Art League of the Chathams

After studying fine art, Susan became an Illustrator, giftware designer and free-lance artist. Throughout the years, she has taught art classes and workshops in area libraries and after school programs. She enjoys working with mixed media collage, metal, and acrylics. She also prefers to work in an abstract impressionist style, and usually does not plan ahead to keeps things exciting! She is the co-leader of Artmatters in Washington Township Morris, a member of Drew Art Association, and Art League of the Chathams. Susan has self-published a series of photo books called Skippy ChipMunk for young children and now makes author visits to nursery and elementary schools. See her website for…

The Art League of the Chathams will hold a group exhibit at the Library of the Chathams during the month of June. The opening reception will be held Sunday, June 9, from 2:15 to 4 p.m. in the Lundt Meeting Room at the library. The artwork will remain on view at the library through Friday, June 28. Members who wish to participate should send in the entry form included in the prospectus. The prospectus was recently emailed to the membership and can also be downloaded here: June Library Show Prospectus.  

ALC members and friends made small bowls on a pottery wheel, as well as creating hand-built pottery, at the Madison Mud Clay Studio on April 25.   

I am an estate planning attorney who loves to write, paint, make Christmas ornaments and photograph people and places. Art and creativity have always been part of my life and I am thrilled to be part of an organization that supports the arts.  

The opening reception of ALC’s Winter Friends and Family Show Dec. 9 featured a holiday boutique, a show and sale of 6×6-in. artworks, and a celebration of the league’s 30th anniversary, as well as a solo show of watercolors by Betsy Mirabelli and a group show by members and guest exhibitors. The solo show in the Lundt-Glover Gallery, and the group and mini shows in the strolling gallery, will remain on display in the Chatham Township Municipal Building through March 11.    

FANELO AGUAYO has been making films for two decades in Spain, Boston and New York City. But he has been a painter as well, working mostly with oils. Painting is for this Spanish-American artist “a need like eating or sleeping -he said. But it is also a method to let go, to fight the demons and make the angels fly. It is a tool to find the truth and expose the lies. It is a universe where you can be heard and understood, a vaccine to survive without going insane. It is a path to live and let die, a passport to enjoy today and tomorrow”. In 2015 Fanelo won…

  As part of the art league’s Winter Friends & Family Show, 31 6×6-in. artworks by league members are on display. See a sampling of some of the works above. During the opening reception Sunday, Dec. 9, visitors may take their purchases of mini artworks home with them. The mini show will remain on view, along with the general membership and solo shows, through mid March.