FRANNY ANDAHAZY

Gallery Owner & Curator – Concept Designer – Stylist – Art Consultant – Creative Director Visionary – Fine Art Painter – Set Designer – Art Instructor & Juror

Frances C. Andahazy is an honors graduate from Massachusetts College of Art, with a BFA in painting and art education.  A teacher of art and design for over 31 years, she founded and developed her own award-winning special events design company, PBD Events (formerly Party by Design), of which she is CEO and Creative Director. PBD has grown a respected reputation over the years as one of the top event design companies in New England and Nationally, offering cutting edge designs and noted as frontrunners in the field of decor fabrication. PBD Design Team is a group of artisans who fabricate furniture from reclaimed, recycled objects, the newest division of PBD. The company houses one of the largest event décor showrooms, a full service sign division, and a custom fabrication department. Frances has won numerous awards in the field of event design, and has been called on by many organizations for her expertise on design panels, art jurors, and art business consulting. She has been featured on National television and numerous media publications for her work in the design field, was nominated for Designer of the year from Biz Bash Magazine, and was a recipient of the Alumni Award at Massachusetts College of Art for art and design.  This year in 2016 she was one of the winners of the Boston Bravo Top CEO.  While maintaining her role at PBD, she founded Oceanside17 Studio and Gallery in which she showcased her own work as a painter and represented other artists. In 2013 she started Solace on Long Beach Island New Jersey, where she spends the summer painting and selling art.  Her art organizations and memberships are numerous, as she is an active advisor and past Director at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, member of the NRAS, ICA, MFA, Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Duxbury Art Association, and SVAA in Vermont.

“Oceanside 17 Gallery” Best Bet Boston Globe Gallery Exhibits

South Shore Living Magazine, Spring Issue, Artist profile

Art Collector Magazine Article, July Issue, Cape Cod And the Shore Issue

Patriot Ledger of Massachusetts, Profile of An Artist and Designer, August Issue

North River Arts Society Calendar Winner for “January”

South Shore Art Center Festival “Award for Excellence”

Art Collector Magazine “Cape Cod and the Islands” artist feature July

Winner of 37th Annual Duxbury Museum Winter Juried show

NECN CEO Corner Feature Sunday Night Interview

Mass College of Art Alumni Award

First Prize Old Painter Long Beach Island Foundation

Boston Bravo Awards Top CEO