Art Show
Methuen students in Scholastic Art Awards Globe Show
February 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
METHUEN — Sixteen-year-old Kasey Walko carved a dreamy scene with a sun setting over mountains into a piece of balsa foam to win top honors in the Scholastic Art Awards Globe Show.
The Methuen High School junior’s work, along with photographs shot by 17-year-old senior Brian Dunne, another top-finisher, will now be heading to New York to be judged nationally. Dunne’s work includes portraits of friends.
The Globe Show is an annual competition where art teachers nominate their strongest students to compete against other teens from across the state, Methuen High officials said.
Walko and Dunne won Gold Key awards. Fellow students Elizabeth Hajjar and Xavier Garcia won Silver Key awards. Hajjar won the award for digital art by using the computer program Photoshop to replicate images of herself and one friend in her backyard on one background.
The students’ work will be on display in the Boston State Transportation Building until March 19. There will be an award ceremony Feb. 14 at the John Hancock Hall in Boston.
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards homepage
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from the Boston Globe: The Scholastic Art Awards, Feb 8, 2010
METHUEN
Methuen High School – Brian Dunne (HM), Alexis Ewer (HM), Maria Foglia (HM), Derek Kunze (HM), Ronald Louis-Charles (SK), Anna Mueller (HM), Lauren Rogers (SK), Valerie Zuniga (HM)
Greg Fallon is February’s Artist of the Month.
February 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Mayor Manzi Names Greg Fallon as February’s Artist Of The Month
Methuen Artist’s Work on Display in the Mayor’s Office
Mayor William M. Manzi has named Greg Fallon as February’s Artist of the Month. Greg Fallon moved to Methuen at in 1984, and his parents still reside near Lowell Street in the house he grew up in. Greg majored in art history at University of Massachusetts at Lowell and helped create a 5′x15′ diversity mural in the basement of the school’s Coburn Hall. He has participated in several local art shows and released two self-published writings with illustrations. He has created art for other books as well. He works as a materials planner at the Yoplait Yogurt Production Plant in Methuen.
Mayor Manzi stated, “Greg is one of the many talented young artists working in our community. It is an honor to display his artwork. I was impressed by his use of color and attention to detail. I encourage people to come to my office and view Greg’s paintings.”
The Methuen Artist of the Month Program was created by Mayor Manzi four years ago in order to give members of the Methuen Arts Community a forum to display their work and to encourage participation in Methuen’s growing creative economy. Methuen artists interested in being considered as Artist of the Month should contact the Mayor’s Office.
December’s Artist Of The Month: Carolyn V. Mcdougall
December 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Mayor Manzi Names Carolyn V. Mcdougall As December’s Artist Of The Month
Methuen Artist’s Work on Display in the Mayor’s Office
Mayor William M. Manzi has named Carolyn V. McDougall as December’s Artist of the Month. Until Hurricane Katrina hit, Carolyn lived in Gulfport Mississippi for forty years with her family and taught art for thirty years. She now resides in Methuen. She is a 1962 graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. While teaching art in Gulfport she was selected as Teacher of the Year and Most Popular Teacher of the Gulf Coast. She also had two yearbooks dedicated to her.
Carolyn focuses her art on watercolor painting and photography. She enjoys painting places she has visited such as Italy, England, France, Scotland, Saudi Arabia and St. Martens Island. She has two children, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Her ninety-three year old mother lives in Methuen’s Burnham Road Apartments where she is also a resident. Carolyn states, “I hope people will enjoy looking at my paintings as much as I enjoyed painting them.”
Mayor Manzi stated, “Carolyn is one of the many talented artists living in our community. It is an honor to display her artwork. I encourage people to come to my office and view her paintings.”
The Methuen Artist of the Month Program was created by Mayor Manzi three and a half years ago in order to give members of the Methuen Arts Community a forum to display their work and to encourage participation in Methuen’s growing creative economy. Methuen artists interested in being considered as Artist of the Month should contact the Mayor’s Office.
Methuen’s Leonard Joiner solo show in Rockport 11/8 – 11/20
November 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Rockport Art Association will host a solo show of award-winning fine artist Leonard G Joiner. Lifelong artist, Joiner is known for his intricate and accurate drawings of the natural settings of New England. Leonard lives with his wife and daughter on a working farm on Hampshire Rd in Methuen.
Joiner: “My medium is graphite, which is great because I can work on it just about anywhere. Always keeping my eyes open for New England farm and country scenes. Not always focusing on the big picture but hunting for that close-up or unique angle. I have a keen interest in form, texture and the seasonal light.”
Leonard Joiner website
Free reception will be Sunday, November 8, from 2 to 4 p.m.
the show will run November 8th to November 20th.
Admission is free
Rockport Art Association
12 Main St
Rockport, MA
www.rockportartassn.org
Barbara Burn wins Mayor’s award at AIGMV art show
October 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
From Mayor Manzi’s Arts at the Library album at Facebook.
The Arts Institute Group of the Merrimack Valley 8th Annual Fine Art & Fine Crafts – Art Show and Sale
For the second year in a row, Methuen resident Barbara Burns has won the Mayor’s award, chosen by Mayor Manzi.
The show runs now through November 7th, 2009
at the Nevins Memorial Library,
305 Broadway Methuen, MA.
The art show is open to the public
Monday through Thursday 10 am – 8 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am – 4 pm.
The show is free of charge and donations are greatly appreciated. The event is a celebration of local artists and is a scholarship fundraiser that promotes and sponsors high school seniors who intend to further their artistic endeavors
Artist Nita Leger Casey demonstrates Pastel technique at AIGMV 10/15
October 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Nita Leger Casey will be giving an art demonstration in Pastel at the Arts Institute Group of the Merrimack Valley
at the Nevins Adult Day Center 12 Ingalls Court.
