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=Upcoming and Past Art Exhibits in the Community Church Sanctuary= Information about the current exhibit can also be viewed by clicking here.

In the In the Sanctuary:
I paint and draw animals and people, things on the move, and lately, the growing energy of plants. I am fascinated by gesture and am challenged to see how much shape and power I can express with the simplest of lines. I look for what is essential or “of the essence.” These paintings are acrylic on canvas. I also work in watercolor with ink and charcoal. Drawing is a big part of my process. I go back and forth between paint and line, drawing and color over and over.
 * Artist Name**: Shannon Bueker
 * Exhibit Title**: Birds and Flowers
 * Exhibit Dates**: Sept. 9 - Oct. 28, 2012
 * Reception**: ?
 * Short Description**:

Here are two quotations that explain my motivation better than I can:

“...that commitment to art, to making beauty, to recording, to bearing witness, to saying yessiree to the life spirit, whose only request sometimes is just that you acknowledge you truly see it...”

Alice Walker The Temple of My Familiar

A man’s work is nothing but a slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those one or two things in whose presence his heart first opened.

Albert Camus

I have always drawn. When I was kid, I drew myself as a zookeeper or as an artist surrounded by animals. I took art lessons all along and studied art in college. I have a BFA from the University of TX in Austin. We moved to North Carolina in 1992 where I began developing my artwork into a livelihood. Chatham County has proven to be fertile ground for personal and artistic growth. Twenty years here have given my husband and me the wonderful experiences of living in a small town, living in the woods, and making a host of good friends who keep life interesting and instructive. My studio is open by appointment and also the First Sundays in October and November. Usually, I am also open for the Chatham County Open Studio Tour, but this year I’m taking a break. www.NotNowKato.com  for more info.
 * Artist Bio**:

-- Visit my website at @http://www.NotNowKato.com --

In the Commons:
Three artists from the Brushes with Life program, which supports artists with mental illness.

In the Sanctuary:

 * Artist Name**: Various Artists **Organization Name**: Zimbabwe Artists Project
 * Exhibit Title**: Making Human Connections Through Art: A Showcase of Zimbabwean Art
 * Exhibit Dates**: July 1 - Sept. 2, 2012
 * Reception**: none
 * Short Description**: Zimbabwe Artists Project (ZAP) celebrates the artistry and accomplishments of women from rural Weya in eastern Zimbabwe. Through education, sale of their art in the U.S., and special projects, ZAP helps women become economically self-sufficient. Women of Weya are subsistence farmers, mothers, and householders as well as artists. Most women live on their own, providing for families. Some are widowed, others are single heads of households, since throughout Zimbabwe men leave the rural areas to seek work in cities. Sales of their art helps women afford food, clothing, school fees, medicines, transport, seeds and fertilizer, among other things. We work with over 90 artists, including a few male artists who were trained by their talented mothers or other women in Weya.

ZAP’s complementary goal is to communicate with Americans about Zimbabwe's history and culture, as well as about the artists’ lives. In the United States, we help our communities to see common humanity across boundaries of culture and privilege. We encourage our friends and customers to recognize ways in which we can use our own privilege to enhance the dignity and self-respect of others, including the artists of Weya.

Zimbabwe Artists Project strives for a genuine partnership with the women of Weya. We believe that traditional donor-recipient relationships often foster self-satisfaction on one hand and dependency on the other. This can be damaging to both sides, deepening existing inequalities. Our approach is based on the belief that self-respect comes through people's own accomplishments. Our goal is to foster self-respect and self-reliance through collaborative projects.


 * Artist Bio**: N/A

**Past Exhibits:**


 * Artist Name**: Mesa Somer


 * Exhibit Title**: Scene and Unseen


 * Exhibit Dates**: May 6 - June 24, 2012


 * Reception**: TBA


 * Short Description**: Gum Dichromate photographs are made through a process of painting multiple layers of watercolor pigments, and exposing the negative on top of each layer. The final print has anywhere from 8-10 layers of watercolor pigments, each layer exposed and developed separately, creating an impressionistic, painterly look.


 * Artist Bio**: I have shown at the Hillsborough Gallery of Art, Art Explosure, Durham Centerfest, am an exhibiting member of the Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild, and a merit award winner at the SunFest Festival in West Palm Beach, Florida.


 * Artist contact info:** ssomer@mindspring.com


 * Artist website:** []

ion for life. This leads him to apply paint to the canvas in unusual ways -- by pouring, splashing, dripping, and scratching. His paintings also require layers upon layers of paint to create a sensuous and turbulent surface texture that is as vital and as complicated as life itself. He uses color to allure an imaginative and subtle spatial elusiveness. His abstract expressions are the product of many days of working and reworking. The steps leading to his abstract paintings are the art of hiding and disclosing. It is the discovery of mysteries of the subconscious mind that are pa rt of his own personal legend. Personality counts. These abstractions hold the promise of dreams, visions, fears, intangibles, and will. It is a collaboration of mind and spirit. It is a form of magic that may speak both to you and for you with a private, secret, confidential language. They also require something from the viewer; it demands contemplation, study, feeling, and flights of fancy. Eduardo Lapetina is largely self-taught; he has constantly experimented in his studio and this has led him to develop a painting technique with unique characteristics. He has also attended painting classes with Professor Kimowan McLain at the University of North Carolina and with painter Jane Filer at the Carrboro Art Center. In recent years he has been part of more than 40 solo and group exhibitions, attended national and international artists colonies, and had a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. His paintings have received several awards and are in various corporate and private collections throughout the USA, Europe, Israel and Australia.
 * Artist Name**: Eduardo Lapetina
 * Exhibit Title**: Opening The Future
 * Exhibit Dates**: March 4 - April 29, 2012
 * Reception**: Sunday Mar 11, 1-3pm, in the Commons and Sanctuary
 * Short Description**: [[image:c3h/Opening_the_Future_(I)_12inX12in_small.jpg align="right"]]Eduardo's ambition with his paintings is to use symbolic shapes and colors to express his deepest emotions and pass
 * Artist Bio**:


 * Artist contact info:** lapetina@bellsouth.net (919) 960-3400
 * Artist website:** []

Musical production and then holiday decoration of the sanctuary: no exhibit.
 * Exhibit Dates**: October 30, 2011 - January 8, 2012

