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Education Director of Trestle Workshops, New York
In the Sussertal - Canton Graubuenden, Switzerland
Steve Ember
Black and White Photograph - Archival Pigment Print Framed with Conservation Glass
12"x15"
websiteFLINT
Elaine Frances Longtemps
Hand-painted and forcefully twisted rope, rusty metal pipe, lead paint, Liquitex polymer, digital printing on fabric, 30"Hx30"Wx 65"L professional pedestal provided by artist
65"x9"x29"
websiteDeep Water
Susan Callahan
Mixed Media - Textile
37"x17"
KUILIMA
Kuniko Matsui
Mixed Media
8"x6"
KAHUKU
Kuniko Matsui
Mixed Media
8"x6"
Lower New York Bay
Edward McBee
Acrylic on Canvas
22"x20"
Pending Storm
Edward McBee
Acrylic on Canvas
16"x12"
No Title
Kevin vonKluck
Digital
20"x20"x2"
Sticks and Snow
Kevin vonKluck
Digital
24"x21"x2"
Pssst!
Kevin vonKluck
Digital
24"x16"x2"
Array
Kevin vonKluck
Digital
24"x24"x2"
In Weather On Water
Karen Henderson
batik and shibori dyed hemp, silk gauze, and silk organza fabrics, with hand stitching.
28"x22"
websiteWhat Was Left Behind
Amy Hood
textile: hand-dyed and commercial cotton, embroidery floss, hand and machine stitching
31"x19"
websiteGreen Water
Roslyn Racanello
Photograph with pastel, paint, crayon and other mixed media
24"x36"
websiteWaterplants in the lake, Brookeside
Alexandra Michaels
acrylic on canvas
39"x35"
Melissa Staiger was raised in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. She has a BFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland and an MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Staiger is a New York City-based artist and independent curator. Staiger was nominated and attended the Robert Rauschenberg Artist Residency in Captiva, Florida in 2013. In 2016, she was selected to be the Curator-in-Residence for Trestle Projects in Brooklyn, New York. “Open the Door” a solo exhibition opens at the Kent Place Gallery in Summit, New Jersey in September 2018. She is the Education Director of Trestle Workshops and a new board member at ABC No Rio.
I want to congratulate each artist that participated and entered Water Works with Maryland Federation of Art. With all of your contributions this program runs and supports your local artist community. The work chosen for this digital exhibition was based on “water depicted as the primary force, object, or consequences”. You will view various mediums such as drawing, watercolor, acrylic paint, oil paint, sculpture, and printmaking. I wanted the show to represent the range of mediums entered. I looked for line, composition, color, texture, and feeling in each work. I asked myself and “does this artwork reflect the mysterious qualities of water” or “is water seen as an elemental force” and “how far did the artist push our understanding with their vision”.