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Smith Gallery opening Oct. 25, 2-4pm

At Cowell's Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery through December 4, Cowell alumna '72, Ann Thiermann's exhibition, "Visual Conversations with Women in the Arts", pairs her twenty pastel and acrylic portraits of outstanding local artists at work with individual audio and visual examples from each artist. Thiermann gives the viewer a unique insight into the diversity of artists who work in the Monterey Bay region.

A show for all the senses, the viewer can look and listen to the musicians or view a video of local dancer Tandy Beal, as well as work by a local lacemaker, bookbinder, sculptor and painter. The artist's attention to detail and use of classical light give the viewer a genuine sense of presence and intimacy with each artist depicted a wonderful new take on the traditional portrait.

Theirmann's portraits of the following artists are in the exhibit: Portraits of artists exhibited with their work:

• Marin Alsop: conductor
• Jody Alexander: bookbinder, papermaker
• Linda Arnold and Ariel Thiermann: singer/songwriters
• Tandy Beal: dancer/choreographer
• Martha Casanave: photographer
• Ann Dizikes: weaver
• Susan Else: textile sculptor
• Jane Gregorius: printmaker
• Christianna Hunnicutt: clay sculptor
• Rebecca Jackson: violinist
• Marilyn Kuksht: metal sculptor
• Njeri McGilliaddy: ceramicist
• Margaret More: lace maker
• Shelley Phillips: folk musician
• Rose Sellery: sculpture & wearable art
• Robynn Smith: painter/printmaker
• Linda Watson: metalsmith/jeweler
• Vlada Volkova-Moran: organist/pianist

Visual Conversations with Women in the Arts: at the Eloise Smith Gallery, Cowell College, UCSC October 18-December 4th.

Reception:

Sunday, October 25th, 2-4pm
Gallery Hours: 11 am-4 pm, Tuesday-Sunday
831-459-2953
Wheelchair accessible

In conjunction with "Visual Conversations" at the Eloise Smith Gallery, Cowell College presents the Annual John Dizikes Concert, by musicians in the Thiermann exhibit.

"Music She Wrote"

Sunday, November 8th, 2009, 2:00pm
Cowell College Dining Hall. Admission free.

Ann Thiermann, artistic director, and piano; Vlada Volkova-Moran, piano; Rebecca Jackson, violin; Shelly Phillips, oboe, flute and harp; Hannah Beckham, cello; Linda Arnold, singer/songwriter, perform classical and contemporary European and American women composers.

For more information, please contact Linda Pope at (831) 459-2953 or .