This exhibit includes a series of pieces reflecting a phase of my early work evolving toward awareness of our damaged ecosystem while exploring the exciting diversity of North Carolina regional landscapes; the mountains to the sea. Also part of this series, the plants in still lifes and the trees under varied conditions of sunlight, weather, and character! This exhibit also includes a collection of spirited croquis sketches from the memorable moment during the fall of 1950 when I exited the autobus from Orly to the Blvd. St. Germain and Notre Dame Cathedral. The emotional exuberance of an unbelievable dream-come-true of a 25 year old artist – hoping to live in Paris and study at the Academie Julian! The joyfulness of daily drawing and sketching excursions was overlaid with the awareness of throngs of other artists, young and old (Matisse and Picasso were there) and the tourists of the world celebrating with France the 2000th anniversary of the Cite, Luticia, now called Paris, as well as the end of World War II. During my sojourn I had works in several exhibitions, even selling a few. I have managed to hold onto only a couple of paintings from the Paris era, one of which, “My One Window”, a painting of my first domicile in Paris, is included in this exhibit. I have some difficulty in defining myself regionally, let alone as a “southern” artist per se. I confess a pervasive saturation of emotional recall throughout those years, that filter ideas and issues of esthetic consideration. I have the impression, too, through broad contact with fellow artists of national and international persuasion, that there is considerable concurrence. Needless to say, with such an amalgam of experience coupled with diverse formal exposure, I am uncomfortable with the “southern” label. My art seems to reach backward, forward, and primarily inward for meaning and expression, including immediate family and ancestral references, “primitive” cultures and issues affecting the human condition. In my own work I feel quite comfortable in the use of natural imagery, though my professional evolution has moved toward abstraction. Regarding post-modern ideologies and imagery, I have reacted with a sense of euphoric relief, and a breath of fresh air, to the whole of visual art.
 * Artist Name**: James McMillan
 * Exhibit Title**: James McMillan: Landscapes, Etc.
 * Exhibit Dates**: January 8 - February 26, 2012
 * Reception**: none
 * Short Description**:
 * Artist Bio**:
 * Artist contact info:** (336) 379-9376

My goal in my art is to invite folks to be more united with their own memory and meaning, and how these are essential to getting in touch with what we value and why. Painting for me is all about reflecting and seeking to engage my deepest feelings around the sea of relationships I swim in - lover, dad, child, ex-lover, brother, child of God, childhood friend, the world around us, the vastness of the universe, nature, poetry, love -- each relationship usually just one at a time, but sometimes all at once. The sea of emotion run s the gamut from rampant despair to utter and complete joy. There is a criticality of connection that family and community creates in m e that explodes in the spontaneous time of self discovery and creative attention each painting represents. The process of painting for me is both meditative and cathartic, a kind of profession of faith. Because my paintings are a reflection of relationship and internal context, I fancy myself a story teller with paint, paper and emotion. But the story is often ephemeral. Ghostly images and impressions from the depths and chaos of memory pierce the present. Sometimes no matter how desperately I try to remove the veil, the reality behind the feelings only half emerges or not at all. Sometimes the internal stories we hold and believe so deeply turn out to be lies or at least half truths. We just want to believe. Painting is a way to believe, to probe the creative impulse. I want to engage the rhythm of the human spirit quite beyond myself but beating in me too. My art dances around questions like ‘what is truth?’ ‘what can we really know?’ and ‘what provides meaning and purpose in the life journey each of us is on?’ I offer my work as something like one throwing an intermittent light on a mysterious and finally unknowable path of self discovery, where the journey is marked along the way by the presence of fellow travelers. Its these too often fleeting connections with those on our way that are the key to this journey, not its end. Fred Nash Westbrook was born in Frankfurt Germany in 1954. His first oil paints at age 11 were his mother’s. His father, a military engineer, was a gifted drafttsman. At 12, he was fortunate to begin studying with Marjorie Schwartz, a well known Memphis water colorist and member of the American Watercolor Society. He studied with her, often weekly, until he was 18 and periodically until the age of 22. Fred has participated in several group shows and has had a couple of one person shows. He has had individual students and taught courses at various art and crafts facilities primarily in the Southeast. He has sold many paintings in the Memphis and Atlanta areas over the last forty years. Fred is also a Presbyterian minister serving Duke University Chapel and the Congregation at Duke Chapel, and is principal of C’Access Inc., a communications, education and media company in the Triangle of North Carolina. He and Marni live in Durham. He has two daughters, Treah and Sarah (both of Atlanta), and lots of critters.
 * Artist Name**: Fred Westbrook
 * Exhibit Title**: memory and meaning: a journey of faith
 * Exhibit Dates**: September 4 - October 30, 2011
 * Reception**: Sept. 11, 2011 - 1-3pm
 * Short Description**:
 * Artist Bio**:
 * Artist contact info:** frednash@aol.com

She was sketching something for me, when I asked her how she learned to draw so well she brought out an old dusty box. Inside were some paintings she had done as a younger woman. They were exquisite to me and I wondered why she didn’t have any more. She told me she had stopped painting because she was afraid she was not good enough and that she would never live up to her own expectations, so she didn’t try. She made me promise right there that I would not take the same path. She told me never to let life prevent me from expressing myself artistically. I am keeping my promise. Every day that I stand in front of the canvas is a blessing. The smell of the oil paints, the pallet that evolves, the brushes that I choose and the landscapes that come to life... are a celebration. Thank you for reading and I sincerely hope you will enjoy what you see.
 * Artist Name:** TW Johnson[[image:umbrian.jpg align="right" caption=""Umbria" Oil on Canvas  18x24"]]
 * Exhibit Title:** The Language of Landscapes
 * Exhibit Dates:** Jul 3 to Aug 28, 2011
 * Reception:** TBA
 * Short Description:** I have journeyed toward painting all of my life. I have watched sunsets and moon rises, lights and shadows moving across landscapes, and seasons changing scenery. In my heart I painted them all. I always knew they would they would wait for me and they have. But painting, for many years had been the second thing on my list, right after making a living, raising children, and taking care of family until I remembered something I learned from my mother years ago.
 * Artist Bio:** It took me a long time to get to my painting, even though it has been a life long dream of mine. For years I longed to set everything down and pick up the brushes. It was always in front of me, meant for the future, as the future moved farther away from where ever I seemed to be. I have lived in Orange County for 17 years and have made my living as a builder and a musician. A few years ago I built a house for Habitat for Humanity and 10 years ago I started the North Carolina Songwriter’s Co-op. I also produce CD’s for local musicians. I find inspiration in the natural beauty of North Carolina and my other travels as well. My frames are hand made from wood reclaimed from old barns, siding boards, and raised paneled doors, that were all destined for the landfill or the burn pile. Each one is a treasure to me and every frame I make is made for a specific painting. For me the art starts with the brush and ends with the frame. I am very grateful to pursue my dream and to show you my work.
 * Artist contact info:** twjohnson@nc.rr.com (919) 933-6559
 * Artist website:** []


 * Artist Name:** Martine House[[image:family_entanglements_detail.jpg align="left" caption="Family Entanglements (detail)"]]
 * Exhibit Title:** Welcome to My World
 * Exhibit Dates:** May 8, 2011 to June 26, 2011
 * Reception:** none
 * Short Description:** This exhibit is somewhat a retrospective of my work as these pieces have been created during the past 15 years. They are very representative of the detailed designs I create as well as the techniques I use: mostly hand-work combining quilting, trapunto, embroidery, beading but also experimentation with new materials and a more contemporary approach.
 * Artist Bio:** French-born artist Martine House has worked with textiles her whole life. She started experimenting with quilting in 1983 and has been teaching since the late 80’s. She has developed a very personal style using techniques such as embroidery, quilting, beading and mixed media to achieve unique textures. A strong emotional or spiritual message is embedded in her often three-dimensional pieces.
 * Artist contact info:** housefiber@hotmail.com
 * Artist website:** [|www.housefiber.com/]

