Mitch – –
Good to hear from you. Thanks for the info and for all you do for Salmagundi! I’m doing street art fairs in Kansas City, Des Moines, Chicago and Salina in June so pretty localized there but will otherwise keep you up on things.
Thanks
Rusty Leffel
Mission Hills, KS
PS: Does Salmagundi still have a reciprocal in Chicago? Do they have hotel rooms? Our Chicago show at the end of June is in Grant Park so we’re looking downtown for a place to stay.
Editor: Rusty, please do send us the show information. With SCNY members living and working all throughout the United States, as well as other countries, you might be surprised who stops by your booth to say hello. One intended function of The Salmagundian is to serve is as an extension of the Members Bulletin Board downstairs at the Club. As far as I know our reciprocal with “The Cliff Dwellers” in Chicago is still in place, however, as their name suggests, they occupy the penthouse floor of a 22 story office building so it’s unlikely they offer hotel rooms. Here’s their website: http://www.cliff-chicago.org/
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Hi Mitch, hope you’re well!
Annie Patt suggested I email you and see if it’s not too late to include an announcement for the GCA student exhibit in the Salmagundian newsletter. Several students at the GCA are members of the club.
The show features work by the Water Street Atelier students. The reception is at the Grand Central Academy of Art, 20 W 44th St. The reception will be Friday, May 25th, from 5:30-7:30 PM The work will be on view for the month of June, but because of summer class schedules, we can only have visitors between 1-2 PM and 5:30-6:30 PM Monday – Friday. The Water Street Atelier is a 4 year atelier program designed to offer classical training to serious students.I’m graduating this year and I can’t believe it! I’ve attached one of my student paintings if you need an image.
Emilie Lee
Brooklyn, NY
www.emilielee.com
Editor: Posted! Congratulations on graduating. The Grand Central Academy and Salmagundi are a good match – thanks for promoting us to your fellow students.
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Hi Mitch—-
Congratulations on your new endeavor. It’s very impressive that you’re so astute on the computer—-a new career??? It’s a terrific job !! Well done.
Carole Teller
New York, NY
Editor: Thanks, Carole! Now if I only spent this much time promoting my own musical career ………
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Mitch,
You and the rest of “the team” have done a terrific job with this product. Many thanks for a wonderful enrichment to the world of Salmagundi!! By George, I do believe we’ve made it into the 21st century…look out world here we come.
Mame Green
Long Branch, NJ
Editor: Thanks, Mame! The team has a number of empty seats in the bullpen, if anyone is interested in joining us.
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To whom it may concern,
I just received the email link with our new member’s on line Salmagundi web magazine. I just wanted to take a moment to compliment you on the marvelous job that you all have done with this web issue. I was not aware that we now had such a wonderful internet subscription available! Excellent.
Sincerely Yours,
Elise M. Beattie
Paducah, KY
www.embart.com
Editor: Thank you, Elise.
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FANTASTIC. Looks wonderful!!! Thank you. Am brewing up submissions in my head.
Carolyn Jundzilo
Nahant, MA
Editor: Thank you, Carolyn.
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Hi, Mitch–
A fellow member, Beth Kurtz, alerted me a few weeks back that The Salmagundian was in the offing, and suggested that I contact you. Beth and I have talked several times about how the club can maintain collegiality or even simple contact among members once renovations begin. Certainly The Salmagundian is a great way to do it.
Let me introduce myself. I’ve been an oil painter for several decades. I live and work in Iowa (Des Moines) and teach at Des Moines University, where I chair the Department of Medical Humanities. (I’m also an interventional cardiologist, although I haven’t practiced in nearly a decade, having chosen academic work over clinical practice. My art practice is varied, ranging through portrait commissions to figures to the (very) occasional landscape. I’ve shown nationally and at Salmagundi, and currently show and sell around the Midwest.
Beth and I also discussed the possibility of a Salmagundi online forum, which could allow members of the club to communicate with relative immediacy, get to know one another better, post work in progress or unveil new works, and generally increase interactions among everyone, whether residents of NYC or non-resident members, like me. While I’m not necessarily interested in taking on more work, I’d be willing to assist in setting up a Salmagundians Forum some place. Although I’m not a computer guru I do have several years’ experience running a small, private discussion board of the type that might work for the club.
Now that I’ve browsed a bit, Congratulations. It’s really great. I like everything about it. The layout, images, links, etc. are all a delight. Thanks again, your work is much appreciated.
Gary HoffDes Moines, IA www.heartland-studio.com Editor: Thanks, Gary. Salmagundi already has a substantial presence on Facebook which may or may not include an interactive forum for our members as you suggest. Get in touch with Annie Patt to see what those entities are and whether an additional Facebook “group” (as opposed to “page”) might be the best way to go. ————————————————————————————————————————- Congratulations, Mitch, for such a graphically handsome and professional magazine!!! Jimmy Wright New York, NY www.jimmywrightartist.com Editor: Thank you, Jimmy. We have to thank Thomas Shelford for his technical expertise and graphic skill in setting this weblog up to look and feel like a real print magazine. ————————————————————————————————————————-
Mitch,
this is a great site, so nicely done, wow, best of luck! I’m an artist member and will send information about shows in the near future, just wanted to let you know that I think this is quite terrific.
Best,
Stacey Cushner
Newton, MA
Editor: Thank you, Stacey.
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This is great!
Janet A. Cook,
New York, NY
www.janetAcook.com
Editor: Thank you, Janet.
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Please include the following announcement:
Andrea Placer’s drawings received the 1st Place and Honorable Mention drawing awards at the St. Catherine of Bologna Patron of the Arts Association Exhibition in March. Visit www.andreaplacer.com
Thank you!
Andrea Placer
Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Editor: Andrea, at this point I’m deluged with requests – and therefore limiting promos/announcements to upcoming shows (something I believe provides the most value to our members). If you’re participating in an upcoming show we’d be happy to list it in “Around Town” or “On the Trail”, depending on the location. See “About” in the contents index for requirements.
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FANTASTIC!! Mitch–you’re wonderful.
Claudia Seymour
President, Salmagundi Club
www.claudiaseymour.com
Editor: >>>blushing<<<
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Brian (B.T.) Whitehill
Mitch-
Thanks for the Salmagundi inclusion – my mother truly enjoyed the atmosphere of artistic encouragement whenever she visited the Club. One of her last plein air painting excursions was last July when she at 91 she attended a NYC paint-out. She got herself down to Washington Square and set up her watercolors and was in heaven – a grand piano was being played under the arch, a sand-painter and a graffiti artist were entertaining the crowds, and while capturing the scene with her paints she chatted with and encouraged a young artist new to New York to continue his art.
Brian (B.T.) Whitehill
New York, NY
son of Mary (M.E.) Whitehill
Editor: Thanks for that priceless photo of your mother standing out on the SCNY parlor balcony, Brian. I’ve added it to the memorial about her in our “Hail and Farewell” section.
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The Salmagundian 
Hi Mitch,
Congratulations on your new publication! It looks great!
And thank you for all that you do for the Salmagundi Club and
the greater community!
Best wishes,
Bob Sellar
Dear Mitch – Many thanks for the wonderful job you are doing on theSalmagundian, and for your coverage of our successful panel on “How to Manage Your Art Career”.
I thought the in-depth piece on the history of our buiilding was very interesting – I learned a great deal and found the old photos fascinating – and I finally found out what Salmagundi means!
All the best in you outstanding endeavor. Marian Fay Levitt