Hide and Seek

A collection of studio photography by Scott Weingarten.

I am very happy to announce the opening of our September 2013 show with Photographer Scott Weingarten Saturday September 7th, from 7-10 PM, at Gallery 364. Join us to view Scott's latest work, mingle with other artists, enjoy food & drink.

This event is free, but we will not turn away donations which help support our wonderful shows!!
We hope to see you all here for another exciting year!!!

Thank You,
Georgine Benvenuto, Founder & Director
Gallery 364 



Introducing Scott Weingarten

 Scott M. Weingarten
 Fine At Photographer/Artist/Banker


Scott Weingarten was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 22, 1957. He has had numerous gallery shows in the
New York City area including Fountain Art Fair in Miami, Florida. He has also had shows on Long Island and in the dumbo area in downtown Brooklyn. His current work is motivated by his passion for photographing people in various situations. Scott's work consists on mainly black and white photographs that are emotional and enticing to
the soul and imagination.

 Scott is basically self taught and has studied with a mentor for several years learning different techniques including editing, printing and photoshop methods. He has an extensive art background including drawing and Fashion Illustration. Scott has a degree in Fashion Illustration from F.I.T. and a fine art degree from Kingsborough Community College.

He has recently been working with photographing models for the past two years in various situations using different lighting techniques to get the most creative effect possible. Scott has done unusual portraits and abstracting models to give his work more self expression.

He continues to work in mostly 17"x 22" format or larger using his Canon EOS 5D digital camera. Printing is done on an epson 3880 printer.

Scott has won honorable mention at 364 Gallery in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and has had several write ups in Gallery and Studio Magazine.

HORROR VACUI PART 2: 

Photographs by Kathy Libraty

OPENING PARTY APRIL 6th, 2013     7-10PM

I am very happy to announce the opening of our April 2013 show with Photographer Kathy Libraty this Saturday April 6th From 7-10PM, at Gallery 364. Join us to view Kathy's latest work, mingle with other artists, enjoy food & drink and I understand we have a surprise musical guest!! More info to come in the next two days. You can join our event on Facebook, Gallery 364. This event is free, but we will not turn away donations which help support our wonderful shows!! We hope to see you all here for another exciting year!!!

Thank You,
Georgine Benvenuto, Founder & Director
Gallery 364 




Introducing Kathy Libraty

As a visual artist, I have always enjoyed the juxtaposition of varying elements in my work. As I was photographing different locations of graffiti art and wall murals throughout Brooklyn and Long Island City, it occurred to me that this is a “people’s art” and that our urban landscape is created by many varying contributors. Torn posters providing segments of faces with torn paper edges contrasted with brick walls or wooden construction barricades, graffiti, spray painted graphics and nonsense along with actual architectural elements all commingle into an ever-changing visual smorgasbord of our human artistic psyche. As street artists come upon these works they are sometimes inspired to add or detract by contributing some extra elements or actually vandalizing the images—thus they become works in progress in an ever-shifting urban environment.

In many of the images presented here, I have employed my lovely daughter and muse, Elisa Renee, to pose and add a human context to the images. She has generously contributed her time and dramatic talent to enhance my photographic visions. A musical artist in her own right (ElisaLovelie.com), Elisa has that elusive charisma, charm and humor that jumps out of the photographs and demands your full attention. Indeed she is, in many ways, the co-author of the works in which she appears and deserves full recognition and praise for her unique contribution! At times, I have also been fortunate to capture passersby who willingly or unwittingly became a part of my compositions.

But getting back to my opening statement about the juxtaposition of varying elements, I have also taken the artistic license to alter the images by adding other photographic images by compositing them in Photoshop. Thus, in my own way, I have added to the visual lexicon of the urban landscape—even if the images only exist as unique works in these photographic prints.

This exhibit represents the continuation of the project originally exhibited at Starbucks in August of last year.
I am also going to include many smaller framed images of varying other photographic subjects that I have recently processed through Instagram. It promises to be a visually exciting and fun filled night!

"ECLECTIC" Opens January 26th, 2012

"ECLECTIC" Opens January 26th, 2012
7PM-10PM
Details

Gallery 364 "Bay Ridge's First Fine Arts Gallery" is pleased to go forth with our January Art Competition, entitled "ECLECTIC".

We believe in giving just a keyword/s to our artists and see what they come forward with in terms of visual artwork. Please include an artist statement at time of entry.

If you are interested in submitting work for this competition (all mediums accepted), for consideration please call Georgine for an appointment to show your work, or email jpegs for review. No URL's please. You will be notified by email or phone of acceptance. And we look forward to seeing you at our opening reception.

The entry fee is $25.00 per piece, for work accepted, with a limit of 4 pieces per artist. All art must be ready to hang. Entering 4 pieces of accepted art will entitle you to submit two additional pieces for our affordable art wall for FREE.

