The Villadom Times Weekly Newspaper Online-Oct 20, 2010 Issue

Area October 20, 2010 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 9 The Valley Hospital Art Gallery, 223 Van Dien Avenue in Ridgewood, will feature the oil paintings of Kay Daniels and the watercolors of Gloria Donoghue this month. The Valley Hospital Art Gallery is located in the corridor leading to the Kurth Cottage Café and Gift Shop, where the artists’ work can be seen seven days a week. A portion of the sale of all artwork benefits the hospital’s Nursing Scholarship Program. Daniels studied art at Bergen Community College in Paramus. With special inspiration from teachers Bernice Liebowitz and Mona Brody, she honed her emphasis on form and color. She experimented with watercolor, pastel, and acrylic, but found her great love was oil. Her work has varied from abstract to traditional, from the human figure to landscape. Her work has been described as full of color and light. She draws inspiration from her love of nature, people watching, and her travels. Daniels is an active supporter of the Fort Lee Artists Guild. She has won prestigious awards at exhibitions and has exhibited with the Fort Lee Artists Guild, the Fort Lee Museum, the Fort Lee Public Library, Cresskill Library, Gallery features works by Daniels and Donoghue the Suhae Gallery, the American Sephardic Federation, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations of New York, and many other art groups in New York and New Jersey. Her artwork is in many private collections. “I approach each painting, whether a portrait, a landscape, flowers or abstract with a need for expression, and I pursue it with everything I have learned in color and construction. I experiment with unusual materials, and have worked extensively with acrylics, pastels, and multimedia constructions, as well as oils. My art allows me to connect my inner being and essence with life around me,” Daniels said. A native New Yorker, Gloria Donoghue’s watercolors capture the spirit and convey the mood of her native surroundings and the many European countries she has (continued on page 11) Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative, Inc. will celebrate its first anniversary on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. at the Stony Hill Inn, Hackensack. Senator Loretta Weinberg, chair of the New Jersey Senate Committee on Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens will be honorary chair of the event, dubbed “Celebrating the Culture of Caring: Reception and Buffet Supper.” Event Chairs are Pamela T. Miller, vice president, sustainability and com- BVMI to celebrate ﬁrst anniversary munity investment, Medco Health Services, Inc. and executive director, the Medco Foundation; and Joseph Rutch, administrator of the Borough of Cliffside Park. “We are extremely pleased to have three Bergen County leaders of distinction headline our event,” stated Norma S. Gindes, MSW, executive director, BVMI. “Individually (continued on page 10) Clean out your garage and trade in any adult bicycle in any condition for $25 off a new adult bicycle, one per customer. 396 Franklin Ave Wyckoff, NJ 201-891-5500 $25 Trade In Special Academic Excellence Program for K -12 MATH • READING • WRITING Test Prep: SAT I / II Bergen County Academies Across from Aldo’s Restaurant Wyckoff Cycle LLC ���������� ���� ���������� ���� Second Hand Treasures JEI Learning Center of Waldwick (Michael Academy) �� Bikes for the Whole Family and the Pros �� WE REPAIR ALL BICYCLE BRANDS 4 North St. Suite 500 • Waldwick, NJ 07463 201.493.9982 �� 9-29-10 mike/janine �� The Mahwah Regional Chamber Connection �� JEIAcademy2x2(9-29-10) 2 x 2” Rev1 7-21-10 janine\ SecondHandTreasures2x2(7-21-10) 2 x 2” �� YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSPAPER The Villadom TIMES is your community newspaper, delivered by US mail to all of the homes and businesses in the following Bergen County towns, with a total circulation of 56,300: ZONE 1 - Wyckoff, Midland Park, Franklin Lakes ZONE 2 - Ridgewood, Glen Rock ZONE 3 - Waldwick, Ho-Ho-Kus, Allendale, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River ZONE 4 - Mahwah, Ramsey