January 29, 2025
Join AF President Jessica Daryl Winer for Drawing Central Park, our second virtual drawing meet-up, in the spirit of fellowship and peaceful observation.
On Tuesday, January 28, from 6-7 pm, Jes will lead an informal session on Zoom, sketching from images of trees and other elements in Central Park. Meant to be fun and relaxing whether you’ve never drawn before or are a seasoned artist. All are welcome!
Donations are welcome to support these events, as well as our work helping artists in crisis.
Materials needed: 5-7 pieces of paper and a pencil. Any pencil is fine or a 6B woodless pencil is recommended, if you like.
Jessica Daryl Winer is a painter inspired by the landscapes, inhabitants, architecture and performing arts of her native New York City. Among her numerous solo exhibitions and public installations, her painting series of Central Park’s Centennial trees led to a partnership with the Central Park Conservancy, teaching popular drawing classes featuring the park. She’s a graduate of Swarthmore College and the National Academy. Her work is in many public and private collections.
Sign up below and a Zoom link will be sent to you on the morning of the 28th. It will also be posted on this page.
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December 10, 2024 Annual Members’ Meeting
Our 2024 Annual Members Meeting took place on December 10, 2024 via Zoom. (Note the many smiling faces.)
In our last fiscal year, we were able to provide 64 working artists with more than $325,000 to help get them through the worst times and back to work.
We thank our members and supporters for helping us fulfill our mission.
October 23, 2024
Our private tour of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts last week was thoroughly enjoyable and informative. We saw the show ‘Aoko-born away from home’ at the EFA Project Space and peaked into the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Shop, seeing some printmaking in action. We later had the pleasure of visiting four artists in the studio program: Amy Hill, Cui Fei, Youngjae Kim, and Liselot Van Der Heijden.
Thank you to Executive Director George Scheer and Program Director Alexandra Unthank for showing us around, and to the artists for welcoming us into their studios.
July 9, 2024
On July 9, 2024, AF President Jessica Daryl Winer led Drawing Central Park, a virtual drawing meet-up, in the spirit of fellowship and peaceful observation. We sketched from images of trees and other elements in Central Park. It was fun and relaxing for all! Watch the video above!
April 5, 2024
On Friday, April 5, at 11 am, we gathered at the New-York Historical Society to see the exhibition “Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School.”
Kay is not only an AF member, but is our 2024 Clinedinst medal awardee. In this exhibition, her work is presented in conversation with highlights from New-York Historical’s collection of 19th-century Hudson River School paintings.
December 12, 2023
Our annual Members Meeting took place at the Salmagundi Club. Thank you to those who attended in person or on Zoom.
