ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.ico" > <title>PLG Arts.org</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="plgarts.css" media="screen"/> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @import "plgarts.css"; --> </style> <script type="text/javascript" src="prototype.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="scriptaculous.js?load=effects"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="lightbox.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="lightbox.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> </head> <body> <div id="body"> <div id="pageheading"><h1>&nbsp;</h1></div> <div id="navigation"> <a href="http://www.plgarts.org/" title="Home">home</a> |<a href="about.htm" title="About PLG Arts">about</a> |<a href="eventcalendar.htm" title="Event Calendar">event calendar</a> |<a href="photoalbum.htm" title="Photo Album">photo album</a> |<a href="pressroom.htm" title="Pressroom">pressroom</a> |<a href="volunteer.htm" title="Volunteer">volunteer</a> |<a href="donate.htm" title="Donate">donate</a> |<a href="supporters.htm" title="Supporters">supporters</a> |<a href="contact.htm" title="Contact">contact</a> </div> <div id="copy"> <h1 style="background:url(images/about.jpg) no-repeat; height:60px; border:none;margin-left:70px;">&nbsp;</h1> <h1 class="justforprint">About</h1> <p> Find out more about PLG Arts:<br /> <a href="#missionstatement" title="Mission Statement">Mission Statement</a> |<a href="#benefit" title="How can PLG Arts benefit you?">How can PLG Arts benefit you?</a> |<a href="#bios" title="Board Member Bios">Board Member Bios</a> </p> <a name="missionstatement"></a><h2>Mission Statement</h2> <p><span class="smallcaps">PLG A</span>rts promotes the arts, supports local artists, and builds community through celebrating the vibrant creativity of the residents of Prospect Lefferts Gardens and surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods.</p> <a name="benefit"></a><h2>How can PLG Arts benefit you?</h2> <p> PLG Arts Events enables the members of PLG and the surrounding communities to interact with local artists while at the same time become more familiar with their neighborhood and what it has to offer both culturally and commercially. </p> <h3>ArtMart 11225 and ArtBid 11225</h3> <p> ArtMart 11225 is an annual outdoor arts and crafts market on Lincoln Road sponsored by PLG Arts, PLUS and local vendors. Each artist registers for a space to sell his or her work. </p> <p> ArtBid 11225 is a silent auction event, where works donated by local artists are sold in a silent auction. The artists are able to set reserve and minimum bids, and may opt to receive 25% of the selling price. </p> <h3>PLG Arts Jazz at the Inkwell</h3> <p>PLG Arts Jazz at the Inkwell provides a local performance opportunity for neighborhood musicians and also offers the neighborhood a local venue to hear their musician neighbors perform. It fosters a sense of community as people in the arts--performers and audience--get to know one another, and presents music as an active force for neighborhood spirit. </p> <h3>PLG Arts Summer Theater</h3> <p> The PLG Arts Summer Theater Project is an annual theatrical production performed free to the public in Prospect Park. Accessible to children, families and adults it brings live theater to our community and creates an opportunity for local professional actors, directors and theatrical artists to collaborate and share their work right in the neighborhood. </p> <!-- <h3>PLG Arts Poetry Night</h3> <p> PLG Arts Poetry Night is a free poetry/open-mic night held once a month to give the community a chance to exhibit their poetic streak. Following the open-mic, three poets read their own work to the group; each month features a new set of poets. </p> --> <h3>What's next?</h3> <p> Our next project is to create a business plan, which will make our dream of creating a local neighborhood Arts Center a reality in the near future. With your support, we will work to create this much-needed resource for our artists, our children, ourselves. </p> <p>Download the <a href="documents/PLG Arts Special Programs.pdf">printable version</a>.</p> <a name="bios"></a><h2>Board Member Bios</h2> <h3>Laura Frenzer; President</h3> <div style="float:left; width:100px; margin-left:80px; margin-right:25px; margin-bottom:35px;"> <a href="boardmembers/laurafrenzer.jpg" rel="lightbox[boardmembers]" title="Laura Frenzer"><img src="boardmembers/laurafrenzerSmall.jpg" width="100px" height="100px" alt="Laura Frenzer" align=left class="border"></a> </div> <p>Laura Frenzer, a resident of Prospect Lefferts Gardens, since 2003, has a BFA in Theatre Performance and has worked in many productions in New York and Los Angeles, as well as at the MASZK International Theater Festival in Szeged, Hungary. Laura works as a teaching artist in New York City public schools with Stages of Learning and the American Globe Theatre and is a member of the Chekhov Theatre Ensemble. She has two young children who love living in PLG!</p><br clear="both" /> <h3>Siobhan O'Neill; Vice President / interm treasurer</h3> <div style="float:left; width:100px; margin-left:80px; margin-right:25px; margin-bottom:25px;"> <a href="boardmembers/siobhanoneill.jpg" rel="lightbox[boardmembers]" title="Siobhan O'Neill"><img src="boardmembers/siobhanoneillSmall.jpg" width="100px" height="100px" alt="Siobhan O'Neill" align=left class="border"></a> </div> <p>Siobhan O'Neill is a partner of Ad Astra LIVE a bi-coastal theatrical production company. For over a decade, Siobhan worked as a booking agent and director for two prominent commercial theatrical booking agencies in New York, overseeing national tours of Broadway shows.