2008 Spring into the Arts Cast
EMME, MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES: Emme, the supermodel,
television personality, best-selling author, lecturer,
clothing designer, and women’s advocate has a clear
mission: to awaken the inner magnificence inherent in each
of us. It’s no wonder People magazine selected her twice as
one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" and Ladies’ Home
Journal chose her as one of the "Most Important Women in
America" She also was honored as a Glamour magazine "Woman
of the Year”.
Emme burst onto the scene as the world’s first full-figured
supermodel and, as host of E! Entertainment Television’s
"Fashion Emergency", she quickly became a popular icon.
Most recently, she was seen on ABC’s Good Morning America,
NBC’s Today Show, CBS’s The Early Show, Oprah, CNN’s
American Morning, 20/20, Entertainment Tonight, The
Insider, and as guest host of the Joan Hamburg Show on WOR
Radio.
A best selling author, Emme chronicled her extraordinary
life and rise to success in her first book, True Beauty.
Emme then shared her passionate perspective on life when
she penned her second book entitled Life’s Little
Emergencies. What Are You Hungry For? is a newly released
children’s book that addresses the reality that children
have many hungers, including emotional ones. She currently
posts on her Simply Green with Emme blog on iVillage.com,
discussing her commitment to the green movement from the
perspective of a multi-tasking mom.
Emme is a vocal advocate for people of all ages to be fit
and to live a healthy lifestyle while simultaneously
combating societal and peer pressure to be something other
than what comes naturally. She promotes and exemplifies a
wellness lifestyle, positive body image and self-esteem and
self-acceptance as a sought after keynote speaker. She
lectures at prestigious universities including Yale,
Harvard, and NYU as well as high schools around the
country. A cancer survivor, Emme is vocal about the need to
advocate for oneself when dealing with issues of health.
Emme serves in more ways than one. She is the Chair
Ambassador of the National Eating Disorders Association
(NEDA), is on the advisory boards of Ophelia’s Place
(Syracuse New York’s eating disorder resource), Hearts of
Gold (enhancing the lives of New York City’s homeless women
and children), Safe Horizon Champions for Children (moving
victims of violence from crisis to confidence), Ethosquare
(a new online media environment) and is an Ambassador for
the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Born in New York City, Emme was raised in Saudi Arabia and
returned to the US as a teenager. Syracuse University
awarded Emme a full athletic scholarship where she excelled
both academically, earning a degree in speech
communications, and as a member of the crew team. Emme was
invited to the US Olympic Team trials, as well as several
US National Team trials. She was later inducted into the
Syracuse University Orange Plus Hall of Fame for her
significant contribution to women's athletics and to the
sport of rowing. After graduation, she spent two years in
Flagstaff, AZ where she was a reporter and morning anchor
for the NBC affiliate KNAZ-TV.
Emme and her daughter reside in Northern New Jersey with
their pet gold fish, Goldie.
5th AND 6th GRADE TEEN ARTS: Two competitive dance teams
supervised by Paula Cummings at Closter’s Tenakill Middle
School. Students audition in front of professional judges
for a place on a team. The teams perform in the annual
Dance Fusion show and represent Closter at competition.
This year the 5th & 6th grade team won 1st place in a
prop division at Eastern Cheer & Dance Association’s
Regional Competition. Diane Lockhart assisted Paula
Cummings this year.
KING LAI CULTURAL DANCE THEATRE represented by Closter
resident, Cian Ma, and Jackie Sung will do “Flight to the
Heavens”. Formed in January 1995, with seven talented
students, the group grew in number rapidly. Characterized
by discipline and hard work, students became transformed
into artists and performers, demonstrating skills of poise,
grace, and artistic expression and range in age from
grammar school to professional women. Our major goal is to
share the arts and richness of the Chinese culture with the
community. With the addition of the syllabus training, the
dramatic expressions and technique required in forms of
classical and folk dance has been enhanced and refined.
Performing frequently with professional and
semi-professional dance ensembles, most students have been
exposed to being “on the road”. One of the delightful
aspects of our students’ training is that each and every
one can discover hidden talents that are used throughout
their lives.
THE DOLAN SISTERS: Closter residents Colleen, Meghan and
Kadie have been performing competitive Irish dance for most
of their lives! They have won many competitions (too many
to mention!). Most recently, Meghan placed 2nd in the Irish
Step Regional Championships in PA. 2007.
DANCE FUSION: Each year approximately 130 dancers
participate in a large dance club at Closter’s Tenakill
Middle School co-directed by Diane Lockhart and Paula
Cummings. Professional and high school artists are invited
to choreograph dance pieces that include hip hop, jazz,
stomp, tap, Broadway, traditional cultural dance, lyrical,
break dancing, ballet. Rehearsals and performances are held
each fall. Dance Fusion won the “Best Practice” award from
the State Department of Education, 2002 - 2003.
7th AND 8th GRADE TEEN ARTS: Two competitive dance teams
supervised by Paula Cummings at Closter’s Tenakill Middle
School. Students audition in front of professional judges
for a place on a team. The teams perform in the annual
Dance Fusion show and represent Closter at competition.
This year the 7th & 8th graders took two 2nd place
finishes, one in jazz and one in hip hop. Diane Lockhart
assisted Paula Cummings this year.
BREAKIN’ BOYS: A Closter dance crew put together and
choreographed by the boy’s themselves. Most of the boys
perform at the Tenakill School Dance Fusion show and have
attended battles in New York City.
