DATES:
Thursday, October 20, 6 – 9 p.m. (opening night)
Friday, October 21, 6 – 9 p.m.
Saturday, October 22, 2 – 6 p.m.

LOCATION:
EFA Center
323 West 39th Street
New York, NY 10018

A free timed-entry ticket is required.
Tickets will be released in September.

Vaccine proof and masks are required.
Unvaccinated children may attend if they wear a mask.
For groups, please email deric@efanyc.org in advance.

EFA OPEN STUDIOS is an annual event that welcomes the public to visit the studios and galleries of the EFA building in Midtown Manhattan. It is an opportunity to see the most recent works by artists and to gain meaningful insight into their process of creation. We invite curators, collectors, dealers, artists, and art lovers to join in a meaningful dialog with our internationally recognized members. The EFA Studio Program is a vibrant and diverse community of over 75 artists working in a wide range of media and artistic sensibilities. All are professional artists with established studio practices and career honors. The EFA Robert Blackburn Print Making Workshop and EFA Project Space will be open for tours and demos.

C24 Gallery will be presenting a selection of work by C24 Gallery artists Cheryl Molnar, Ryan Sarah Murphy, and Roxa Smith.

Pier 36, NYC
Booth C05

Opening: Thursday, September 8 — 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Friday, September 9 — 11:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday, September 10 — 11:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday, September 11 — 11:00am to 6:00pm

Here's a link to a sneak peek of featured works on Artsy.

Saturday, September 10th,

4 - 7pm, at the second reception for AN ARTFUL AFFAIR.

This group show is benefiting the PECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER’s BREAST HEALTH PROGRAM.

DR. SUSAN LEE, Chief of Breast Surgery at PBMC, will be available to answer questions about her goals in acquiring state-of -the-art equipment for NORTHWELL’s EAST END of LONG ISLAND’s hospital and specifically its breast cancer patients.

The opening reception was such a success I felt it important to offer a second opportunity to those who were unable to attend the first event.

This reception will be another lively gathering. A portion of sales from the show will be donated to the hospital’s BREAST CARE PROGRAM.

Join us in welcoming Dr. Lee and participating artists;

CHARLES WILDBANK, CHRIS ANN AMBERY, GIA HORTON, PETER GALASSO, PAT FEILER, JANE KIRKWOOD, TOM BRYDELSKY, CHERYL MOLNAR, DAVID CARL LANG, ANAHI DeCANIO, CARL SCORZA, NICK CORDONE, KEITH MANTELL & JEFF MUHS.

Gallery hours: Thursday - Monday from 12-5 pm and, for your convenience, appointments are welcome.

Inquiries :

Mary Cantone

609-408-5203

Williamriseast@gmail.com

CHERYL MOLNAR
IRFAN ÖNÜRMEN
TAMMIE RUBIN
ROXA SMITH
BRENDAN LEE SATISH TANG

Expressing the depth of their talent through a variety of different materials, the artists on view in the Atrium brilliantly showcase the diversity in our current roster. Cheryl Molnar takes her practice to another level, as she explores the possibilities of her collage paintings through a new collection of tondos and large scale works. On the heels of his most recent exhibition, Everyday Heroes, we are also happy to share some of the monochromatic tulle works and 150 NFTs by Irfan Önürmen that were on display in that show.

Ceramic works by Tammie Rubin are both whimsical and colorful, as she infuses a sense of the sacred into her practice of slip casting porcelain sculptures out of everyday objects. Likewise, Brendan Lee Satish Tang offers an iconic take on modern Asian culture in his ceramic mashups of Ming dynasty style vases and manga and anime themed robotic devices. Finally, painter Roxa Smith imbues her lush, garden scapes and interiors with an overwhelming abundance of radiant plants and flowers, reminding us of the boldness and joy to be found in life all around us.

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For more images and information on all available works, please click HERE.

DETOUR III
MAY 29 - AUGUST 27, 2022

DETOUR is an annual summer exhibition curated by Glen Hansen and Adam Straus to showcase the work of many talented artists and the divergent forms, techniques, and routes they take to arrive at their unique work. The curation strives to bring a unique gallery experience to the East End of Long Island, and each year features new art and artists. Most artists live or work locally and are often influenced by the area in nuanced ways. Many of these artists have established careers, exhibiting nationally and internationally, and are in the collections of major museums. DETOUR brings them to the Arts District of the East End to awe and inspire. 

