Norcross Gallery and Studios will open a new exhibit Friday, February 11. The show, Spotlight on Spring, features the works of 6 outstanding members – Mikki Root Dillon, Cynthia Corbin, Barb Boyer, Sharon Nichol, Lynda Ellis and Angelika Domschke in a varied, enjoyable exhibit. The show runs through Saturday March 26.
There will be a reception featuring the artists on March 17 from 4 to 7 p.m. The reception on Saint Patrick’s Day will be a wonderful social event with food, wine and an opportunity to meet the artists and purchase original works of art from new friends. Wear green!
Here are the artists participating, and a glance at their work:
- Mikki Dillon, a noted artist in pastels and photography, presents a stark black and white photograph titled “Stormy Sunset Coming, South of Taos.” She says she intended to capture the sunset but a storm blew in, adding to her adventure.
- “Felicity” by artist and outstanding graphic designer Cynthia Corbin is a work in collage and acrylic displaying an imaginative, appealing bouquet of flowers. Her composition and design talents are in full display in this happy painting.
- Barb Boyer has created a fun, summery outdoor still life, “Pears, Plein Air,” a pastel painting with three shapely pears and her dad’s antique marbles.
- Sharon Nichol’s watercolors in the show include “Desert Life # 2,” a realistic painting of the area’s amazing variety of colors and textures of the desert.
- “Evensong” is an oil painting of a quiet moment on a lake just after sundown by an artist well-known in the Atlanta area, Lynda Ellis, also active with Atlanta Artists Center in Buckhead and whose work is featured in many exhibits throughout the region.
- Angelika Domschke, another of the prominent artist members of Norcross Gallery and Studios, holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and also excels as a sculptor and illustrator. Her acrylic painting, “Cat Spirit,” in this show captures the cat’s magical moment of undivided focus and attention.
The gallery’s hours are 11 a.m., to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays at its location at 116 Carlyle Street in downtown Norcross.
Nature photographers’ exhibit returns to Hudgens Feb. 19
“Stand in Ansel Adams Footsteps” will return for the third consecutive year to The Hudgens Center for Art and Learning for a 10-week exhibition from February 19 until April 30, 2022.
The Gwinnett Chapter of the Georgia Nature Photographers Association (GNPA) is once again hosting the competition. This will be its seventh annual competition and exhibition. As most of Ansel Adams’ work was remarkably crisp, with detailed focus in black and white of landscapes, and closeups of textures and forms and the little details found in nature.
The concept and goal of the competition is NOT to copy his work, but to take photographs in black and white (monochrome) to emulate as close as possible to the style, look and feel of Adams’ work.
Professional photographers are not allowed to enter this competition: amateurs only. There are three categories: landscape, macro/close-up; and intimate spaces.
- To join GNPA and learn more about GNPA and its chapters go to its website, at www.GNPA.org/.
County offers plots to cultivate in community gardens
Dreaming of vine-ripe tomatoes and fresh green veggies? Now is the time to stake your claim at any of Harvest Gwinnett’s nine Community Gardens.
The cost is $35 per year for a 4-foot by 8-foot raised platform garden plot. Gardeners of all skill levels are invited to apply for the 2022 to 2023 growing year. Once payment is received, plots are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Harvest Gwinnett provides water, tools, soil, mulch and educational resources at each site; gardeners are responsible for maintaining and harvesting their plots. They are also required to participate in 12 hours of community service per year to maintain common areas.
Brad Livesay, program supervisor for Harvest Gwinnett, says: “Cultivating these sustainable gardens continues to yield fantastic results. Not only do the gardens provide a hands-on opportunity for families to grow their own fresh produce, but, with the shared rows, they’re also helping to close the meal gap for residents facing food insecurity.”
Live Healthy Gwinnett also offers an array of gardening programs for all ages and abilities, ranging from Gardening 101 to Pest Management through its Harvest Gwinnett initiative.
- View a list of all Community Gardens locations and visit LiveHealthyGwinnett.com to learn more about the program and download the garden plot application. For more details, email HarvestGwinnett@GwinnettCounty.com, or call (678) 277-0287.
Cossen named Lawrenceville DAR Top Teacher
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William S. Cossen has been named the 2022 Outstanding Teacher of American History for Lawrenceville’s Philadelphia Winn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Dr. Cossen was honored at the chapter’s January meeting with a certificate and financial award. He is a member of the faculty at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (GSMST) in Lawrenceville. He considers the study and teaching of history to be his primary calling and finds the experience of engaging students tremendously satisfying.
Dr. Cossen’s principal, Mr. IV Bray, recognizes his enthusiasm and ability to challenge and inspire students, while having high expectations and a supportive relationship with his students.
Dr. Cossen once studied law, but his love of history caused him to overcome that choice. He gives credit to both a former high school teacher for inspiring him as “the most significant influence on my decision to pursue a history degree” and a college professor who “shaped my understanding of history as an academic field.” Another poignant credit was to his grandparents for taking him on childhood trips, a memorable one to Gettysburg. His mother told him he would make a wonderful teacher, and she was right!
Dr. Cossen grew up in Lexington, S.C. He is a graduate in history and political science from Emory University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Penn State University. He is married to Krista, and the couple have two children, a daughter and a son.
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