Ohio Elementary School Honors Artist Jeff Fioravanti for Upcoming School Year

I'm pleased to announce that the Morgan Elementary School in Hamilton, Ohio has honored me as one of six living artists the school will study in their weekly art class for the 2009-2010 school year.

Now one might wonder, how does an artist from Massachusetts become part of an art class at an elementary school in Ohio?

Well, as a visual artist with a web site, I receive a number of queries through my contact page.Now the down side to that is you also get a lot of spam and scams, so you have to be skeptical at times when you open up those queries.

Sometimes though, you get something that is rather unique and special. I’ve gotten contacts from relatives whom I had never met, developed friendships and perhaps the most interesting thus far has been the contact from Ms. Jenna Rahrig, the art teacher at Morgan Elementary.

When I queried Ms. Rahrig back, this is what she had to say:

“This is my 4th year teaching and I decided 3 years ago to name my tables in my class after an artist. I started off using artists such as Picasso, Degas, Pollock etc. But the students always asked me if the artists were still alive and I always had to reply with a no. So last year, I taught my 4th grade class about 6 different Ohio Artists since the students study Ohio History in Social Studies.

This year however I decided to combine my "Happy Birthday to the Artist of the Month" bulletin board with my classroom tables. I was looking on the internet and http://arthistory.about.com/od/artistsbdays/l/bl_feb.htm when I found your name listed. I investigated further and decided that Jeff was the type of artist that I wanted to share with my students.

And so, the artist from Lynn goes to Ohio to be admired, at least for this year, by 350 grade school children. A nice gig if you can get it! I am certainly happy to be a part of their school year! Thanks for the support, and hope to see you on the painting trail/scene soon.

Latest Work

Good Sunday Afternoon,

I do hope this finds you well, and as always send my best. Summer is finally here along with the sun. Of course, that also brings the humidity which is never a favorite of yours truly. However, I still can't complain as I lasted until July 18th before turning on the AC.

Anybody who has ever driven the Northeast coastline and especially along the Coast of Maine, you will often see the little dinghy's and skiffs tied to the dock after a days work awaiting the next day when their owner comes calling to once again venture forth to harvest the sea. The Northeastern United States along the coast also possesses a special light that only serves to add to the romance of these scenes. Belfast, Maine is about an hour to hour and half east of Augusta and maybe 3.5 - 4 hours north of Boston. It's quaint, and relaxing and well worth the trip.

Until next, I remain,

Artistically yours,
Jeff

Latest Paintings

Though I’m not as diligent at this as I should, being better at the visual word than the written word, and for that I apologize, it is not without reason as can be noted by the latest works displayed herein. I’ve also been participating in an exhibit in New York that just closed, was part of the recent LynnArts auction to benefit the arts programs in Lynn, as well as a number of other art related activities.
Though I may be lax on my posts, your continued support is appreciated and I hope our paths will be found together during the upcoming year.
Artistically yours,
Jeff

New Image posted to my web site

For those who couldn't make the demo that I presented on this Saturday past (04/04/09), I thought I would share what I created. The title of this piece is: September Shadows (Saratoga National Park) To see a larger version, visit my web site at www.fioravanti-fineart.com and check out the historical gallery under Saratoga. Click on the thumbnail and there you go!

Saratoga National Battlefield is first and foremost a lovely landscape, with rolling hills, open fields and a view of the Hudson. There are actually two battles that comprise the Battle of Saratoga. The Battle of Freeman's Farm (09/19/1777) and The Battle of Bemis Heights (10/07/1777) Saratoga is key event in the War for Indepedence as it helped to bring France into the war on the side of America.

Pastel Demo by Jeff Fioravanti at Danvers Art Association

Good Day All,

I will be giving a pastel demo on Saturday, April 4, 2009, from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at the Danvers Art Association. The demo is FREE and open to the public. So, if you want to see how I might develop a pastel painting, have questions, or just want to come and say "Hello!" by all means, feel free! Hope to see you there!

Jeff

New Images Added to my Web Site

Nice sunny Saturday here in New England today. Hope you are enjoying the same. Just wanted to share a couple of new images have been added to my web site. The first of Kaaterskill Creek in New York and is in the online gallery of the site. The second is of Saratoga Military Park and is found in the historical landscape gallery.

10th Annual "Pastel 100" Art Competition

I am pleased to announce that my painting “Winter’s Glow (Lynn Woods)” has been selected as part of the Tenth Annual “Pastel 100” art competition sponsored by the Pastel Journal magazine. Consisting of five categories, Landscape/Interiors, Portrait/Figure, Still Life/Floral, Abstract/Non-objective and Animal/Wild Life, with approximately twenty winners per category, the “Pastel 100” is one of the most competitive in the medium, and garners more a thousand entries for consideration and inclusion in the exhibition. Featured in the April 2009, this is the second time my work has been selected as an award winner in the landscape category.