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

PLEASE JOIN US ON MARCH 24th, 2011 7-10PM "FOOD" ART OPENING & COMPETITION

Please join us at Gallery 364 "Bay Ridge's First Art Gallery & Studio" for our March Competition "FOOD"

GUEST JUDGES: Doug Schwab, Professor of Photography at Brooklyn College

Doug Opalski, Watercolorist

Winning artwork from our "Artists Choice" show will also be on display.

Noshes Provided by Pierre of Circles Bay Ridge and Dove Chocolates

Sponsored by Coldwell Bankers, Mary Kae Higgins

$5 suggested donation at door. (noone will be turned away) Receive a free raffle ticket with your donation Prizes donated by: The Green Spa & Wellness Center, Dove Chocolates, and The Bookmark Shoppe

Chef Daisy Martinez Book Signing March 19th, 2011

Chef Daisy Martinez FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2nd, 2011 Gallery 364 Hosts Interview and Book Signing with Celebrity Chef Daisy Martinez BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn: Soon it will be Spring, and the winter of 2010-2011 will dissolve to a vague memory! Join Gallery 364 in a special tribute on March 19 and March 24 to one of nature's glorious bounties: FOOD. Our bodies are nourished by food; likewise, our souls are nourished by art. On March 19, Gallery 364 presents a very special book-signing featuring celebrity chef, author, and television personality, Daisy Martinez. Star of the PBS show, "Daisy Cooks!" and The Food Network's "Viva Daisy!" Martinez is the author of several bestselling cookbooks: Daisy: Morning, Noon, and Night: Bringing Your Family Together with Everyday Latin Dishes, Daisy Cooks: Latin Flavors That Will Rock Your World, and her most recent, Daisy's Holiday Cooking: Delicious Latin Recipes for Effortless Entertaining. Martinez is also a regular columnist for Every Day with Rachel Ray and Selecciones magazines. Prior to the book signing, Martinez will be interviewed by Mickey Burns, Host of PROFILES on NYC Media life channel 25 on all cable providers. Go to their website for info www.profilestvshow.net. Immediately following the interview, Martinez will take questions from the audience. A special prize drawing, limited to the audience members, will be held. Gallery 364's Open Call Artist's Competition for March, entitled, "Food" - which officially opens to the public on March 24th - will also be on display in a special sneak preview. The first 40 people who make a $35 donation (at time of pre-ordering of books) to Gallery 364 will be part of the audience for the interview, Q&A session, and will share in refreshments and noshes compliments of CEBU, Coldwell Banker Reliable Realtor Mary Kae Higgins, and Gallery 364. The $35 includes entrance to the "Food" exhibit. Space is limited, so you must reserve by March 11th . Doors open at 6PM for audience members, and 7:30PM for book signing. After the interview, doors will open for the book signing. Donations will also be accepted at the door to Gallery 364 for those who were not part of the audience for the interview/Q&A session, but wish to make a donation to support the arts in Bay Ridge. On March 24, Gallery 364 will officially open its "Food" Open Call Artist's Competition, which runs through April 21st. Copies of Martinez's books can be pre-ordered through The Book Mark Shoppe, a local bookstore, at a 20% discount, (go to www.bookmarkshoppe.com for pre-order pricing). Payment can be made in-store, online or by phone with a major credit card. Orders must be placed by March 18th to receive the discounted price. The BookMark Shoppe is at 8415 Third Avenue, 718-833-5115, www.bookmarkshoppe.com. All book sales and donations will be handled exclusively by The BookMark Shoppe. Gallery 364 is at 364 72nd St., Brooklyn, N.Y., www.gallery364.com , and on Facebook. Contact: Georgine Benvenuto, curator Email to georgine@gallery364.com 917-767-3848 Event Sponsors: Coldwell Banker Reliable Realtor Mary Kae Higgins and CEBU Restaurant For information on Mickey Burns, go to www.questmedia.net. For information on Daisy Martinez, go to www.daisymartinez.com About Gallery 364 Gallery 364 opened on May 17th, 2007, is housed in an historic 1910 limestone, and is privately owned and operated by Georgine Benvenuto, a longtime Bay Ridge resident. Gallery 364 is the only fine arts studio/gallery in the Bay Ridge neighborhood and has been featured on Brooklyn Community Access Television, NY1 and Channel 12. Gallery 364 offers affordable classes in digital and film photography, digital printing, painting, watercolor, drawing, and other media. Every month, the gallery conducts open art competitions, and the selected entries are displayed in a group show. Winners are awarded cash prizes and gift certificates to aid in the funding of creating their artwork. www.gallery364.com Gallery 364 364 72nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11209 917-767-3848 Georgine Benvenuto Gallery 364, Founder

CALLING ALL ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS ART COMPETITION "FOOD"

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

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.

