{"id":27367,"date":"2019-08-12T18:25:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T22:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:17:24","slug":"new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/","title":{"rendered":"New England and Venezuela Color Artist’s Works"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"A<\/a>

“Maine Boats” by Ana Smyth.<\/p><\/div>\n

Haverhill artist Ana Smyth, whose work is inspired by the New England landscape and architecture, will exhibit her work at Northern Essex Community College<\/a> from September 9 through October 4.<\/p>\n

The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, will be displayed in the Linda Hummel-Shea ArtSpace in the Harold Bentley Library on the Haverhill campus during library hours, which are Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

An artist\u2019s reception will be held Thursday, September 12, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the ArtSpace.<\/p>\n

A native of Venezuela, Smyth says, her art is a \u201cmedley\u201d of her love for the classic New England and the tropical colors of her native country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen creating (art), I try to reflect and capture the vibrant colors and light with dancing strokes that pays homage to my childhood memories in my native Venezuela,\u201d she said. .<\/p>\n

The show, she said, gives her an opportunity to present variations of her pieces going from something very still to something more dynamic in terms of color.\u00a0 She hopes the audience is drawn to look more closely at each individual painting.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>

“Fall Woods” by Ana Smyth.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI consider my art, what I call, \u201cmodern impressionist, \u201cshe said. \u201cI start my painting with a scale of monochromatic colors or with intense purple values to capture light and shadows that will later be layered with bright warm and cool colors. I aim to create an abstract painting with a combination of many strokes; this helps me understand how one color reflects and affects one another. This combination of color strokes eventually creates the dynamic atmosphere that I want to share.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smyth attended both The Rhode Island School of Design and The Design Institute of Caracas. She studied under David Lussier, Dennis Perrin, Rafael Polcano, and NECC Art Professor Marc Mannheimer.<\/p>\n

She has been the artist-in-residence at the Stevens Coolidge Place in North Andover and is creative director and owner of Smyth Graphics. Recently she designed a wine label that was a finalist in the Nouveau wine label contest for George Duboeuf Wines, France.<\/p>\n

For more information, please contact Michelle Carter, Art & Design department chair, at mcarter@necc.mass.edu<\/a>\u00a0or Marc Mannheimer at\u00a0mmannheimer@necc.mass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

The exhibit is sponsored by NECC\u2019s Art & Design program which is part of the liberal arts division.<\/p>\n

Northern Essex offers an associate degree in general studies: art & design<\/a>. This prepares individuals for an entry-level job in art or design or for transfer to a four-year school.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Haverhill artist Ana Smyth, whose work is inspired by the New England landscape and architecture, will exhibit her work at NECC from Sept. 9 through Oct. 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":27369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew England and Venezuela Color Artist's Works - NECC News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New England and Venezuela Color Artist's Works - NECC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Haverhill artist Ana Smyth, whose work is inspired by the New England landscape and architecture, will exhibit her work at NECC from Sept. 9 through Oct. 4.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NECC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-12T22:25:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-14T18:17:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Ana-Smyth-Maine-boats-digital.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ellen Small-Davis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ellen Small-Davis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/\",\"name\":\"New England and Venezuela Color Artist's Works - NECC News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Ana-Smyth-Maine-boats-digital.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-12T22:25:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-14T18:17:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/1482c1e2b61df3b1955e30860d9a769c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Ana-Smyth-Maine-boats-digital.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Ana-Smyth-Maine-boats-digital.jpg\",\"width\":360,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New England and Venezuela Color Artist’s Works\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"name\":\"NECC News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/1482c1e2b61df3b1955e30860d9a769c\",\"name\":\"Ellen Small-Davis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84a1f8e7e823ce7cabaa92618226fd3ba7a7bcee8e352db85821e8ea1e9c86fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84a1f8e7e823ce7cabaa92618226fd3ba7a7bcee8e352db85821e8ea1e9c86fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ellen Small-Davis\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/esmalldavis\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New England and Venezuela Color Artist's Works - NECC News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New England and Venezuela Color Artist's Works - NECC News","og_description":"Haverhill artist Ana Smyth, whose work is inspired by the New England landscape and architecture, will exhibit her work at NECC from Sept. 9 through Oct. 4.","og_url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/","og_site_name":"NECC News","article_published_time":"2019-08-12T22:25:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-14T18:17:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":360,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Ana-Smyth-Maine-boats-digital.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ellen Small-Davis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ellen Small-Davis","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/","name":"New England and Venezuela Color Artist's Works - NECC News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Ana-Smyth-Maine-boats-digital.jpg","datePublished":"2019-08-12T22:25:03+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-14T18:17:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/1482c1e2b61df3b1955e30860d9a769c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Ana-Smyth-Maine-boats-digital.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Ana-Smyth-Maine-boats-digital.jpg","width":360,"height":450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/08\/12\/new-england-and-venezuela-color-artists-works\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New England and Venezuela Color Artist’s Works"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"NECC News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/1482c1e2b61df3b1955e30860d9a769c","name":"Ellen Small-Davis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84a1f8e7e823ce7cabaa92618226fd3ba7a7bcee8e352db85821e8ea1e9c86fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84a1f8e7e823ce7cabaa92618226fd3ba7a7bcee8e352db85821e8ea1e9c86fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ellen Small-Davis"},"url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/esmalldavis\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27368,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27367\/revisions\/27368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}