This competition is open to all media. Criteria for judging is as follows: Beauty (symmetry,composition, proportions, framing) Skill, Meaning, Uniqueness, and Intent.

All art will be for sale. Gallery 364 retains 30% of all sales. Gallery 364 will award: ONE "Best In Show" winner will receive $150 Cash Prize. TWO "Honorable Mention" winners will each receive $50 Gift Certificate. (Winners will be announced at Opening Reception)

SPECIAL GUEST JUDGES: Award Winning Photographers Anthony Almeida & Professor Doug Schwab

Award Winning Watercolorist Doug Opalski

Deadline for submissions: Sunday, Jan. 22nd, 2012

Artists Opening Reception: Thursday, Jan.26th 2012 Show will be on view, thru Feb.9th, 2012

This Show is Sponsored by: Rhea McCone of Habour Abstract and Maria, Sheila, and Maureen of The Green Spa and Wellness Center.

Contact Georgine for more info: Gallery 364 364 72nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11209 917-767-3848 www.gallery364.com

DATE: January 26th, 2012
TIME: 7PM-10PM
LOCATION: GALLERY 364


Sincerely,


Georgine Benvenuto, Founder/Curator
Gallery 364
email: georgine@gallery364.com
phone: 917-767-3848
web: http://www.gallery364.com/

JULY 28TH ART OPENING POSTPONED

NEW DATES TO BE POSTED SOON.

Gallery 364 "Bay Ridge's First Fine Arts Gallery" is pleased to go forth with our Sept. Art Competition, entitled "THE ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT".

Gallery 364 "Bay Ridge's First Fine Arts Gallery" is pleased to go forth with our Sept. Art Competition, entitled "THE ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT".

An environmental portrait is a portrait executed in the subject's usual environment, such as in their home or workplace, and typically illuminates the subject's life and surroundings.

By photographing a person in their natural surroundings, it is thought that you will be able to better illuminate their character, and therefore portray the essence of their personality, rather than merely a likeness of their physical features. It is also thought that by photographing a person in their natural surroundings, the subject will be more at ease, and so be more conducive to expressing themselves, as opposed to in a studio, which can be a rather intimidating and artificial experience.

The surroundings or background is a key element in environmental portraiture, and is used to convey further information about the person being photographed.

While it is often true that the background may dominate the subject, this need not necessarily be so. In fact, the details that convey the message from the surroundings can often be quite small and still be significant. The key seems to be in the symbolism expressed by various elements in the background; for instance, a baseball cap may not tell you much about your subject (unless he or she is a baseball player), but a chef's hat gives you a lot more detail about who he is and what he does.

If you are interested in submitting work for this competition (all mediums accepted), for consideration please call Georgine for an appointment to show your work, or email jpegs for review. No URL's please. You will be notified by email or phone of acceptance. And we look forward to seeing you at our opening reception.

The entry fee is $25.00 per piece, for work accepted, with a limit of 4 pieces per artist. All art must be ready to hang.

This competition is open to all media. Criteria for judging is as follows: Beauty (symmetry,composition, proportions, framing) Skill, Meaning, Uniqueness, and Intent.

All art will be for sale. Gallery 364 retains 30% of all sales. Gallery 364 will award: ONE "Best In Show" winner will receive $150 Cash Prize. TWO "Honorable Mention" winners will each receive $50 Gift Certificate. (Winners will be announced at Opening Reception)

SPECIAL GUEST JUDGE: AWARD WINNING NEW YORK DAILY NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER, TODD MAISEL

This Show is Sponsored by Harbour Abstract Owner Rhea McCone.

Deadline for submissions: Tuesday, Sept. 12th, 2011

Artists Opening Reception: Thursday, Sept.15th, 2011 7-10PM

Show will be on view, thru Oct. 6th, Sept. 15th, 2001

Contact Georgine for more info: Gallery 364 364 72nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11209 917-767-3848 www.gallery364.com

DATE: July 28th, 2011 TIME: 7PM-10PM LOCATION: GALLERY 364

Bay Ridge

New Alliance Embraces Bay Ridge Arts and Culture Gentile Puts Brooklyn Spotlight on Community by Harold Egeln (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 04-18-2011