KINESIS: A modern dance group from Northern Valley Regional
High School-Demarest. An auditioned group of dancer’s who
choreograph, teach, learn and perform dance under the
guidance of Jolyann Schoeppler. This year they will perform
in their annual show at the High School on April 30th &
May 1st. They also participate in the Bergen County Teen
Arts Festival. In the past, the troupe has traveled to Walt
Disney World in Florida to perform.
EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD: Mina Belfert and Alfred Lockhart
belong to competitive dance groups traveling throughout the
US to perform. Alfred appeared in the 2006/7 performance of
the Nutcracker at Lincoln Center with the New York City
Ballet. Mina recently won 1st place for her jazz
performance at the North Eastern Dance Competition in
Hackensack, NJ. Both dancers attend Closter’s Tenakill
Middle School.
VICTORIA CASTLE: Closter resident, Victoria Castle,
is a singer, actress, pianist, accompanist, arranger,
musical director and teacher. This past season she
performed her one-woman concert, The World I Know at
Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Becton Theatre. Recent
projects include a Salute to Hollywood Revue with Robert
Osborne, host of Turner Classic Movies at the Helen Hayes
Theatre in Nyack, NY, and was seen as a cast member and
musical director for Summer of Love with the Garage Theatre
professional company. She musically directed Follies, In
Concert with the Bergen County Players. Victoria she has
performed leading roles in La Boheme and LaRondine for
Opera at Florham in The Marriage of Figaro, La Vie
Parisienne and Don Giovanni with Lake George Opera with the
Light Opera of Manhattan and Opera Northeast. Victoria has
been a soloist with the National Chorale at Avery Fisher
Hall, the Pittsburgh, Portland and Jacksonville Symphonies.
LINDY CLARKE: Cellist and Demarest resident, Lindy is a
graduate of the New England Conservatory. A founding member
of the Claring Chamber Players and the New York Baroque
Consort, she has been heard widely as chamber musician and
soloist. Ms. Clarke has been a member of the Orchestra of
St. Luke's since its inception in 1980 and also performs
with the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, the Opera Orchestra
of New York, and, on Baroque cello, with the Grand Tour
Orchestra. Ms. Clarke can be heard at music festivals,
including Caramoor, Summertrios, New England Bach Festival,
and with the North Country ChamberPlayers.
STUART ISACOFF, pianist and Closter resident, is a
composer, writer, and the founding editor of the magazine
Piano Today. The author of the highly acclaimed
Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great
Minds of Western Civilization (Knopf/Vintage) and a
frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and music
periodicals, Mr. Isacoff has given lectures and piano
performances at many venues, including The Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center, The Verbier Festival and
Academy, the Miami Piano Festival, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, the Van Cliburn Piano Institute, and at scientific
institutions such as the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Stuart often combines classical repertoire with jazz
improvisation demonstrating threads that connect musical
works created centuries and continents apart. In addition
to obtaining degrees in both Philosophy and Music
Composition, he was a private student of jazz great Sir
Roland Hanna, has taught improvisation on the college level
and currently teaches at the Purchase College Conservatory
of Music and at St. John’s University.
CLIFTON LEWIS: Closter resident, Clifton Lewis has
performed in plays and musical theatre. Acting roles
include Matt Stanton in Hogan’s Goat, a drama by William
Alfred, Roger in A.R. Gurney’s political satire The Fourth
Wall and Tito Merelli in ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor. Most
recent musical theatre roles include Caldwell B. Cladwell
in Urinetown, the Musical, Ben in Follies and Lord Evelyn
in Anything Goes.
JEFFREY MOSHER: Tenor Jeffrey Mosher is finishing his
13th season with the Metropolitan Opera Company. In
addition to singing around 200 performances a year in the
chorus, he has performed over a dozen roles including
Paripgnol in
La Boheme, Guisseppe in
La
Traviata, Il Contadino in
Luisa Miller, Klevret
in
Khovanshchina, and the Messenger in
Il
Trovatore. Jeffrey sang the Villager in
Pagliacci opposite Placido Domingo on a Gala Opening
Night. Last season Jeffrey Sant the Offstage Tenor in
Eugene Onegin in a production that was broadcast in
selected movie theatres worldwide.
Mr. Mosher has won several competitions including The New
Jersey Metropolitan Opera Auditions and the Luciao
Pavarotti/Opera Company of Philadelphia International Vocal
Competition. With the Philadelphia Opera Company Jeffrey
understudied Mr. Pavarotti and performed with him in
Un
Ballo in Maschera. Both performances were nationally
televised.
Mr. Mosher's favorite roles have included the leading tenor
roles in
La Boheme, Tosca, Rigoletto, Don Carlo, Carmen,
Werther, Die Zauberflote and both tenor roles in
Die
Fledermaus. Equally at home on the concert stage,
Jeffrey's professional concert performances include
Handel's
Messiah and
Samson, Rossini's
Stabat Mater, Mendelssohn's
Elijah, Mahler's
Das Lied von der Erde, Beethoven's
Missa
Solemnis, and the
Requiems of Berlioz, Mozart
and Verdi. Jeffrey is a resident of Harrington Park where
he lives with his wife and boys.