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)

GUEST JUDGES:

DOUG OPALSKI, WATERCOLORIST, AND DOUG SCHWAB, PROFESSOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, BROOKLYN COLLEGE

Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

A SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW OF ART AND A BOOK SIGNING/Q&A WITH CELEBRITY CHEF DAISY MARTINEZ IS SCHEDULED ON MARCH 19th, 2011. THE COMPETITION OPENS TO ALL ON Thursday, MARCH 24th, 2011, 7-10PM

Artists Opening Reception: Thursday, March 24th, 2011 Show will be on view, March 24th thru April 21st, 2011

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

DATE: MARCH 24th, 2011 TIME: 7PM-10PM LOCATION: GALLERY 364

GALLERY 364 AND THE ART ROOM PRESENT CHILDREN'S ART SHOW "LOVE IS........"

Tuesday February 8, 2011

** PRESS RELEASE **

THE ART ROOM & GALLERY 364

PRESENT CHILDREN’S GALLERY SHOW

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The Art Room, Bay Ridge's Premier Fine Arts School for Kids, in conjunction with

Gallery 364, Bay Ridge's ONLY fine arts gallery, proudly present:

“Love is…”

A collection of works by students of The Art Room.

Where: “Gallery 364” 364 72nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209

(Take the R train to Bay Ridge Avenue stop)

917-767-3848

When: Sunday, February 13, 2011

Time: 1-3pm

Admission to this event is free.

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About The Art Room: Founded by Leigh Jewel Holliday, The Art Room is a fine arts

school in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn which caters to children ages 3 and up. Their tagline is “For

Brooklyn’s Young at Art!” The Art Room was built on the belief that early exposure to art is

crucial to the growth of young minds and helping kids develop other skills which will

benefit them greatly later in life. Art is one of the most important means of self-expression

and confidence building—combining imagination, spontaneity, playfulness and

experimentation. Children who are encouraged to express themselves through art will find

their thoughts, feelings and imaginations broadened and enriched. Most importantly, art is

a lot of messy fun while also being educational, visceral and therapeutic. Classes at The Art

Room focus on all fundamentals of fine arts including drawing, painting, sculpture, and

mixed media.

Owner/Teacher Leigh Jewel Holliday was born and raised in Washington, DC. By the time

Leigh was 3, she had already fallen in love with art. After graduating with a Bachelor of

Fine Arts Degree from The Corcoran College of Art + Design, Leigh founded her first fine

arts school located in historic Georgetown. Years later, Leigh relocated to New York City

and decided to open up The Art Room in beautiful Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

PROFESSOR DOUG SCHWAB GUEST JUDGES "ARTIST CHOICE" ART COMPETITION.

Doug Schwab - Artist, Photographer, Educator

Doug Schwab is a Brooklyn based photographer. His current work is driven by his passion for photographing people and printing these pictures in the platinum/palladium medium and the gum bichromate method, both of which are 19th Century photographic techniques.

Doug Schwab was self-taught and working as a staff photographer for the major defense contractor ITT when he first took classes in photography. It was at this time that he studied with George Tice and Lisette Model.

He sees photography as a simple craft that can be a wonderful combination of technology and self-expression. This and his passion for photography drive his work.

For many years Schwab was a Leica enthusiast, but about 10 years ago he began working creatively with view cameras, that prior to that had always been a commercial photography tool.

He continues to work with an 8 x 10 view camera, and lately he's using digital negatives generated by smaller cameras as well. Schwab's work can be seen in galleries and alternative spaces throughout New York City and Brooklyn where Schwab is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Brooklyn College.

