PETERBOROUGH, NH – - – Sharon Arts Center is pleased to announce the following staff updates: Camellia Sousa has been promoted to the position of Exhibition Gallery Manager and reports directly to Bob Pettegrew, Executive Director. Previously, she was the Fine Craft Gallery and Store Manager. Camellia brings over 14 years of experience in retail and sales/management to Sharon Arts. She studied business management with a concentration in Marketing at Daniel Webster College in Nashua. Her experience in sales, leadership skills and her passion for art and craft make her an excellent addition to the Exhibition Gallery. She lives in Milford, NH with her husband, Brian.

Laura Redmond has joined Sharon Arts as the Volunteer Coordinator. In this role, she will oversee a growing community of over 100 volunteers and will be responsible for communications with them, matching the needs of the organization to each individual’s talent, and insuring that they feel appreciated. Laura graduated from Wheaton College, and worked in Boston and New York in sales and marketing for subsidiaries of the Chase Manhattan Bank before moving back to NH in 1999. She has volunteered for numerous organizations in the Monadnock Region, including the Jaffrey Civic Center, the Monadnock Community Early Learning Center, and Monadnock at Home. Most recently she was a partner in the Redmond/Bennett Gallery in Dublin. Laura lives in Jaffrey with her husband, Michael.

Gillian Dierauf has been promoted to the Craft Gallery Coordinator. Gillian has worked with Sharon Arts Center since 2004 and has over 20 years experience in specialty retail management. Gillian graduated from Longwood University (formerly Longwood College) in Virginia. She reports to Camellia Sousa, Exhibition Gallery Manager. “The many craftspeople, artists, shop patrons and gallery visitors that we work with will be lucky to have Gillian’s expertise in her new role as the Craft Gallery Coordinator,” said Sousa. “She brings a wealth of experience in retail, and is also a long-time local resident who knows and enjoys our community.”

Peter Wahl has been appointed to the role of Fine Art and Craft Assistant. Peter has over 20 years of experience in retail and has been employed by Sharon Arts Center since 2006. He graduated from Fisher College in Massachusetts. He resides in Bennington, New Hampshire with his wife, Peg Dellinger. He reports directly to Gillian Dierauf.

Kate Lenahan has also been appointed as a Fine Art and Craft Assistant. Kate previously worked at the Currier Museum, and was a gallery assistant for the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester. She worked for the Silo: Hunt Hill Farm Trust Gallery in Milford, CT, and did an internship with MW Studios in Manhattan. Kate studied at the Art Students League in New York City, and she holds a BFA in painting from New Hampshire Institute of Art, and also attended their summer program in Florence, Italy. She reports directly to Gillian Dierauf.

The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to support and serve artists and craftspeople, to
engage the community in the artistic process, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through
education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special programs and events.

The Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries in Depot Square, Peterborough include a Fine Craft Gallery and Store, an Artists’
Resource Center (selling art supplies), a Juried Artist Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery. Hours are Monday -
Thursday 10am – 5pm, Friday and Saturday 10am – 6pm, and Sundays 11am – 4pm (Exhibition Gallery is closed on Mondays).

Sharon Arts is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation.

Detail on Unwin's Calligraphy Book

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Detail on Unwin's Calligraphy Book, part of the Unwin Collection at the Sharon Arts School of Art and Craft.

Nora Unwin’s calligraphy book is on permanent display at the Sharon Arts School of Art and Craft on Route 123 in Sharon, NH. The School also houses a large collection of her prints and etchings, as well several finished, framed works, including collage and watercolors.

Nora’s work is also currently on display at the Sharon Arts Fine Craft Gallery in Depot Square, Peterborough, NH.

The Warfield Collection, by Robert and Virginia Warfield.

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Common Tern Family

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Common Tern Family, one of the bird carvings in the Warfield Collection at the Sharon Arts Center.

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Each piece is carved in basswood by Robert, and painted in oils by Virginia. Each bears both signatures and is numbered and dated. The birds’ eyes are glass; the feet were executed by Robert, using a “lost wax casting” technique that he developed. Various other metals were used in the branches, flowers and other habitat. All (except for the miniatures,) are life sized.

This “Warfield Collection” can be found at the Sharon Arts School of Art and Craft, Route 123, Sharon, NH.

