Details: Maryann and Anne will display new and recent work in this art exhibit that celebrates the seasons. As we move through the year, we notice how the light changes. Shadows, clarity, and details fluidly transform and take on different attributes. Each artist offers their unique perspectives of the seasons of light and welcome your interpretations!
The Old Schwamb Mill is an historic building that housed a working mill for over a hundred years. It continues to house a fine art framing business. Multiple generations of tools and machines remain intact.
The Old Schwamb Mill exists as a complex of three buildings (Main Mill Building, the Dryhouse, and the Barn), which utilized water power and steam power more than 100 years ago to manufacture finely crafted natural wood and gilded frames during America’s “Gilded Age.” The Mill is rare as a vernacular architectural survivor, as well as for a collection of preserved and historically significant workplaces and rooms which have maintained continuous industrial operations since 1864.”
Recent Events
Thoreau Society and Farm Trust Auction
Mar 1, 2023 9:00 AM EST to Mar 29, 2023 10:00 PM EDT
Anne has donated two paintings to this year’s online auction.
Walden Pond holds a special place in my heart. Here’s an opportunity to buy art as a way to support a non-profit dedicated to Thoreau’s legacy. Place a bid!
“The Thoreau Society continues our namesake’s struggle to open all eyes to social and environmental injustice, and to end blindness to the consequences of unchecked racism, climate change, and other threats to individual freedom, democratic equality, and social justice in the United States and around the world.”
CSS Grid Basics (3 Classes)
Schedule
Class 1: Monday, March 27@ 6p – 8p ET / 3p – 5p PT Class 2: Wednesday, March 29 @ 6p – 8p ET / 3p – 5p PT Class 3: Friday, March 31 @ 6p – 8p ET / 3p – 5p PT
Anne is is a Teacher Assistant for this GDI (Girl Develop IT) class
What is CSS Grid and why is it a must-have skill to know and master as a developer or web designer?
Similar to Flexbox which came before, CSS Grid is a new layout module of CSS that is completely changing how web UI (user interfaces) can be designed and coded to create responsive, attractive and unique layouts.
Anne is is a Teacher Assistant for this GDI (Girl Develop IT) class
Take your knowledge of CSS to a new level with this two-class series that explores modern layout techniques and approaches to common CSS challenges.
Gain a better understanding of CSS so you don’t always have to rely on frameworks such as Bootstrap or Tailwind to achieve the layout effects you want;
Understand what frameworks do behind the scenes so you can use them and debug issues more efficiently;
Learn the differences between CSS Flexbox and CSS Grid and how to determine which to use to solve specific layout challenges;
Understand CSS’s display property and how to hide content with intention;
And other topics that you can apply to your work and personal projects right away!
Who is this series for? Anyone new to frontend development; web designers who want to advance their knowledge of CSS; or backend developers looking to understand CSS and styling.
Anne is presenting this topic at the Philadelphia WordPress Meetup
Anne introduces you to the basic Gutenberg blocks so you can edit existing pages and posts, and create new documents. She’ll start with a quick orientation to Gutenberg features, then dive into some of the common blocks. Anne will show her best ways to use blocks, along with her favorite blocks, layout methods, and tips. It’s all about sharing, too, so let us know what your fave plugins and approaches are! For those who are new to using the Block editor or experienced users wanting to check out different ideas and techniques, everyone will get great take-aways from the evening!
“This is hands down the best Gutenberg 101 for content creators I’ve seen. Seriously, bookmark this now and use as a reference: logical progression, great screen caps, user-friendly language.”
Join us in GDI’s second Virtual Hackathon. This will be a unique series of learning, “hacking” and collaborating with the GDI community members from across the globe.
What is a hackathon?
A hackathon is an event in which programmers, graphic designers, content strategists, interface designers, and project managers collaborate intensively on projects.
Or as we like to call it: an event where people work together to find new (sometimes inelegant) solutions to a problem.
Anne will be one of the panelists in this Hackathon discussion about making the leap and getting a job in the tech world. Thinking about jumping into technology but worried about making a big pivot? Join us for this exciting panel discussion and explore how you to can make “Your Big Pivot” this year.
Arlington Open Studios
I return to open studios in Arlington!
