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First Monday Salon
Join local Peekskill artist Carla Rae Johnson on the first Monday of each month for our Monday Salon — an eclectic mix of art, discussion, performance and more. This month's salon…
Desktop Studio: Art in the Digital Age
With Opening Presentations by Sherry Mayo, Director of the Westchester Community College Center for Digital Arts and Lise Prown, Gallery Coordinator of Westchester Gallery at the Center
A First Monday Salon
May 7, 2012
6:00-8:00 pm
How have emerging technologies changed the production, distribution, documentation, and exhibition of art in our lifetimes? What skills have we mastered now that we did not even know about twenty years ago? What new skills/knowledge will we want gain in order to stay “in the game” as creative artists? What are other artists creating with the new technologies at their finger-tips? How do we learn about new trends and use social media to increase visibility?
The First Monday Salon in May will be another “real” salon. We will gather to talk about these questions and the role of the artist in the 21st Century. To start us off, Sherry Mayo and Lise Prown will share information about Westchester Community College’s Center for the Digital Arts: its course offerings, gallery, facilities, and programs. Then we will share the experiences and challenges we have known in our own quest to discover and make use of the amazing array of tools and techniques available. We have a lot to learn from each other. Come and share!
This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Come early to enjoy the BeanRunner Cafe’s savory soups, salads, and sandwiches. Indulge in a fine wine, a great beer, or an espresso beverage while you listen and participate.
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Past Exhibitors
Some of the artists who have exhibited their work previously at the BRC include the following (names in bold include links to the artist's website):
BeanRunner Hours…
Sun. – Wed. 8:00 am – 6:00 pm*
Thurs. 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Fri./Sat. 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
* or when performances end
The BRC Gallery
The BRC Gallery exhibits fine art and photography by nationally and regionally recognized artists. Our exhibits rotate every 4-8 weeks. Opening receptions, where you can meet and talk with the artist, are free and open to the public.
This month's featured artist is highlighted below. Also make sure to join us for our Monday Salon (details to the right) as well as our other events.
Our Current Show
Primary Focus
Paintings by Denis Folz
Exhibit: April 29 – June 10, 2012
Exhibit Opening and Artists' Reception:
Saturday, May 5, 2012, 3:00-6:00 p.m.
Denis J. Folz’s exhibition “Primary Focus” is a new series of wall constructions uniting his painting and sculpture styles. A painter working in the Humanist Impressionist style since the 1980's, Mr Folz has applied his aesthetic vision and sensibilities to sculpture since 2009, combining abstracted organic shapes and angled constructed elements to create powerful and graphic statements on nature. He has now returned to painting, creating a hybrid technique that layers cut metal forms over painted imagery. The assemblage creates an integral organic frame hovering over a select part of a scene that becomes the "primary focus" of each piece. Both abstract and recognizable, both painting and sculpture, the result expands the ideas of focus and intent.
"I want to explore everything”, Folz says. “My moods create my art, mined from what I see, feel and experience. My imagery has developed over time. I've never liked to explain my work; there isn't a right or wrong message. Each person takes something a little different from the same piece and I'm happy with that."
Mr Folz has a BFA degree from the FIT and The Arts Student League. He studied painting with Turkish master Ertugel Ates, and sculpture with his mentor David Boyajian. He currently works out of the Connecticut based facility, The Sculpture Barn. He has exhibited his painting at the Green Street Gallery in NYC for many years and his sculpture with Collaborative Concepts at the Saunders Farm Project in Garrison NY. He currently has a public art exhibit of his large scale steel sculptures showing at the Garden Gallery at HRC, located a few blocks from the BeanRunner Cafe at 55 Bank Street (at the corner of Main St), in Peekskill. Denis is showing and curator of the “Sculpture Fest 2012" in Gaylordsville, CT at the Peter Lawrence Gallery (www.sculpturefest2012.com). Also he just returned from delivering a large scale sculpture to St. Joseph, MI for the Krasl Art Center 9th Biennial Sculpture Invitational.
If you are an Artist who is interested in showing your work at the BeanRunner Cafe, please use the form on our Contact Page to get in touch with us.