Mention: "WOW! The level of detail achieved here is something to put on pedestal and marvel at. Eric Standley has created some amazing works of art using paper and a lazer cutter and for that I take my hat off. I would love to take a section of wall out and put this in my hall..."—DesignEat
We Tried The Models's Favorite On-The-Go Diet: Sakara Life —Modelinia →
Mention: "Sakara Life — you’ve likely seen the name popping up on your Instagram feed and for good reason! The GOOP-endorsed organic, vegetarian food delivery service is not only one of the country’s top-rated food delivery programs, but also the healthy obsession of such beautiful women as Lily Aldridge, Karolina Kurkova, Iman, Erin Heatherton, and Alyssa Miller. Founded in 2011 by Danielle Duboise and Whitney Tingle — both former models and Wall Street execs — Sakara, offers fresh, delivered-to-your-door meals that boast a variety of star-quality superfoods, such as chia seeds, matcha and spirulina, for optimal beauty and health..."—Modelinia
McCall Vineyard Hosts Dan’s Harvest East End - Dan's Papers →
Mention: "It’s August. Take a moment to banish those images of pop-up stores, traffic jams and Kardashian sightings from your brain, and turn your attention to that glory of glories—the Long Island vineyard. North Fork or South, we’re blessed with many, including Cutchogue’s McCall Vineyard and Ranch, voted 2013 Vineyard of the Year at last August’s New York Food and Wine Classic, the Oscars of the wine world. Later this month, McCall will host the annual Dan’s Harvest End End, an edible and drinkable celebration of Long Island Wine Country, organized by the Long Island Wine Council and Dan’s Papers. The event benefits the Peconic Land Trust and the Long Island Farm Bureau Promotion & Education Foundation..."—by Judy S. Klinghoffer
Photo credit: Kelly Laffey
Prized Object Assortment From Daniel Moyer And WorkOf | Daily Interior Architecture Design →
Mention: "Daniel Moyer has joined forces with new brand, WorkOf, to create prizedobject[dot]platform. With each other, they designed this modern day take on ancient display pieces that were after made as valuable objects themselves."
Daniel Moyer was featured on The Nice Niche in February 2014...
Rail Yard Studios | Tableaux Magazine →
Mention: "TableauxMAGAZINE.com visits the Rail Yard Studios booth at AIA 2014."—By Gerilyn Hayes
Rail Yard Studios was featured on The Nice Niche in February 2013...
Pear Tree Preserves now live on Artizone! | Artizone Blog →
Mention: "Jams go well with just about anything, so we’re excited to welcome Pear Tree Preserves to Artizone!
Thirteen years ago, Owner and Jam Maker Susie Kirkwood moved to the Midwest from Florida. “I was excited by all the midwestern orchards and farms. We did a lot of U-pick and I decided to start making jam with the extra fruit,” she said. “My grandmother was a great preserver…I grew up on her homemade jam and loved the idea of making my own. I started to give it away as gifts, and I loved making my own labels…it just grew from there.”—by Artizone
Pear Tree Preserves was featured on The Nice Niche in August 2013...
Sarah Lutz - Artscope, New England's Art and Culture Magazine - Art in New England and the Nation →
Mention: "Jean-George Vongerichten, a New York celebrity restaurateur, describes “amuse-bouche” as the “best way for a great chef to express his or her big ideas in little bites.” It is a fitting thematic for the work of two remarkably talented painters — Richard Baker and Sarah Lutz — in their collaborative site-specific show this August in The Gallery at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill."—Laura Shabott
Jessica Burko - New group helps artists brush up biz skills | Boston Herald →
Mention: "A new hub for artists trying to mix their creativity with business savvy is holding its annual Marketplace tomorrow in Somerville.
Jessica Burko, a mixed-media artist, photographer and founder and director of Boston Handmade, is holding the event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow in Union Square.