Nov. 12, 2022 • 11 AM to 5 PM EST
The 24th Annual Arlington Open Studios is presented by Arlington Center for the Arts. There are over 90 participants this year — the largest group of participating artists to date! I am so pleased to be a part of this fun event! Come see some of my recent work, which includes Floridian landscapes and flora, in pastels as well as watercolors.
My location: Arlington Center for the Arts 20 Academy St : Community Center Hall (1st floor) Arlington, MA 02476
Anne has artwork in this exhibit showcasing the work of 40+ artists
Art Inspired by Books and Poems. In collaboration with the Belmont Public Library’s ONE BOOK ONE BELMONT Community Read of The Library Book by Susan Orlean.
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The Belmont Gallery of Art is Open Again! View Exhibit In Person!
Town Hall Complex Homer Municipal Building 19 Moore St, 3rd floor Belmont Center, MA 02478
BGA Hours
Thurs. 10-4, Fri. 10-12, Sat. and Sun. 1-4 Visitors also Welcome Mon. – Weds. 10-4
Anne is teaching this class, hosted by Girl Develop IT (GDI)
Overview: HTML and CSS are the building blocks of all modern websites—from the structure and content of a page to its aesthetic and visual appearance. These two languages give us the ability to create high-quality sites that are responsive, accessible, and appealing.
Web Design Essentials 1 will introduce you to the basics of HTML and CSS. Through hands-on exercises and small projects, you’ll learn and acquire the skills to plan, structure, build, and style websites. You’ll gain an understanding of key topics in modern web development such as accessibility and semantic coding, and start to cultivate your own web development practice. This series will give you the foundation needed to move on to intermediate web development tools and concepts such as CSS Flexbox and more.
Anne is painting in this plein air event during Arlington’s Town Day
Arlington’s Plein Air Paint Festival will be held during Town Day Festivities and within the Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden in Arlington, MA.
Fun, relaxed plein air painting event featuring professional and student artists!
Painting at Auburn Lake
Visit with Painters and Vote on the Art: Fun, relaxed plein air painting event featuring professional and student artists working outdoors in beautiful Winfield Robbins Memorial Garden. This lovely site in between Arlington’s stately Town Hall and Robbins Memorial Library, was designed by R. Clipston Sturgis and redesigned by the Olmstead Brothers; and is also home to the Cyrus Dallin sculpture of the Menotomy Indian Hunter. Learn about the painters’ process, enjoy other garden activities and entertainment, then view the finished paintings to be exhibited at the end — and vote for your favorite!
Anne is presenting this topic at the WordPress July “Mega Meetup”, sponsored by So. Florida WordPress Meetup
Anne introduces you to the basic Gutenberg blocks so you can edit existing pages and posts, and create new documents. She’ll start with a quick orientation to Gutenberg features, then dive into some of the common blocks. Anne will show her best ways to use blocks, along with her favorite blocks, layout methods, and tips. For those who are new to using the Block editor or experienced users wanting to check out different ideas and techniques, everyone will get great take-aways from the evening!
“This is hands down the best Gutenberg 101 for content creators I’ve seen. Seriously, bookmark this now and use as a reference: logical progression, great screen caps, user-friendly language.”
Anne is teaching this class, hosted by Girl Develop IT (GDI).
“Git” ready for a visual tour of Git with this brand new workshop! Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned Git user, this workshop will introduce you to visual tools that make learning and using version control an easier and more intuitive experience.
Recently, I lived in Florida for a few years. While there, a lot of new fauna and flora inspired me! I am pleased to now show much of my artwork from that period.
This open studios is a one-day, outdoor event. 50+ artists who live, work, teach, create, or are affiliated with the arts community in Lexington will display their work. I am happy to be among them!
My location: Munroe Center for the Arts 1403 Mass. Ave. Lexington, MA
Artist Anne Katzeff and writer Peggy Kornegger talk about how the natural world inspires each of them to create—and how these two creative expressions can enhance each other. They will give examples from their new book Inside the Rainbow—Soul Connection in Nature.
