New Zoom code for 2022, new time 7pm-8:30pm
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71206737625

January 10 2022
“Back to the Garden”
—Echoes of Joni Mitchell's Woodstock Garden
and the Garden’s Role in Art

Back to the Garden in the Art Practices of
Organizer and Moderator: Lois Bender (https://www.loisbender.com/)
Panelists:
Pamela Casper (image below, left) (https://www.pamelacasper.com/)
Shelley Haven (image below, right) (http://shelleyhaven.com/)
Lois Bender (image below, center) (https://www.loisbender.com/)

To contribute via Paypal:
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In person talks have been postponed until April 2022
given the recent surge in Covid.
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Our historical website and archive of panels since 1975 is being updated.
ATOA archives are held at the Smithsonian’s American archives of Art and updated periodically.
https://www.aaa.si.edu/search/collections?edan_q=ATOA

Previous Talks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh2ulvPNBEyeM-xz5WBI5nQ
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December 27 2021
”Shadows and Reflections”
Sandra Indig, Organizer and Moderator

A panel discussion featuring internationally known speakers,
masterfully unique imagery – interactive and recorded.
Louis Kahn, architect, noted that, “the sun never knew how wonderful
it was until it fell on the wall of a building.”

Panelists:
Sandra Indig, organizer www.sindig.com
Dr. Inna Rozentsvit  www.innarozentsvit.com
Tobi Kahn www.tobikahn.com
ARY www.instagram.com/ary_newyork
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December 20 2021
Celebrating the Winter Solstice, Six Artists Visit the Cosmos
Lois Bender Organizer/Moderator
https://wwwloisbenderart.com <loisbender@icloud.com>
Daria Dorosh
https://www.dariadorosh.com/ <dbas@mindspring.com>
Karen Fitzgerald
https://fitzgeraldart.com/ <kbfitzgerald@gmail.com>
Kristin Reed
http://www.kristinreed.com/ <kristinreed@me.com>
Andra Samelson
https://www.andrasamelson.com/ andrasamelson@gmail.com
Sandra Taggart
https://www.sandrataggart.com/ <sandytaggart01@aol.com>
Tamara Wyndham
https://www.tamarawyndham.com/ <tamarawyndham@yahoo.com>
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December 13 2021
”International Society of Antiquaries”
http://www.gregslickart.com/isa.html
Organized and moderated by Elisa Pritzker
Speakers: Olivia Baldwin, Jeff Benjamin, Kyle Cottier, Greg Slick and Elisa Pritzker
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December 6 2021
”Lightning and Inspiration”
Organized and Moderated by Barbara Sherman
Barbara Sherman and Eileen Hoffman discuss the influence of the stories on Saint Barbara and Rapunzel on their work
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November 29 2021
”Earth on the Edge”
Organized by Marcia Annenberg
“EARTH ON THE EDGE “ – 12 ARTISTS DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY AT CERES GALLERY, NEW YORK CITY
Planet Earth is burning up, literally!
Twelve artists declare a climate emergency in “Earth on the Edge,”
an exhibition that explores the tipping points of unstoppable climate change;
melting polar ice caps, an acidifying, deoxygenated ocean, rain bombs and extensive drought and fire seasons
Presenting:
Marci Annenberg, Lois Bender, Walter Brown, Noreen Dean Dresser
Dr. Nigella Hilgarth, Kathy Levine, Angela Manno, Ann Shapiro, Simone Spicer
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November 22 2021
Jaqueline Cedar interview by
Rachel Cohen, Gallerist
about her solo show at
https://www.shelternyc.com/
https://www.artsy.net/show/shelter-jaqueline-cedar-night-moves?sort=partner_show_position

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November 15 2021
All artists were welcome to share their art
Deborah Ugoretz
Guy Augeri
Marc Josloff
Susan Kaprov
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November 8 2021
”Informed by Architecture”
Organized and moderated by Steven Talasnik
www.stephentalasnik.com
https://www.instagram.com/stephentalasnik/?hl=en
with Yuri Masnyj
https://www.instagram.com/yuri_masnyj/?hl=en

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh2ulvPNBEyeM-xz5WBI5nQ

November 1 2021
”Artists Gallerists”
Organized by Linda DiGusta and Christopher Stout
Moderated by Christopher Stout
http://christopherstout.com/
Panelists:
Kathleen Vance
Artist URL: https://www.vanceartworks.com/
Gallery URL: https://www.frontroomles.com/
Daniel Aycock
Gallery URL: https://www.frontroomles.com/
Monica Wurhrer
Gallery URL: https://open-source-gallery.org/
Randall Harris
Artist URL: https://www.figureworks.com/harris/harrrishome.html
Gallery URL: https://www.figureworks.com/
Michael Gormley
Gallery URL: https://www.nyartistsequity.org/
Ellen Hackl Fagan
Artist URL: http://www.ehfaganstudio.com/
Gallery URL: http://www.odettagallery.com/index.html

