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Colorful China Cove © Marian Fortunati 30"x24" Oil on Canvas |
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Family highs and lows have kept me away from painting and blogging a great deal lately, but while I need and want to be present for those real life happenings, my art life is important to me as well.
Perhaps you will read this press release to understand this particular highlight on my art journey:
I certainly hope that any of you who are interested in art... or in me... or in visiting a new place... might come by to see my artwork at the gallery and to say hello.
“Marian Fortunati – A One Woman Show”
Art Exhibition at the Crain Art Gallery – Crowell Library Complex, San Marino, CA
The Crain Art Gallery within the beautiful Crowell Public Library Complex in the City of San Marino will host the exhibit of Fortunati’s work from February 26 through April 20, 2012. The exhibition features thirty works. A reception is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, February 26, 2012 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
“I am THE lucky artist!” says Fortunati, whose surname means lucky in Italian. Fortunati explains that this show is the result of a lucky connection between long ago Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters. Fortunati regularly corresponds with a sorority sister, Beverly Dahlstedt, who lives in the Bay Area. Her Bay Area friend corresponds with another sorority sister who lives in San Marino, Sandy Morris. When Fortunati sent a newsletter to her friend in the Bay Area, that friend forwarded it to her San Marino friend, who then visited Fortunati at a show at the Blinn House in Pasadena. Shortly thereafter, Morris, who is the Vice-Chair on the Library Board of Trustees, contacted Fortunati to ask if she was interested in showing her work at the Crain Art Gallery. WOW… There was never any question! What a lucky and fun way to connect with friends from long ago!
The Crowell Library complex was built on the site of the former San Marino Public Library. It was the result of a huge community effort and generous donations from the San Marino City Council and former San Marino Mayor, Suzanne Crowell and her family. The new Public Library opened on January 26, 2008. The Art Gallery was named to honor long time Library Director, Carolyn Crain, who had championed the building of the new library, but who succumbed to cancer on May 8, 2008.
Fortunati’s One Woman Show will be on view from February 26 through April 20, 2012. The reception is Sunday, February 26, 2012 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.
The Crain Art Gallery is located within the Crowell Public Library Complex at 1890 Huntington Dr. in San Marino, CA 91108.
Free parking is accessible behind the building. The phone is 626-300-0777 and website is http://sanmarinopl.org/index.html .
The Crain Art Gallery is open for art viewing Monday through Thursday and Saturday and Sunday during the following times:
M-Th 10am-9pm
Sat 10am-5pm
Sun 1-5pm
I plan to chat with visitors and paint in
the courtyard outside the courtyard on most Wednesdays between 10:00
a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Check the library to confirm or just drop by to say
"hi".
I will remind all of you again as we get closer to the event.
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