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 Bright Hill Press & Literary Center Newsletter Volume III, No. 14 July 19, 2012 Dear Friend,           Join us on Saturday for the gathering to honor the life and art of Treadwell artist Barbara Scheck, a friend to many in the community.     See you at Bright Hill!             Bertha Rogers & the Bright Hill Board of Directors: Ernest M. Fishman, Ron Guichard, Karen Detert, Vicki R. Davis, and Susan King.  BHLC Art Auction  Virtual Gallery Bright Hill's Annual Benefit Art Auction Now Online!     Bright Hill's Annual Benefit Art Auction is now online as well as in the Word & Image Gallery at 94 Church Street, Treadwell.      Many artists are featured in the exhibit, among them such WPA-era  artists as Louis Abstract Painting by Ruth Fortel  Ferstadt , Ethel R. Cutler, Rifka Angel, Hugo Gellert, and Stuyvesant Van Veen. Also included are works by Lily Geltman, Rachel Bas-Cohain, HarryShoulberg, Tamara Kerr, J. Schlesinger, Walter Isaacson, Marion Miller, Beckham, Jo Ann Leiser, Elias Newman, Joe Marino, Rae Ferren, Frank Sampson, Keith Davis, Harold Pencil drawing by Ethel R. Cutler  Anton, Martin Friedman, Hy Cohen, Ruth Fortel, Dorie Marder, Golda Lewis; Arnold Gold, Hank Virgona, their paintings, drawings, and prints a gift of the New York Artists' Equity Association. Contemporary, regional artists also Print by Gail Bunting  contributed works to benefit the auction; among them Terry Fox, Brian Fox, Joseph Kurhajec, Gail Bunting, Ernest M. Fishman, Edmund Rinnooy Kan, Dan Welden, Samir Sobhy, Rebecca D. M. Todd, Aimee Lee, Hella Viola, Simone Mattelassi, Doug Jamieson, Dana Matthews, and Encaustic on board by Elias Newman  Bertha Rogers.     If you are wish to bid on the art, you will need to obtain a bidding number from Bright Hill Literary Center; call 607-829-5055 or e-mail word...@stny.rr.com for details. If you already have a bidding number, and you wish to increase your bid, you may e-mail word...@stny.rr.com before 5 pm through July 28. Updated bids will be posted daily by 6 pm.      The final bidding party will be from 3- 5 pm on July 28; free refreshments will be served, and bidding will stop promptly at 5 pm. If you can't come to the party you can e-mail updated bids until 4:45 pm or call in updated bids until 4:55 pm. You may also ask staff to assign a proxy bidder. For more information, call 607-829-5055.    JULY CALENDAR July 7 - 28, The Word & Image Gallery Stagecoach Run Annual Exhibit & Silent Auction culminating in party from 3- 5 pm on July 28 July 26: Word Thursdays, 7 pm Evelyn Duncan, Ithaca Poet Graham Duncan, Ithaca poet July 30 - Aug. 3, Summer Workshops, 9 am - 2:30 pm Bright Hill's Summer Literary Workshops for Kids, Second Session: "The Far East Folktales & Legends" (there are still a few places; click on above for a pdf registration form) July 31 Deadline for Bright Hill's Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition. BH Poetry Chapbook Guidelines In This Issue Bright Hill's Benefit Art Auction July Calendar Gathering at Bright Hill 20th Anniversary Milestones Our Funders & Supporters Gathering at Bright Hill Library to Honor the Life & Art of Treadwell Artist Barbara Scheck    At 3 pm on Saturday, July 21, Bright Hill Literary Center in Treadwell will host a gathering in the BH Library to honor the life and memory of Treadwell artist Barbara Scheck, who Barbara Scheck with two Paper Sculptures died in Maryland on May 6, 2012.  Representative works by Barbara, provided by her brother, Delhi artist Gerald Scheck, will be displayed, and fellow artists and residents will have an opportunity to speak about Barbara, after which there will be a light refreshment dish-or drink-to-pass in the gallery and Bright Hill's Community Garden. Several members of Barbara's family will be at the gathering, as will her beloved dog, Buster, who is now living in Walton.      