"Bath" and "Greenville"

Bath                                         digital                              ©Greg Patch

Greenville                             digital                              ©Greg Patch

art tripped up to Greenville, NC 2/2/12

North Carolina's 10th largest city, pop. 84,554 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina


Yesterday was treated to a spontaneous/perfecto timing/full blast pre First Fri. nite Greenville Artwalk with Destry Sparks of Greenville, NC. Think southern, coastal country boy, gentle, hospitality with humor, grace and centered fine artist focus, he's the man. www.destrysparks.com/ Many thanks Destry!!, and to all the warm art folk he introduced me to!


We met up at the public library, hung a right, just next door, on Evans Street, (Greenville's main artsy street; arts, Dale's Indian restaurant and Americana restaurants, coffee/reading/rest spots, gifts and etc.)... 


...is the Greenville Museum of Art www.gmoa.org/ GMA houses a really sweet,,several rooms collection. There, are artstudiohold name artists and some I'd not met yet; Charles Burchfield, Minnie DesChamps, Claude Howell, Clarence Morgan, some Kenneth Nolan, a large Louise Nevelson, 19th c. Japanese woodcuts and a few Hudson River painters, Hobson Pittman, Donald Sexauer, Francis Speight, et y et... Upstairs was a large, well installed, group show of young people's art from the local Oakwood School.

Bayou Houseboat by William Henry Stevens, Pastel, 1945 (from the GMA collection)

Then to The Art Room Gallery & Studio with Nelle Lee Hayes; a collaborative IPad adventure between two artists in England and France;




Across the street; Pitt County Arts Council Emerge Gallery, http://www.emergegallery.com/
Two simultaneous juried shows, March 2 - 31.
               and                 

spinning a few blocks over to East Carolina University's Gray Gallery
https://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/soad/graygallery/exhibitions.cfm;

Exhibitions

March 1-31: ECU 2012 Undergraduate Exhibition
East Carolina University features the largest studio art program in North Carolina, which is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Curriculum areas represented in the show are: art foundations, ceramics, drawing, graphic design, illustration, interactive media, metals, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture textile design, video, film and wood design. Area curriculum coordinators in the School of Art and Design select the outstanding works submitted from over 600 undergraduate students.

The awards ceremony will be Thursday, March 1 at 5:00 PM in Speight Auditorium of the Jenkins Fine Arts building on the ECU campus.

Students in Art History will have work in the Burroughs Wellcome Gallery adjacent to the Gray Gallery from March 4 through March 24. More details are on the Gray Gallery main page.

and over town to City Art Gallery http://www.cityartgreenville.com/feature.htm

with other artists represented and a group of young and old spread
on the floor playing art making with plastic doodads...

a special stop at Destry's home studio to chat over his latest piece;

no justice in this photo sketch to the potent, subtle, simple complexities
of another fine art piece of Destry Sparks...

a quick drive over to little Inkstone Gallery with a focus on quality ceramic work... 

and finally to the Pitt County Community College' Juried Exhibition where many of Coastal North Carolina's Fine Artists are represented.

for more on artsy Greenville http://greenvillenc.localguides.com/ypcyellowpg/art_galleries.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=yellowpages&gclid=CJ-t-sfzyq4CFQKf7QoddjqnDA

...Dang.

Edges & Curves, Nothing In Between

Chakra 2 & 3            17 1/2" x 22"         beeswax & natural pigment

                               will be shipping Chakra 2 & 3 for the Edges & Curves Exhibition -

Edges & Curves,
Nothing 
In Between

An exhibition and silent 
auction
to benefit
The Haggus Society

Edges & Curves, Nothing In Between challenges the myth that cutting edge art is only made by young artists.
This event features the work of artists within and beyond U.S. borders, male and female, approximately 40 years and older.

Location

The Glass Studio
5052 York Boulevard
Highland Park,  CA 90042

The Glass Studio is a working studio and gallery space located within the arts corridor in Historic Highland Park in Northeast Los Angeles. The Glass Studio is also a regular participant with NELA Arts Second Saturday Art Walk.

Cathi Milligan, the artist-proprietess offers gallery space, mosaics, public and private art commissions, kiln forming, jewelry, bead making, instructionj (classes) and supplies. Cathi is also a Haggus Society Core Member.

