Abington Art Center is proud to host this artist talk, featuring two of our 2023 Fall Solo Series artists, Sara Allen and Birgit Raders-Eichinger.
Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.
This event will also be live-streamed in real time on our Instagram page for those who are unable to attend in person. The livestream will begin at 10AM EST on September 30.
Sara Allen
“Sara Allen made snapshots over the years but left serious photography to ‘real’ artists. After the death of her husband and retirement from teaching English literature to middle schoolers, she began to think about creating images with a sense of purpose. Moving to a Nikon SLR, she began the long process of becoming a photographer.”
Sara Allen’s photographs capture the naturally aging body, with its creases, wrinkles, textures, and age spots. She frames the body in ways that make familiar parts, such as the neck, fingers, and back, feel like extraordinary foreign landscapes. Photographing in black in white allows for the viewer to appreciate the composition of each piece without the distraction of color.
Birgit Raders-Eichinger
Despite having had a diverse professional history, from teaching culinary classes to being a private German language tutor, Birgit Raders-Eichinger has always had an inclination towards creative expression.
During the pandemic, she made the shift from working in watercolor to creating large-scale paintings of abstracted shapes with large brushstrokes. She limits her color palette, primarily using black and white to contrast each other and create depth, and utilizing gold to accent and emphasize key elements within her abstract compositions. She notes, “When I do creative work, my mind relaxes beautifully. I love the process of abstract painting so much.”
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Sara Allen, Untitled No. 1, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, $977 (framed). Sara Allen, Untitled No. 21, 2023, Archival Pigment Print, $738 (framed). Birgit Raders-Eichinger, Roam, 2023, Acrylic on Gallery-wrapped Canvas, $650. Birgit Raders-Eichinger, Birchwood, 2023, Mixed Media Acrylic Collage on Gallery-wrapped Canvas, $1,250.
For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882
This event is produced as part of our 2023 Fall Solo Series, on view from September 14 – October 23.
Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
Abington Art Center is proud to host this artist talk, featuring two of our 2023 Spring Solo Series artists, Lauren E. Peters and James Terrell.
Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.
This event will also be live-streamed in real time on our Instagram page for those who are unable to attend in person. The livestream will begin at 10AM EST on May 20.
Lauren E. Peters
Artist Lauren E. Peters explores identity, self expression, and the ties to gender in her vibrant self portrait paintings. Drawing inspiration from those who “do not live according to the bodies they were born into, who break through the constraints that hold them captive, and stand firmly in their own place on the vast spectrum of femininity” as well as from her own personal experiences, Peters uses the self portrait as a tool to reveal the complex relationship between her gender identity and gender expression.
Despite being self portraits, each painting is radically different from each other. Peters plays dress up, sporting colorful wigs, puffy scarves, and elaborate wardrobes, and notes that “donning wigs and costumes is an assembling of identity” and that her paintings “speak to the performance of gender and appearance.” These physical attributes can influence our perception of the person she is revealing herself to be and plays into the idea of what is revealed and what is left hidden in how we present ourselves in society.
James Terrell
Artist and educator James Terrell explores universal human experiences through his vibrant paintings and collages. Using bold colors to capture the viewer’s attention and intricate patterns to slow the viewer’s gaze, Terrell’s work is simultaneously loud and intimate. His art acts as a “reflection of joy, pain, confusion, contemplation, and deliverance” on a personal level and on a greater scale. He notes, “the paintings represent shared life experiences…the experiences, although individual to one’s own heart, are experiences that bind us and bring us together.” Each pattern, each color change, each paint stroke is representative of those experiences and the complexities within us and within life.
Select Works
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Lauren E. Peters, Self-Portrait (cut ’em off), 2023, Oil on canvas, $12,000. Lauren E. Peters, Self-Portrait (Jadis), 2023, Oil on canvas, NFS. James Terrell, God and the Devil, Acrylic on canvas, $15,500. James Terrell, Circle Triangle Square, Acrylic on canvas, $7,500.
For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882
This event is produced as part of our 2023 Spring Solo Series, on view from April 21 – May 29.
Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
Abington Art Center is proud to host this artist talk, featuring two of our 2023 Spring Solo Series artists, Maryanne Buschini and Adina Segal.
Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.
This event will also be live-streamed in real time on our Instagram page for those who are unable to attend in person. The livestream will begin at 10AM EST on April 29.
Maryanne Buschini
Maryanne Buschini explores ideas of origin, ancestry, history, and community in her figurative paintings. As a child of immigrants, Buschini uses her artwork as a tool to better understand her own connections to her ancestors and home.
Her most recent work looks at the history of the laborers who contributed to the construction of the New York City water system, a project that was an important part of her childhood, having grown up in the area and “seeing the reservoir lake and large dam almost every day…in a town where many of the immigrant/workers had settled.” The artwork is the result of her research, piecing together the family and cultural history of those who lived on the land used for the reservoir and displaying it in a personable way that evokes an emotional response in the viewer.