October 25 2021
”Penetrating Layers”
Lori Horowitz-Organizer and presenter
https://www.lorihorowitz.com/
Lorihorowitzartist@gmail.com
Kelynn Alder
https://kelynnalder.com/
kelynnalder@gmail.com
Chris Ann Ambery
https://www.chrisannambery.com/
chrisann.ambery@gmail.com

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October 18 2021
”Creativity and Play”
Organized and moderated by
Aviva Batya Dorfman with
Ray Wetzel
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October 11 2021: Holiday, no presentation
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October 4 2021
Cecilia Andrea Organizer/ Curator/ Moderator
In coordination with the exhibition “SCALE” at the
First Presbyterian Church
Artists presenting:
Cecilia André
ceciliaandre.com
Melissa Kraft
melissakraft.com
Barbara Sherman
barbaraswansonsherman.com
Sandra Taggart
sandrataggart.com
Tamara Wyndham
tamarawyndham.com

September 27, 2021
An evening of open sharing by artists present:
Michael Krasowitz, Elaine Forrest, Ilse Schreibner-Noll, Nicholas Wolfson

September 20 2021
Jenna Lash
https://www.jennalashstudio.com/
Daniela Soberman
https://www.danielasoberman.com/

September 13 2021
Arthur Clay, Switzerland
http://www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch
https://dimensionsxr.com/congress-speakers/arthur-clay/

September 6 2021 Holiday. no talk

August 30 2021 Photographers from fotofoto gallery
http://fotofotogallery.org/
Pamela Waldroup, organizer, moderator and presenter
https://www.instagram.com/pamelawaldroup/
waldroup@optonline.net
Andrea Fortunoff
https://www.andreafortunoff.com/index
Paul Mele
https://paulmelephotography.com
pmele148@gmail.com

August 23 2021
A lightning round of 5-10 minute presentations by eight artists. This extended elevator speech is a good practice forcing artists to be succinct and summarize their thoughts and words. Presenters included Wendy Liss, Fran Beallor, Elisa Pritzker, Peg Reilly, Monroe Hodder, Alice Zinnes, Thomas Demic and Olga Alexander.

August 16 2021
”Playing TELEPHONE, An Intersemiotic Game of Art Forms”
Organized and moderated by Nathan Langston
Lora Robertson
http://lorarobertson.com/lorarobertson.com/Welcome.html
Sylvain Souklaye
https://www.sylvainsouklaye.com/
Diana Kurz
https://www.dianakurz.com/
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August 9 2021
Sebastien Sevigny (Canada)
Undine Groeger
Marc Josloff
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August 2 2021 Raegan Truax
Special Performance Presentation organized by the ATOA performance curator, Verónica Peña and moderated by Verónica Peña and Barry Kostrinsky. Raegan Truax is a durational performance artist and choreographer who creates visceral environments and takes breath, sweat, skin and time as her primary materials. She most often performs in long consecutive durations, without taking breaks, fasting, in silence, and without a timepiece.
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July 26 2021 William Deresiewicz “The Death of the Artist”
https://billderesiewicz.com/
Bill will discuss his latest book “The Death of the Artist”
and is also the author of the NYTimes best seller “Excellent Sheep”.
Olga Alexander organizer and co-moderator
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July 19 2021 Mitch Pilnick, Organizer
Arlene Rush
www.arlenerush.com
Bob Clyatt
www.clyattsculpture.com
Kate Fauvell
www.katefauvell.com
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July 12 2021 Graciela Cassel, Organizer
Transborder Art
Dario Mohr
www.DarioMohr.com
IG: DarioMohr_art

Marilyn Narota
marilynnarota.weebly.com
https://instagram.com/marilynnarota

Donna Cleary
https://www.donnacleary.net/

 Graciela Cassel
https://www.instagram.com/graciela_cassel/
https://www.gracielacassel.com
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July 5 2021- Holiday Break after 64 consecutive weekly Zoom talks
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June 28 2021
Monroe Hodder, Organizer
Three woman artists on color
Barbara Groh
https://www.barbaragroh.com/about
Yvette Cohen
https://yvettecohen.com/home.html
Sandra Cavanagh
https://www.sandracavanagh.com/J

