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Thursday, June 2, 2022
Pandemic art and more – local Jewish artists featured at Urban Ecology Center exhibition | Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
After years of social distancing and independent creation, the Urban Ecology Center will feature artwork created by Milwaukee artists throughout the pandemic.
Four local Jewish artists are hosting an exhibit at the Riverside Park location, open now through July 31, 2022, titled “Four The First Time,” with the underlying themes of nature and abstract expressionism. This exhibit marks the first time these artists are collaborating to create an immersive experience for visitors.
Bev Richey, one of those artists, is a New Haven native with a strong background in psychology and art. When she settled in Milwaukee as an adult, she acclimated to the Milwaukee art scene by getting involved in the Jewish Artists Lab, of the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center. The program put Jewish artists together regionally to create an exhibition after a 10-month learning experience.
Richey creates abstract expressionist paintings based on what it means to live as a liberated human being.
“In Judaism, the task, like in most spiritual situations, is ultimately to liberate the soul,” Richey said. “If you take apart the Passover story, it’s about developing relationships with a liberated self.”
At the exhibition, Richey will feature a series based on the COVID-19 pandemic. In the true form of an abstract expressionist, she does not have a premeditated design or title and will step up to the canvas and let the painting come out.
“At the beginning of the pandemic, we had no idea what was going on and things were falling apart,” Richey said. “If you look at the piece, I am squeezing paint out of a tube, almost like I am patching the world back together, similar to the repair side of Judaism.”
Miriam Sushman specializes in stained glass mosaics and was the initial organizer of the group. Her artwork is inspired by nature, and she did a series on houseplants and Wisconsin birds for the exhibition.
“There’s a lot in the Talmud concerning Jewish law about how to handle land with respect to the land, but also the effects nature has on people,” Sushman said. “That’s how I incorporate Jewish values into my art.”
“The Grand Avenue Club is a resource center for people who experience mental illness,” Sushman said. “I taught members how to create a mosaic through a community mural featuring fish from Lake Michigan.”
At the exhibit, Sushman is excited to share her artwork not just on the walls, but also interactive on the ground with her stepping stones.
“It’s at the Urban Ecology Center, which tries to bring nature education to children and adults in Milwaukee, so the stepping stones are a perfect match, even though usually in an exhibit art goes on the walls,” Sushman said.
The other artists include Adria Rose, whose artwork is also inspired by nature and uses mixed media and watercolor to create fine art. Jonathan Ellis is a visual artist who develops a contemporary style rooted in truth, love, humor and theory.
“The pandemic was really isolating, and as artists, we spend a lot of time working alone anyway,” Sushman said. “Human nature and human connection, those are the most important aspects of our work,” Richey added.
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How to go
What: “Four The First Time,” with art by Jonathan Ellis, Beverly Richey, Miriam Sushman and Adria Willenson.
Where: Urban Ecology Center, Riverside Park location, 1500 E. Park Place,
Milwaukee
Contact: 414-964-8505, UrbanEcologyCenter.org
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Information about paintings
Information about paintings
Shared Painting labels - Google Docs
FOFOUR THE FIRST TIME EXHIBIT LABELS
May 18-July 31,2022
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#46 “FREE/ASSOCIATIONS” 2022
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Triptych 14”x42”
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#44 “COLOR OF CHAOS” 2022
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
48”x48”
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#43 "START/ANYWHERE" Homage to Drawing",2022
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
30”x48”
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#45 "GREENSCAPE" Signs of Life/Homage to Drawing"2022
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
24"x36"
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#39A "RUPTURE" 2020
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Diptych 36X48" (each canvas)
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#39B "RUPTURE" 2020
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Diptych 36X48" (each canvas)
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#40 A&B “REENVISIONING SHAPE” 2020
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Diptych 10X40” (combined)
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#29 "TAKING/SHAPE" 2017
ENAMEL HOUSE PAINT ON CANVAS
36X48"
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#12 "CELLULAR/STARTS" 2016
ENAMEL HOUSE PAINT ON CANVAS
36X48"
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#18 “UNTITLED” 2017
ACRYLIC PAINT ON CANVAS
36X48"
ESTIMATED HANGING SPACE: 118in = 9ft 10in with 6in+ spacing
BELOW: ESTIMATED HANGING 190in=15ft 10in with 6in+ spacing
Monday, May 30, 2022
'frenetic search for Experience and Sensation' - bevrichey@gmail.com - Gmail
'frenetic search for Experience and Sensation' - bevrichey@gmail.com - Gmail
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Hi Bev!
What a delightful note you sent after we talked! I certainly appreciated it too, both from a mental perspective and how it knits our friendship together. I thought about ‘Relax’ afterward. At the time [and still now] I meant it not just like a Rat Race vs Stop and Smell the Roses but also as a bid to value ‘satisfaction.’ In a culture where success is defined by how much money you make or have – getting satisfaction from nonmaterial things or things that can’t be owned, like nature, had become devalued. Deciding for myself what is valuable and not accepting what is treasured by our society as necessarily being The Goal to be reaching for – has been a guiding factor in my life.