SUZANNE ORNSTEIN: Suzanne Ornstein received her
training at the University of Michigan and the Yale School
of Music. She is a founding member of the Arden Trio, a
piano trio which has been performing concerts and
residencies throughout the United States and Europe since
its 1981 New York debut as a winner of Concert Artists
Guild. Ms. Ornstein’s many musical interests have led her
to tour with a variety of artists and ensembles, including
as concertmaster of the Coffee Club Orchestra for Garrison
Keillor’s American Radio Company. This ensemble went on to
become the resident orchestra for City Center’s prestigious
Encore Series, and has been featured on the PBS series
“Great Performances”.
Ms. Ornstein also serves as concertmaster of the American
Theater Orchestra which has appeared on PBS’s “Live from
Lincoln Center” series, and has served as concertmaster of
New York City’s Chorale Society, the New York Pops and
American Symphony Orchestra, among many others. She has an
extensive discography in her capacity as ensemble leader,
which includes records for Delos, Channel Classics and
Naxos with the Arden Trio, as well as many recordings for
such leading labels as Nonesuch, Angel, EMI, CBS/Sony and
RCA/BMG.
PATRICIA ZUBER, PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER ARTISTS CHAIR:
Flutist from Closter, Patricia Zuber performs with many
orchestras in the New York City area, including the
American Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera at
Lincoln Center. She has appeared with the MET Orchestra at
Carnegie Hall and on tour in Japan, and also on Broadway,
having performed in the productions of Beauty and the
Beast, Candide, Swan Lake, Jekyll and Hyde, Ragtime, and La
Boheme. She is piccoloist with the Northeastern Penn.
Philharmonic, with which she has appeared as a concerto
soloist. Ms. Zuber is an avid recitalist, performing solo
recitals, chamber music and regularly in a flute/percussion
duo with husband,Gregory Zuber.
Biographies of Closter/Demarest Artists and Faculty from
The Art School at Old Church, Demarest
BARBARA BOECK, School of Visual Arts, New York City.
Owner/artist: GB Studio carved and etched glass in Closter,
NJ. Barbara creates large scale custom carved glasswork for
residential, commercial and public spaces. Her glasswork is
sandcarved in multiple levels with gentle tonal shading. On
a smaller scale, Barbara creates intricately sandcarved
objects, such as crystal vases, bowls, paperweights and
sculptural panels. These works are offered as one-of-a-kind
or limited editions. Exhibits: Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ;
The Westwood Gallery, Westwood, NJ (currently); The Brick
Gallery, Essex, CT. Additionally, she creates “Softscapes”,
pastel images on canvas, achieving a textural complexity
through her use of soft pastelwork on rough canvas.
Exhibits: The Brick Gallery, Essex, CT. Many examples of
Barbara's artwork can be viewed in a visit to her showroom
and workshop at: GB STUDIO carved & etched glass, 241
Herbert Avenue, Closter NJ.
ELEANOR SELLA BODRATO, sculptor. Exhibits: National
Academy Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists;
National Arts Club; Ocean County College; Bergen Community
Museum; Morris, Museum; Union College, Cranford, NJ; Edward
Williams College; Private collections in: Costa Rica,
England, France, Germany, Scotland, Switzerland, Vietnam
and throughout the United States including the collection
of Georgia- Pacific Co. Eleanor is a long time resident of
Closter.
RUTH BORGENICHT BA, Rutgers University. Residencies:
Hunter College, NYC; Anderson Ranch, CO; Greenwich House
Pottery, NYC; Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, ME;
University of the Arts, PA; Chester Springs Studio, PA;
Exhibitions: Daum Museum, Sedalia MO; Sherry Leedy Gallery,
Kansas City MO; NCECA, Baltimore MD; Clay Art Center, Port
Chester, NY; 52nd International Ceramics Competition,
Faenza, Italy; Philadelphia Art Alliance, The Clay Studio,
Philadelphia, PA; Hunterdon Art Museum, NJ; Millersville
University, PA; New Hampshire Institute of Art;
Philadelphia International Airport, PA; NJ Arts Annual,
Jersey City Museum; Sidney Myer Fund Int'l Ceramics Award,
Australia. Awards: NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship.
Online at
www.ruthborgenicht.com.
GREGORY CALTABIAONO, potter and educator, studied at
The Catholic University of America, Wash. DC and graduated
from Franklin Pierce College, NH where he gained experience
firing a multi-chambered wood kiln. He was the pottery
studio manager and teacher of pottery at the Old Church
Cultural Center, Demarest. View his work at:
www.soyooart.com .
SOYOO CALTABIANO, Aartist of tapestry, quilting, oil
and watercolor painting; MFA, Fiber Arts, Hong Kong Ik-U.
in Korea. In recognition of her in teaching fine
arts to young adults Soyoo was awarded the
"Outstanding Educator" in The Scholastic Arts and
Writing Award at Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. Her
work has been shown in group shows and solo exhibitions in
the United States, Russia and Korea. Soyoo is a Haworth
resident.
www.soyooart.com.
MARGARET CAREY, Portadown College, Northern Ireland;
School of Visual Arts, NYC. Teaching experience: for the
past twenty-two years has taught Chinese brush painting at
Seton and Iona Colleges, Pelham Art Center, Bronx Botanical
Gardens and her own studio - Mt. Shadows Art Studio in
Windham, NY. Over 30 years of experience teaching pottery,
porcelain painting, and calligraphy. She has taught her
brush techniques both in the United States and abroad.
Studied under the tutelage of Professor Tse Chen and Dr.