“Our group exists to support creative entrepreneurs in their microbusinesses,” said Burko, 40, of Roslindale. “When you go to art school, you don’t necessarily get any business training. So our group is all about filling that gap.”
Boston Handmade also offers workshops on topics such as how to use social media to market your business..."—by: Marie Szaniszlo
ARTIST: Jessica Burko, the founder of Boston Handmade, holds up a painting in her South End studio. Photo by: Jim Mahoney
Jessica Burko was featured on The Nice Niche in September 2013...
Peter Roux - Southern Living Magazine
Mention: "I recently started collecting the works by Rhode Island artist Peter Roux. I've always longed for the beauty and stillness of his trees and landscapes."
Peter Roux was featured on The Nice Niche in January 2013...
http://www.theniceniche.com/this-week/peter-roux-artist
He was interviewed in December 2013 as well: http://www.theniceniche.com/interviews/peter-roux
Brian Walters - New Haven Living →
Mention: "To witness an artist perfecting his craft reveals the power to capture the zeitgeist. That's the experience when watching the sculptural creations of Brian Walters.
Walters’ lack of pretension is refreshing. The 35-year-old Walters grew up in a clapboard farmhouse in Bethel that his family built in 1907. After years of suburban encroachment, the original 75-acre farm now comprises but 6 acres.
Scattered throughout this land are assemblages and arrays of bolts, wrenches, railroad ties, bits of wire, assorted tools of unknown function, awaiting some higher use. When wound around a backbone of artful shapes, the scraps begin to communicate a plaintive soulfulness...."
Brian Walters was featured on The Nice Niche in June 2014...
Susan Levin's Art Dream Comes To Life - Fine Art Magazine →
Mention: "Susan Levin’s Abstract Expressionist paintings dance before your eyes in vibrant color and playful movement, complementing each other and everything around them. Inspired by her natural love for life, Levin’s paintings resonate with humor, authenticity and fun, not to mention the love and passion each image portrays for the subject, image or experience she so freely and readily expresses through her work. Equally inspiring are the stories she tells behind each title, giving that much more insight into the influences behind each image. Levin dabbled in art throughout her childhood, taking classes in painting, wood working and pottery. But it wasn’t until 2005 that an epiphany hit her through the form of a dream."—By Lisa Freedman
Rooftops
Susan Levin was featured on The Nice Niche in February 2014...
Covet: Wild Chairy's Amazing Custom Chairs | Shoppist →
Mention: "Though summer’s best seats are arguably those that can be pulled up to the ocean’s edge, the pieces coming out of Andrea Mihalik’s Port Richmond studio are just as inviting. The award-winning former Daily News photojournalist scours auctions, estate sales and the occasional roadside for interesting chairs, then transforms them with paint, riotous fabric combinations, old-world upholstery techniques (all have horsehair, not foam stuffing) and a hefty dose of irreverence. Her chairs, each custom and commissioned through her company, Wild Chairy, tiptoe the line between art and function, giving more staid seats throne-like aspirations."—By Emily Goulet
South Fork & Spoon - Which Catering Company Should Plan Your Next Party? →
Mention: "Lexi Stolz is not just someone you want organizing your dinner party—you want her at your party. The bubbly entrepreneur, who has been weekending on the East End for years, is a delectable database of the best the Hamptons has to offer. Now, as founder of the new culinary concierge company South Fork and Spoon, she is using that knowledge to help other weekenders maximize their summers by taking over their party-planning needs..."—By Matthew Wexler
9 in art: Rosalind Brenner | Long Island Pulse Magazine - Covering Long Island's lifestyles, arts, fashion, business, nightlife and entertainment →
Mention: "The tricky thing about those working in collage is it’s about the process. With Rosalind Brenner, it’s exorcising an outpouring of expression, influences, memories, results and impact. The compositions are not attempts to reconstruct memories, they’re entry points. “What’s inputted reality and what’s real? …Maybe that’s what’s happening for me when I’m working. I become very connected with flow. It’s not something that I’m planning, but I’ll see something emerging… and then I enhance them.” Each piece is an exploration and each stroke is a reaction to the things being explored. Her memories are fingerprints on her consciousness and those inform where each work goes...."—Nada Marjanovich
photo by deborah feingold
Rosalind Brenner was featured on The Nice Niche in January 2013...
