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Artist Statement:
Artist Statement for Catherine
Botch
Art is play- the
possibilities, “the what
ifs”,diverse perceptions!
Ideas come and haunt me till I
can reveal them through my
Art.
As an artist, I am pulled to
observe and examine then
document, translate,
interpret, affect and effect
through my perception and
understanding of what takes
place around me. From Order,
I make Chaos then, ascertain a
path to Reorder into a new
visual statement. Art becomes
an adventure inviting
discovery, an intriguing
problem or a puzzle calling me
to unravel and explore.
I enjoy working in a variety
of media. I pick the one that
will best portray what I wish
to tell. My work tends to use
mixed media, lately.
The collage influence is
becoming stronger. I enjoy
using the traditional formats
and bringing it to the new
technology of today. Textiles
and Quilting have always been
very mathematically based,
lending itself to the digital
format of today’s technology,
fused with the artistic use of
color theory. Quilting also
is based in the compositional
qualities used in collage,
replacing paper with cloth.
Textile Sculptures use the
idea of mixing materials for
contrast and embellishment. I
use these basic qualities to
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Artist Exhibitions:
Shows
2009
Allentown Chen Art Group,
Allentown,PA: juried Holiday
Show, watercolor- mixed media,
“Honeysuckle Dreams”
watercolor, “Winter Storm”,
watercolor "Swan", colored
pencil "4 O'Clock", prints,
cards, T-shirts, quilt
"Pondering the Time and Space
Continium: Can we get this
done in time?", quilt The
Midnight Garden of
Enchantment"
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Artist Galleries:
The Blue Unicorn Studio
312 East Emmaus Avenue
Allentown, Pa 18103
Flashpoint Creativity
www.flashpointcreativity.com...
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Collections:
Collections:
International Museum of
Collage, Assemblage &
Construction, Cuernavaca,
Mexico and Texas: several
Collages
ArtColle, the Museum of
Collage in Sergines, France;
several Collages
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Hospice; print Sunflower
Rising
Dr. and Mrs. Matsko, PA;
“Doctor on Assateaque beach,
VA”: Building
Sandcastles,watercolor
painting
Lisa and Chris Szarko and
Zack, ...
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Commissions:
COMMISSIONED:
LEHIGH VALLEY/MULENBURG
HOSPITAL, Bethlehem, PA
/Permanent Collection /
Commissioned memorial Doctor
Tyler - “Moonlight Carol of
the Trombone Choir’s” (acrylic
44” x 48”)
ECCO. Allentown. PA: logo
designed for communication
company
SCOTT’S DELI, Allentown, PA:
several murals/ interior of
restaurant Scott’s Deli, South
Mall Allentown, PA;
commissioned ...
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Reviews for Catherine F. Botch:
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http://www.tnonline.com/archives/news/2001weeklies/08.08/eastpenn/news.html
http://www.tnonline.com/archives/news/2001weeklies/08.08/eastpenn/news.html
The Garden:
A positive experience for L.C. inmates
By Cheryl Baker
Press writer
Director of Education at the Allentown Art Museum, Lynn Berkowitz, and Prison Program Coordinator, Becky Duke-Walker discussed a project three years ago that might elicit changes to addictive criminal behavior. The resultant project was
"The Garden." However, "Art Talks" began the path that led to The Garden project.
Emmaus action artist and educator, Barnaby Ruhe, was the Museum's first educator at the facility, according to Berkowitz. Art Talks, developed in 1998 when it was first presented at the Lehigh County Prison for inmates, has become a weekly program aiming to improve inmates' self-esteem.
The project enables inmates to "look at, reflect upon, write about and discuss the different formal properties of art-color, texture, line, form, etc., of posters and book images," according to a synopsis printed by Berkowitz.
She added that Art Talks provides a meaningful program at no cost to the facility and accomplishes many things for the inmates including developing critical thinking skills, observation and communication skills.
The Garden Project, an outgrowth of Art Talks was, according to Berkowitz, designed to provide tools for self-expression and cultivate a sense of accomplishment. Artist-in-Residence, Rosemary Geseck (also known
locally for her mural work, including the walls of downtown Allentown's Federal Grill and Crocodile Rock), and Museum Educator, Catherine Botch, taught 11 inmates the basics of impressionist-style landscape painting.
During a recent reception at the Museum to celebrate the murals, Lehigh County Prison Warden, Edward Sweeney, said the Garden project provides an opportunity for the inmates to complete a project they can see being appreciated by others and themselves. He stressed the importance of the intrinsic value of self-worth and referred to the same values desired to be instilled in children.
"It's an opportunity for the inmates to feel positive," said Sweeney, adding that the project was more than simply sitting down and doing art.
"The inmates were involved in presentation of art appreciation and artists," he said.
Inmate Mike Kerak, in the Museum project synopsis, said he enjoyed the class very much and learned how to go from a world of black and white to an exploration of color.
Todd Lipovsky, inmate artist, said the mural program gave him a sense of freedom, while another inmate artist, Bernard Ransome Sr., said it made him want to do something with his life-painting colorful scenes of freedom.
The Garden is a four-part mural that depicts the different seasons of a garden. Three pieces will be permanently installed at the Lehigh County Prison and one mural will become part of the Museum's Educational Services Department collection of artist-in-residence works.
http://collagemuseum.com/white-on-white-catalog.html
ALSO in several BAKERS DOZEN SHOWS on this link check home page
WHITE ON WHITE
Selections from the Permanent Collection
The International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction
White works of art have been a constant theme in modern art history since the early 20th century. White on White is an exhibition of works that explore white and include mixed media, paintings, photographs, constructions, assemblages, collages, photo montages, weavings, poems, Massurrealist and Fluxus works. Artists from Russia, Germany, the United States, Canada, Argentina, Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Greece, Panama and Portugal are represented in the exhibition.
