Dale Emmart Karen Bell Maria and Luis Mota
Dale Emmart
Residing in NYC and northern Pennsylvania, Dale earned her BFA from Cooper Union and an MFA/Painting from Rhode Island School of Design. She has taught drawing and painting for over 30 years at Parsons, The New School, RISD, Brooklyn College Fordham University, and is currently Department Head of Art at The Brearley School. She has led landscape painting workshops in Scotland, Parsons School of Design in Paris, The Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art in Brittany and for various schools and workshops in New England.
Dale has been exhibiting for many years. Her works are in numerous public and private collections in the US and abroad: DeCordova Museum, Olin Museum of Art, Harvard School of Public Health, General Electric Corporation, Spelman College, Rektorat University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
"Plein air in Portugal is a test of all that I know, love and argue about in painting."
Karen Bell
Karen, a New York native, received a BA from Ohio University and an MFA/Photography from RISD. In addition to being a freelance photographer for over 30 years, Karen taught all levels of photography at The New School from 1995 - 2016. Since 2005, she has been teaching digital photography workshops at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. In 2014, Karen began her own private workshops - Exploring New York Through the Lens.
Karen's photographs and small hand made books have been exhibited widely. Recently she had solo shows in Hudson, New York,and the Nature Art Museum in Raleigh, NC. She exhibits regularly at the Alex Ferrone Gallery in Cutchogue, NY, and the Griffin Museum satellite gallery in Boston. Her work is included in many collections including, Brooklyn Museum, NY Public Library, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, National Park Service, Ellis Island Immigration Museum.
"There are infinite ways to see and photograph the landscape."
Maria and Luis Mota
Casa da Levada has been in the Mota family for over 300 years. Maria and Luis established their welcoming B&B in their country home 25 years ago. Warm, generous, friendly and multi-lingual, Casa Da Levada is a natural extension of their genuine fondness for people, of exchanging wonderful stories, and offering guests a plentiful table with regional specialties. Together, they make visitors feel connected to the region, the town, and their now extensive international family. www.casalevada.com
2010 - present
2010 - present