FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DECEMBER 2009

The dA Center for the Arts presents
The New Traditionalists

Athena Hahn, Gina Stepaniuk, Joy McAllister, Leslie Brown, Susan Joseph, Yolanda Gonzalez

The Curl, Leslie Brown

Exhibition Dates: January 9 to January 30, 2010

Artists Preview Party: Thursday, January 7, 6–9pm

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 9, 6-10pm (2nd Saturday Artwalk)

Closing Reception: Saturday, January 30, 6-8pm

Special Events

Saturday, January 30, 8pm free concert with The Sugar Mountain Mamas

Exhibition Location: The dA Center for the Arts, 252 S Main St., Pomona Arts Colony, CA 91766

Tradition - the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, esp. by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition.

In January 2008, curator Rolo Castillo brought 6 male artists together for an exhibit titled The New Traditionalists. Now, 2 years later, Jaclyn Dierking and Terry Taylor Castillo have brought 6 established women artists together for another exhibit, titled The New Traditionalists. The spark of inspiration came from their mutual admiration for artist Leslie Brown’s work. The idea evolved to include other women artists that represent new traditionalism.

Leslie Brown’s artist statement for this exhibit captures the essence of “new traditionalism”:

Painting by traditional method entails years of practice and apprenticeship, understanding of form and depiction of illusion of space in relation to the appreciation of “The Renaissance Masters.”
My understanding of form and space has evolved almost entirely by study of and response to the human figure. The practice, that is my painting, entails constant searching, continually challenging my mastery of skill in the craft of painting representational form and the creation of ambiguity in two dimensional space. Metaphorical association to the object is the aspect in my imagery that intuitively connects me to the spiritual, the past and the present.

For me, “new traditionalism” unites the past and the present. Mastery of technical facility in contemporary mediums and media, appreciation of the great masters, incorporation of images of pop culture and the conscious interpretation of objects and people from my everyday experience culminate as “The New Traditionalist.”

Untitled, Joy McAllister

For more information contact:
(high resolution images available)
Terry Taylor Castillo
Gallery Director, The dA Center for the Arts
909-397-9716

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http://www.leslieabrown.com/index.htm
http://www.ginastepaniuk.com/images/index.swf
http://www.yolandagonzalez.com/
http://www.susanjoseph.net/index.html
http://web.mac.com/athenahahn/Site/Athena_Hahn.html