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bookmark_borderSeascapes By The Seaside

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SEASCAPES by Bensignor

The Sea is the subject, the muse of my one-person show at the GREAT BAY GALLERY in Somers Point, NJ. The show runs from June 23 to July 19, 2014. The opening reception at the Great Bay Gallery will be on Friday, June 25 from 5-7pm.

The subject of my show is not only about, the artwork, but what happens between the viewer and art. It is not unlike hearing a piece of music caught in an object. It is how one responds to the object that makes it art.

I take a familiar subject; in this case the subject is The Sea, and try and infuse it with my energy, emotions and experiences.

All humans have in some way have/had a connection with the sea. Some scientists believe our species developed from the sea. The human body is 50% or more made up of water. Our planet is 98.9% made up of water.

Personal history with the sea:
Besides coming to the New Jersey shore my whole life, I have been living along side of the Atlantic Ocean, I have bathed in it, swam in it contemplated it, and feared it. I lost a grandfather and a close cousin to the ocean. In each piece of art that I make with the subject of the sea, I try to commemorate their lives.

The style:
I try to fuse the reality of the form with the Romantic. At the core of each person is there not the Romantic?
Art is a way of communicating, the energy of our universe that flows in us and to one another.

If my work can contribute to one FEELING SOMETHING, then I have succeeded.”

bookmark_borderPhiladelphia Fine Artist

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Paulette Bensignor is a fine artist located in the Greater Philadelphia Area.

bookmark_borderOn and Off the Wall Art Exhibition

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Montgomery County Community College is pleased to host “On and Off the Wall” art exhibition featuring artists Nancy Moldofsky and Warren A. Morgan and Jerilee Nichols of Morgan Bockius Studios, Perkasie, at the College’s Fine Arts Gallery, 340 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell, from June 26 through Aug. 1.

A “Meet the Artists” reception will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 5-7 p.m. Both the exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

Artist Nancy Moldofsky, an adjunct fine arts instructor at MCCC, will be exhibiting a selection of her digital media fine art and photography, both digital and silver gelatin prints.

Moldofsky has a BFA degree with a concentration in digital media from Arcadia University and a master’s degree in fine arts with a concentration in art education from Arcadia University. She is an active member of the Greater Norristown Art League, where she has served as president from 2011-2013 and also on the board of directors since 2007. Prior to her career in fine arts and art education, Moldofsky served as the Head of Radiation Safety and as a medical physicist at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.

Moldofsky has exhibited and won awards for her artwork in numerous juried exhibitions, including MacWorld, San Francisco; Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College; Scenes of the Schuylkill Exhibition, Pottstown; Center on the Hill Fine Art Exhibition, Philadelphia; “Drawn From Nature,” 8th Annual Juried Art Show at The John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove and numerous juried exhibitions at the Greater Norristown Art League.

In her work, Moldofsky combines her love of photography and her expertise in digital imaging techniques to create very personal digital representations of the world she experiences, ideas from literature and her own personal life and dreams as she interprets them with her sense of reality. Her works predominantly employ photo based images of an organic nature along with hand-rendered art and found items to create original imagery.

Morgan Bockius Studios has been designing and crafting custom stained glass for 50 years. Its work can be found in residences, commercial buildings and churches. Warren Morgan started the studio, after learning art from his mother Elva Bockius and stained glass craftsmanship from his stepfather Robert Bockius.

The studio has always worked with varied techniques and artist styles, many of which will be exhibited, including traditional leaded glass, painted glass, glass carving and fusing.

Jerilee Nichols joined the studio in 2007, and she brought with her a background as an artist and stained glass craftsman. She set to work to develop techniques for fusing glass. Combining her artistic ability with her knowledge of glass fusing, she has produced the wonderful pieces that will be on display.

For more information about the exhibition, contact Montgomery County Community College Galleries Director Holly Cairns at 215-619-7349 or hcairns@mc3.edu.

Help support the arts and art education programs at Montgomery County Community College by becoming a Friend of The Galleries. Donations are tax deductible. For more information, contact the College Foundation at 215-641-6535. Follow us at facebook.com/DestinationArts.

Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Closed Fridays (June-August) and weekends.

by Diane VanDyke