Avon Photographer Receives Honors
At Lincoln Center
Photo Caption: Avon Photographer Lucia Ravens poses for a photo on the red carpet at the 5th Annual Lucie Awards. click here to read article
Greenwich Post, November 6, 2007
Photographer hits the big apple
Photographer Lucia Ravens attended the 5th Annual Lucie Awards held at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center on Oct. 15 in New York City. Ms. Ravens is a Greenwich Art Society member and received honors for her piece “A Portrait of Peace” in the “Deeper Perspective” category.
The Lucie Awards is a non-profit charitable foundation whose mission is to salute the achievements of the world’s finest photographers, to discover new and emerging talent and to promote the appreciation of photography.
Ms. Ravens was recently nominated to the Board of Directors of the Greenwich Art Society as the “voice of photography.” Her work can be viewed at her web site Luciaravens.com.
The Coaster, July 26, 2007
Avon Photographer Wins
Best In Show at International Show
Photo Caption: Terry Brown(left) Director of Public Relations of the Cape May Civic Affairs Department, awards artist / photographer Lucia Ravens "Best of Show" award at the 43rd Annual Promenade Fine Art Show. click here to read article
Greenwich Time, May 30, 2007
GAC to hold annual meeting and unveil new contemporary exhibit
Photo Caption: Greenwich artist Lucia Ravens' Portrait of Peace' which will be in a new exhibit opening at the Greenwich Arts Council. click here to read article
Greenwich Post, June 14, 2007
The Process of Art
New Bendheim Gallery Exhibit Features
Photo Caption: The Bendheim Gallery's newest exhibit, 'Process,' gives viewers insight into the steps an artist takes in creating a work. At left, Lucia Ravens's 'A Portrait of Peace' click here to read article
The Coast Star, March 22, 2007
Avon's Ravens wins best in show award at art guild
Photo Caption: Avon artist/photographer Lucia Ravens and collaborator Rich Menzel proudly admire "Make The Peace" on display throughout March at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury.
Juror's critique: Nancy J. Ori, photographer and juror of this year’s show, commented, “The 3-D presentation is with a sculptural quality, a creative work fitting the theme of the show, ‘Look Up, Look Down’. Her work evokes movement with viewer participation layers.”
NjN NEWS, December 28, 2006 New Jersey Public Television
video short of installation art "A Breath Away - A Portrait of Peace" by Lucia Ravens, with additional video excerpts from the NJN News TV Broadcast Editorial on the "Newark Between Us" International Contemporary Art and Installation show held in Newark, NJ. October - December 2006.
credit: video short / Rich Menzel
"Newark is undergoing a renaissance with an art exhibit in a skyscraper, artists from around the country and abroad contributed world class caliber art" said NJN News broadcast.
"In Newark's most elegant office tower, the art deco 744 Broad Street, the entire sixth floor was lit up for the art show for two months, famous names represented here."
said Michael Aron of NJN News. " You'll want to see that show"
Photo Caption: Rich Menzel(web designer), Artist Lucia Ravens, and Maggie McChesney(owner of Squan Custom Frame Shop and Gallery) present Director of Cancer Hope Network, Joe Wojtowicz with a check representing proceeds from "Art for the Cure".
Artist Lucia Ravens is making a difference in the fight against cancer. Founder of the "Art for the Cure" artistic venue (2003).
Lucia's photojournalism documents the Gala opening reception of "The Art of Survival" an exhibit by artists from the NY and NJ art world, touched by cancer. Proceeds from the opening night event and exhibit were donated to The Diney R. Goldsmith Breast Cancer Research and Education Foundation.
"The Art of Survival" was the vision and concept of Dr. Beth M. Deutch,the Medical Director and Founder of HerSpace, A Breast Imaging Center located in West Long Branch, N.J.
Select works from the Lucia Ravens Fine Art collection are in the permanent fine art collection of Dr. Beth M. Deutch and Larry Rubin.
"The Art of Survival" is a registered trademark of the Diney R. Goldsmith Breast Cancer Research and Education Foundation.
Photo Caption: Prize-winners of the Art Society of Old
Greenwich 15th Annual Photo / Sculpture Show, are, from left, Judy
Holder of New London, first prize for sculpture; Igor Dranovsky of
New City, N.Y., second prize for color photography; Jeremy Butler of
Ossining, N.Y., second prize for sculpture; and Lucia Ravens of Avon
by the Sea, N.J., second prize for black and white
photography.
Photographer Lucia Ravens took First Place at the 39th Promenade Art Show in Cape May Saturday. Ravens is also an actress, she appeared regularly on the ABC-TV hit series ‘Spin City’, playing a photographer. (photo credit: Bill MacQueen)
Photo Caption: The Art Society of Old Greenwich has announced the winners of its annual Winterfest competition held for society members at the Riverside Yacht Club in Riverside, CT.
The Winners in the photography division included, Lucia Ravens of Avon-by-the-Sea, N.J., First Place for her work "Ethereal Motion".
The Coaster, February 17, 2000
The creativity of Avon artist Lucia Ravens makes itself known in a variety of ways, from photography to acting to sculpted hand-crafted exotic wood frames.
Her work "Jump Into Your Dreams" has been selected by the Monmouth County Arts Council for exhibition in the 21st Annual Juried Fine Art Show at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft. She unites watercolor overlay with her photography, referrring to this technique as,"animated photography."
Through her natural lighting photography, handmade botanical mats and hand-crafted exotic wood frames, she brings the spirit of her subjects to life.
Photo Caption: Avon artist Lucia Ravens poses in front of her award winning fine art photography at the Waterfront Festival of Fine Art, in Point Pleasant Beach. Ms. Ravens won the Artistic Excellence Award for her work which features her natural lighting photography, hand made botanical paper mats and hand-crafted exotic wood frames. Throughout February, Ms. Ravens work "Jump Into Your Dreams" will be displayed at the 21st Annual Juried Fine Art Show at the Monmouth Museum, in Lincroft, N.J.