Links to Doug Schwab's work:

www.dougschwabphotography.com
www.discoveredartists.com/dschwab1

ARTIST LAURA FANTINI GUEST JUDGES AT GALLERY 364

Laura Fantini is a hyper-realistic artist who specializes in colored pencil still life. Her artwork is defined by strong contrast values and highly theatrical compositions with dramatic lighting. She was born in Bologna, Italy and graduated from the Liceo Artistico and Academy of Fine Arts of her hometown. In 1985 Laura Fantini won the 1st Prize for the Premio Culturale Panta Rei, Bologna. Her first group show took place in Modena, Italy in 1992. Since then Ms. Fantini's art has exhibited nationally and internationally and has been widely published and documented. After graduating, she worked on commercial illustrations and taught workshops on colored pencil technique at the University Primo Levi in Bologna. In 1998 one of her colored pencil artworks was featured in the M.E.I.N. newsletter, published in California and internationally distributed. In 2000 Laura Fantini was invited to participate to a charity auction at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. In 2001 Ms. Fantini exhibited for the first time in the US in Soho, New York. In 2002, she was selected for “Premio Arte” promoted by Arte, a Mondadori’s publication. In 2003 Ms. Fantini was included into the group exhibition “Proposte” at the Galleria Forni in Bologna and had her first solo exhibition. From 2005 through 2009 Laura Fantini donated some of her paintings to the Fall Auction/Party to benefit the New York based non-profit organization Big Apple Greeter.

Since 2004 Ms. Fantini has started collaborating with the Object Image Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. In 2008 she was selected by “Profilo d’Arte” - Banca Profilo among the most interesting emerging Italian artists and exhibited at the Museo della Permanente in Milan. Laura Fantini continues exhibiting in Italy and New York. She was awarded 1st Prize for the “First Annual Sylvia Glesmann Floral Exhibition” and 1st Prize “Jane Peterson Memorial Award" at the Salmagundi Club in New York and received an Honorable Mention at Gallery 364 in Brooklyn in 2010. Ms. Fantini is a member of the Salmagundi Club in New York and the Colored Pencil Society of America.

CALLING ALL EMERGING ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS

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

We believe in giving just a keyword/s to our artists and see what they come forward with in terms of visual artwork. For JANUARY WE WANT YOU, THE ARTIST, TO CHOOSE THE THEME FOR YOUR WORKS. 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, themes may vary from piece to piece. 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: TWO "Best In Show" winners will each receive $150 Cash Prize. TWO "Honorable Mention" winners will each receive $50 Gift Certificate. (Winners will be announced at Opening Reception)

GUEST JUDGES; PHOTOGRAPHER, DOUG SCHWAB AND ARTIST, LAURA FANTINI

Deadline for submissions: Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Artists Opening Reception: Thursday, January 27th, 2011 Show will be on view, Jan 27th, 2011 thru Feb 10th 2011

CALLING ALL EMERGING ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS

Gallery 364 "Bay Ridge's First Fine Arts Gallery" is
pleased to go forth with our August Art Competition,
entitled "NOSTALGIA".
Guest Judge:
Doug Opalski, Watercolorist

We believe in giving just a keyword to our artists and
see what they come forward with in terms of visual
artwork.

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 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.

All art will be for sale.

Gallery 364 retains 30% of all sales.

Gallery 364 will award:
One "Best In Show" $150 Cash Prize
Two "Honorable Mentions" $50 Gift Certificate Each.

All Winners will be announced at our Opening
Reception.

Deadline for submissions: Sunday Aug 22,2010
(Work must be delivered no later than Aug. 22nd)
Artists Opening Reception: Thursday, August 26th, 2010

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE!!!

Who will be the next Best In Show Winner At Gallery 364?

PHOTO COPYRIGHT 2010 GEORGINE BENVENUTO

It feels good to get back in the studio!

Gallery 364's next art gallery competition

is themed "Nostalgia"....are you ready?........

Submission Deadline..Aug. 22st, 2010

HAPPY SPRING!!! NEW ART COMPETITION "BEGINNINGS" APRIL 29th

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

We believe in giving just a keyword/s to our artists and see what they come forward with in terms of visual artwork.

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 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.

All art will be for sale. Gallery 364 retains 30% of all sales. Gallery 364 will award: One "Best In Show" $150 Prize (Winners will be announced at Opening Reception) One "Honorable Mention" $50 Prize

Deadline for submissions: Sunday April 25th, 2010 Artists Opening Reception: Thursday, April 29th, 2010

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

DAVID JON KASSAN & ANTHONY ALMEIDA GUEST JUDGES

IT"S OFFICIAL OUR GUEST JUDGES FOR OUR FEB 25TH ART COMPETITION THEMED LOVE/DESIRE ARE: PAINTER DAVID JON KASSAN AND PHOTOGRAPHER ANTHONY ALMEIDA.

