Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Despite difficult economic times, the Artists’ Fellowship has continuedto provide financial assistance to professional fine artists and theirfamilies who have come to us with requests for emergency aid. Thanksto the conservative guidance of our Treasurer and Trustees, the fundshave not sustained the same level of loss reported by many otherfoundations. Nevertheless, the decline in our investments means thatthe level of aid awarded in the current year will be impacted.

Over the last six years, the Artists’ Fellowship has dispensed wellover $1 million to fellow artists, and in the last year alone, we were ableto assist 76 individuals.

Our goal this year is to continue to extend a hand to as many artistsand their families as we can, but we can’t do that without your help. Weare continuing to add to our membership and more than 150 membershave donated money with their annual dues and or dinner subscriptions.Any amount of money is appreciated, and since the work of volunteerskeeps our overhead very low, nearly all contributions can go directly toaiding artists. We have listed our donor’s names in this newsletter andare instituting a program through which donations can be made “inHonor of ” or “in Memory of ” loved ones or friends. Each donation willbe noted in the future newsletters unless you choose to have your giftlabeled “anonymous.”

On April 25th in Reston, Virginia, the “Portrait Society of America”recognized The Artists’ Fellowship with the Leadership in the Arts Awardfor our 150 years of service to our community of artists. I was honoredand proud to accept this recognition for all those that have served beforeme and for all of you who stand with me today as part of this caringFoundation. Presidents ex-officio Everett Raymond Kinstler and MarcMellon stood at the podium with me to accept our award.

I look forward to celebrating our 150th Anniversary Celebration withyou in NYC at the National Arts Club on September 23rd. Please savethe date!

Cordially,

Babette Bloch, President

ARTISTS’ FELLOWSHIP, INC.47 Fifth Avenue • New York, NY 10003

a message from the president

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009Place: The National Arts Club,

New York City

AF’s 150th Anniversary Celebration

ARTISTS’ FELLOWSHIP, INC.47 F if th Avenue • New York, NY 10003

May 2009

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TheArtists’ Fellowship’s sole mission is to help artists in times of need: from giving a small amount of money to help an artist avoid eviction,to monthly gifts to a young artist with cancer who was expected to die in 2007. Her letters tell us that after traditional medicine could dono more, with our help, she could afford alternative treatments. It’s 2009 and she’s alive, painting, and planning a show for later this year.

The Artists’ Fellowship has given more than $1,000,000 in aid from 2003 to 2008. This level of giving would be impossible were it not for thededication and generosity of our members, the hard work of our board members, both past and present, and the careful investment of our endowment.

This year we celebrate our 150th anniversary with a party at the National Arts Club on September 23, 2009 honoring three long-time, deeplyinvolved members:Will Barnet, who was awarded the BenjaminWest Clinedinst Medal in 1977; Everett RaymondKinstler, who was awardedthe Clinedinst Medal in 1985 and was AF President from 1968 to 1970; and Pam Singleton, AF Treasurer. These three have been members forso long that none of them can remember exactly when he or she joined. Ray joined in the ‘50s, Will in the ‘60s, and Pam in the ‘70s.

W I L L B A R N E T , A D V I S O RArtist, painter and print maker,Will Barnet has followedhis own artistic path of integrity, intelligence, talent, andgenerosity. At 97, he says, “I’m still working…I haven’tretired yet.” In addition to painting,Will supports artistfriends by attending their shows, he participates in groupart presentations, and accepts honors at evenings like this.

The Artists’ Fellowship remains important to Will. “It does a lot of goodin many ways,” he says. “Artists usually work alone quietly, and duringdifficult periods it’s important to give them a feeling of being wantedand appreciated. Our gifts may be modest, but they do help. There areno pressures with Artists’ Fellowship gifts, they support professional fineartists of any direction.” At some point in his or her career, “Every artistneeds some kind of moral and financial support…every artist.”

P A M S I N G L E T O N , T R E A S U R E RLetters from aid recipients touch Pam Singleton. “Theletters make me feel as though we make a difference. Thereare such desperate needs.When artists cry out for a lift up,we are there. Shortly after joining the board,” she continues,“we were helping an artist who lived by herself in a modestapartment, a dignified person who would never havewillingly asked for assistance. The small amount we sent

each month permitted her to maintain that dignity. This is what ultimatelysold me on the Fellowship.” Pam has been the Fellowship’s treasurer since1997.When she joined the board in the ’70s, she says, “Our endowmentwas just under $500,000. It peaked in 2007 at around $4.3 million and atthis writing, sits at about $3.03 million.” The endowment is fluid: itsvalue fluctuates with the market, it receives generous donations andbequests from our members, and it gives out aid. Pam anticipates that wewill be able to give almost as much aid in 2009 as the $207,000 we gave in2008. She adds that, “Since 2004, our annual operating expenses haveaveraged 1% or less of the Net Asset Value of the Fellowship, a testamentto the dedication and hard work of our volunteers.”

