UCAA Ulster County Art Assn. will feature a presentation by Marlene Weidenbaum, award-winning Pastelist, on Tuesday April 7, 2020 at 7 pm at the Frank Greco Senior Center, 207 Market Street, Saugerties, NY. Guests are welcome to attend. The club meets every first Tuesday of each month. Our mission is to encourage one another as artists. FMI: call Kristy Bishop UCAA president 845-246-8835.

Marlene Weidenbaum, PSA – MP, is an award-winning pastelist whose paintings have been exhibited internationally, including the International Pastel Artists Invitational in Taipei, Taiwan and the Xian Art Museum, China. Her work is among six International Master Pastelists featured in text books commissioned by the Taiwanese government. In 2010, Marlene was awarded a residency at Platt Clove through The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development.

Weidenbaum’s work has been featured in Art Times,  American Artist,  Fine Art in America  and other art journals and magazines. Marlene teaches pastel classes and plein-air workshops at the Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY. An award-winning MASTER Pastelist and Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, NYC. Marlene is also an Elected Member of the Audubon Artists Org. and an Active Member of such prestigious arts organizations as the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, NAPPAP, NYPAP and Long Reach Arts. Her work is in private and public collections throughout the country and is represented in the tri-state area. Marlene is currently serving on the Board of Governors of the PSA Pastel Society of America in New York City.

Lifelong equine artist of Kingston, NY, Jean Haines will give a presentation (speaking about her artwork with examples on display) and a demonstration of her horse art called “Scribble Technique” on Tuesday March 3, 2020 at 7:15 pm at the Saugerties Senior Center, 207 Market Street.

Having drawn horses since earliest childhood memory, she can draw, sculpt, and paint horses realistically from imagination. Over the past thirty years, Jean Haines has gradually developed a more fun and spontaneous method. After a few minutes of creating random abstract scribbles, a horse-like shape or gesture will appear to her, which is developed into a recognizable horse image. The end result depicts flowing energetic horses that are a pleasing balance of horse essence and color.

The public and guests are welcome to attend this presentation. A short UCAA business meeting will be held at 7 – 7:15 pm. Jean Haines  will provide a program  at 7:15 pm and end at 7:45 followed by a Q & A and refreshments. Free Admission!

Submitted by: Kristy Bishop UCAA president – Event Sponsored by UCAA

UCAA Ulster County Art Assn. meeting scheduled for Tuesday Nov. 12 with presenter Tracy Kerdman has been changed due to unforeseen circumstances of late. Barbara Bravo, Saugerties artist, has agreed to give a presentation concerning the newly organized “Saugerties Arts Commission” in Kerdman’s place at the Senior Center, 207 Market Street, Saugerties, NY. A short business at 7 pm will be followed by the new presenter at 7:15 pm. Guests are welcome to attend. Any questions, please call Kristy Bishop, UCAA president at 845-246-8835

The Ulster County Art Association UCAA will feature a presentation by Scott Thomas Balfe concerning the his oil painting techniques on Tuesday Oct. 1 at 7 pm at the Senior Center, 207 Market Street, Saugerties, NY. He was born in Cornwall, NY in 1958. Scott is a self-taught artist who began oil painting at the age of 8. His grandmother gave him a beginners paint set. In his teens, he began to paint wildlife. In 1989 Scott went to a workshop in Alaska to work with four professional wildlife painters. There, he learned the importance of painting from life. Upon his return he began to paint in the field religiously. He learned his own handwriting in oil paint.

The fact that his work emulates an early American style came naturally to Scott. He has studied their work and paints the same local haunts. He usually paints from a toned canvas, creating unity and color harmony from the very beginning of each piece. Scott’s work is in many collections both nationally and internationally. His work has been shown in Manhattan, Cape Cod, Saratoga, N.Y. and the Albany area in N.Y.

Guests are welcome to attend this UCAA meeting. FMI: Kristy Bishop UCAA president: 845-246-8835

Artist Patti Ferrara from Kistatom, NY lives in a land of Rip Van Winkle and home of the Hudson River School of Art. Always inspired by her natural surroundings, she is an award-winning multi-media artist who works in oils, watercolors, printmaking, and whatever else makes her happy to create. From mini monotypes to museum murals, Patti has recently designed the rubbing medallions along the Hudson River School Art Trail for the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.

For this special group (Ulster Co. Art Assn.), Patti will be discussing the process of the Old Masters Technique of painting and glazing, or Hudson River School style. She is looking forward to speaking to members and guests of the UCAA club on Tuesday Sept. 3, 2019 at 7 pm at the Senior Center, 207 Market Street, Saugerties, New York. FMI: call UCAA president Kristy Bishop 845-246-8835