David Vitrano at Meibohm

Kathleen McDonnell has been honored with the prestigious Ruth Richeson Pastel Gold Award. The work is highlighted in an article about Kathy in the special issue: the 17th Annual Pastel 100 Competition Winners (Pastel Journal). She is a signature member of the PSA (Pastel Society of America), The Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod & Pastel Society of the West Coast. Her award-winning painting, Silence No. 2, is below: From the Journal: “I can almost hear the quiet,” says Terri Ford, Landscape & Interior category juror, of Kathleen McDonnell’s painting, Silence No. 2. McDonnell could “hear the quiet” too, when she came upon the scene that inspired her Ruth Richeson Pastel Gold Award-winning pastel. She was walking up a hill behind her home in Glenwood….

Robert Schulman has been given a solo exhibition, entitled “Dumpsters and other Strangers II” at CEPA. The show is from Feb. 5 through March 17. Exhibition opening at CEPA, 2nd floor, Feb. 5, 7:00 – 10:00 PM

Michelle Marcotte is the co-author and illustrator of a bilingual (English and French) reversible book about vegetables published this month by Archway Publishing.

BSA 115th Gold Medal Award winner Mark Lavatelli for his Installation “Pine”:

Celebrate the season with Michelle Marcotte in a fun filled afternoon to benefit the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Museum.