Two locations: 
EEA Main Gallery - 133 E. Main Street, Riverhead
11 West Gallery - 11 W. Main Street, Peconic Crossing, Riverhead

About the Curators

• Glen Hansen

• Adam Straus

OMNI GALLERY

Presents

 Places and Spaces Reimagined

January 17 - April 23, 2022

 Reception March 20, 2-4 pm (Masks maybe Required) 

Curated by Dawn Lee  

This exhibition features two mixed media artists, Cheryl Molnar and Rasa Valiene, who's work combine often photographic representation of places that they feel a personal connection to, with structural elements  that alter the literal landscape image by integrating individual existential views. Working with patterns man-made and found in nature, the artists lead the viewer to  "Places and Spaces Reimagined."

333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Uniondale, N.Y. 11553 

(Open 9 am – 6:30 pm, Mon. – Fri.) 

Reception: March 12, 6-8pm
Show runs: January 13–April 14, 2022

Samira Abbassy
Allen T. Ball
Michael Eade
Sally Egbert
Jason File
Katya Grokhovsky
Edgar Jerins
Kosuke Kawahara
Greg Kwiatek
Dana Levy
Cheryl Molnar
Nazanin Noroozi
Whitney Oldenburg

Curated by Deric Carner

…in possibility everything is possible and he who truly was brought up by possibility has comprehended the dreadful as well as the smiling. - Søren Kierkegaard The Concept of Dread 

The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
323 West 39th Street
New York, NY 10018

Appointments are recommended.
Our hours are 11-5 pm. Tues-Fri.
Mask and vaccine check required.

contact: Deric@efanyc.org

September 1 – September 30, 2021

Statement

In this selection of work by C24 Gallery artists Marion Fink, Cheryl Molnar, İrfan Önürmen and Christian Vincent and guest artists Liana Finck and David Krippendorff, we offer a variety of surreal takes on identity and place that envision new possibilities.

Press Release

In this selection of work by C24 Gallery artists Marion Fink, Cheryl Molnar, İrfan Önürmen and Christian Vincent and guest artists Liana Finck and David Krippendorff, we offer a variety of perspectives on identity and place that challenge expectations while envisioning new possibilities.

The individuals in Marion Fink’s drawings and monoprints confront the basic existential questions of life in an ever shifting reality, engaging the symbolic elements of modern living in surreal, colorful landscapes. Cheryl Molnar’s collage paintings offer their own brand of surrealism, expressed through the odd juxtaposition of architectural structures set in unlikely natural vistas. Her dreamlike environments conjure up memories of places visited and imagined, pulling viewers into their immersive worlds. ​​İrfan Önürmen’s works on newspaper investigate the shifting versions of truth given to us by mass media, and how they impact our individual experience of ourselves and our place in the world. David Krippendorff’s works explore the layers of meaning embedded in the language of cultural identity as expressed through the lyrics of classical opera, while cartoonist and cultural critic Liana Finck’s pithy drawings comment on modern living amidst rising levels of social and political awareness. And finally, Christian Vincent’s soaring vision of freedom is on display in a limited print edition of his iconic painting, Certain Uncertainties, providing a fitting capstone to this collection of works that seeks higher ground at a time when transcendence may be our greatest liberation.

Gallery

CG

C24 Gallery

New York

Location

Booth C37

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MAY 9 — JUNE 29, 2019
Opening Reception: MAY 9, 6-8PM

Seçkin Pirim, Dana Levy, Cheryl Molnar, Suzanne Song
Curated by David C. Terry

Rock, Paper, Scissors is a group show presented in partnership with The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA). Featuring the work of C24 resident artist Seçkin Pirim along with EFA member artists Dana Levy, Cheryl Molnar and Suzanne Song, curator David C. Terry has gathered a collection that offers a multi-faceted investigation of materiality as a tool of expression, through the mediums of stone, paper and the technological processes that illuminate and transform them. This exhibition represents the launch of a series of partnerships between C24 Gallery and non-profit arts organizations, with the goal of elevating creative voices that have been traditionally marginalized or underrepresented.

AMONG FRIENDS is back and bigger and better than ever!
Organized by Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Beth Dary & Patricia Fabricant
Inspired by the Robert Rauschenberg artwork “Hiccups,” AMONG FRIENDS reflects and responds to the strength and illumination we find through art, friendship and community.
The show will consist of over 200 pieces of 9 x 7”
paper, each worked on by a different artist,
zipped together into one continuous, exuberant piece.
Individual works will be for sale for $250 apiece,
with 10% going to The Lower East Side Girls Club.

May 3–5, 8–12, 12 to 7pm
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center

Included in the ticket price is one original work of art. Guests bet on horses, which determines the order in which the artwork is selected. Event starts and betting window opens at 4:30PM. Last bets must be in by 6PM. Party goes until 8PM!