Wang at the China Institute, NYC.
DOROTHY COCHRAN MFA, Columbia University. Studied:
Pratt Graphics Center and the School of Visual Arts.
Exhibited: Artists Space, New Jersey State Museum.
Collections: New York Public Library, Prudential Life
Insurance Co. and Georgia Museum of Fine Arts. Teaching
experience: Columbia University, City University of New
York, Newark Museum. Awards: two New Jersey State Council
on the Arts Fellowships in printmaking and mixed media.
RAYE COOKE MFA, Sculpture/Ceramics, Pratt Institute;
BA, Art Education, William Paterson University. Continuing
study: Grossmont College, CA. Exhibited: Potters Gallery,
Klay Gallery, NY; Glass Growers Gallery, PA; NJ Arts
Annual, Burton Gallery, Center Gallery TASOC, Arielle's
Gallery, Jersey Shore National, NJ. Teaching experience
includes: Ceramic Studio Director/Teacher, YJCC, Washington
Township, NJ; Wayne Public Schools, NJ.
BARBARA CORCORAN CLARK, ornament maker; owner,
Barbara Corcoran Clark Design, LLC. Barbara began making
Christmas ornaments in the early 1980's. Her first serious
order for the hand painted, hand carved balsa wood
ornaments came from the Museum of American Folk Art in NYC.
Since then, she has sold her pieces as signed, limited
editions to many wonderful shops and galleries throughout
the country, Bermuda and Aruba. Barbara is a Closter
resident.
JOYCE DE SAUSSURE, tapestry weaver. Primarily a self
taught fiber artist, Joyce was introduced to weaving on a
floor loom in 1970. She has experimented with various
materials and techniques for making cloth. In 1988 she
began studying tapestry weaving here in New Jersey with
local artist Soyoo Parkhyunjoo Caltabiano. Spending up to
100 hours on a single work, Joyce feels tapestry weaving is
the best medium for expressing the beauty she finds in her
experiences and environment. Joyce has lived in Closter for
25 years.
MARY ANN FARRELL, Photographer. Exhibitions: The
Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ; Helen Hayes Hospital, Nyack,
NY; Bergen Community Blood Bank, Paramus, NJ. She is a
recipient of The Cape Cod Character and Photographer's
Choice Award in Cape Cod Life magazine. Her cards and
photos are featured in The Dolphin Gallery, Gualala, CA.
She has been a Closter resident for 39 years.
AVIVA FEIGENHEIMER, BFA, Queens College, studied with
Andrew Lukach's at Art's Students' League of New York and
Vytlacil School, Sparkill, NY. Recent exhibitions: Old
Chucrch Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ; Vytlacil School,
Sparkill, NY; Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ; Art a la Carte,
South Street Seaport, NYC; Art Center of Northern NJ, New
Milford, NJ; L'Artista Restaurant, Orangeburg, NJ; A.I.R.
Gallery, Chelsea, NY. Aviva lives in Demarest.
JULIE GALE MA, visual arts (concentration: painting)
William Paterson University; BA, Montclair State
University; graduate of Cooper Union Art School, NYC;
further study of portrait painting at Art Students League,
NYC. Exhibitions: National Arts Club, NYC; Etchings
International, NYC; American Institute in Taiwan Cultural
Center, Taiwan; Newark Museum; Bergen Museum; Hiram
Blauvelt Museum and other galleries and venues throughout
the region.
ROBERT GLAISEK MFA, University of Mexico. Studied:
New York School of Art & Design, Pratt Institute.
Exhibitions: Lannon Gallery, City Center Gallery, Boston
Fine Arts Festival, Chrysler Art Museum, University of
Michigan, UNC at Chapel Hill, Rutgers University. Juried
Shows: Silvermine Guild, CT; Hopper House, NY; Ridgefield
Guild of Artists, CT.
MAUD GUILFOYLE BFA, Syracuse University. Studied: Art
Students League; New York Studio School; Spring Studio
School, NY; New School, NY. Exhibited: The Art Gallery,
Boulder, CO; Benning Gallery, NY; Mikhail Zakin Gallery,
NJ; Studio 4 West, NY; Spring Street Gallery, NY; Sangre de
Cristo Art Center. Teaching Experience: Private teacher in
NJ and NY, drawing monitor for Fair Lawn Art Assoc. Maud is
also a private consultant in portfolio development and
applications for art schools and colleges. View her work
online at
homepage.mac.com/maud9
KURT HAIMAN, Watercolor, Pastel and Pencil artist;
Pratt Institute; Retired Art Director/VP Creative Director,
Grey Advertising; Instructor of Advertising Concept and
Design, Parsons School of Design and School of Visual Arts,
NYC; Exhibitions: Pomegranate Picture Gallery, NYC;
Freelance Café Gallery, Piermont, NY; New Century Artists'
Gallery, NYC; The Forbes Magazine Gallery, NYC; Atrium
Gallery, Washington Township, NJ; Waltuck Gallery, Tenafly,
NJ; Piermont Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY; Fairleigh
Dickenson University Gallery, Hackensack, NJ; Bergen County
Performing Arts Gallery, Englewood, NJ. View his art on his
website at:
www.kurthaiman.com
H. MAX HORBUND, Oil Painter, B.S., Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn, NY, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Art
Students League of New York, NY; Gallery Presentations:
Arlene G. Becker Gallery,NY, NY; Black Orchid Gallery,
Mystic CT; Essex Fine Art Gallery, Montclair, NJ; Grand
Central Art Gallery, NY, NY; Hiroko Murakami Gallery, NY,
NY; Jack Wright Gallery, Palm Beach, FL; Jewel Spiegel
Gallery, Englewood, NJ; Kevin Butler Gallery, MVI, MA;
Marino Fine Arts, Milburn, NJ; Robin Hutchins Gallery,
Maplewood, NJ; Sigman Gallery of Fine Art, Ind., IN; The
Art Space Kami Sanjyo, Nara, Japan; Uma Gallery, NY.NY;
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, NY, NY; Vail Fine Arts, Vail,CO.
