We live in different parts of the same state, some rural, some urban, but all inspire our creativity. Yes there’s nothing we can’t accomplish right where we are.
Opportunities for creating abound around us. What a great era to view the world with artistic eyes; there’s inspiration everywhere.
May your holidays and the New Year ahead bring you wonderful experiences and creative satisfaction in all that you do!
EXHIBITION NEWS
Ludmila Ostrova
“Illuminations” at NOHO Gallery
“Illumination”, Ludmila Aristova, silk, 35” x 45”
View of the Noho gallery with Aristova’s works on display as part of the Illuminations” exhibition.
Ludmila Aristova "Illuminations", November 30 – December 24, 2010 has been on view at the Noho Gallery, 530 West 25 St., 4th Floor, New York, NY, 10001
A catalogue is available. Please call 212-367-7063.
Tegan E. Ford
“Fold”, Tegan E. Ford, 5” x 3” x 3”, copper leaf, felt, hemp, 2010.
Tegan E. Ford, a senior at Buffalo State College in the fiber art program, recently submitted and had a piece accepted in the "What's Next!: 2nd Annual Undergraduate Juried Show" held by Bradley University Galleries in Peoria, IL. The show runs January 3 - February 4 with the Reception February 3, 6:00 - 7:30 pm.
Here is the link to the show http://art.bradley.edu/bug/?p=965
Margaret Peot
Margaret Peot's solo exhibition, Woodcuts, Inkblots and Curiosities, will be on view at The Galleries at Saint Peter's Church from January 21-February 27, 2011.
Opening Reception, and a sneak preview of Margaret's new book:
Inkblot: Drip, Splat and Squish Your Way to Creativity
on January 31, from 6-8PM.
Saint Peter's is located at 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street (entrance on 54th)
(212) 935-2200
NEW VENTURES
Rachel Rose is launching a new business with a line of hand-painted silk tees and is eager to exchange marketing and sales ideas with other SDA members. Any veterans out there who would enjoy sharing your expertise with her?
Please visit her new website at www.byrachelrose.com
EXHIBITION NEWS
Pat Pauly has two works on view in the current "Quilts=Art=Quilts" exhibition at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery in Auburn, running October 31, 2010 - January 9, 2011. Her piece "Stacked Mummy Bags," was awarded first place in the juried and judged exhibition.
Pat Pauly, “Pink Leaf”, at Quilts=Art=Quilts.
Pat Pauly's work has also been accepted in the 2011 Quilt National Exhibition that will open May 28 2011.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, in collaboration with Red Dog Enterprises, Inc. and The ArT QuILT ExPERIeNcE, proudly present...
2011 Juried Exhibition
THE ArT-QuILT ExPERIENCE
Exhibition Dates: June 12 - July 31, 2011
THE ArT- QuILT ExPERIENCE exhibit celebrates the diversity and innovation found in today’s quilts.
* Call for Entry Deadline April 15, 2011
* Juror Jonathan Holstein, Quilt Collector & Author
* Entry Fee: $30 for up to 2 quilts
* $2,000 Prize Money
* Exhibit Location: Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
For more information, please visit http://www.theart-quiltexperience.com
Marilyn Henrion Prints Now Available!
Fine museum-quality reproductions of Marilyn Henrion’s artworks are now available at affordable prices, starting as low as $63.50. Newly added images include digitally manipulated photographs from the artist’s mixed media series, "Soft City", as well as selected art quilts. Prints are available in various sizes and can be ordered with or without customized frames, mats, and other accessories! All prints are shipped within three business days and come with a no questions asked 30 day return policy..
NEW! The images are also available on customizable greeting cards.
SPECIAL HOLIDAY BONUS! Receive a 10% discount on all purchases between now and December 31, 2010 by specifying Code # VTALPY at checkout.
Click here to order original artworks through the artist’s website.
