When: December 3 and 4 Friday 68pm Opening reception, and Saturday 103pm

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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Dear Friends and Colleagues, You are cordially
invited to the First Environments Art Show,
featuring local artists working in a wide range
of media. For an introduction to these artists,
please browse the following pages and taste
their work. Then please join us Friday December
3rd (6-8pm, during which their will be a
Reception) or Saturday December 4th
(10-3pm). Directions to the art show is at the
end of presentation.
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artists Medium Jennifer
Dilley Photography Elizabeth
Galecke Photography Christine
Hager-Braun Fabric (quilts) Beth
Lake Painting Jeremy Maronpot Sculpture
(metals) Bob and Dee Maronpot Photography Dona
McNeill Pottery Courtney Pernell
Rasmussen Painting Joseph Tart Painting Donna
Thome Jewelry
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artist Medium Jennifer
Dilley Photography
Photography has always been a favorite pastime
for Jennifer Dilley. Jennifer graduated from the
North Carolina State University School of Design
where she studied graphic design and continued
developing her strong interest in photography.
She enjoys working in color as well as black
white. Her favorite shots are those taken on
international travels capturing details of
various cultures.
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artist Medium Elizabeth
Galecke Photography
Elizabeth Galecke specializes in fine art
portraiture with an emphasis on black and white.
Elizabeth's photographs capture the subject in a
casual, comfortable environment using the
outdoors, your home, or her studio as a
backdrop. Elizabeth photographs a wide array of
subjects ranging from children to bridal
portraits.
A Day In The Life Elizabeth's "A Day in the Life"
service is designed to capture the rituals of
your family's everyday life. Her camera lens
focuses on your children, from waking up in the
morning to their bedtime stories in the evening.
These moments happen before your eyes everyday,
yet once they are bound together in a beautiful
custom-made album, your story is frozen in time
and held in a treasured place for years to come.
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments

Featured Artist Medium Christine
Hager-Braun Fabric (quilts)
Crosscurrent
Christine Hager-Braun
Soular Power Fabric Art
http//mysite.verizon.net/soularpowerfabricart/
Eternal Motion
Mindfully Centered
Acceptance and Rejection
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artist Medium Christine
Hager-Braun Fabric (quilts)
Artists Statement
For me dialectic is a fascinating approach for
changes. In dialectic development occurs through
the stages of thesis, antithesis and synthesis.
Although we are not aware of the dialectic in our
lives we find it in our behavior and in our
emotions. It is the driving force of scientific
discoveries, and it is part of the evolution of
society.
Art quilts allow me to depict examples of
dialectic through the choice of color, shapes and
material. Bright colors, bold shapes and soft
fabric are combined with fragile glass beads or
rigid metal wires. The opposites are embraced and
come together as one.
My education and professional training allowed me
to develop an intimate relationship with the most
amazing type of art that exists for me. With an
MS in biology and a PhD in biochemistry Im
exposed to the beauty of nature on a
macromolecular scale as well as the intriguing
interactions of molecules on a cellular level.
Life around me is a never-ending source of
inspiration.
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artist Medium Beth Lake Painting
I have been creatively looking at the world for
a very long time. My paintings represent both
the painter and printmaker in me with the images
becoming more minimal as the years pass by. I
find my work is directly influenced by images of
children whose immediacy, passion and sense of
life often strike the very core of what I am
looking for. I graduated with a BFA in
printmaking from Guildford College and moved to
California where I attended the San Francisco
Art Institute.
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artist Medium Jeremy
Maronpot Sculpture (metals)
Jeremy Maronpot is a metalsmith and sculptor in
Durham, NC , whose artworks range from large
sculptures to small jewelry and adornments. All
pieces are one of a kind and are often inspired
by nature.
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artist Medium Bob and Dee
Maronpot Photography
Bob and Dee have been engaged in photography for
over 30 years with images covering a wide range
of subjects including nature, travel, landscapes,
and historic documentation. Awards in photo
competitions include multiple first places and
best in show. Bob is a pathologist at NIEHS and
Dee works with the N.C. State Education
Assistance Authority.
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artist Medium Dona McNeill Pottery
Dona loves making beautiful things that are
touched and used in a persons daily life or seen
in quiet moments of contemplation.
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artists Medium Courtney Pernell
Rasmussen Painting/Mixed Media
Courtney is an emerging artist in the Triangle
area. She spent many wonderful years teaching at
First Environments, and with the help of a very
supportive and encouraging boss, she left to
pursue her art career. She is drawn to bright and
bold designs, and her art is meant to be fun
and add life to a space. Most of the materials
used are recycled and found objects.
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artists Medium Joseph Tart Painting
Beyond Still life. A recognizable subject
presents the artist with endless possibilities.
The relationship between artist and the subject
reveal themselves in my paintings through the
interplay of light, space, and color. The
luscious maternity of fruit is reflected in the
fullness of curve, the richness of hue. Nature is
refracted through the lens of human experience
and assumes the contours of the human form.
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artists Medium Joseph Tart Painting
Vessels and Bridges. Another recent direction in
the artist landscapes explores the quiet moments
of sunrise and sunset touching the scene. The
characters are simple vessels or boats that share
the moment. In many of the works one finds a
arching bridge to suggest our connection between
different moments in our past and
future. Artist Bio His beloved grandmother,
herself a painter of somber landscapes and
delicate botanicals, instilled in him a love for
the process of art and encouraged him as a child
to find his own artistic voice. The artist has a
degree in Biology from Furman University and a
degree from the Memphis College of Art. By day,
he is the art director for the NIEHS journal
"Environmental Health Perspectives"
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Featured Artists Medium Donna Thome Jewelry
Donna cannot stop making jewelry. All her jewelry
is handcrafted using only the finest quality
materials, with sterling silver used on each
piece.   Many pieces are limited editions
depending on the availability of the beads, and
custom orders are welcome.  
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When December 3 and 4 (Friday 6-8pm Opening
reception, and Saturday 10-3pm) Where In the
preschool building at First Environments
Directions to First Environments Art Show
Parking
Art Show
Parking
Hwy 54
Alexander Drive
Durham Freeway
EPA Campus
NIEHS Campus