E V E R E T T R A Y M O N D K I N S T L E R ,A D V I S O R , P A S T P R E S I D E N T

From Zorro to illustrations to painting six U. S.Presidents from life, Everett Raymond Kinstler’sartistic career has moved with the times, but hisdedication to the Fellowship has remained constantsince the ‘50’s when he was invited to an annualdinner. “It was very small then,” he says, “maybeonly fifty members, but I became aware of the

uniqueness of the organization in helping fellow artists in times of need.Soon I became caught up in it and I served as president for three years.”He has been an active President Ex-Officio, counseling our presidents andoften attending monthly board meetings. “To this day I am committedand devoted to the Fellowship, which I consider an extremely importantorganization.”

The 150th Anniversary CelebrationTo make this year’s celebration more affordable for our members, aserved dinner will be replaced by arrays of yummy food offered at buffettables. And, yes, there will be plenty of places to sit, while you eat, drink,smooze and enjoy our program…surrounded by art-for-sale.

Small Art, Big Help will feature 6”x9” art panels painted and donatedby our artists. Each panel will be priced at $200 and will only be signed onthe back, so everything will be purchased for what it offers rather than forwho’s offering it. The National Arts Club has lots of space, so let’s fill thewalls with exciting art and the room with excited people withcheckbooks!

We thank Aldon James and the National Arts Club for hosting our 150thcelebration and Jack Richeson for donating the art panels for Small Art,Big Help and for help underwriting the evening. If you are willing to help usout by painting a panel, please email us at info@artistsfellowship.org andindicate in the subject line “Art Panel.” We will send you a panel andinstructions.

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Arnold Finke, Babette Bloch, Leonda Finke

Kathy Hayes and David Levine

Kay WalkingStick and Dick BachMimi Sigal and Julian Hyman

Patterson Sims and Will Barnet

Salvatore Barbieri, Jean Arena

Edith Rae Brown, Kathy Anderson, Paul Brown, Daniel Greene, Wende Caporale, Joyce Zeller, Pia Ledy, Candice Ku

Adrian Shelby, Marilyn and Michael Dore Alan Blagdon, Babette Bloch, David Pena

Joan Brandt and Robert Yahner

Clare Romano and Lois Dodd

Edith Rae Brown and Bruno LucchesiElizabeth and Lloyd Sherwood

Terrence Brown and Everett Raymond Kinstler

Larry Dubin, Judith Leiber,Elena Barnet, Will Barnet,Gerson Leiber

Reg Hollinger, Adrian Shelby, Babette Bloch,and Patterson Sims

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Burt Silverman, Frank and Naomi Feldman, Carl Lubow, Jonathon Doffman, Hannah Kinn, Melissa Kaish Dorfman,Irene Vitale, Barbara Hyman

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Will Barnet, with a career spanning eighty years,had three concurrent solo exhibitions. In March,the Harmon Meek Gallery of Naples, FL present-ed “Will Barnet: Abstractions.” The NaplesPhilharmonic had a retrospective that opened onMarch 20th showing over seventy paintings,prints, and watercolors. On April 25th the NaplesMuseum of Art’s new curator, Mike Culver spot-lighted thirty-five major works by Mr. Barnet in aspecial exhibition. In addition, publisher GeorgeBraziller is releasing a new book,Will Barnet ASketch Book, with an essay by Robert Morgan, fea-turing the artist’s early pen and ink sketches. TheOld Print Shop exhibited more than 29 oversizedprints with an opening and book signing May 3and 5.Will Barnet’s Catalogue Raisonne of etch-ings, serigraphs, lithographs, and wood cuts with226 color and B&W plates is available through thepublisher, John Szoke (212) 219-8300. The cost is$45.00 for members of the Artists’ Fellowship.JosephMcGlynn participated in the 400thAnniversary of the Dutch settlement of NewAmsterdam by creating two 6’ x 3’ panoramic pan-els in oils of Henry Hudson’s ship, “Half Moon”and “Dutch Canal - 1650s” for the ZeeuwsMaritime Museum in Holland. He was alsoawarded the “Rozsika Ascenzi Award” for hispainting, “Drying Sails,” at the Salmagundi Club.At the Audubon Artists Incorporated 66th AnnualExhibition, sculptorMarkRuff exhibited hiscarved mahogany work entitled “Poison Apple.”MaryMcGlynn conducted demonstrations in oilsand pastels. She is exhibiting an oil painting of theCoaster ship and Clipper ship activity of 1790 at

the wharf at the foot of Maiden Lane in NewAmsterdam for the Maritime Museum inHolland. The paintings will be on view atFraunces Tavern Museum, NYC and the HudsonRiver Gallery, NY, before going to Europe. InMay of 2008,Daniel Hauben was commissionedto paint the artwork for the new library at BronxCommunity College. The Hudson River ArtGallery also presented a solo exhibition by DanielHauben. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern,Americans for the Arts chose Mr. Hauben’s MTAcommission at the Freeman Street Station as oneof the forty top public art projects in the countryand received a citation from the Bronx BoroughPresident for his public service to the community.Mr. Hauben’s painted ornament graced the WhiteHouse Christmas tree and his work was exhibitedin the Massachusetts State House, The LehmanCollege Art Gallery, The International PrintCenter and the Loyola University Art Gallery.

