Kaleidoscope Experience with Jeff Carpenter & Monique Sarkessian

Showing May 15th - June 8th

Artist Reception - Thurs., May 16th 5:30pm - 8:00pm

(Open to the Public)

Jeff Carpenter

Jeff Carpenter was born in 1953 in Greenville, Delaware. He studied with the painter Tom Bostelle there and then went to the Rhode Island School of Design, where he earned a BFA Film, in 1976. His thesis project, a short animated film called Rapid Eye Movements played the Cannes, Berlin, Telluride and New York film festivals. His first gallery exhibition was in 1974 at the Richard Demarco Gallery in Edinburgh. His work has been shown at P.S.1, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, and the Centre Pompidou.

Monique Sarkessian

Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, Monique Sarkessian earned her bachelor of fine arts degree in painting at Temple University's Tyler School of Art. In continuing studies she has studied 18th Century European furniture painting, art education, and traditional icon painting with a Russian master iconographer. She also keeps her professional skills constantly moving forward by taking workshops with internationally recognized painters Stanley Bielen, Dale O. Roberts, Martin Campos, Jeff Schaller, Jon Redmond, and Moe Brooker. Since 1984, Monique’s work has been shown and honored with awards at numerous exhibitions across the country including two museums.