LINDA VONDERSCHMIDT-LaSTELLA

FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS ____________ LINDA TOBOROWSKY ~ Host ~ Writer ____________ ROY M. STEINBERG~ Artist/ Gallery _____________ KATHRYN JOHNSON GLASER~ Educator ~ Docent ~ Co-Host _____________ KENNETH HARI ~ International Portraitist _____________ DR. HADASSAH GUTTMANN Pianist ~ Educator ___________ Photos Page 1 - 2006 -2007 (1) ___________________ Photos Page 2 - 2006 -2007 (2)_____________ Andy Rothstein Guitarist ~ Songwriter ~ Composer ____________ EAST BRUNSWICK LIBRARY - A 21st Century Community Center ____________ LARRY GROCE - Singer ~ Composer ~ Executive Director of FESTIVALL~ 'When A City Becomes A Work of Art' ____________ ROBERT CUCCIOLI Actor ` Singer ` Director Stage & Television ___________ PHIL PEPE Sports Writer ~ Author _____________ Gary Cohen Producing Director MIDDLESEX COUNTY'S Plays-In-The-Park ______________ MARVIN CHEITEN, Ph.D Playwright ~ Director _____________ Katelyn Dawn - Composer - Singer - Musician ___________ GRANT COOPER ~ Conductor - WVa Symphony ___________ HEALING THROUGH CREATIVITY _____________ THE REDDING BROTHERS ~ Musicians ~ Composers _____________ GARY JAMES Poet - Author - Speaker ___________ POETS WEDNESDAY Edie Eustice ~ Deborah LaVeglia ____________ BARRON ARTS CENTER --CYNTHIA KNIGHT Director ______________ RUTH KIRK - Author Childrens' Books ____________ BLENKO GLASS COMPANY ___________ Dr. MARTIN HALPERN Playwright ~ Poet ~ Composer ~ Educator ___________ LEO KRAFT Composer ~ Theorist ~ Pedagogue ____________ Bobby Gonzalez Storyteller ____________ Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission ___________ ANGELO ORLANDO, Jr. Edison Art Society ______________ MARK TRAUTMAN ~ Conductor ~ New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra _____________ Dr. JOHN SEMMLOW ~ President - NBCO ___________ THORNEY LIEBERMAN~ Photographer ___________ BARBARA GOOD - Pianist~ Soloist MyLifeTime Book ____________ ZITA GEOFFROY HEINZ ~ Actor _____________ AILA ACCAD Speaker ~ Author _____________ BRUCE K. HALEY, Jr --Photographer _______________ CINDY BOGGS- Author - Instructor - Speaker ____________ JULIA SADD Journalist - Lyricist - Author ____________ DEBBIE HILL - Photojournalist ____________ NOELLE COMPINSKY TINTURIN~ Pianist ____________ REBECCA SCOTT - Conductor- Cantabile Chamber Chorale ______________ STEPHEN H. FOREMAN - Screenwriter- Author ___________ DR. BERNARD ROSE ` Musician - Educator _____________ DR. ANITA O. SOLOMON Clinical Psychologist ~ Musician _____________ LARRY McCULLOUGH, Ph.D. Playwright ` Musician ~ Educator ______________ EVA ETZIONI-HALEVY, Ph.D. Biblical Novelist _____________ LIKE-MINDED ENTERTAINMENT~ Film Makers ______________ A Tribute to MARCEL MARCEAU _____________ ROIA RAFIEYAN~ Singer ~ Musician ~ Composer ~ Music Therapist ______________ DR. THEODORE K. SCHLOSBERG ~ NJ Workshop on the Arts ______________ The VILLAGER'S THEATRE _____________ RUSS McCUBBIN ACTOR - STUNTMAN ______________ BOB YUROCHKO~ Musician ~ Author ~ Artist ______________ NINA HAND - Performer - Executive Director _____________ LINDA VONDERSCHMIDT-LaSTELLA _____________ A TRIBUTE to the BEATLES _____________

Linda Vonderschmidt-LaStella, Director of the Gallery of the Edison Art Society, is the recipient of numerous grants and awards for her work with the arts and in the field of education. In 1993, the native Baltimorean and her husband Nino Pasqual LaStella established EARTHSONGS, which is a fine art ceramic studio in the heart of  Metuchen, New Jersey.

The couple wanted to create a working studio as well as an oasis of peace and tranquility in the midst of the frenzied Central Jersey life.  And so they painted their 80 year-old house and garage in distinctive colors, then designed the gardens and a pond around for aesthetic beauty for visitors to enjoy they approach the studio.

Earthsongs is a fine art ceramic studio, producing custom ceramic installations, specializing in wall works: one-of-a-kind tiles, wall sculptures and permanent murals. It is open to the public for browsing, as well as a place where Linda, the ceramist of the pair, gives classes and workshops.

WEBSITE:   www.ClaySongs.com

 

 

 GALLERY of the EDISON ARTS SOCIETY

The Gallery of the Edison Arts Society is a joint venture between the eight-year old Edison Arts Society and its corporate partner, the Sheraton Edison Hotel at Raritan Center.

With its first opening on November 24, 2001, the Gallery found its home on 50 feet of wall space in the well-traveled, beautifully maintained lobby of the Hotel, near the café. The Hotel sponsors Gallery openings with a lavish reception buffet, along with live entertainment provided by EAS. This opening was attended by more than 200 artists and art supporters.

Exhibits hang in this venue for five-months and are viewed by multitudes of out-of-town visitors as well as locals who frequent the Hotel for meetings, galas, lunches or dinners.

Using the phrase Art Without Borders evoked in us a sense of openness and welcome to the world. It appealed to our desire to reach out and embrace global society. We even hoped that the phrase would create an immediate allusion to the international organization Doctors Without Borders and their work of courageous healing. We now invite you, the artists of New Jersey, to consider your own work in this regard and submit what you believe will make a significant contribution to this exhibit.

More Details on Edison Art Society Website:

www.EdisonArts.org

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