NancyDyer Mitton’s paintings will be part of theGreat Spruce Head Island Gallery exhibition atthe Courthouse Gallery in Ellsworth, ME, June14 through July 14. On April 6, SigmundAbelesjuried The Arnold Bittelman Senior Prize at theArt Department, Union College and will mounttwo concurrent exhibitions in Chatham, NY:

Mostly Houses at the Park Row Gallery andMostly Women at the Joyce Goldstein Galleryfrom May 23 through July 23. Exhibiting at twonew galleries, Claudia Seymour, Salmagundi ClubPresident has a busy and rewarding year and con-tinues to carve out time to paint fine oils and pas-tels. Timothy J.Clark’s Sense of Solace retrospectiveexhibition opened at New York’s HammerGalleries to rave reviews in January. On Sept 24,2008, Sotheby’s dropped the hammer on a recordsale of $43,340.00 for aGuyA.Wiggins paintingentitled “St. Patrick’s and Its Neighbors.” Cartierwill reproduce the painting for their holiday cardcollection, continuing their twenty-year relation-ship, reproducing works by Mr.Wiggins.MichaelDel Priore painted portraits of Congressman JerryLewis, Chairman of Appropriations to the USCapitol, Judge Widner of Virginia, Mr. LearyDavis, Elon University School of Law, and JudgeSmall of North Carolina. Coast Guard ArtProgram (COGAP) artist, and Portrait Society ofAmerica’s ambassador, Jennie C. Jackson is happyto report several new commissions, keeping herbusy through the summer, including Faces ofFairfield County. JeanieDu Pont, presently resid-ing in New York City, is continuing to representportrait artists, as she has for the past twenty-fiveplus years. Ian Factor is currently preparing workfor a major solo exhibition, opening August 8,2009, at The Backstage Gallery in the Deer TreesTheater in West Harrison, ME. Mr. Factor wascommissioned to paint Walter Hampden for thePlayers Club’s permanent collection in NY andAnn Vellis of the Players Club’s MembershipBoard.Wildlife sculptor,Kent Ullberg,NA,unveiled his latest 9’ bronze, “La Mar,” at theMadden Museum in Denver, CO, on November4, 2008. Mr. Ullberg maintains studios inLoveland, CO and Padre Island, TX.CarolynJundzillo exhibited in the American Artists’Professional League Exhibition and conducted anart workshop for the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology this past January. The MiniaturePainters Sculptors and Engravers Society ofWashington DC’s 75th International Exhibitionawarded their First Prize in Aqua Media to LoisSalmonToole. This year Ms. Toole also exhibitedin the Ohio Watercolor Society and the KentuckyWatercolor Society. Ms. Toole was the sole jurorfor the Miniature Art Society of Florida’s 34thInternational Exhibition. Middlebury, CT artist,SamD’Ambusso, will be conducting art instruc-tion workshops in Tuscany, Sardinia, Amalfi, andProvence. Phone (203) 758-9660 for further infor-mation. Clare Romano and JohnRoss were hon-ored by a two-person exhibition of their art as partof the Century Masters series at the Century

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“‘Thank You’ does not begin to expressmy gratitude. Your generosity has made agreat deal of difference in my situation.

I am so grateful for your organization andthe amazing work you do.”

Daniel Hauben, Bronx Vortex (detail), 30 x 204 inches, oil on canvas, 2009

Association in NYC.The Midwest PrintmakersAssociation honored Ms. Romano as “Printmakerof the Year” with an exhibition of her work at theUniversity of North Dakota, where she also lec-tured.Gibbs Smith, painter and publisher, contin-ues his work on a series of paintings celebratingthe uniqueness of book selling and bookstoresaround the country. Patrick Oliphant’s touringexhibition is currently on view at the BaylyMuseum, University of Virginia in Charlottesville,VA, and an exhibition entitled “Leadership” ofOliphant cartoons and sculpture from the Bushyears. It is organized, cataloged, and produced bythe Susan Conway Gallery. Commissioned por-traits by David Beynon Pena included formerPresident, Ruth Reininghaus Smith, for theSalmagundi Club, The Lambs Club’s Shepherd,Randy Phillips, Harold and Fayard Nicholas forthe Players Club Hall of Fame and Miss DoriSummner of Summit, NJ. Mr. Pena was awardedthe American Artists Professional League Awardfor Traditional Realism and the Gary T. ErbeAward for Oil Painting. American Artist’s FallDrawing issue displayed seven of his works in a10-page article and interview by John Parks. TheVisual Arts Center of New Jersey’s Eisenberg

Gallery presented DavidBeynon Pena’s “Faces andPlaces,” a solo exhibit ofover thirty recent works,from October 23 throughDecember 3, 2008.