Event dates and time

Preview
Featuring Performance Artist Laura Brody
Friday, October 7, 2011
7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Silent Auction and Reception
Saturday, October 8, 2011
6 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Sunday Salon
Featuring the prose and poetry of 
Ricardo Lira Acuña
Accompanied by Violinist
David Strother
Sunday, October 9, 2011
2 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Catering generously provided by
Bull Kogi, Gourmet Genie, and Figueroa Produce

Juror: Barbara Horosko Nichols

Featured Artists:

Aimee Hertog   Alex Jackson  Belinda Knetge  Cathi Milligan  Emily Rutledge  Gregory Prescott  Greg Patch   Hugh Jones  James Mai  Jon Ives Kate Carvellas  Kathleen Rackliffe  Kathy Ostman-Magnussen  Lodiza Lepore  Marian Yap  Michael Verbenec  MOO/Monika Mori  Rachel Gibson Robyn Alatorre  Stephen Barnwell  Sven Froekjaer  Vivian Schupbach  Yael Balaban

Questions?

info@thehaggussociety.org

MAPS (to Nevada?) Opening Reception **Friday, September 2** 6:00-9:00pm

http://wabisabiwarehouse.blogspot.com/

Wabi Sabi Warehouse

presents

a Multiplexitude of Work from Various Artists

namely...

MAPS (to Nevada?)

Opening Reception

**Friday, September 2** 

6:00-9:00pm

This exhibit features a collection of work from both local and alien artists who have interpreted the notion of Mapmaking in their own way. This call for work was inspired by the Art and Thought of Robert Delford Brown ("Bob"), founder of The First National Church of the Exquisite Panic, Inc. Bob said, "Many religions teach how to get to Nirvana. They all give very complicated directions. The First National Church of the Exquisite Panic, Inc tells you how to get to Nevada. It sounds close and it's simple. You take a bus!"

Bob was a good friend of Wabi Sabi and a former resident of Wilmington before making his ephemeral departure in March, 2009 to the Nevada in the Exquisite dimension. Over the years, Bob made lots of Maps to Nevada and encouraged his followers to make whatever they wanted, too.

One piece of special note included in in this exhibit is a collaborative work by the children of SOLA, created under the direction of Isabel Heblich. During his stay in Wilmington, Bob visited SOLA and let the kids paint his car. (I suspect he also taught them one of the commandments of his Church, namely, Don't Eat Cars.) After his Final Departure, Isabel visited these same kids and they created their own aptly titled "Map to Nevada" in memoriam of Bob, his life, and his Generous art. We approach this exhibit with the same feeling.

Fritzi Huber will be on-hand at the Opening Reception assisting willing participants in navigating their internal landscapes. Just choose an organ to be ballpoint tattooed on your body. Directions to said location, whether by arrow or word, will accompany the image. Gina Gambony will use her Exquisite mystic powers to identify items inside your body you never knew about that can also be included in your body map tattoo.

We expect 20+ works of art from the following list of inspired folk, give or take a few, although as Bob would say, "Who? Knows!" The works are being collected directly prior to the Opening Reception and a final list of participants will be updated right here.

Web Connections

Bob's Church: www.funkup.com

SOLA: www.solaschools.com

Maps (to Nevada?) Artists Submitting:

Benjamin Billingsly

Elsie Ridings Boyce

Todd Carignan

Breta Cecile Carnes

Michelle Connolly

Alice Corl
Saralyn "Twiggy" Earp

Jude Eden

Gina Gambony

Taylor Goodell

Barbara Hause

Diane Hause

Isabel Heblich/SOLA

Mark Herbert

Niki Hildebrand

Fritzi Huber

Saben Kane

Donna Moore

Nicolle Nicolle

Blair Nidds

Greg Patch

Veronica Plankers

Dindy Reich

Colleen Ringrose

Tatyana Shelley

Billy Stewart

Erin Tetterton

Anne Brodie

http://annebrodie.co.uk/

1st Sept 2011 – 1st Nov 2011

Bishops square, Spitalfields, Brushfields st, London, E16AA

The first public art exhibition held simultaneously across eight countries in Europe focuses in relations between art, science, society. As the UK representative, Anne Brodie will present her new artwork, Bee Box for the first time, before showing in Helsinki, Finland during Nov, Dec 20011.