Adina Segal
Visual artist Adina Segal creates abstract mixed-media paintings inspired by her own intuition and the organic forms she finds in nature. Segal takes on an intuitive approach when making her paintings, layering thin coats of watercolor and gouache and letting the work naturally take shape by trusting the process and learning when to pull away.
She notes, “following my intuition and trusting when to stop and when to work back into the painting, is contrary to how I often exist in other areas of my life…I am a planner, a list-maker, someone who likes to know what to expect.” Letting herself create in this way creates compositions that feel fluid, expressive, and unique and allows for new artistic discovery.
Select Works
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Maryanne Buschini, Spring Forward, 2020, Oil on panel, $1,000. Maryanne Buschini, Blue Suits, 2019, Oil on board, $1,100. Adina Segal, Suddenly Appearing Out of Nowhere, 2022, Collaged painting with watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite, $1,500. Adina Segal, Looping Ball of Light, 2021, Watercolor, gouache, and graphite, $1,200.
For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882
This event is produced as part of our 2023 Spring Solo Series, on view from April 21 – May 29.
Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
Abington Art Center is proud to host this artist talk, featuring two of our 2023 Winter Solo Series artists, Constance McBride and Gail Fox.
Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.
This event will also be live-streamed in real time on our Instagram page for those who are unable to attend in person. The livestream will begin at 10AM EST on April 8.
Constance McBride
“From becoming aware of the male gaze and self-objectifying, to harassment, abuse, marginalization and ageism,” artist Constance McBride creates figurative sculptures that explore issues experienced by womxn. Drawing upon her own experiences, McBride’s sculptures are representative of what is often overlooked or left unspoken. She creates natural forms with visible signs of aging and raw expression. These details call for introspection while inviting the viewer to consider what strength and resilience in the face of discrimination looks like.
Gail Fox
“I have always painted nature. For me, there was never a need to search for a subject…My search has always been for particular locations, places that begged recording.”
From vivid seascapes and mountain ranges, to whimsical koi pond compositions, local artist Gail Fox paints large-scale landscapes that are inspired by the natural world around her. Fox is drawn to natural forms, she explains “painting alongside fields, in woods, at stream’s edge, in solitary places, it is the dynamic rhythms of nature, its changing lights, and weather that engage me.” Her intense observation of these natural shifts is evident in the color choices, elaborate compositions, and attention to detail within her work.
Select Works
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Constance McBride, Lonely Girl Room 3400, 2021, Ceramic and wire, $1,600. Constance McBride, Lonely Girl Room 4732, 2021, Ceramic and wire, $1,600. Gail Fox, Allegro, 2022, Oil on canvas, $5,200. Gail Fox, Rio Grande, 2021, Oil on canvas, $3,900.
For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882
This event is produced as part of our 2023 Winter Solo Series, on view from February 24 – April 10.
Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
Abington Art Center is proud to host this artist talk, featuring our 2023 Winter Solo Series artist, Stuart Lehrman.
Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.
This event will also be live-streamed in real time on our Instagram page for those who are unable to attend in person. The livestream will begin at 10AM EST on March 11.
Stuart Lehrman
“The Portal Series has percolated in my mind for a long time, originally focused on the idea of a “nest”. When I started drawing it morphed into something with broader meanings, including entry into a void, the eye the passageway into the soul, of course, a “nest’ from one stage of life to another.”
Artist Stuart Lehrman creates work inspired by the natural and human-made forms around him. Observation and experimentation is at the heart of his artistic practice. Creating works from crushed blueberries, ashes, iron shavings, and other experimental organic matter, Lehrman notes that it is through “the constant experimentation with the physical properties of the materials he works with,” that he is able to uncover truths and discover new ways of thinking.
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Portal Burnt #130, 2023, Smoke soot on archival paper, $550.00 Portal Burnt #129, 2023, Burnt encaustic on archival paper, $750.00 Portal #41, 2021, Mixed media on wood panel, $2,450.00 Portal #46, 2022, Mixed media archival paper on wood panel, $550.00
For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882
This event is produced as part of our 2023 Winter Solo Series, on view from February 24 – April 10.
Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
Abington Art Center is proud to host this artist talk, featuring four of our 2022 Faculty Show artists, Mat Citrenbaum, Megan Giampietro, Art Salazar, and Don Stephens.
Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.
Mat Citrenbaum
Mathew Citrenbaum is an artist, instructor, and silversmith based in Philadelphia, who creates custom jewelry and metalworks in his artistic practice. As a long time teacher, Citrenbaum has helped aspiring artists develop their craft, through results-oriented instruction.
“My primary goal for a new student is immediate results. A first time student can expect to produce a sterling silver ring in under 3 hours. My advanced students are guided through a technical progression encouraging them to design beyond their skills.”
Megan Giampietro
Artist and educator, Megan Giampietro, explores the connections between science and art through her intense observation of natural forms. She notes “both the scientist and the artist are inspired to carefully observe the natural world, drawing conclusions, sharing their observations, and seeking to explain the abundant patterns, colors, rhythms, and forms around them”. Working in oils, acrylics, and pastels, Giampietro works to capture the deep rich hues, organic textures and wondrous forms found within nature.
Art Salazar
Printmaking instructor and artist, Art Salazar, creates large-scale silk screen collages. Salazar’s work pushes the boundaries of printmaking, manipulating the paper and combining different techniques to give his work dimension and visual interest. He plays with abstracted forms and shapes to create whimsical compositions, noting “there’s always an amount of humor to my prints”.
Don Stephens
Don Stephens is a Philadelphia-based artist and instructor, who received his BFA from Tyler School of Art and Architecture in 1996. Stephens describes himself as a figurative expressive artist, “utilizing the human experience to express the dance between the subjective and objective”. He works in a variety of mediums to create figure drawings and paintings that evoke a visceral response in the viewer.
For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882
This event is produced as part of our 2022 Faculty Show, on view from November 4 – December 19.
Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
Abington Art Center is proud to host B.A.A.D. Moms – Between Art, Advocacy and Design, a conversation with our Moments Of Memories artist Aimee Gilmore and Associate Director of Policy for Maternity Care Coalition Gabriella Nelson.
Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.
Aimee Gilmore
Aimee Gilmore is a multi-disciplinary artist based out of Philadelphia, PA. She holds a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts with a minor in textile design from Moore College of Art & Design. Aimee works in sculpture, installation and printmaking and explores the topic of motherhood focusing on the continuously shifting and complex binaries that shape the role. Her work has been shown around the globe in venues such as the Richard Saulton Gallery, London, UK; Mutter Museum, Philadelphia, PA; The Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA; and completed residencies at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA; The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT; The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY; and Project for Empty Space, Newark, NJ. Her solo and group exhibitions have been featured in publications like The New York Times, Vogue, Whitewall, Artslant, Artnet News, and A Woman’s Thing. Aimee’s work was recently acquired for addition to the permanent contemporary collection at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Gabriella Nelson
Gabriella Nelson is a mother, curator, and city planner, possessing a strong interest at the confluence of urban design, public art, and reproductive justice. She currently works as the Associate Director of Policy for Maternity Care Coalition, advocating for the best policies and practices regarding maternal-child health and early learning. Gabriella is also one of the curators for Designing Motherhood, a multifaceted project that looks at the arc of human reproduction through the lens of design. She believes the city is for everyone, especially for those who want to stay after bearing decades of disinvestment and devastation. Gabriella has lectured widely on topics of maternal-child health, city planning and advocacy, including at TEDxPhiladelphia. Gabriella is interested in redesigning cities, systems and policies that oppress and work against the liberation of those historically left behind. She identifies as a problem-solver, an inquisitive thinker, and a creative person whose experiences and opinions are deeply rooted in her womanhood, motherhood, and Blackness.
For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882
This event is produced as part of Aimee Gilmore’s solo show, Moments Of Memories, on view from November 4 – December 19.
Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
Abington Art Center is proud to host this artist talk, featuring two of our 2022 Faculty Show artists, Ekaterina Vanovskaya and Bill Ryan.
Our Coffee Break series is a casual conversation with the artists featured in our exhibition programming. Learn more about the exhibiting artists’ process and technique through a talk and a Q&A. Coffee and bagels are provided for free.
Ekaterina Vanovskaya
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Vanovskaya received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2009 and her MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2015. Working primarily in oil paint, Vanovskaya paints pale, distressed figures in somber atmospheres that evoke feelings of loneliness, longing, and melancholia.
She works to translate her own feelings of emotional longing into paintings, drawing from her childhood experiences and acknowledging that “the physical places I no longer occupy and … do not exist in the same state, as when I knew them, all is imagined…How does our past impact our emotions, responses and ways of being?”
Bill Ryan
“I became serious about art after seeing a retrospective of paintings by Vincent VanGogh sometime around 1970 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.”
Local artist, Bill Ryan, draws inspiration from the works of Cezanne, Picasso, and the cubism movement to create large-scale abstract paintings and collages. His work explores geometric forms and color interaction, through expressionism and intricate composition. He notes “my pursuit is expression that emerges in the moment. I like to be surprised and open to what is unexpected”. This expression is evident in the intense mark making and brush strokes that encompass each canvas.
For more information on a particular artist or piece please call 215.887.4882
This event is produced as part of our 2022 Faculty Show, on view from November 4 – December 19.
Our Coffee Breaks are sponsored in part by the Jenkintown Lyceum.
