The Artists’ Salon, An Evening at The Roger Smith: A Recap
Posted on 12. Nov, 2010 by danikadruttman in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Hotel
By Danika Druttman
Last Friday, friend of The Roger Smith Hotel, Catherine Eaton, hosted an Artist’s Salon. It was an exceptional evening with a thoughtfully curated group of creative minds, gathered in the Penthouse for food and wine tastings, artists’ showcases and colorful conversation.
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Catherine Eaton
Catherine also performed an extract from a piece she is writing and producing, about her great grandmother’s journey from England to Paraguay and eventually on to America. Clearly her life is a truly extraordinary story, and as you hear from the audio, you can literally hear Catherine channeling her great grandmother, it was fantastic! http://www.stirproductions.net/
Jon Ehrenberg
Jon Ehrenberg’s focus is works-on-paper and video installation. On Friday Jon showed a video piece, Inspired by Gogol’s “The Nose”, the short animated film has this dream like quality, contemplative, and really touching. What started with giggles in the beginning with the loss of the nose in the bowl, soon came to an end as the story guided us gently towards a more sophisticated understanding of the work. It would be fair to say, the entire audience was spellbound for the entire 7 minutes. http://www.jonathanehrenberg.com/
Daniel Mowles and Juan Micieli-Martinez (food and wine)
Daniel Mowles, Lily’s Chef De Cuisine at The Roger Smith Hotel was the evening’s featured chef. He created an exquisite tasting menu specifically for the evening, specifically intended to be paired with the expertly selected wines from Martha Clara Vineyard, and introduced by their head winemaker, Juan Micieli-Martinez. http://www.marthaclaravineyards.com/ http://www.rslilys.com/
What we ate:
Black Truffle Celery Root Soup with Jumbo Lump Crab
Roast Golden Beets with Fresh Goats Cheese, Pomegranate Molasses and Micro Greens
Long Island Duck Breast with Braised Red Cabbage, Broccoli Rabe and Orange Essence Demi Glaze
Pistachio Dark Chocolate Gelato with Candy Pumpkin and Gold Leaf
What we drank:
Martha Clara 2009 Chardonnay
Martha Clara 2009 Sauvignon Blanc
Martha Clara 2007 Merlot
Martha Clara 2004 Brut Rose (my favorite)
Felicity Hogan
Felicity Hogan, a Brit with 15 years of New York on her side, is an arts administrator, curator, but was with us at the salon to talk about her work as an artist. She gave insight into the two week residency for New York City art workers she was invited be a part of over the Summer of 2010. As she described her artistic process and the importance of dialogue in and around her work, it was fitting that Felicity also laid out her paintings for us to see as she talked. http://www.felicityhogan.com/
Shiau-uen Ding
We also had a piano performance by Shiau-uen Ding. She is a wonderfully imaginative and physically vivacious performer, she uses more than just the keys, pedals and her fingers to make music…a real treat to watch her at work. http://shiauuending.com/
Peter Cobb
A clip of the performance by the Saxophonist, Peter Cobb. Not only was his performance simply beautiful, (taking place in The Penthouse, it could have come straight out of a movie scene) but the tale of his journey from impressionable child to Attorney in Law to Sax virtuoso, is an excellent one.http://petercobbjazz.blogspot.com/
A full list of the Artists who showed their work at the salon (all NYFA Boot Camp 2010 participants):
Sydnie Mosley (dance/choreography)
Jonathan Ehrenberg (video)
Catherine Eaton (actor/writer)
Daniel Mowles (chef de cuisine, lily’s restaurant)
Peter Cobb (sax)
Felicity Hogan (painter)
Shiau-uen Ding (piano)
Juan Eduardo Micieli-Martinez (head winemaker martha clara vineyards)
Isabel Sadurni (filmmaker/scriptwriter)
Ryan Murdock (slide/soundscape)
Michelle Jaffe (sculpture)
Stefanie Dworkin (photos on exhibit)
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