Wedding Season Book Success! Workshops Woodland Style, the book Woodland Style gives you the inspiration to enjoy the peace and beauty of the woods and meadows transformed into your own home. Featuring an array of gorgeous photography by Sabine Vollmer von Falken, whose photographs capture the combination of nature’s beauty and Marlene’s creative talent and turn them into pure eye candy. The breathtaking imagery shows us projects as simple as an acorn wreath and as unusual as a moss covered garden table. Readers can get in on the action at the Woodland Style event: an exhibit of contributing artists’ work at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, MA. Woodland Style By Marlene H. Marshall Photography by Sabine Vollmer von Falken Storey Publishing Book signing on request A Summer Ramble a group exhibit featuring a triptyche by sabine vollmer von falken at SOHN FINE ARTS GALLERY June 24 – August 22, 2011 Reception for the artists: Saturday, July 2, 5:00 – 8:00pm 6 Elm Street, Stockbridge, MA Gallery Hours: Thursday – Monday, 10:00 - 5:00 pm Telephone: 413 298 4933 A Summer Ramble, a group exhibition featuring twelve contemporary artists curated by Cassandra Sohn. Works are inspired by William Cullen Bryant’s poem, “A Summer Ramble”. Through photography and mixed media, artists explore the visual and conceptual metaphors of this 19th century poem from a contemporary point of view. FEATURED ARTISTS ARE: JOHN ATCHLEY, PATRICK BARRY, STEPHEN G. DONALDSON, KEN GREEN, MARTIN GREENE, MONA MARK, IRMARI NACHT, TERRY ROSEN, CASSANDRA SOHN, MONIKA SOSNOWSKI, KEVIN SPRAGUE, SABINE VOLLMER VON FALKEN A portion of all sales will be donated to The Trustees of Reservations to support the conservation of the William Cullen Bryant Homestead. Wedding Photography Sabine Vollmer von Falken is looking forward to capturing the most memorable wedding. She would like to thank all the vendors, clients and friends for making 2010 a success, and is looking forward to working with many more people and places this year. For more information or to schedule an appointment please call 413.298.4933 or contact sabine. Isadora Duncan Dancer Sabine's image of an Isadora Duncan dancer (choreographer Deborah Harris) is published in the newly released book: Full of Grace: A Journey through the History of Childhood by Ray Merritt (Hardcover - 2007) For more information or to schedule an appointment please call 413.298.4933 or contact sabine. Tango: An Ongoing Photo Documentary Project shown at THORNE Home + Art Gallery 20 Main Street, West Stockbridge MA 01266 www.shopthorne.com Telephone: 413 232 7090 "The tango was originally an improvisational dance that combined rhythms and movements from several pre-existing music and dance traditions. These included the candombe - an Argentine variant of African slave dances brought to the port of Buenos Aires. The Cuban habanera was another source, itself a blend of French colonial contradances and African influences. Elements of the habanera and the European polka had been combined into a local Argentine dance called the milonga. The milonga itself was originally a type of improvisational song of the payadores or folksingers of the Argentine pampas and as a dance it became popular among the compadritos or street toughs of Buenos Aires in the 1870s." - Bill Matthiesen Book Success Chasing America: A Memoir by Dennis Watlington author photograph by Sabine Vollmer von Falken published by St. Martin's Press "Dennis Watlington is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, a television writer, a screenwriter, and playright. He lives in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts with his wife and two children. Chasing America is his first book." - St. Martin's Press "Chasing America is an epic tale of the black experience in late-twentieth century America. Author Dennis Watlington has seen it all and makes no excuses for his addictions, petty crimes, and squandered opportunities, but the racism that surrounds him speaks for itself as he makes his way from Harlem and the Deep South on into the larger, white-run world. The life he ends up creating - as a husband and father, as a playwright, actor, and writer, and as a friend who never forgets the old neighborhood - is a tribute to his innate decency, his sheer talent, and his inspiring capacity for self-renewal." - Beth Harpaz, author of Finding Annie Farrell For more information please call 413.298.4933 or contact sabine. Book Success Shell Chic: The Ultimate Guide to Decorating Your Home with Seashells" by Marlene Marshall photographs by Sabine Vollmer von Falken published by Storey Books. Marlene Hurley Marshall and Sabine Vollmer von Falken, both Berkshire area residents, have collaborated in a drop-dead gorgeous book. Everything, from the photos to the layouts to the typography, looks fantastic. Shells decorate fireplaces, shoes, chandeliers, walls, drapes, picture frames, bathtubs, lampshades and tables. Shells are made into delicate blossoms and gathered into bourquets. Shells are used on hats, birdhouses and Christmas wreaths. There are even recipes for, of course, shellfish. The book includes instructions for lots of projects, and every page is an inspiration. Just fantastic. Berkshire Week: 'A good book is the best gift' By Lesley Ann Beck Seashells are part of "the organic luxe look of the moment." -The New York Times "Shell Chic, awash in color photos of shell-shellacked interiors, has no shortage of ideas. It includes 14 step-by-step projects that also incorporate sand dollars, sea biscuits, starfish and even buttons." -Palm Beach Post "Photos profusely illustrate the lavish designs form art works to dress wear." - Newsday (New York and Long Island) * Beautiful photographs and lavish design invite you to step inside a jewel box of a book * Perfect gift for all who are enchanted by the call of the sea. * Part inspirational interior design and part how-to crafting book, Shell Chic inspires and instructs. * A catefully selected range of projects encompasses many styles and levels of complexity. * Extensive source lists * Eight-city author tour. For more information contact sabine. New Book "Where Women Create" Sabine is featured in the book "Where Women Create" published by Chapelle, LTD. Sabine's favorite quote: "One day, when we have forgotten our names, the only proof that we were ever here may be these old portraits somewhere in dusty albums." -Duane Michals For more information contact sabine.