YOU'RE INVITED GALLERY 364 ART COMPETITION "Recycle, Reused, Rescued" Thursday June 25th

JUNE ART COMPETITION THEMED "RECYCLE, REUSED, RESCUED""

WINNING ARTWORK FROM OUR "BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS" SHOW WILL ALSO BE ON DISPLAY.

OUR GUEST JUDGES: PAINTER JEFF BERMAN, AND ASSEMBLAGE ARTIST DAWN ROBYN PETRLIK

ALSO, HIMANE FOUNDER CATHERINE CHARLOT WILL BE DISPLAYING ONE OF A KIND GARMENTS

MADE FROM RECYCLED UMBRELLAS.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25th, 2009

Opening Time: 7PM-10PM (Press Welcome)

By Invitation Only

$5 suggested donation at door. (noone will be turned away) recieve a free raffle ticket w/donation.

Prizes donated by The Green Spa and Wellness Center

All Other Times by Appointment-Show Open Thru July 23rd, 2009

Gallery 364

364 72nd Street (between 3rd & 4th ave)

Brooklyn, NY 11209

917-767-3848

www.bayridgegallery364.blogspot.com

"R" Train

Award Winning Bay Ridge Figurative Painter David Jon Kassan To Guest Judge At Gallery 364 During April Art Competition "Brooklyn Neighborhoods"

Following his initial drawing studies at University of the Arts in Philadelphia, David attended Syracuse University in New York, where he studied under the auspices of Jerome Witkin, Robert Dacey, and Sarah McCoubrey learning a complete painter should have a strong grasp of the picture making process and a well thought out concept behind a painting. While earning his B.F.A, he was able to take advantage of the school's exceptional Art History Department, and on completion of his degree, moved to Brooklyn to continue his studies at The National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York, where he had the good fortune to study with a number of artists whom he respects, including: Aaron Shikler, Mary Beth Mackenzie, David Levine, William Behnkin, Harvey Dinnerstein, Burton Silverman, Steven Assael, and Costa Vavagiakis.

His honors and awards from Arts organizations and magazines include: The National Academy of Design School of Fine Art, The Portrait Society of America, The Art Students League of New York, The Artist's Magazine, The Society of Illustrators, and Communication Arts, The Newington-Cropsey Foundation's Travel Award, which enabled him to enrich his Art History studies with classes in Italian Renaissance from the British Institute in Florence, Italy. While there, he assembled his thoughts and sketches into a limited edition book titled "Lentamente Italia". David currently writes an ongoing feature for Drawing magazine on anatomy and also contributes to myamericanartist.com. Recently his work has graced the covers of American Artist's Drawing Magazine(winter 09) as well as Australia's contemporary art publication Emtpy Magazine. David's work is currently featured in Die Gestalten's recent showcase book of young contemporary artists called The Upset.

He has lectured at Universities and schools around the nation including The Rochester Institute of Technology, Western Illinois University, Syracuse University, The National Academy School of Fine Art, and The University of Alabama, The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. He has taught painting workshops at The National Academy of Design and the Salmagundi Center of American Art, NYC. David teaches international workshops as well, including stops in Australia with the Practicing Artists Network (PAN) in Byron Bay and in Portugal with the Artistas Sociedade de Faro. He has also served on the faculty of the Andreeva Portrait Academy, Santa Fe, The Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, AZ and the Richeson School of Art, Kimberly, WI.
Exhibitions include: The United Nations in New York, Gallery Henoch, The Park Avenue Armory, The National Academy of Design Museum of Fine Art, Gallery 1199, The Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, and The Salmagundi Club and nationally at the Mobile Museum of Art, AL, Art Chicago, The San Francisco International Art Exposition, Los Angeles Art Show, The Museum of American Illustration, Huntington House Museum, and The Wethersfield Museum.

David's work has been placed in important collections domestically and worldwide, most notably; the collections of the Art Students League of New York, The Bhammer Family of Mumbai, India, Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT, The Howard A. Tullman Collection, Chicago, IL,

David Jon Kassan is currently represented by Gallery Henoch, New York. To see David's work online please go to http://davidkassan.com

Award Winning Photographer Todd Maisel To Guest Judge "Brooklyn Neighborhood's" April Competition At Gallery 364

Todd Maisel is an award winning staff photographer for the New York Daily News, specializing in both still photography of spot news events, and more recently videography for nydailynews.com. He has been a member of the staff since 1999.

