SDA Member News January 24, 2011

 

EXHIBITION NEWS

Ludmila Aristova

 "Vertigo", 25.5" x 25.5" by Ludmila Aristova, photo by D. James Dee

Ludmila Aristova's works from her Cityscapes and Illuminations series will be shown at Verde Art Gallery in Kingston, New Jersey, from January 23 through February 23, 2011:

The Fabric of Light and All That Jazz (works by Ludmila Aristova and Mitchell Seidel)
VERDE ART GALLERY 
4492, ROUTE 27
KINGSTON, NJ 08528 
(NEXT TO ENO TERRA RESTAURANT AND ALONGSIDE THE D&R CANAL) 
Verde Art Gallery is open Wed-Sat, 11-5PM and by appointment - please email gallery.verde@gmail.com

Larry Schulte

Web/Net/Veil 86, 30" x 22",  printed on paper, by Larry Schulte.

This unique screen print by Larry Schulte has been chosen by the International Print Center New York for their exhibition: 
              New Prints 2011/Winter

The exhibit runs January 13-March 5.  International Print Center, 508 West 26th Street, New York, NY

OTHER NEWS

Marilyn Henrion Studio Sale – Just a Few Days Left!

 Innerspace II by Marilyn Henrion, 41"x48"    Pieced silks, cottons, metallic fabric, hand quilted    

A note from Marilyn --- It seems that, far from slowing down as I get older, I grow more prolific each year. Which means that, in spite of continuing sales, the inventory keeps expanding. Which means that I am running out of space. Which means that collectors are the beneficiaries of a major studio sale currently under way. Selected works are marked down 20-30% (three works sold during the first week!).

To take advantage of this opportunity, which runs through January 28th, I invite you to visit
www.artfulhome.com/mhenrion

In addition to the sale  discounts,  you'll get an additional 5% off your total purchase if you use the Promotion Code  MHENRION  at checkout.

HAVE YOU SUBMITTED YOUR WEBSITE LINK YET?

Please send your website link to jeannerbeck@gmail.com   It will be posted on the sidebar of the “In A New York Minute” blog.  Hundreds of people read these post each month (750 in December,2010 alone); help make it easier for them to find you and your work.

And please consider adding this link to your own blog or website and helping blog readership to continue to grow.

SDA Member News January 2, 2011

Wishing You A Creative, Focused, Expressive, Wonderfully Productive and Beyond-Your-Wildest-Dreams-Ever Successful New Year!

EXHIBITIONS

Laurie Wohl

"Valley of Dry Bones" by Laurie Wohl- part of the Dura Europos Project, through March 27, at the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art

"Sanctuary" by Laurie Wohl - part of Sanctuaries in Time, JWAN, Women's Caucus for Art, through March 1,  at the Columbia/Barnard Kraft Center for Jewish Life

Marilyn Henrion

“Soft City: Angelika” by Marilyn Henrion, 2010; 40"x50"  mixed media, hand quilted.

“Soft City” moves to New Jersey on February 1. Marilyn Henrion's mixed media works, recently on exhibit at Noho Gallery in NYC, will be at the Intermezzo Gallery in Englewood, NJ from Feb. 1-27, 2010

Intermezzo Art Gallery
Bergen Performing Arts Center
30 North Van Brunt St.
Englewood, NJ 07631
(201)816-8160 ext. 34

If you missed it in New York, now's your chance to see it......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru_1PvtGNw4

K. Velis Turan

“On the Road to Greenville” by K. Velis Turan

Turan has been invited to participate in “The Bridge - an Invitational Exhibition” of 15 artists from Green County Council on the Arts at the Tivoli Artists' Co-op.  The artists will show landscapes from both sides of the Hudson.

Exhibition Dates: Jan 7- Jan 30, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, Jan 8, 2011, 6-8 pm

Sharon Bottle Souva

“Moonseed” by Sharon Bottle Souva

Souva will have an exhibit of  quilts and collages at the Hamilton Center for the Arts, January 9th-February15th, with an artists reception on February 12th.  She will be teaching a fiber collage workshop on January 22nd at the Center.

Arle Sklar Weinstein

 

“Cave Wall Herd Diptych” by Arle Sklar Weinstein

“An Exhibition by Arle Sklar Weinstein” is now on view at ArtPlace Gallery, The Watermark at 3030 Park, Bridgeport, CT.

Meet the artist, view her works and hear about their creation and meaning when she gives a presentation on Wednesday, January12 at 2:00 PM. Please RSVP to 1-203-502-7592 by January 10th.

Elaine Longtemps

 “No One is Listening” by Elaine Longtemps

The narrative image of “No One Is Listening”, will be displayed in a continuously looping slide show at the exhibition “Green: the Color and the Cause”, at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, April 16 through September 11, 2011

Link:  (http://textilemuseum.org/exhibitions/upcoming/GREEN.htm)

The curators of the show, Rebecca A. T. Stevens, Consulting Curator of the Textile Museum, Washington, and Lee A. Talbot, Associate Curator, Eastern Hemisphere Collections, said of Longtemp’s work, “The link between the color green and modern environmentalism evident in your piece stands as a powerful example of the association between green and social value.”

Detail, “No One is Listening”, by Elaine Longtemps

“No One is Listening” has also been selected by Joan Young, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, for inclusion in the 25th International Juried Show being presented at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, January 14 through March 18, 2011. The opening reception is January 14, 2011 from 6-8 pm. (www.artcenternj.org)

Jeanne Raffer Beck

Jeanne Beck’s work will be part of the visual installation “60/20 Virtual Tour: Art in Motion”, presented by the Arena Art Group at Rochester Contemporary Art Center in Rochester, NY for two nights only, January 13, 6-9 PM and January 14, 6 – 10 PM.

The virtual installation celebrates the Art Group’s six decades promoting contemporary fine art and the closing of the Art Center’s 20th member show.

“60/20 Virtual Tour: Art in Motion” will feature multiple projections, video interviews with artists and moving people sculptures in which the audience can become part of the art.

BLUE DOOR GALLERY EXHIBITION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 15

The deadline has been extended to Jan 15th for the national juried exhibition, "Fiber PLUS: 21st Century Fiber with Mixed Media" at Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY.

It's a companion show to Sandra Sider's 21st Century Fiber invitational at Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx,NY.

For more information and to download the prospectus, please visit the Blue Door Gallery website.

The Joys of the Season to You and Yours!

 

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!

SDA Member News December 19, 2010

 

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

SDA Member News December 5, 2010

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

Munsell Color Wheel

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

SDA NY Member News November 21, 2010

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

SDA NY Member News November 7, 2010

 

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

Natayla Aikens

 The Gallery on 3 presents works by Natalya Aikens and Ekaterina Piskareva.

Dates: November 1^st through 30^th, 2010

Artist Reception: Sunday, November 14^th 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

 

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.