The Goddess Project: Innocents at Chagrin Arts
Opens March 6, 2:00 to 4:00 at Chagrin Arts in Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Artist Judy Takács’ Goddess Project and the Ohio Innocence Project come together at Chagrin Arts, for
The Goddess Project: Innocents, opening March 6th from 2:00 to 4:00.
For years now, Chagrin Arts has allied itself with the Ohio Innocence Project, a legal team whose mission is to fight for and free those who have been wrongfully incarcerated, sometimes for decades.
For several years now, figurative artist, Judy Takács has been re-imagining the characters from the mythology of all the religions. She seeks to correct stereotypes, prejudices and damaging narratives that haunt us today.
In researching age-old mythology, Takács’ Goddess Project has found many women and goddesses, who were wrongfully punished, held in captivity, and vilified in the eyes of the world.
The Goddess Project: Innocents,
features Judy Takács’ colorful, classical-inspired figurative paintings of these heroines
through her contemporary feminist lens.
The Goddess Project: Innocents
A Panel Discussion with artist Judy Takács and Women of the Ohio Innocence Project
Sunday, March 20, 2:00-3:00
Gallery viewing follows at 3:00 to 4:00
Chagrin Falls Town Hall, 83 North Main Street, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
RSVP for Panel Discussion requested
Takács’ book, The Goddess Project, will launch at the opening with signed copies available for purchase.
Show continues through June 12.
Goddess Project Book Launch March 6th
The Goddess Project book will launch at the March 6th Opening Reception
72 pages, 55 full color images and chock full of paintings and stories of
Goddesses, Mortals and Heroines as seen through my contemporary feminist lens.
$50 plus tax.
The Goddess Project book will launch at Chagrin Arts, March 6th from 2:00 to 4:00 at the
Opening Reception of The Goddess Project: Innocents.
I will be on hand to sign copies for you at both the Opening Reception and the March 20th Panel Discussion.
Signed copies will be available for purchase at Chagrin Arts during gallery hours.
Show continues through June 12.
ONE honored by Portrait Society of America
ONE is a finalist in the Members Only Show!
Thrilled to announce that my painting, ONE, has been awarded finalist status at the
Portrait Society of America Members Only Exhibition!
She was also very recently awarded an Honorable Mention at the Valley Art Center 50th Anniversary Show!
Art of the Heartland
Maria incognito In Kimono
From my Chicks with Balls series,
Maria, Incognito in Kimono was accepted into
Southwest Artists Art of the Heartland Exhibition at the Mena Art Gallery in Arkansas…
and, I'm thrilled to report that she won Second Place!
Show dates, September 1 through October 29.
The Goddess Apollo
From The Goddess Project,
The Goddess Apollo was accepted into
Southwest Artists Art of the Heartland Exhibition at the Mena Art Gallery in Arkansas.
Show dates, September 1 through October 29.
My art is heading to the Moon…digitally
Secure the Perimeter (left)
Believe it or not, digital copies (not NFTs) of
SIX of my paintings, Secure the Perimeter, The Skeptic, Charmed, Serenity Prayer (sold), The Orange Hoodie (sold)
and Miss Magnolia and the Red Stain (sold)
will be included in the Lunar Time Capsule
and joining NASA’s scientific payloads on
Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One sometime in July 2021.
Artists on the Moon is an initiative coordinated by
physicist Dr. Samuel Peralta.
The Skeptic (right)
Approximately 1200 artworks, books and one Artificial Intelligence-created project are digitally included in this time capsule to be archived on the moon via Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander, traveling on United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket.
Charmed (left)
How did my works get invited to make this historic ride? They were all included in various Poets/Artists Magazines over the years, and that was one of the many places
Dr. Peralta looked when choosing art for the moon…
right place at the right time!
Three of these historic works are sold, but the other three, pictured here, are still available.
Check ’em out at my online shop now, under the category, Art to the Moon!
Venus wins Top Award at NewNow 2021!
Venus, She's Got It wins First Place at AAWR NewNow 2021
And I couldn't be more thrilled! Eternally grateful to juror,
Cat Sheridan for putting together such a stellar show.
It makes my First Place Award even more an honor.
The show is all virtual and only virtual, so you can see it all here on the Artists Archives Website.
I tell you all about both my paintings in the show on Episode 47 of Living Figuratively…Oh My Goddesses!
And I blog about Venus, She's Got It here!
Three Historic Announcements
Judy Takács achieves Signature Status with American Women Artists
With its mission of 25 Museum Shows in 25 Years, the American Women Artists organization is unique in its approach to advocating for women artists. I was proud to have achieved Associate with Distinction Status a few years back, and now have moved up to Signature Status with this esteemed organization.
Judy Takács Elected as Member of Historic Salmagundi Club in New York City
This is so special because I basically grew up in art hearing about the Salmagundi Club in New York from my Portrait Teacher at the Cleveland Institute of Art, José Cintron. He spoke of it with a reverence for the artistic giants of portraiture who have also been members since it began in 1871. William Merrit Chase, Norman Rockwell, Childe Hassam, N.C. Wyeth, Howard Pyle…even Louis Comfort Tiffany. The Salmagundi Club positioned itself at that lovely crossroads between narrative, representational art and illustration, at a time when that was going out of favor, they carried the torch.
Judy Takács Elected as Full Member of the Historic Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Catharine Lorillard Wolf was a major collector and patron of the arts at the turn of the last century. The CLWAC was established to honor her legacy. Thrilled to announce that I am the newest elected member of this prestigious and selective 122 year old Organization.