For full list of Max's Shows/Exhibitions, Collections and
Distinctions and to view his art, please visit his website
at:
mysite.verizon.net/maxhorbund/index.html
KIMBERLY K, B.F.A., Pratt; Solo Exhibition, Pratt
1987; Group Exhibitions: N.Y. Central News Paper, 1999,
N.Y. Marriott Hotel, 1999. In recent years, Kimberly has
been an instructor at Peace Korean Saturday School. An
experienced framer, Kimberly owns and operates Kimberly K.
Gallery and frame shop in Closter, NJ where she exhibits
the works of local artists. Visit her art and gallery
website at:
www.kimberlykgallery.com
LORETTA LAM BFA, Gold and Silversmithing, SUNY New
Paltz. Studied with Kurt Matzdorf and Bob Ebendorf. An
experienced teacher and demonstrator in various craft
workshops and retreats. Her work is seen in fine galleries
across the country and at fine craft shows throughout NY
and CT. Currently teaching at Silvermine Guild Arts Center,
Brookfield Craft Center, and Studio Zoe in CT. View her
work online at
www.lorettalam.com
WENDY LEMBERSKY, sculptor. Studied the human form and
ceramics at The Art School at Old Church under Janice
Mauro. Wendy's work has been shown at the Belskie Museum
and The Old Church Cultural Center. When she's not
sculpting, she indulges in her other creative passion,
knitting. Wendy has been a Closter resident for 18 years.
JEFFREY LOU Professional training: Beijing Film
Studio, China; The China National Academy of Fine Arts;
Sage College, NY. Teaching experience: training program
coordinator, Asia Pacific Institute of Business; Chinese
painting and calligraphy teacher, Albany, NY. Additional
experience: Director, Fine Arts Center, Nanjing and
Beijing, China; founder of Chinese art gallery, Reno, NV.
ANDREW LUKACH, oil painter, BFA Bergen Junior College
(now known as Fairleigh Dickenson University), Wharton
School, Southport, England; Director of the Art Dept, St.
Bernard's School in NY, NY, 1955-1976; Instructor, The Art
Students League of New York and The Vytlacil School of
Painting in Sparkill, New York. Andrew's works have been
shown in one-man exhibitions at Huebsch Gallery,Woodstock,
New York; St. Peter's Hall, Old Forge, New York; and The
Art Center of Northern New Jersey, and in exhibitions
hosted by Associated American Artists Gallery; Roko
Gallery, New York and Woodstock Artists Association. Among
the major museums to exhibit his paintings are:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Library of Congress, National
Academy of Design, Newark Museum, Montclair Museum of Art,
New Jersey State Museum, and the Belskie Museum of Art.
Visit the Andrew Lukach website:
www.andrewlukach.com
PAULA MADAWICK C.P.S.A. Apprentice to Robert
Rauschenberg, Jaspar Johns and Jim Dine. BA, SUNY. Studied:
Cooper Union, School of Visual Arts. Exhibited: Castelli
Gallery and Mathew Marks, National Arts Club, Hopper House
and Silvermine Art Centers. Included in collections of:
J.P. Morgan Chase, Rutgers University. Award-winning
artist. Workshop presenter: 1999 Colored Pencil Society of
America National Convention. Has also taught as a college
adjunct, privately and at art centers for almost two
decades. Contributed to two books about colored pencils and
wrote a chapter of Creative Colored Pencil Landscapes.
Reviews include New York Times and Rockland Journal News.
STEPHANIE MADDALENA BA, St. Thomas Aquinas College.
Teaches for the Lapidary Journal Bead Fest, Brookfield
Craft Center, Silvermine School of Art, and Guilford Arts
Center. She exhibits at the Park Avenue Armory Craft Shows
in NYC. View her work online at
www.stephaniemaddalenaglass.com
LISA MAHMARIAN-STROUTH, professional freelance
artist, BFA 1983, Parsons School of Design. Exhibits of
Fine Art in New Jersey, New York, California, Ohio and
Massachussetts. Lisa's work is held by private collectors
throughout the United States and internationally. Aside
from her individual works, Lisa does fine mural work in the
tri-state area, illustrates books for Simon and Schuster,
Macmillan Publishing, and Ariel Press and works as a
private art tutor and critic. She has been a Closter
resident for 10 years.
JANICE MAURO Graduate of the Fashion Institute of
Technology. Janice teaches figurative sculpture at
Silvermine School of Art, CT. Teaching experience:
Educational Alliance, National Academy of Art, NYC.
