Artist Community Opening Doors to Public

Artist Community Opening Doors to Public

BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Artists of 35 Claver Place announce their participation in the 2011 SONYA Studio Stroll. On May 14th and 15th, 14 artists living and working there open their studios to the public for a unique glimpse at their art and creative process. Strollers will enjoy a variety of media, ranging from live performance to portrait photography to painting and sculpture.

Meet the Artists of 35 Claver Place:

Kennis Baptiste, working with printmaking, painting and drawing, will be showing complex charcoal line drawings, where the drawing was captured without any lines intersecting. He will also be presenting a collection of traditional portrait drawings that emphasize the essence of beauty. (http://www.kennisbb.com)

John Bjerklie, working in a variety of mediums, will be working live on new pieces for the next phase of the "WorldWiDeTour" project that began at ArtLot in 2009. (http://www.johnbjerklie.com)

Poogy Bjerklie, a painter working in oil on board, will be showing work that uses detached observation of the natural world to elicit a sense of place, solitude and stillness.

Elisabeth Condon, a painter, will be exhibiting work that overlays the visual memory of her native Los Angeles with places she has traveled -- Miami, Cadaques, Saratoga Springs, Sydney and Beijing -- in landscapes where Yuan Dynasty scrolls meet the Flintstones (http://www.elisabethcondon.com). Her studio will be open Saturday, May 14th only.

Andrei Dmitrichev, a photographer, will be presenting his newly published book of photographs: PORTRAITS OF SPACE. (http://www.dmitrichev.com)

Beka Goedde, working with prints and sculpture, will be exhibiting a selection of recent drawings, collage, works on panel and prints that explore the perception of change, duration and the physical body in space (http://www.bekagoeddestudio.com). Her studio will be open Sunday, May 15th only.

Melissa Gorman, an artist and graphic designer normally working with drawing and printmaking, will be showing felt sculptures that explore themes of repetition and repair, often using symbolic forms to represent complex emotional responses and relationship dynamics. (http://www.melissagorman.com)

Karl Kelly, a painter, will be showing watercolors that explore the lyrical nature of the linear.

Jen Lame, a filmmaker and editor, will be talking about her current video project, a study of the recent phenomenon of life coaches (http://streetcat.tumblr.com). Her studio will be open Saturday, May 14th only.

Joel Mellin, a multi-instrumentalist and composer, will be showcasing a suite of newly commissioned compositions for Dublin's Rex Levitates Dance Company as well as recent computer-controlled multichannel audio installations (http://www.joelmellin.com). His studio will be open Saturday, May 14th only.

Anna Rose, a photographer, will be exhibiting a mix of personal and editorial work, photographs of people and travel (http://www.annarosephoto.com). Her studio will open Saturday, May 14th only.

Peter Schroth, a painter, will be showing a series of acrylic paintings - silhouettes of floral subjects, organized around color relationships. (http://www.peterschroth.com)

Chris Sorensen, a photographer, will be showing selected works from his portraiture and personal photo projects. (http://www.chris-sorensen.com)

Alex Waxman, a writer, visual artist, and musician, will be exhibiting his current body of work, which employs collage of found images and objects. His studio will be open Sunday, May 15th only. (http://www.alexwaxman.com)

For more information, please visit the artist's website or http://www.35claver.com. Also invite you to visit our Facebook page: Artists of 35 Claver Place for up-to-date information on upcoming exhibitions for all our artist residents.

Gina Inverso and Anthony Chamberlain transformed the former Inverso Warehousing Building into 35 Claver Place, an artists' live/work community over many years since 1985 and enjoys a long history of nurturing and supporting the art and artists of Brooklyn.

SONYA, the South Of the Navy Yard Artists (http://www.sonyaonline.org), a non-profit organization of visual artists based in the Ft. Greene, Clinton Hill, and Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhoods of Brooklyn, presents the Stroll as a free self-guided walking tour of studios and galleries showcasing the incredible variety of artwork created by Brooklyn-based artists. For the last seven years, 35 Claver Place and the artists that live, work and create there, have participated in this exciting event.

Free and open to the public.

Dates: May 14-15, Noon - 6:00 p.m., both days rain or shine

Location: 35 Claver Place (between Fulton and Jefferson), Brooklyn

Contact:

Gina Inverso, 347-404-7758
Email: 35claverplace@optonline.net
Website: http://www.35claver.com

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SOURCE Artists of 35 Claver Place

Artists of 35 Claver Place

Web Site: http://www.35claver.com

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