57th Virtual Open Studio – May 17, 2021

Artists participating in, “Fragile Earth,” an exhibition curated by Fran Beallor and Barbara Sherman for the New York Artists Circle (NYAC). Moderator: Barry Kostrinsky, President ATOA

Fran Beallor’s various drawing series speak to climate related issues. Her Ugly Fruit drawings comment on food waste. Portraits of Glaciers, bring attention to the plight of the world’s shrinking glaciers. Her Dead Horse Bay series uses washed-up landfill junk from the ocean to highlight our lack of concern for the environment, while showing beauty in cast-offs.

Jenna Lash portrays large endangered animals as found on international currency, using her neo-pointillist technique.
Pauline Galiana shared her short video which addresses the environmental dilemma of plastics.
Barbara Sherman draws birds on a stage to highlight the threat to their habitat and by the sea to highlight that the oceans are drowning in plastic waste.
Eleanor Goldstein captures Greenland’s glaciers, revealing the transparent and ephemeral nature of their beauty, as they melt and disappear day by day.