Don’t forget to wear your best hat! 
Prizes go to the best hats in 2 categories: Hot to Trot and Spur of the Moment!

MC: Legs Malone
Music: The Hot Papa Jazz Band
Food: Superfine
Hat Judges: INNER COURSE

On view: April 27–May 3
Opening reception: April 27, 4–6PM
Gallery Hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 12–6PM

Funds raised at the benefit will help Smack Mellon support diverse, emerging, under-recognized, mid-career and women artists. Our programs include Exhibitions that feature ambitious large-scale projects; an Artist Studio Program that provides artists with free studio space, access to fabrication and media equipment, and a $5,000 fellowship; and our free education initiative, Art Ready, which provides an artist mentorship program for NYC public high school students.

Opening Reception: Sunday, January 27 3-5 pm
Areté Venue and Gallery is pleased to announce our second exhibition from our Flat File Program featuring local Greenpoint artist Cheryl Molnar.  This is Molnar’s first solo exhibition with Areté.

Gallery hours by appointment

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A PLACE IN THE SUN Opening Reception

• Wednesday, September 12, 2018
• 6:00 PM  8:00 PM

The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program is pleased to present an exhibition introducing the work of New Member Artists who joined EFA this Spring. The seven artists were chosen by a jury panel from a competitive pool of applicants. Member Artists are awarded a subsidized studio for a period of two years which may be renewed indefinitely based on continued professional excellence.

The exhibition A Place in the Sun showcases a diverse and talented group of artists working in photography, painting, collage and sculpture. The title is taken from the 1951 film version of Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy. It is the story of a man whose desire for wealth and class advancement ends in tragedy. A life of promise is ruined by the toxic effects of selfishness. The artists in the exhibition consider place and human relations as both generative and fraught with tragic histories. They question how we see the world and suggest ways of healing or acknowledging the damage that is done. The generous and unflinching vision of these artists offers a way to think through the challenges facing us without defeatism.

An intriguing new exhibition at Steinberg Museum of Art explores how artists use structures to understand their surroundings—both natural and man-made.

Called “Reimaging Constructs and Surroundings,” the exhibit features the work of Darlene Charneco, Heejung Cho, Ana Golici, Cheryl Molnar, Jason Paradis and Winn Rea, who is a faculty member of the Art Department at LIU Post. All the artists have Long Island roots, stretching from the Hamptons to Brooklyn. Two are currently working on international exhibitions—one in Romania, which has become a hotspot for contemporary European art collectors, and the other in South Korea.

The guest curator for this exhibition is Dawn Lee, who is art curator of the Omni Gallery in Uniondale.  She is also an artist, professor and chair of the art department at St. Joseph’s College, and coordinator of the artist-in-residency program at Fire Island National Seashore. When she puts an exhibit together, Lee says what she enjoys most is seeing how the artists interpret things like nature, spirituality, personal experiences, social issues and aesthetic concerns and flesh out these concepts in different ways.

Inspired by the Robert Rauschenberg artwork "Hiccups", seen last summer in the "Among Friends" exhibition at the MoMA, AMONG FRIENDS reflects and responds to the strength and illumination we find through art, friendship and community. 

The show will consist of over 100 pieces of 9 x 7" handmade paper, each worked on by a different artist, zipped together into one continuous, exuberant piece. 

Each individual piece will be for sale for $250 with 10% going to Planned Parenthood.

Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29th, 1 to 6 pm
In conjunction with DUMBO Open Studios
55 Washington Street, Studio 257, 2nd Floor

92 Plymouth Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Gallery Hours: 
Wednesday-Sunday
12-6PM

(718) 834-8761
smackmellon.org
info@smackmellon.org

@smackmellon
#smackmellon

View photos from last year's event on Facebook.

For $350, you and your guest will attend the best Derby Party outside of Louisville!

Included in the ticket price is one original work of art. Guests bet on horses, which determines the order in which the artwork is selected. Betting window opens at 4PM and closes at 6PM.
Party goes until 8PM.

View Artworks Below

Don’t forget to wear your best hat! 
Prizes go to the best hats in 2 categories: Most Creative and High Fashion!

MC: Legs Malone
Music: The Hot Papa Jazz Band
Food: Superfine
Hat Judge: JiaJia Fei

Benefit Art Exhibition
On view April 28-May 4
Opening Reception: April 28, 6-8PM
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6PM

The Smack Mellon benefit will raise funds to support our programs, which include an Exhibition Program that features ambitious large-scale projects by emerging and under-recognized artists; an Artist Studio Program that provides artists with free studio space, access to fabrication and media equipment, and a $5,000 fellowship; and our free education program, Art Ready, that provides innovative art programming to disadvantaged NYC youth.