Exhibitions: National Sculpture Society, Lever House,
Interchurch Center, NYC; City Without Walls, Paterson
Museum, NJ; Discovery Museum, Mattatuck Museum, Museum of
Art, CT. Well reviewed by Vivian Raynor of the New York
Times, and by Star Ledger and Brooklyn Eagle. She has
created various puppets for NYC Broadway productions such
as Julie Taymor's The Lion King. Visit her website at
www.goodwoodstudio.com
SUSAN MCTIGUE, Photographer, a 30-year resident of
Closter, loves photography as a way to see the visual world
through the focus of a camera lens. As a former art museum
curator and director, she has lived her life connected to
the energy of art in all its forms. Susan is a past
president of the Friends of the Closter Library, the
Closter P.T.O., and the Closter Board of Education. For the
last two decades, she has worked with Oscar-winning actress
Ellen Burstyn as her “Curator of Creativity.” Several years
go Susan organized an exhibition of Ellen's own photography
at the Belskie Museum to raise funds for Kenyan orphans.
TERESA MERRICK, Photographer. B.S. Math/Computer
Science, SUNY Stony Brook; serious amateur photographer
since 1975. Group exhibition: Belskie Museum Residents'
Show, Closter, NJ, 2004. Specializing in macro to landscape
photography, Teresa creates images that celebrate form in
nature and designed form in natural settings. Teresa is a
Closter resident.
ABIGAIL MIRANDA, Metalsmith. BFA 1991, Jersey City
State College in Design and Crafts with a specialization in
jewelry. Abby is currently taking a break from obtaining
her MFA to work on her art full time. Her work consists
mostly of sterling silver, enameling and mixed media, such
as natural and found objects. Born and raised in New York
City, Abby has been living in Closter for 3 years. More of
her work can be viewed on her website:
www.sovereignmetalsstudio.com
BETHANY MORELLI, Quilter. Former bassoonist and early
childhood special education specialist. Her quilting career
began in 2000, when she assembled a quilt for her mother's
70th birthday from squares made by family members. She has
since taught at local quilt shops and entered many juried
shows. Awards: Art on the Mountain, VT; Brownstone Quilters
Guild Show 2004, 2006; Warwick Quilters Guild Show; Juried
into Quiltfest NJ 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; Juried into World
Quilt Show, Manchester, NH 2007. To view Bethany's work,
visit her website:
www.bethanyquilt.com
BEVERLY NOBLE, painter and sculptor. Beverly has
exhibited widely in the New Jersey and New York areas in
museums, galleries and libraries. For many years she was an
exhibiting member of the Ward-Nasse Gallery on Prince
Street in Manhattan's Soho district. For the past few years
she has participated in juried shows at the Belskie Museum
in Closter. At 78 she continues to paint and sculpt. Her
work can currently be seen at The Outside in Piermont on
Ferdon Avenue, Piermont, NY. Beverly has lived in Closter
for 50 years
MARCIA OAKES BA, Art Education, St. Thomas Aquinas
College. Studied: University of the Arts, PA. Certified in
NJ and NY; has been teaching for almost 30 years.
Additional experience: freelance designer. Extensive
teaching in New Jersey private schools and enrichment
programs. Exhibitions: Bergen Museum, Barn Gallery, William
Paterson University. Visit Marcia's website at:
www.marciaoakes.com
HELGA OLSSON, oil painter. Beloit College, Wisconsin.
Helga has been an instructor of pencil, black & white
flat pattern texture, design, perspective, pencil paintings
and pastel for 43 years in Closter, inspiring artists to
find their talent in various media. Solo and group
exhibitions: Piermont Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY;
Numerous Bergen County libraries. Known for capturing the
subtle nuances of the Closter Nature Center in her
paintings, Helga tributes these works to her late dog
Julie, with whom she visited the Nature Center daily for
eight years.
LISA PETERS, Multi Media Artist BFA, 1989, School of
Visual Arts. Lisa works fall into several very highly
specialized media categories with a primary focus in
Ceramic wherein she creates sculpture and smaller works
such as artisan beads, buttons and pendants fired using the
Raku process. She also works in Encaustic (also known as
wax painting) and other mixed media. To view her works and
learn more about the artist please visit her web site at:
www.lisapetersart.com
CLAUDIA PIEHLER, watercolor painter/collage artist,
studied at The Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, MA.
Exhibitions: Provincetown Art Museum, Renaissance III
Gallery, The Outermost Gallery and The Martin House
Restaurant in Provincetown, MA; The Castle Hill Center for
the Arts, Truro, MA; The Teichman Gallery, Brewster, MA;
Bergen Wildlife Center, Wyckoff, NJ; Group shows with the
Pascack Art Association at William Carlos Williams Center,
Bergen Museum, Bergen Community College, Oradell Playhouse,
Nabisco Gallery and Art-In-the-Park, Westwood, NJ; and at
The Old Church Cultural Center.
JAMES R. PIEHLER, Polaroid Transfers, Closter
resident, member of Pascack Art Association, NJ and The
Provincetown Art Association, MA. He has exhibited in shows
sponsored by both organizations. Mr. Piehler's other
artistic mediums include lapidary work, silversmithing, and
stained glass.
LIANA FRANCES PIEHLER, watercolor painter, B.A.
English/Studio Art, Mount Holyoke College, MA; Ph.D. Drew
University, NJ. Member of the Provincetown Art Association,
MA. Exhibitions with Provincetown Art Museum and The Old
Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ. Ms. Piehler's other
artistic mediums include monoprints, collages, sketches and
book making.
