Shelli Robiner-Ardizzone
Shelli has been doing art since her childhood in Detroit, Michigan. She attended the Univiversity of Michigan and Wayne State Univiversity, where she earned her B.S.in Education. Shelli taught inner-city Art , K - 12, for 10 years. She was also exhibiting and selling her work.
Relocating to NYC in 1971, she worked as a Textile Designer, owned a snakeskin accessories company, received NYFA funding for "The Quilting Project" at PS 87, taught for non-profit Arts Organizations in NY and NJ area, established Art Zone Decorative Painting Company, which has served the tri state area for 25 years.
Presently Shelli is painting full time, as she has been awarded scholarships from the Art Students League of NY, and the National Academy School. A residency at the Vermont Studio Center moved her work forward, and was followed by a solo show in New York, and a two person show at River Winds Gallery in Beacon, New York. Recently awarded an Honorable Mention in the "Portraits"show, and First Place in the NAL Members Show. Shelli teaches Pastel at Cumberland, Great Neck, the National Art League in Douglaston, and the Newark Museum. Her popular "Flower Power" Workshops have been held for 8 years.
Barbara Silbert
Artists’ Statement
My love of drawing people started early. As a child, I’d go to the movies and come home and draw the great actresses in their beautiful costumes. My mother always encouraged my artwork, and I eventually went on to win the top art award in high school. After a long career in commercial art, I found myself drawn (so to speak) to realism, and faces & figures still fascinate me. The eyes, in particular, tell a lot about a person, and to me, the bones and curves of the facial planes are almost like a landscape. I enjoy portraying people’s loved ones, and get great satisfaction when they are pleased with the results.
I feel I’ve been very lucky to have nurtured a talent & hobby that takes me into another world, and one that always relaxes me.
Now that I have been teaching, passing along what I have learned gives me the greatest pleasure of all.
Education & Background
Advertising Art and Design Major, State University at Farmingdale, N.Y. Retired Advertising Designer/Art Director/Illustrator with many years experience at ad agencies and corporate art departments. Studied portraiture at the Art Student’s League, with Paul Leveille at the Hudson River School of Fine Art Workshops, with Jack Hoffman of East Meadow; and with master portraitist John Howard Sanden. Have been teaching pastel portraiture using a live model at the Nassau County Museum of Fine Art since April 2007. Teaching children, teens, & adults locally for the past 6 years, and have won over 15 awards.
Barbara Stein
Barbara has been teaching and doing art for most of her life. Her work in batik, pastel, watercolor and clay has been shown in New York City, Long Island and Vermont (see list of exhibitions). Her interest centers on natural forms and color.
She lived in Vermont for a period of five years, 1971-76 and continues to be inspired by its varied landscape, peace and beauty.
Barbara studied Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University, where she received a B.F.A. degree in 1967 and attended New York University, receiving an M.A. degree in Art Education in 1970. She currently serves as President of the Art Guild of Port Washington (TAG).
Teaching adults and children of all ages has been a way of sharing her love of art, and she has extensive experience in this area. Barbara was an instructor in batik at the University of Vermont from 1971-1974. In 1973, she received a grant from the Vermont Council on the Arts and taught art workshops throughout the state. When she returned to New York she taught Outreach Workshops through MOMA and the Jewish Museum. During this time, she worked as an Artist-in-Residence through the Studio in a School Grant Program at an elementary school in Brooklyn.
Currently she teaches privately and is helping to create a Community Art Center in Port Washington, N.Y. She exhibits works in oil, watercolor and pastel with the Art Guild of Port Washington. Barbara has studied with Joseph Peller and other instructors at The Art Student’s League in New York City.
Andrew Hollander
Andrew has been taking photos for over 30 years and has become serious about his photography in the last 2 years. He has completed 3 photography courses:
On Assignment: Santa Fe through National Geographic
The Zen of Photography through Santa Fe Workshops
The Color of Mexico through Santa Fe Workshops
Andrew has exhibited his work in a Port Washington coffee house, won Best in Show - Black & White in the Long Island Center for Photography's first juried photo contest and he was a finalist in an annual Citibank art contest.
Edward McEvoy
Edward is an award winning Long Island artist, painting instructor, former Executive Director of the Art League of Long Island, and member of the Long Island Plein Air Painters Society. He has painted in Europe, Asia and throughout the eastern United States. Currently, most of his paintings are executed on Long Island. Ed works mostly with watercolors and occasionally with oils. His paintings can be recognized for their colorfully loose and bold style. Usually Ed can be found painting on his boat in Huntington Harbor or outdoors with small groups of plein air painters throughout Long Island.
