Vivienne Thaul Wechter – Fordham Now

Eco-scapes Exhibit Paint Telescopic View of Universe

Fordham News — Thu, 09 Mar 2000 18:34:10 +0000

NEW YORK – Award-winning artist Hilda Green Demsky’s paintings of land and solar “eco-scapes” will be on display March 2 to 30 in the Entrance Gallery of the Leon Lowenstein building, Lincoln Center campus, Fordham University. A reception, open to the public, will be held from 3 to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 11. Inspired by watching a space shuttle launch at the Kennedy Space Center after winning a Christa McAuliffe Fellowship, and by viewing films of outer space taken by the astronauts, Demsky developed a series of paintings that merge abstract elements of science and art and evoke the mysteries of the universe. “Demsky’s work, vital and enchanting, stimulates ongoing recall,” says Vivienne Thaul Wechter, Ph.D., Fordham University artist in residence and curator of exhibitions and acquisitions. “Her multiple experiences are expressed in luminous, sensual colors, in the ultimate combination of craft with vision.” DATE: MARCH 2 TO 30 TIME: 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PLACE: DATE: TIME: PLACE: LEON LOWENSTEIN BUILDING, ENTRANCE GALLERY, 113 W. 60TH ST., MANHATTAN

Artist-In-Residence To Show Work at Ramapo College

Fordham News — Thu, 09 Mar 2000 18:31:32 +0000

NEW JERSEY – “Hovering Journey,” a series of symbolic paintings by Vivienne Thaul Wechter, Ph.D., Fordham University artist in residence, will be on display March 3 to 27 at the Kresge Gallery, Berrie Center for the Performing and Visual Arts, Ramapo College of New Jersey. A reception, open to the public, will take place from 5 to 7 p.m., March 3, with a poetry reading by Wechter at 6:30 p.m. and presentation of the movie Thunderbolt, a documentary of her life and work, at 7 p.m. Wechter is an abstract painter, sculptor and poet as well as a Fordham professor of interdisciplinary arts and psychology of creativity. Art critics have described her work as “visionary” and “unashamedly odd.” She has been widely exhibited in the United States and abroad. DATE: MARCH 3 TO 27 TIME: 1 TO 5 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PLACE: KRESGE GALLERY, BERRIE CENTER FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS, RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, 505 RAMAPO VALLEY ROAD, MAHWAH, N.J.

Sculpture Exhibit Celebrates Artist’s 50-Year Career

Fordham News — Thu, 09 Mar 2000 18:27:04 +0000

NEW YORK – “This Life,” an outdoor show of 16 large, fiberglass sculptures commemorating Judith Peck’s 50-year career, will be on display March 15 to Dec. 3, 2000, on Robert Moses Plaza, Lincoln Center campus, Fordham University. The second exhibit of Peck’s work at Fordham this year, “This Life” includes the acclaimed life-size, three-figure grouping “Appalachia.” The theme of “people alone and in families” figures predominantly in her work, said Peck, a professor at Ramapo College in New Jersey. “Peck’s formidable intellect is wed to artistic propulsion to produce a remarkable range of work,” said Vivienne Thaul Wechter, Ph.D., University artist in residence and curator of exhibitions and acquisitions. “Her sculpture communicates peace, tranquillity, danger, violence and sensuality.” DATE: MARCH 15 TO DEC. 3, 2000 TIME: 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. PLACE: ROBERT MOSES PLAZA, LEON LOWENSTEIN BUILDING, 113 W. 60TH ST., MANHATTAN.

Artists Celebrate Black History Month

Ryan Stellabotte — Sun, 09 Jan 2000 19:37:02 +0000

NEW YORK – A multimedia exhibit celebrating the work of three Washington, D.C., women artists and commemorating Black History Month will be on display Feb. 2 to 28 in the Entrance Gallery of the Lowenstein building, Lincoln Center campus, Fordham University. Sylvia Moore Jackson, Jeanne Jarvis and Edith C. Strange, all graduates of Howard University in Washington, D.C., have created a diverse collection of oils and watercolors. Their collages, portraits, landscapes and images of flowers “en-gage the viewer in lasting memory,” says Vivienne Thaul Wechter, Ph.D., Fordham University artist in residence and curator of exhibitions and acquisitions. “Each artist is a superb colorist.” DATE: MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, FEB. 2-28 TIME: 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. PLACE: LEON LOWENSTEIN BUILDING, ENTRANCE GALLERY, 113 W. 60TH ST., MANHATTAN