June 21 2021
Toni Silber-Delerive (bottom left)
https://tonisart.com/
Xan Medina (bottom right)
https://xanmedina.blogspot.com/
Barbara Friedman (top right)
https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/barbara-friedman/
Patrick Martinez (top left)
http://www.patrickmartinez.net/Accueil.html
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June 14 2021
Nicolas Touron
Daniel Reiser
Sema Gurun

June 7 2021
Special Performance Presentation
Ana Izquierdo, Peru
organized by the ATOA performance curator, Verónica Peña

May 31 2021
Regina Silvers “Protest Painting”
https://nyartistscircle.com/artists/regina-silvers/album/12
Caroline Falby
https://www.animationofmortality.com/
Adi Talwar
http://aditalwarphotography.com/
Elaine Forrest
https://www.elaineforrest.net/welcome-1.html
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May 24 2021
Will Kaplan
https://cargocollective.com/Willkaplanwritingartist
Bonny Leibowitz
https://www.bonnyleibowitz.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=19121&Akey=XHT23RHR
Audrey Frank Anastasi
http://www.audreyanastasi.com/
Effie Serlis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/effie-serlis-79369716/?locale=de_DE

May 17 2021
Fran Beallor, Barbara Sherman curators of NYAC exhibition
“Fragile Earth” with artists from the exhibition:
Pauline Galliana will show and discuss her performance piece about plastic, It Never Dies. Pauline uses recycled materials in her artwork.
Eleanor Goldstein will talk about her time spent in Iceland documenting glaciers.
Jenna Lash is going to speak about her Endangered Species currency series and the relationship between money and the environment.
Barbara Sherman will show works from her bird / animal series. She will talk about how plastic is devastating birds and other wildlife.
Fran Beallor will talk about her Glaciers, Ugly Fruit and Dead Horse Bay series which were all inspired by the Climate Crisis.
https://nyartistscircle.com/curated-shows/fragile-earth
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May 10 2021
CIMA: Center for Italian Modern Art
https://www.italianmodernart.org/
Marica Antonucci: CIMA Fellow
https://www.italianmodernart.org/current-fellows/
Virginia Magnaghi: CIMA Fellow
https://www.italianmodernart.org/fellows/virginia-magnaghi/
https://www.instagram.com/virginiamagnaghi/?hl=en
Carlotta Vacchelli: CIMA Fellow
https://www.italianmodernart.org/meet-our-fall-2020-fellow-carlotta-vacchelli/

May 3 2021
Special Performance Presentation Fina Ferrara organized by the ATOA performance curator, Verónica Peña and moderated by Verónica Peña and Barry Kostrinsky
Fina Ferrara is a mexican performer and video artist. The photographic registry of her performances have been exhibited in ART3F International Contemporary Art Fair in Paris and Monaco, Marbella Contemporary Art Show, Gaudi Gallery Madrid, Spain and Puerta Rosa Museum in Mexico. Her video art pieces have been part of Bogota Experimental Film Festival Colombia, Fringe Arts Festival Philadelphia, NoNation ArtLab Chicago, FIVA Almagro Spain, VIDEOBARDO Argentina and Agite y Sirva Touring Festival presenting in Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Puebla, Mexico and in Paris, France. Fina´s work is a dance between action and poetry.

April 26 2021
Patricia Miranda- above right
https://www.instagram.com/thecritlab/
https://www.patriciamiranda.com/
Christopher Kaczmarek- above left
https://www.chriskaczmarek.com/

April 19 2021
Emma Shapiro (top left)
http://emma-shapiro.com/
Jessica Krause Smith (middle: detail)
https://www.instagram.com/jessicakrausesmithstudio/
Susan Kaprov (top right)
http://www.kaprov.com/

April 12 2021
”Photography: Different Perspectives” Organized by Susan Tiffen
Images left to right:
Tom Demic
https://www.tomdemicphotography.com/
Alan Richards
https://www.alanrichardsart.com/
Susan Tiffen Photography
www.susantiffenphotography.com
Eileen Novack
https://eileennovack.zenfolio.com/

April 5 2021
Yali Romagoza
Special Performance Presentation organized by the ATOA performance curator, Verónica Peña and moderated by Verónica Peña and Barry Kostrinsky
https://www.instagram.com/cuquitathecubandoll/

March 29 2021
Robert Seyffert (above middle)
https://robertseyffert.com/
https://www.instagram.com/robert.seyffert/
Daniel Hauben (above left)
https://danielhauben.com/
Bill Behnken (above right)
https://theartstudentsleague.org/instructor/bill-behnken/
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March 22 2021
“New Latinx Art Collective” organized by Verónica Peña Part II
Anabella Lenzu Dance Theater, Dance Film
Ana De Orbegoso Visual Artist
Francheska Alcantara Interdisciplinary Artist
Gabriel G. Torres Multidisciplinary Artist, Theater Director
Giana Pilar González Multidisciplinary Artist
Julia Justo Visual Artist