IRENE PLUNTKY-GOEDECKE Goldsmith degree: Schwabish
Gmund, Stuttgart; worked with Sigurd Persson. Studied:
Stockholm Arts & Craft School, Sweden. Award-winning
jeweler and designer for Georg Jensen and other firms.
Teaching experience: Riverside Church Arts & Crafts
School. Collections: represented in private collections in
the United States and Europe; included in a show
celebrating Ingmar Bergman's 50th year in filmmaking.
LISA PETERS, Multi Media Artist. BFA, 1989, School of
Visual Arts. Lisa works fall into several very highly
specialized media categories with a primary focus in
Ceramic wherein she creates sculpture and smaller works
such as artisan beads, buttons and pendants fired using the
Raku process. She also works in Encaustic (also known as
wax painting) and other mixed media. To view her works and
learn more about the artist please visit her web site at:
www.lisapetersArt.com
TOM POLLOCK BFA, Pratt Institute. Photographer and
painter; has taught at Brooklyn Museum School, Parsons
School of Design and NYC correctional facilities;
represented in private collections and galleries here and
abroad.
GERDA QUOOHS Art teacher degree, University of Bonn,
Germany. Exhibited: Morris Museum of Art and Science,
Barron Art Center, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Awards:
National Glass Competition winner, Glass Masters Gallery.
ELI ROSENTHAL Graduate Maryland Institute College of
Art. Studied Art Students League, Carlton Plummer, Tony Van
Hasselt. An award winning juried member of the New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, and Northeast Watercolor Societies. An
experienced teacher and demonstrator at painting workshops.
Paintings are in an increasing number of international
collections. Represented by the Piermont Fine Arts Gallery.
Website:
www.elirosenthal.com.
MICHAEL ROTHSCHILD, freelance photographer and Web
designer. Michael has done a good deal of work with the
people and institutions of Closter. He has spent many years
documenting the travel baseball successes of the Closter
Crushers, as well as other Closter youth sports teams. In
addition, he has created a number of Web sites for
organizations in Closter: the Board of Health, the Historic
Preservation Society, the Coaches Association, the Nature
Center, Cub Scout pack 20, the Tenakill Ski Club, local
artist Andrew Lukach, and this one for the Closter
Improvement Commission Spring into the Arts Festival. He is
also a pediatric otolaryngologist practicing in New York
City. His work can be seen on his Web site at
www.RothschildDesign.com.
JUDY SCHAEFER MA, Art/Art Education, NYU. Ceramic
artist, pastelist/painter. Additional studies at Brooklyn
Museum Art School, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia,
Pratt and the Art School at Old Church. Exhibited widely
and is in many private collections.
SUSAN KASSON SLOAN Studio jeweler. Trained: CUNY,
Parsons School of Design, Art Students League. Exhibited:
NY & Chicago SOFA; American Craft Museum, NY; NJ State
Museum. Collections: Renwick Gallery, National Museum of
American Art; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum,
Smithsonian Institution; Victoria & Albert Museum.
Teaching experience: Faculty, 92nd St. Y, NY; Penland
School of Crafts; Peters Valley Craft Center; Newark
Museum; Pratt Institute. Awards: Three NJ State Council on
the Arts Fellowships. Visit her website at
www.susansloanjewelry.net
RALPH WEBER, photographer. AA Photography, BA, MA
English, Fairleigh Dickenson University. Introduced to
photography as a teen when he visited a friend's darkroom,
Ralph was “hooked for life”. His father built him a
darkroom in their basement and for the past 64 years, he
has enjoyed the process of black and white photography
& development. His subject matter ranges from insects
to the moon, performing jazz musicians to street candids,
animals to skyscrapers. Exhibits: Belskie Museum, Tenafly
Library, Bergen Community College, Barnes & Noble, 3M,
St. Paul, MN. Ralph has lived in Closter for 57 years.
SHERYL ZACHARIA Teaching experience: Greenwich House
Pottery, Bodanna Clay Studio, River East Public School,
NYC. Awards: Anna Siok and Madeline Sadin Awards, Greenwich
House Pottery. Participated in various local and national
juried shows, including exhibitions at Baltimore Clayworks
and Guilford Handcraft Center. Published in Ceramic Monthly
and Handbuilt Tableware by Kathy Triplett. Online at
www.sherylzacharia.com
MIKHAIL ZAKIN Founder of the Art School at Old
Church. Studied: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;
Art Students League. Teaching Experience: Brooklyn Museum
Art School, Greenwich House Pottery, Sarah Lawrence
College, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill,
Mendocino Art Center, Harvard University. Awards: National
Endowment for the Arts and NJ State Council on the Arts
grants. Additional experience: seminar leader in England,
Japan, Mexico, Scotland, Italy, China, Korea, Holland and
Morocco. Work included in major collections nationally and
internationally.
Biographies of Ikebana Floral Artists
HIDEKO EDA, Professor, Ikenobo School of Floral Art, Kyoto,
Japan. Since 1985, Mrs. Eda has been teaching this ancient
Japanese floral art form at adult education schools in
Bergen County. She has held demonstrations and exhibitions
in the Bergen County Cooperative Library System including
at the Tenafly, Teaneck, Englewood, Bergenfield and Closter
libraries. She believes that flowers are not only beautiful
but also reflect feeling in their own hearts. Mrs. Eda is
exhibiting at the Festival with several of her local
students.
