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NEWS
Join us at the WIT Gallery
of Art and Wine
27 Church Street Lenox,
MA
Saturday August 21, 2010
3-6:00 pm
Meet 3 artists - Barbara
Scavotto-Earley, Suzanne Howes-Stevens and Carol Staub
and enjoy a wine tasting
of fine organic wines!
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"Puzzled" - acrylic painted clay
and steel brads
Beginning June 1st, Scavotto will be represented by
The WIT Gallery
27
Church Street #102 Lenox, MA
Gallery owner and founder, Lynda Strauch
WIT - Wonders In Time Gallery
has enriched the Art community of the Berkshires for
nearly ten years. Located in Lenox, MA - home to Tanglewood and the summer home of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, WIT represents an eclectic blend of
photography, painting, sculpture and mixed media.
413-637-8808
info@thewitgallery.com
www.thewitgallery.com
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Scavotto's light-heARTed
portrait of nylon and fiberfill
created for the Exquisite
Corpse exhibition in May/June at Canton's Gallery on the Green...
SOLD AT THE AUCTION ON JUNE 26th, 6:00-9:00!
Sculptors Wendy Thornley (torso/arms) and
Betty Gerich (hips/legs/feet) designed the other body parts assembled on
site...
each piece was created
independently with no knowledge of what the others were fabricating...inspired
by Surrealist game...
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In March 2010 ARTBEATZ students
participated in "Sharing space, Sharing heART" a communication workshop
designed to raise donations for the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. The
project involved working with a team member, taking turns building on
each other's sculptures during five minute intervals and communicating
through Art non-verbally.
The project was a tremendous success!
-TEAM ONE -
-TEAM TWO-
-TEAM THREE-
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In November, 2009 third graders at the
Somersville Grammar School studied and created Native American Talking
Sticks.
Scavotto served as a Visiting Artist
for the exciting meaningful project.
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In August 2009, children at the
Lego Creative Child Care Center in
Enfield created marvelous figurative sculptures using aluminum foil,
fabric and all sorts of materials and found objects. Scavotto
guided them as a Visiting Artist for the afternoon. Here are some
examples of their imaginative creations...
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THE CRADLE PROJECT
In June
of 2008, 1000 cradles made by artists from around the world
will fill an abandoned warehouse in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
All cradles are constructed with scrap materials. The
Cradle Project, founded and directed by photographer Naomi Natale is
an art installation designed to represent the plight of the
estimated 48 million children who have been orphaned by
HIV/AIDS, disease and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. The
Cradle Project will promote awareness and raise
financial support to help feed, shelter and educate these
children.
Heartfelt gratitude to my dear
friends Susan & Rick Taff from Glastonbury, CT
and special friends of my loving Mother & Father - Dan & Estelle
McNamara, Windsor Locks, CT
for
sponsoring my cradle sculpture.
For more information or to learn how you may
help, visit
www.thecradleproject.org
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Scavotto's Puzzled and Dispositions sculptures
from the
Humans Being Series
have been
selected by a National Juried Book Competition
and published in
Best
of America - Sculpture Artists and Artisans
Kennedy
Publishing
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Puzzled
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Dispositions
was recently selected for publication
in Lark Books, edited by
Veronica Alice Gunter
500 Figures in Clay - Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form |
Dispositions |
JAN’S CHAMPIONSHIP JACKS
Enamel Painted Steel 2005
Purchased by
Enfield Street Elementary School, Enfield, CT
When we were in elementary school,
Jan and I were best friends. Playing Jacks was one of our most
fun-filled past-times. We loved the bouncing of the small red ball and the
excitement of picking up the metal toys quickly and skillfully. Jan would
almost always win but once in a while I was victorious. She taught me
everything that I knew about the challenge of playing Jacks. Most
importantly, Jan and I enjoyed being together and sharing friendship. Today, we
remain as close as sisters. I am dedicating this sculpture to her and all that
she has taught me about Jacks and life.
Jan’s Championship Jacks is welded of
steel and painted with enamel colors. The steel is heated, melted and fused
together. The sculpture is designed to fit into a corner and is always displayed
as a grouping. I wanted the jacks to playfully tumble out from the wall onto
the floor. Smaller and lighter colored jacks give the appearance of being
farther away while larger and brighter jacks are closer to the viewer.
These are the some of the effects of atmospheric or aerial perspective.
I love
to draw. The sculpture is like a drawing in space since the body and round tips
of the jacks are made with lines – long rods of steel. To give a more playful
look, the balls on each corner of the jacks have been scribbled. The space
around and between the jacks is very important in the composition – the
direction, balance, harmony, rhythm and unity.
In addition to sculpting the memory
of playing Jacks with Jan, this sculpture reflects my love for POP Art.
The size of the jacks is huge compared to the real game objects. Have you ever
played the game of Jacks? Besides having fun, you may improve your
concentration and co-ordination!
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