The natural world is timeless, filled with color and light, silence and sound. It is the place where spirit lives and where you can experience a connection to your soul at the deepest level. Whether you are drawn to flowers or trees, birds or whales, stars or sunsets, this book is an open door to that connection. There is a powerful loving energy waiting to touch your heart “inside the rainbow” that is Nature. Peggy Kornegger provides both personal life stories and individual practices to help you discover your own magical soul connection to Earth’s wonders.
— Peggy Kornegger
On the same evening, photographer Helen Morse will talk about her newly published book, The Difficult Girl – A Memoir. Helen will discuss language as a medium and medium as a language, both which attempt to close the divide between personal experience and those of others. She will include examples of her portrait work from the book and the messages they convey.
Thoreau Society and Farm Trust Auction
Mar 1, 2022 9:00 AM EST to Mar 29, 2022 2:00 PM EDT
Anne has donated three paintings to this year’s online auction.
This is an opportunity to buy art as a way to support a non-profit dedicated to Thoreau’s legacy. Place a bid!
Blue Ridges 1
Blue Ridges 2 – SOLD!
Eggplants, Hutchins Farm – SOLD!
“The Thoreau Society continues our namesake’s struggle to open all eyes to social and environmental injustice, and to end blindness to the consequences of unchecked racism, climate change, and other threats to individual freedom, democratic equality, and social justice in the United States and around the world.”
Intro. to HTML and CSS
Mar 23, 2022 6-8 PM EST
Anne is teaching this FREE class, hosted by Girl Develop IT (GDI).
Want to learn how to build your own website? Already have a site, but someone else manages it and you want to have more control over it? Interested in learning to program but want to start small? If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above, this course is for you! HTML and CSS are incredibly useful skills for bloggers, content creators, email marketers, small business owners, designers to have; they are necessary tools for front-end web developers.
This unique series of learning, “hacking” and collaborating with GDI community members from across the world will include keynote presentations, workshops, networking opportunities and so much more!
Our event will unite programmers, graphic designers, content strategists, interface designers, and project managers to create a software that solves a problem. Register for our three-day event today to meet a vibrant community, learn new skills and challenge yourself to build something without constraints!
Showcasing work by the 7 artists who are helping to transform the Belmont community through their public art. Thanks to a generous grant from the Belmont Cultural Council, the Belmont Art Association (BAA) was able to award stipends to 7 artists (5 this year and 2 in 2020) to paint utility boxes. The community project was filmed by the Belmont Media Center and photographed by BAA members, Dari Paquette and Janet Smith.
Participating artists: Adria Arch, Rocky Cotard, Nayda Cuevas, Grace Julian-Murthy, Anne Katzeff, Ian Todreas, Liz Lamanche.
Anne is teaching this class, hosted by Girl Develop IT (GDI).
In this 90 minute class, we will compare WordPress.org with WordPress.com and review the key features of shared and managed hosting plans. We’ll learn about installing WordPress and configuring its basic settings, choosing and installing a theme, adding new pages and posts, creating nav menus, working with widgets, installing plugins, creating child themes, and customizing themes.
Gather your questions and bring them to class!
Prerequisites and Preparation:
For this introductory-level class, it will be mostly presentation-style so that you walk away with a comprehensive understanding of WordPress and its attributes. We will also discuss our upcoming WordPress cohort (October 9 and 16) and the benefits of joining this learning experience!
These introductory courses will be followed by a deep-dive series, WordPress Essentials, two consecutive Saturdays in October. You can find her classes and more learning opportunities in website development on our website, https://girldevelopit.com/events
#100DayProject
June 17, 2021
Anne shares her Instagram project with the Belmont Art Association
Anne Katzeff and Jessica Parsons Lomeli will share the “agony and the ecstasy” of embarking on their respective “100 Sketches in 100 Days” and “30 Paintings in 30 Days” challenges!
Anne will present her experience working on the #100DayProject, a free, global, Instagram challenge to create something every day for 100 days. Always looking for ways to expand and improve her art skills, about a year ago, Anne took a Nature Journaling class at Naples Botanical Garden. It stretched her far beyond her comfort zone into the world of watercolor. Anne and her life partner recently moved back to Belmont after a few years in Florida – a return that reawakened her appreciation of the seasons here. She chose “seasonal inspirations” as her theme and set aside some time at the end of each workday to do a sketch that took perhaps an hour. Anne will discuss her ongoing learning experiences and share some of her work.
