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Sunday, November 7, 2010

ART FOR A CAUSE: NEW 40,000-SQUARE-FOOT EXHIBITION LAUNCHES IN WYNWOOD DURING ART BASEL MIAMI BRACH – OPENING NIGHT NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Miami, FL (November 5, 2010) - Joining Miami’s December art scene with élan, ARTS FOR A BETTER WORLD (“AFABW”) is a bold endeavor to unite a large-scale commercial exhibition with the non-profit community. From December 1 to 5, 2010, more than 40 world-class international and United States artists, and nationally-recognized charities Save the Children, American Red Cross, American Cancer Society and Water.org, will present important works across 40,000-square-feet at Soho Studios (NW 22nd Street at NW 1st Avenue, Miami). The largest curated exhibition in the Wynwood Arts District, a healthy “Better World Café,” youth workshops and an interactive awareness project, utilizing 442 pounds of reusable materials, are all part of AFABW’s ambitious program. For more information call 754.423.3226 or visit the website atwww.ArtsForABetterWorld.com.

Milton Avery and the End of Modernism

Milton Avery and the End of Modernism

January 22, 2011 through May 8, 2011
Nassau County Museum of Art

I try to construct a picture in which shapes, spaces, colors, form
a set of unique relationships, independent of any subject matter.
At the same time I try to capture and translate the excitement
and emotion aroused in me by the impact with the original idea.
—Milton Avery

Milton Avery and the End of Modernism looks at work by the artist who brought the sketch, with its spontaneity, movement and fleetingness, to the status of a finished painting. The exhibition features Avery’s intense saturated color fields, the simplification of form, and figures that emphasize the flatness of canvas surface. Milton Avery and the End of Modernism opens at Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) on January 22, 2011 and remains on view through May 8, 2011. It is organized for NCMA by Museum Director Karl E. Willers, Ph.D. The exhibition was organized by the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York. It was funded, in part, by the New York State Council for the Arts, a state agency; the Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art; and the Westchester Arts Council.

Call (516) 484-9337 for current exhibitions, events, hours and directions or log onto nassaumuseum.org.

Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA), announced that Laura Lynch has been appointed the museum’s Director of Education.

Karl E. Willers, Ph.D., Director of Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA), announced that Laura Lynch has been appointed the museum’s Director of Education. She begins her new position at the Museum on November 8, 2010.

Lynch brings extensive experience in art education and administration to her new responsibilities at NCMA. For 10 years she served Queens Museum of Art (QMA) in a variety of roles, including and most recently as the senior manager of school, youth and family programs. At QMA, she created and implemented programs for children, schools, educators, and family groups and also was responsible for a program of encouraging English language proficiency in ESL students using visual literacy. At NCMA Lynch will oversee all public educational programming for adults, children and school groups and all aspects of the museum’s educational outreach to the community, including the development of the museum’s new Art Space for Children. She will also oversee the training of the museum’s approximately 50 docents.

Lynch said: "I look forward to joining the fine staff of Nassau County Museum of Art. It is my goal to continue the outstanding work that occurs at the museum on a daily basis while providing additional opportunities for creative enrichment utilizing the museum's outstanding resources."

Laura Lynch, a resident of Merrick, NY, holds an undergraduate degree in art education and painting from SUNY-New Paltz and a graduate degree in secondary art education from Queens College. She was recognized by the Queens Teens Program with the President’s Office on Arts and Humanities 2008 Coming Up Taller award.

Nassau County Museum of Art is chartered under the laws of New York State as a not-for-profit private educational institution and museum. A privately elected board of trustees is responsible for its governance. The museum is funded through income derived from admissions, parking, membership, special events and private and corporate donations as well as federal and state grants.

Nassau County Museum of Art is located at 1 Museum Drive in Roslyn Harbor, New York just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Road. For information call (516) 484-9337 or log onto nassaumuseum/org.