You asked how I knew back then. When I was 14 a became friends with a girl who had just moved to New Haven from a politically Liberal and artsy Manhattan life. She introduced me to the music of Bob Dylan, who had a couple of acoustic guitar LPs out, Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, etc. and together we joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) which was promoting Civil Rights. It made me realize that even the way we valued people—or not – needed a lot of changing. When I was 15 I was standing on the New Haven Green with some longhaired friends and a couple of Jehovah’s Witness ladies came over and handed us copies of The Watchtower saying “We usually charge a dollar for these but we think you need to read it.” Reading it on my bed that evening, an article warned against of dangers & evils of the writings of Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac, etc. I had been to Beatnik-themed birthday parties as a kid but only knew about the stereotypes associated with them. This stuff sounded intriguing! Do you remember on Broadway [somewhere between Cutler’s Records and the Rexall Drugstore on the corner] there was a Whitlock’s book store? They had a wooden cart on wheels they’d put outside with marked-down books. I found an original run copy of On the Road. This is what the cover looks like [speaking of stereotypes!]:
That led to whole new ways of thinking. Then there was the Beatles introducing us to Eastern thought; an older guy [college student] suggesting I read Alan Watts on Zen Buddhism plus some major insights while on psychedelics. At 18 I set out for California to see what utopia I could find. I was too late but the Peace & Love and Back to the Earth aspects of the Hippie movement helped to re/form my values. At 20 I began a journey to India which taught me a ton about my tiny place in this universe. As an artist who typically didn’t ever generate much income but felt success when I created something that astounded me – recalibrating values again.
Yesterday we went to a gathering at Armando’s. His friend Nora was there. I met her at our opening at the New Haven Museum. She said her husband was the guy in the photograph. The banner of our show is still draping the front of the museum.
have a Happy Memorial Day,
Saturday, May 28, 2022
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Thursday, May 5, 2022
Art at Riverside Park
Art at Riverside Park
ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE UEC WEBSITE:
ARTISTS STATEMENT:
Bev Richey
Richey will be showing a sampling of her project "The First Hundred Paintings"; her process of becoming a painter.
New to Milwaukee, in 2014 Beverly Richey became a member of the Midwest Jewish Artists Laboratory. This unique program provided and required a fairly demanding commitment to studying with other artists and creating new work for regularly scheduled annual exhibitions. Richey thrived in this structured environment and remained a part of this regional program from 2014-2021. She used this project to develop herself as a painter. After decades of working in a range of materials best known for the feminist medium CAKE, Richey used the laboratory project to reinvent herself as a painter. In 2016 she launched the “First Hundred Paintings” series (FHPS).
“For The First Time”, Richey will exhibit a sampling of works that when shown together represent the development of her new practice. She accepts the need to continue to make changes, begin again and commit to the awkwardness required for doing new things. “Four the First Time” takes you on a small piece of the journey Richey has taken to be able to recognize and identify herself as an artist who now engages with paint, brushes, and flat surfaces.
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Monday, May 2, 2022
Thursday, April 28, 2022
"FOUR THE FIRST TIME"/PRICE LIST (FTFT)Shared Painting labels - Google Docs
Shared Painting labels - Google Docs
FOFOUR THE FIRST TIME EXHIBIT LABELS
May 18-July 31,2022
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#46 “FREE/ASSOCIATIONS” 2022
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Triptych 14”x42”
1,400
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#44 “COLOR OF CHAOS” 2022
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
48”x48”
3,600
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#43 "START/ANYWHERE" Homage to Drawing",2022
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
30”x48”
2,900
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#45 "GREENSCAPE" Signs of Life/Homage to Drawing"2022
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
24"x36"
NFS
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#39A "RUPTURE" 2020
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Diptych 36X48" (each canvas)
3,100
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#39B "RUPTURE" 2020
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Diptych 36X48" (each canvas)
3,100
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#40 A&B “REENVISIONING SHAPE” 2020
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Diptych 10X40” (combined)
1,200
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#29 "TAKING/SHAPE" 2017
ENAMEL HOUSE PAINT ON CANVAS
36X48"
3,100
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#12 "CELLULAR/STARTS" 2016
ENAMEL HOUSE PAINT ON CANVAS
36X48"
3,100
BEVERLY RICHEY
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
#18 “UNTITLED” 2017
ACRYLIC PAINT ON CANVAS
36X48"
3,100
ESTIMATED HANGING SPACE: 118in = 9ft 10in with 6in+ spacing
BELOW: ESTIMATED HANGING 190in=15ft 10in with 6in+ spacing
Thursday, April 21, 2022
working version: FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS/UEC DISPLAY PLAN AND IMAGES WITH INFORMATION
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
TITLE: #43 "START/ANYWHERE" Homage to Drawing"
MEDIA: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
MEDIA: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
SIZE: 30x48
DATE: 2022
ARTIST: BEVERLY RICHEY
PRICE: 1,800
#45 "COLORSofCHANGE" Signs of Life/Homage to Drawing"
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS PROJECT
SIZE: 24"x36"
Acrylic on Canvas
RICHEY©2022
NFS
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
TITLE: #39A "RUPTURE"
MEDIA: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
TITLE: #39A "RUPTURE"
MEDIA: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Diptych 36X48" (each canvas)
DATE: 2020
ARTIST: BEVERLY RICHEY
1,800
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
TITLE: #39B "RUPTURE"
MEDIA: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Diptych 36X48" (each canvas)
DATE: 2020
MEDIA: ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
Diptych 36X48" (each canvas)
DATE: 2020
ARTIST: BEVERLY RICHEY
1,800
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
TITLE: #29 "TAKING/SHAPE"
MEDIA: ENAMEL HOUSE PAINT ON CANVAS
MEDIA: ENAMEL HOUSE PAINT ON CANVAS
SIZE: 36X48"
DATE: 2015
DATE: 2015
ARTIST: BEVERLY RICHEY
1,000
FIRST HUNDRED PAINTINGS SERIES
TITLE: #12 "CELLULAR/STARTS"
MEDIA: ENAMEL HOUSE PAINT ON CANVAS
MEDIA: ENAMEL HOUSE PAINT ON CANVAS
SIZE: 36X48"
DATE: 2015
DATE: 2015
ARTIST: BEVERLY RICHEY
1,000
Below is the working model for two sections of wall space I plan to use to hang
my works for the exhibit. The Artists statement will help to put these works in context.
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