cranford artist Theodosia Tamborlane shows work in Morristown
Tamborlane’s oil paintings and collages have been accepted for the Arts Council of the Morris Area’s Fall/Winter Exhibition. This exhibition will open on Sept. 22 with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Atrium Gallery in the Morris County Administration and Records Building, 10 Court St. , Morristown.
Dr. Lynn L. Siebert, director of arts participation and communication for the Council, expressed appreciation for Tamborlane’s nine colorful oil paintings and collages and stated that they are “a wonderful addition to the exhibit as they grace the walls of the fifth floor” next to the Freeholders’ meeting room and offices.
As an abstract artist, Tamborlane uses dynamic colors specifically chosen for each painting or collage. Her works combine movement of natural forces bounded by space with the turbulent movement of psychological forces bounded only by universal gods.
The Atrium Gallery is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays. The exhibition will continue through Jan. 13.
Tamborlane is a member of the Art Students League, the New Century Artist Gallery, and the Pen and Brush, all located in New York City. In New Jersey she is affiliated with the New Jersey Contemporary Art Group, Studio Montclair, the Arts Council of the Morris Area and the Woodbridge Artisans’ Guild.
Since obtaining her Fine Arts Degree in 2008 from Union County College, she has shown her paintings and collages in 12 solo shows and 43 group shows in New Jersey, New York and Florida. Her paintings have won three first prizes and appear in “The Sheaf Literary Arts Magazine” of Union County College.
Dr. Lynn L. Siebert, director of arts participation and communication for the Council, expressed appreciation for Tamborlane’s nine colorful oil paintings and collages and stated that they are “a wonderful addition to the exhibit as they grace the walls of the fifth floor” next to the Freeholders’ meeting room and offices.
As an abstract artist, Tamborlane uses dynamic colors specifically chosen for each painting or collage. Her works combine movement of natural forces bounded by space with the turbulent movement of psychological forces bounded only by universal gods.
The Atrium Gallery is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays. The exhibition will continue through Jan. 13.
Tamborlane is a member of the Art Students League, the New Century Artist Gallery, and the Pen and Brush, all located in New York City. In New Jersey she is affiliated with the New Jersey Contemporary Art Group, Studio Montclair, the Arts Council of the Morris Area and the Woodbridge Artisans’ Guild.
Since obtaining her Fine Arts Degree in 2008 from Union County College, she has shown her paintings and collages in 12 solo shows and 43 group shows in New Jersey, New York and Florida. Her paintings have won three first prizes and appear in “The Sheaf Literary Arts Magazine” of Union County College.
2011年7月17日星期日
Alexandre Nero reverses roles and her husband will be violent novel
It's only been three years that Alexander Nero starred in soap operas such as love grocer Vanderlei de A Favorita. Now, back to prime time Globo, he experiences pleasure to reverse, literally, the papers in the air. At that time, his character was seen as the savior of abused Catarina, Lilia Cabral, who picked up the alcoholic husband. This time next novel in the 21 hours of the Globe, Fina Estampa, is the time of Nero playing the violent Baltazar, hitting, without any ceremony, his wife Celeste of Dira Paes. "I think the comparisons are inevitable, including the presence of Lilia near the nucleus. But I will be seen from another angle, in a way completely opposite, which would please any actor," says.
Fina Estampa is expected to replace Foolish Heart from August 22. In the story, the villain is a driver Baltazar Tereza Cristina, played by Christiane Torloni, and married to Celeste. The couple have a daughter, the girl Solange, played by Carol Macedo. The actress became known to live in Passione Kelly suffered, the evil sister Clara, Mariana Ximenes. And his character will have struggled again, this time in the hands of his father. "The Baltazar think is right to beat his wife and daughter. It's the way he was raised", explains Alexander, adding that Celeste is one of the friends of Griselda, the protagonist of Fina Estampa, defended by Lilia Cabral.
For a man live so aggressive, Alexandre Nero made a point not to look up any material on the victims of domestic violence. The idea may sound contradictory, but the actor has at his fingertips, his justification. "This would serve to sensitize me to this drama. And, sensitive, he might not do as expected and even influence the direction of this character," he opines, who lived a similar situation in the theater. To interpret a torturer in the film A Novel of 8, Odilon Rocha, was keen not to participate in the workshop with victims of the dictatorship. "I think it would do me good. Not at the beginning of work," he argues.