“For me, watercolor painting is like skating on ice. It is risky, challenging, exhilarating and very gratifying. I paint with spontaneity to capture these emotions while at the same time preserving the nuances of the medium. Subject matter is necessary for inspiration, but through interpretation, I paint what I feel as much as what I see.”
For further information, contact Ed at any time.
Edward McEvoy
21 Meriden Place
Melville, New York 11747
631 271 6595
fasteddie3_2000@yahoo.com
Lois Levy
Lois Levy has had a lifelong passion for the fashion arts. She is a graduate of the High School of Art and Design, where she majored in fashion illustration. She continued her education at the Fashion Institute of Technology, earning an AAS in fashion design and illustration.
With over 30 years experience in the fashion industry as a professional designer and illustrator she has done work for numerous clients such as Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom’s, Lord & Taylor, The Limited, Victoria’s Secret and Macy’s.
Ms. Levy currently freelances under her company name of LL Design Group.
Stephanie Navon Jacobson
Stephanie has exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States and internationally including the National Arts Club in NYC, Shelter Rock Gallery, Islip Museum, Heckscher Museum, Nassau County Fine Arts Museum, the Firehouse Gallery of Nassau Community College, the Chung Cheng Gallery at St. John’s University, and the Tengelsen Gallery at the Art League of Long Island. Recent shows include the Port Washington Library, Mallette Gallery and the Shenzhen Art Institute in China. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Queensborough Community College, New York University School of Law, the American Paralysis Association and private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Norway and Israel.
Stephanie was an assistant to master printmakers Ruth Leaf and Dan Welden. She is currently on the faculties of St. John’s University, the Art League of Long Island and the Great Neck Adult Program where she teaches printmaking as well as other art disciplines. She is a member of New York Artists Equity, the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, CT, and the Art League of Long Island
Classes At Elderfield
The Art Guild
at Elderfields Preserve
200 Port Washington Blvd.
Just North of St. Francis Hospital
Manhasset, NY 11030
516.304.5797
CHILDREN and TEENS
Art Explorations (5-7 years)
Children's Art Studio (8-12 years)
Drawing and Painting for Teens (12-18 years)
Fashion Drawing and Design for Teens (12-18 years) THURSDAYS (note change of day)
Digital Photography for Teens (12-18 years)
ADULT CLASSES Daytime
Abstract Watercolor Painting
Watercolor for Beginners
Portraiture for Beginners
ADULT CLASSES Evening
Knitting - Beginner/Intermediate
Digital Photography - Beginner/Intermediate
Oil Painting - Beginner/Intermediate
WORKSHOPS for ADULTS
Relief Printing with Linoleum Cutting, Sunday, April 11, 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Stephanie Jacobson
Loosen up Your Watercolor Technique, Sunday, May 16, 9:30 AM -3:30 PM (new date)* - Ed McEvoy
Oil Landscape in Plein Air - Intermediate, Sat & Sun, June 19 & 20, 9:30-4:00 PM - Howard Rose
Questions? Call The Art Guild at our new phone number 516.304.5797
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The Art Guild of Port Washington, Inc.,
is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization providing encouragement,
education and a forum for the appreciation of the visual arts.
The Art Guild strives to offer residents from local and neighboring
communities an avenue to broaden their creative pursuits.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
MEMBERS ONLY Meet & Critique Night for PHOTOGRAPHERS
Thursday, February 25, 7 PM Must RSVP.
COMING THIS SUMMER
Two 3-day workshops with PSA Master Pastelist, Doug Dawson in July 2010.
www.theartguild.org for details
ON VIEW IN OUR GALLERY
WORKS ON PAPER Juried Competition & Exhibit
On View: Feb 6 - 28 ~ Reception: Feb 7
UPCOMING COMPETITIONS & EXHIBITS
- FACE & FIGURE Juried Competition & Exhibit
On View: Mar 13 - April 24 ~ Reception: Mar 14
- THE ART GUILD STUDENT EXHIBIT - May 1-16
- MEMBERS' SHOWCASE EXHIBIT
The Art Guild
Elderfields Preserve
200 Port Washington Blvd.
Manhasset, NY 11030
North of St Francis Hospital
516.304.5797
Gallery Hours are Saturday & Sunday 1:00-5:00pm or by appointment
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