More recently he has begun a series on jazz created with mixed media collages. Continuing the narrative construction format these new works are abstract narratives utilizing many of the techniques developed for his masks. His mask creations are often accompanied by a story that relates to the character of the mask. The masks speak to him during their creation and tell their own stories that he conveys in the mask and written form. The mask characters and their stories explore his unique insight into the art forms of mask making and story telling. More recently he has expanded into abstract narrative collage work utilizing many of the techniques developed for his masks. His work is now in collections in his native Southeast and the Southwest.
 * Artist Name:** Don Faires[[image:yanayhe.jpg align="right" caption="The Ya Nay He"]]
 * Exhibit Title:** Story Telling
 * Exhibit Dates:** March 6, 2011 to May 1, 2011
 * Reception:** None
 * Short Description:** Originally inspired by masks of the Hopi Indians, Don Faires has created a group of masks begun on gourd strata. He uses a variety of mark making and construction techniques including wood burning and inlay work. Often inlaying fine turquoise, he also uses found objects and various kinds of fiber. His mask creations are often accompanied by a story that relates to the character of the mask. The masks speak to him during their creation and tell their own stories that he conveys in the mask and written form. The mask characters and their stories explore his unique insight into the art forms of mask making and storytelling. Recent masks are based on current occupations that had their precursors in ancient times. For instance The Keeper of the Ancient Stories is the forerunner of today’s librarian. Some of the masks also have their environment or story created as mixed media collages.
 * Artist Bio:** Don Faires lives in Charlotte, NC and spent his working career in Engineering and Commercial Construction. Throughout his adult life he has taken up a new interest every several years. These new interests are creative and involve arts and crafts media. Since retirement, his interest has been Southwestern Native American Art. Visiting relatives in Arizona expanded his exposure to Native American masks and gourd art.
 * Artist contact info:** dfaires@bellsouth.net
 * Artist website:** [|www.donfaires.com]


 * Artist Name:** Linda Passman[[image:MutedArches_.jpg align="left" caption="Muted Arches"]]
 * Exhibit Title:** Interior/Exterior
 * Exhibit Dates:** January 9, 2011 to February 27, 2011
 * Reception:** TBA
 * Short Description:** Interiors and Exteriors are the subjects that summoned my eye and inspired these paintings. By observing the natural world of open spaces - trees, land, water and air to the man made world of buildings with their contained spaces, defined by doors, walls and windows, each is a stimulus to my personal vision. From the arc of a doorway in ancient building to the arc of light through deep woods to the arc of light through a sea wave, the flow of energy in space and structure engages me and forms the spirit of the painting. In exterior or interior locations I search for the essence of my subject to draw on the artist within. Inner vision and outer vision engages me in an exchange . . .. a constant flow.
 * Sample image:** Muted Arches
 * Artist Bio:** Linda Passman, a North Carolina artist is a painter and has taught painting, graphics, photography, jewelry, stitchery, quilting and ceramic sculpture. Originally from New York, she received a BA in Art History and Studio Art and MA in Printmaking and Teaching and has taught art in college and high school. Her work has been exhibited at Universities and private galleries in Westchester County, NY. Since moving to North Carolina she has been an exhibiting artist with Hawthorne Gallery in Associated Artists both in Winston-Salem, The ArtsCenter in Carrboro and the Durham Arts Guild and is a member of the Orange County Artists Guild, participating in their Open Studio Tour since 2000.She has had solo shows at The Horace Williams House, The North Carolina Arts Gallery in Chapel Hill and The Durham Arts Guild in Durham and has participated in art shows in the Triangle and in the Triad of North Carolina. Linda has been teaching at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro for the past eleven years where her courses have included Mixed Media Painting, Pastel Painting, Expressive Drawing and Focus On Color. Since 2006 Linda and Carol Henderson teach The Visual Journal, a creative journaling workshops in Chapel Hill, NC.
 * Artist contact info:** lindapassman212@gmail.com, (919) 942-1943
 * Artist website:** [|www.lindapassman.com]


 * Artist Name:** Community Church Religious Education Children[[image:islamic_tile_project.jpg align="right" caption="Islamic Tile (World Religion theme)"]]
 * Exhibit Title:** Children's Summer Art Program
 * Exhibit Dates:** November 7 to 28, 2010
 * Reception:** The art will be auctioned between services (~10:30am) on Sunday, Dec. 5th to benefit Habitat For Humanity.
 * Short Description:** Led by artist Arianna Bara over the summer of 2010, the children in the religious education program created works of art inspired by Islamic architecture. They first created water color monoprints in a style similar to Islam tile. Then the prints were arranged and presented on shapes reminiscent of Islamic architectural forms. This project ties into both the idea of Habitat For Humanity (hence the architectural forms) as well as our World Religions theme this year in which we explore the cultures of world religions.
 * Sample image:** at right
 * Artist Bio:** N/A
 * Artist contact info:** hirsch.marion@gmail.com, DRE 919-969-1551
 * Artist website:** N/A


 * [[image:NCFarmlandAerial3.jpg align="left" caption="North Carolina Farmland - Aerial#3"]]Artist Name:** Nancy Marple
 * Exhibit Title:** All About North Carolina
 * Exhibit Dates:** September 5, 2010 to October 31, 2010
 * Reception:** none
 * Short Description:** For this exhibit, Nancy was inspired by going up in a small plane over our area of the state. Because she's been fascinated with aerial views for a long time, they became her first focus in this series. The ideas flowed from there. Nancy's works are in acrylic and collage, emphasizing the beauty of transparency, the excitement of complex texture, the mystery of layers, the play of color - in realism and abstraction.
 * Sample image:** "North Carolina Farmland - Aerial #3" acrylic/collage on 30x30 canvas
 * Artist Bio:** Chapel Hill artist Nancy Marple has a BFA from Goucher College, Baltimore, MD and has studied at the American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL, the State University of New York at Buffalo, the Silvermine Guild School, Westport, CT, La Romita School of Art, Italy and completed Master Courses with numerous prominent artists. She has been a guest lecturer, juror and instructor in drawing, water media and oil painting for many years. She is currently on the faculty at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC. Her works are in many private and corporate collections in the US and abroad. Visit her website for more information.
 * Artist contact info:** nancymarple@bellsouth.net, 919-969-1551
 * Artist website:** [|www.nancymarple.com]

Floyd Newkirk attended North Carolina A&T State University, retired as an illustrator/Graphic Artist for the state of North Carolina in their Extension and Research program which he also helped develop. A published artist, his work has been published through the Art Resource Company of New York. His works have been published in several publications, newspapers, magazines and he has illustrated children's books and educational periodicals. Mr Newkirk is a past member of the Sternberger Artist Commision and is a founding member of the African American Atelier art gallery located in the Cultural Arts Center in downtown Greensboro, NC. His paintings, characterized by brightly clothed musicians, are closely connected to his affinity for jazz, blues and gospel music. His drawings are very fluently and loosely drawn. He has used his talents as a portrait artist, muralist, and a teacher in local elementary schools and private institutions.
 * Artist Name:** Floyd Newkirk[[image:newkirkhouses.jpg align="right" caption="Houses"]]
 * Exhibit Title:** (none)
 * Exhibit Dates:** July 4, 2010 to August 29. 2010
 * Reception:** (none)
 * Short Description:** My paintings are usually described as colorful and illustrative with a definitive influence of jazz music inspired by the male members of my family who were musicians. Most of the “characters” in my paintings are engaged in musical endeavors and I occasionally draw them out of the love of the music and the way they played their instruments. I usually paint with strokes instead of drawing with pencil to get the full effect of the depth of the image. I don’t plan out what I am going to create. I enjoy playing with the hues that come into play when I overlap the color. Very interesting images emerge with each new application. I enjoy painting without being labeled.
 * Sample image:** (at right)
 * Artist Bio:** Floyd Newkirk was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina and attended elementary school and high school from 1951 to 1962. He first discovered his ability to draw when he was about four years old. He quickly became the neighborhood artist and was counted on to use his ability for services in schools, churches, organizations throughout the city enabling him to purchase art supplies. During the "Jim Crow" era, there were no art schools or classes in his city available to him as an African-American.
 * Artist contact info:** 336-274-8155
 * Artist website:** NA