Maria Chatzinakis spent weeks in Tuscany,chronicling (photographically) roadside fountainsand their restoration process for the Eta BetaSociety of Italy. On March 24th, the HolmdelCommunity Center presented KyleGalante, whodiscussed the September Eleventh Memorial thathe designed and sculpted. The Wendt Gallery inLaguna Beach, CA, is now featuring the work ofFrankMason. Mr. Mason’s landscapes wereexhibited in their December exhibition of land-scapes and in the Park Avenue ArmoryExhibition. The John Hudson Gallery presented ashowing of Mr. Mason’s still lifes. Early this sum-mer, a new book, Gloria in Excelsis Deo: FrankMason’s the Life of Christ will be available throughwww.frankmason.org. LoisT.Andersen’s work iscurrently on display in the Performing Arts build-ing in Concord, MA. Gallery Seven in Maynard,MA, will feature her work in their upcominggroup exhibition. On March 19th, the Society ofAmerican Graphic Artists (SAGA) sponsored alecture by Frank Feldman on Artists’ Estates and

Taxes. The Arclight Cinema in the Sherman OaksGalleria in Los Angeles presents an exhibit ofworks by NathanHorner, who also has a soloshowing of his work at the Solar de CahuengaCafé. Mr. Horner is now preparing for an exhibi-tion at the Hopper House Art Center in Nyack,NY. The Archives of American Art acquired over6000 items, which comprises the “Paul Jenkins

Papers.” Mr. Jenkins’ solo exhibition: Paintings2005-2008, opened at Robert Green Fine Arts inMill Valley, CA, February-April 2009. TheAmerican Artist Magazine’s Nov. 2008 issue fea-tured an article on RollandGolden’s KatrinaExhibition, which opened February 20-March 29,2009 at the Springfield Art Museum, MO.Bernyce AlpertWinick exhibited work at TheWisser Library at the NY Institute of Technologyin Old Westbury, CT. The Newark PublicLibrary added five prints by Ellen Nathan Singerto their permanent collection in October. Ms.Singer presented her woodcuts to the Print Club ofNY’s artists showcase at the National Arts Club.Robin J. Solvang exhibited paintings at theAbington Square Studio and at the Delaware ArtsAlliance in Narrowsburg, NY. PatriciaMarshAnderson’s large “Drawing of a Nude” was exhib-ited at the Maryland Institute of Fine ArtAlumnae Exhibit. Limited Edition Prints will becoming soon to www.Barebrush.com (est. 2006),home of nude of the month by Ilene Skeen, whocontinues to develop the site with monthly video,artist prizes and personal artists’ light box.Through July 6, 2009, an exhibition by TakayoNoda, entitled “Into the Garden,” will be on viewat Rutgers University’s Jane Voorhees Imperil ArtMuseum in NJ. This year brought Ms. Noda anaward of excellence at the95th annual Allied Artistsexhibition and the NAWA119th Annual awarded Ms.Noda the esteemed E.K.Gainer Memorial Award.On April 19th,KayWalkingStick delivered thekeynote address to theNational Art EducatorsAssociation in Minneapolis,MN.Ms.Walking Stick’sinstallation is presently on

view at the Montclair Museum’s Laurie ArtStairwell. An exhibition of her Works on Paperopened March 9th through April 18th at LafayetteCollege in Easton, PA. Estelle Levy lost two stu-dios in a year and moved into an apartment. Herwork was referred to in a Charles McGrath NYTimes article. Ms. Levy received the NAWApainting award and the ASCA sculpture award.The Andre Zarre Gallery in NYC presented anexhibition of works byDee Shapiro, from April14 through May 9, 2009, following her recentexhibition at the George Billis Gallery, NY. LindaAdato participated in the Boston Print Makers2009 North American Biennial and her two-per-son exhibition of color intaglios opened at the OldPrint Shop, Feb. 28 through March 28, 2009.LoringWilkens Coleman, landscape artist andteacher, was awarded the Samuel Leitman awardat the Salmagundi Club Annual Exhibition.ArnoldDavis, Chairman of the DirectorsCompany, produced a new play “Irena’s Vow” byDan Gordon, directed by Michael Parva. The playopened on March 31. Earlier this year, Mr. Davis,who also chairs the Curatorial Committee at theNational Arts Club, opened an exhibition entitled“Pictures of Womanhood,” curated by CarolLowrey, featuring many fine works from the Club’scollection, never before on view. Acme Fine Arts,38 Newbury Street, Boston, MA, presented a soloexhibition of works by Robert Kipniss from Jan 9through March 4. Congratulations toMarcMellon who sculpted the portrait relief of BarackObama for the 2009 Official PresidentialInaugural Medal. The tradition of the officialinaugural medal dates back to McKinley andRoosevelt. Sales from the medals helped pay forthe inaugural events on January 20. ProfessorCynthia Dantzic is compiling a new book entitled“100 New York Photographers” featuring works byTomFlornoy. After seven years at the helm asDirector of the Montclair Museum in NJ,Paterson Sims is happily independently writing,curating, and working more closely with artists,museums, and foundations. This year’s

Kay WalkingStick, Is That You, IV, charcoal on paper, 1989, 25x50 inches

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“Thank you and the Artists’ Fellowshipso very, very much for extending my grant

assistance. I frankly don’t know whereI could have turned. You folks are all

going to heaven. I’m serious. Trust me.You are life savers.”