Curators – Howard Bowland & Laura Cinti of C.LAB

Press -  Contact C.LAB at info@C-lab.co.uk

European Public Art Centre (EPAC)

http://epac.c-lab.co.uk

Silent Auction and Raffle at ArtExposure

Silent Auction and Raffle at ArtExposure, Hampstead, NC Second Friday Opening August 12th 6:00-8:00PM (Drawing at 7:00PM) art at great prices.

 

Purchase a Raffle Ticket for just $20.00

and have a chance to choose a fine piece of artwork worth much more!

 Art work will be on display beginning August 9th and available for bidding.

bidding available at ArtExposure or online through paypal.
22527 Highway 17
Hampstead, NC
(just south of Lowes and Highway 210E) www.artexposure50.com

         

 

"Local Produce" Invitational Show at ArtExposure

"Local Produce" 2nd Friday Opening July 8th 6:00 - 8:00PM

Invitational Show featuring "Local Produce" as the theme. ArtExposure 22527 Highway 17 Hampstead, NC (just south of Lowes and Highway 210 E) www.artexposure50.com

Oh my, 2 openings Fri 10/11 with my work represented in each...

hard to be in two places at the same time for Fri nite. Have decided to stay in town. It cost me! (more on that later) Will be at Projekte Gallery

The ArtExposure "Water, Sand, Wind and Sky" Opening will be from 6 - 8 PM. at the Gallery on Rt. 17 in Hampstead, NC

http://www.artexposure50.com/

&

Projekte Gallery "Cumulonimbus" show will be from 6 - 9 PM at the Gallery at 3rd & Castle Sts. in WIlmington, NC.

                                                              http://vimeo.com/24682694

Each group show will be!

and hope you can make it there(s), to be with some wonderful art & people.

Wilmington, NC Cameron Art Museum puts it on State of the Art/Art of the State

Went to check out the flow of artists lining up to enter their one piece into this unique event around 1:30 PM. Arrived back around 5 to a jammed parking lot and slipped into a spot off the grounds and conveniently close.
I'd applied online and was directed to the "sign in room" to get my entry number. #202 gave me a sense of being well grounded here!. Staff were at the beginning calls, "11 - 20", "21 - 30", etc. A well organized excitement filled the Cameron spaces. I ran into several local artists, a friend from FB, and met several new folk from different areas of NC. By 6:30 "201 - 210"!
Initially I was warmly and enthusiastically greeted by Susan Davidson, Senior Curator, Collections & Exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in NYC. Then a very attentive and personably interested interview about my work, WebhGround 3, by Timothy Anglin Burgard: The Ednah Root Curator of American Art and the Curator-in-Charge of the American Art Department for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco lasted for a couple minutes. Did I talk quickly Timothy?! The staff at the Cameron receiving the work were most careful in listening to and handling my installation requisites.
When I left a little after 7PM they had reached #33o something.
The opening is tonite. The works will remain at the Cameron thru Oct 31.
enThanks to everyone involved!

  

early line up

http://www.cameronartmuseum.com

State of the Art/Art of the State

May 8 – October 30, 2011

Organized by the Cameron Art Museum, this exhibition focuses on contemporary art by artists currently living in, or native to, the state of North Carolina. Artists are invited to bring a single work of art to be installed in the museum, delivering the work within a 24-hour period (between 5:00 pm Friday, May 6 and 5:00 pm Saturday, May 7, 2011). During this timeframe, one of three internationally renowned curators will be present to greet each artist, shake his/her hand - and direct the exhibition installation. All three curators will attend the exhibition opening on Saturday May 7, 2011 from 6:00-9:00 pm.

The design of this project provides any participating artist equal opportunity to meet a significant curator working in the field of contemporary art today and have their work seen by all three visiting curators. The curators for this event are Susan Davidson, Senior Curator, Collections & Exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Nicholas Cullinan, Curator at the Tate Modern, London.