Additional pieces are on display and are for sale, at the Downtown Exhibition and Fine Art and Craft Galleries, at 30 Grove Street in Peterborough.

Autumn Odyssey Video

A Visit With The Warfields

An excerpt from “Autumn Odyssey, Alaska to the Keys,” a 1987 video shot by wildlife filmmaker Tom Sterling, who was great friends with Robert and Virginia Warfield and visited them every year, often with a camera in hand.

Recent Editions

Peterborough, NH- – - Sharon Arts Center announces Recent Editions, an exhibit of innovative prints by 30 New York artists working in a variety of genres plus insights into the printmaking process at the Center’s Downtown Galleries, 30 Grove Street, Peterborough, NH. The show will run from March 5 – May 3rd, with an Opening Reception on Friday, March 5th from 5-7 pm.

While some of the artists on display in this exhibit had previous experience with printmaking, for most it was their first opportunity to collaborate with a printer. Painters, sculptors and photographers were brought together by New York City’s Forth Estate and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop to team up with a master printmaker to translate their artistic processes and ideas into editioned works that expand and enhance their body of work.

Also on display as part of the exhibit are printmaking process materials including printing plates, blocks and progressions, providing a unique behind-the-scenes look at how prints are produced.

Exhibiting artists include: Glen Baldridge, Ian Cooper, Björn Copeland, Elizabeth Deasy, Alex Dodge, Elise Ferguson, Joseph Hart, Butt Johnson, Andrew Kuo, Eddie Martinez, Milton Rosa-Ortiz, Phil Sanders, Suzanne Song, Ruby Sky Stiler, Ryan Wallace, Will Yackulic, Kevin Zucker, Todd Anderson, Chakaia Booker, Enrique Chagoya, Mike Houston/Cannonball Press, Steve Johnson, Michael Krueger, José Antonio Suárez Londoño, Beauvais Lyons, Martin Mazorra, Cannonball Press, Robert Mueller, Chunwoo Nam, Jenny Schmid, Tom Spleth, and Chris Uphues.

Recent Editions will be on display at the Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery in Peterborough from March 5th to May 3rd, 2010. An Opening Reception will be held Friday, March 5th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. The opening will be preceded by an Artist and Master Printer Talk at the gallery at 4:00 pm. Both events are free and open to the public. Plenty of parking available in Depot Square.

Special Event: Printmakers Panel; Thursday, April 22nd at 4pm at the Exhibition Gallery in Peterborough.
Join several Monadnock printmakers for a lively discussion of approaches to contemporary printmaking and the ways tht the print can expand the artist’s practice. Panelists will include Kim Cunningham, Christine Destrempes, Soosen Dunholter, Erika Radich, Erin Sweeney and others. The event is free and open to the public.

Further information regarding Recent Editions and related events can be obtained by calling 603-924-2787, or 603-924-7676 or at the Center’s website, www.sharonarts.org.

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About Forth Estate
Forth Estate is a Brooklyn, NY-based print publisher founded by Glen Baldridge and Luther Davis. Forth Estate focuses on producing editioned works by emerging artists using both traditional and technologically innovative approaches to printmaking. Editions published by Forth Estate are included in the collections of the New York Public Library, the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Newark Public Library, the RISD Museum, and the Jundt Art Museum, among others.

About Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (RBPMW), a program of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, is a NYC-based cooperative printmaking workspace that provides professional-quality printmaking facilities to artists and printmakers of every skill level. RBPMW is committed to inspiring and fostering a racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse artistic community dedicated to the making of fine art prints in an environment that embraces technical and aesthetic exploration, innovation and collaboration.

About Sharon Arts
The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to support and serve artists and craftspeople, to engage the community in the artistic process, and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special programs and events.

Sharon Arts Center offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH.  The Downtown Galleries in Depot Square include a Fine Craft Gallery and Store, a Juried Artist Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery. The Fine Craft Gallery and Store and Juried Artist Gallery hours are: Mon.- Thurs., 10-5, Fri. – Sat. 10-6, , Sundays 11 – 4 PM, and First Fridays 10am to 7pm (first Friday of each month). Exhibition Gallery hours are Sunday, 11-4, Mon.-Thurs. 10-5; Fri.-Sat. 10-6.

Sharon Arts is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, The Gilbert Verney Foundation, The Susan A. and Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation, and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation.