Terryberry Gallery
Art Supporting Art
Opened in 1986, the Terryberry Gallery exhibits local and international art throughout the St. Cecilia Music Center’s season. It is named after long-time supporters Parker and Mary (Monty) Montgomery Terryberry and it is truly a delightful accent to the already beautiful appointed building it is housed in and the music it is immersed in.
Located on the lower level of the St. Cecilia Music Center building
Open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
Call 616.459.2224 for weekend and evening hours
2009-10
DECEMBER & JANUARY
ART JACOBS, watercolor
ARTISTS RECEPTION: RESCHEDULED DUE TO WINTER STORM – Thursday, JANUARY 14, 2010 from 5:30-8 p.m.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I believe a painting must stimulate and involve a person. I try to make my painting grab a person’s attention and demand a reaction. Roland Roycraft, AWS, a national recognized painter that lives in northern Michigan says it best, “watercolor is a long story to go through the many steps of learning the complete adventure.” I find myself in these never-ending steps.
ARTIST BIO
Art is a “signature” member of Texas Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Kentucky Watercolor Society and Grand Valley Artists. Exhibitions include Georgia, Pittsburg, Texas, Kentucky and New York. Nature is Art’s inspiration, which attest to his belief that there is an endless supply of material.
FEBRUARY
KATHLEEN MOONEY
ARTIST RECEPTION: Friday, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 from 5:30-8 p.m.
To Kathleen Mooney art is an inescapable and demanding and joyful process. She has been blessed to have worked with some of the best instructors and artists on the planet and has been inspired by the International Society of Experimental Artists. She believes there is tremendous energy in taking risks in art.
The key to success in art – as in much of life – is 10,000 hours. Kathleen dedicates herself to 10,000 hours of reading about art, looking at art, studying art, taking classes and workshops, teaching art and creating art.
Her working studio, Fire and Water, is in downtown Lowell, where she teaches classes and enjoys the company of 25 leading local artists. She also travels, produces DVD movies of her travels and self-publishes art books.
MARCH
JUDY STEINER
ARTIST RECEPTION: Friday, March 12 from 6-8 p.m.
The spontaneity I experience working with watercolor continually excites me. It gives me a sense of freedom and enables me to express myself in a very rewarding impressionistic style. The bold antipasto quality of oil paints allows me to achieve a more dynamic outlet for my creative spirit. In addition to using pure mediums I enjoy mixing mediums to bring about even more unique styles in my work.”
Inspired by nature, Judy works to reflect the mood in the simple beauty and intricate complexities of natural forms and scapes.
APRIL
JAMES LLOYD JOHNSON, watercolor
ARTIST RECEPTION: Friday, APRIL 9, 2010 from 6;30- 8 p.m.
James Lloyd Johnson was educated at Kendall College and the Art Institute of Chicago, and served in the US Navy. In 1971 he began a career as a commercial illustrator which spanned thirty years. His illustrations have won awards n many juried competitions including New York Art Directors Club, Art Directors Club of Washington, Graphis Annual Exhibit and Print Annual Illustration Exhibit. Since retirement in 2005 Jim has taken to painting on location in West Michigan, San Francisco, and Key West. In recent juried competition, his work was selected for the Michigan Water Color Society 59th Annual Exhibit (Leon Saxton Award), Festival 2006 Regional Exhibit, Muskegon 77th Regional Exhibit, Muskegon 78th Regional Exhibit and Best of GVA Show.
MAY & JUNE
ANTHONY CARPENTER & JACK SNIDER
ARTIST RECEPTION: TBA
SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER
RIVERTOWN ARTISTS GUILD
ARTIST RECEPTION: Friday, OCTOBER 1, 2010 from 4-8 p.m.
The Rivertown Artists Guild was established in 1990 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Guild brings together emerging and established artists in a unique effort aimed at securing a better education, providing information, establishing continuity, forming lasting bonds and promoting professionalism in the fine arts. Rivertown Artists Guild is the vehicle we use to learn, teach, share, support, and encourage fellow artists.
NOVEMBER
AL CIANFARANI, oil
ARTIST RECEPTION: Friday, NOVEMBER 5, 2010 from 5:30-8 p.m.
ARTIST STATEMENT
What could be more beautiful then the natural world in its natural pose. To me – to render an embrace of nature’s splendor is a joy to share forever. Too often we tend not to “stop and smell the flowers” while nature’s world passes at clock speed to levels of immense grandeur. What is more soothing then a quiet brook, a splash of spring’s color or the song of a bird? Looking up, the sky is grand – ominous or promising – and looking down, the earth is colorful and the air upon it is sweet. All this, unpretentious and real, is the catalyst for my inspiration to paint! I paint to bridge the space between our “everyday existence” and the pleasures of nature.
ARTIST BIO
Primarily self-taught, I began formal oil painting around 1970 and have been exhibiting professionally since 1974. Over the years I have developed my own style for each of the categories I like to paint; wild life, landscapes and still life – basically; the beauty of nature. My technique has evolved mostly from “trial-and-error and direct paint-to-canvas” exercises and the knowledge and inspiration I garnered through many composition, drawing and painting workshops. I am inspired by many artists, including the great masters and recent impressionists. I would consider my work to be realistic in appearance and I try to maintain a “loose” brush stroke whenever possible.
I am committed to my work – I love to paint, and I gain extreme satisfaction and enjoyment from it. Al is a member of Grand Valley Artist and the Lowell Area Arts Council. He has exhibited in competitions and at The Muskegon Museum of Art.
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SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2011
Kendra Postma
CJ Brander
Kathleen Mooney
Patti Sevensma
Janet Krueger
ARTIST RECEPTION: Friday, TBA
Show title: Elements of Earth