March 15 2021
“New Latinx Art Collective” organized by Verónica Peña Part I
Arantxa Araujo Multidisciplinary, Performance Artist
Bibi Flores Multidisciplinary Artist, Painting
Fernando Vieira Writer, Director, Performer
Jessica Alazraki Painter,Visual Artist
Jorge Berrios Theater, Writing, Collective Creation
Sabrina Merayo Nuñez Installation, Sculpture

March 8 2021
BENJAMIN M JOHNSON (organizer) WITH ARTISTS FROM TUCSON, ARIZONA

Benjamin M Johnson: Painter
https://www.benjohnsonart.com

David Andres: printmaker (image above)
https://artistdavidandres.com

Carolyn Robles: painter, pastel artist
https://www.carolynrobles.com

Catherine Nash: Encaustic, paper, installation
https://catherinenash.com

Ernesto Esquer: photographer
https://www.ernestoesquer.com

MARCH 1 2021 Alba Soto
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE PRESENTATION ORGANIZED BY THE ATOA PERFORMANCE CURATOR, VERÓNICA PEÑA
MODERATED BY VERÓNICA PEÑA AND BARRY KOSTRINSKY
ALBA SOTO HOLDS A PH.D IN FINE ARTS AND SHE IS AN ACTIVELY WORKING ARTIST. SHE STUDIED VISUAL AND SCENIC ARTS, AND SHE IS A SPECIALIST IN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND PERFORMING TOOLS FOR CREATION AND TEACHING PRACTICE. ALBA IS PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSIDAD NEBRIJA AND SHE HAS CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS AT A NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE KYMENLAAKSON UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES IN FINLAND; THE UCA UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ART IN THE UK; HOCHSCHULE FÜR KÜNSTE BREMEN IN GERMANY; AND UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES IN COLOMBIA, SAIC SCHOOL IN THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, ETC. HER PERFORMANCES, VIDEO ART AND DRAWINGS HAVE BEEN SHOWCASED AT A NUMBER OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS AND EXHIBITIONS IN USA, CHINA, ITALY, GERMANY, ETC. THANKS TO THIS PRACTICE AND THE CURATORIAL WORK, ALBA SOTO HAS COLLABORATED AND SHARED EXPERIENCES AND PROCESSES WITH SEVERAL ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
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February 22 2021 Brainard Carey
You can see this talk on our Youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RIopcZex90&t=4shttps: //praxiscenterforaestheticstudies.com/ Brainard discussed best practices for online recognition and sales for artists that don’t want to waste their time doing this stuff!

Brainard gave specific examples of artists that sell work through and gain global recognition via Instagram. For all those that attend, a free book will be given out of his 160 page book “Sell Online” Brainard Carey is an artist, author, and cofounder of Praxis Center for Aesthetics. He has a new book coming out on post-pandemic strategies for artists which can be preordered: https://www.amazon.com/dp/162153765X/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_R6PB9A97VXN0RXDRTCQ4

https://praxiscenterforaestheticstudies.com/
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February 15 2021
”Changing Colors” Organized by Monroe Hodder
Ann Harmon
Diane Churchill
Monroe Hodder
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FEBRUARY 8 2021
JAQUELINE CEDAR’S “GOOD NAKED GALLERY” WILL PRESENT ON THE CURRENT EXHIBITION “THE BURROW”: SHORT VIDEO WORKS BY
ZEBADIAH KENEALLY, IRGIN SENA, CAMILO GODOY, PAULA STUTTMAN, LARRY CEDAR

HTTPS://WWW.GOODNAKEDGALLERY.COM/2021
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February 1 2021

Joe Ovelman (above right)
https://www.joeovelman.com/
Colin Cathcart (above middle)
https://www.instagram.com/cwcathcart/
Peg Reilly (above left)
http://www.pegreillyart.com/
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January 25 2021

Kathryn Lynch(Image below left), Cesare Catania (Image below center ) and Tara Hatzidakis(image below right

January 18 2021
Daniel Navarro Lorenzo / Dan Lourenço Dance, image above, from Edinburgh, Scotland
Dan will discuss 'State' a film and dance he coordinated with 60 dancers at different locations around the globe with composer Adrian Blezian Perez. Part of our new monthly Performance Monday’s in 2021
Curated by Veronica Pena, moderated by Veronica Pena and Barry Kostrinsky

https://www.danlourencodance.com/video-project-state?fbclid=IwAR13JG1eqSuaoIFj1Qci2ca8u_qHjZVYm_8braQaRa2G4v_Rblw03SaLLJ4

