Events
Buy What You Love Benefit
Franki DeSaro will be exhibiting 7 works on paper at BWYL.
Buy What You Love- Rema Hort Mann Foundation
Join us for an extraordinary evening of art at our annual auction, featuring over 250 original works on paper, each measuring 8.5 x 11 inches. This event’s unique aspect lies in its reverse-auction format: as the evening progresses, the price of each artwork drops, providing an exciting opportunity for collectors and art enthusiasts alike.
The artworks will be exhibited anonymously, inviting viewers to buy what they love based solely on the merits of the artwork itself. Upon purchase, the artist’s name will be revealed, and their contact information will be provided to the buyer, fostering direct connections between artists and collectors.
The auction will unfold in three stages:
From 7:00 to 7:45 pm, each artwork will be available for $500.
From 7:50 to 8:30 pm, the price will drop to $250 per artwork.
From 8:30 pm to 9.15 pm, artworks will be priced at $125 each.
ENVIRONMENT
We are constantly influenced by our surroundings on a conscious and unconscious level. Our interactions and perceptions are shaped by our environment in various ways, affecting us energetically, physically, and mentally. We have the ability to create the environment in which we want to inhabit or inhibit. There is an idea that we can alter the conditions in which we operate and how we live, whether for better or for the worse. MK Apothecary presents E N V I R O N M E N T, an art show of idyllic interpretations and possibilities of our environment. The artists featured have found a way to utilize their surroundings, found materials and ideas of the world around them and the world in which they envision into artistic reality. Their work is a visual environmental circumstance filled with levels of curiosity, textures and shapes. Featuring artists: Franki DeSaro, Martin Dull, Kirkland Bray and Ji Young Yoon.
14C Art Fair
Franki DeSaro will be exhibiting in the A-28 Booth at 14C Art Fair October 2023.
Art Fair 14C annually provides a showcase for hundreds of artists from New Jersey, New York and around the world, giving area art lovers exposure to a wide variety of visual arts, of all kinds and for all budgets.
14C Art Fair VIP Preview
Art Fair 14C annually provides a showcase for hundreds of artists from New Jersey, New York and around the world, giving area art lovers exposure to a wide variety of visual arts, of all kinds and for all budgets.
Navigating the Night: Artist Talk
Caba Creatives Gallery invites you to an Artist Talk with Franki DeSaro and Caba Creatives Gallery owner. Jhailyn will be interviewing the artist to learn more about her creative process and the messaging behind her work. Additionally, we will engage viewers in a time of Q&A with the artist.
Bites + sips will be provided.
Free and open to the public. Please RSVP in advance.
Navigating the Night: Opening Reception
Caba Creatives Gallery presents the opening reception of Navigating the Night a solo exhibit by artist Franki DeSaro.
Opening weekend hours:
Saturday, April 15, 6-9 pm
Sunday, April 16, 12-5pm
Artist talk: Saturday, April 29 6-7:30pm
The show will be on exhibit until May 12th, with closing reception to follow.
Navigating The Night is a visual expression into DeSaro’s vulnerable experiences of grief, sorrow and finding her way through dark seasons of life. It is here, in the darkness, that she finds beauty in the rebirth of new beginnings, transformation and hope to persevere. Navigating The Night is an invitation for viewers to immerse themselves into the splendor of nature, the essence of night. The sweeping skies at dusk, small hints of light and color, solitary evening walks in the forest and dark tranquil waters are experienced and expressed through color field paintings, eco printed silks and immersive installation.
DeSaro expresses the beauty and heaviness of the darkness of night within creation in comparison to and a reflection of the inner soul-work of her personal growth and healing through the various emotions of grief, meeting with her own inner shadows, her recovery journey through trauma and the simultaneous emotions of joy and peace in the midst. Both are sublime experiences for the artist, completely inter-connected. She asks herself the question: how do we live in a world that is both so beautiful and yet so destructive? DeSaro sees the world through equal lenses, choosing to see beauty and hope as a focal point. She has a longing for a healed and restored humanity; she has a longing for the unity of Heaven and Earth as one.
Engaging all of the senses, Navigating The Night is a calling to experience challenging seasons in our lives as beautiful, maturing and meaningful for our emotional and spiritual growth. Without darkness, light cannot exist.“Surely the darkness will hide me and the light will become night around me.” And yet… even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light with you.” Psalm 139: 11-12
MORE MINIS Group Exhibition
Deep Space Gallery presents opening weekend of MORE MINIS, a cash and carry art show featuring small works from over 50 artists.
All works can be found for sale at artsy.net/deep-space-gallery.
'The Forest Path'
‘The Forest Path’ is a 165’ ft. eco printed silk installation on exhibit at the School for the Arts from December 16th, 2022, to January 1st, 2023.
Opening weekend is Friday December 16th, Saturday December 17th and Sunday December 18th 4:00pm-7:30pm each night.
The Forest Path is free and open to the public until January 1st, 2023.