In the plot, shows traces of Baltazar homophobia. And in the air as a mystery about what is the character who has a romance with gay Chronicles, Marcelo Serrado Nero believes that there is a possibility the driver to be a closeted bisexual. "Hopefully it is. I think I have everything to do with this aggressive behavior," twists. But the actor also risk another guess about the development of Balthazar in the novel. "He could redeem himself. Many men beat their wives out of sheer insecurity, even fear. I want to see him repent of everything in terms of her love for her," theorizes.
In novels, Baltazar is the second villain followed by Alexander. He embodied the ambitious Gilmar Written in the Stars, a novel by Elizabeth Jhin showed that the Globe in 2010. But this is hardly a concern for the actor. Indeed, he did not expect to be so quick to cast another dime. By May, the team was fixed Beating the point of the show, starring Ingrid Guimarães. An experience that left the actor with a will, in future, work in TV comedy. "It was a comedy, but this was not my job. At first it was even difficult. I kept thinking 'will see me and think I'm boring." Ladder to be comedians but is extremely difficult, "values.
In addition to the novel, Alexander still divides his time with three other projects in 2011. The actor, who is also a musician, has already completed the CD Seeing Love in its various forms, sizes and positions and to release it in August and September. And prepares to debut also in August in Rio de Janeiro, the show You Need to Know Me, next to actress Gisele Froes. After that, start rehearsing a monologue written and directed by Fabio Porchat. The full schedule is almost a necessity for Alexander to amend after four papers followed on television. "I will not sell millions of copies or have thousands of people in my play. And I do not want to be an artist 'market'. I live too much in the 'macro'. From time to time have to go back to the 'micro' to my roots" , is philosophical.
Fina Estampa is expected to replace Foolish Heart from August 22. In the story, the villain is a driver Baltazar Tereza Cristina, played by Christiane Torloni, and married to Celeste. The couple have a daughter, the girl Solange, played by Carol Macedo. The actress became known to live in Passione Kelly suffered, the evil sister Clara, Mariana Ximenes. And his character will have struggled again, this time in the hands of his father. "The Baltazar think is right to beat his wife and daughter. It's the way he was raised", explains Alexander, adding that Celeste is one of the friends of Griselda, the protagonist of Fina Estampa, defended by Lilia Cabral.
For a man live so aggressive, Alexandre Nero made a point not to look up any material on the victims of domestic violence. The idea may sound contradictory, but the actor has at his fingertips, his justification. "This would serve to sensitize me to this drama. And, sensitive, he might not do as expected and even influence the direction of this character," he opines, who lived a similar situation in the theater. To interpret a torturer in the film A Novel of 8, Odilon Rocha, was keen not to participate in the workshop with victims of the dictatorship. "I think it would do me good. Not at the beginning of work," he argues.
In the plot, shows traces of Baltazar homophobia. And in the air as a mystery about what is the character who has a romance with gay Chronicles, Marcelo Serrado Nero believes that there is a possibility the driver to be a closeted bisexual. "Hopefully it is. I think I have everything to do with this aggressive behavior," twists. But the actor also risk another guess about the development of Balthazar in the novel. "He could redeem himself. Many men beat their wives out of sheer insecurity, even fear. I want to see him repent of everything in terms of her love for her," theorizes.
In novels, Baltazar is the second villain followed by Alexander. He embodied the ambitious Gilmar Written in the Stars, a novel by Elizabeth Jhin showed that the Globe in 2010. But this is hardly a concern for the actor. Indeed, he did not expect to be so quick to cast another dime. By May, the team was fixed Beating the point of the show, starring Ingrid Guimarães. An experience that left the actor with a will, in future, work in TV comedy. "It was a comedy, but this was not my job. At first it was even difficult. I kept thinking 'will see me and think I'm boring." Ladder to be comedians but is extremely difficult, "values.
In addition to the novel, Alexander still divides his time with three other projects in 2011. The actor, who is also a musician, has already completed the CD Seeing Love in its various forms, sizes and positions and to release it in August and September. And prepares to debut also in August in Rio de Janeiro, the show You Need to Know Me, next to actress Gisele Froes. After that, start rehearsing a monologue written and directed by Fabio Porchat. The full schedule is almost a necessity for Alexander to amend after four papers followed on television. "I will not sell millions of copies or have thousands of people in my play. And I do not want to be an artist 'market'. I live too much in the 'macro'. From time to time have to go back to the 'micro' to my roots" , is philosophical.
