Art & Soul Finalists

ART AND SOUL – Art Moved By The Spirit Summer Show. A juried exhibition exploring art and spirituality, opening June 25th. Open to TAWA members using any medium and of all spiritual beliefs. Juried by visual artist and director of the Villanova University Art Gallery, Reverend Richard Cannuli. An invitation to artists to explore themes and forces beyond the everyday.

Congratulations to:

Liz Aubrey
Dan Franaldi
Carl Frankel
Robert Girandola
Arlene Gold
Rob Greco
DJ Haslett
Aubrey Kauffman
Maxine King
Neil Larsen
Mary Leck
Rob Lowe
Concetta Maglione
Florence Moonan
Bonnie Randall
Ruth Reese
Mark Schreiber
Allison Singer
Kyle Stevenson
Nancy Zamboni
Ewa Zeller
Gretchen Schroeder

Kudos to Past President Aubrey Kauffman for being selected for the "Featured Artist Exhibition" being held in the McCall Gallery.



Show opens June 26, 2010 with the Opening Reception Gala
Held at Ellarslie, The City Museum, Cadwalader Park, Trenton, NJ

Life Drawing / Sculpting

Some members have expressed interest in a life drawing / sculpting session. Please write to me at president@tawa-nj.org if you're interested and we'll see if we can coordinate.

Ellarslie Open Best in Show To Give TAWA Workshop

The Trenton Artists Workshop Association announces a three Saturday workshop,
“Secret Techniques of the Old Masters.” Given by this year's 28th Ellarslie Open Best in Show David Rivera -

Led by regionally based artist David Rivera, the workshop runs 10 Am to 1 PM on May
8, 15, and 22 at Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum in Cadwalader Park, Trenton.

The workshop will provide both beginning and intermediate artists will approaches to
the traditional techniques of oil painting, including grisaille, glazing, and
scumbling. Emphasis will be placed on composition, color relationships, and methods
used by the old masters.

David Rivera studied at the New York Academy of Figurative Art and the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Art. A recipient of the Ellarslie Open XXVI Utrecht Art Award and a
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art’s Thomas Eakins Award for Figurative Painting, he
is an assistant instructor of art at Mercer County Community College and guest
instructor at various arts centers.

Tuition for the three days is $125 ($75 for TAWA members). Pre-Register by e-mailing President@tawa-nj.org

28the Ellarslie Open

Congratulations to all of the TAWA artists on exhibit at the 28th Ellarslie Open at the Trenton City Museum & Artworks -

Joy Barth
Marge Chavooshian
Rob Greco
Renee Kumar
Neil Larsen
Lea Novak
George Olexa Jr.
Dallas Piotrowski
Mark Schreiber
Gretchen Schroeder
Robert Girandola
D.J. Haslett
Bob Justin
Eric Kennedy

Special congratulations to the TAWA Award goes to:

Neil Larsen for his work 'Remember the 50's'

The show at Ellarslie is on exhibit April 23 - June 20, 2010
The show at Artworks is on exhibit April 23 - June 1, 2010

TAWA - Spring Forward 2010

Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa and acclaimed poet and celebrated translator of Dante's Divine Comedy Jean Hollander read to a packed audience at the Trenton Artists Workshop Association Spring Forward - held at the Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie, March 2010

TAWA Artist KAREN BACZEWSKI

Five paintings by TAWA artist Karen Baczewski were selected for:

ARTFIRST! - AN INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION

BEING HELD AT:

THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AT PRINCETON.

The show runs from Saturday, April 17 thru June 12, 2010.

THIS IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE MEDICAL CENTER

PATRON'S PREVIEW AND OPENING RECEPTION:

SATURDAY, APRIL 17, FROM 6 - 9 PM.

Congratulations Karen!!

TAWA SUMMER SHOW TWO -- FACE VALUE

Trenton Artists Workshop Association will is accepting entries for its August, 2010, summer exhibition “Face Value –The Art of Portraiture.”

The show is open to all members and all mediums.

The exhibition will run July 31 through September 5 at The Trenton City Museum at Ellarlsie Mansion in Cadwalader Park, Trenton, NJ.

Lonn Braender, director of BOIs Gallery in New Hope; Joanne Donnelly, director of Gallery 125 in Trenton; and Martha Press, director of the Farnsworth Gallery in Bordentown will curate.

Deadline for entries is May 15, 2010.

Submit up to five images on slide or CD-Rom.

No pieces previously shown in recent TAWA shows may be considered.

All pieces must be properly framed and wired.

Open only to current TAWA members – please see TAWA site http://www.tawa-nj.org to join.