Amaryllis
Front-End Fundamentals I: Learning Cohort (6 Class Series)
Begins April 20, 2021
Anne is teaching this class, hosted by Girl Develop IT (GDI)
The front end of a website is the part that users interact with. Everything that you see when navigating on the web, from fonts and colors, layout and media, to drop-down menus and sliders, is a combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In this beginner-friendly course, you’ll cover the basics of HTML and CSS to begin building and editing web pages.
Anne is teaching this class, hosted by Girl Develop IT (GDI)
Welcome to the Wonderful World of WordPress!
Have you ever wondered what all of the hype is about WordPress?
You’re not alone. The hype is well-deserved. What started out in 2003 as a blogging platform has evolved into a full-fledged Content Management System (CMS). WordPress is currently the most prominent CMS in the world! WordPress is a free, open source software application that you can use to build websites and blogs with little or minimal knowledge of web coding.
Sample of a Post
In this 2 hour class, we will compare WordPress.org with WordPress.com and discover the key attributes of shared and managed hosting plans. We’ll learn about installing and configuring basic settings in WordPress, choosing and installing a theme, adding new pages and posts, creating nav menus, working with widgets, installing plugins, creating child themes, and customizing themes. Gather your questions and bring them to class!
Prerequisites and Preparation:
For this introductory-level class, you’ll need:
a laptop with a web browser (*Chrome preferred, but see note below about Safari.)
a sense of humor 😉
a WordPress site – one of the following options would be good:
We will not be able to assist individuals during classtime in installing a live WordPress site on their own webhost. There are too many variations in webhost configurations! If you experience any difficulties installing WordPress on your webhost, contact Anne for assistance a few days before class, or use WordPress.com or Flywheel for this class.
Introduction to Web Design
February 16, 2021
Key Design Principles and How to Implement Them!
Anne shares her design knowledge in this free online class offered by Girl Develop IT (GDI).
Web design is the visual styling and layout of a website. It requires a good understanding of color, type, alignment, and harmony. With pleasing aesthetics, organized navigation, and sensible UX, visitors are more likely to stay on the site and view multiple pages.
We’ll have a hands-on evening practicing the key principles of design and implementing them. Design is more than colors and fonts: it begins with establishing client goals, formulating a strategy to achieve those goals, and creating a strong design concept to support the strategy. Brainstorming and sketching out ideas is part of this fun process, so bring paper and pen or tablet to get started!
Once you’ve got the design figured out, you use HTML and CSS to build the site. As time allows, we’ll explore how to: add contrast, use continuity, align items, group elements together, improve hierarchy, and ensure good readability.
Gather your questions and bring them to our class!
Using Migration and Cloning Tools for WordPress Sites
Thursday, May 21, 2020 • 6:30pm
WPSWFL co-organizer, Anne Katzeff, will present a tutorial about migration, the process of cloning a website and moving it to another location. Some of the more common reasons for migrating a site are a change of web host, a change in domain name, or creating a development site to test things. There are many migration and cloning tools for WordPress. Plugins are the easiest tools to use for this purpose. In this tutorial, Anne will show you how to use 3 of her favorite plugins that replicate all of the files and the database from one site to another: Duplicator, Backup Buddy, and All-in-1 WP Migration.
JOIN US TO CELEBRATE – A special, one-day show of work done by students in our workshop Nature Journaling: Botany Through Art.
I am 1 of 12 lucky people who qualified for a free watercolor class, sponsored by a grant received by Naples Botanical Garden! 8 weeks of Monday mornings at the Garden, including supplies. Meet our wonderful teacher, Elizabeth Smith, who taught us so much, and my classmates, who are the nicest people!
Learn about some good habits for your day-to-day blogging and content creation tasks!
WPSWFL co-organizer, Anne Katzeff, will facilitate a discussion about Search Engine Optimization (SEO), an ongoing process of preparing your website content for discovery by the web’s search engines. Better preparation equals better optimization. Getting your site to rank in the search lists is not a simple task, nor will it happen overnight. With longevity, continuity, and quality, your site will at least have a semblance of hope in appearing in the top ranking tiers.
