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Jerome Harris Parmet of Scarsdale spent a backbreaking day over a welding bench to create a piece of artwork that's now on exhibition at United Hebrew of New Rochelle's Lazarus Gallery. "This is welded steel," he said, pointing to the metallic butterfly poised on a block of wood. "Each piece was made individually."
United Hebrew of New Rochelle will host its Birds, Bees and Butterflies exhibition through September. The exhibition comprises 51 pieces of artwork from over 40 artists. The center culled that number from over 500 submissions from across the country, as well as Korea and France, raccording to Jodi Moise, curator of the Lazarus Gallery at the facility.
The theme of the exhibition, Birds, Bees and Butterflies, represents the birth of spring, said Moise. After the winter we all had, we were looking forward to something bright and happy, she said. Even a couple from Memphis, Tennessee made ithe trek to see the exhibit.
The artwork presented is varied: paintings, photography, mixed media, sculpture, encaustic, ceramic, jewelry, and fiber art.
For her work, Judy Aronow purchased a butterfly at a butterfly farm, picked a branch near her home in White Plains, and spent months painting her still life piece.
Rosalind Shaffer from Weston, Connecticut, created a series of small bird-adorned sculptures using a 16th century Japanese technique of raku. No two pieces are the same, said Shaffer.
Robert Hertzfield painted perhaps one of the brightest pieces in Birds, Bees and Butterflies. His piece, entitled Summer was actually painted in four days during a cold winter in Connecticut. When I was surrounded by all the snow, I needed some brightness in my life, said Hertzfield. From there, it evolved.
Daniel Del Valle is a Bronx-based digital artist and his two pieces were created using Photoshop and printed on Italian cotton paper.
The entries were judged by Susan Hoeltzel, Director of the Lehman College Art Gallery in the Bronx; Emily Mello, curator of Education, Adult and Academic Programs at the Neuberger Museum of Art; at SUNY Purchase and Stomu Miyazaki, an architect, adjunct professor at Pace University, and chairperson of the Trustees at Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden in North Salem.
Birds, Bees and Butterflies will continue to show off the artwork until September 9th. The gallery is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. inside the main lobby of United Hebrew of New Rochelle building.
United Hebrew of New Rochelle is located at 391 Pelham Road, New Rochelle, NY 10805. Visit www.uhgc.org or call (914) 632-2804.
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