Marc Mellon’s 2009Official Barack ObamaInaugural Medal

Silver Medal of Honor went toMary BethMarinifor a sculpture entitled “Grotesque Male Head.”Rosalyn A.Engelman’s work is on exhibit in PalmBeach, FL at the Wally Findlay Gallery, after anexhibition in February entitled “Soul Memories.”

Ms. Engelman also this year created an installa-tion, “Dry Tears,” for the National Arts Club’sGrand Gallery. Chronicle Books has publishedUnderground Together: the Art and Life of HarveyDinnerstein, a retrospective view of the artist’swork at 80, with an introduction by Raman Freyand Wendi Norris. The book includes essays byPete Hamill and Gabriel P.Weisberg. TheStanford Art Association awarded third place toRichard F. Sabbia.Martha Bloom’s exhibition“C2=(CP+LP)” opened at the Westport ArtCenter. Ms. Bloom also exhibited at the Center forContemporary Printmaking and will conduct adulteducation classes at the Art Students League onthe Vytlacil campus.MortonKaish and his workwere featured in an interview with Ira Goldberg,Director of the Art Students League, published inthe fall issue of LINEA, The Art Students Leagueof NY Journal. This spring, Mr. Kaish will conducta series of workshops at the National Academy ofDesign in New York.TomNicholas gave a slidepresentation at the Salmagundi Club for theAmerican Watercolor Society, discussing morethan ninety of his works in watercolor. Mr.Nicholas has painted in oils for the past 30 years ashis primary medium, returning to refresh his rela-tionship with watercolor and gouache from time totime. The Alexander Gallery, 41 East 57th Street,NY had an exhibition titled “Five Paintings” byLois Dodd, March 26 through May 2.Charles

McVicker served on the jury of selection for thePhiladelphia Watercolor Society’s 108thInternational Exhibition and in January, for TheNational Society of Painters in casein and acrylic.RosaleeO. Isaly exhibited with the New YorkSociety of Etchers exhibition, The ART ofDemocracy, at the Loyola University Museum inChicago, IL, and again in November at theNational Arts Club. Salvatore J. Indiviglia wascited by Nassau County Executive, Tom Suozzi,with a citation proclamation for a painting honor-ing veterans titled, “Veteran still out in the cold,”depicting the plight of homeless veterans and torecognize his achievements as an official U.S. Navycombat artist.Richard Ely donated 49 originalfashion drawings to the Boston Museum of FineArts, Department of Fashion and Textile. In addi-tion, the Museum of the City of New York accept-ed twenty-five portrait drawings of prominentpeople in the theater and the arts. March 3rdthrough the 26th, Francis Cunningham’s exhibi-tion, “SAINTS,” at St. Francis College, includedlife-sized figures of St. Clare, St. Bernadette’Therese of Liseux, and St. John of the Cross.

Robert Story, architect, was elected to be VicePresident of the New Society of ArchitectsCouncil. Mr. Story continues to serve as HouseCommittee Chairman at the Salmagundi Club.January through February of 2009,WilliamBehnken delivered three lectures at The ArtStudents League of NY. Entitled “ArtistsRepresent Cities.” The K.B. Gallery presented anexhibition of Mr. Behnken’s prints in December of2008. JulianHyman,M.D. is the currentChairman of the Jewish Home in Rockleigh, NJand he has been active on the Board of Trustees atthe Print Club of NY. Babette Bloch has had asuccessful summer exhibiting large-scale sculpturesat the Rarity Gallery in Mykonos, Greece, whilecontinuing to exhibit with the Elaine BakerGallery in Boca Raton, FL. She received the PhilipIsenberg Memorial Award at the 125thSalmagundi Club’s Annual Members Exhibition.His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburg, invit-ed Former Catherine Lorillard Wolfe PresidentCarey BooneNelson and her daughter Kyle to

attend a dinner to celebrate the Royal Society ofArts Manufacturers and Commerce atBuckingham Palace in London, England. TheNorman Rockwell Museum acquired two paint-ings by Everett RaymondKinstler. Kinstler isincluded in National Academy of DesignMembers annual exhibition.Karen Loew’s paint-ing, “MSST secures the way,” will travel as part ofthe first ever International COGAP Exhibition atthe Vlissingen Maritime Museum in theNetherlands, and Ms. Lowe will be there as a guestof the Museum Director. JohnMorehouse wasrecently named Executive Director of theWashington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit,Incorporated. The not-for-profit organization isnow celebrating its 79th year. Mr. Morehouse suc-ceeds Margot Luftig, who held a steady hand atthe helm, for fourteen years. At Kathy Anderson'ssolo exhibition at the National Arts Club (April 20-May 2), a piece was accepted in the NAC perma-nent collection. She was a guest artist in theWendt Gallery, Laguna Beach winter show. InFebruary, she participated in the Settlers WestMiniature show in Tucson, Arizona, and in theNomadas del Arte show at Southwest Gallery inDallas where she received an Award of Merit andwas invited to be one of the Keystone Artists forthe 2010 show. Kathy will be in a group show atSusan Powell Fine Art in Madison, CT openingon May 15th. In June she will be one of 30 artistsparticipating, for the fourth consecutive year, in theTelluride Plein Air Festival, and in August she willparticipate in a 3-person exhibition at theChrysalis Gallery in Southampton, NY. Al Barkerparticipated in several plein aire exhibitions thisyear, as well as exhibiting miniatures in exhibitionsin Ohio, Maryland, Connecticut, North Carolina,

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“Life is a series of stepping stones overdeep water. Sometimes when it seems

the stones are running out more show upjust when they are needed the most.