He is currently vice president of the New York Press Photographers Association where he also served as chairman of the Gallery committee in organizing the Forbes Magazine Gallery. He is currently Director of Region 2 NPPA and an adjunct professor at the College of Technology, City University of New York. Maisel also serves on the board of the Northern Short Course and contribute to its courses and organization.

He has been a journalist since 1984 since graduating from New York University School of Journalism. He also attended classes at School of Visual Arts and the New School.

In 1998, he was named Photographer of the Year by the New York Press Photographers Association, the first freelancer to ever obtain that distinction. He has won numerous photography awards from that organization since then. He also three times named by the New York Press Club to be “Spot News Photographer of the Year.”

Since joining the staff of the News he has specialized in spot news, but he has done many features and sporting events including the Subway Series, Superbowl, and US Open. Most notable was his work at the World Trade Center where he took numerous photos of the terrorist attack at great personal risk. He was honored by the National Press Photographers Association at their national convention in Minneapolis with the Humanitarian Award for saving the life of a firefighter trapped in the debris after the collapse of one of the two towers, assisting in the rescue of injured photographer David Handschuh and for his work during rescue operations. The Uniform Firefighters Association also honored him for his photo and rescue work.

In 2003, he spent nearly two months embedded with the military, his military units entering Iraq and holding important shipping ports and clearing mines in southern Iraq.

Maisel was also an integral part of the Daily News team of photographers during both the Boston Democratic Convention and the New York Republican Convention.

Nationally, Maisel garnered a honorable mention in spot news and first place in the National Press Photographers Association Region 2 in spot news photography. He also received an award for his work as Associate Director for Region 2.

During the past 20-years, Maisel has been both a photojournalist and journalist. He served as executive editor of the weekly newspaper Town and Village in Manhattan for seven years. During that time, he created a picture intensive newspaper, while continuing his photography throughout the city.

He is married 16 -years and has two children, Lucian, and Alana. He resides in Marine Park, Brooklyn, and has lived in Brooklyn all of his life.

CONGRATS TO ANTHONY ALMEIDA BEST IN SHOW "WATER"

Features


‘Water’ Quenches Creative Thirsts at Gallery 364 Show
by Harold Egeln (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 03-16-2009
Southwest Brooklyn Space Goes International
By Harold Egeln
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

BAY RIDGE — From the city’s Narrows to Switzerland’s Lake Lucrene, the new “Water” art show for March at Gallery 364 in Bay Ridge signals Bay Ridge’s first art gallery entry as an international showcase.

“I grew up by the beautiful Lake Lucerne, and my father would often show me the boats and vessels docked and sailing on the lake. It gave me a sense of wonder and set off my imagination,” said Swiss citizen Marco Schmid – an artist known as “Mr. Kong” — at his first Brooklyn exhibit featuring his acrylic paintings of his stylized mermaids “Marina” and “Rivera.”

He recently began a one-year tour of the United States with artist Vero Schmid (“Queen Kong”), and the couple will be criss-crossing the country in search of art adventures and exposure. “This is a remarkably wonderful space to exhibit, and we’re glad to be doing this in Brooklyn,” said the artist sharing the space with many Brooklyn-based artists.

H2O was the artist formula for Gallery 364’s theme of the month show and sale – “Water” — framed inside the entire first floor of an historic brownstone house on the residential tree-lined block of 72nd Street in Bay Ridge, a destination and home to the area’s growing art colony.

There was a contest for the best in show and honorable mention, a feature of the gallery founded in April 2007 by professional photographer Georgine Benvenuto. Making those waves were two winners. One was “Fire Hydrant Frenzy,” a black-and-white photograph taken in 1969 by Anthony Almeida of children splashing in the hydrant’s spray.

The other winner was Trisha O’Donnell’s “Beach” painting of a Coney Island scene with people resting on the beach. By pure coincidence, the two artworks were mounted side-by-side on the wall.

For Park Slope artist Carole Harris, her photo of raindrops dripping off flowers — “Crying Sunflowers” — was among the many and greatly varied photographs and paintings that dazzled viewers as artists and photographers took up the challenging “Water” theme call to them.