Barbara Arlen’s Color Classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s School of Professional Studies – Hot Topics! Winterim/Spring 2011
SXC 100 Color Theory and Culture $270
No matter what type of work you do or career you pursue the ability to harness color’s powers can be your success factor. Discover the degree to which color crosses all market boundaries and impacts point of sale and consumer satisfaction. Learn to use color effectively as an extraordinary visual and sensual stimulus. Find out how to pick colors that affect moods, product sales and home environments and learn how color theory usage impacts culture and social issues. Progress into forecasting seasonal color themes and see how customized color ranges are developed for different products, consumers and markets. Participate in a color trends workshop and create a presentation reflecting your own unique color themes. A $10 materials fee will be collected at the second session. An art supply and a required text list will be available prior to the class by calling 212 217 7715 or visiting www.fitnyc.edu/colorspecialistcourses
Instructors: Barbara Arlen with Neville Bean
Winterim session-2 double sessions: (55A) Friday and Saturday, January 7, 8
55A 9:30am-4:30pm
Spring sessions-4 sessions: (55A) March 10, 17, 24, 31; (55B) April 28, May 5, 12, 19
10175 55A R 6:30pm-9:30pm 10618 55B R 6:30pm-9:30pm
SXF 840 Career Opportunities for Working With Color $75
If you are an artist, designer, Color Specialist Certificate student or have a creative eye and are looking for fresh career direction find out how color knowledge and talent is extremely marketable in fashion and related businesses. Meet a panel of successful professionals from a variety of fields that use color strategically for branding, cosmetics, fashion home markets, textiles and retail. How they use their color expertise is the bedrock of their success. Gain insight into how you can use your own color strengths to distinguish your employment opportunities and enhance your promotability in fashion and beyond.
Moderator: Barbara Arlen & color career panelists from several industries.
1 session: (55A) April 14 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
SXC 260 Color Painting Studio $250
Paint with color as a professional by learning how to mix, paint and create your own color chips and color schemes through this hands-on study for the use of mixing colors for fashion, accessories, home, branding, cosmetics, personal image, graphics and painting. Strengthen your ability to visualize the appearance of basic hues and their variant tints and shades, exploring the potential intensity and or muted effects of color combinations, lighter and darker. Use Josef Albers’ juxtaposition and harmonies of color and get tips on color mixing, matching and selection for different products. Most studio supplies included in course fee and basic supplies available in the classroom. Some additional supplies necessary, approximately $50 recommended at first session. Bring a smock or cover-up to all sessions.
Workshop leader: Barbara Arlen
4 sessions: (55A) March 2, 9, 16, 23; (55B) April 27, May 4, 11, 18 6:30pm-9:30 55B 6:30pm-9:30pm
EXHIBITIONS
Carol Ann Rice Rafferty
Carol Ann Rice Rafferty has two works at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts current show, re.CYCLE.fiber, that opened November 19.
“re.CYCLE.fiber”, presented by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, will run through January 23, 2011.
Carol Ann Rice Rafferty, “Took my Breath Away”,
glass bell jar, death mask made from used coffee filters, bees wax, feathers from my pillow, steel wire, paper pulp, rust, hair, skeleton key.
Carol Ann Rice Rafferty, “Better With Experience”,
steel wire, paper pulp, rust.
OTHER NEWS
Jeanne Raffer Beck Interview
Read an Interview with Jeanne Raffer Beck, published on Terry Jarrad-Dimond’s Studio 24-7 Blog
Studio Open House Invitation – Visit Jeanne’s Beck’s fiber studio #366 during “Hungerford Unwrapped”, a semi-annual open studio event. Over 30 artists will be participating Friday, December 3, 5-9 PM, and Saturday, December 4, 12-4 PM at the Hungerford Building, 1115 East Main St. Rochester, NY.
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Winter/Spring 2011 Classes Announced! Adult Courses for Jan - April are now up at the Textile Arts Center
The usuals: Intro to Weaving, Intro to Screen Printing, Basic and Intermediate Sewing, Embroidery.
As well as some newbies: Millinery (hatmaking), Shoe making, Crochet, Shibori, Advanced Weaving, Recycling for Jewelry, Book Binding, Silk Painting and more more more.
There is something for everyone, so check 'em out or come visit us at the studio!