Thank you for the stepping stones justwhen I needed them.”

Morton Kaish, “The Irish Chair with Wildflowers” 2008,Acrylic and oil on linen, 44 x 48 inches

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and Massachusetts. Mr. Barker was invited toexhibit at the Marine International at theMaritime Gallery’s Modern Marine MastersExhibition in Mystic Seaport, CT.DanGreenewas featured in American Art Collector Magazine onthe front cover and in the article, “CreatingMasterpieces” by Joshua Rose, March 2009, and inthe April/May 2009 edition of International Artistmagazine.DIRT:The Quirks, Habits, and Passionsof Keeping House, an anthology of personal essaysby 38 contemporary writers, edited byMindyLewis, was released in May as a Seal Press paper-back to excellent reviews (www.dirtthebook.comand www.mindylewis.com).Henry Koehler hadtwo solo exhibitions in 2008, at Gallerie LaCymaise in Paris, France, and at the Rafael VallsGallery in London this past June. Mr. Koehler alsoparticipated in several group exhibitions at the

Century Association. Alberta Cifolelli will appearin the Martin West film, “Years in the Making,”which tells the story of artists over the age of sev-enty who are still working and exhibiting. The filmwill be distributed later in the year. Sharon Shawhas been invited to a two-person exhibit at FortDix Arts and Crafts Gallery, which is taking placethrough Women’s History Month. Ms. Shaw wasawarded best in show for a painting at the FinklerArt Gallery,Willingleoro Art Alliance AnnualJuried Show, and an Honorable Mention for theUS Army Juried Art Exhibition. Arlene Kretareturned from her 70th cruise, a Christmas gift toher family. TomPicard joined them in theCaribbean and it couldn’t have been sunnier.Future trips to Nicaragua and Dubai are plannedthroughout the winter.Dr.Richard Stark, born1915, one of New York City’s pre-eminent plasticsurgeons, died on January 25, 2008. Dr. Stark wasa talented artist: eight of his drawing were repro-duced in the NY Times and his fine paintings andline drawings hang in a number of prominent col-lections including The Royal College of Surgeonsof Edinburgh and Harvard University. His works

were the subjects of eight solo exhibitions. Ameticulous and creative surgeon, Dr. Stark devel-oped his skills in the Military Hospitals of WorldWar II, returning from the European theater withthe Bronze Star. Dr. Stark is survived by hischarming and devoted wife, Judy Thornton Stark.All those who knew him will remember him fond-ly.Dennis Sirrine was awarded the ClaudeParsons Memorial Award for Landscape at theEightieth American Artists Professional LeagueNational Exhibition and was elected to ArtistMembership at the Lyme Art Association in OldLyme, CT. Edith Rae Brown won the PageTooker Foundry Award for her sculpture“Michelle” at the National Arts Club ExhibitingArtist Exhibition March 3 to 20. Her sculpturewas included in the exhibit “The Figure” at TheGuild, Elderfields, Port Washington, NY, March 7to 28, the 18th Annual NAC Roundtable Exhibitfrom April 6 to 17, and the Red River ValleyInternational Juried Art Exhibition, Red RiverValley Museum, Vernon, Texas from May 1through June 19. In the International ArtistMagazine, April/May 2009. The Portrait Societyof America’s Director Christine Egnoski, inter-viewed members of the Faculty;WendeCaporale,Ray Kinstler, Ann Manry Kenyon, RobertLiberace,TomNash, Paul Newton and BurtSilverman. Wende Caporale demonstrated andparticipated in the upcoming The Art of ThePortrait Conference in Reston, VAin April 2009. Caporale complet-ed a portrait of Arturo Toscaninifor the Presentation of Hall ofFame at The Players Club,NYC. Former Director ofthe Society of Illustrators,Terrence Brown is cur-rently working asAcquisitions &Collections Advisor atthe Norman RockwellMuseum. Mr. Brownlectured at The DetroitCollege of CreativeStudies on the subject ofNorman Rockwell and atthe Hudson RiverMuseum on America’sother great illustrator J.C. Lynendecker. Terrywas recently interviewedfor a documentary film

on the work of Frank E. Schoonover, which willair this fall on PBS/WVIA. Leonda FroelichFinke represented the United States as distin-guished artist at the FIDEM/70 InternationalMedallic Art Biennial at the AmericanNumismatic Association Museum in ColoradoSprings. Ms. Finke also exhibited at the AnnualProfessional Sculptors Exhibition at the Century

Association.Michael Shane Neal was commis-sioned to paint portraits of Sandra Day O’ Connor,Senator Arlen Specter, Marian Seldes, GeraldSchoenfeld and Gordon Gee Chancellor ofVanderbilt University. Mr. Neal lectured anddemonstrated at the Portrait Society of America’sPortrait Conference in April.Charles Yoder isexhibiting at: The 71st Annual Guild HallMembers’ Exhibition in East Hampton, NY; TheJuried “Retreat Show” at Hamptons Road inSouthampton, NY; “The Big Show” at the SilasMarder Gallery in Bridgehampton, NY (openingMay 30th). Edward Jonas has designed freestand-ing sculptures for the Sandminers' Monument inPort Washington, L.I. The figures are to be over-life-size bronzes that will stand as agroup at the site of the sandminewhich provided the sand andgravel for the concrete buildingsand sidewalk of New York. Themines were worked from

1860 until the 1980's.

