December 1, 2009 -- David Tobey has been selected by the New Rochelle Council on The Arts as one of three members of the adjudication panel for selection of winners of the "Utopioptix" competition being held currently by the NRCA. The two other jurors on the panel include internationally known 3D Pop artist Charles Fazzino, and the Director of three art galleries at the College of New Rochelle Katrina Rhein. Utopioptix will be on view March 1-31 at the Lumen Winter Gallery located in The New Rochelle Public Library. More information, the prospectus and entry form for the competition can be found on the NRCA's web site.
DAVID'S RECENT WORK & BENEFIT EXHIBITION
FOR THE WESTCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRADavid Tobey's painting The Westchester Philharmonic is the cover (left) of the December 2009 issue of the orchestra's monthly newsletter, Overtones, along with an article (right) about his November '09 benefit exhibition in the newsletter. If you're interested in supporting the orchestra by purchasing a giclée of the painting, see the article (blue box, lower right) on page 5 of Overtones that you can read as a PDF in its entirety on this page on the Westchester Philharmonic's own web site; or contact the orchestra at 914-682-3707.
Gicleés of David's Westchester Philharmonic and of some of his other new paintings featuring musical subjects will also be on display at the Phil's Winter Pops Concert starring Barbara Cook this Sunday, December 20th at 3:00 p.m. at the Purchase College Performing Arts Center. These will also be available for purchase, also with all profits beyond the cost of their printing to benefit the orchestra. For more information on this concert see the Phil's web page about it and about their other upcoming events.
The reception for David Tobey's most recent solo show (see poster below) November 12, '09 in New Rochelle, NY was very successful with over 400 people visiting. In addition to the sale of more than a dozen of his paintings and giclées, everyone enjoyed live music by members of the Westchester Philharmonic String Ensemble and by keyboard artist Kirk Ehrenreich. Toward the end of the evening, David himself and his wife Moira also performed on violin with Kirk accompanying them.
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PHOTO LEFT: David at the BID Gallery 542 reception November 12th with Board members of the New Rochelle Council on the Arts (l to r): Christopher Arena, President; Judith Weber, Vice President; and Billie Tucker, Treasurer.
PHOTO RIGHT: (l to r): New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson; David; Ivar Hyden, New Rochelle Arts Commission Chairman and owner of Backstreet Gallery; and Joshua Worby, Executive Director of the Westchester Philharmonic.
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Westchester Philharmonic String Ensemble members perform at the reception. |
World renowned violinist Elmar Oliveira plays the violin with Tobey's painting 'Fantastique' in the background. |
Moira Tobey, who is also a member of the Westchester Philharmonic, accompanied on keyboard by Kirk Ehrenreich. |
The complete media release for this event can be accessed here,
or see the New Rochelle Downtown
Business Improvement District's web page about the event.
More information in the form of the media release for this exhibition, and photos about this show can be seen on our media release page.
NAVIGATION [ONE-MAN SHOWS] [ REVIEWS OF DAVID'S ARTWORK ] [ PAINTINGS - SECTION 1 ] [MORE PAINTINGS - SECTION 1] [ BIOGRAPHY, EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS & ARTIST'S STATEMENT ] [ PAINTINGS - SECTION 2 ] [ CERAMICS ] [ DAVID'S WELDED SCULPTURE ] [ CONCLUSION ] [ LINKS ] or [ EMAIL US ] for more information on David's artwork © copyright David Tobey 2004, 2005. All photos on this site by Peter Krupenye 845.279.6297.
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