The meeting will begin at 7:00 PM with a brief business discussion.
See & buy Nita Leger Casey’s work at her website is Gingerbread Art Studio
Pilar Quintana October Artist of the Month
October 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
” Methuen Artist’s Work on Display in the Mayor’s Office
Mayor William M. Manzi has named Pilar Quintana as October’s Artist of the Month. Pilar Quintana graduated from Bradford College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Arts. In the visual arts, she favors painting, black pastel or charcoal, and photography. She also enjoys songwriting and performed with the alternative band Pride of Wolves in the 1990s. Since then, Pilar has acted in several Harvard University theatre productions and worked in various capacities on independent short films, most notably as an actor and musical score composer. A budding poet, she recently joined the Methuen based Grey Court Poets. She has also recently become a member of the Methuen based Arts Institute Group of the Merrimack Valley.
When she’s not working on her art and writing, Pilar can be found at her brothers’ company, Quintana Supply, in Haverhill, and at home in Methuen with her “partner-in-crime,” Isabel, and their three dogs and three cats.
Mayor Manzi stated, “Pilar is one of the many multi-talented artists working and living in our community. It is an honor to display her artwork. I encourage people to come to my office and view her paintings.”
The Methuen Artist of the Month Program was created by Mayor Manzi three years ago in order to give members of the Methuen Arts Community a forum to display their work and to encourage participation in Methuen’s growing creative economy. Methuen artists interested in being considered for Artist of the Month should contact the Mayor’s Office.
AIGMV Art at the Library 10/28 – 11/7
September 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Art at the Library – 8th Annual Fine Art & Fine Crafts – Art Show and Sale
Autumn is here and once again, the Merrimack Valley will be celebrating its annual Art at the Library Show and Sale. Talented local artists from Southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts will join together to showcase their artwork.
The Arts Institute Group of the Merrimack Valley (AIGMV)
is hosting its
Annual Fine Art and Fine Crafts Art Show and Sale
October 28th – November 7th, 2009
at the Nevins Memorial Library,
305 Broadway Methuen, MA.
The art show is open to the public
Monday through Thursday 10 am – 8 pm
Friday and Saturday 10 am – 4 pm.
The show is free of charge and donations are greatly appreciated. The event is a celebration of local artists and is a scholarship fundraiser that promotes and sponsors high school seniors who intend to further their artistic endeavors.
An artist’s reception will be held on Thursday, October 29th from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at the Nevins Memorial Library.
This year’s art show theme is “Visions”. Keeping with past tradition, AIGMV welcomes artists working in the following mediums to participate –oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastels, photography, pen/ink drawings, mixed media as well as fine artisan crafts, which includes but is not limited to wood working, beading, ceramics, glass, metal and sculpture.
The Arts Institute Group of the Merrimack Valley is a non-profit organization, dedicated to promoting the arts in the Merrimack Valley. For more information, please visit www.artsinstitutegroup.org or www.Facebook.com/AIGMV – Arts Institute Group of the Merrimack Valley, Inc./Events or contact Gail Fuller 617-510-5742 or Pattie Beaulieu 603-490-6531.
Anthony J. Ross September Artist of the Month
September 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Mayor William M. Manzi has named Anthony J. Ross as September’s Artist of the Month. Tony is a life-long resident of Methuen and graduated from Methuen High in 1963. He is married to Carol Connolly Ross. Together they have 5 children and 15 grandchildren.
Tony credits the beginning of his career to Mr. Melia, his high school art teacher, and Mr. Winn his drafting teacher. In Tony’s last semester of his senior year at Methuen High, Mr. Winn and Mr. Melia sent him to a Massachusetts extension college course held at MIT in Cambridge. There he took a 3-credit course in Technical Illustration. Tony was the only high school student in class. Upon completion of the course the professor, Dorothy Ladd, took and interest in him and offered him a temporary position working at MIT for the summer after his graduation. He worked at MIT for four years after that summer. He continued his education and graduated with a certificate in Design & Illustration from FAS of Westport Conn.
After leaving MIT, Tony took a position as Chief of Graphic Design with Tufts New England Medical Center. During his stay at Tufts, he obtained a part time commission to design a logo for the then new “Salem Witch Museum” in Salem Massachusetts. The logo is still in use today.
Tony went into the computer industry as the manager of Graphic Design and Technical Illustration Dept. for NEC Information Systems and also worked for Polaroid Corp. He retired from the computer industry in 2002. He continues to be an avid painter and is a member of the Methuen-based Arts Institute Group of the Merrimack Valley.
Mayor Manzi stated, “Tony is one of the many talented artists working in our community. It is an honor to display the fine artwork of this life-long Methuen resident. I encourage people to come to my office and view his work.”
The Methuen Artist of the Month Program was created by Mayor Manzi three years ago in order to give members of the Methuen Arts Community a forum to display their work and to encourage participation in Methuen’s growing creative economy. Methuen artists interested in being considered for Artist of the Month should contact the Mayor’s Office.
Jessica Donovan August Artist of the Month
September 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Methuen College Student’s Work on Display in the Mayor’s Office
from BillManzi.com
August 25, 2009
Mayor William M. Manzi has named Jessica Donovan as August’s Artist of the Month. Jessica is a Methuen High School graduate and is entering her sophomore year at Westfield State College where she is studying both English and Art.
While at Methuen High, one of her paintings won a silver key in The Boston Globe Scholastic Art Contest. She was also presented with a Collaborative Visual Arts Award, and one of her paintings was displayed at Heritage Park in Lawrence. She was selected to compete for Art All State and won a Methuen High School Art award her senior year. Jessica credits her high school art teacher for inspiring her interest in art. “My teacher, Mrs. Henderson, who I had for three years really helped me understand and develop a love for art.” Donovan said.
