News & Events
September 2010
.: "LINEAGE" art exhibition presented by the BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition), co-chaired by Zane Treimanis and curated by Anna Annus Hagen with 300 artists. Sept. 25 - Oct. 31, 2010.
ALMA members participating: Laila Bibelnieks, Anna Annus Hagen, Gita Treimanis and Zane Treimanis.
Weekends 1-6PM. Artist's Reception Sept. 25, 1-6PM. Free admission with donations accepted. 499 Van Brunt St. Red Hook, NY 11231.August 2010
.: It's time again for us to come together for our very special weekend of business, spirit, fun and friendship. Our annual Saiets on October 1.2 and 3 promises to be a particularly rich in programming and offerings.
We will start with our business meeting, review where we are as an organization, and have an opportunity to have a dialog with our new officers and formulate our vision for future work. Let's have some new adventures!
Our cultural program this year will feature the renown art critic, Maris Brancis from Latvia as well as Andris Vitolins, a young, energetic faculty member of the Art Academy in Riga, who will talk to us about cutting edge, underground art in Riga. Then, Liga Ejupe from Chicago will give a lecture on her growing collection in Garezers as well as the current traveling exhibition of "Beglu Maksla".
There will be new films by Laila Pakalnite, your presentations and surprises! Our own mini-exhibition has the theme of FOOD, interpreted in the most liberal way. We also want to apply that theme to our HAT PARTY in the evening! So, don't eat your entire lunch - put some of it on your hat.
Do mark your mark your calendars, (Oct. 1, 2,3) get your art piece ready, your hat and notify Dace Marga at dace_marga@merck.com for your reservation. If you can, please bring along an enticing, miraculous object for our fun auction. If you have a presentation you would like to give, please reserve time with Juris Ubans at ubart@maine.edu or by filling out the "Referentu" form you will receive shortly.
Looking forward to seeing there,
Guna and Juris, your co-presidents.
May 2010
.: Vija Celmins: New Paintings, Objects, and Prints. April 29 - June 25, 2010.
Please see slide show.
McKee Gallery, 745 Fifth Ave, New York, New York 10151.
March 2010
.: Gerda Roze has been a member of ALMA for several decades. Over these years,
Ms. Roze has consistently been one of our most productive and innovative members, continuously developing new approaches and new imagery through her paintings and prints. She has enriched our annual meetings presenting her new works and leading dialog about them.
Gerda Roze's April 2010 exhibition will feature non-objective, expressionistic paintings and prints.
Although the compositions are essentially abstract, the paintings are often filled with subtly allusive elements and possess a kind of poetry far beyond formalism. In the new series "HOMAGE TO THE CIRCLE", the artist explores the mystery of the seemingly simple yet complicated shape of the universal circle. By utilizing the circle as the shape of the canvas, the paintings take on a sculptural look that evokes the theme of eternity. The eternal, mysterious shape has no beginning and no end.
We at ALMA, salute our distinguished member, Gerda Roze, as our Featured Artist at this time.
.: Three ALMA artists, Sarma Muizniece, Kika Nigals and Linda Treija had a wonderful opening of their Exhibition at the Latvian Society in Philadelphia. (Picture) Sarma and Linda in the Gallery.
Find out more about the artists:
.: Janis Jakobsons and Zoya Frolova, our guest lecturers in October 2009, Exhibition at Mimi
Fertz Gallery.
Opening Reception on March 4,
from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M.
81 Greene street, NY. NY 212-343-9377.
February 2010
.: Sarma Muizniece, Kika Nigals and Linda Treija will be showing their new work from February 20 - 28, 2010 at the Latvian Society of Philadelphia.
Opening Reception on February 20 at 4:00 P.M.
531 N. 7th Street, Philadrlphia, PA 19123.
Novemeber 2009
.: Gerda Roze Exhibition "Homage to the Circle", November 6 - December 1, 2009, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, 511 W 25th St., NY, NY 10001. Opening reception, Nov.12. 5-7PM.
.: Zane Treimanis will be part of an open studio tour at 456 Argyle Road with Flatbush Artists Studio Tour F.A.S.T. 2009.
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7 & 8 from 11 AM-4 PM, FREE. Come visit and purchase art work from artists in Victorian Flatbush.
For maps and more info go to: www.flatbushartists.org
October 2009
.: Please join us for ALMA's (American Latvian Artists Association) annual meeting "Saiets", which will be held in the Catskills on October 16, 17, and 18. The meeting will start Friday night with presentations by Aivars Zandbergs, Eleanora Sturma and others showing images and films of exhibitions in Latvia. We will also show Laima Zurgina's beautiful new documentary on Marta Skulme and her influence on Latvian art. The cultural program on Saturday, will feature presentations by Juris Ubans on his long career as an artist and art professor and also talks by the distinguished artists, Zoya Frolova and Janis Jakobsons, on the development of their art both here and in Latvia. There will be a two day exhibition of members' work, our traditional "Poets hour", hat party and general frolicking.
.: "SECOND" Philadelphia Art Exhibition of Latvian Artists, October 10-18, 2009 in Society of Free Letts. OPENING RECEPTION OCTOBER 10, 4 P.M. - 6 P.M., supper with artists to follow. Society of Free Letts: 531 N. 7th St., Philadelphia, Pa 19123
August 2009
.: Anna Annus Hagen was curator and exhibit coordinator for "Changing Perspectives 2009", Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, July 11-August 16, 2009, Red Hook, NY (see bwac.org).
July 2009
.: Anna Annus Hagen was curator of "Sightlines #3 A retrospective", June 12- July 12, 2009, at the Clinton Art Gallery in Brooklyn , NY. Zane Treimanis was one of the artists participating in this show.
May 2009
.: Kika Nigals will be displaying at Sugarwood Gallery - Broadway and High St, Farmington, Maine. Opening reception Friday May 1 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM and Saturday May 2 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
.: Maija Miesniece Berzins Retrospective at St. John's Latvian Lutheran Church - 301 S. Newtown Street Road (Route 252) Newtown Square, PA 19073. Opening/reception Saturday May 2, 2009 at 2:00 PM.
March 2009
.: ALMA member, Linda Kalnajs, writes that this past fall, she participated with her "Layered Photographs" in a 6 week group show at BWAC, and then for two
months at the Square One gallery in Doylestown. As of January 1, Linda has been accepted into the Upstairs Gallery, and artists co-op, in Peddler's Village, Lahaska,
PA. Her works will be shown there in March in a theme show, "Master or Impostor", for which Linda has chosen Andy Warhol.
You can visit the gallery at theupstairsgallery.com. Opening/reception Saturday May 2, 2009 at 2:00 PM.