PRINCIPAL ARTIST MEMBERS
John Brown-USA
David Carlson-USA
Richard L. Dana-USA
Ashraf Fouad-Egypt
Mansoora Hassan
  -Pakistan/USA
Judy Jashinsky-USA
Donna Kukama- South Africa
Ivana Panizzi-Brazil
Patricia Secco-Brazil
Ruza Spak-Germany
Betsy Stewart-USA
Andres Tremols-Cuba/USA

ASSOCIATE ARTIST MEMBERS
Neno Belchev-Bulgaria
Y. David Chung
  -USA/Germany/Korea   
Billy Colbert-USA
Sherman Fleming-USA
Abrie Fourie- South Africa
JeanNette Gaussi
  -Germany/Afghanistan
Suguru Hiraide -Japan
Sadik Incesu-Turkey
Maggie Michael -USA
Randall Packer-USA
Jose Ruiz-Peru
Lars Torres-USA

ARTIST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
Turan AksOY-Turkey
Svetozara Alexandrova
  -Bulgaria
Liz Yarosz Ash-USA
B.C. Gilbert-USA
Khaled Hafez-Egypt
Nicholas Hlobo-South Africa
Sharlene Khan -South Africa
Claudette Lopez-Jamaica
Churchill Mandikida
  -South Africa
Hassan Meer-Oman
Nur Muskara-Turkey
Moataz Nasr -Egypt
Shady El Noshokaty -Egypt
Guntac Ozdemir-Turkey
Hossam Sakr-Egypt

Fisherwoman Collecting Seaweed, 2006, oil on linen

JUDY JASHINSKY (USA)

Judy Jashinsky is a painter whose work is inspired by historic events. Themes of her work vary from “Voyage of Rediscovery” (the meeting of the old and new Worlds) to “Artemisia Gentileschi: An Artist’s Life,” the story of the first famous woman painter.

Her intent is to analyze the past to better understand our times, based on her perspective as a 21st century female artist.

“Fisherwomen,” continues her examination with the series concerning the Ama: fisherwomen of Japan and Korea. Always looking for societies where women played an equal or superior role, the fisherwomen became a muse. They harvested the sea under severe conditions off cold and windy northern Pacific islands. They not only provided for their own communities, but also sold the surplus on the mainland to secure other needed supplies.

Currently Jashinsky is working on a project concerning The Cuban Missile Crisis:“13 Days & 13 Nights,” and “The Stations of the Cross,” a commission for Saint Peter’s in Chelsea.

www.jashinsky.com