Early
American Quilts & Coverlets
Opening
Reception: Thursday,
January 7,
6-8pm
Anne Weissman & friends: Tin Hearts TransformedOpening Reception: Thursday, February 4, 6-8pm
Picture an old tea canister filled with your grandmother's collection of odd buttons, or a heart shaped red candy box stuffed with postcards and Polaroids. Imagine what a group of artists could make from thirty empty heart shaped cookie tins! Anne Weissman invited a group of book artists, collage makers, sculptors and potters to take tins to their studios and transform them using the materials and methods of their choice. The resulting artworks range from the contemplative to the exuberant . They are as individual as are the hearts and imaginations of their creators.
Village Art Studio: Pastel Paint Wax
Opening Reception: Thursday,
March 4, 6-8pm
Ronnie Jeter, Melinda Placko, and Shelley
Robinson meet weekly
at the Village Art Studio. As mixed
media artists, they create images which unite a variety of materials
including
pencil, paint, paper, pastel, wax, charcoal, photo collage, and fabric. By pushing the limits of creativity and
material, they are discovering natural textures, gutsy landscapes,
southwest
color, and the meditation of silence. Come
and join the exploration.
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Book Group: Time
Opening Reception:
Thursday, April 1, 6-8pm
Sheila N. Markowitz
-- Hangin' at the Gaugin CafeOpening Recpeption: Thursday, May 6, 6-8pm
Sheila N. Markowitz uses her computer to merge her photographs, snapshots and scans of other materials in myriad and subtle ways. She sees her process as a metaphor for how the mind overlays experiences, blurs and blends them in memory, reconciles disparate points of view to create coherence. Markowitz works intuitively, dialoguing with her art as it evolves throught a host of incremental decisions. Each montage element connects to a personal story that is rarely evident in the finished work. Instead visual surprises, ambiguitities, and hints of narrative invite viewers to construct their own artful fictions.
Flea
Market Specials
Flea Market &
Festival Day:
Saturday, July 3
William Scheele -- A Passion for Nature
Meili's Acquisitions -- Contemporary Chinese Prints
Eugenia Vainberg -- Illustration in Embroidery
Yoshida -- Japanese Nature Photography
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