AAWE Art Exhibitions

AAWE has many talented artists, sculptors, photographers and illustrators. We have begun a monthly exhibition in the AAWE Reception Room. The objectives are to give the membership a taste of the artwork of the member artists, and to help to create a network for artists and art lovers within AAWE.

Exhibit hours are Monday-Friday, from 10am to 5pm, except during French school vacations and scheduled room events. Please check the AAWE Events calendar.

Peggy Paul Cavallier (painter) Drifting back through the cobwebs of time, the last time Peggy Paul-Cavallier exhibited with AAWE was at Beaubourg, as a young mother. Now, more than 30 years later, she’s back as the proud grandmother of Clémentine! Represented in this show are Rubenesque nudes from a week in the Lubéron, oils of la Montagne Sainte-Victoire, along with her traditional watercolors, drawings, inks and photos. Dates: 1 - 30 June 2006 Contact: art "at" aaweparis.org	"Montagne Sainte-Victoire"

Harriet Frankel (painter) “Les Mouettes” in Binic is still in the family and Harriet continued to paint there until the early 90’s when her eyesight began to fail. The watercolors and oil paintings on exhibit at AAWE (opening April 26th) cover a long period of activity but are very homogenous in style, all marked by Harriet’s firm hand and discerning vision as well as her passionate love of place: the ever changing view, Charles “the fisherman” crossing the port, the garden path, the open window. Dates: 26 April - 24 May 2006 Contact: art "at" aaweparis.org	"Binic Lighthouse, 1982"

Aviva Brooks Kruger (painter) Aviva’s paintings are inspired by Hopper and Hockney. She captures a moment of everyday life and magnifies it. She considers herself a transplanted American who appeases her mal du pays by depicting scenes of her home country, urban architecture and people on the street. Dates: 10 March - 24 April 2006 Contact: http://homepage.mac.com/avivabrooks/	"Salinas"

Lindsey de Ovies (sculptor) In 2000 when her kids finally began to have lives of their own, Lindsey realized it was time for her to do the same. Not wanting to return to the madness of her pre-baby career of fashion design, she discovered sculpting. Beginning in clay, she then began to experiment in wood, wax, bronze, cast glass and stone carving. “Essentially my work questions all things conventional: commitment/responsibility, social integration, stereotype/identity, and all stages of maturing (birth, youth, marriage, family, mid-life, the randomness of death and beyond). Contrary to the way most artists work, my titles precede the actual piece and are usually triggered by the caption-like comments I mentally attach to my observations of life, love and the pursuit of happiness. The cliché “many a truth is said in jest” fairly sums up my creative point of view.” Dates: 10 March - 24 April 2006 Contact: http://deovies.com	"Smug"

2nd Annual AAWE Mois de la Photo Join us as the AAWE photographers celebrate the Second Annual Mois de la Photo! Works shown are by Sally Benoist, Dianne Henning, Ann Lepretre, Ellen Moinard and Kim Powell-Jaulin. Many different styles of photography are represented. It's a must see! Dates: 10 January - 03 March 2006 Contact: art "at" aaweparis.org	A sampling of images from the "Mois de la Photo"

Thimble & Thread Quilt Expo This Quilt Show features the works of Kathy Auzas, Nan de Laubadère, Charlene Labro, Ellie Sigler and Mary Ellen Wessinger. Dates: 16 November - 15 December 2005	"Kaleidoscope"

Kathy Giannini (painter) Kathy has been an AAWE member since 1991, though a long-distance one as she has mostly lived in the provinces since joining, bringing her kids up to Paris just to participate in our famous baseball picnics. Her day job is as an English teacher in the French school system, but her avocations are fiction writing and watercolor painting. Every summer, she attends a watercolor course run by Tufts University at their site in Talloires on Lake Annecy. Her subject matter often represents alpine scenery and picturesque Annecy where she resides. Dates: 18 May - 24 June 2005 Contact: 04 50 67 79 21	"Wind in the Leaves"

Catherine Jullian (painter) Longtime French resident and AAWE member since 1989, Catherine exchanged a fine arts major for art history, and only took up her brushes again 4 years ago (thanks in part to Kathy G, see above), eager to make up for lost time. Still developing a personal style, she works in several techniques, with a preference for oil and soft pastel. Her works are figurative, and she has a strong predilection for people as their theme. Dates: 18 May - 24 June 2005 Contact: cajullian3@yahoo.com	"AAWE Garden Party"

Mois de la Photo What better way to welcome in the New Year than to stop in the AAWE Office and view the work of our AAWE photographers! Works shown are by Sally Benoist, Aviva Brooks Kruger, Laura Dondey, Michele Gompel, Dianne Henning, Joni Hughes, Katherine Jumel, Olive Lorsignol, Selma Masclet, Ellen Moinard, Sandra Schepard Beauchamp, Stephanie Stolin Moreno, and Nancy Sayer. Many different styles of photography are represented. It's a must see! Dates: 10 January - 16 February 2005	A sampling of images from the "Mois de la Photo"

Martha Holden (painter) Martha, an AAWE member since 2002, is a 14 year resident in France. She trained at the University of Tennessee and Cranbrook Art Academy in Michigan. Her show at AAWE depicts French and Swiss landscapes, oils, mostly small format. She finds great pleasure in the constant changing of color and light in the countryside. Dates: 17 November - 17 December 2004 Contact: http://m.holden.free.fr	"Santa Monica Bay" as viewed from Pacific Palisades, California

