Artists create designs on rocking horses for hospital auction
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9/7/2006 - WESTFIELD — Bidders at the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation’s “Horsin’ Around for WMH” auction will have a choice of more than 30 imaginatively designed wooden rocking horses.
“The artists who transformed these small unadorned horses into valuable works of art did so with creativity, imagination and ingenuity,” according to Ann E. Weidman, foundation board president. “Looking at them all together or one by one takes away your breath.”
Several examples of what’s in store for those who attend the auction, scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Miller Bell Tower at Chautauqua Institution, come in a variety of colors and imagination.
Emily Newman is very aware of Chautauqua County’s grape growing farms and has used that crop as a theme for her horse, which she has named “Great Grapey Love,” described as “grapey, leafy and ripe.” A 21-year-old Korean-American who grew up in Mayville and earned her BFA degree in May in Massachusetts, she is an illustrator and designer. She knows the anatomy of Concord grapes “really well” and always dreams in ink.
“Horse Fly” is the name given to the rocking horse embellished by 17 BOCES Lifeskills students, ranging in ages 15 to 21, at Chautauqua Lake Central School. Assisted by CLCS art teacher Michela Tehan along with BOCES classroom teachers Jane Lewis and Chris Rammacher, the horse was divided into sections with electrical tape. Each student created his/her own design section.
The mother-daughter team of Kerry and Jessi (12) Santilli of Bemus Point created “Under the Sea Horse,” which has an underwater theme, complete with fish, seahorse, crab, sand dollars and a treasure box — to be opened only by the winning bidder.
Buffalo resident Matt Ryan studied art education at Buffalo State College, where he received his bachelor and masters degrees. Currently a teacher of art in the Williamsville School District, his work has been exhibited throughout Western New York, currently at the Albright-Knox Members Gallery, Elmwood Interiors and Framery and Discover Artworks in Mayville. His work, “A Rockin’ Horse,” is painted with acrylic and mixed medium, with music as the inspirational theme.
“One Horse Town” is an Aaron Walters conception, a mixed media of found objects, ceramic and acrylic paint. A SUNY Fredonia graduate, he works in mixed media “in an attempt to examine and digest all that surrounds me.” Currently a Dunkirk resident, he has displayed work in Buffalo and Erie.
Oksana Zhurakovskaya was born in the Ukraine and attained her art education at the College of Arts, Komi Republic, Russia with highest honors and Surikov Academy of art, Moscow. Her “Tulip Horse” is enveloped with flowers revealing happy childhood colors tailored for a little girl.
Chautauqua County brothers Al and Rex Newman (no relation to Emily) are both Mayville Central School graduates. Al lived in California for 40 years when he and his wife, Penny, retired and moved to Westfield four years ago. Al’s artworks have won awards in juried shows and are represented in municipal and private collections in the United States and abroad. This summer, his creations can be seen in the Plein Air Show at the Portage Hill Gallery in Westfield and at a special exhibition in the Hotel Athenaeum at Chautauqua Institution. His horse, which he christened “Patches,” is quilted with antique patchwork quilt and sold with a first edition book, “Patches, a Wyoming cow Pony.” “Hopi Trails to You” is the name of Rex’s unique conception of an Indian boy hand puppet on a pinto pony, accompanied by a galloping sound. He attended the American Academy of Art and Chicago Art Institute, as well as Pennsylvania Military College. A retired commercial airline pilot, he has patented a rocking horse design.
Visit the Web site http://www.morganshorse.com/ to see all the horses. There are a few needing sponsors. To arrange a sponsorship or for more information about the auction and the horses or to make reservations to attend, call the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation at 793-2328.
“The artists who transformed these small unadorned horses into valuable works of art did so with creativity, imagination and ingenuity,” according to Ann E. Weidman, foundation board president. “Looking at them all together or one by one takes away your breath.”
Several examples of what’s in store for those who attend the auction, scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Miller Bell Tower at Chautauqua Institution, come in a variety of colors and imagination.
Emily Newman is very aware of Chautauqua County’s grape growing farms and has used that crop as a theme for her horse, which she has named “Great Grapey Love,” described as “grapey, leafy and ripe.” A 21-year-old Korean-American who grew up in Mayville and earned her BFA degree in May in Massachusetts, she is an illustrator and designer. She knows the anatomy of Concord grapes “really well” and always dreams in ink.
“Horse Fly” is the name given to the rocking horse embellished by 17 BOCES Lifeskills students, ranging in ages 15 to 21, at Chautauqua Lake Central School. Assisted by CLCS art teacher Michela Tehan along with BOCES classroom teachers Jane Lewis and Chris Rammacher, the horse was divided into sections with electrical tape. Each student created his/her own design section.
The mother-daughter team of Kerry and Jessi (12) Santilli of Bemus Point created “Under the Sea Horse,” which has an underwater theme, complete with fish, seahorse, crab, sand dollars and a treasure box — to be opened only by the winning bidder.
Buffalo resident Matt Ryan studied art education at Buffalo State College, where he received his bachelor and masters degrees. Currently a teacher of art in the Williamsville School District, his work has been exhibited throughout Western New York, currently at the Albright-Knox Members Gallery, Elmwood Interiors and Framery and Discover Artworks in Mayville. His work, “A Rockin’ Horse,” is painted with acrylic and mixed medium, with music as the inspirational theme.
“One Horse Town” is an Aaron Walters conception, a mixed media of found objects, ceramic and acrylic paint. A SUNY Fredonia graduate, he works in mixed media “in an attempt to examine and digest all that surrounds me.” Currently a Dunkirk resident, he has displayed work in Buffalo and Erie.
Oksana Zhurakovskaya was born in the Ukraine and attained her art education at the College of Arts, Komi Republic, Russia with highest honors and Surikov Academy of art, Moscow. Her “Tulip Horse” is enveloped with flowers revealing happy childhood colors tailored for a little girl.
Chautauqua County brothers Al and Rex Newman (no relation to Emily) are both Mayville Central School graduates. Al lived in California for 40 years when he and his wife, Penny, retired and moved to Westfield four years ago. Al’s artworks have won awards in juried shows and are represented in municipal and private collections in the United States and abroad. This summer, his creations can be seen in the Plein Air Show at the Portage Hill Gallery in Westfield and at a special exhibition in the Hotel Athenaeum at Chautauqua Institution. His horse, which he christened “Patches,” is quilted with antique patchwork quilt and sold with a first edition book, “Patches, a Wyoming cow Pony.” “Hopi Trails to You” is the name of Rex’s unique conception of an Indian boy hand puppet on a pinto pony, accompanied by a galloping sound. He attended the American Academy of Art and Chicago Art Institute, as well as Pennsylvania Military College. A retired commercial airline pilot, he has patented a rocking horse design.
Visit the Web site http://www.morganshorse.com/ to see all the horses. There are a few needing sponsors. To arrange a sponsorship or for more information about the auction and the horses or to make reservations to attend, call the Westfield Memorial Hospital Foundation at 793-2328.
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