Cindy Milazzo Art on Display at Titovets Art Show and Sale

Cindy Milazzo and Lyuba Titovets

Yet another way to buy locally for the holidays is buying work done by our local artists. If you really want to get local, then know that Newmanista and Newman Park Neighborhood Association Board member, Cindy Milazzo, will be exhibiting and selling some of her art at the upcoming exhibition and sale of art by more than twenty students of the Titovets Art School of Alexander and Lyuba Titovets.

The sale is this Thursday, December 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the One for Life Ministries Church on 1060 Doiniphan Park Circle, Suite F behind the Vista Quality Market on Doniphan and Sunland Park.

Painting by Marina Savitsky, mother of Lyuba Titovets. Marina's work has been shown in many exhibits, including a one-woman show this year at the Chamisal gallery and at the Crossland Gallery downtown.

Cindy Milazzo Stars at Titovets Art Show

Cindy Milazzo and Lyuba Titovets

Cindy Milazzo was one of the exhibitors at this past weekend's art show by the Titovets School of Art. Although not currently a student, Newmanista Cindy Milazzo, worked with Aleksander and Lyuba Titovets for three years. Her oil painting, a copy of a detail of Gustav Klimt's "Hope 1" sold quickly at the Titovet's 10th Anniversary Celebration of Student Art Show. The Klimt masterpiece now hangs in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.

The Titovets graduated with Master of Fine Arts degrees in St. Petersburg, Russia and in 1992 immigrated to El Paso. They since have received numerous regional and national awards for their paintings. Aleksander Titovets painted the official White House portrait of First Lady Laura Bush.

"My experience with the Titovets has been exceptional," Cindy reported. "They've taught me more about color, light and the nuts and bolts of painting than I learned during many university studio art classes. The opportunity to work with them has been wonderful.

According to Cindy, "the Titovets teach pure Impressionism which uses quick, spontaneous brush strokes to paint light and define form."

"They are an El Paso treasure," she says. So is Cindy Milazzo.