ONEONTA _ Creative and technical avenues of paper art will be highlighted when two area residents talk about their ventures Saturday.
Liz Hoheusle, of East Meredith, and GG Stankiewicz, of Walton and Brooklyn, will speak at the Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts at Wilber Mansion at 11 Ford Ave. in Oneonta from 3 to 5 p.m.
Exhibits by the two artists opened Oct. 30 and will continue until Nov. 25, UCCCA officials said. Each artist has about 30 works displayed and is showing pieces in individual shows at UCCCA for the first time.
GG Stankiewicz's "Explorations of Paper" is an exhibit of two-dimensional works and a sculpture titled ``Serpentine'' in the mansion's Kubiak Gallery.
Stankiewicz said she uses handmade papers in monotype and monoprint printmaking processes. Landscapes in the area, the environment and the characteristics of the paper are factors that influence her work, she said, and the talk Saturday will review the methods and inspiration involved in her art. Her approach involves drawing studies, journaling, data collection and photo documentation, and her creations include painting and sculpture methods.
She completed the diploma program at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, earned a bachelor's degree in art education from Tufts University and a master of fine arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1992.
Stankiewicz, an art teacher who works with autistic teenagers in New York City, is a co-founder of South Of the Navy Yard Artists, a group in Brooklyn. She is creating an edition of 40 prints as part of a print portfolio collective with 13 other artists for an international exhibition.
In the Hathaway Gallery at the Oneonta mansion, Hoheusle's exhibition shows her recent work. She paints in oil on ply board, then uses papier-mache to make individual frames, which are decorated with found objects forming animals and other shapes.
``It was all my own invention,'' Hoheusle said. Her garden is a sanctuary providing flowers and vegetables that are subjects for painting, she said.
Hoheusle, who was born in the Bronx, attended the Fashion Institute of Technology. Exploration in the museums of New York City and her work in artistic media exposed her to many different areas of art and art appreciation, according to a media release from UCCCA, but studies of 19th-century American art led to her focus on frames and creating them for her paintings.
Hoheusle said she hopes the framed paintings convey the love she has for her garden and its contents and the joy she experienced creating her art. But she said a further description is up to the viewer.
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