Kidzflix Participating Artists

The first annual KidzFlix Children’s International Film Festival announced five artists who will donate pieces to the Festival’s 2010 Filmmaker Awards Program. A work of art from each participating artist will be presented to a filmmaker whose film is selected as the winner in its respective category. The artists are some of Fairfield County’s most vibrant: Miggs Burroughs of Westport, Leslie Giuliani of Weston, Elisa Khachian of Fairfield, Audrey Klotz of Weston, and Drew Klotz of Weston.

MIGGS BURROUGHS (WESTPORT, CT)
MISS IS A GRAPHIC ARTIST, POSTAGE STAMP DESIGNER, INVENTOR, PUBLISHER, RUNNER, PAINTER AND TV PRODUCER AND HOST. VISIT WWW.MIGGSB.COM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MIGGS AND SEE EXAMPLES OF HIS WORK.

LESLIE GIULIANI (WESTON, CT)
“WHEN PEOPLE VIEW MY WORK, THEY ARE SURPRISED BY ITS INDIVIDUALITY. THAT THE WORK REPRESENTS A UNIQUE VOICE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THE WORK IS INTRIGUING IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS: THE STRUCTURE HOW IT’S SHAPED AND BUILT; THE IMAGERY LIGHT HEARTED AND DARKLY PRIMAL SIMULTANEOUSLY; TEXTURE – USE OF A VARIETY OF MATERIALS; THE INTERPLAY OF COLOR; AND GOOD DESIGN. THIS WAY AS PEOPLE LOOK DEEPLY INTO THE WORK IT CHANGES WITH EACH VIEWING-THE PIECE EVOLVES, NEVER SETTLING INTO ONE SPECIFIC INTERPRETATION-A WORK THAT INVITES VISIT AFTER VISIT.”

ELISA KHACHIAN (FAIRFIELD, CT)
“I WORK FROM REAL LIFE. I RECORD, REPORT, ARRANGE, REARRANGE, TELL STORIES, ALTHOUGH THE STORIES ARE A REFLECTION OF MYSELF. I FEEL THEY ALSO ARE UNIVERSAL. I LOOK BACK TO SEE WHO I AM AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY. I NEED TO BE AUTHENTIC. THE CONCEPT COMES FROM THE EMOTIONAL ELEMENT, THE CONTENT FROM THE RESPONSES TO THE DEMANDS OF FATE. ALTHOUGH THE WORKS MOVE FROM SERIES TO SERIES, THEY ARE TIED TOGETHER WITH ONE STRING. I CHALLENGE MYSELF TO IMPROVE MY SKILLS BY TAKING REISKS WITH MEDIA, SIZE AND SURFACES. MY MAIN MEDIUM IS WATERCOLOR AND MY STRINGENT DESIGN ELEMENT IS LINE. SINCE THERE IS IS NO SEPARATION BETWEEN WORK AND LIFE, THE SATISFACTIONS ARE DEEP AND LONG LASTING UNDONE NEITHER BY FAILURE OR FLASHES OF SUCCESS.”

AUDREY KLOTZ
AUDREY’S PAINTINGS HAVE ALWAYS HAD A FOCUS ON THE HUMAN FORM, RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM THE TRADITIONAL (PENCIL DRAWINGS OF THE CLASSIC NUDE) TO THE BIZARRE (A SKETCH OF A WOMAN’S BUTTOCKS AND BACK TOPPED WITH A REAL BARBIE DOLL’S HEAD). “I’M REALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE,” SHE SAYS. “I HAD THIS WHOLE EGG THING, AND THEN I WAS INTO FLOWERS, AND THEN THERE WAS MY COCK-AND-HEN PERIOD.” IN ADDITON TO TRADTIONAL ART IN FRAMES, SHE PAINTS MURALS. FOR YEARS SHE HAS PAINTED LILIES AND LUSCIOUS FLOWERS ON BATHROOM WALLS, BLUE SKIES AND STARRY NIGHTS ON THE CEILINGS OF NURSERIES. SHE CREATES WONDERLANDS, FAIRYLANDS, FORESTS AND BARNYARDS.

DREW KLOTZ (WESTON, CT)
DREW KLOTZ WAS BORN IN WHITE PLAINS, NY AND GREW UP IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CT. DREW CAME FROM A FAMILY OF WILTON ARTISTS AND GRADUATED WITH HIGH HONORS FROM COOPER UNION IN 1983. AFTER GRADUATION, HE WENT TO WORK MAKING PROPS FOR NOVELTY TRADE SHOWS, TELEVISION COMMERCIALS AND CHILDREN’S SHOWS. DREW’S EARLY INTEREST IN THE AERODYNAMICS OF FLIGHT DIRECTED HIS CREATIVE TALENTS TO KINETIC SCULPTURE BEST EXEMPLIFIED BY HIS MOST RECENT WORKS.

DREW’S UNIQUE SCULPTURES ARE IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, TEXAS, FLORIDA, VERMONT AND JAPAN. THE GREENE ART GALLERY HAS REPRESENTED DREW AND HIS WORK SINCE 1988.