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbrhbZGrDrfWRxinEqk8wiw?feature=subscribe-embed&sub_confirmation=1

January 11 2021
Jay Critchley (image above)
Critchley’s visual, conceptual and performance work and environmental activism have traversed the globe, showing and/or performing in Argentina, Japan, England, Holland, Germany, Columbia and the United States
http://www.jaycritchley.com/

Lionel Delevingne:
“I subordinate my art to reality, because reality comes first. It’s a question of priority.”
Delevingne has traveled and photographed extensively throughout the world. In his work, he’s sought a conscious merging of politics and art.
https://www.lioneldelevingne.com/

Barbara Schaefer: Interdisciplinary Artist: Photography, Painting & video

Nick La Marca: Photography
https://nicklamarca.com/

January 4 2021: “Artists Using Photography in different ways” (image above)
Organized by Charlie Rubin featured:

Maria Sprowls: https://www.mariasprowls.com/

Sylvia Hardy: https://sylviahardy.com/

Magali Duzant: https://www.magaliduzant.com/

Charlie Rubin: https://www.charlierubin.com/

Special presentation Monday December 21st:
”Portraiture” organized by Leah Poller
Stan Squirewell (top left)
Julie Harvey (top middle)
Leah Poller (top right)
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Our regular Monday Virtual Open Studios launched our new programming with dynamic interactive conversation as artists from across the country shared their art works, responses to the currents times and concerns via Zoom from their studios and home.

Many artists as well as curators, arts writers and artists representatives have attended.

Many thoughts were shared, evolved and discussed in a warm and caring manor and much appreciation for the ability to gather and share about art in these difficult times was expressed. Great one liners summarizing artists thoughts we constantly elucidated. Unfortunately many cancelled exhibitions and residencies from Finland to France were sadly reported by many artist.

One artist shared a dirty secret: Please if you are under 18 get your parents permission to view this: “I paint small landscapes”

Highlights from Special Monday Open Studios organized by artists, gallerist and Museums:

On 11/30/2020 Artists Talk on Art's 33rd Virtual Open Studio Special Presentation by YIVO: The Institute for Jewish Research was a wider cultural perspective than individual artists talking about their art than our previous ATOA talks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCiRumcZ744

YIVO recently launched the first exhibition of its landmark YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum: Beba Epstein: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Girl. It is the first Digitally Native Exhibition exploring East European Jewish Life in the 20th Century drawing on 100s of materials from YIVO’s archive of 23 million artifacts including art, photos and film.
We heard from YIVO’s Chief of Staff Shelly Freeman, the Chief Curator of the Online Museum and Webby award-winning interactive designer Karolina Ziulkoski and Olivia Reid, the Online Museum’s Research and Project Specialist about this epic new resource.
This was a deep dive into Eastern European Jewish Life with a loci around one girl and her story; however the larger message was that history not only repeats herself when we heard of injustices, immigration absurdities and lost art and culture and inhumane acts by mankind but that these themes are unfortunately always present and have always been present in societies around the globe. Yet, this was an uplifting story. One that told the tale of the hard work of many to find lost archives one document at a time and to save the lives of those lost through retelling their stories. These stories were, quite often, the stories of you and I, of young children with cares for hair or a grandpa that never seemed to laugh or how tall they were and the little things that make us human and the same on a fundamental level. Was this strictly an art story, have all these objects become art as they speak of the past and catalogue history, this is for you to decide. Contemporary art has become more about organizational and socially motivated causes. In this light, all of YIVO's 23 million objects they have collected beyond the obviously graphic designed posters and theatre advertisements as well as paintings and water colors of the local towns and the many surviving photographs seems to be art at it's highest service. Art is embedded in cultural objects of all kinds.

10/26/2020 ATOA presents Jaqueline Cedar's Good Naked Gallery's artists from "Earthly Delights" Organized by Ms. Cedar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5vOcvupt20&t=373s

Jaqueline Cedars gallery in her second bedroom, "Good Naked Gallery" is titled from a Seinfeld episode. Though comedy plays a role in her gallery, don't let the implications of sex or a reference to a sitcom fool you. This gallery presents cutting edge creative artists in an exciting mixed arts environment building community and crossing the lines between art, science, play, humor and computers. The exhibition "Earthly Delights" and the seven artists in the show were the focus of the ATOA's 28th virtual Open studios. Explorations of materiality, tactility and work in relation to nature are key unifying points of alignment for this thought provoking and mind expanding exhibition.

