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Lily Hoyda
Lily Hoyda was born on September 9,
1989, in Great Neck, NY. She attended Great Neck schools and
graduated in June, 2007, from John L. Miller North High School. Over
the years, Lily has attended classes at the Great Neck Art Center,
including art, cartooning, ceramics and singing. In her junior year
of high school, she was the recipient of The Nicole Krauss Creative
Writing Award, which is a two-fold scholarship awarded annually to
two junior students whom show exemplary creative abilities in
writing. The second part of the scholarship involved both students,
in their senior year, collaborating with their creative writing
teacher to form a compilation into an unpublished book of their
prose, poetry and artwork. This collaboration culminated in a
book-signing event in the spring at the school’s end-of-the-year art
exhibit and musical recital. Lily is a freshman at the School of the
Museum of Fine Arts, affiliated with Tufts University and
Northeastern University, in Boston, Massachusetts, where she is
following her passion for animation.
Chana Rosa Petrikovsky
Chana Rosa Petrikovsky is a young artist whose painting talent began
to emerge at the precocious age of one when she started drawing
profiles of birds. Born in 1991 into a Jewish Orthodox home to a
father who is a physician and a mother who is an artist and singer,
Chana Rosa was home-schooled until the age of six in a household
where Jewish traditions are highly respected. During this time, a
love of drawing was instilled in Chana Rosa as her mother would
often depict the subject matter being taught by drawing images.
Chana Rosa’s talent is eclectic, depicting a variety of themes using
different materials including acrylic, oil pastels, charcoal,
watercolors, and gouache. Much of Chana Rosa’s work, however,
reflects soulful themes in traditional Jewish life: images of
weddings, rabbis, chanukah and other festival celebrations, as well
as children in Hebrew school. Chana Rosa is currently a high school
student at the Stella Abraham School for Girls, Long Island, New
York.
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An artist
reception will be held at
The Art
Center on
Sunday
January 27th 2008, 4pm-6:30pm.
An artist
talk will be held at
The Art
Center on
Thursday
March 6th 2008, 6pm-7:30pm.
Receptions
are free and open to the public.
Assemblage is
a work of art made from a collection of found objects or materials
not usually thought of as art materials assembled together to form a
work of art. Assemblage is the new “green”. The five artists
featured in this exhibition express their art and their awareness of
our environment by transforming unique materials and discards into
exquisite works of art. Curator: Vivi Nassim.
Glass sculptor
and multi-media artist Jude Amsel layers translucent colored glass
to create her fragile yet powerful female torsos.
Ginger
Balizer-Hendler, a collage artist, works with paper and found
objects to create an imaginary world on canvas.
Colby Lippmann
colorful and tactile glass pieces challenge the fine line between
art and science.
Howard Levine
complex yet harmonic mosaics explore our spiritual universe.
Georgia Vahue
collects bits and pieces of detritus and places them with her
photographs creating a relationship.
Each artist's
process, materials, and medium is different, yet together they
create a versatile and enriched exhibit of Assemblage.
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An artist reception and Book Signing will be held at the Arts Center
on Thursday March 27th 2008, 6-8:30pm. Receptions are free and open
to the public.
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Great Neck Arts
Center's exhibit of Croatian-born artist Mario Novak’s latest works
explores the combination of remote and challenging locations in
Turkey, Croatia, and Central America, and quality printing in sizes
and resolution that will blow you away.
On Thursday, March 27, 6pm – 8:30pm Great Neck Arts Center (GNAC)
will host an Artist Reception with Mr. Novak signing his recently
published book, Croatia, a 340 page exploration of his native
country. “We are delighted to welcome Mario back to the Arts Center.
With his first book Mario demonstrates his mastery of photography
and his love for Croatia as he presents glimpses of his captivating
native country”, says Gallery Director, Georgia Vahue. The reception
will feature an exhibition of Mr. Novak’s latest works, as well as a
signing of his new book, Croatia, from Ilok to Savudrijia to
Dubrovnik, the first internationally published full size coffee
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Reflections
focuses on the paintings of five artists: Regina Gil, Judith
Goldstein, Ann Shore, Frederic Terna, and Dorrit Title. Each has
been affected by the Holocaust in a personal way, and each has added
to our memory and understanding of the Holocaust by providing us
with their personal reflections—their imagined constructions—of a
time whose horrors often seem beyond imagination. In so doing they
provide us with a legacy that addresses both the suffering of
humanity and the extraordinary strength of people to survive. Their
work not only helps us understand the past, but makes it possible to
think hopefully about the future.
Dr. Jack Salzman
For more
information contact:
Georgia Vahue
at 516-829-2570 or
georgia@greatneckarts.org
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June 17
– August 20, 2008
Reception June 17, 7 PM
“The Romantic & The Exotic" captures the romantic spirit of the
living world and combines it with rare exotic and unusual decorative
pieces from the mysterious east. Vintage Audubon prints are paired
with original Persian Botanicals painted using ancient brushwork
techniques. These images give us a view of a beautiful universe that
bursts with life, minutiae of nature against areas of lush
vegetation. The decorative pieces are breathtaking and range from a
pair of rare Lapis Lazuli pedestal tables to a pair of inlaid chairs
from India.
This stunning exhibition explores phenomena found in nature and a
world that encompasses both the beauty and the wildness of nature.
Viewers experience a sensual environment that will draw them into a
place of mystery and beauty rarely considered.
For more
information contact:
Georgia Vahue
at 516-829-2570 or
georgia@greatneckarts.org
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