Framingham Artists' Guild

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PHOTO GALLERIES
Galleries I & II - Russian artists in USA
Galleries III & IV - American artists in Russia

Gallery I

1995  The Russian Artists Visit Framingham, Mass., USA

          
  (01) Welcome to the US! At Logan                        (02) Getting their Paintings Framed

         
       (03) Shopping for art supplies                                          (04) At Premier Image Gallery             

      
             (05) An evening with the Capitanio's             (06) An evening with the Rogaishio's                 

                   
     (07) An evening with the Hugenberger's                                   (08) Visiting the schools.           

(01) Guild artists Edward Rogaishio, William Dyan, Julia Olander and Joan Hugenberger, with balloons & flowers, greet the Russian artists at their arrival at Logan. In photo: Joan Hugenberger, Victor Petrov-Grinev, President of "Kolorit", the Russian art group, Vladimir Slepukhin & Anatoli Petrov.

(02) The Russian paintings were re-stretched and framed at the Frame King shop. This painting was displayed for a News photographer. In the photo with one of Victor's paintings: Vladimir Slepukhin, Anatoli Petrov, Victor Petrov-Grinev & Julia Olander, Curator for the Guild.

(03) The artists were brought to Charette art supply company in Woburn. Charette was a contributor to the Art Cultural Exchange Program. The Russian artists had been scheduled to give a demonstration at the store but there was a time conflict and it did not happen. The artists enjoyed shopping in a US art store for there were many items of interest.

(04) The Premier Image Gallery in Ashland was one of the many places visited. In Photo: Vladimir Slepukhin, Don Gordon Proprietor, Victor Petrov-Grinev, Anatoli Petrov & Edward Rogaishio, Vice-president of the Guild. The Guild paintings were framed here.

(05) Each evening the Russian guests were treated to dinner at a different Guild member's home. Pictured above are Fabiana Capitanio, Francis Capitanio, Cecilia Capitanio, Frank Capitanio, Julia Olander, Victor Petrov-Grinev, Vladimir Slepukhin, Anatoli Petrov, Nina Jordan, John Jordan; Edward Rogaishio took the photo.

(06) At each dinner visit, it was customary for small gifts to be exchanged. Here Edward Rogaishio is wearing a Russian shirt presented to him by Anatoli. It was made by his wife Lydia. Pictured are Edward Rogaishio, Victor Petrov-Grinev, Anatoli Petrov, Eleanor Rogaishio, Vladimir Slepukhin.

(07) Pictured are Janet Hugenberger and Vladimir Slepukhin. Vladimir was so taken with this painting of hers that he wished to be photographed with it. Janet had a room full of paintings to show. She has won well over a hundred awards. Also present were Mr. Hugenberger, Joan Hugenberger, Norman Feather who entertained on the piano, Edward Rogaishio, Victor Petrov-Grinev, Anatoli Petrov.

(08) The artists visited a number of schools and both chatted with the students and examined the children's work in the various arts. William Dyan, pictured upper left, set up the schedule with the schools. The artists are seated near the top.

HISTORY

After the Guild joined hands, so to speak, with FLAME, (Framingham Lomonosov Association for Mutual Exchange) Framingham's sister city organization, in 1994, the Guild became international friends with the artists of Lomonosov, Russia, Framingham's sister city. This friendship began with an exchange of mail and e-mail between the two art organizations. The Russian group, Kolorit, among other things, proposed an art cultural exchange.

The Guild rose to the challenge of making this exchange work. Since the economic status of the Russians was very poor, the burden of costs fell to the Guild. With a grant from the Framingham Cultural Council and a great deal of fund-raising, three Russian artists, Victor Petrov-Grinev, President, Vladimir Slepukhin and Anatoli Petrov, along with thirty of their paintings, were brought to Framingham for two weeks in the summer of 1995. They stayed with host families here and were treated to tours of places of cultural and artistic interest. Their paintings, along with thirty paintings from individual artists of the Guild, were shown for months in many local sites including
 Boston City Hall.

In the summer of 1996, twelve Guild artists and friends, along with their paintings, went to Lomonosov for two weeks during the time of the 'White Nights'. As did the Russians when in the United States, the Americans in Lomonosov lived in the homes of host families where they were received and treated as the most loved of relatives. 

Along with Russian artists' artworks, the Guild members' paintings were exhibited in the Japanese Pavilion of Prince Menchikov's  palace in Lomonosov. A grand reception was held on the premises and the Guild members were highly honored. The members' remaining time was spent visiting the historic and cultural areas of Lomonosov, St. Petersburg, the Hermitage and Peter the Great's palace.
It was an extraordinary visit for both art groups.

            GALLERY II       
GALLERY III
GALLERY IV
 

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