Artist's Reception Saturday 2 pm July 9th at Trenton Downtown Association's Gallery on 219 Hanover St.

'Relationships-2' By Julian Kernes

'Billboard IV' By Dora Golfetto

Dora Golfetto’s Bio: The artist incorporates a variety of textures and media in her work. Her goal is to create a piece of art that draws and intrigues the viewer’s eye in different ways upon repeated viewings. She prefers for each individual to have his or her own interpretation, and search for their own meaning and message. Dora G. Golfetto, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, moved to New York City in the 1970’s, going on to study collage in the famous SoHo district of New York. she then moved closer to her roots, the Trenton area in 1992, where she has participated in a number of art shows, while perfecting her technique. Dora has worked closely with various artists and has the opportunity to study under the renowned painter/artist from Barcelona, Spain, Porta-Misse. She held her first major showing in 1997 at the famous Tres Puentas Gallery in Barcelona. She has also participated in several Trenton Artists Workshop Association (TAWA) exhibits and Ellarslie Opens at Ellarslie, The Trenton City Museum and the Mercer College Gallery and is currently selling her collage plates at the Museum gift shop. Her artwork has also been displayed at the following shows:

Tres Puentas Gallery in Barcelona, Spain

Ellarslie, The Trenton City Museum in Trenton, NJ

Mercer County Commmunity College Gallery in West Windsor, NJ

McDade Administration Building in Trenton, NJ

Yardley Borough Hall in Yardley, PA

AM Delight in Yardley, PA

125 Gallery in Trenton, NJ

Artworks in Trenton, NJ

Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in New York, NY

She is a member of TAWA and currently resides in Fairfax, Virginia.

Julian Kernes Bio: Julian Kernes is a painter, digital artist and freelance graphics designer. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Illustration from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA (formerly PCA) . He has been on the Board of Trustees of the Trenton Museum Society and former President of the Trenton Artist’s Workshop Association (TAWA).

Much of his fine arts work consists of acrylic paintings with surrealistic imagery, linear abstract paintings, impressionism style landscapes, and prints of digitally altered images often combining paintings, photos, sketches and design work together on his computer. In both his fine art computer work and surreal style painting, the realistic imagery he chooses are in a natural looking landscape often arranged similar to a collage, playfully blending the use of some familiar icons of social issue with personal imagery suggesting multiple levels of meanings. The source of the abstract work is derived from sketches of forms, patterns and textures found in nature and architectural settings. More recent dimensional look came about in Shade Garden comes with parts of the painting echoing the floral carving in the frame he found for the painting. The recent constructions, “PhotoSynthesis”, ‘Shoe String Budget”, “Gas Guzzler” and “Surveillence Game” based on stream of conscience word associations bring a dimensional variation to the abstract work. Having been compared to traditional mystic icons, each nature abstraction and architecture abstract becomes transformed into window portals of a new environment. His work has been described in art reviews as “a painterly sense of the fantastic, an imaginative element that fired the early Surrealists.” He also works extensively with the tools of the computer creating illustration and graphic designs as well as self-published digital color prints and note cards of my work. Selections of my note cards, magnet art and t-shirts are featured in the New Jersey State Museum Gift Shop and the gift shop at Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum.

Julian's work has been exhibited at the New Jersey State Museum, Ellarslie, Artworks, Mercer County Community College Gallery, Princeton ETS Gallery and the New Jersey Network and Gallery 125. Paintings and prints have been on display at local establishments in Mercer and Bucks Counties.

Please join us as we honor these two long term members of TAWA and wish them well as they move away from the Trenton area.

TAWA President Robert Girandola at New York State Museum

For Immediate Release

June 22, 2011

New York State Museum in Albany, New York received into their permanent collection “Remnants of a Memorial” by 9/11 sculptor Robert Girandola of Yardley, Pennsylvania.

On Thursday June 9, 2011 Craig Williams, Curator of History, at the New York State Museum met acclaimed sculptor and painter Robert Girandola at Engine 6 in New York City to take receipt of his work “Remnants of a Memorial.” This 60” x 60” mixed media masterpiece started as the “under-drawing” for Girandola’s bronze memorial, currently installed in New York City on Beekman Street. Both works honor four firefighters from Engine 6 who lost their lives rescuing others on 9/11. Williams and his team collected over three hours of raw footage interviewing firefighters from Engine 6, one of the widows and Girandola, detailing the eight-month journey from concept to delivery of the bronze memorial. “It was a very moving day,” Girandola describes. “From the moment in early May when Mark Schaming (Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs) and Craig Williams saw the work “Remnants of a Memorial” they knew they wanted it to be part of their 9/11 exhibit up in Albany.” The piece is intended to reside near The State Museum’s significant collection of material from the World Trade Center and objects from the international response to the events of September 11, 2001, which tells the story of that day and its aftermath. The World Trade Center: Rescue, Recovery, Response details the history of the World Trade Center, the September 11 attacks, the rescue efforts, the evidence recovery operation at the Fresh Kills facility, and the public response to the September 11th events. The exhibition includes many objects, images, videos, and interactive stations documenting this tragic chapter in New York and America's history. “For me,” Girandola continues “Remnants of a Memorial” is a counterpoint to the bronze that now hangs in New York City. Whereas the bronze symbolizes the strength of the firefighter’s courage, “Remnants” speaks to their soul, to what we lost that day and to the devastation of the living. I am honored that this will be on permanent display to help contribute to their (NY State Museum) amazing collection”

New York State Museum plans to edit the raw footage of all the interviews to present the video as part of an interactive display alongside the mixed media masterpiece “Remnants of a Memorial.” For further information please contact Mark Schaming, Director Of Exhibitions & Public Programs at 3023 Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York, 12230 e-mail: mschamin@mail.nysed.gov or Craig Williams, Curator of History, e-mail: cwillia4@mail.nysed.gov . Go here for more information on the New York State Museum permanent exhibit The World Trade Center: Rescue, Recovery, Response: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibits/longterm/wtc/

Robert Girandola is a painter and sculptor with an MFA from Columbia University. He has exhibited and has been collected both nationally and internationally including twice being accepted into the prestigious “Art of the Northeast” in New Canaan, Connecticut. He is currently the sculptor for the Lower Makefield Veteran’s Monument in Lower Makefield, PA. He can be contacted by e-mail: info@robertgirandola.com. More work by the artist can be seen at http://www.robertgirandola.com .