“You do not know what a help this is.It is a big weight lifted from my shoulders.

May your generosity be returned to youa hundred times over.”

Kathy Anderson, "Lizianthus" 18 x 22 inches, oil on linen, 2009

Edward Jonas 1/3-sizemaquettes for theSandminers' Monument inPort Washington, L.I.

Nearly $10,000 was added to our endowment because of the great success of our first art auction, which was held at the AF annual dinner lastspring. Board member Ira Goldberg as auctioneer encouraged the crowd to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to purchase art fortheir collections. We want to sincerely thank the following artists for making this premier event possible: Will Barnet, Timothy J. Clarke,

Francis Cunningham, Leonda Finke, Daniel Greene,Board member Morton Kaish and President Ex-OfficioFay Moore. Generosity remained the theme for theevening in that many members included donations withtheir reservations. Kudos to Board member Edith RaeBrown for organizing such a splendid affair.The evening was graciously underwritten by new

member, Jack Richeson of Jack Richeson & Co. Fine ArtMaterials, who also deserves our thanks for his generosity.Your continued support of the annual benefit, your

donations small and not-so-small, your membership dues,and your art purchases are all so important in enrichingour endowment so we are able to continue helping artists.

Sigmund AbelesPauline AmodioKathy AndersonPatricia AndersonMarion AndrewsJohn AngeliniMichael ArikeThe Art Students LeagueDel-Bouree BachElinore BachmanNatalie M. BallinDavid M. BandSal BarbieriJeffrey BermanAlexandra M. BirnbaumAllen BlagdenBabette Bloch and Marc MellonRobert E. BochatCarey Boone NelsonJoan BrandtEdith Rae BrownWende CaporaleConstance CarrRoberta Carter ClarkAlberta CifolelliTimothy J. ClarkMary CloseLoring W. ColemanElisa H. ColemanSusan ConwayC. M. CooperEldzier CortorLouise D. CrawfordArnold DavisFranke De BevoiseDomenic Di StefanoByron DobellJoseph M. DunnEsther R. DyerPatti ElliottRay G. Ellis

Richard ElyGary T. ErbeTeresa M. FasolinoFranklin FeldmanLeonda Froehlich FinkeKenneth W. FitchJane FoldsLouise FucciKyle Nelson GalanteJack GarverAnn W. GibbGaile Snow GibbsIra GoldbergEliot GoldfingerDaniel GreenePamela S. HaberLinda HackettJane HaherGeorge A. HambrechtArthur HarrowJoan HestonClark W. HulingsJulian Hyman, MDSalvatore J. IndivigliaWilliam B. IrvineRosalee O. IsalyEleanor JacobsJames JonesCarolyn Jundzilo-ComerMorton KaishRoger KastelJoseph KeifferArlene KietaEverett Raymond KinstlerPeggy KinstlerRobert KipnissS. Chandler KissellGerard A. KnipscherJean KroeberCandice KuH. Krauss & Robin Lane

Florian LawtonGerson LeiberEstelle LevyLinda D. LewisFloarea LiceicaJanet Gurian LippmannKaren LoewVincent MaltaPatricia Marsh AndersonLonnie MasonAnne Adams Robertson MassiePat MathiesenLynne MayocoleLois S. McCuneJoseph McGlynnMary McGlynnMarsha MelnickJosephine MerckHolly E. MetzgerSusan E. MeyerFay MooreJohn MorehouseBarbara NessimMarilyn Newmark MeiselmanTim NewtonThomas NicholasTakayo NodaYves ParentLouise PeabodyGinger PolisnerA. Jon PrusmackMarcia RaffArchie RandDominic RanieriCharles ReidNancy ReillyRuth ReininghausPaul ResikaDonald ResnickJack Richeson of Jack Richesonand Co.