>BARBARA SJODIN, Assistant Professor First Grade from
the Ikenobo School of Floral Art in Kyoto, Japan. Mrs.
Sjödin has studied Ikenobo Ikebana Japanese flower
arrangement for 17 years with Professor Hideko Eda. In
addition to assisting Professor Eda at various classes and
exhibitions at local libraries and organizations, Mrs.
Sjödin also teaches a class in Ikebana Japanese Flower
Arranging at Bergenfield Community School. She has found
that the beauty of Ikebana flower arrangement, like any art
such as music or painting, can provide a spiritual
connection for people all over the world. Mrs. Sjödin has
lived in Closter for 21 years
KRISTINA KERNER-BAKSTO, Ikebana artist. Kristina has been
studying Ikebana, the art of Japanese floral arrangement
for the past ten years. She has studied under the
instruction of Professor Hideko Eda of the Ikenobo School
of Floral Art in Kyoto, Japan. Kristina has received the
title of “Teacher” from the Ikenobo School of Floral Art
and a certificate after completing a workshop in Japan. She
has participated in several Ikebana Floral shows in
Englewood, Tenafly and Closter. Kristina is also member of
the Ikenobo Ikebana Society of America and has lived in
Demarest for 20 years.
Section Chairs
PATRICIA ZUBER, PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER ARTISTS CHAIR: Flutist
from Closter, Patricia Zuber performs with many orchestras
in the New York City area, including the American Symphony
Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. She
has appeared with the MET Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and on
tour in Japan, and also on Broadway, having performed in
the productions of Beauty and the Beast, Candide, Swan
Lake, Jekyll and Hyde, Ragtime, and La Boheme. She is
piccoloist with the Northeastern Penn. Philharmonic, with
which she has appeared as a concerto soloist. Ms. Zuber is
an avid recitalist, performing solo recitals, chamber music
and regularly in a flute/percussion duo with
husband,Gregory Zuber.
BROOKE BENSEN GLIDDEN, VISUAL ARTS CHAIR: BA
Dartmouth College, MA Columbia University; freelance artist
of various media. Brooke has installed art shows in East
Hampton, NY for years. In producing the visual artists'
slide show presentation for the Spring Into the Arts
Festival, she hopes to increase awareness of local artistic
talent and inspire would-be artists to act on their
creativity.
DIANE LOCKHART, DANCE CHAIR: Having trained with the Royal
Academy of Dancing and the School of Performing Arts in
London, England, Closter resident, Diane Lockhart has also
performed on Broadway in Gypsy, Marilyn! The Merry Widow,
They’re Playing Our Song, 42nd Street, Sweet Charity and
Poppy. She has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company,
English National Opera and The National Youth Theatre. Film
credits include Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,
Yeoman of the Guard, Top Secret, Bugsy Malone and Ragtime.
Appearing in TV shows, theatre shows and commercials in
England and abroad She has had the honor to perform for HRH
Queen Elizabeth II. Diane has choreographed and produced
her own shows in Hong Kong and China and ran her own
performing arts school in London before moving to the USA
in 2000. She is currently head choreographer and assistant
director of Dance Fusion at Closter’s Tenakill Middle
School and teaches gymnastics and dance at the Palisades
County Day School. She is a certified teacher and examiner
with the Royal Academy of Dancing and the International
Dance Teachers Association.
VICTORIA PERO, FASHION CHAIR: First from Closter and now a
Demarest resident, Victoria is a noted NYC off Broadway
show director; well known locally for teaching theatre at
Bergen Academies and for her Shakespeare Master classes. In
New York she has adapted and directed many off Broadway
shows including Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Story with
Leslie Uggams for Amas & Manhattan Theatre Club,
Prodigal, a new Australian musical, Big Cactus and The
After Dinner Joke among others. At SUNY Purchase, Victoria
adapted and directed Ibsen’s A Doll House, Bright Ideas,
The Appointment and The Guys. She has also worked at the
Royal National Theatre in London, The Guthrie, The Pearl,
The Utah Shakespeare Festival and the American Stage
Company. Pero is a graduate of Northern Valley Regional
High School and is married to Peter Scanlan, science
fiction fantasy artist and has three young children. As the
performing arts teacher at Bergen County Academies, she has
directed Pippin, The Grapes of Wrath, Romeo & Juliet,
Rock & Roll in the Round and the Secret Garden.
Victoria is coordinating a performing arts camp this summer
in Hackensack for children entering 5th through 9th grade,
click here for more information
about this terrific program!
TERRY THIRY, COSTUME DESIGNER: Terry Thiry began sewing as
a child under the patient eye of her mother. There was no
starting off slow with an A-line skirt, it was straight to
a blazer made out of circus quilt material with buttons
that looked like clown noses. She went on to make prom
dresses, bride’s maids gowns and Halloween costumes; but is
was when she mentioned that she knew how to sew while
getting measured for a costume at a local community theater
company that her costuming career began. Terry is currently
the resident costume designer at The Garage Theatre Group.
She has worked locally with The Bergen County Players, The
New Benefit Theatre, Clarkstown Summer Theater Festival,
Suffern High School and Rockland Community College. The
gowns on display today were designed for a recent
production of “The Secret Garden” at The Bergen County
Academies. They were inspired by the Edwardian period
fashions of the early 1900’s, and were created by combining
pre-made pieces, and in many cases, draping them directly
on the actresses to create these wonderful, eclectic looks.