Water is Everything

Judith Belzer
Cheryl Molnar
Shannon Rankin
Joseph Smolinski

Opening Reception:

Saturday, November 18, 3-5pm

Date:

November 18, 2017 - January 16, 2018

Location:

Drive-By Projects, 81 Spring Street, Watertown, MA

Hours:

Thursdays 12-4pm and by appointment: 
call or text 617-835-8255.

drive-by online to view the work in the exhibition >

Drive-by Projects is pleased to present Water is Everything, an exhibition of paintings by Judith Belzer and Cheryl Molnar, and works on paper by Joseph Smolinski and Shannon Rankin.

"Water is vital for our existence. Not only do we drink it for survival, the majority of the human body is also composed of water. The earth's weather patterns are closely linked to water too, as they are determined by the complex patterns of changes and movement of water in the atmosphere." 
From the website Readworks.org, intended as educational material for 8th grade students.

Joseph Smolinski's work examines human interventions in the landscape. His Open Water series looks at our dependence on water and the potential energy it holds. Considering current events, these bodies of water hold the capacity for innovation or tragedy. A phosphorescent glow illuminates Smolinski's beautifully articulated seascapes to create images that are simultaneously seductive and ominous.

Judith Belzer continues her exploration of water infrastructure and how it reflects the impact of human activity on the global landscape with her paintings of the Hoover and Glen Canyon dams. Built to last 750-1000 years, they will most likely outlive their utility on account of water scarcity caused by climate change. Belzer sees the dams as "beautiful, iconic forms that will most likely endure as monuments to our American hubris and greed."

Cheryl Molnar's collaged paintings depict fictional landscapes inspired by locations that Molnar has visited. In Cliffside, the ghostly image of acontemporary house rests precariously atop a weather-worn bluff. Though no water is visible, the effects of unchecked clearing of the land for development are apparent in the eroded cliff as the house balances on the edge of oblivion.

Shannon Rankin addresses the crisis of slowly melting artic glaciers with her Earth Embroideries. Satellite views of artic landscapes are transcribed with thread onto paper, re-forming that vast terrain into something that can be held in ones hand. Rankin's slow methodical stitching process alludes to glacial time and, hopefully, mindful mending.

OMNI GALLERY
333 Earle Ovington Blvd.
Uniondale, N.Y. 11553
Across from the Nassau Coliseum
(Open 9 am – 6:30 pm, Mon. – Fri.)

Structuring Our Habitat

July 17 – Nov. 12, 2017
Artists:
Colin Goldberg
Cheryl Molnar
Jason Paradis

Curated by Dawn Lee
For more information, contact Dawn Lee, Director/Curator: www.dawnleeart@gmail.com

Please join us for a special reception, Sunday, Sept. 17, 3:00 – 5:00 pm

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Tearoom | Wave Hill House
March 07–August 27, 2017

https://www.wavehill.org/arts/exhibits/cheryl-molnar-unnatural-landscapes/

Brooklyn-based artist Cheryl Molnar’s collage paintings are representations of fantastical, natural spaces in relationship to urban architectural forms. Molnar’s process involves lathering wood panels in oil, then etching and collaging them with manipulated and superimposed images. The technique involves layering painted paper and photographs of natural landscapes and jutting urban monumental fixtures. The scenery is cut-up and altered using long slivers of mixed papers that reference humanity’s inflicted alterations of nature. In a mosaic-like configuration they reveal vibrantly chopped asymmetrical forms simulating a surreal, transcendental world. There is a sense of depth, multi-dimensionality and rigidity in the composition that highlights the human/non-human divisions in nature. Superimposed skyscrapers and steel structures evoke hyperbolic fantasies of reimagined spaces, illuminating the charm of a utopic, idealized, urban wilderness. A 2014 Winter Workspace artist, Molnar drew inspiration from the Hudson River, Wave Hill’s greenhouses, national parks, suburban settings and lush, green spaces throughout the United States. The Headquarters and Rollercoaster images are indicative of the ominous but seductive pull of the looming burden of urban development. Inspired by Wave Hill’s Conservatory, Green Houseoffers an optimistic possibility for greenhouse architecture. Weeping Willowreferences an overlook above Wave Hill’s Conifer Slope.

Molnar received a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Pratt Institute. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including at Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY; The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; The Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY; and General Electric Headquarters, Fairfield, CT. Molnar recently participated in the Fire Island National Seashore Artist-in-Residence Program in Watch Hill, NY, and in residencies at Wave Hill, Smack Mellon and Weir Farm Art Center in Wilton, CT.

http://www.greenpointopenstudios.com/