Gabriella Soraci in First Street Gallery, NYC

A painting, Wooden Box on Table (2010), by Gabriella Soraci has been selected for inclusion in this years' National Juried Exhibition at First Street Gallery in New York City.  This exhibition runs from June 21-July 14 with a reception on June 23, 3-5 pm.

Gabriella Soraci is an instructor at Lane Community College where she teaches drawing, painting, and color design.  The Wooden Box on Table (Bottom of Box), 2010, Oil on Canvas, 20" x 16", was made at the Millay Colony for the Arts, September 2010.

The First Street Gallery is located at 526 West 26th Street, Suite 209, New York, New York 10001.

Critical Thinking through Drawing; Responding to the 2010 Haitian Earthquake

An online art auction of student work from Art 131, Spring Term 2012 (Instructed by Gabriella Soraci), will be held to help the charity group RandomActs.org in raising funds to build a children's center/orphanage in Haiti this summer.

“The goal (for the Final Project) is to understand how we can use the visual language of drawing to effectively communicating our thoughts, feelings, and ideas. The ongoing effort to help the people of Haiti rebuild from the 2010 earthquake will be our chosen subject to respond to. At the end of the project the drawings will be collected by a volunteer with the non-profit charity group, Random Acts.org, for an online auction. The proceeds of which will go to help build an orphanage/child center in Haiti this summer.... Learning how to gather and filter information and make wise visual choices is part of learning to think critically and is a large part of the project. "

Please see the Live Journal website for more details.

http://art4haiti.livejournal.com/

The auction will begin Monday June 11th and last for two weeks. Winning bidders will be contacted after the auction ends.

You can bid on the artwork by posting a comment on the image post for the selected work you are interested in. Payment can be made through PayPal, with either a local pickup or shipping to an address within the USA. All proceeds will go to RandomActs.org (minus shipping fees).

Questions? Contact:

Gabriella Soraci (Art Instructor) soracig@lanecc.edu

or

Tahni Nitkins - Volunteer for RandomActs.org and Lane Community College Student tahnij.nikitins@yahoo.com

Gabriella Soraci in "Fresh Air" Exhibit in Idaho

Gabriella Soraci, instructor in 2D Basic Design and Drawing, has a painting in "Fresh Air: A Regional Exhibiton of Emerging Artists" at the Visual Arts Center at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.  The exhibition runs from January 28 to February 25; the opening reception is on January 28, 6:00-8:00 pm.

From the Visual Arts Center website: "Fresh Air is an exhibition of contemporary visual art juried by Courtney Gilbert, Curator of Visual Arts at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. Emerging artists from Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming were invited to submit artwork for consideration and 36 artworks by 27 artists were selected from nearly 300 entries from throughout the region."

The Visual Arts Center website is :  http://artdept.boisestate.edu/VAC/  For more information, contact Gabriella Soraci at LCC:  541-463-5774.

"Scarf and Wood Beam on Table," 28" x 26," Oil on Canvas, 2010

Gabriella Soraci, Millay Colony Residency, September 2010

Gabriella Soraci is one of 48 artists, writers, and composers selected for a one month artist residency at the Millay Colony in Austerlitz, New York, for the 2010 season. Soraci's residency is for the month of September 2010.

The Millay Colony's mission statement reads, "Promoting the vitality of the arts and the development of writers, visual artists, and composers by providing a retreat for creative work." Visit www.millaycolony.org for more information.

Gabriella Soraci teaches painting and drawing at Lane Community College and the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Contact: Art & Applied Design, 541-463-5409.

Gabriella Soraci Painting in Bowery Gallery in NYC

Gabriella Soraci's painting "Folded Map II" has been selected by juror Rackstraw Downes for inclusion in the 2010 Bowery Gallery National Competition in New York City. Dates of Exhibition: August 3rd - 21st, 2010. Opening Reception: Thursday August 5th, from 5-8 pm.

The Bowery Gallery is an artist run gallery in the Chelsea area of New York City located at 530 West 25th St, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001. http://www.bowerygallery.org/

Gabriella Soraci teaches painting and drawing at Lane Community College and the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Contact: Art & Applied Design, 541-463-5409.

Gabriella Soraci - Exhibit at Chemeketa Community College, January 11 - February 5, 2010

Gabriella Soraci will have paintings in a two-person show, 'Early One Morning' at the Art Gallery at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon, January 11-February 5. Soraci, who teaches painting and drawing at Lane Community College and the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, will exhibit her paintings with Jodie Raborn, who teaches at Willamette University.

The Art Gallery is located in Building 2, on the campus of Chemeketa Community College, Building 3, 400 Lancaster Dr. NE. An Opening Reception will be held on January 13 from noon to 2:00 pm. Contact: 503.399.6165.

The painting shown here is 'Daffodils in a Circle', 25" x 30", oil on canvas, 2008. Contact Soraci at: http://www.gabriellasoraci.com/. Contact at Lane Community College, Art and Applied Design, 463-5409.

Gabriella Soraci - Exhibit at Red Mountain Gallery, Reno, Nevada, December 1 - January 31

Gabriella Soraci will exhibit 18 paintings at the Red Mountain Gallery at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada. The show runs from December 1, 2009 to January 29, 2010.

'Soraci's still life paintings describe both the tangible world of everyday reality and the intangible world of the mind. Using formal investigations of color, light, shape, plastic, and decorative space, she selects various objects and elements of landscape that can offer aesthetic emotion.' She is an instructor of drawing and painting at Lane Community College and the University of Oregon, both in Eugene, Oregon.

The Red Mountain Gallery is located on the Dandini Campus of Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada. For information: 775.674.7698 or artgalleries.tmcc.edu. Contact information at Lane Community College: 541.463.5409

The painting shown here is "Lace in Window", 32" x 30", oil on canvas, 2008. Contact: www.gabriellasoraci.com