Gail Bracegirdle - Guest Speaker at Artsbridge

"February Fantasy"
(self portrait)
watercolor by Gail Bracegirdle

As part of the Artsbridge Distinguished Artist Series, Gail Bracegirdle will be guest speaker at the Artsbridge members meeting on Thursday, Jan 17 at 7:00 pm at:

Riverrun Gallery at Laceworks
287 South Main Street (Rt 29)
Lambertville, NJ 08530

Gail B (as her work is signed) studied textile design at Moore College of Art and had a career in that industry until 1990. Wanting to explore new challenges, she began to dedicate all her time and energy to painting in watercolor. In 1993, she added teaching to her list of accomplishments and finds this to be a "wonderfully enjoyable and rewarding experience".

A signature member of the Philadelphia Water Color Society, her paintings are actively exhibited in juried, group and solos shows throughout the region, have won awards, and are held in private collections in the United States, Europe and Australia. Her work was featured in Artists’ Magazine, July 1999 issue, "Give Your Art a New Wrinkle" and published in "Splash 6" (2000) and "Artists of the River Towns" by Doris Brandes (2002).

Artsbridge is the premier Lambertville / New Hope arts organization and Gail's talk is sure to be a fascinating one.

sketch for "Painter's Nightshades"
watercolor by Gail Bracegirdle

"Painter's Nightshades"
watercolor by Gail Bracegirdle

Married to Art - Sheila and Ed Letven

Gallery artist Sheila Letven and her husband, Ed, will be the guest speakers at the Artsbridge members meeting on May 17th. Artsbridge is the area's premier arts organization and is dedicated to improving the public understanding of the arts in all the creative disciplines.

Ed and Sheila Letven who met at the University of the Arts have led successful and mutually supportive lives as a married couple. As artists their artistic approaches are very different. Each has a unique point of view, which has always been helpful in encouraging the others imagery.

Ed is a now a well-known painter and teacher of watercolor and oils, but spent many years in the advertising business he founded. He has only been showing his work since 2000 though he has been painting landscapes all of his life. Sheila was a printmaker who emerged as a multimedia artist and has been in many group and solo shows. She now exhibits in this region. Her work can be seen regularly at the Artists' Gallery.

Each will show computer projections of their work and describe their lives "married to art".

Their talk will given at 7 pm, May 17, 2007 at
Riverrun Gallery at Laceworks
287 South Main Street (Rt 29)
Lambertville, NJ 08530

J. Stacy Rogers speaks at Delaware Valley College

J. Stacy Rogers was invited to give a talk on portrait painting at the Delaware Valley College. The talk was held on May 25 and was well attended.

J. Stacy Rogers (center) with Jan Marabito, Coordinator for the "Center for Learing in Retirement" at the Delaware Valley College