Mae Mac Kenzie (painter) Mae has been painting on and off since she moved to France 15 years ago but decided to make it her profession in 2003. Her work is a blend of highly observed detail and beautiful finishing, skills honed through her considerable experience in jewelry making and enameling, and her appreciation of the lovely loose brush work of painters such as Manet and Degas. She paints on commission, mainly children's portraits, though she is occasionally asked to paint an interior scene or a garden or a view of Paris for visiting Americans. Dates: 17 November - 17 December 2004 Contact: www.maemackenzie.info	"Clara"

Sally Benoist (photographer) Sally has been a member of AAWE since 1967. Her interest in black and white photography dates from the late 80's when she began studying photography at WICE. "Photography has taught me to see things I might never have noticed", she says. Shadows, shapes, silhouettes and "nature's perfect compositions" are among her favorite subjects. She has participated in group exhibitions in Paris and in Rueil-Malmaison, but she is grateful to AAWE for giving her the opportunity to hold her first one-photographer show in an exceptional setting. Dates: 6 May - 4 June 2004 Contact: 01 47 51 85 22 or 06 15 13 30 32	"Hamamelis Mollis"

Nanci Rivière (sculptor) In 1991 Nanci received the AAWE Award enabling her to reproduce each sculpture in multiples. This exhibit shows three phases that she has gone through in the last 15 years. After working with clay for four years, she began sculpting marble. Movement became a focal point and in Phase 2 she started working with new material and new subjects; fighting Samoturi figures which pierce the air on tall rods expressing movement and emotion. She then tried Raku, the Japanese art of firing clay and her Raku Samoturi figures joined the group of “Emotions”. This past October, Nanci presented Phase 3: Interactive Installations (see photo) at Columbia University. Dates: 6 May - 4 June 2004 Contact: 06 67 76 93 94	"The Night Watchman"

Micaela Porte (painter) Illustrator for the AAWE News since 1996, Micaela is happy for this chance to share some of her other paintings with the club in a retrospective of portraits of women, “Hotel Eve”. Studies in architecture at Berkeley have led her to love design and drawing. Micaela is also known for the Dottie of Glen Ellen series of books for children. Dates: 1 - 30 April 2004 Contact: www.artporte.com	"The Aunt Sisters"

Judith Banon (painter) Judith, who originally joined AAWE in 1981, studied Fine Arts at Mundelein College, Chicago, before coming to Paris. The discovery of contemporary artist Jean-Claude Langer, Vuillard’s portraits and Sennelier’s pastel sticks à l’écu drew her irresistibly to the medium in the early nineties. Children caught unaware or posing shyly, pears of burnished gold or frosty berries: whatever the subject, she paints its portrait in pastels, their rich palette and velvet layers bringing depth to her work. With private collectors here and in the US, Judith is delighted to have this opportunity to show a sampling of her art. Dates: 3 - 26 March 2004 Contact: judith.banon@wanadoo.fr	“La serviette rayée” (detail), pastels

Jacqueline Gard Urbanek (painter) A member of AAWE since the very beginning, Jacqueline has studied art in Algiers, Chicago and Paris. She has had exhibitions throughout France, in the US: Chicago, Dallas, Vallejo (California), Fort Lauderdale, in Italy (Biella) and in China (Beijing and Hang Zhou). She serves on the board of prestigious national French Salons and has had many one-woman exhibitions as well. Her landscapes and portraits are in many private collections and museums. Jacqueline paints in oils, watercolor and pastels. Dates: 3 - 26 March 2004 Contact: 01 47 23 66 02	“Enfant à la pastèque”, in oils

Marie-Louise Cusack (painter) Marie-Louise Cusack, AAWE member since 1995, has had her work in collections in France, North America and Japan. Previous exhibitions include Fortnum and Mason’s, and Grovesnor House, Mayfair, London...Société Générale, Mairie de Paris, Ogilvy and Mather, Canadian Embassy in France, Master Eagle Gallery in New York. Dates: 13 January - 12 February 2004 Contact:	“The Kiss"

Kim Powell (photographer) AAWE member since 1998, Kim's interest in photography dates back to the age of seven, when she received a Polaroid ZIP camera as a Christmas gift. Photography was always an integral part of her life, but she never thought to pursue it as a career choice. Paris afforded her the opportunity to study photography in a serious manner. She studied at WICE, SPEOS and Parsons School of Design. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Paris; her work is also included in the recent publication "Bit by the Fleas" a guide to the Paris Flea Markets. Dates: 24 November-12 December 2003 Contact: kim42hp@aol.com	“Beach Bag in Blue"

Joan Neuhof Muller (sculptor) Joan Neuhof Muller, AAWE member since 1964, Joan began her studies in art at the Tyler Arts School and Hans Hoffman School in Philadelphia, and participated in her first group show in 1949 in New York City. Arriving in Paris in 1950, she was helped and influenced by Germaine Richier and Alberto Giacometti. Since that time she has participated in numerous exhibitions and Art Fairs, and exhibited her work in galleries in the US and throughout Europe. Dates: 24 November-12 December 2003 Contact:	"Hibou"