Harris, an English professor at NYC College of Technology, is looking forward to her two-month-long show at a Starbucks in Park Slope, at 164 Seventh Ave. Titled “Route 441 — Signs from Flannery O’Connor’s Milledgeville,” it is running from April 1 through May 31 with photos of the fiction writer’s town in Georgia.

For Brooklyn artist Katarzyna Polkowska, born in Warsaw, Poland and a Pratt Institute graduate, her “The Rising Sun,” showing the sun rising over sea waves in a stained glass mosaic on wood artwork, gave a rare look at a now uncommon and ancient art medium.

She noted, “Artworks made with stained glass mosaics are not seen too much these days. I love the medium and glad that I have this opportunity to exhibit in this fantastic space.”

Photographer Larry Nicosa, a frequent exhibitor, displayed his black-and-white photo of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in the mist with a fogbank along the shoreline. It made the towering structure seem like it was emerging from or descending into the mists of time.

“Wow, this is just great!” exclaimed attorney Bob Howe, president of the Merchants of Third Avenue as he enjoyed the “Water” art show on his home turf of Bay Ridge, mingling with regular and brand-new first-time visitors

CALLING ALL ARTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS

We at Gallery 364 "Bay Ridge's First Fine Arts Gallery" are pleased to go forth
with our March Art Competition, entitled "WATER".

We believe in giving just a keyword/s to our artists and see what
they come forward with in terms of visual artwork.

If you are interested in submitting work for this competition, 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 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.

All art will be for sale. Gallery 364 retains 30% of all sales.


Gallery 364 will award:

One "Best In Show" $150 Prize (Winners will be announced at Opening Reception)

One "Honorable Mention" $50 Prize

Deadline for submissions: Sat, Feb.28, 2009

Artists Opening Reception: Thursday, March 5th, 2009 (by invitation only)


Contact Georgine for more info:

Gallery 364
364 72nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209
917-767-3848

Call for Coney Island Show

We at Gallery 364 "Bay Ridge's First Art Gallery" are pleased to go forth
with our June 2008 Art Competition, entitled "CONEY ISLAND".

We believe in giving just a keyword to our artists and see what they come
forward with in terms of visual artwork.

If you are interested in submitting work for this competition, for consideration please call Georgine for an appointment to show your work,
or email jpegs for review. No URL's please.

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.

All art will be for sale. Gallery 364 retains 30% of all sales.

Gallery 364 will award:

One "Best In Show" $200 Prize (ALL Winners will be awarded at Opening Reception)

Two "Honorable Mentions" (Each will recieve a Gift Certificate to be used towards Art or Photography Classes at Gallery 364 Studio)

Deadline for submissions: Friday, June 13th, 2008

Artists Opening Reception: Thursday, June 19th, 2008 (by invitation only)

Show dates: June 19th thru June 30th, 2008

Contact Georgine for more info:


Gallery 364
364 72nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209
917-767-3848

MUSIC INSPIRES GALLERY 364 ART SHOW

CONTACT: Georgine Benvenuto Phone: 917-767-3848
Email: georgine@gallery364.com.

MUSIC INSPIRES GALLERY 364 ART SHOW IN BAY RIDGE Gallery 364 Holds Art Show and Competition Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, N.Y., January 16, 2008 – On January 17, Gallery 364, Bay Ridge’s first fine arts studio and gallery, opens its latest art show themed, "Music," with an invitation-only reception. The press is invited from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. and the general public may attend from 7 – 10 p.m.

The show runs through January 31, 2008. Refreshments for the reception are provided compliments of Circles Restaurant in Bay Ridge, and Eufemia "Effie" Maldari. Musician and singer Lisa Scherma, of Staten Island, will provide the entertainment. Gallery 364 is at 364 72 nd St. in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. After opening night, admission to the show is by appointment only, due to limited space. Visitors can make an appointment by calling Georgine Benvenuto at 917-767-3848.

Gallery 364 prefers to give the artist a theme word, and let the artists express their literal or metaphorical interpretation of that word. For this show, 26 pieces, representing 14 artists, were selected to be in the show out of a total of 75 artists who submitted their work. Various media were used to create the art in the show, including oils, ceramic, acrylics, watercolor, and photography. The art competition will be judged by Gallery 364 owner (and professional photographer), Georgine Benvenuto, watercolorist Doug Opalski, and artist James Belena, whose artwork will also be on display, who will choose the winning piece based on aesthetic appeal, technical skill, meaning, uniqueness, and intent. All artwork will be for sale.