Barbara Scheck was born in Englewood, NJ, and  December 26, 1943 and died May 6, 2012. She moved to Treadwell from River Edge, New Jersey in 1977, and established her studio in Treadwell. Her medium was handmade paper combined with natural elements to create three-dimensional works of art. She studied interior design at Southwestern College in San Diego, but changed her media to drawing, painting, and fabric sculpture before learning the art of papermaking. She also studied with Catskills region artists Frank Eckmair and Phil Young; and nationallyn-known artists Judy Chicago, Elaine Koretsky, Joe Wilfer, and Helen Frederick.     In 1983 Barbara attended the International Paper Conference in Kyoto, Japan and also studied with two Japanese masters of papermaking, Asao Shimura and Chi Kikuchi. Her work has been shown in San Diego, CA; Lenox and Boston, MA; Annapolis and Baltimore, MD; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX; Duran, Germany; Kyoto, Japan; and throughout New York. Her work is also in many corporate and private collections throughout the U.S. and internationally. During her career, she taught papermaking privately and in schools and lectured about and demonstrated her craft in museums and on television.     Barbara was eloquent about her art, saying, "The ritual of making paper, coloring pulp or not, adding other materials, manipulating pulp, imbedding images or objects alloss infinite possibilities of expression. My art consists of finished works made one sheet at a time in the traditional manner, and different shapes that are often multi-dimensional and can be highly textured." From natural cycles to circles to the natural world itself, the unifying theme in her work was nature. She was versatile, using her experiences, especially her travels, in her work; her most memorable journey was a road trip with 94-year-old Treadwell resident Dot Millard in 1987;  the trip resulted in a video produced by Scheck, called "'Road' Is My Middle Name."     In the 1990s Barbara began a second career as a Reiki therapist and Swedish accupressure masseuse; she was a first and second master in Reiki and later studied accupressure in Ithaca.       Bright Hill Literary Center is located at 94 Church Street, Treadwell, NY, one block north of Barlow's General Store on Route 14. For more information, contact BHLC at 607-829-5055 or by e-mail at word...@stny.rr.com .                  Bright Hill's 20th Anniversary Milestones For 20 years, we've brought writers to our mountains, and we've featured regional writers during our Word Thursdays readings; in fact, we've presented well over a thousand poets, writers, playwrights, performance artists, and storytellers. For a look at the complete list, by year and in order of appearance, click here: Complete List of Word Thursdays Features since 1992       We've also hosted many exhibits, first at the barn at Bright Hill Farm and, since 2002, in the Word & Image Gallery. For a list of the artists and exhibits since 2002, click here.       We've published many fine poetry collections, along with anthologies.To see *and purchase!) the complete titles, click here.   OUR HISTORY, OUR FUNDERS & SUPPORTERS   Bright Hill's 2012, 20th anniversary programs are made possible by grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; the Otis A. Thompson Foundation; the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation; the a. C. Molinari Foundation; Tianaderrah Foundation; Stewart's Shops; the Delaware Youth Bureau, through the auspices of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Stewart's Shops; and by the support of Bright Hill's members and friends.       Bright Hill was founded in 1992 by Bertha Rogers and Ernest M. Fishman. We began with the reading series, Word Thursdays, in our home, where the organization continued to grow until 2002, when we moved to 94 Church Street in Treadwell. Bright hill is dedicated to literature in its many forms.     You can be part of the Bright Hill Family, too! Contributions are always welcome and may be made by going to http://www.brighthillpress.org and clicking on  the PayPal donation button, or by sending your check to Bright Hill Literary Center, PO Box 193, Treadwell, NY 13846. Questions: Call 607-829-5055.

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