Jaqueline began by expressing some of these points and then Heidi Norton began the individual artists presentations. Heidi works with light and uses organic materials including wax. Permanence is not the issue here, the moment is what counts and at times the art works evolves through decay, sweating and burning. Her background in photography comes into play as reference and a reuse tool reiterating her thoughts on the passage of time. Transformation, ephemera, impermanence, mortality, detritus are key elements of Ms. Norton's work. She both draws inspiration from Edward Steichen's obsession with delphinium plants in an homage piece and goes beyond anything Steichen could ever have imagined. Interior vs Exterior plays abound in her work and light, earth and Fire are elements she incorporates and thus brings to mind Artistotle's elements, his basic building blocks, bypassing the traditional table of elements and getting us back to a more fundamental simpler, yet complex understand of reality.

The married artistic duo of Dominic Terlizzi and Christine Stiver go together like bread and butter- literally as both use amongst other materials these unique and yet common place materials respectively in their art making practices. Christine draws reference and support from a relatively unknown incredible ground braking female artists from the late 19th century. Linda Nochlin's famous article "Where are all the female artists" comes to mind; Many were not given the time of day nor their due in history courses old and new. Stiver melts and burns her butter speaking of transience and many thoughts similar to Ms. Nortons. Christine finds it liberating to throw the melted work away and bring to mind the many burdens of ownership, storage and the expense art often saddles the artist with. Indeed she dopes capture the work in photographs and videos. Dominic, a Mica grad works with bread and to grab a more solid, stable and archival image cast the works in paint or the more traditional material of sculpture- Bronze. What results is a complex pattern both broken and connected that calls to mind Giacometti with vertical and horizontal line plays and a complex weave of form that could only come from the original irregular materials he has cast. he plays off the ideas of what can last and what can not and again emphasis ephemera and a duality of options. He hopes to bring the viewer into the works with both pleasure and disruption.

Christopher Lin combines simplicity with complexity in micro tiny worlds with macro complexity in closed universes toying with order and disorder. Subverted uses of fish tanks, drifting, messages in a bottle or better yet plants in a bottle would make Smithson proud. Organic vs synthetic, moss, haiku and years in a Yale lab are just some of the pieces in this complex artists tool box. Inverted plants flip gravity and play with our notion of what is up and what is down inverting our eyes and ideas much as a surrealist would hope to do to make us see anew. Jared Hoffman explores lenticular works involving lights, perceptions, space, movement and is an affirmed image hoarder; however this hoarding is assembled on his computer and the work is beyond intellectually challenging and visually appealing, eye candy in the best of ways being both sumptuous and satisfying. Computers are more than an aid here and the work involves laying and complexities played with in an exploratory fashion. He respects the California light and space movement of the past.

The duo of Blake Carrington and Tei Blow finished our presentation this evening. They have been training AI and work with machine learning and collect images and words from the internet recombining them in unique ways. At times you get Richter like schmeres and at other times the works is biomorphic and Bonsai like as the algorithm approaches nature. The line between nature and computers is approached and crossed in their art and the art of many of the artists in this show.The work was mounted on a tree with low bluetooth hanging fruit in Prospect Park. This show happened outdoors as it was too risky to bring artists and the community through Ms. Cedar's residential apartment. Indeed the black belted video speaks a bit to both intellectualism and S&M.

October 12 “Snow in LA”
organized by Skip Snow and featured:
(clockwise) Patrick Donovan, Skip Snow, Liz Walsh, Rachid Bouhamidi, Alex Andrew Sanchez, Robert Stark founder Pluto Projects and Jane Magdelana Bauman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am2VmiwE1jU&t=16s

