Stephen Ryan - Stephen enjoys the exhilarating challenge of impressionistic, wet-to-wet watercolors.
The work is impressionistic, wet-to-wet watercolors. It's painted on Crescent Textured Illustration Board. The board and paints are wetted repetitively and some areas are defined later with Pastel Conte Pencil. Subjects include musicians, both children and adults, in the jazz as well as the classical genre.

Al D'Agostino - Al D'Agostino is a painter, graphic/web designer, photographer, and writer. Places where his works have been exhibited include The Everson Museum of Art and the Schweinfurth Museum in Auburn. He graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree.

Jason Cooper King - Jason Cooper King is a local artist who also captures the Jazz Age with convincing visual narration.  His unique illustration like styling and deceptively simple compositions combine to produce a very real and universally shared memory of rural life in the American 20’s. Jason executes portraiture in acrylics that create a universal sense of nostalgia by working from old photographs and slides of rural America from the first half of the twentieth century.

Karen Thomas-Lillie -

Leneord Fishman -

Art education ~ studied at:
Syracuse University School of Art
Castle Hill School of Art (Truro, MA)
Vermont Sculpture Workshops

Artist’s Statement
I prefer to have the stone progressively dictate the design of the final sculpture rather than having a preconceived idea of the final form before starting. This leads to many ‘discoveries’ and is a far more exciting approach for the sculptor. I want the stone to reveal to me the form that it wants to be. Working in this manner allows me to repeatedly modify and become more excited with the creative design. Often the formative structure of the stone itself dictates some modification in design.

I strongly prefer to work with abstract designs as I can best establish a desired visual effect that also conveys appropriate feelings. Detaching the viewer’s eye from reality often provides an opportunity to experience the visual experience on a more emotional level. A finished piece is not successful unless both objectives are achieved. People interpret a work of abstract art very differently but it is important to the artist to feel personally attached and satisfied with the result. It is for this reason that I usually do not title the piece as it should be a personal decision of the proud owner.

I like working with stone as a medium because it is inherently three-dimensional. Three-dimensional design is more complex and challenging to deal with as all surfaces need to integrate with each other. The eye must travel around the stone in order to produce the energy and movement required for a successful design. I very often ‘open up’ the stone by carving within and through it, thereby further enhancing and integrating the three dimensional design with both negative and positive spaces.

Margaret Olney-McBride -

EDUCATION

MFA Degree, American University, Washington, D.C. 1972
BFA Degree, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1950
Workshops in serigraphy (1976) and lithography (1976 and 1977); Montgomery College, Rockville, MD

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Davis Lloyd Kreeger Award – American University, 1970
Resident Fellow – Yaddo Foundation, Saratoga Springs, NY  1972-1975  (several)
Resident Fellow – Ossabaw Island Project, Savannah, GA  1977
Resident Fellow – Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA  1979-2003 (several)
Resident Fellow – The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, 1984

CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
District of Columbia Commission on the Arts & Humanities (Images of Washington)
National Museum of Women in the Arts (Global Focus)
The Watkins Collection, American University
The Montgomery Count (Maryland) Collection
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Collection, Sweet Briar, VA
Akin, Gump, Strausse, Hauer and Field, Washington, D.C.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, Washington, D.C.
Dechert, Price and Rhoads, Washington, D.C.
Nossaman, Gunther, Knox and Elliot, Washington, D.C.
Carroll Publishing Company, Washington, D.C.
Jellinek, Schwartz, Connelly and Freshman, Environmental Consultants, Washington, D.C.
Silverstein and Mullins, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Department of State Arts in the Embassies, 1974-Present

RELATED EMPLOYMENT

The Phillips Collection Staff, Washington, D.C.             1985-2002
Visiting Associate Professor in Painting                         1980-1981
                Department of Art/Art History
                The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Children’s Workshop              1978
                Classes in Printmaking, child and parent/child groups