‘The Forest Path’ is an invitation into the stillness of nature. The inner-soul quiet one experiences when walking through a forest path; and the sensory experiences that arise along the journey. Breathing in pure air, rejoicing in various colors and natural materials, listening to the sounds of trickling streams, the gentle wind moving through the trees, a child or a dog walking through the path, birdsongs and small creatures moving through the dry leaves of seasons passed. The forest is a space that calls upon our full presence. Our thoughts are quiet, our hearts take a moment to breathe and feel. In the forest we allow ourselves to rest and be.
Over The Moon Open Studios and Group Exhibit
Over the Moon Art Studios invites you to a night of open studios and a group exhibit of local artists.
Franki DeSaro has a temporary studio space open and available to guest.
Gigantic Miniature Group Show at Deep Space Gallery
Franki DeSaro will be exhibiting small works in the Gigantic Miniature Group Show at Deep Space Gallery in Jersey City, NJ.
Opening Night is December 10th & 11th.
The show will be on exhibit until January 10th.
14C New Jersey’s Art Fair
Franki DeSaro will be exhibiting at the 14C Art Fair November 10th-13th with Bell Works.
November 10: VIP Only Opening Reception 6-9PM
November 11: VIP Access 11AM-12PM Free and open to the public 1-7PM
November 12: VIP Access 11AM-12PM Open to the public 12-5PM 6-9PM
November 13: VIP Access 11AM-12PM Open to the public 12-6PM
Rebirth Into the Light Artist Talk
Paola Zamudio, Creative Director of Bell Works will be interviewing Franki DeSaro on the creative process and the purpose behind her work.
Small bites + sips will be provided.
This event is free & open to the public.
Please RSVP on Eventbrite.
Reserve a private tour of the Gallery with Franki DeSaro. Email the Artist: contact@frankidesaro.com
Rebirth Into the Light
Currently on Exhibit May 17th-July 29th
Gallery Hours: Monday-Sunday 9AM-6:30PM with various hours.
Artist is available in the gallery Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays.
‘Rebirth Into The Light’ Opening Reception
RSVP on Eventbrite or email bellworks@npzdesign.com
Rebirth Into The Light is inspired by Claude Monet’s late life paintings known as The Water Lilies, a permanent exhibition at the Musée de' l’Orangerie in Paris, France.
The Water Lilies series is a circular installation of Monet’s large-scale paintings created in Giverny Gardens. The paintings surround and immerse viewers in a colorful expanse of water, botanics, greenery and sky. Walking from left to right, viewers experience four paintings in the first gallery which recreate morning, sunrise and afternoon. The four paintings in the second gallery recreate afternoon, sunset and dusk skillfully expressing the beginning of light and the end of darkness.
Similar to Monet’s Water Lily series in the Orangerie, Rebirth Into The Light is an invitation for viewers to immerse themselves into the splendor of nature; an awakened spring. The sweeping colorful skies, glorious mountains, limitless constellations, tranquil waters and vibrant florals are experienced and expressed through painting, textiles and installation. Engaging all of the senses, Rebirth Into The Light is a calling to step back into the light of the garden; reawakening the senses to a new hope, to visions of new possibilities for the future.
Viewers experience the space by slowly walking from left to right; discovering DeSaro’s paintings with the changing light of morning, afternoon and evening. Viewers are invited to pause and sit throughout the space to encounter moments within the “Bell Works Garden'' The landscape includes a textile installation in the center of the space, and sculptures by Sarah Meyohas which are spread throughout, encased using the salvaged modular steel walls from Bell Labs. Meyohas integrates an infinity mirror as an infinite call and response where the boundaries of time and space seem unending.
In Rebirth Into The Light DeSaro shares her personal encounters with the magnificence of nature through visual language, inviting others into an experience of their own. Franki collaborated with Paola Zamudio, the Creative Director and Lead Designer of Bell Works, to curate the pieces displayed, along with the overall vision of the space. Paola said, “There is something special about having this exhibition featured here at Bell Works, where there is an abundance of light, shadow, color. We want to bring people together, to feel a sense of positivity, and to leave inspired.” Paola set out to create a space, in collaboration with Franki, that gives our community a chance to gather and celebrate this new light, new life.
DeSaro’s Paintings Exhibiting at Renaissance The Studio: Bell Works
Experience some of Franki’s largest paintings at the contemporary Renaissance The Studio space in Bell Works, NJ. A Metroburb community hub for all things creative, beautiful and innovative. All artwork is for sale at Renaissance, with a portion of proceeds being donated to Light to Earth Sanctuary and the Stanley Richard CF Foundation.
I Love Stanley (ilovestanleynyc.com)
Renaissance Pilates + Wellness | Bell Works in Holmdel, NJ (renaissancebellworks.com)
Sole Luminoso
Presenting solo painting exhibition Sole Luminoso by Franki DeSaro. The exhibition will be on view June 10th through August 30th, 2017, with an opening reception Saturday, June 10th 6:00-10:00 pm. Artist talk with exhibition preview and Q&A with artist 6:00 -6:30 pm. The reception is free and open to the public. Live music, dance performance by artist Kristen Mangione, wine and cheese tasting.
Skimming The Surface: Group Exhibition
Skimming The Surface features paintings from Franki DeSaro, Colin Ruel, Tommy Lee and Gwen O'Neil. Opening Reception 5-7 pm wine and food provided.