Artists Talk on Arts (ATOA) 26th Monday Virtual Open Studio via Zoom was organized by Skip Snow and featured some of his artists/friends from LA. An over-arching goal was to get at what makes an LA artists different from a NY artist. Skip lead off the presentations and mentioned 4-dimensional history- a history that incorporates the past of other non-Western cultures and is reach and deep in various visual languages. He has explored gender identity in his works and at times some figures look androgynous. When he met Francis Bacon he recalls how kind Bacon was to him and Skip's works seems to reveal the inner mood of his figures similar to how Bacon's does. Jane Magdalena Bauman pointed out how the east coast is full of water and the west coast has draughts; She explores ephemera, uses spray paint at time and has engaged her older works in new ways combining them into grids of four for dynamic multiple read compositions. As a result of the recent lock down in LA her work has become more internal and focuses within. Chance and openness play a large part in her art work. Liz Walsh was as colorful as her works. She has gone beyond the painted image and engaged "Super Moon" video feeds in reaction to Covid. With a free hand the project evolved to be more focused on music as musicians have been hit hard by the lack of venues and opportunities due to the pandemic. Her paintings are bright and colorful, using neon colors embedded in free form abstracted nature images. At times she wants to remove touch from her work and yet at the same time she works in clay happily surprised by created spaces and shelves that evolve in the work. She has brought her foam works outside in "real" street and natural nature installations and though she captures and documents the work through photography the work takes on a new important life outside gallery walls. A different color palette was recognized in the LA artists verses NY artists as was a sense of a greater playfullness and less of an autocratic hierarchical gallery structure was noted. Indeed these rules are not strict barriers and both can be said of artists from either coast. Patrick Donovan followed with his very accomplished and technically skilled works that were like Duane Hanson sculptures on a two dimensional surface with a strong conceptual overlay. This once lawyer engaged art later in life and has played catch-up at lightning speed. Patrick captures the banality of life and creates and eiry, quiet almost deaf tone in his works. He respects Tim Eitel's work greatly. Patrick is interested how we use images, replications of reality as sources and then rif on the images- a conceptually removed layering. Matthew Brannon a presenter for the ATOA in an earlier talk when we were in a real space before covid comes to mind. Alex Sanchez emphasized the impact of the recent two month lockdown and how he has collaborated with his son. Alex offered a variety of works in different forms ranging from abstract expressionism to Basquiat like imagery in which his 8 year old son would make a mark and Alex would respond to it. The love he felt for his son was palpable and embedded the work both complexity and sincerity. He has been exploring black gesso and enriches textured surface with brushes, sticks and screw drivers. Alex pushes mark making and at times spits pumpkin seeds onto his works and embedded legless roaches more of the Sensimilla variety. Robert Zin Stark provided a gallerists point of view as he formed both Mars and Pluto projects but there was no doubt there is an artist lurking within Robert. Multiply influenced lead him to his path included the influence of his grandmother. He mentioned we are in the "Rococo of Conceptualism" now and has been influenced by many philosophical ideas including Foucault, while showing a concern for the Re-iffication of art and the effect of financilization of art being more weighty on the NY scene than the LA art world. He wonders about the influence of all the screen viewing we are constantly engaged in and how this changes the paradigms of art. Rachid Mouhamedi waited patiently to go till the end of this extended 2 hour presentation. His Moroccan background plays a strong part in his geometric almost Alhambric forms and his reverence for Matisse's line, form and composition play as well and Henri's Morocco series and decorative plays were bold and striking. He tries new things, has fun works with chance and though a fellow LA artists, could not be further from Patrick Donovan's works. The point is yes there are difference in the LA scene and the NY crowd but lines are crossed constantly. Many of these LA artists were transplants from NY and chose LA for the light and lack of pavement we are bombarded with in NYC. Fun, chance, exploration, examinations of the self and reactions to Covid are all themes we have heard before from artists everywhere. We are one beehive.

June 8 had a special presentation by JC Rice and Ray Mendez showing images, photographs and video from the pandemic and the Black lives Matter protests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ytw2LipGkE

JC Rice, Photography

“Capture it as it happens, can’t ask the subject it ruins the moment……Kafka like buildings dwarf us……Shapes of bent over people……..Absurdity, everyone shooting”
Geometry and The Street are primary concerns of JC.

Ray Mendez “What I saw” Skater, photographer, videographer, skated a Serra and then got approval.

July 6 was a watercolor demonstration and discussion with Emily Stedman (above) for the entire talk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mFe8byW7lM

Below are snippets of her thoughts:
Normal life is more fascinating than made up things. Nothing is ever as exciting as reality/nature. The life of the world going on. Urban sketches, urban sketchers. Amazing what you can come up with, even a brick wall opens up the world (micro to macro). Stories. Quick sketches on sight, photographs to aid, looking for the feeling of the moment. Pop out parts first, often darks. Magenta, Aqua Rose, Color combinations. Prussian Blue-nice dark, dangerous like black, given it’s strength to dominate a composition and space. Color in the shadow/dark. Modern colors can be harsh. Drys lighter in color. No mixing beforehand-time consuming. Explosion of color, likes the cadmium colors even given the toxicity. John Singer Sergeant’s quick flick

Short summary of thoughts shared by artist to date:

Steven Hirsh, snippets of his thoughts:
I paint what’s in my head. Images in my mind that will never go away. Artist practices: Daily drawings. News photographer. The pandemic and coronavirus. Quarantine center. Outsider art. Started painting at 60. Don’t know why I do what I do

Steven Zolin: Rhythmic Drawing. Allowing yourself to make what you want. To find something in a painting- art as a search light

