New Exhibit Opens Sunday at Dobbs' Upstream Gallery

An opening-day reception for artists Mitchell Goldberg and Cecily Spitzer will be held at the Upstream Gallery in Dobbs Ferry on Sunday, April 1, 2012. Their work will be on display from 2 to 5 p.m. and light refreshments will be served. A total of about 45 works by the two artists will be on view. The show concludes on April 22.
 
Goldberg studied printmaking under Bruce Waldman at The School of Visual Arts in New York City and the use of fused glass as a medium under Doris Hafner for almost ten years.

His collection, called "Connections," includes oil, acrylics, mixed media and collages.  All of his work at the show is framed or painted directly onto a panel and all are ready to hang. Glass pieces come with metal frames. The sizes vary from 18 by 15 inches for smaller etchings to 48 by 36 inches for a large collage.

The prints are hand signed as A/P (for Artist's Proof), and are individualized by changing the combination of colors.

His collection, as a theme, has the repeating of a few core motifs reinterpreted in different media. Some of the designs are abstract or partially abstract.

"Brightly colored glass panels are contrasted with similar designs reinterpreted as etchings printed in blacks and grays," Goldberg said. "Paintings are inspired by collages, and older collages are renewed by being 're-collaged' and paired with images of etchings, forming new collage pieces. Each concept when reinterpreted in a different medium takes on new qualities."

Goldberg grew up in Scarsdale; he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College.

Spitzer, who favors abstracts, works in watercolors and oils. She uses elements of the landscape such as flowers, trees and hills along with cloud formations. "The changing light and colors of the seasons come into play as well," she said.

She grew up in Washington D.C., attended National Cathedral High School, then moved to Baltimore where she attended Roland Park High School: she graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, majoring in Art and Art History.

A resident of Bronxville, she has given art lessons to children at Rye Arts Center and other Westchester County art centers. At Sarah Lawrence, she studied under Theodore Rozak. 

Schedule of events 

The remaining 2012 exhibitions at Upstream Gallery follow:

1. March 29-April 22. Cecily Spitzer. Main Street Gallery
2. March 29-April 22. Michell Goldberg. Second Gallery
3. April 26-May 20. Jo Zalon Meer. Main Street Gallery.
4. April 26-May 20. Mary Rankin. Second Gallery
5. May 24-June 17. Smith. Main Street Gallery
6. May 24-June 17. Paul Greco. Second Gallery
7. Sept. 13-Oct. 7. Lanny Lasky Retrospective. Both galleries
8. Oct. 11-Nov. 4. Hart. Main Street Gallery
9. Oct. 11-Nov. 4. Dave and Joan Rappaport. Second Gallery
10. Nov. 8-Dec. 2. Maralyn Matlick. Main Street Gallery
11. Nov. 8-Dec. 2. Susan Richman. Second Gallery
12. Dec. 6-Dec. 31. Collaboration III. Main Street Gallery
13. Dec. 6-Dec. 31. Group show. Second Gallery

The Upstream Gallery conducts at least two invitational juried exhibitions each year. The next "small works" exhibition will held Jan. 13-27, 2013 and the next photography exhibition is scheduled for Jan. 31 to Feb. 24.

The first 2013 event featuring the work of a single artist will be conducted for Dan Van Benthuysen, a journalism professor at Hofstra University and previously the director of design at Newsday (the Long Island newspaper), on Feb. 28 through March 24.

Typically, the pieces in an exhibition are not available for removal until the show ends. Purchases can be paid for by cash or check.

Started in 1991, the Upstream Gallery is a cooperative gallery with 25 members; it occupies two street-level exhibition spaces.

The Upstream Gallery is located at 26B Main Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY. 914-674-8548. The gallery is open on Thursday through Sunday from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m.