 * Artist Names:** Peg Bruhn, Cathy Cole, Anna Crawford, Sue Ferguson, Joan Garnett, Marni Goldshlag, Carolyn Holt, Maj-Britt Johnson, Delia Keefe, Carla Knip, Linnea Lieth, Joan Meade, Richard Neulist, Susan Neulist, Carol Owen, Linda Passman, Susan Siplon, Lanny Tucker, Fred Westbrook, Claire Whittaker
 * Exhibit Title:** Members and Friends Exhibition
 * Exhibit Dates:** May 2, 2010 to Jun 27, 2010
 * Reception:** May 16, 2010 10:30-11:15am
 * Short Description:** The Community Church is fortunate to have a number of talented visual artists among its members and friends. 20 of them have accepted the invitation of the Worship and Arts Committee to exhibit in the sanctuary in May and June. These artists work in a broad range of media: watercolor, oil, acrylic, mixed media, fiber, photography, pastel as well as pen and ink. Individual histories and contact information for each artist will be available at the exhibition.
 * Sample image:**
 * Artist Bio:** NA
 * Artist contact info:** marnig@nc.rr.com (re: exhibit)
 * Artist website:** NA


 * Artist Name:** Delia Ware Keefe[[image:012_resized.jpg align="right" caption="Reflection"]]
 * Exhibit Title:** Reflection
 * Exhibit Dates:** Mar 7, 2010 to Apr 25, 2010
 * Reception:** Sunday, March 14, 1 to 3 pm
 * Short Description:** Painter and printmaker Delia Ware Keefe will be exhibiting her art during March and April. Inspired by the beauty and intricacies of organic forms, Delia creates designs and abstractions in paint and ink. Her exhibit will include painting, etching, drypoint, and lithograph.
 * Sample image:** at right
 * Artist Bio:** Delia Ware Keefe was born in Boston, MA and has studied painting and printmaking for many years. She lives in North Carolina where she works as an artist and art educator.
 * Artist contact info:** deliakeefe@gmail.com
 * Artist website:** none

I am interested in the ever-changing cycles of life as they exist in all their diversity within realms that are not readily seen. I often use patterning and other imagery which suggests microscopic or sub-atomic life forms. I am particularly fascinated by the theoretical idea of a unified field existing in a world seemingly fraught with entropy, and I strive to reflect this in the way I work. For example, as I work on many pieces at once, I am constantly either layering marks or masking them out; taking surfaces apart or reassembling them in other forms. This continuous cycling and re-cycling of the materials creates a sense of the deconstruction of chaos connected to the creative energy of cosmos that exists at all levels of life. I find that I am drawn to both, to their mysterious interaction, and that tension is the driving force of my work. Shelly is also a professional mural painter, and has recently completed seven permanent sanctuary panels at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chapel Hill. She works in other mediums as well including collage work on paper, and found object sculptures. She teaches drawing to children at the Century Center in Carrboro, as well as a workshop in collage twice a year at Meredith College in Raleigh. She lives in Carrboro with her husband and their 10-year-old adopted daughter.
 * [[image:f-envisage.JPG align="left" caption="envisage"]]Artist Name:** Shelly Hehenberger
 * Exhibit Title:** Chaos and Cosmos
 * Exhibit Dates:** Jan 10, 2010 to Feb 28, 2010
 * Reception:** Jan 31, 2010 1-3pm
 * Short Description:** My work focuses on the mysterious process of drawing and painting as it is reflected in the patterns and processes of living things existing at all levels of nature. My way of working balances on an edge between the unity and connectedness of cosmos, and the unknown, and uncontrollable territory of chaos.
 * Sample image:** at left
 * Artist Bio:** Originally from the Midwest, Shelly attended Indiana University and graduated in 1990 with a degree in Graphic Design. Then, in 1994, she received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. Since that time, she has worked as an art teacher for all ages, and has been a professional book illustrator since 1996. Her illustration work may be viewed by visiting her agent’s website: [|www.dasgrup.com].
 * Artist contact info:** hehenbergers@yahoo.com
 * Artist website:** [|www.shellyhehenberger.com]

This year's guest artist was Arianna Bara. The project benefited the Heifer Project. It was also designed to provide a background and setting for this year's church musical the Children of Eden which was performed in the Sanctuary in November. The animals were created using foam core, aluminum foil, sharpie markers and glue. The metallic colors, primitive shapes, and angular designs were meant to evoke the aesthetic aboriginal art and the Garden of Eden. Thanks to our guest Artist Arianna Bara and the children of the Community Church for bringing us this fantasitic project. Thank you to the Worship and Arts Committee for their continued support of the RE Summer Art Project.
 * [[image:fish.jpg align="right" caption="Fish"]]Artist Name:** RE Summer Art Project
 * Exhibit Title:** Aboriginal Animals
 * Exhibit Date:** Oct 25, 2009 to Dec 5, 2009
 * Short Description:** The Aboriginal Animals Art Show is the result of the Community Church 2009 Religious Education Summer Art Project. The Summer Art Project is an annual tradition which has been going for the past 8 years. Each July we hire a guest artist to lead the elementary age church in an extended art project over a four week period. [[image:heron.jpg align="left" caption="Heron"]]In recent years the art project has been specifically tied to the Religious Education Summer Service Project both in theme and in the fact that the art is auctioned off at the end of the summer to benefit the Service Project. Recipients have included the Pennies for Peace Project, The Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Program and the Heifer Project. In addition the Worship and Arts Committee of the church sponsors a yearly art show to highlight the summer art project in November.
 * Sample image:** left and above right.
 * Artist Bio:** these works of art where generated by children in the RE program during the summer of 2009.
 * Artist contact info:** please contact the Director of Religious Education.