Robert RiedingerDonald V. RubinJoan RudmanBette RypkemaAnthony SaporitoMelvyn & Ann SchaeferPhilip SchefflerDavid SchwartzClaudia H. SeymourRhoda SherbellSusan Silverman FinkPamela SingletonDennis SirrineIlene Skeen - Family DonationLinda Kyser SmithPenelope SmithJohanna J. SpinksDr. Richard StarkSol TanneJane TimkenRichard TitusLois S. TooleKent UllbergPatricia Van Rondel LowJanet B. WalshFrank WalterSharon Way-HowardGuy A. WigginsBernyce A. WinickMohammed A. YousufJudy Francis Zankel

BEQUESTSMartin Threet & AssociatesDeLavy Estate Bequest

Arthur FriedrichsDeclaration of Trust Bequest

IN HONOR / IN MEMORYNancy Thomson LamarIn Honor of Carl &

Dona Thomson

Hadassah Brooks Morgan M.D.In Honor of David Levine

Peter RauchIn Honor of Frank Feldman

Ronald TauberIn Honor of Franklin Feldman

Nancy ReillyIn Memory of Samuel E. Brown

Penelope SmithIn Memory of John Hultberg

The Ridgefield FoundationIn Memory of Henry &

Erna D. Leir

Rhoda SherbellIn Memory of Jack Pearlstein

Marlene SchillerIn Memory of Janet Sumner

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Please keep the Artists’ Fellowship in mind when you wantto make a charitable donation to honor a loved one’s

memory, or to commemorate the birthday of a favoriteartist. When you make a donation to the Artists’Fellowship, you are supporting artists in need.

We appreciate your support

AUCTION AT 2008 ANNUAL MEDAL PRESENTATION DINNER

ARTISTS’ FELLOWSHIP NEWSLETTERCo-editors: Elisa Coleman, Babette Bloch, David Benyon Pena andPeggy Kinstler, Wende Caporale; Graphic Design: Mindy Lewis

D A V I D L E V I N E

While David Levine hasproduced hundreds ofoil and watercolor

paintings during his fifty-plus yearsas an artist, it’s those “devastatinglyinsightful” caricatures that mostdefine his work. Time Magazine,Newsweek, Esquire, Playboy,TheNew Yorker, and more, have paraded

his caricatures through their pages for more than four decades.Writer Pete Hamill says, “The paintings of David Levine are never

bombastic. They are seldom only about the thing or the place to the peopledirectly observed. They are also about the unseen world that they suggest, a

world of time and nostalgia, of things and peoplelost. If David Levine was a writer he would beChekhov.”Writer John Updike says he has “aneye informed by an intelligence that has notpanicked.”

Born in 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, Mr.Levine studied at the Brooklyn Museum of ArtSchool, the Pratt Institute, Temple University’sTyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and withHans Hoffman at the Eighth Street School ofNew York.

Awards include The Louis Comfort TiffanyFoundation Award, three awards from the National Academy of Design(the Isaac Maynard, the JuliusHallgarten, and the Thomas B.Clarke), the George Polk MemorialAward, a Guggenheim Fellowship,the American Academy of Arts andLetters’ Childe Hassam PurchasePrize, the John Pike Memorial Prize,and in 1993 the American Academyand Institute of Arts and Letters’ Gold Medal. Mr. Levine has alsoreceived the French Legion of Honor and the Thomas Nast Award.German born Thomas Nast (1840-1902) is considered the father of theAmerican caricature, and the award is regularly presented to a German andan American cartoonist in Nast’s birth city of Landau, Germany.

As well as being exhibited in New York, Washington, Beverly Hills,and Columbus, Georgia, Mr. Levine’s work has also had exhibitions inParis, Stuttgart, Munich, and Oxford.

Located twelve miles westof New York City,housed in a Greek revival

building in the town ofMontclair, New Jersey, TheMontclair Art Museum (MAM)was founded in 1914 and todayis widely respected, bothnationally and internationally, forits collection of American andNative American art.

The MAM hasassembled two primarycollections: one thatrepresents thedevelopment of paintingin America over the last150 years and anotherthat focuses on the

cultural development of Native American cultures. Among the painters inthe American art collection are John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West,Charles Willson Peale, Thomas Sully, Thomas Cole, Jasper F. Cropsey,and Daniel Huntington. The Rand Collection of Native American Artand Artifacts contains the approximately 6,000 items that trace thecultural development of many Native American peoples.

From 2001-08, Patterson Sims was the director of the MAM,focusing on public programs and exhibitions designed to increase theMuseum’s national presence. Mr. Sims’ specialty is Americanmodernism and contemporary art. Prior to joining the MAM,Mr. Simswas Deputy Director for Research Support at the Museum of ModernArt (1996-2001), Associate Director for Art and Exhibitions at theSeattle Art Museum (1987-1996), curator of the Whitney Museum’scollection of 20th century American art (1976-1987), and assistantdirector of the O.K. Gallery in what has since become New York’sSoHo arts district (1969-1976).

He is a frequent writer and speaker on American art. Many Boardmembers and friends of the Museum were in attendance at the Awardsdinner. Adrian Shelby,Chairman of the Board ofTrustees enlightened thecrowd about the manyprograms and direction thatthe museum has pursued.

Nixon, pen and ink, 10 by 14 inches

A Schmata Lady, watercolor, 12 by 18 inches

Colleagues and artistsfrom David’s paintinggroup celebrated hisachievements byattending the dinner.

M O N T C L A I R A R T M U S E U MP A T T E R S O N S I M S , D I R E C T O R

2008 AF MEDAL RECIPIENTS

Babette Bloch and AF Honoree Patterson Sims

Left: Reg Hollinger and Adrian Shelbyreceive AF Medal on behalf of MAM

The Montclair Art Museum

David Levine accepts AF Medal from Babette Bloch