ANN BANKS
LUCY BLANKSTEIN: Blankstein is known for her fluid brushwork and line in all media. She has exhibited in the US and in Europe. Blankstein also taught art while living in Bolivia, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic where she established an inernational art colloquium and a card business. Formerly with Gallery 10 in DC, she now exhibits with Group 93 and is a co-partner in The Cabinet Art.
NANCY CUSICK
MANUELLA HOLBAN: Romanian born Manuela Holban went on to study art and art history at the Fine Art High School and Fine Art Institute in Bucharest, Romania. Her studies were followed by extensive travels. Manuela Holban emigrated to United States and presently lives in Maryland. She is represented by Gallery Chiz, in Pittsburgh, Pierogi 2000 in Brooklyn New York, Muse Gallery in Columbus and Maria Pestana, Madrid, Spain. Her work can be found in many private collections in United States, France, England, Romania and Australia.
LAURA HUFF
BELLA JACOBS
MYRTLE KATZEN: Katzen studied at the Abbott School of Commercial Art and the American U where she later became a major art benefactor. Her paintings have been shown in numerous exhibitions in Washington, DC including Group 93-2011 Contemporary Painting. Her work is in many private collections.
CHARLIE MAIORANA: Maiorana has been skirting around the edges of the art world since high school and engineering studies. His first project was a digital "art generation program" that created sophisticated designs with random selection of some parameters and user selection of others. Recently he has been making ephemeral sculpture with found materials and colorful digital prints,
JIM PEARCE
LUCIANO PENAY
PATRICIA SEGNAN: An internationally know artist, Patricia Segnan lived and worked in Washington, DC and for the last 10 years spent half of the year in Venice working in the Atelier Aperto and exhibiting with Galleria Venezia Viva. She was a member of Gallery 10 in Washington. She taught collage techniques in the Atelier Aperto (Venice), the International Association of engravers (Rome) and Gallery 10 (Washington).
Collagist, painter, sculptor, she exhibited her work in many solo and group shows in the United States, Italy, France and Spain and won prizes for both painting and sculpture in the U.S She built a cultural bridge between Venice and Washington, organizing three shows of Atelier Aperto artists at Gallery 10 and of the American artists at Galleria Venezia Viva. (Cleveland 1940 – Washington 2010).
NORMAN STRIKE
NANCY UNGAR: Nancy Ungar traded clay and pastels for Adobe Photosho a media that suits her fantastic visions. Her interest in biological and the microscopic subjects and new media blossomed as a artistic adaptation to a new struggle with Multiple Sclorosis. Ungar moved to the metro area in 1993, taught art at Montgomery College and wrote art criticism for the Gazette for many years.
ANDY UNGER
TINIM VALK: Sketching in parks, estate gardens, old cities and from memory Valk chooses images from global travels (East Africa, South America, Eastern and Western Europe) and then constructs the paintings in the studio. Born in Berlin, Valk studied and lived in the Netherlands before moving to DC. "I am not interested in telling the viewer what to see. I prefer to leave the paintings open to individual emotional responses."
CLAUDIA VESS: Known for innovative monotypes, Vess also makes paintings and sculptures using unusual materials. She has exhibited in the US and in Europe and gives workshops in printmaking and painting. She exhibits with Group 93, and offers collection management services to artists and collectors.
ANN ZAHN: In 1969 Zahn decided to try new ways of making art. After discarding many large paintings, a friend recommended that she learn printmaking because the plates are difficult to destroy. She studied printmaking, and then directed the printmaking workshop at Glen Echo before opening her own studio. Zahn is now drawing and painting as often as she is making lino or wood-blocks.
LUCY BLANKSTEIN: Blankstein is known for her fluid brushwork and line in all media. She has exhibited in the US and in Europe. Blankstein also taught art while living in Bolivia, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic where she established an inernational art colloquium and a card business. Formerly with Gallery 10 in DC, she now exhibits with Group 93 and is a co-partner in The Cabinet Art.
NANCY CUSICK
MANUELLA HOLBAN: Romanian born Manuela Holban went on to study art and art history at the Fine Art High School and Fine Art Institute in Bucharest, Romania. Her studies were followed by extensive travels. Manuela Holban emigrated to United States and presently lives in Maryland. She is represented by Gallery Chiz, in Pittsburgh, Pierogi 2000 in Brooklyn New York, Muse Gallery in Columbus and Maria Pestana, Madrid, Spain. Her work can be found in many private collections in United States, France, England, Romania and Australia.
LAURA HUFF
BELLA JACOBS
MYRTLE KATZEN: Katzen studied at the Abbott School of Commercial Art and the American U where she later became a major art benefactor. Her paintings have been shown in numerous exhibitions in Washington, DC including Group 93-2011 Contemporary Painting. Her work is in many private collections.
CHARLIE MAIORANA: Maiorana has been skirting around the edges of the art world since high school and engineering studies. His first project was a digital "art generation program" that created sophisticated designs with random selection of some parameters and user selection of others. Recently he has been making ephemeral sculpture with found materials and colorful digital prints,
JIM PEARCE
LUCIANO PENAY
PATRICIA SEGNAN: An internationally know artist, Patricia Segnan lived and worked in Washington, DC and for the last 10 years spent half of the year in Venice working in the Atelier Aperto and exhibiting with Galleria Venezia Viva. She was a member of Gallery 10 in Washington. She taught collage techniques in the Atelier Aperto (Venice), the International Association of engravers (Rome) and Gallery 10 (Washington).
Collagist, painter, sculptor, she exhibited her work in many solo and group shows in the United States, Italy, France and Spain and won prizes for both painting and sculpture in the U.S She built a cultural bridge between Venice and Washington, organizing three shows of Atelier Aperto artists at Gallery 10 and of the American artists at Galleria Venezia Viva. (Cleveland 1940 – Washington 2010).
NORMAN STRIKE
NANCY UNGAR: Nancy Ungar traded clay and pastels for Adobe Photosho a media that suits her fantastic visions. Her interest in biological and the microscopic subjects and new media blossomed as a artistic adaptation to a new struggle with Multiple Sclorosis. Ungar moved to the metro area in 1993, taught art at Montgomery College and wrote art criticism for the Gazette for many years.
ANDY UNGER
TINIM VALK: Sketching in parks, estate gardens, old cities and from memory Valk chooses images from global travels (East Africa, South America, Eastern and Western Europe) and then constructs the paintings in the studio. Born in Berlin, Valk studied and lived in the Netherlands before moving to DC. "I am not interested in telling the viewer what to see. I prefer to leave the paintings open to individual emotional responses."
CLAUDIA VESS: Known for innovative monotypes, Vess also makes paintings and sculptures using unusual materials. She has exhibited in the US and in Europe and gives workshops in printmaking and painting. She exhibits with Group 93, and offers collection management services to artists and collectors.
ANN ZAHN: In 1969 Zahn decided to try new ways of making art. After discarding many large paintings, a friend recommended that she learn printmaking because the plates are difficult to destroy. She studied printmaking, and then directed the printmaking workshop at Glen Echo before opening her own studio. Zahn is now drawing and painting as often as she is making lino or wood-blocks.