Creating impressions of nature with fabric and thread. Nancy G Cook is a North Carolina fiber artist who uses the traditional quilt medium as a springboard for artistic expression. Cook indicates that she works in this medium because fabric and thread resonate with her soul. Her work brings together a number of different threads of her life: a love of fabric, color and texture, an interest in women’s art and work, and her love of nature. Cook sees nature as a metaphor for life and her work reflects the diversity and stages of the natural world. She has received multiple grants and awards for her fiber art work which has been published in a number of magazines and books including being on the cover of Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project. Her work has been shown in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions across the United States as well as in Germany and the Netherlands and is found in private and public collections across the United States. Cook has had solo shows in Kenosha WS, Charlotte, NC and Raleigh, NC.
 * Artist Name:** Nancy G. Cook[[image:Winter_Fruit.jpg align="right" caption="Winter Fruit"]]
 * Exhibit Title:** Regeneration
 * Exhibit Date:** Sep 6, 2009 to Oct 25, 2009
 * Reception:** Meet The Artist reception 12:00noon Sept. 6, 2009
 * Short Description:** Cook’s fiber art using botanical illustrations combines her passions for nature, texture, color and women’s work as art. Her current series, Seed Play, began mid 2008 and focuses on tree seeds and fruits, as metaphors for life’s riches. She works directly from collected seed specimens and researches each specimen with books, photos, scanner and sketching. Sketching helps clarify what is unique and interesting about each species. What differentiates one tree species’ seeds from another? Using the uniqueness of tree seeds as metaphor for all of life, she strives to illustrate that each individual is unique and wonderful by focusing with admiration and care on a part of the tree that is often overlooked.
 * Sample image:** at right
 * Artist Bio:**


 * Artist contact info:** ngcook1@bellsouth.net
 * Artist website:** [|www.nancygcook.com], [|fiberartoptions.blogspot.com]

Anna's artist statement: Growing up in a small, artistic North Carolina neighborhood, Anna Crawford had plenty of opportunity to dabble in one art form after another, mainly three-dimensional work. It wasn’t until 2001 that she became seriously interested in watercolor after taking a class at the Carrboro Art Center. Being able to create texture and depth with a liquid substance was truly amazing to her. Now, when creating a new piece, Anna finds tranquility in the movement of her work, it makes her feel as if she were still in the natural area in which it was inspired. Her hope is to be able to share these feelings with her viewers.
 * [[image:golden_hour_sept_2008.jpg align="left" caption="Golden Hour September 2008"]]Artist Name:** Anna Crawford and Claire Whittaker
 * Exhibit Title:** Two Views ~ 2nd edition
 * Exhibit Date:** July 5, 2009 to Aug 30, 2009
 * Reception:** Sunday July 5, 2009 from 1 to 3 pm in the Commons and Sanctuary
 * Short Description:** A view through the eyes of Anna Crawford and Claire Whittaker.
 * Sample image:** at left (Crawford) and below (Whittaker)
 * Artist Bio:**

Claire's artist statement: Claire Whittaker loves capturing and bringing to light the intricacies of everyday life that are often overlooked. Wildlife and old structures, especially, acts as an addictive creative outlet for her. She enjoys working in a number of different types of media including photography, watercolor, acrylic, and collage.


 * Artist contact info:** crawfordart@earthlink.net, claire_mae_w@yahoo.com
 * Artist website:** [|www.annasvision.com]


 * Artist Name:** Marni Goldshlag[[image:ghosttrees.jpg align="right" caption="Ghost Trees"]]
 * Exhibit Title:** Sheer Delight
 * Exhibit Date:** May 3, 2009 to June 28, 2009
 * Reception:** Sunday May 3, 2009 from 1 to 3 pm in the Commons and Sanctuary
 * Short Description:** A collection of Marni's mostly sheer pieces created between 2004 and 2009.
 * Sample image:** at right
 * Artist Bio:** Marni Goldshlag made her first quilt in 1975, but didn’t become seriously interested in the quilt as an art form until 1995. She worked in quilts until summer of 2004 when she began to work almost exclusively with sheer fabrics. Marni continued to call her work “art quilts” because they did consist of multiple layers held together with stitches, but since she is now framing them and they don’t feel like quilts, she is now calling what she does “fiber art”. Marni has had many different careers ranging from college instructor in theatre to special ed teacher to computer programmer to artist. She says that none has given her the kind of satisfaction she has felt since she began to make art. Marni says she works in fabric because she loves the tactile sensations she gets from it. She loves the wide range of colors and patterns she can get from hand-dyed, painted, printed, and commercially available fabric. Marni has been inspired by the natural world and by her own internal landscape. She says that each piece grows organically and most of the time surprises her before it is done.
 * Artist contact info:** marnig@nc.rr.com, 220-2135
 * Artist website:** [|www.marnigoldshlag.com]


 * [[image:oakcreek.JPG align="left" caption="Reflections at Oak Creek"]]Artist Name:** Jay Pfiel
 * Exhibit Title:** In Appreciation of the Natural World
 * Exhibit Date:** Sunday, March 1, 2009 to Sunday, April 26, 2009
 * Short Description:** Etchings, engravings and paintings of Jay's wilderness discoveries will be on display. 35% of sales will go to the Southern Environmental Law Center, headquartered in Chapel Hill.
 * Sample image:** at left
 * Artist Bio:** Throughout Jay’s childhood in Wisconsin, she was steeped in drawing, painting, block-printing, silk-screening, enameling, and sculpture. Her mother Lorraine, a fine artist herself, taught and encouraged Jay to experiment with many art forms. From 1973 to 1978 Jay lived in San Francisco, California, and made her livelihood as a street artist in both Berkeley and San Francisco. At present Jay’s home and studio are in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Her etchings are inspired by daily hikes of exploration and contemplation in the wilderness. She enhances the magic of her art by working with multiple plates, thus giving her etchings a wide palate of textures, tones, and colors. All prints are original, hand-pulled, and numbered editions. She also creates sculptures and paintings inspired by themes in the natural world. Jay’s work is in private collections throughout North America, Europe, and, Japan.
 * Artist contact info:** 106A West View Ave., Black Mountain, N.C. (828) 669-5050

Clay: Chapel Hill native and UNC alumna Clay Carmichael is the author-illustrator of the picture books Bear at the Beach, Used-Up Bear and Lonesome Bear (North-South) and the up-coming middle grade novel, Wild Things (Front Street, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press). Her award-winning books have been translated into many languages. She teaches writing and illustrating and lives with her sculptor-husband Mike Roig and two spoiled cats in downtown Carrboro.
 * Artist Name:** [[image:carmroig.jpg align="right"]]Clay Carmichael and Mike Roig
 * Exhibit Title:** A Couple of Artists
 * Exhibit Date:** January 11 - February 28, 2009
 * Short Description of exhibit:** Works by Author/Illustrator Clay Carmichael and Sculptor Mike Roig
 * Sample image:** (at right)
 * Artist bio:** Mike: I've been making art since I was small, it's what I came in hard-wired to do. Sculpture and living in this art friendly culture here in North Carolina has allowed me to make a living from my creative efforts, a circumstance for which I am humbly grateful. My work is primarily made from recycled steels, although I have dusted off some rusty painting techniques for this show. As for the sculpture, whether they literally move or not it is my intent make them move the viewer. I've been fortunate to be able to do that with large public pieces as well as in the homes and yards of many collectors.
 * Artist contact info:** Clay: bearbooks@mindspring.com, 942-8058, Mike: mroig@mindspring.com, 929-3535
 * Artist website:** [|www.claycarmichael.com], [|www.mikeroig.com]


 * Artist Name:** Charron Andrews
 * Exhibit Title:** Reclaiming the Divine
 * Exhibit Date:** November 2 - November 30, 2008
 * Short Description of exhibit:** Charron makes shrines out of found objects from many sources. She says, "I like to think that all broken things can have a new life." The assemblages and collages she's selected for this exhibit are inspired by a spirit of the divine.
 * Sample image:** (at right)
 * Artist bio:** Charron states "I am a self taught artist and physical therapist. Although always an alley picker, it wasn’t until about 6 years ago that I began creating art out of things I find in the trash, on the ground, at the thrift shop or otherwise discarded. The pieces I create are influenced by my Catholic upbringing and a desire to derive meaning from chaos."
 * Artist contact info:** shrinemaker@mail.com 919-932-6734
 * Artist website**: N/A

