Exhibition: Patrick Ruddy, Photography

April 1st - 30th, WMAA Gallery, 1433 Union Valley Road, West Milford

Patrick Ruddy is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in NYC. His work has been displayed at the SVA Gallery and Ariel Gallery in NYC. He also has had work shown at the Kinnelon Library group show.

Eileen Niebisch Shows In Many Local Venues

Local Artist Is Active In The New Jersey Art Scene

Eileen Niebisch knows how to get her work in front of the public. Eileen is a Watermedia Artist expressing floral and landscape themes in a semi-abstract style. Recently she received 1st prize in the competition in the Wayne Art Association.

Eileen will be exhibiting in the Faculty Exhibition at the Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ from Feb.1-February 28. Reception will be on Saturday, February 4th, 2-4pm. She will also be giving a workshop in Experimental watermedia, on Saturdays March 11 & 19, 2006. Register at www.artcenternj.org or call 908-273-9121.

Recently, Eileen's work was on display at the Wayne public library. She also had a solo exhibition at Overlook Hospital in October.

Eileen is an elected member of NJ Watercolor Society, a past president of EWCC (Essex Watercolor Club) and recently joined the teaching staff at Visual Arts Center of NJ. Eileen has also offered classes via the WMAA in Experimental Watermedia Collage, helping students explore the medium of acrylic using layering techniques, adding found paper and stamps to express their individual styles.. She can be contacted at (973) 492-2448

Barbara Van Der Sluys to Show at Long Pond Ironworks Museum

Local Historical Paintings

For the month of October, Barbara Van Der Sluys, will be showing her paintings of West Milford at the Long Pond Ironworks Museum. Barbara grew up in the location where the reservoir is now and she has many paintings and vintage photographs of the area before it was flooded. The Museum is open Saturdays and Sundays 1-4 pm. On October 26 at 8 pm Barbara will give a talk about her paintings and photographs.

The public is invited. It would be nice to show our support and visit the museum during October. Congratulations, Barabara!

Local Feather Painting Makes Journey Of Healing And Love

Feather Helps Cancer Patient With Medical Bills,
Then Is Presented To Alaskan Indian Elder

Member Donie Schmidt is known for her finely detailed paintings of wildlife on feathers. On Saturday, August 6, one of these feathers had made its way to Alaska and was presented by a Black Foot Indian to the Chief of the visiting Bering Sea tribe at a large ceremony. According to Illaya, who presented the gift, the elder "was so thrilled, he cried, and then explained that his totem as a child has been the wolf. He was totally amazed with [Donie's] talent."

This particular feather is very special. It originally made the trip to Washington state as a donation for a raffle to help raise money for medical bills for a man who needed a bone marrow transplant. The publicity generated by the raffle prompted a non-profit group that deals with asbestos cancer to offer to pay all of the man's past, present and future medical bills.

January 7, 2006 - January 31, 2006
West Milford Camera Club - work by local photographers
Visit the Camera Club website here: wmcameraclub.org