THE TEXTILE ARTS CENTER 505 CARROLL ST
BKLYN (PARK SLOPE), NY 11215
TEL (718) 369-0222
FAX (718) 228-7187
info@textileartscenter.com
HOLIDAY GIFT WORKSHOP SERIES! Featuring a few from Uproar Art
If you don't have the time, we understand. Which is why we've teamed up with BK Craft Central and Littlefield's to bring you the BEST Craft Fair of the season!
On December 18 + 19, go between Textile Arts Center and Littlefields, just a few blocks away, for your favorite craft and food vendors, and free workshops:
Saturday, Dec 18 - 2-5PM -- Recycle-A-T: Screen Printing
Sunday, Dec 19, - 2-5PM -- Recycle-A-T: Dyeing
CALL FOR ENTRIES
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD -- EXCITING NEW EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY FOR SDA MEMBERS
Northeast Regional Juried Contemporary Fiber Exhibition
The Surface Design Association is partnering with Rochester Contemporary Art Center to present a contemporary fiber exhibition in Rochester, NY. April 1 – May 9, 2011.
The timing will create a spotlight on fiber in the entire region because the SDA exhibition will overlap the touring FiberArt International exhibition at Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery May 1 – July 3, 2011.
Entries may include or combine surface design, mixed media, felting, quilting, hand embroidery, knotting, weaving, knitting and crochet, fiber sculpture, basketry and/or handcrafted paper.
Who May Enter: Open to artists living in New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Entry Deadline: January, 17, 2011.
For more information, please download the full prospectus.
EXHIBITION NEWS
The Gallery on 3 presents works by Natalya Aikens and Ekaterina Piskareva.
Dates: November 1st through 30th, 2010
Artist Reception: Sunday, November 14th from 1 – 5 PM
Location: Mahopac Public Library, 668 Route 6, Mahopac, NY
Natalya Aikens and Ekaterina Piskareva, both artists of Russian heritage, are exhibiting their paintings, textile and mixed media collages, and drawings together.
Natalya’s art is an exploration of her heritage. St. Petersburg, her birth city, inspires her with its elegance, grace and grittiness, and Russian decorative traditions infuse her work with their fanciful spirit. Her current work focuses on her fascination with sheer, translucent effects and creative recycling. Adding intense hand stitching and free hand machine embroidery further enhances her work.
Jappie King Black, Large Lace Weave Fragment, bronze lost wax casting, blue patina, approx. 12" diameter x 6"high
Jappie King Black, Color Study with Bronze Baskets, cotton, over paper rush, bronze lost wax casting, approx. 3" diameter x 1" high.
Jappie, an assistant professor of fine art at Kean University in Union, NJ, has baskets, bronzes and an installation in the Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, November 1 – December 17, 2010 in the James Howe Gallery at Kean University, Union, NJ. Artists’ reception to be announced.
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Textile Arts and Video
The Textile Arts Center
505 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
invites artist submissions for:
“Missing/Missed”, a fiber show curated by Scott Henstrand
We all have things we yearn for in the future and from the past that drive us. These things (lovers and pets and cars and mothers and ideas and…) drive us. They swirl around under the surface. We desire to capture and recapture the thing in memory or actuality. Most of the time we don’t know exactly what any one thing is; we can’t quite put our finger on the exact demand.
Artists are asked to submit the missing or missed piece, searching behind their memories and yearnings for that created thing that will bring it all together.
Artist Postmark Deadline: Nov 30, 2010
Exhibition Dates: Jan 14 – Feb 25,2011
Opening Reception: Jan 14, 8-11 PM
For full prospectus, please visit The Textile Center website.
NY Guild of Handweavers Program
Adrienne Sloane will speak on “Knitting the Political Landscape” at the next meeting of the NY Guild of Handweavers on Saturday, October 30 at the School of Visual Arts, 214 E 21 St. The meeting begins at 1:00; there is a social gathering beginning at noon. This slide show will cover recent work by artists and activists who are helping to change the landscape of knitting art, as well as including images from Sloane's own work.
Exhibitions
Marilyn Henrion
Marilyn Henrion, Soho Unfolded, 18” x72” mixed media textile.
