About the Artists
Chris Ann Ambery is a New York based painter, printmaker, and educator who maintains an active studio practice in the Adirondacks as well as in Florida. Chris Ann received an MFA in Printmaking from LIU Post, a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design, and studied with the Passalacqua School of Drawing and Illustration.
Ambery has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad throughout her career including The Heckscher Museum of Art, and accolades for her work include the Women’s Studio Workshop Award from Inspiration Plus Foundation. Her work is held in the collections of Stony Brook University Hospital and Long Island University, as well as in many private collections. Ms. Ambery teaches a variety of Professional Development workshops for art educators through the NYSATA conference and has taught undergraduate and graduate studio and art history courses at various colleges and universities.
Wendy Prellwitz was educated at Rhode Island School of Design and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and splits her time between the North Fork of Long Island and Cambridge, Massachusetts. With deep roots on the North Fork, Wendy’s family goes back 4 generations, when her great grandparents, also artists, built a home and studio on Peconic Bay. Having visited & lived there from childhood summers through the present, Prellwitz’s work reflects a deep connection with the water along with the light that illuminates her historic studio.
Ms. Prellwitz continues her 30+ years exhibiting her works in galleries and museums throughout New England, on Long Island, and beyond and has included exhibitions at The Long Island Museum and Nassau County Museum of Art, as well as Alex Ferrone Gallery and East End Arts, all on Long Island, NY; Alpers Fine Art in Rockport, MA; Art Associations in Cambridge and Concord, MA; as well as Cove St Arts in Portland, ME, among others.
Accolades and awards for her work include a fellowship from the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, a grant from the St. Botolf Club, and the Spirit Award from Maud Morgan Arts commemorating her co-founding of the city-wide Cambridge art center. Her works reside in public collections including the Long Island Museum, the Boston Public Library, and The Ballinglen Archive, as well as in several private collections.
Wendy has taught drawing, painting and printmaking and now hosts workshops at her studio in Peconic, continuing the artistic tradition there. She is also an architect, having worked for 40 years primarily at her architectural practice in Cambridge, MA.
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