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Directors
 | Lilian Engel - Sculpture Chair Lilian Engel is an award-winning sculptor. She has exhibited her work extensively, and her sculptures have been purchased by private collectors in Paris, Hong Kong, and the United States, including the permanent collection of The Art Students League of New York. Lilian is represented by Susan Eley Fine Art on Artsy and 1st Dibs. Signature Member of the National Association of Women Artists, (NAWA), Elected member of Allied Artists of America, Professional Member of New England Sculptors Association Publications https://circle-arts.com/artideal-4/ |
| Flo Kemp - Newsletter I am a “local” artist (I live in Setauket) and although I do work in oils, I specialize in soft ground etchings that have a “painterly” effect. I work full time as an artist- especially with the etching process. I market my etchings at art festivals from Maine to Florida. |
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| Andrea Placer - Advertising Andrea Placer is a multi-award-winning artist whose colored pencil and graphite drawings have been exhibited in numerous galleries and in national and international juried shows in New York City and State, New Jersey, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Wisconsin, Georgia, Minnesota, and Quebec, Canada. Her drawings have received many 1st and 2nd place awards, and 3 “Best in Show”. Other juried awards include those from the Colored Pencil Society of America, Salmagundi Club, American Artists Professional League, Audubon Artists, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Manhattan Arts International, Stamford Art Assoc, Hudson Valley Art Assoc., Art Center of Northern NJ, Ringwood Manor Art Assoc., Light, Space & Time Competition, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Mn, and the Paint the Parks Mini50 Competition. Professionally, Andrea has been awarded signature status (CPSA, CPX) from the Colored Pencil Society of America, is a Fellow Maxima Cum Laude of the American Artists Professional League, an elected member of the Salmagundi Club, NYC, and the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, where she serves on the Board of Directors. She has been represented by the Piermont Fine Arts Gallery, Piermont, NY. Andrea’s drawings have appeared in several publications, including CP Treasures, Vol. II, III, IV; CP Hidden Treasures; The Richeson 75 International Landscape, Seascape & Architecture 2014,& 2016; The Richeson75 International Still Life & Floral 2015; The Richeson75 International Figure/Portrait 2015; The Richeson75 International Small Works 2016; several issues of CPSA’s “To the Point” magazine. She was the “Featured Artist”, in the May, 2015 issue of Colored Pencil Magazine |
 | Marilyn Rose - Website Marilyn Rose, a NJ resident, is a signature member of the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, the Northeast Watercolor Society, New Jersey Watercolor Society, and the Garden State Watercolor Club. Her paintings have been juried into and have won numerous awards in state, national and international exhibitions and are in private and corporate collections across the U.S. and Canada. She has been selected to participate in prestigious plein air competitions including Paint Annapolis, Wayne (PA) Plein Air, and PleinAir Easton and her work has appeared in Plein Air Magazine. Marilyn teaches at the various locations, including her home studio (and on ZOOM) and Art School at the Old Church in Demarest, NJ. She runs a very popular plein air workshop each summer at the Landgrove Inn in Vermont. Selected for artist residencies in Bryant Park in NYC, and Arad, Israel, she is often called upon to demonstrate for arts organizations. Marilyn earned her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis as a Fred Conway Fine Arts Fellow and came to NYC to begin her career as a graphic designer. After establishing herself as an art director in New York, she created her own graphic firm, Marilyn Rose Design, specializing in branding, logos, magazines and corporate brochures for clients throughout the New York Metropolitan area. After launching her three sons, she found time to reenter the world of fine arts and her love of watercolor was ignited, when she studied with such well-known watercolorists as Charles Reid, Mel Stabin, Jean Uhl Spicer, Antonio Masi, Paul Ching-Bor, and Tim Saternow. While her paintings take the natural world around her as their subject matter, they are really about edges; the places where things meet: paint and paper, light and shadow, pigment and water, reality and abstraction. They document an inner journey and an outer journey simultaneously. Marilyn’s work takes a traditional medium, and pushes its boundaries, with a boldness and exuberance, which she invites the viewer to share. |
| Karen Tighe - Awards Chair Karen Tighe PSA IAPS/MC is a nationally recognized artist, painting primarily in pastels. Before returning to painting full time, she previously had a career as a graphic designer working in the toy industry. She holds a BA in Early Childhood Education from Catholic University of America as well as a BFA in Design from William Paterson University. Karen has achieved Master Circle status with IAPS (International Association of Pastel Societies) in addition to reaching Signature Artist stature in the Pastel Society of America. Karen is also a Signature Inaugural member of the Pastel Society of New Jersey and former board member; and a juried member of the Degas Pastel Society and Connecticut Pastel Society. Currently she is a member of the IAPS Education Committee. While exhibiting her work in many statewide and national shows, Karen has recently won awards in the following shows: The Pastel Society of America 42nd Annual Exhibition Enduring Brilliance, The Degas Pastel Society 15th Biennial Exhibit, The Connecticut Pastel Society Renaissance Exhibit, and several Best in Show awards at PSNJ exhibits. Karen currently works of her studio at Artspace Studio in Morristown, NJ., also giving private instruction and demonstrations in pastels. |
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| Cindy Wagner - Metropolitan Museum Benefit Chair Cindy Wagner acquired her love and skills for painting as a teen while working with her dad creating sets for the movies, the NYC ballet and theater. The Artists at Variety Scenic Studios were her first teachers and mentors. Her Dancing Through Life series was inspired by her time at Variety. Cindy’s paintings depict life’s moments, real people and places. She graduated SUNY at Buffalo with knowledge of human anatomy and a degree in Physical Therapy. She continued studying art at Silvermine School of Art and with individual master artists. She is Past Chairman of the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, Juried Member of the Salmagundi Club, Juried member of Oil Painters of America, and The Westport Artist Collective. Cindy is a board member of the Commission for the Arts in the Town of Weston. She currently teaches painting and drawing at several locations in Connecticut. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and universities. She is the recipient of several awards including 2022 Connecticut Society of Portrait Artist Faces and Figures, 2020 Mixmaster at the Mattatuck Museum CT Visitor Award, 2017 Southport Portrait Festival Painting Award and Jurors Award, and Honorable Mention 2019 Dreams Juried Exhibition Rene Soto Gallery CT. Website: www.cindywagnerart.com |
