Two artists with second-floor studios in the Commons building, 785 Main Street, Margaretville, will host open studios, Dec. 9 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with holiday cheer including refreshments from 3 - 6 p.m.
Bea Ortiz is a Spanish American visual artist painting and drawing in the Catskills. After studying fine art at the University of Salamanca and completing post-graduate studies in education at the University of Valladolid in Spain, Ortiz permanently relocated to New York City in 1998 where she maintained an international career as a decorative painter and muralist and also taught art. She also produced multi-disciplinary performances involving live painting, dance, video and music in New York, Valladolid, and Madrid (Spain). In 2018, she relocated to the Catskills and returned to a full-time art making practice.
Lisbeth Firmin is a contemporary American realist known for her urban landscapes. For over five decades her work has been in hundreds of solo and group show across the country and internationally. Honors and awards include inclusion in” “New Prints 2018/Winter, IPCNY, “2017 North American Print Biennial”, 2017 solo exhibition at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a 2017 Printmaking Residency @ Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy, among others. Her paintings and prints are in several public collections including the New York Historical Society, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Munson Williams Procter Arts Institute, Arnot Museum, Tides Institute and Museum of Art, Fleming Museum, University of Texas, Cape Cod Museum, and Hofstra University. Firmin moved from New York City in 2000 to upstate New York, where she paints every day.