Artists include: Cory Celaya, Bobbi Studstill, Jude Worters, Diane Ashe, Norman Sherfield, Carol Starr, Claudia Drake, Silvia Bocca, Petala Eytihia, Sofia Barao, William James Austin, Mimi Shapiro, Jane Davila, Caroline Wareham, Debra Dresler, Elena Mary Siff, Diana Mains-Welte, Bob Rizzo, Jamie Newton, Julie Sadler, M. L. Stockhill, Eric Michel, Chris Mulart, Cordula Kagemann, Catherine Botch, Pascale Hulin, Gregory Steel, Don E. Boyd, Gary A Bibb, Tricia Burr, Stanton Hager, Keri Marion, Janet Jones, Kristy Christopherson, Dilar Pereira, Benoit Piret, Peter Ciccariello, John Chiaromonte, Laura Lein-Svencner, Luc Fierens, Madawg, Laura Dunn, Walter Cianciusi , John Held Jr., Ross Priddle, Allan Revich, Reid Wood, Matthew Rose, Nasimova Boheme, Litsa Spathi, Anthony Cricchio, Cecil Touchon, Sheila Murphy, Robert Tucker, Stephen Linhart, Cesareo Young, Mimi Shapiro, Gail Steinberg, Ellen Filreis, John M. Bennett, Diane Speer, Noon-un-Nisa Touchon, Bibiana Padilla Maltos, Judith Mangiameli, Scott Ray Randall, Matthew Langley, Cheryl Strait, Elizabeth Concanon, Sue Clancy, Karl Young, Lise Menu Noack, Cynthia Russell, Keith Buchholz, Olga Golanov.
EXHIBIT ON LINE
Buy the catalog - 100 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, full-color
http://www.kutztownrotary.org/flatworks.html
"Meet the Artist"
Artist Reception
Friday, October 24, 2008
5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Wine by:
Pinnacle Ridge Winery
Hors d´oeuvres by:
Market Place Cafe
Music by
Jim Stauffer, Guitarist
Call: 610-683-7011
Tickets: $15.00
Limited Number of Tickets Available
Tickets available at:
DUNKELBERGER´S FINE JEWELRY
281 W. Main Street, Kutztown, PA 19530
610-683-7011
Major Credit Cards Accepted.
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Our Philosophy
ART...considered an international language, is the most popular means of expression. More so than any other language. Art is appreciated and celebrated throughout the ages and cultures. And what better place to have an Art Show than Kutztown, inspiration to so many artists.
- Jim Springer
20 Artists in 2008
Gene Allen, Kempton
Brett Amey, Jenkintown
Mark Amey, Lenhartsville (new)
Catherine F. Botch, Allentown
Eric Claypole, Lenhartsville (new)
Jan Crooker, Kutztown
Marie J. DeFilipps, Fleetwood
Tony DeOliveira, Topton
Kathi Ember, Fleetwood
Steve Ember, Lititz
Frank Fretz, Lenhartsville
Dennis Johnson, Kutztown (new)
Eldon Katter, Kutztown (new)
Milan Melicharek, Orefield (new)
Angela Scanzello, Kutztown
Doris Sell, Kutztown
Kara Sorrentino, Allentown
Kristen Tuerk, Kutztown
Reno Unger, Kutztown (new)
Emily Zacharda, Allentown (new)
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Our Mission
The Kutztown Rotary Club is a long established club having supported the Kutztown community actively for the past 80 years. It has supported:
Kutztown Fire Company,
Topton Fire Company,
Friends Inc.,
Kutztown Historical Society,
Brandywine Library,
Lyons Fire Company,
Donald Boyer Scholarship Fund,
Kutztown Area Transportation.
The Rotary also sponsors a "Student of the Month" for Kutztown and Brandywine Schools and recently contributed 20 picnic tables to the Kutztown Park.
OPEN SPACE GALLERY
931 Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101 APPLES &
ORANGES SHOW
This collage, assemblage and construction show is for artist 18 years or
older. APPLES AND ORANGES will run in conjunction with The 5th Annual
Bakers Dozen at OPEN SPACE GALLERY in June. The Bakers dozen will be making
its first visit to the USA on the 2003 international tour. International
Artists sent 13 works to New Zealand . A gallery show there, on the net,
then on to OPEN SPACE GALLERY, after USA, off to the International Museum of
Collage, Assemblage and Construction (IMCAC); Museo Ontologico in
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico at the sametime another work is going to Musee'
ArtColle, Sergines, France.
The artists have banded together in work,celebrating all the variety of
techniques that comes under the heading of collage. 2003 show has grown to
151 international artists joining in the celebration to promote collage.
OPEN SPACE GALLERY PRESENTS: APPLES & ORANGES SHOW
curated by Cathy Botch
with Bakers Dozen gathered by C Touchon
Yet another exhibition! With thanks to Cathy Botch who has just taken
the post of Executive Co- Director of OPEN SPACE GALLERY in Allentown,
PA, USA.
I've put the full details on http://outofsight.co.nz/Dale/collage.htm
but briefly: the collage of yours which will become part of the
permanent collection of Museo do Collage in Mexico will first be
exhibited in Allentown. This could develop into quite a tour!
Another of your collages still goes to ArtColle in Sergines, France, and
one will be exhibited and offered for sale here in New Zealand. And you
still get back 10 works by other artists - fun!
dale
Cecil
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