THE ARTFUL MIND GALLERY 2018 artzine
22 walker street in Lenox Massachusetts
photograph by Edward Acker
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Edward Acker Tyler Blodgett Marguerite Bride Leslee Carsewell Roselle Chartock Linda Clayton Robert Forte 22 walker street Kris Galli Susan Geller lenox massachusetts Ghetta Hirsch artgallenman@yahoo.com Karen S. Jacobs Curated by Harryet Candee Sean McCusker Installment & Carolyn Newberger carpentry by Jeff Bynack Bruce Panock Additional hanging and shipping services by Rudi Bach Jennifer Pazienza Edward Pelkey Marketing and promo photography by Edward Acker Janet Pumphrey Wendy A. Rabinowitz Mary Carol Rudin JoAnne Spies Janine Strong Robert U. Taylor Scott Taylor Robert Wilk Cover shot by Edward Acker. In the gallery, thinking about the next to go up on these gallery walls, Jennifer Pazienza’s art, and so they shall grace the walls till rotation of new work begins
off the pages and on the walls and back on the pages The Artful Mind Gallery, located at 22 Walker Street in Lenox, MA opened May 1, 2018 showcasing an
enthusiastic and finely tuned professional and passionate group of seventeen artists. About her decision to bring these artists together in this particular location, Curator Harryet Puritzman explains that, “if the space weren’t as beautiful and complimentary for artists’ work to be seen and swooned over, then I would never have considered taking on this very special project,” a summer gallery space in the heart of Lenox. The community and its visitors will be treated to the work of: Edward Acker, Tyler Blodgett, Marguerite Bride, Leslee Carsewell, Roselle Chartock, Linda Clayton, Ernest Kirk, Robert Forte, Kris Galli, Susan Geller, Ghetta Hirsch, Karen S. Jacobs, Ernest Kirk, Sean McCusker, Carolyn Newberger, Bruce Panock, Jennifer Pazienza, Edward Pelkey, Janet Pumphrey, Wendy A. Rabinowitz, Mary Carol Rudin, JoAnne Spies, Janine Strong, Robert U. Taylor, Scott Taylor, and Robert Wilk. For 26 years Harryet, an artist in her own right, has promoted Berkshire arts and artists in The Artful Mind Magazine, her print and online publication. This summer, the creation of The Artful Mind Gallery is her way to give a gift back to artists whose work she’s admired and has been inspired by over the years and to satisfy her belief that,“seeing art face to face and not only in print, or on the internet surely brings an overwhelming amount of joy. That is why I am devoting my time to representing art and artists to those who want to experience art directly, gallery visitors who feel art is a joyful gift that lasts a lifetime.” During the summer the historic town of Lenox attracts a great number of appreciative and fun-loving people from all over the world. In the front window, throughout the interior space and in its back garden, The Artful Mind Gallery will exhibit works in oils, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, photography, and sculpture. In addition to the collective stories these artists and their artworks tell, each has their own. Stories that shed light on and invite us into states of mind and being, an appreciation and concern for nature, or a location we all know and love, reflections on life, deep passionate and emotional thoughts, or captured random moments. Spiritual, physical, political and poetic worlds will shine from these walls and in the garden, a bountiful array of art meant to engage, challenge and educate all ages.
The opening reception is on Saturday, June 23, 4-7pm. For more information, please email the gallery at: artgallenman@yahoo.com, or phone: 413.854.4400. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Sunday, 12-5pm and Mondays by appointment. Come in for a Nespresso and enjoy the art! Background image: Rudi Bach hanging paintings by Robert Forte
Edward Acker photographer “Times Flies, get pictures.”
Tyler Blodgett
“To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature
"Life is too short to spend in one career... making art is my third... I think I will stick with this one." -Marguerite Bride
Leslee Carsewell
“Less is more” -Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Roselle Chartock “Never say never!”
" I love paintings that don't give up their secrets immediately." -Linda Clayton
Robert Forte
"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way . . . things I had no words for." -Georgia O'Keeffe
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"Susan Geller has always followed her heart and her dreams. Her main life themes have been photography, writing and adventure." Photo credit: Scott Barrow
Ernest Kirk
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems “I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken
Ghetta Hirsch “Looking ahead, enjoying the view, the colors and the mystery”
Karen S. Jacobs "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step" -Lao Tzu & "Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud"
Sean McCusker "No matter where you go, there you are." & I love saying, "Art is a collaboration where the artist sets the scene, but the viewer creates the story."
Carolyn Newberger
Many sayings have inspired me throughout my life, some for their apt wit (You can’t dance at two weddings with one tuchus), others for their arching wisdom (Change is the only constant Heraclitus). But one quote that keeps coming back to me is, “Chance favors the prepared mind,” -Louis Pasteur.
Bruce Panock “Never give up, Never Stop fighting. There is always hope.”
Jennifer Pazienza Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. -Rumi
Edward Pelkey “I’ve smoked painting all my life.”
Janet Pumphrey I am constantly intrigued by the ability of the lens to gather light from objects in the world and to turn that light into a precise rendering of the object .
Wendy A. Rabinowitz "All Art is a healing, a 'tikun olam' to Creation."
Mary Carol Rudin “Be Grateful�
JoAnne Spies "We learn by going where we need to go." -Roethke
Janine Strong "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Gandhi Robert U. Taylor
A Latin quote which I have used for a reminder and motto for most of my life is from a little read book of W.B.Yeats: it is "nervi stridentis instar" - that Yeats translates as "the twittering of a bowstring", meaning the sudden and quickly disappearing sound a taut bowstring makes after the arrow is released from a bow. To me, that characterized the process of creation, the shooting of the arrow is the act, and the sound of the bowstring is the arrow's voice as it wings its way towards its goal. And the goal is - to never stop shooting those arrows.
SCOTT TAYLOR
"Ultimately, I hope the end result will give someone else the same pleasure in looking at one of my pieces as the joy that I get out of creating it"
Robert Wilk: "IF IT AIN'T FUN, IT PROBABLY AIN'T WORTH DOING."