//Tama Hochbaum// was born in NYC in 1953. She graduated from Brandeis University in 1975 where she studied drawing and printmaking. Upon graduating from Brandeis, Ms. Hochbaum was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Foundation Fellowship to study printmaking in Paris. She also spent the year traveling throughout Europe, visiting museums and drawing from the old masters. She returned home to study at Queens College in New York where she received her MFA. She worked for many years as a painter and graphic designer in Newton, Massachusetts, creating her own design company in 1985. In 1996, she and her family moved to North Carolina. There, photography became something of an obsession and continues to this day. She has had one person exhibitions in North Carolina, California, Ohio and Massachusetts and her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the William Benton Museum in Storrs, Connecticut, as well as in numerous private collections. //Jane Marsching// is a digital media artist. Her current project, Arctic Listening Post, explores our past, present and future human impact on the Arctic environment through interdisciplinary and collaborative practices, including video installations, virtual landscapes, dynamic websites, and data visualizations. Recent exhibitions include: the ICA Boston; MassMoCA; North Carolina Museum of Art; San Jose Museum of Art, CA; Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA; and Sonoma Museum of Art, CA. She has received grants from Creative Capital, LEF Foundation, Artadia and Artists Resource Trust. With Mark Alice Durant in 2005, she curated The Blur of the Otherworldly: Contemporary Art, Technology, and the Paranormal, at The Center for Art and Visual Culture, Baltimore, MD; a catalog of the exhibition was published in June 2006 with essays by Marsching, Durant, Marina Warner and Lynne Tillman. She is currently Assistant Professor at Massachusetts College of Art in Studio Foundation. She received her MFA in photography from The School of Visual Arts, New York City, in 1995. Her website is www.janemarsching.com. //Susan Mullally// is Assistant Professor of Art at Baylor University. Ritual addresses issues of spirituality and community. Traditionally, Susan explores community, class, race and possessions and archive. A current photographic project, What I Keep, asks people with disrupted lives - because of homelessness, addiction, incarceration, illness or recovery - what objects they keep and value. She received her MFA from UNC, Chapel Hill. Her website is www.susanmullally.com. //Ashley Oates// makes photographs, sculptures and drawings on steel but mostly she loves to help homeless animals. These animals – usually dogs – inspire her to make work that honors them and advocates for a better world for them to inhabit. Her past educational experience includes undergraduate degrees in Political Science from Hollins University and a BFA in Printmaking, Papermaking and Book Arts from the Memphis College of Art in 1997. She also attended the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, MD and went on to complete her MFA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001. Since completing her graduate work, she has taught art appreciation, 2-D design, drawing, photography and photographic theory at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Ashley’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across the United States and in Europe. She currently resides in Boston with her husband, a painter, and their three beautiful rescue dogs. Her website: http://ashleyoates.com Lisa Ross received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College in 1987 and her MFA in Photography from Columbia University. She ran the program in photography at the Harvey Milk School in NYC in the 1990s. She has exhibited her work across the United States, primarily in New York City where she lives.
 * Artist Name** - elin o'Hara slavick (curator)
 * Exhibit Title** - The Holy Show: Five Women Photographers - Tama Hochbaum; Jane Marsching, Susan Mullally, Ashley Oates and Lisa Ross
 * Exhibit Date** - September 14 - October 26, 2008
 * Short description of exhibit** - The Holy Show is a group exhibition of five women photographers, all of whom explore issues of the sacred, organic, disappearing world through images. Chapel Hill photographer Tama Hochbaum makes the horizon glow, bodies of water magical, and the sky disappear. Boston artist Jane Marsching explores and reveals the serious absurdity of climate change. Texas photographer Susan Mullally turns a salt ritual into a constellation. Boston artist Ashley Oates transforms the spaces occupied by a few of the homeless dogs she rescues into photographic offerings. New York photographer Lisa Ross transforms the Uyghur peoples’ burial mounds in China into fleeting and sacred monuments.
 * Sample images**
 * Artist bios** -
 * Artist contact info** - eoslavic@gmail.com
 * Artist web sites** - [|www.janemarsching.com], [|www.susanmullally.com], [|ashleyoates.com]


 * Artist Name** - Community Church Youth
 * Exhibit Title** - Continuing Religious Education Summer Art Project - Batik
 * Exhibit Date** - August/September 2008
 * Short description of exhibit** - Children in the RE program K-8 created batiks under the leadership of Evan Hirasawa, artist and member. The children followed techniques similar to that adults use with dyed cloth and wax. The results are lovely multicolored patterns, to be seen in the sanctuary in August through Homecoming Sunday.
 * Sample image** (not available)
 * Artist bio** - (n/a)
 * Artist contact info** - (n/a)
 * Artist web site** - (n/a)

[[image:Levy002.jpg width="198" height="240" align="right" caption="Alpine Mist IV"]]
Born in Wales and now a resident of Carrboro, North Carolina, Nerys Levy is deeply rooted in her native country's language and culture, which has influenced her painting. Levy had a first career in race relations, community work and education, working in India, the Caribbean and London. She has a Ph.D. in South Asian History from the University of London. Although she painted throughout much of her childhood, Levy began serious art studies in 1980 in La Jolla, California, working with various members of the Visual Arts Department of the University of California at San Diego. Nerys has had many solo exhibitions, including the Galleria Santo Stefano Exhibit in Venice, Italy, the Louise Jones Brown Gallery Exhibit at Duke University, and recently at the National Humanities Center, and has participated in many group exhibitions. She has been represented by the Principle Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia. Her paintings are in many private collections in the United States and Europe.
 * Artist Name** - Nerys Levy
 * Exhibit Title** - The Face of the Earth
 * Exhibit Date** - May/June 2008
 * Short description of exhibit** - Nerys states: "This exhibition, THE FACE OF THE EARTH, documents my various encounters with The Earth over the years. I am concerned about the abuse our planet is enduring and hope that the viewer, by contemplating my paintings,will be moved by its beauty and, in turn, give it the respect it is owed." A photo of one piece, Alpine Mist IV, appears at right.
 * Sample image** (at right)
 * Artist bio** - Working in mixed water-based media on paper, Nerys Levy portrays the forms and forces of nature -- North Carolina forests and marshes, Alpine masses and glaciers, cloud formations, gardens, and architectural forms altered by time and light. She often does a series of works of the same subject in shifting light, seasons and weather. [Paintings in a sequential or topical series have numbers following a shared title]. Her //Dogs In Motion// paintings are achieved by following her subject as it moves freely through its familiar environment.
 * Artist contact info** - rilevy@mindspring.com
 * Artist web site** - [|www.neryslevy.com]