Linda Vigdor: Organic, Surreal, Earth consciousness-role of humans. Human brain cells/octopus interconnectivity and responsibility. Humans not at the top

Julie Harvey: Death and the afterlife, influence of greek low relief, Egyptian art

Sophia Raccuia: Nature and ecosystems. Everyones wearing glasses and not seeing anything, hard to create now, I had a real thing for Jesus. Nature thriving not effected. Apothecaries, hills, graves, hair loss, paint with thread

Mark Strodl: When do you stop. Struggle-Fought with it. Hair has content. Someday escape this prison and be an artist

Robin Walker: Not afraid of Murder Hornets. Simpler and more immediate- like a child. Painter and psychotherapist. Finished to early and never finished, wants it to look spontaneous but work on it

Robert Sherman: Simple is not simple. Don’t see it all. Layers. Meditative.

Michael Kraskowitz: Work channels through me. Painting a day. States of a piece-documenting a piece. First 5 minutes are the best. Not too much conscious intention. Instagram live as performance-posts and targets areas of the globe. Bring work to public sphere-clothing. Environment-Room installation. Monoprint project. Photography: Freezing a moment in time. Important to keep creating. EKPlastic Poetry. Kraz Toons. All part of same stream. “The Critic as Artists” Oscar Wilde

Fran Beallor:Self portrait a day. Falling, Floating, Frozen, Space in space, dream inspired work. Dead Horse Bay Series. Things wash up. Societal detritus, land fills, waste, plastic bags, bottles, glass, ceramic marbles. Still lives that are not so still. Worlds within worlds, micro work, intimate size, views from above. I don’t give a flying fork. Seeing the beautiful in what is not traditionally considered beautiful. Vein system, tree pattern. Climate change. Totem. Merging with animals, split portrait series, Animal spirit. Nobody wants to come to Tribeca and riot

Ilse Schreiber-Noll: Collaboration. Change is good, conflicts

Jill Gewirtz: Ritual. Assertive and shy/observant, Likes the isolation in photography. Tiny book, 1 piece of folded paper. People in transit, stuck in thought. Double exposed photos, Hell’s Kitchen, Found objects, Street. Decaying walls, worn posters, Man Ray

Gina Dominique: Connecting universe through being, what is happening , father/daughter. Death invert of Birth. Pink

Larry RushingTransparency as opposed to opacity. Feminism, Still life, Improvisational rhythm, Jazz

Guna Mundheim: The fragment and the whole

Elaine Weinstein-Forest: Illuminate the object- give it us. Playing cards, High school shootings, ocean garbage, plastic bags, fire. Cel-Ray can details

Lawrence Quigley: Salesman series on nickels. Performance anxiety for Instagram live. Bat wings and chicken feet additions. Subway portraits

Norma Greenwood: Airport clouds,Jacksonville, FL. Pillows, things in common in an abstract way

Leah Poller: Beds. Surreal, hundreds of works as one piece. Reduced language. Found objects, sculpted objects, bed in different languages. Questioning, Challenging. Sculpture does not show well on a 2-d screen or video. Zoom meeting of the bored. Not doing her normal work

Robin Halpern: Creates from splatters. No conscious thought. Where do I store my work

Donald Martiny: Organic evolution of form. Frame as portal

Lois Bender: Spontaneous sometimes better than slow. Watercolor flip book. Everything postponed. Line vs. Color

Andy Golub: Arms of the artist are boneless. The reflective clown

Maggie Z Brown: My Spot, Sense of home, love, comfort, warmth. Make shift studio. Does not collaborate. Boots- life as it was, time in an object. Chronicling emotions through objects. Anthropomorphizing objects, personality of the objects

Barbara Minch:Hands on, less thinking. 10 hour days working- meditation. Warrior woman. Micro focus, mice, insects. Paper clay, develop her own formula. Figures starting to feel odd, losing life, fragility. Does not understand business over life question

Helaine S Soller: Ecosystem encounters. Based on walks, ones experience to nature, Trees, downed life forms. When to stop. Learned from another artist. Detritus of society

Christina Massay: Social media inspired action. The USPS Art Project: founder. Helping the post office, freedom of speech, the right to vote and the arts. Environment, repurposed materials, Kraft beer cans

Regina Silver: Learn how to draw by drawing, Chronicle. Corona, protests, NYTimes images, balcony views. Artists interacting creatively in unique and unexpected ways to each other as they create jointly  via the USPS Art Project (with Bonnie Epstein). Commentary/propaganda line is hard to ride

Bonnie Epstein: Art project would snap her out of it. Grandmothers knitting practice, needle painting. USPS project with Regina Silvers

Mitch Pilnick: Galleries a meeting  points.