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‘WINTER SOLSTICE III’ AT THE STUDIO

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ARMONK, N.Y. — The Studio and The Studio Annex are presenting “Winter Solstice III,” a group exhibit that features the art of 27 artists.

Tedd Stratis, founder and director of The Studio, has selected more than 50 works from a diverse group of painters, sculptors, printmakers, mixed media and video artists.

The exhibition contains two examples of digital video art. Robert Federico’s “Energy: Returning” is a short piece that manages to capture the beauty and power of natural forces, and in contrast, Marcy B. Freedman has turned away from the natural world to rely primarily on images appropriated from television, film and photography with “Ten Seconds: How Time Flies.”

Collage and mixed media works are prominent in the exhibition, as are prints of various types, such as Miko Goodnough’s “The Moon” and “Autumn Moon,” satisfying abstract collages that hint at landscape, and Elaine Galen has combined a variety of mediums in “American Vistas.”

Many painters are also in the exhibition and are represented by works on paper, canvas or linen, Bohdan D. Osyczka’s watercolor on an oversized sheet of 100 percent rag paper, “Rondo.” Robert Kaupelis, another accomplished abstract painter, uses acrylic on canvas in “Love Loop” and “Hot Spots.” These intensely chromatic pieces are characterized by the interplay of painterly looseness and almost obsessive mark-making.

Additionally, sculpture is on view both inside and outside of the gallery. Catherine Hoskinson is represented by two pieces; “Veil” has been fashioned from copper screening while “Windscreen” is made of brushed aluminum. Stephen Keltner is also displaying works in metal. “Foil” and “Looking Glass” exemplify this artist’s unique way of using steel to create geometric structures with surprisingly illusionistic properties that tease the viewer’s sense of perception.

The “Winter Solstice III” exhibition at The Studio provides viewers with the opportunity of seeing a wide range of artistic expressions.

The exhibition will be open through February 13 at The Studio in Armonk and through May 28 at The Studio Annex in New York City. The public is invited to visit on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 pm at The Studio and by appointment. The Studio is at 2 Maryland Avenue.

The public is invited to visit The Studio Annex on Monday–Friday, 10 am to 3 pm. The Studio Annex, a satellite gallery of The Studio, is at Madison Industries, 279 Fifth Avenue at 30th Street in Manhattan.

For information, 914-273-1452 or www.thestudiony-alternative.org.

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ILLUSTRATED LECTURE AT BRUCE MUSEUM w/no cuts

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GREENWICH, CONN. — A lecture, “Cargo and Adventure: Rhode Island and the China Trade 1700–1900,” a joint event with the Connecticut Ceramics Study Circle, will be presented by the Greenwich Antiques Society on Monday, January 10, at the Bruce Museum.

Speaker Thomas Mitchie will present a 1:15 pm lecture. Tea will follow.

The lucrative China Trade made pre-Revolutionary Prov-idence, R.I., the principal port city in New England. By means of porcelain, furniture, houses, portraits and diary references Mitchie will review pre-Revolution trade between Newport and Surinam and the rise of Providence as a principal port. Mitchie will use selected objects from the collection of Anne Allen Ives to illustrate his lecture.

Mitchie is curator of decorative arts at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, where he has worked since 1984. Mitchie is a graduate of Williams College and holds a degree from Yale University in the history of art. He has published articles on historical American furniture, silver, wallpaper, architectural patterns, books and the China Trade. He has served on the boards of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, the Decorative Arts Trust and the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities.

Bruce Museum is at One Museum Drive. For information, 203-862-8906 or 203-869-6437.

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NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUE RADIO CLUB WINTER SWAP MEET JANUARY 22

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NASHUA, N.H. — The New England Antique Radio Club will hold its Winter Swap Meet Saturday, January 22, at Saint Stan’s Hall, Pine Hill Road.

Participating will be club members from throughout New England, New York and New Jersey with more than 100 tables of antique and collectible radios, TVs, parts, books, magazines, advertising and other related items for sale or trade. Special events of the day will include three radio contests featuring Trans-Oceanics, tube testers and items bearing Edison’s name or image.

Swap meet hours are 7 am to noon. Admission during exhibitor setup, 7 to 8 am, is $15; early admission, 8 to 9 am, is $5 and general admission, after 9 am, is $2.

For information about the show contact club president Marty Bunis at 603-938-5051, email m_bunis@conknet.com or www.nearc.net.