The studio of Ellen Frank will be open to visitors on weekends, by appointment, featuring little-known, early work by this artist most recognized for the monumental Cities of Peace artworks created out of her foundation, the Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation.
An artist, scholar, and writer, Dr. Ellen Frank was primarily acknowledged during the past two decades as the founder in 2004 of the Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation, a non-profit global organization dedicated to the transformative power of art to build a culture of understanding and peace. CITIES OF PEACE ILLUMINATED® is its primary initiative. As artistic director, Ellen Frank trained artist-interns from more than 52 countries, and united scholars and experts to work on its joint creations.
Ellen Frank died in 2021, only ten weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. She is survived by her husband, the composer Stephen Dickman, who recently enlisted Esperanza Leon to curate and help organize the open studio occasion, which affords art collectors and appreciators of Frank’s work the opportunity to view a selection of artworks she created earlier in her career. On display are paintings from the 1980s and ‘90s, some of which were featured in exhibitions in California and New York, including Vered Gallery, East Hampton. Studies and small works from the 2000s are also displayed, some of which are illuminated paintings and manuscripts that closely connect to her work with the foundation and the teaching she did through the Illumination Arts Atelier she founded in 2005.
This exhibition from the Estate of Ellen Frank will be open by appointment on subsequent weekends through November 13th by contacting Esperanza Leon at 516.527.0709 or Stephen Dickman at 631.835.2645.
All proceeds from sales will go to the Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation, www.efiaf.org.
Selected works from the Estate of Ellen Frank can be viewed online via https://www.artworkarchive.com/rooms/ellen-frank-art/40ed95. Instagram: @ellenfrankofficial
Image: Ellen Frank, Worship, acrylic and oil on paper, 103.5 x 60 inches, courtesy of the Estate of Ellen Frank.
