Its Summertime!

its summertime!
Art About Town, sponsored by the River Valley Artists Guild, will present: "It’s Summertime!"
At 5 venues: Gios Gelato Café, Bon Secours, PJ Library, Mayors Office & Deerpark Town Hall
Shows run June 6th through-July 30th, 2022
Summer provides us with a visual banquet of diversity. If it has roots, shoots, flowers and leaves, is waxy, fragile, sturdy or brittle, terrestrial or aquatic-it’s a very diverse, wide-open theme. Included in the exhibit are pencil drawings, paintings and pastels by River Valley Artists Guild artists who celebrate the visual beauty of summer’s diversity. NEW! Painted Trains created by several RVAG member artists will be displayed at the Transportation show in Port Jervis, May 28th and 29th.
NEW! At Gio’s Gelato Café: RVAG members in the show include Daniela Cooney, whose love of animals and natural landscapes is prevalent in her vibrant paintings, Judith Cramer works in acrylics and pastel using a style ranging from Impressionism Abstract, Roz Hodgkins shows her work at UpFront Gallery, Joan Kehlenbeck is President of the RVAG and shows her pastels and paintings regionally.
NEW! At Port Jervis Free Library’s Community Room: Featuring a display of summer themed Sunflower images by RVAG members Patty Koch, Susan Miiller and Joe Petrosi. Patty Koch is a self-taught painter, Susan Miiller shares the mysterious luminosity of her close-up floral imagery, Joe Petrosi’s color pencil drawings share a burst of color and serenity.
NEW! At Bon Secours: Susan Miiller’s Summer-themed paintings and pastels. Art About Town Curator Susan Miiller’s oil on canvas works share the mysterious luminosity and meditative spirit of Summer. Miiller is the recipient of several awards, is teaching faculty at SUNY since 1999 and her work is in many important collections nationwide
NEW! At Mayor’s Office, City Hall: Joe Petrosi’s color pencil drawings. Joseph Petrosi is a Certified Art Specialist, textile airbrush specialist, and award-winning artist. In 2012 the Times-Herald Record chose him as Best Ink and Pencil Artist in the Hudson Valley. “I hope people looking at my artwork will enjoy the burst of color and serenity of the scene.
NEW! At Deerpark Town Hall: Joan Kehlenbeck’s Summer Florals. Joan Kehlenbeck is the President of the River Valley Artists Guild. Joan has shown her oil paintings and pastel drawings regionally. In 2016, Joan was awarded the Individual Artist, Orange County Art Award.
The exhibits can be seen at: 1) Gio’s Gelato Café, Mon/Tues and Thurs-Sun, 8:30-9pm, 30-32 Front St, Port Jervis, NY 12771. 2) Bon Secours Hospital: Monday through Friday, 8-4pm in the first floor cafeteria at 160 E Main Street, Port Jervis, NY 12771. 3) Port Jervis Free Library, Community Rm, 138 Pike Street, Port Jervis, NY 12771. M-F, 1-5pm. 4) Mayor’s Office in City Hall: Port Jervis, 20 Hammond St., Port Jervis, NY 12771, M/T/W, 9am to 1pm. 5) Deerpark Town Hall, 420 Route 209, Huguenot, NY 12746, Mon-Fri, 9-4pm For more information, email susanmiiller@yahoo.com or visit www.rivervalleyartistsguildofportjervis.com.