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The art of spring
Carbondale Chamber presents a timely group exhibit BY CHRISTOPHER CORNELL ADVANTAGE EDITOR
Seen your first robin yet? You just might see one if you turn up at the the Chamber Gallery in the the Greater Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Building, 27 N. Main St. in Carbondale, on Saturday, March 30, 7-9 p.m., for the opening reception for a new art exhibit, “From the Promise of Spring.” Live entertainment will be provided by vocalist and musician Sandra Anderson and an array of refreshments will be offered. Admission to the event is free. This group exhibition will include 30 artists and photographers from the upper valley, explained Chamber Gallery director Ruthanne Jones. “After the long cold winter days and nights, we all welcome the awakening brought by spring, promising a new beginning,” she said. “The exhibition is a celebration, through the artistic mediums of painting and photography, this life-affirming spring season.” Photographer Julie Esty is among those with work on display. “Sometimes it seems as though Spring will never happen. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, the season rises.” Photographs will be presented by Cindy Pearl, Eileen Chorba, Nancy Free, Alice McGraw, Tami Thompson, Roxanne Pauline, JR Regelsky, Jennifer Esken, Kathy Fallon, Frank Burnside, Nanci Hendrickson, Kris Koolican, Judith Marsh, Maria Sawka Presto-
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george and Ruthanne Jones. “There are so many things in the world around you that contain so much beauty,” Esken said. “Spending time in nature makes my heart happy. In one of my favorite quotes by Ansel Adams, ‘I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful, an endless prospect of magic and wonder.’ I try to capture those small things of ‘magic and wonder’ in my photos. Those beautiful and awe inspiring small things are, most of the time, overlooked.” Lucille Norella works in an art form of the Victorian era, creating her original fine artwork from flowers, planted in and handpicked from her own garden, preserved and arranged under glass. Framed prints of her work will also be available. Oil painters and water colorists also bring the outdoors to the inside, including Lauryn de Leeuw, an award-winning contemporary abstract impressionist expressionist cubist artist. Leew is a member of The Art Students League of New York and the Chelsea Arts Club in London. She spent ten years under the tutelage of Knox Martin. She has exhibited worldwide and received a number of awards. Other painters and watercolorists with work in the show are Greg Pelly, Rena Hottenger, Jon Harcharek, Jennifer Martines, Linda Sudelesky, Warren Cox, Ellen Goosay, Karen Duncan, Cathy Arvonio, Jeannie Dempsey, Sonia Munson, Stephanie Westgate, Nancy Mills, Maureen Brennan, Vanessa Violette Vargas and Kate Conaboy. “From the Promise of Spring” will be on display through April. Admission to the Chamber Gallery is free and it is open to the public weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit the gallery’s Facebook page for more information. "Purple Deep" by Rena Hottenger
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