Integrating social media into your website is an important way to widen your reach, deepen engagement with your audience, and build brand recognition. It’s a form of digital marketing that can be fun and fulfilling. When used with intelligent strategies, social media contributes to increased support, sales and donations.
The evening will begin with Anne sharing her thoughts about the value and promise of story, and the importance of authenticity. Goals need to be identified at the beginning of any project. Underpinning those goals is the need to find our “voice” and stay true to who we are in the digital barrage of distractions.
Anne’s presentation will then focus on the actual tools you can use to achieve your goals with integrity and genuineness. Some of the questions we’ll tackle:
• What are the usual suspects (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc)? • Are there other devices and applications available? • How do you use them? • Should you put them on your website? • Do you install anything on your computer?
Please join us! Bring your good humor and your story!
There has been an explosion in the number of WordPress themes being developed in the past few years. The sheer volume of offerings can make theme selection an overwhelming challenge. Making an informed choice is the first step towards a wise choice.
Anne will present a brief history of her path through the theme labyrinth, then describe her current approach in choosing a WordPress theme. It is rarely based on aesthetics. She focuses on features, functionality, and Gutenberg-compatibility.
We’ll have plenty of time for discussion and sharing:
Anne shares her design knowledge at Southwest Florida’s next WordPress MeetUp. Don’t miss it!
Web design is the visual styling and layout of a website: it requires a good understanding of color, type, alignment, and harmony. With pleasing aesthetics, organized navigation, and sensible UX, visitors are more likely to stay on the site and view multiple pages.
We’ll have a hands-on evening practicing the key principles of design and implementing them in WordPress. Design is more than colors and fonts: it begins with establishing client goals, formulating a strategy to achieve those goals, and creating a strong design concept to support the strategy. Brainstorming and sketching out ideas is part of this fun process, so bring paper and pen or tablet to get started!
What: WordPress Meetup SWFL @wpswfl with Anne Katzeff @ASKDesign2 // Sponsored by @VX_Naples Where: VentureX, Mercato, Naples, FL 34109 Details:WordPress MeetUp Southwest Florida
The gallery at the Mass. Audubon’s “Habitat” Sanctuary is a beautiful place to visit any time of year. Come to view the nice range of artwork, then go for a walk in the surrounding woods.
Duration of Exhibit: December 1-29, 2017
Reception: December 10 from 1-3pm. Open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Details: Buy gifts that support local artists!
Where: Mass. Audubon Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary * 10 Juniper Rd. * Belmont, MA 02478 More details on the Mass. Audubon Habitat website.
Art Blooms in Belmont
Anne had a painting in this show AND presented a talk with her partner, Peggy, for a special events weekend!
Key Information
Duration of Exhibit: March 17 – May 5, 2017
Special Reception: Thurs., March 30, 6-8 pm Open to the public. Wine/Light refreshments will be served.
Where: Belmont Gallery of Art, Homer Municipal Building * 19 Moore St. * Belmont Center, MA 02478. More details on the BGA website
SPECIAL EVENTS
Willow Pond, south view
Author & Artist Collaboration: How We Self-Published Fri., March 31, 7-9pm Artist Anne Katzeff and writer Peggy Kornegger talk about their experience of writing, editing, designing, and publishing Peggy’s book Lose Your Mind, Open Your Heart, which features many of Anne’s flower and landscape paintings.
Floral Arrangement Design Workshop Sat., April 1, 2-3pm
An opportunity to see many new and recent pieces that Anne has painted
When: March through April 2017
Reception: March 16, 2017; 6-8pm Light refreshments will be served.
Where: Brigham House, 341 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA 02472
Details: Anne’s new and recent work is on display in the cozy and warm Brigham House gallery. Paintings from her North Carolina trip, as well as several pieces celebrating the American southwest, will be included in the show.
Belmont Gallery of Art – 10 Year Anniversary Show
Anne had a painting in this special exhibit
Duration of Show: Sept. 24 through Oct. 30, 2015 Join us for the Gala Reception on Oct. 16, 6 – 9 pm!
Where: Belmont Gallery of Art, Homer Municipal Building * 19 Moore St. * Belmont Center, MA 02478
Details: The 10th Anniversary Show marks the extraordinary milestone by honoring the work of the many artists who made its first ten years a rousing success.