Soft City: New Works by Marilyn Henrion
November 2- 27, 2010
Noho Gallery
530 West 25 St., 4th flr., New York NY 10001
(212)367-7063
Receptions: Thursday Nov.4 , 6 to 8 PM & Saturday Nov. 6 , 4 to 6 PM
Catalog available
K. Velis Turan
Capital Repertory Theatre now exhibiting “Urban Landscapes” by K. Velis Turan.
K. Velis Turan, Empire Street
K. Velis Turan's
Urban Landscapes
On display at Capital Repertory Theatre
from Oct 22 - Nov 14
In conjunction with their play Cactus Flower.
Capital Repertory Theatre
111 North Pearl St. Albany, NY 12207
Box Office: 518-445-SHOW (7469)
EXHIBITIONS
Arle Sklar-Weinstein
Arlé Sklar-Weinstein's newest Fiber-Photomontage transparently layered art works will be on display from Oct 9th's Opening reception through the month at A.R.T. S. Gallery 4 West Cross Street, Croton Fall, NY 10519 914-276-2209 Gallery hours Wednesday - Saturday noon-6 Contact: arts6gallery@gmail.com www.arts6gallery.com
More work will be also be featured October 2010 – February 2011 at Human Body Works (formerly Secrets Gallery), 32 Main Street, Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706. FMI 917-445-1767
Julie Branch
Julie Branch will have a show of her mixed media figurative sculptures 10/15-11/13 at The Sow's Ear Studio & Gallery, 1597 Upper Union St., Schenectady,
NY 12309 518-370-2042.
The opening reception is Friday 10/15 from 5-8pme. Gallery hours are Mon-Sat. from 10:30am to 5pm.
Julie creates sculpted figures that are dressed in garments made
using a variety of fiber techniques including felting, rya weaving,
knitting and sewing. 
Julie Branch, "Shaman Dance I"
K. Velis Turan
K. Velis Turan’s work will be included in “The NYFA MARK 10 Artists of Troy”
Dates: October 6 - November 27
Location: House of Creative Soul
38 Van Dam Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
(518) 226-0010
Opening Reception:
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
6 - 8 pm
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 11 - 6
Closed Sunday and Monday or call for appointment
NYFA MARK is a new professional growth program for visual artists throughout upstate New York.
Marilyn Henrion
“Soft City Red Door”, 40” x 50”, by Marilyn Henrion
Marilyn Henrion: “Soft City” (new mixed media textile works)
Solo Exhibition at Noho Gallery November 2- 27, 2010
530 W. 25 St., 4th floor
New York, NY 1000 (212)367-7063
Katherine Knauer
Katherine Knauer: Outspoken Quilts” at New York Institute of Technology, 16 West 61st St., 11th floor, NYC
Dates: October 14 – November 25, 2010,
Mon-Fri, 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM, Saturdays Noon – 5 PM.
Opening Reception Thursday, October 21, 2010, 5:00 – 7:00 PM
OTHER NEWS
WANTED: Qualified artists, industry designers & educators needed to teach COLOR THEORY & PSYCHOLOGY at a Major Manhattan college:
Teach Four, 3 Hour evening classes at a major Manhattan college - each semester, including in between semesters.
Need a qualified educator interested in teaching or who teaches adult
evening professionals at a college in NYC, Manhattan. Needs to have
experience with different color theories that are scientific and have
to do with aesthetics and color psychology, including cultural and
social issues relating to color. Knowledge of color trends,
psychological shifts in colors, etc. Munsell Color Book will be used
as textbook.
Please contact b.arlen@mac.com for more information. Only qualified
teachers and professionals should apply.
GRANT OPPORTUNITY
New York Foundation for the Arts Invites Applications for Artists' Fellowships
The fellowships provide $7,000 to individual originating artists
living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use. Grants are
awarded in sixteen artistic disciplines, with applications accepted in eight
categories each year. The artistic disciplines for the 2010 Artists'
Fellowships are: crafts/sculpture,digital/electronic arts, nonfiction literature, poetry, and
printmaking/drawing/book arts.
Artists' Fellowships are not project grants but are intended to fund
an artist's vision or voice regardless of the level of his or her artistic
development. For application information, please visit New York Foundation for the Arts’ website.