By Harold Egeln Brooklyn Daily Eagle BAY RIDGE — This community, 45 minutes from Broadway and 20 minutes from the Brooklyn Academy of Music, is thriving with theatrical, musical and dance performances as well as art exhibits. And now this growing cultural landscape is in the spotlight with the launch of a new alliance. “Bay Ridge is home to some of the best arts and cultural happenings in Brooklyn. From theater and opera companies to historical societies and musical choirs, we got it all!” said Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Southwest Brooklyn) at the launch of the Bay Ridge Arts + Cultural Alliance. “Brooklyn’s cultural scene does not stop below Park Slope. “The number and diversity of events happening here on any given weekend is impressive,” added Gentile, referring to an events calendar distributed at the launch held at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. “Welcome to a really big show!” Official borough recognition of Bay Ridge’s cultural institutions came when Georgine Benvenuto’s Gallery 364 on 72nd Street was included on the SmArt Brooklyn Gallery Hop bus tour for the first time in November 2009. Borough President Marty Markowitz and Brooklyn Tourism sponsored the borough-wide tour. Further recognition of the community as an arts and cultural magnet came this past fall when the 60-year-old Bay Ridge Community Council formed its first arts and cultural committee under the leadership of the late Tom Kane of Brooklyn One Theater and the Narrows Community Theater. The alliance’s official launch included performances by a Regina Opera singer and two teens from Young Dancers in Repertory. It sprang from conversations that Councilman Gentile had with Victoria Hofmo, founder of the East Coast Scandinavian Museum. Around the large room at Good Shepherd were tables representing each aspect of the alliance, such as the Bay Ridge Festival of the Arts with President Chandra Hira and the Narrows Botanical Gardens with landscape artist Jimmy Johnson. The garden hosts art, music and movies. “The alliance will seek to increase partnerships between arts and cultural organizations and local businesses as well as greater cooperation and cross-promotion within the Bay Ridge arts and cultural scene,” explained Gentile. City Representative Welcomes ‘Amazing Alliance’ “This alliance is an amazing event, feat and accomplishment for your community,” said Chief of Staff Katie Dixon of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. Among those in attendance were representatives from the Brooklyn Arts Council and the Alliance of Community Theaters of New York. The mission statement of the alliance includes promoting Bay Ridge’s arts and cultural diversity with funding and advocacy organizations, pooled events and local business partnerships, and finding new audiences, and shared spaces for arts and cultural groups that have no permanent spaces. Alliance member groups include the Bay Ridge Festival of the Arts, Narrows Community Theater, Art at the Corner, Ridge Repertory Company, Narrow Botanical Gardens, Scandinavian East Coast Museum, Young Dancers in Repertory, Harbor Defense Museum, Bay Ridge Historical Society, The Art Room, the Children’s Chorus of Bay Ridge and many others.

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‘Food’ Exhibit Shown At Bay Ridge’s Gallery 364 by Harold Egeln (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 03-28-2011

By Harold Egeln Brooklyn Daily Eagle BAY RIDGE — “Food, glorious food!” could be the theme song for Gallery 364’s latest art show. The artistic serving of food-themed paintings, mixed-media artwork, photographs and sculptures was the idea of gallery owner and founder Georgine Benvenuto. “We believe in giving just one or a few key words to our artists and then see what they come up with in terms of visual artwork,” she said of the exhibit “Food.” “It challenges their imaginations and selections, and delights our visitors and buyers,” she said. One of the newest artists to exhibit at the gallery is Charles Johnson, whose large and heavy gray sculpted stone artworks, such as “Quince,” “Walnut” and “Coconut,” have dazzled viewers. “He’s the latest addition, and his work is wonderful. He even made and supplied the pedestals upon which his carved stone-works are set,” noted Benvenuto. Housed in Benvenuto’s historic 100-year-old limestone house on 72nd Street, the first-floor gallery and art studio has made a splash in Bay Ridge’s cultural scene since it opened four years ago. “Food” at Gallery 364 not only exhibits the artwork but also sells it, and buyers have a variety of choices at both affordable and higher prices. The opening-night festivities included an awards show. Best in Show winners included Johnson’s aforementioned “Quince” and Dave Foss’ large digital color photo titled “Uninvited Guest at the Luncheon of the Boating Party” — an enthralling impressionist scene of a nude female in front of a large, famous Renoir reproduction. There were honorable mentions who received gift certificates. Dolores Valenza, a frequent exhibitor, got the nod for her mixed-media “Marzapan” while photographer Larry Nicosia, on board since the gallery’s earliest shows, was chosen for his large “Sliced Pears” digital photo. A third honorable mentioned went to John Avelluto’s huge mixed-media pizza pie, titled “J loves M.” Real food was provided by Pierre of Circles Bay Ridge, with chocolate delights from Dove Chocolates. Judges for the art competition were watercolorist Doug Opalski and Brooklyn College photography Professor Doug Schwab. Coldwell Banker and Mary Kae Higgins were the sponsors, and raffle prizes were donated by The Green Spa and Wellness Center, The Bookmark Shoppe and Dove Chocolates. “Food” is on exhibit through April 21 and can be seen by appointment. For more information, phone (917) 767-3848 or log onto www.gallery364.com.