Watercolor Workshops
My 0ne-day watercolor workshops are available in Chautauqtua Institution on Wed. July 2, Tues. July 15, Tues. July 29 and Tues. August 12 each from 11 am - 3:30.
Intensive immersion in watercolor painting is for all levels interested in this elusive and exciting medium. The class will work from still-life setups following a demonstration. Personal instruction throughout the day will be concluded with a group critique. call 716 357 6348 on the web ciweb.org
(From Gusto, online article: Story here)
WHAT: “New Views: Rita Argen Auerbach and George Palmer”
WHEN: Opens with a reception from 7 to 9 tonight and runs through May 26; artist talks at 2 p. m. Sunday
WHERE: Insite Gallery, 810 Elmwood Ave.
TICKETS: Free
INFO: 984-9572
News
The painting "Chautauqua Classic" on my website Gallery page, is selected for the back cover of Great Lakes Seaway Journey, 2007-2008. The magazine has 200,000 copies printed and provides site information from Erie, PA to the St. Lawrence River, NY ending at the border of Canada.
I will again be a presenter at the Women's Wellness Week, November 9 - 15, 2008 in Captiva, Florida. My four days of instruction will include drawing and watercolor painting en plein aire. The emphasis is the importance of hand, eye, and mind connection.
"Buffalo Architectural Series" of 10 giclee prints have been acquired for the permanent collection of the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences, 701 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY
Burchfield-Penney Art Center commissioned two watercolor interpretations of the new museum under construction on Elmwood Avenue and Rockwell Roads, Buffalo NY. Designed by the architectural firm of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, this state of the art building is projected to open in 2008. The museum is dedicated to the art and vision of Charles E. Burchfield and distinguished artists of Buffalo-Niagara and Western New York State. Through its affiliation with Buffalo State College, the museum encourages learning and celebrates the richly creative and diverse community.
Exhibitions
Feasting Eyes, Artists Take on Food, Invitational Exhibition at Kenan Center Gallery, Lockport, NYAugust 29 - October 5, 2008
Curated by Gerald Mead includes my three watercolors:
Fresh Harvest II, Coconut Palms, and Corn on the Cob
www.kenancenter.org
716 433 2617
Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution, Logan Gallery
Members Exhibition
August 10 - 21, 2008
Dun at Night and West Ferry in Light
My art work will be included in "The Artists Among Us" at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, December 14, 2007 - March 2, 2008.
New Watercolors Exhibition at Insite Gallery, 810 Elmwood, Buffalo NY, April 25 May 27, 2008. This display will present images depicting significant architectural sites seen from a worms-eye view illuminated against a dramatic night sky. Large paintings as well as small ink and watercolor sketches are included for exhibition.
Paintings on display at The Mansion on Delaware, 414 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo NY phone: (716) 886 3300. Watercolors on loan from over 50 collections of Chautauqua residents comprised the exhibition RITA ARGEN AUERBACH: Celebrating 25 Years of Painting Chautauqua, June 25 – July 7, 2006. This exhibition sponsored by the Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts opened the 2006 Summer Season in the newly renovated Logan Art Gallery on Bestor Plaza in Chautauqua Institution, New York.
Also on display was the original sketchbook made by Auerbach as a delegate to the 1986 Chautauqua/Eisenhower Conference on US/Soviet Relations in Riga, Latvia. The published book Sketches and Reflections of a Journey, by Auerbach includes these images. Selected reproduced sketches became the official Chautauqua gift to the Soviet Friendship Society. Paintings are from the collections of Smuckers Corp., and The Charles Rand Penney Collection of Western New York Art in the Burchfield-Penney Art Center among many others.
On going
The Artistry of Rita Argen Auerbach is the exclusive venue in Chautauqua Institution for my original artwork. The paintings are inspired by many years spent in Chautauqua and are available during the summer season in Pat's at Chautauqua located in the Chautauqua Wearhouse, Colonnade Building, 716-357-2112.
Buffalo State College, Moot Hall, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY. The permanent installation of a 2004 gift of my “Buffalo Architectural Series” is located in the recently renovated lobby.
Brian Art Galleries, 717 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York has a selected number of my watercolors with floral themes on view. Phone 716-883-7599.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, 1st Floor, Elm and Carlton St, Buffalo NY. The permanent installation of “Buffalo Architectural Series” is a gift of the artist.
I had the distinct honor of painting in Claude Monet's gardens in Giverny, France where I produced The Giverny Series. These eight watercolors are the collection of the Spencer Hotel, Chautauqua and are on public view in the lobby.
Buffalo Architectural Series are available by calling Rita's Studio at 716-875-7571 for a personal visit or list of area galleries.