Art Sunday – Guest Speaker Neil Waldman

A door closes and another opens. When our scheduled speaker for Art Sunday on November 22 had to cancel, artist, author, and teacher Neil Waldman agreed to step in. We are thrilled to invite the community to meet him. Neil grew up in a Bronx surrounded by relatives from the Old Country. He’ll talk about how that influenced his commitment to the arts and share the link between boyhood drawings of his imaginary Secret Kingdom to later years when he lived on a kibbutz in Israel. Working in oils, acrylics, and watercolors, Neil Waldman has developed a distinctive, luminous, expressive style. The New York Times captured some of this spirit, saying that his “highly textured paintings seem to radiate light and atmosphere from within…”
Capital buildings in over a dozen nations display Neil Waldman’s acclaimed paintings and prints, and the official poster for the International Year of Peace, which he created, hangs in the halls of the U. N. General Assembly. A favorite teacher at the Westchester Art Workshop, Neil is also the highly regarded author and illustrator of over 50 children’s books, including The Starry Night, a tribute to Van Gogh, Masada, and The Never-ending Green. In the Summer of 2006, Waldman created the Fred Dolan Art Academy in the Bronx, along with his long-time friend, Marc Broxmeyer. The Academy’s purpose is to provide motivated Bronx teenagers with the skills necessary for developing portfolios for entry into art college. To see his amazing work, visit www. neilwaldman.com.

Neil Waldman’s “Searching for the Secret Kingdom” will be presented at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship during the 9 and 11 a.m. services. For directions to the Fellowship, visit www.uucroton.org.

Please join the Fellowship on Sunday, November 22 in welcoming Neil Waldman.