Sky Garden Exhibition Closing on November 20, 2022 with a Reading from "Crystal Fire"

 Scenic Drive Gallery and Moonrise Press present SKY GARDEN, an exhibition by Ambika Talwar & Maja Trochimczyk. Closing Reception: Sunday, November 20, 2022, 2:30-5:00 pm with a poetry reading from the Crystal Fire anthology. In person: Ambika Talwar, Maja Trochimczyk, Ella Czajkowska, and Alice Pero.  

The Exhibit is open by appointment until November 20, 2022 at Scenic Drive Gallery, Monrovia, CA 91016, Email  maja@moonrisepress.com if you cannot attend and would like a tour, or if you can attend and need the address. 

Free admission. Reception to follow. Books and art available for purchase.

This exhibition presents paintings by Ambika Talwar and photographs by Maja Trochimczyk, inspired by nature and natural spirituality. Ambika's paintings have been used as illustrations in a new anthology by Moonrise Press, edited by Maja Trochimczyk, Crystal Fire, with 144 poems by 12 poets: Elzbieta Czajkowska, Joe DeCenzo, Mary Elliott, Jeff Graham, Marlene Hitt, Frederick Livingston, Alice Pero,  Allegra Silberstein, Jane Stuart, Ambika Talwar, Bory Thach, and Maja Trochimczyk. The nature photographs by Trochimczyk appear in her 2022 collection, Bright Skies, with 85 poems and over 160 photographs.

 ISBN 978-1-945938-58-0 (color paperback)  

ISBN 978-1-945938-59-7 (eBook), 144 poems, 12 paintings

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EVENT PHOTOS

During the month on display, There were several visits to the gallery by appointment, including a concert of Polish song-writer and guitarist Piotr Kajetan Matczuk on November 6, 2022. He was touring Southern California and stopped by in Monrovia.  Many thanks for playing the wonderful Polish songs to texts by Adam Mickiewicz and others at the gallery! Video clips will follow.

Piotr Kajetan Matczuk at the Sky Garden Exhibit, November 6, 2022

Susan Dobay, Piotr Kajetan Matczuk, Maja Trochimczyk

The closing reception was held on  November 20, 2022 with four poets from " Crystal Fire" in person (Joe DeCenzo, Maja Trochimczyk, Ella Czajkowska and Bory Thach), and one poet attending via zoom, Alice Pero. 

Joe DeCenzo, Ella Czajkowska, Susan Dobay, Maja Trochimczyk and Bory Thach

Ella Czajkowska

Joe DeCenzo

Bory Thach

Bory Thach

Bory Thach

Joe DeCenzo, Ella Czajkowska, Susan Dobay, Maja Trochimczyk and Bory Thach

We are very grateful to Susan Dobay for her generous hospitality and artistic intuition, selecting and placing the artwork in the gallery. 

Maja Trochimczyk and Susan Dobay with the two books associated 

with the Sky Garden Exhibit, Crystal Fire and Bright Skies.