MUSEUM AND RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2003  Landow Gallery, The Landon School, Bethesda, MD
1982  The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
1983  Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2004   Delevan Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2000   Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.
1999   Barry Gallery, Marymount University, Arlington, VA
1997   Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C.
           Unicorn Gallery, Towson, MD
1995 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1992 Covington and Burling, Washington, D.C.
1991 Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1989   Citicorp Center, New York, NY
           Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C.
           Stony Brook School, Stony Brook, NY
1988 Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1987 Arnold and Porter, Washington, D.C.
1985 Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1979 Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1978 Stewart Mott House, Washington, D.C.
1977 Foundry Gallery
1975 Foundry Gallery
1973 Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, D.C.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2004 Visual Arts Showcase, WCNY, Liverpool, NY
         Regional Small Works, Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
         Made in New York 2004, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
         AAUW Celebrating Woman in Art, Skaneateles, NY
2003 Regional Small Works, Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
         Small is Beautiful, Gallery K (annual 1994-1999), Washington, D.C.
         Jas. McLaughlin Memorial Staff Show, The Phillips Collection
             (annual 1985-1999), Washington, D.C.
1997 Object Lessons (Still Life Invitational)
         Richmond Arts Center, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT
1998 Small Treasures, Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1995 Global Focus:  Women in Art and Culture, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington/Beijing                                                                                     
          9th   Annual Artists Equity Exhibition
                  John A. Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.
          19th Annual Montgomery County Juried Art Exhibition, Strathmore Hall, Montgomery                                                                   County, MD
          VII & I, Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1994 Rock Creek Gallery Spring Exhibition, Washington, D.C.
1993 Rock  Creek Gallery Autumn Exhibition, Washington, D.C.
         Fairfax County Council for the Arts Spring Exhibition, Fairfax County, VA
         Artists Equity Membership Awards Exhibitions, ’91, ’92, and ‘93
1995 Exhibitions, TRW Systems Integration Group, Fairfax, VA
1996 January Preview:  5 Gallery Artists, Susan Conway Gallery
1997 Prints:  Washington, Juried Exhibitions sponsored by The Washington Print Club and The Phillips Collection
1998 College of William and Mary (Small Life Invitational)
1985 Hull Gallery, Washington, D.C.  (9 artists)
         Watkins Gallery, American University (9 alumni)
1984 The Art Barn, Washington, D.C.  (June 10:  10 artists)
Foundry Gallery
1981 Foundry Gallery
1979 Arts Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1978 Delaware Museum, Downtown, Wilmington, DE
Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
             (Recent Acquisitions, Montgomery County)
Washington Women’s Arts Center (Printmaker ’78)
1977 Foundry Gallery
1976 Portsmouth Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA (Drawings ’76)
         Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
         Inland Steel Corporation, Washington, D.C.
1975 Washington Project for the Arts (Drawings from the Studios of Washington Artists)
         George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
         Mount Vernon College, Washington, D.C.
Earlier New York City Center Gallery, New York, NY
            Ward-Eggleston Gallery, New York, NY
            Creative Gallery, New York, NY

Mick also works in arts management as the Special Projects Coordinator for the Cultural Resources Council of Syracuse & Onondaga County. He is the CRC liaison for the Visual Arts Showcase exhibition series held in partnership with WCNY-TV; he provides technical assistance for various State, County and other Grants; coordinates Community Outreach services such as the CRC Individual Artist and Organizational Workshop Series; and initiated The Totem Project through TNT Sector 1 where local artists sculpture will be sleeved over old parking meter posts in Downtown Syracuse.

Other Community & Volunteer Service includes positions as President of the Board of Directors of Syracuse Allied Arts, Inc. where for 10 years he coordinated the “Annual ART MART Show & Sale” (open to Art Guild members and other artists working in various media and on all levels of achievement); Executive Board of CNY Edge; Curatorial Board of New York State Treasures; a consulting member of the 40 Below Public Arts Task Force; Onondaga Citizens League Committee Member in 2006; and nominated by Sen. John A. DeFrancisco to the Thursday Morning Round Table in 2006.

Richard Merkin - Richard Merkin’s work conjures up scenes that evoke the raucous spirit of the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s. In his witty, often eccentric illustrations, Merkin depicts movie stars, jazz musicians, sports heroes and literary impresarios co-mingling with more personal references. In his highly stylized approach, Merkin privileges color relationships, balance and juxtaposition over strictly literal descriptions of his subjects. And humor; there’s always humor.