{"id":2202,"date":"2010-11-26T13:29:26","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T21:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.postdiluvianphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2012-11-20T14:21:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T22:21:40","slug":"alameda-museum-awa2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.postdiluvianphoto.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/26\/alameda-museum-awa2010-2202\/","title":{"rendered":"Alameda Museum Exhibits Alameda Women Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"
This article originally appeared on November 26, 2010 in The Island. Michele Ellson, editor. Reprinted with an additional image and links.<\/strong><\/div>\n

Twenty members of Alameda Women Artists<\/a> (AWA) converged on the Alameda Museum for their 17th annual exhibit, beginning with a reception on November 13. There are some very pleasant surprises. Much of the work is not only good, but interesting, and most is reasonably priced.<\/p>\n

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Wendy Lee Gadzuk, This I Know To Be True, 2010. Mixed-media.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wendy Lee Gadzuk\u2019s mixed-media assemblage is easily the most arresting work. The bony remains of her first Thanksgiving dinner with her boyfriend\u2019s family are the centerpiece of her \u201cThis I Know To Be True.\u201d She said the title and her choice of materials refer to the truth you find in \u201cgetting down to the essence of things. Getting down beneath the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gadzuk, former frontwoman of punk\/metal band \u201cThe 440\u2019s,\u201d (among others) wrote that her work evolved in part from \u201ca love for Gothic architecture, flea markets, and rock \u2019n\u2019 roll \u2026 I strive to create a world that illustrates the beauty of the dark side.\u201d Her work is indeed beautiful, and quite unique.<\/p>\n

On the opposite wall, and other end of the spectrum, are oil paintings by Thelma Richard, who wrote: \u201cMy inspiration and passion come from my feelings of love of life, experiences, and biblical beliefs.\u201d Clearly this is an exhibit with something for everyone.<\/p>\n

Kathy Duncan was also \u201cinto religious paintings\u201d as a teenager learning her craft at the Corcoran Museum of Art, but has since moved on to saucier imagery. Of \u201cLocomotion,\u201d she wrote: \u201cThe train steaming into the depot can mean a lot of things. It did for me.\u201d Her painting is both precise and evocative. Judging by her understated artist statement, she\u2019s a better painter than she thinks she is.<\/p>\n

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Kathy Duncan, Locomotion, 2008. Oil.<\/p><\/div>\n

One artist capably exhibiting in multiple media is Barbara James, who in April of this year exhibited her photography at the museum along with the Alameda Photographic Society. She returns now not only with a photo but two Chinese brush watercolors as well.<\/p>\n

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Miriam Infinger, Adaptation, 2010. Mixed-media.<\/p><\/div>\n

Another highlight is Miriam Infinger, who also exhibited at the museum this past July in the Island Alliance of the Arts\u2019 Cross Currents Exhibit. Her mixed-media \u201cAdaptation\u201d (2010) appears to show a flower valiantly coping with its environment and pushing through the hard earth.<\/p>\n

Also among the best work are Deborah Griffin\u2019s digital paintings, in which she builds \u201can arranged and developed space; an environment layered with images, symbols, and meaning, thus creating worlds that are practically bursting at the seams with content.\u201d Griffin is also the current solo artist exhibiting at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The AWA exhibit concludes December 4 with a silent auction. The Alameda Historical Museum<\/a> is located at 2324 Alameda Avenue. Their hours are 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The museum is closed Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Michael Singman-Aste
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