Arts & Entertainment

A Gathering of Fine Artists

Wednesday, March 7 from 5-8 pm, as part of the monthly Westerly/Pawcatuck Art Stroll,

Westerly Public Library’s Hoxie Gallery will host an opening reception for its March exhibit.

“A Gathering of Fine Artists” features ten artists who have individually garnered many prestigious awards and participated in juried and solo shows throughout New England. They will gather to create their personal "show-within-a-show" on the walls of the lovely gallery on the second floor of the Westerly Public Library.

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The show runs from Monday, March 5, through Thursday, March 30, and is open during Library hours.  An Opening Reception hosted by many of the artists will be held during the first Wednesday night Art Stroll, on March 7 from 5PM to 8PM, when shops, galleries, and restaurants are open in downtown Westerly and Pawcatuck.  Refreshments will be served.  The reception and show are free and open to the public.  Please see www.westerlylibrary.org for hours and additional information.

The ten featured artists are:

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Ralph Acosta, an art teacher of watercolors and winner of the first prize in a 2011 Connecticut Watercolor Society juried show.

Janice DiBattista, who has held many one woman art shows, including a solo show at the Lyman Allen Art Museum, and has won awards and participated in juried regional and national group shows.

Amy Foster, exhibiting works in a variety of media ranging from oil and acrylic on canvas and board to ceramic, bronze, glass, and mixed media sculpture. 

Donna Gilberto, who says that she is "inspired by the tranquil ponds and marshes that characterize the New England landscape," as she works masterfully in oil on linen and on mahogany panels. 

Jennifer Holmes, an artist that has reached Elected Artist status with Lyme, Rockport, Northshore, Hudson Valley, and Mystic Art Associations, among others.

Alison C. Ives, recipient of a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MFA from Pratt Institute. Her works in oil, water, mixed media, metal, or glass have been exhibited at the Courtyard Gallery in Mystic, and at the Mystic Arts Center, Lyme and Essex Art Associations, the Hygenic Gallery and the Norwich Arts Center. 

Thomas P. Jennerwein, who shows work in the Courtyard Gallery in Mystic, painted award winning watercolors for over eighteen years before taking a portrait class in oil with Chris Zhang which influenced a change in his media to the classical approach of oil painting reminiscent of the old masters.  

Bernard C. McTigue, who paints "what he loves, the coastline and marshes of the Connecticut shores”. He studied at the Lyme Academy of Fine Art, where he received a BFA and was awarded a John Stobart Fellowship along with his first one man show. 

Dennis Sirrine, who says "the landscape is one of my most frequently painted subjects, whether en plein-air or in the studio inspired by photos and memory. "Rural Rapture", an oil on canvas in the March show, is one such abstract landscape that suggests a country setting with perhaps a "portal" into another world beyond the physical plane. "   

Programs at the library are free, open to the public, and handicapped accessible.  For more information call the library at 596-2877, Ext. 3.


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