Gallery 364 is housed in an historic 1910 limestone, and is privately owned and operated by Benvenuto, a longtime Bay Ridge resident. Gallery 364 is the first and only fine arts studio/gallery in the Bay Ridge neighborhood. Gallery 364 is Benvenuto’s first gallery. Gallery 364 has been featured on Brooklyn Community Access Television’s (BCAT) "The View from Bay Ridge with Larry Morrish and Chuck Otey" and Channel 12. Gallery 364 will offer affordable classes in digital and film photography, digital printing, painting, watercolor, drawing, and other media, for groups of up to four students.

Artists can rent studio space by the hour. Periodically, Gallery 364 will conduct open competitions and the winners’ artwork will be displayed in a group show. There will also be individual shows featuring special guest artists. Attendance at group and individual shows will be by invitation only. If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Georgine Benvenuto, please call Georgine Benvenuto at 917-767-3848 or send an email to georgine@gallery364.com.

A Night of Melody

If you were here at the artists opening reception last night at Gallery 364's Monthly Art Competition themed "MUSIC" last night you would have seen & heard the buzz. Art consisted of photographs, oil painting, watercolor, mixed media, ceramic. Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Lisa Scherma performed original & cover songs throughout the night. Three winners were chosen one for overall Best in Show and two Honorable Mentions.

For all who were invited thanks for attending and a special thanks to our dear friend "Pierre" from Circles Restaurant for providing outrageous wraps, and Effie for providing the refreshments, Lisa Scherma for a music filled night and all the artists for for participating in the show and sharing their passion for art.

Congrats to our winners:

Richard Scott-Artist- Best in Show- Oil Painting "NOCTURNE"

(the following printed by wikipedia.org)

A nocturne (from the French for "nocturnal") is usually a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night. Historically, Nocturne is a very old term applied to night Offices and, since the Middle Ages, to divisions in the canonical hour of Matins.
The name nocturne was first applied to pieces in the eighteenth century, when it indicated an ensemble piece in several movements, normally played for an evening party and then laid aside. Sometimes it carried the Italian equivalent, notturno, such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's quadraphonic Notturno in D, K.286, written for four lightly echoing separated ensembles of paired horns with strings, and his Serenata Notturna, K. 239. At this time, the piece was not necessarily evocative of the night, but might merely be intended for performance at night, much like a serenade.
In its more familiar form as a single-movement character piece usually written for solo piano, the nocturne was cultivated primarily in the nineteenth century. The first nocturnes to be written under the specific title were by the Irish composer John Field, generally viewed as the father of the Romantic nocturne that characteristically features a cantabile melody over an arpeggiated, even guitar-like accompaniment. However, the most famous exponent of the form was Frédéric Chopin, who wrote 21 of them. Later composers to write nocturnes for the piano include Gabriel Fauré, Alexander Scriabin and Erik Satie (1919), as well as Peter Sculthorpe. One of the most famous pieces of nineteenth-century salon music was the "Fifth Nocturne" of Ignace Leybach, who is now otherwise forgotten.
Other examples of nocturnes include the one for orchestra from Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1848), the set of three for orchestra and female choir by Claude Debussy (who also wrote one for solo piano) and the first movement of the Violin Concerto No. 1 (1948) by Dmitri Shostakovich. French composer Erik Satie composed a series of five small nocturnes. These were however, far different from those of Frédéric Chopin and John Field, based on minor chords.
The first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata has also been considered a nocturne (certainly, Ludwig Rellstab, who gave the piece its nickname, thought it evocative of the night), although Beethoven did not describe it as one.
Nocturnes are generally thought of as being tranquil, often expressive and lyrical, and sometimes rather gloomy, but in practice pieces with the name nocturne have conveyed a variety of moods: the second of Debussy's orchestral Nocturnes, "Fêtes", for example, is very lively.
The word was later used by James McNeill Whistler in the title of a number of his paintings, consistent with his theory that fine art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony. Debussy's nocturnes were inspired by Whistler's paintings[citation needed]. Several other artists followed suit.

Tony Denonno-Photographer-Honorable Mention- "Bette Midler, 1972"

Dave Foss- Photographer- Honorable Mention- "Musical Nudes"