“Abstract Expressionism” and the Art of Sam Feinstein

Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005 7 pm

Lecture and Slide Presentation by Patricia Stark Feinstein.

Patricia Stark Feinstein, painter, teacher of art and art history for over 20 years, and co-teacher for 18 years with her husband Sam Feinstein of art workshops in Toronto, Canada. Currently Director of the Feinstein Project at CCMA, Ms. Stark Feinstein is working toward a retrospective of her late husband’s paintings to be held in 2008.

The paintings of NYC/Cape artist Sam Feinstein are often referred to as abstract expressionist, although Feinstein himself had questions about this terminology. This slide talk will focus on the legacy of the abstract expressionists and their relationship to the art of Sam Feinstein. An open discussion will follow.