President’s Report to the Board: October, 2021

From President Pam McIntire It is heartening to witness how despite continuing COVID restriction, our congregation is coming together for fellowship and deepening understanding of our passions and needs. The board facilitated three Listening Circles for congregants to explain what goals are important for our upcoming developmental ministry years. As...

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October Art Show: BozART Gallery Group Show

Featured Artists Judith Ely Sara Gondwe Zainab Haider Shirley Paul Juliette Swenson Reach them at www.BozArtgallery.com   Judith Ely Judith has been drawing all of her life and painting for the last thirty years.  Judith spent fifteen years honing her skill with watercolors and then branched out into acrylic and multimedia...

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September Art Show: Sara Gondwe

Artist Statement: Sara Gondwe I am a local, award-winning artist, originating from Beaver Dam, WI and raising a family in Gettysburg, PA. With a passion to create, I retired to Charlottesville, to paint.  Self-taught, I use a technique new to the Art World. Scraping bits of crayon onto canvas, wood,...

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August Art Show: Frank Simari

Frank Simari works purely in digital.  Church View and Sweet Gum were altered from images done on a cell phone.  The rest are from scratch.  All were done in Photofilter 7.xx. If you wish to purchase a printed image on 11 x 17 heavy stock paper, they are for sale...

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June Art Show: Barbara Shenefield

About the artist Barbara is a graphic designer and illustrator. Her recent projects are posters with social messaging, particularly about a future that acknowledges changing climate and takes productive steps to ameliorate it’s causes and its effects. Barbara’s work has recently been exhibited at McGuffey Art Center, at PVCC, and...

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May Art Show: Laura Lee Gulledge

LAURA LEE GULLEDGE is a visual storyteller and creative explorer. She has authored three graphic novels for young adults plus an interactive sketchbook, and the new virtual adaption of her graphic novel musical Will & Whit is now available for licensing. Laura Lee is also a teaching artist who has...

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April Art Show: Donna Manfredi Redmond

I enjoy creating art and sharing it with others. The paintings in this show span several years of work. Most are images drawn from nature, but also include my recent images of umbrellas. I enjoy the physical aspect of creating art, and I am as concerned about the surfaces as...

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March Art Show: Ruby Reed Guy-Wolnick

Ruby Reed Guy-Wolnick is a 5th grader at Mountaintop Montessori in Charlottesville, Virginia.  She has always loved art and drawing. In January, 2018 she started taking oil painting lessons with local artist Renee Balfour.  What she loves most about oil painting is blending all of the different colors.  She especially...

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February Art Show: Tomas Manto

Tomas Manto is a Charlottesville native artist currently studying painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. He works primarily with oil paint and photoshop. His work focuses on themes of love, friendship, and companionship, but they are also influenced by film, and there are references to this throughout his...

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November Art Show: BozART Artists of Charlottesville

BozArt Fine Art Collective Sara Gondwe-Artist Statement Emotions — Confusion, Fear, Isolation, Despair, Caution Confidence, Action, Hope — I choose Life Peace Must Prevail Over Chaos Melted Crayons with Iron, Acrylics, 18″ x 26″ $175 Note:  “Peace” glows in the dark. Covid 19 — Which Path do I Take? Melted...

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