</p> <p>Recently, Siobhan earned a Professional Certificate in Fundraising at NYU s Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising and sits on the board of three not-for-profit organizations: www.plgarts.org , www.befreeglobal.org and www.kidsneedamelody.org. </p> <p>Siobhan attended Walnut Hill School for Performing Arts in Natick, Ma and then Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH where she studied theatre, history, cello and voice. Siobhan is married to Robert Adler, a school-based social worker. They have two children and have lived in PLG for over nine years.</p> <!-- <h3>Rohana Elias-Reyes</h3> <div style="float:left; width:100px; margin-left:80px; margin-right:25px; margin-right:25px;"> <a href="boardmembers/rohanaeliasreyes.jpg" rel="lightbox[boardmembers]" title="Rohana Elias-Reyes"><img src="boardmembers/rohanaeliasreyesSmall.jpg" width="100px" height="100px" alt="Rohana Elias-Reyes" align=left class="border"></a> </div> <p>Rohana Elias-Reyes is the Administrative Director of The New School's Concerts Department with extensive experience as a theatrical performer, production manager, producer, and director. She is a May 2008 candidate for a M.S. in nonprofit management from the Milano the New School for Management and Urban Policy. Ms. Elias-Reyes holds a BFA in Acting from NYU and is member of Actors Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. She has a preschool age child, and one attending public school.</p><br clear="both" /> --> <h3>Rina Kleege</h3> <div style="float:left; width:100px; margin-left:80px; margin-right:25px; margin-bottom:25px;"> <a href="boardmembers/rinakleege.jpg" rel="lightbox[boardmembers]" title="Rina Kleege"><img src="boardmembers/rinakleegeSmall.jpg" width="100px" height="100px" alt="Rina Kleege" align=left class="border"></a> </div> <p>Rina Kleege is a trained musician and performer and is a Senior Editorial Manager at a New York City medical communications firm. Her previous experience in public relations for films, their producers, and actors also prepared her for her work with the PLG community's performing arts and artists. She holds a Master of Science degree in Publishing.</p><br clear="both" /> <h3>Robert Marvin</h3> <div style="float:left; width:100px; margin-left:80px; margin-right:25px; margin-right:25px;"> <a href="boardmembers/bmarvin.jpg" rel="lightbox[boardmembers]" title="Bob Marvin"><img src="boardmembers/bmarvinSmall.jpg" width="100px" height="100px" alt="Bob Marvin" align=left class="border"></a> </div> <p>Robert Marvin, Fine art photographer, editor of Lefferts Manor Echo and long term member of the Lefferts Manor Assoc. Board, 33-year resident of Prospect Lefferts Gardens, member of the Ft. Greene Photography Organization (FGPO) and the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC).</p><br clear="both" /> <h3>Noel Hefele</h3> <div style="float:left; width:100px; margin-left:80px; margin-right:25px; margin-right:25px;"><a href="boardmembers/noel-hefele.jpg" rel="lightbox[boardmembers]" title="Noel Hefele"><img src="boardmembers/noel-hefele.jpg" width="100px" height="100px" alt="Noel Hefele" align=left class="border"></a></div> <p>Noel is a painter interested in the values on display in the woven fabric of our ever expanding notions of 'landscape.' He believes there is an opportunity in looking closely at the landscape as an environment that we are <em>always in and of.</em> Perhaps in acknowledging this connection and exploring it through art, we can make steps toward a more responsible ecology of place. Noel holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and MA in Arts and Ecology from Dartington College of Arts / University College Falmouth. He moved to PLG in December 2010 and is happy to get involved in the neighborhood.</p> <h3>Brian Fernandes-Halloran</h3> <p>Brian grew up outside of Philadelphia and developed a strong interest in the arts and other cultures. At 18 he went for a year to teach at a teacher training college in rural Mozambique and traveled the country painting murals with students. This life changing experience made him a believer in art?s ability bring people together against all odds. Since returning to the US he received a bachelors degree in fine arts from Boston University. He lived in Brazil for 18 months with his wife Adriana where he painted the homeless and studied at Sao Paulo University. Brian moved to Brooklyn 2 years ago and has produced two interactive exhibitions. Both explored social barriers that minimized meaningful relationships. The exhibition Patrons and Artists explored the boundary between an emerging artist and art patrons. This show was on display at the Frontrunner Gallery in downtown Manhattan and contained a performance by the Brian as an artist in captivity. His following interactive exhibition Between Neighbors was much closer to his heart. The works explored his obscured perspective of his neighbors while expressing a longing for intimacy. The exhibition was made into a pop up show on the block that inspired the works. As a response to the introspective paintings, interactive installations invited neighbors to speak up and have a dialog that grew through the span of the show. The incredible response from the local community filled the pieces with an unexpected level of energy and connectivity.</p> <br clear="both" /> <h2>Advisors to the Board</h2> <h3>Lucien Terras</h3> <p>Lucien Terras is a French citizen resident in NY since '92 and co-founder/owner of D&#146;Amelio Terras gallery in West Chelsea, representing a group of emerging and mid-career artists. Clients of the gallery include MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, the R. Solomon Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum or Art, the Brooklyn Museum and other major institutions in the U.S. Member of the Art Dealer Association of America.</p> </div> <div id="pageending">&nbsp;</div> </div> <div id="footer"> &#169; Copyright 2006 david finkelstein/<a href="http://www.eclipse-designs.com" style="color:#666666;">eclipse-designs</a>. Logo design by shari berman at <a href="http://www.evidencedesign.com" style="color:#666666;">Evidence Design</a>. 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