Link to the Novel
The Moon in the Morning in Amazon:
http://amzn.com/B00ADNPQR6
The Moon in Morning: Paintings by
Rebecca Nebesar
opens at the Sanctuary Art Gallery
Reception
for the artist Saturday
December 1, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Free and
open to the public
The
Sanctuary Art Gallery at the Canaan Congregational Church welcomes the public
to its opening and reception for the artist, Rebecca Nebesar, on Saturday,
December 1 at 2 p.m. Admission is free, and light refreshments will served.
Rebecca
Nebesar has spent her life bringing inspiration to fruition in many ways. In
addition to drawing and painting, she designs jewelry, spins, weaves, knits,
and sews fine clothing and costumes. Nebesar has made costumes for various
theater and dance productions, including for the American Repertory Theater in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and for the Boston Ballet. For several years she
taught art. She has written articles on pattern-making and clothing design
published in Threads Magazine.
For
the past two seasons Nebesar has worked as an interpreter at Hancock Shaker
Village dressed as a Shaker and taking particular delight in sharing the rich
repertoire of Shaker song and sacred dance with national and worldwide
visitors. She holds a bachelor’s degree in design from Cornell University’s
College of Human Ecology and a maste
r’s degree in education
in integrating art in the curriculum from Leslie University. Married for 31 years
and mother of four grown children, she now has time to live her “art dream.”
Nebesar
says, “creativity for me takes many forms, which include raising a family,
gardening with my husband, making music in the community, and serving as a
creative medium to help others.” Her current exhibit, The Moon in the Morning, is a selection of 20 of the 27 original
paintings, which are the illustrations for her new juvenile fiction book, The Moon in the Morning: A Fairytale with a
New Twist. The book is being published through Kindle Direct Publishing and
will be available for download in December 2012.
The
oil and acrylic paintings with vivid colors and textural elements, inspired by
iconic art, stained glass, and mosaic pictorial storytelling, illuminate the
book’s story. Set in the present, this magical realism novel is a coming-of-age
tale in the digital age. The heroine is a 12-year-old girl learning to cope
after her grandmother dies by using the power of creativity in words, stories,
music, and art. An ever-increasing menagerie of new friends, representing
archetypes, ancient mortals, goddesses, and folk and biblical heroines help her
come to terms with the inevitability of death, to understand the meaning of
life, and to develop her own strength as a young woman.
These
20 vibrant and mystical paintings will be in residence at the Sanctuary Art
Gallery from December 1 through January 27. In addition, Nebesar will display
her fine beading work in jewelry that will be available for sale.
The
Gallery is open every Sunday 11:15 to 12:15 and by appointment.
The mission of the Sanctuary Art
Gallery at the Canaan Congregational Church is to showcase the work of local
artists and foster positive relationships in the community. The Canaan
Congregational Church is known as “the little red church,” located at the
corner of State Route 295 and County Route 5 at the blinking light in Canaan,
New York. Sunday services are offered every Sunday at 10 a.m., and all are
welcome. For more information about the Sanctuary Art Gallery or the church,
call 518-781-4775 or email canaancc@fairpoint.net.