Melinda Laszczynski, New Work
Featured December 2013
http://www.theniceniche.com/this-week/melinda-laszczynski-artist
5 Questions with… Brewster McCall, McCall Wines | New York Cork Report →
Mention: "One could say Brewster McCall, of McCall Wines in Cutchhogue, was born into the food and wine industry. His father, Russell McCall founded a small cheese shop in Atlanta in the 1960′s that he grew into a successful gourmet food distribution and importation business as well as a sister import and distribution company for wine. Growing up in Atlanta, Brewster would often go to work with his father to help out, establishing a work ethic that quickly evolved into a number of summer jobs in restaurants and catering..."—by Kevin Welch
Dennis Leri - Dodds & Eder Hosting Hamptons Home Outdoor Sculpture Garden Opening | The Arts | In the Galleries →
Mention: "Artist Dennis Leri also shared his feelings toward his recent work, saying, "My sculpture reflects the intense relationship between myself and the material and is a statement of my identity."— Elsie Boskamp eboskamp@hamptons.com
South Fork & Spoon Offer Carefully Curated Gourmet Baskets In The Hamptons | Lifestyle | Shopping →
Mention: "After an exhausting day at work or after sitting in traffic on the LIE during the Hampton Jitney trip out to the Hamptons, what if you could come home to a carefully curated refrigerator filled with all the essentials? NYC restaurateur and wedding planner, Lexi Stolz, founded South Fork & Spoon, a new weekend preparation and food concierge service in the Hamptons that deliver gourmet, farm-to-table food, drinks baskets, and other goodies right to your front door each weekend..."—Nicole Barylski nbarylski@hamptons.com
South Fork & Spoon was featured on The Nice Niche in May 2014...
Meet Springs Artist Abby Abrams - Dan's Papers →
Mention: "
Abby Abrams isn’t just “talented,” a friend of the artist declares with some heat, “she’s gifted!”
But the friend concedes that the Springs painter/sculptor is not widely known, despite numerous shows on the East End. Regardless, Abrams continues to work in her studio, for love, not money. Her résumé testifies to a flourishing career working in many media—oil, watercolor, acrylic, leather, metal, wood, stone, ceramic, bronze, pen and ink. She’s done illustrations for CBS Records, Doubleday Books, record sleeves, and painted names and signs on boats in the Caribbean and on Long Island. Locally, she’s been included in and has curated juried exhibitions and invitationals and has also taught at The Art Barge in Amagansett. Lately, however, she’s been quietly painting flowers and scenes from diaries she’s been keeping and sketching in for years, using pen and ink and Magic Marker...."—June 14, 2014 by Joan Baum
"My Monster" by Abby Abrams
Abby Abrams was featured on The Nice Niche in March 2014...
South Fork & Spoon - 3 healthy summer picnics you don't have to pack | Well+Good NYC →
Mention: "The former co-owner of Soho’s popular (but now shuttered) The Dalloway, Lexi Stolz is now delivering high-end local food to Hamptons goers with South Fork & Spoon. The company makes lots of meal packages for those who want to maximize beach (not kitchen) time, like ready-to-grill dinners, DIY cocktail parties—and three different sand-ready picnic baskets with foods sourced from local spots like Pike Farm Stand, Round Swamp Farm, and The Seafood Shop. The picnics do include a fair amount of bread and cheese. (And check out that pie!) But if you’re looking for something lighter, vegetarian, or gluten-free, say, they encourage you to customize." —Lisa Elaine Held
South Fork & Spoon was featured on The Nice Niche in May 2014...