Ms. Goodman specializes in Hebrew and English calligraphy, paper-cutting, and collage. She has studied with several internationally known calligraphers over years, including Izzy Pludwinski of Jerusalem, Peter Thornton of England, and Sheila Waters and Thomas Ingmire of the United States. Her paper arts skills are mostly self-taught. She has most recently been studying acrylic painting. Her work includes ketubot (Jewish wedding documents) and commissioned pieces which hang in homes, synagogues, libraries, and universities in the US, Israel, and several other countries. Her ketubot have appeared in several exhibitions here and abroad: in 2000, a piece went to Japan with the Durham Art Guild's Sister Cities Exhibition in Toyama, and two more were exhibited in New York and Cincinnati's Living Traditions 2000 exhibition at Hebrew Union College. Several pieces based on women's history reside at the Women's Center at Duke University, and The Rare Books Collection at Duke has acquired calligraphic work. Inspiration for Ms. Goodman's work comes from many sources. The inspiration for her Judaic work comes from both traditional and modern Jewish texts. She also uses quotes from writers, scientists, social critics, and world leaders. Her landscapes and seascapes are inspired by her own photography and travel to Israel, Europe, and all over the United States. While much of her work is done on commission, Ms. Goodman maintains strong commitment to accessibility in art by providing a wide variety of affordable art to an ever widening audience. She is a member of Womancraft, an arts and crafts gallery in Chapel Hill, and a member of the Durham County Art Guild, the Triangle Calligraphy Guild, the Carolina Lettering Arts Society, and the American Guild of Jewish Artists. She lives and works in Durham, North Carolina, with her life partner, Meredith, and she remains passionate about her garden, belly dancing, her god-children, chocolate, and her hope for eventual world peace.
 * [[image:early_spring.jpg width="210" height="255" align="right" caption="Early Spring"]]Artist Name** - Galia Goodman
 * Exhibit Title** - Marking Transcendence
 * Exhibit Date** - March/April 2008
 * Short description of exhibit** - paintings, mixed media collage with calligraphy
 * Sample image** (at right)
 * Artist bio** - Galia Goodman was born in Denver, Colorado in 1950. She did all the things women were supposed to do for the first twenty-six years of her life (college, grad school, marriage, career) and then decided to throw it all away for a hand to mouth existence as an artist. It was the best decision she ever made.
 * Artist contact info** - galiag@mindspring.com
 * Artist web site** - [|www.galiagoodman.com]


 * [[image:time_capsule.jpg width="163" height="191" align="left" caption="Time Capsule"]]Artist Name** - Scott Murkin
 * Exhibit Title** - Layers of Meaning
 * Exhibit Date** - January/February 2008
 * Short description of exhibit** - Art quilts
 * Sample image** (at left)
 * Artist bio** - Scott Murkin, M.D. is a Family Practice and Occupational Medicine specialist from North Carolina. Originally from a quilting family in Illinois, he currently designs original quilts for the bed and wall. Scott exhibits nationally and internationally, has his textile artworks in prestigious public and private collections and has had his quilts appear in numerous publications including American Quilter, Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, Quiltmaker, Quilting Quarterly and Great American Quilts. Scott is an NQA Certified Quilt Judge who has judged throughout the country, including American Quilter’s Society, National Quilt Association and International Quilt Association. In addition to judging quilt shows, he enjoys doing programs and workshops for guilds, festivals and quilt shops. Scott and his wife Mary have homeschooled their two children for the past nine years.
 * Artist contact info** - smurkin@triad.rr.com
 * Artist web site** - [|www.scottmurkin.com]

=**- 2007 -**=

I have shown my work in many individual and collective exhibitions in North Carolina; Virginia; Washington D.C; Maryland; Lima, Peru; and Bologna, Italy. I am a member of the Orange County Artists Guild and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. I work in three distinct styles: children illustrations, for books, magazines, jigsaw puzzles, etc... Landscape paintings with bright colors and strong graphic shapes and detail and accurate botanical paintings, that reflect my love of nature.
 * [[image:tejiendo.jpg align="right" caption="Tejiendo con lana"]]Artist Name** - Miriam Sagasti
 * Exhibit Title** - Quiet Corners of Peru
 * Exhibit Date** - October 28- November 25, 2007
 * Short description of exhibit** - This series of paintings reflect the influence of my peruvian heritage. I use strong colors and bold, graphic shapes that show the simplicity and organic nature of the structures and it's surroundings.
 * Sample image** (at right)
 * Artist bio** - I am a Peruvian-American artist. I came to the United States with my husband and three young children in 1978 and lived in the Washington D.C area for 16 years before I moved to Chapel Hill.
 * Artist contact info** - 919-942-9839 miriamsagasti@bellsouth.net
 * Artist web site** - [|www.miriamsagasti.com]

Sep 16-Oct 21: Tricia McKellar, fabric and digital Aug 5- Sep 9 : CRE, 2007 summer project


 * Artist Name** - Delores Hamilton
 * Exhibit Title** - A Passion for Color
 * Exhibit Date** - May 6 - June 24, 2007
 * Short description of exhibit** - Art quilts (textile art designed as wall-hangings, which use quilting techniques) Artist bio: After painting and embroidering for many years, Delores began quilting in 1988. From her first class, she knew she wanted to make original designs that mimicked her painting techniques. This goal evolved into making art quilts.
 * Sample image** (at right)
 * Artist bio** - (n/a)
 * Artist contact info** - (919) 467-4953
 * Artist web site** - (n/a)

Mar 4- Apr 29: Group show of past exhibitors Jan 7- Feb 25: CRE, 2006 summer project

=**- 2006 -**=

May 8- Dec 31: closed for renovation Apr 2- May 7 : Art Reach, group watercolor show Feb 19- Mar 26: *Alice Levinson, fabric art Jan 8- Feb 12 : group show (Bill Hester private collection)

=**- 2005 -**=

Oct 30- Nov 27: group show “Day of the Dead” theme Sep 18- Oct 23: *David Bibb and *Phillip Brubaker, photography Aug 7- Sep 11: CRE, summer project Jun 26-Jul 31: *Sudie Rakusin, acrylic collage


 * [[image:tallgrassatouterbanks.jpg align="right" caption="Tall Grass At Outer Banks"]]Artist Name** - Susan Neulist and Robert Merriam
 * Exhibit Title** - Collaborative Fusion - Experimental Partnership in Fiber & Wood
 * Exhibit Date** - May 15 - June 19 2005
 * Short description of exhibit** - Susan and Robert wondered if a melding of their two crafts could yield new and interesting art. As a craftsman, Robert was interested but skeptical about the art aspect – a departure from his utilitarian roots. What resulted from this conversation was a series of mutual challenges: Susan giving Robert fiber constructions and asking what he could do with them, and Robert giving Susan wood constructions and asking what she could make of them. They each learned something about themselves and their medium, its versatility and its limitations from this process. Also, they learned about themselves and what it means to work in a collaborative setting with their artwork. The result of these mutual goings-on turned into a very pleasing exhibit.
 * Sample image** (at right)
 * Artist bio** - Susan Neulist: I work with textile and paper collage and embellishment, which allow me to connect to my inner spirit and at the same time allows my imagination and creativity to bring forth a feeling of balance and rhythm. My love for color is the focus of my art and my background in color theory allows me to capture movement and light. I enjoy experimentation with different textile media learned from others or self-taught. I use several techniques of collage in addition to printing and painting on fabric to interpret my thoughts of nature and feelings and emotions within my mind. One method uses machine felting of various fibers, yarns and threads to painted fabric or paper. Robert Merriam: I started woodworking as an underpaid young instructor in biological science at the University of Pennsylvania. Unable to afford a crib for my first child, I bought hammer and saw and made one. Ever since, it has been a hobby and distraction with utility the main motivation. Self-taught, I have learned from about every mistake in the book. Now, retired, I work at a high level of skill where craft, guided by utility and beauty are my goals – until a conversation with Susan Neulist, a fiber artist.
 * Artist contact info** - Susan Neulist 919-933-1136 sneulist@gmail.com; Robert Merriam 919-489-4359 rmerriam@nc.rr.com
 * Artist web site** - (n/a)

