MAXIMUS/minimus, 8 Women Artists

I've curated this exhibit featuring 8 dynamic Staten Island artists at ART at Bay, 70 Bay St., Staten Island, NY, a fine arts collaborative gallery one block from the Staten Island ferry terminal. The exhibit is sponsored by the Staten Island Creative Community, a grassroots organization. I like to say "We create our own opportunities".

Exhibition Dates: April 2 - May 1, 2011
Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sunday, Noon - 6pm
Opening Reception: Saturday April 2, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Second Saturday Art Walk: April 9, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Second Sunday Literary Reading: April 10, 3:00 pm
      Readers:  
      Robert Sherman, Victoria Hallerman, Edward Joyce

Exhibiting Artists:

   Irma Bohorquez-Geisler - photographs         Denise Mumm – collages, paintings

   Judith Hugentobler - sculpture                      Rachel Sanchez - paintings

   Sheryl Humphrey - paintings                         Lucy Smith - paintings

   Gail Middleton - photographs                       Jenni Vitek – paintings, fiberart

I curated this exhibition through an open call to women in the Staten Island Creative Community membership and by invitation. The exhibit contains diametrically opposed aesthetics; pure, simple and minimalist vs. baroque, intense and densely-packed. Sometimes the two aesthetics are embodied in one artist. Hence the title MAXIMUS/minimus.

Directions to the gallery via public transportation from Manhattan:

Subways to S. I. Ferry: R to Whitehall, 1 to South Ferry or 4/5 to Bowling Green.

Staten Island Ferry: Whitehall Terminal to St. George, S.I.

Walk one block south (to the left) of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.

ART at Bay gallery is run entirely by local artists and sponsored by the Staten Island Creative Community, Inc. (SICC).  ART at Bay exhibits photography, painting, sculpture and all forms of fine art, with new exhibits mounted monthly. www.StatenIslandCreativeCommunity.org