2011年6月8日星期三
Enecsys unveils the cost-saving 480W Duo micro inverter for solar PV modules
Enecsys Limited, supplier of reliable solar micro inverter systems, unveils the SMI-D480W-60, a 480 Watt micro inverter that mounts on the railing system and accepts DC input from two individual solar modules. This Duo micro inverter enables maximum power point tracking for both modules and reduces inverter cost compared with using one micro inverter per module so that there is no cost premium over string inverters.
The DC power generated by the two solar modules is converted into a single, grid-compliant AC output in the 480W unit, which has a maximum input current of 24A. With a peak efficiency of 96 percent and Euro efficiency of 94 percent, the new micro inverter is housed in an IP66-rated enclosure. It weighs 2.1kg and the main body measures 245mm x 160mm x 40mm. The Enecsys SMI D480W-60 has the highest power density of any commercially available solar micro inverter.
The SMI-D480W-60 micro inverter operates from -40 to +85 degrees C, has over 25 years' service life and is supplied with a 20-year limited warranty. Solar PV installations with Enecsys Duo micro inverters deliver 5 percent to 20 percent more energy over the life of the system, depending on the operating environment and installation configuration. Using Enecsys micro inverters eliminates the problem of dramatic reductions in energy harvest when solar modules are mismatched or when one module, or part of a module, has its output reduced through shading or accumulation of surface debris. This causes major energy harvest problems for string
inverter systems.
Based on a patented inverter design that removes life-limiting components, including electrolytic capacitors and opto-couplers, the reliability of the Enecsys SMI-D480W-60 has been verified using industry-standard test methods including HALT and HTOL. The inverters have also undergone thermal cycling to IEC61215, the same tests applied to solar PV modules.
The Enecsys SMI-D480W-60 meets CE, EN 62109 and EN 6100-6 safety and EMC standards. Like other products within the Enecsys micro inverter family, it has UL1741 certification that is required for the US and Canadian markets. Country-specific requirements, including VDE V 0126-1:2006 compliance, are met by using specific grid connection products.
Each Enecsys micro inverter has a built-in wireless communication system that transmits detailed performance information for the connected solar modules to the Internet via the Gateway, enabling real-time and historical monitoring.
A new iPhone application, compatible with iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS models, is also announced. Installers can use the application to monitor multiple sites located anywhere in the world, from anywhere with a mobile data connection. For each site, information is provided about the installation date, location, current weather conditions and real-time as well as historical system performance information.
The DC power generated by the two solar modules is converted into a single, grid-compliant AC output in the 480W unit, which has a maximum input current of 24A. With a peak efficiency of 96 percent and Euro efficiency of 94 percent, the new micro inverter is housed in an IP66-rated enclosure. It weighs 2.1kg and the main body measures 245mm x 160mm x 40mm. The Enecsys SMI D480W-60 has the highest power density of any commercially available solar micro inverter.
The SMI-D480W-60 micro inverter operates from -40 to +85 degrees C, has over 25 years' service life and is supplied with a 20-year limited warranty. Solar PV installations with Enecsys Duo micro inverters deliver 5 percent to 20 percent more energy over the life of the system, depending on the operating environment and installation configuration. Using Enecsys micro inverters eliminates the problem of dramatic reductions in energy harvest when solar modules are mismatched or when one module, or part of a module, has its output reduced through shading or accumulation of surface debris. This causes major energy harvest problems for string
inverter systems.
Based on a patented inverter design that removes life-limiting components, including electrolytic capacitors and opto-couplers, the reliability of the Enecsys SMI-D480W-60 has been verified using industry-standard test methods including HALT and HTOL. The inverters have also undergone thermal cycling to IEC61215, the same tests applied to solar PV modules.
The Enecsys SMI-D480W-60 meets CE, EN 62109 and EN 6100-6 safety and EMC standards. Like other products within the Enecsys micro inverter family, it has UL1741 certification that is required for the US and Canadian markets. Country-specific requirements, including VDE V 0126-1:2006 compliance, are met by using specific grid connection products.
Each Enecsys micro inverter has a built-in wireless communication system that transmits detailed performance information for the connected solar modules to the Internet via the Gateway, enabling real-time and historical monitoring.
A new iPhone application, compatible with iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS models, is also announced. Installers can use the application to monitor multiple sites located anywhere in the world, from anywhere with a mobile data connection. For each site, information is provided about the installation date, location, current weather conditions and real-time as well as historical system performance information.
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