New Additions
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"Hobo Symbol" Serigraphs by Christine Livesey
Pottery by Artist Barbara Bravo
Mosaics by
Georgette Eagleson
Paintings by Miranda Girard
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Coming Soon
Gazen Gallery
Erotica Show
One Night Only
November 13, 2009
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| Working together with artist Meadow, Gazen Gallery will host an Adult Only Friday night out on November 13, 2009.
Visit the Gallery and view the latest in erotic artwork including paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and more. Drink some wine, have a snack, and enjoy an evening out in the Historic Village of Rhinebeck.
Must be 18 Years Old
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Gazen Gallery
Facebook Group
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Looking for a
new place to see what is happening at the Gazen Gallery? Try this new
Facebook group! See "What's New" and tell us what you think. Invite
your friends to join this new group promoting the Arts in Historic
Rhinebeck. Artists and Visitors are welcome to join and share their
thoughts with us. Click Here to see this group.
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Gazen Gallery - September News
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Greetings!
Have you seen the "Sizzling Hot" Summer Show at the gallery yet? If not, you are missing out on some spectacular artwork. There are only a few days left before we rearrange the gallery to begin our "Dazzling Fall Colors" show on September 11. This show will feature more than 10 new artists making a total of more than 30 artists represented here at the Gazen Gallery. Don't miss this great new show and all the excellent work by our local Hudson Valley Artists.
Continue to browse this newsletter to read more about the new show, discover some new items at the gallery, mark your calendars for new events we have scheduled, and to read about our Facebook presence.
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Dazzling Fall Colors Show Opening
Friday September 11th from 4pm-8pm
 On Friday September 11th, between 4pm and 8pm the gallery will host an Opening for our new Dazzling Fall Colors Show. Stop by to meet the artists, see their work, have a snack, and enjoy a nice evening in the Historic Village of Rhinebeck.
We had a great turnout for the opening of our summer show in July where more than 100 people attended the Artist's Reception and we hope to have even more at this opening.
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Getting Ready for the
Dazzling Fall Colors Show
September 11 - November 12, 2009
This "dazzling fall colors photograph was taken in the fall of 2006 at the Dalton Covered Bridge located South of Rte 103 on Joppa Road across the
Warner river in Warner NH.
This, and other work by Joel Weisbrod and more than 30 other artists is On Sale at this Fall at Gazen Gallery
The Dazzling Fall colors show features works by Hudson Valley Artists Barbara Bravo, Olga Bush, Lara Chkhetiani, Michael Cohen, Georgette Eagleson, Lynne Friedman, Miranda Girard, Robert Goldwitz, Patti Gordon, Christine Livesey, Adrianne Lobel, Meadow, Gus Pedersen, Gerard Philipp, Judy Polinsky, Sumiko Ports, Michelle Rhodes, and Pam White.
These talented artists join participating artists David Borenstein, Barry Entner, Lilli Farrell, Kari Feuer, Dan Goldman, Betsy Jacaruso, Joanne Klein, John Lavin, Barbara Masterson, Franc Palaia, E. Elizabeth Peters, Elizabeth Watt, and Joel Weisbrod .
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2009 Art Studio Views
Labor Day Weekend
September 5,6 - 11am - 5pm
Art Studio Views is
an annual event dedicated to promoting the work and talent of local
artists in the area. Artists from Hyde Park, Rhinebeck, Red Hook,
Clinton Corners, and Tivoli open their studios to the public, share
their creative environment, and help visitors understand the meaning
behind their creativity.
This year's weekend-long tour includes
Clinton Corners, Hyde Park, Milan, Red Hook,
Rhinebeck, Rhinecliff, Staatsburg, and Tivoli.
The artists work in a variety of mediums including oils, acrylic, water color, mixed
media, photography, ceramics, stained & painted glass, etching, and print
making.Enjoy
a visit "Behind the Scenes" and take advantage of this special
opportunity to be on the inside track and purchase works of art
directly from the artist. Most of the art created here finds its way to
many local, regional and national galleries or exhibitions throughout
the year.
Spearheaded by the artists themselves, Art Studio Views is a free event to the public. It is supported by local sponsors
who help promote the Arts in The Hudson Valley. With their generous
support, artists are able to host this rare and special event.
For
many visitors, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to actually
meet and speak with the artists in their own space. See how they
work. Ask questions about how our wonderful Hudson Valley Area inspires
them. Engage in a dialog to learn how certain works of art are actually
made and see many in production.
Art Studio Views | Rare, Unique, and Special
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Featured Artist - Meet Michael Cohen
 Michael Cohen is a landscape and portrait painter. He has been
painting all his life and currently works in his studio in New Lebanon,
NY. He was introduced to the art world at a very young age. "It's something I've always done...I can't remember a time when I wasn't drawing or painting."
One source of inspiration was his uncle Leon Pessin, a modernist
painter who worked and lived in CA. It was his uncle's paintings that
inspired him to become an artist.
Michael is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in NYC and
received a BFA degree from Queens College, NY. As an instructor, he
spent a decade teaching special education in NYC often using his art
skills to inspire the creativity in his students.
Michael enjoys working with oil on canvas and gouache on paper. He
paints directly onto the canvas with no preliminary drawing. For the
most part, his paintings are representational. The emotions they evoke
are powerful, yet subtle allowing the viewers imagination to be drawn
in. This is evident in "West Hill Road" (2008). In this
painting, a crude and serpentine pathway winds through a forest of
trees, their limbs reaching upward toward the sun.
Michael's pieces vary in size and his technique of multi-layering
allows him to achieve a richly-styled color. He begins with broad
color areas, adding layer after layer of color, creating more complex
areas as if you were bringing a lens into focus.
In his studio, Michael enjoys working on multiple pieces
simultaneously, taking ideas from one painting to influence the work on
another. He decides that his work is complete when he feels the idea
as been pushed as far as it can go and further work will not improve
the painting. "Every inch of the painting should give the
viewer something interesting to look at...there should be no dead areas
in the painting."
While many of his paintings are landscapes, they all have to do with the passage of time and moments in time.
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Thanks for taking the time to read this newsletter. Let us know if there is anything else you would like us to include in future newsletters. Bringing gallery information to you is our main objective and we hope we have achieved our goal and met your expectations.
Sincerely,
Linda & Joel Weisbrod
Owners
Gazen Gallery of Rhinebeck
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