Ms. Scott-Sinclair lives in Orange County, North Carolina where she paints full-time. She is represented by Bill Hester Fine Art in Chapel Hill, NC., Hughes Gallery in Boca Grande, FL., and Monty Stabler Galleries in Birmingham, AL. Her work can be found in collections and publications across the country.
 * [[image:Garden.jpg align="right" caption="Garden"]]Artist Name** - Ebeth Scott-Sinclair
 * Exhibit Title** - Beyond the Realm of Words
 * Exhibit Date** - April 2 - May 8, 2005
 * Short description of exhibit** - This series of paintings is composed of places, objects, and figures that appear in the artist’s mind's eye and are based in imagination. They provide an outlet to explore the relationship between defined and undefined, emotion, motion and gesture through various techniques and materials. Each of these paintings seems to tell a story – either in the process or technique or woven around the actual images in the piece.
 * Sample image** (at right)
 * Artist bio** - Ebeth Scott-Sinclair’s work, characterized by fresco-like surface texture and an interplay of warm, vibrant color, conjures a world of juxtaposition. Her pieces are at once joyful and contemplative, simultaneously bold and shy, humorous and feminist. Her genteel images reveal their power through clever angles, thoughtful compositions, and lively color choices. She interprets old world themes with a unique contemporary vision. Her style is distinct, a synthesis of primitive or visionary art and quasi-cubism, and easily accessible to the viewer. A rich multi-disciplinary background and her love of the human spirit can be seen in her paintings.
 * Artist contact info** - emss@mebtel.net
 * Artist web site** - [|www.ebethscottsinclair.com]


 * Artist Name** - Anna Crawford and Lanny Tucker
 * Exhibit Title** - Visions of Art in Life and Nature
 * Exhibit Date** - Feb 20 - Mar 27, 2005
 * Short description of exhibit** - Lanny Tucker: Renderings of Landscapes in watercolor and pen and ink.
 * Sample image** (if available)
 * Artist bio** - Lanny Tucker: Born in Nashville Tennessee, Took Studio Art courses at Stanford Univ. in 60's. Worked as psychiatrist for many years. Started drawing and painting again about ten years ago. Now show my work at CASG in Morehead City, NC.
 * Artist contact info** - ltucker282@aol.com
 * Artist web site** - (n/a)

Jan 9- Feb 13: group-created “mosaic” fabric art pieces

=**- 2004 -**=

Oct 31- Nov 28: *Cornelio Campos, mixed media Sep 19- Oct 24: *Rita Spina, metal and wood structures, and Claire Levitt, photography Aug 1- Sep 12: CRE, summer project Jun 20- July 25: Weaver St. Basket Weavers, baskets May 9- Jun 13: church member group show, mother theme Apr 11- May 2: Carr Court Quilting Circle, functional quilts Feb 22- Mar 28: *Monica Ferrell, acrylic color field Jan 11- Feb 15: *Bryan Carey, finger painting

=**- 2003 -**=

Oct 26- Nov 30 *Consie Powell, children's book illustrations

Chris is currently seeking more regular Art opportunities. I mainly will work in RTP in clinical research for a “day job.” Graduated 1993 from Rice University in Art and Asian Studies. (Chris) 919-329-6184 or meadechris@nc.rr.com
 * Artist Name** - Joan Meade and Chris Meade
 * Exhibit Title -** Two Generations
 * Exhibit Dates** - Sep 14 - Oct 19, 2003
 * Short description of Exhibit** - Joan Meade and her son Chris Meade shared the exhibit as they had been sharing a studio up until that time. Joan's work was representational, mostly landscapes and florals, in acrylics, mixed media and collage, while Chris' pieces were boldly hued abstracts in oils and acrylics.
 * Sample image** - (at right)
 * Artist bio** - Joan studied art and architecture at Cornell University in upstate New York, and art at Colorado College. In the early days in the Peace Corps in Tunisia, she and her fellow PC volunteer artists stretched their own canvases using recycled burlap sacks. Their works were exhibited in Tunis and in Washington DC in the 1960’s. Joan has continued studies at various art centers around the US, and at workshops in North Carolina. She pursued a career in architecture until 2001, when she returned to painting full time. In the last few years, she has been [[image:Transparency.jpg align="left" caption="Exercise in Transparency (Chris)"]]expressing her artistic passion through landscapes and waterscapes in acrylic impasto. Since 2003, Joan has exhibited widely in North Carolina. She is represented by Bill Hester Fine Art, University Square, 143 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill. Her works are in many private collections across the continental US and in the UK.
 * Artist Contact info** - (Joan) 919-942-6613 or jwmstudioj@earthlink.net
 * Website** - (Joan) [|www.gallerydir.com/joanmeade]

Aug 3- Sep 7 CRE summer project May 4- Jun 15 group show, floral theme

Prior to this records are sketchy, but here's what we know:

=**- 2002 -**=


 * Marni Goldshlag, fabric, Spring?, 2002

=**- 2001 -**=


 * [[image:Quest.jpg align="left" caption="Quest"]]Artist Name:** Nancy Marple
 * Exhibit Title:** Southwestern Landscapes
 * Exhibit Date:** Apr-l 29 - May 28, 2001
 * Short Description of exhibit:** This collection of paintings inspired by the beauty of the colors and shapes of the Southwest landscape and by the Native American respect for nature and ancestors.
 * Sample image:** (at left)
 * Artist bio:** Nancy is an art historian with a BFA from Goucher College and a working artist who has studied and taught extensively and won numerous awards. Her work is in several collections including The Kenan Institute at North Carolina State University, the Bank of New York, Lever Brothers, IBM and GE Capital and many smaller firms and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.
 * Artist contact info:** nancymarple@bellsouth.net
 * Artist website**: [|www.nancymarple.com]


 * Susan Neulist, fabric, Feb 11-Mar 31, 2001

=**- 2000 -**=

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of NC, photography, Jul 8- Aug 5, 2000 church members artful/antique clothing, Jan 21-Mar 30, 2000
 * Susan Rosefielde, watercolor, Sep 3- Oct 29 2000
 * Betty Haskin, oils, Aug 12-Sep 2,2000
 * Margaret White, oils, May 1- June 30, 2000

=**- 1999 -**=

John Blackfeather Jeffries, Native American artifacts, Sep- Nov 1999 Pastel Society of Orange County, Apr 3- May 29, 1999 church members painting show, Jan 24- Mar 30, 1999

=**- 1998 -**=

church members quilt show, Mar 1- ???, 1998 Mark Swain, photography, Oct 4- Nov 30, 1998

=**- Dates not known -**=


 * Shirley Little, oils
 * Carol Owen, memory boxes
 * Leslie Palmer, pencil drawings
 * Linda Passman, watercolors