This event pays homage to the open, creative curatorial spirit of the late art world maverick, Walter Hopps (1932-2005). In 1978, responding to a comment from his junior colleague, Deborah Velders (Jensen) about the problems artists face gaining access to notable curators, Walter Hopps conceived an entirely open, unmediated event to remedy the situation. His program invited any artist to bring a single work of art, to meet Hopps, and see installation of work. This event called “36 Hours” occurred in a gritty, street-level alternative space called MOTA (Museum of Temporary Art), located in downtown Washington, D.C. There was no jurying, no selection (or rejection), and no entry fee. The only restrictions were size (work needed to fit through the door), weight (regarding transporting/placing and support capacity), and the delivery time frame (36 hours). This unprecedented opportunity for artists was covered by the Washington Post, and attracted over 400 works of art, all by artists living and working in the Washington, D.C. area.

Celebrated curators for State of the art/Art of the State event are:

Susan Davidson, Senior Curator, Collections & Exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, New York;


Nicholas Cullinan, Curator at the Tate Modern, London, England;


Apsara Di Quinzio: Assistant curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; 


Timothy Anglin Burgard: The Ednah Root Curator of American Art and the Curator-in-Charge of the American Art Department for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.


A few more shots;

line up to the "curator/install room"

artists waiting their spot

the event!

doors into from out to to into

staff preparing for hanging

curators chatting w/artists

Opening shows @802 NC Artists with a turnout that Sparkles for Wilmington and NC arts...

the public shows up to support NC Arts

wall to wall 

MF Cardamone

http://mfcardamone.com/

Artist Statement

MF Cardamone's mixed media works on paper whimsically record the life histories of plants throughout the world. Her plant specimens are collected and combined with images and words that playfully modernize the traditions of specimen mounting and botanical illustration. The results are complex visual narratives that reveal the science, history, and beauty of their subjects. Original pieces are produced in small editions and printed on 100% rag watercolor paper using archival inks and individually embellished by hand.

Shortly after completing the Barnes Foundation Arboretum School program, she started designing her native Pennsylvania wildlife habitat garden. While researching and collecting native plants for the garden, she became fascinated by their life histories and medicinal uses. "I wanted to document the information and create work that would be both entertaining and educational". Her inspiration and influences are varied and combine a lot of different interests such as: Medieval Herbals and manuscripts, ecology, folklore, ethnic and vintage designs, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Pop Art and Surrealism.

"I’m fascinated by plants and the relationship we have with nature. I'm in awe of their mystery, beauty and the power they have to sustain and heal."

Showing at Chapel Hill Public Arts Office in 2012

Have never scheduled a show more than a year in advance. There's a certain sense of relief in knowing some of my art commitment for the next year. Is there a corresponding energy to this and having just signed a one year lease on my new abode/studio space?!

Dear Greg,

Congratulations! You and thirty-one other artists have been selected to participate in the 2011 - 2013 Juried Exhibitions Series. The Public Arts Office would like to invite you to exhibit at Chapel Hill Town Hall from Tuesday, May 1, 2012 to Friday, June 29, 2012 with the following artist(s):

Jane Levy janeleiferlevy@gmail.com / 967-5736 Gracelee Lawrence lawrencegl@guilford.edu

To install your show, please deliver 10 - 20 artworks to the exhibition venue at 10 a.m. on the first day of the time frame provided above. Please make sure that each piece is labeled and ready to display or hang (if applicable - our hanging system requires at least 5" of wire on the back). A contracted installer will hang the show, so you do not need to assist with the actual hanging. All artworks are subject to final acceptance upon delivery and may be withdrawn at the discretion of the Public Arts Office. Artwork will be insured under the Town of Chapel Hill's insurance policy for the duration of the exhibit; the Town assumes no liability beyond this. Delivery, packaging, and return of

the artworks are solely the responsibility of the artists and/or their representatives. Prior to the installation, please email the following to swright@townofchapelhill.org:

1) 2) 3)

A one-paragraph artist's statement A one-paragraph artist's biography in third person A list of the titles, media, dimensions and prices for the pieces to be exhibited. If a piece is not for sale then please provide its value for insurance purposes. A 15% commission is required for any work sold to help defray the cost of the exhibition series

The Public Arts Office will publicize the exhibition to the media, to its list of arts patrons, and on the following webpage: http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=255.

At the exhibition's close on Friday, June 29, 2012 please pick up your artwork at 10 a.m. unless other arrangements have been made.

If you have questions, scheduling conflicts, or would like to tour the space please call me (number below). I will contact you one month prior to your show to begin making specific arrangements. If your contact information changes during the interim, please let me know. Finally, please email or call me to confirm your participation in this exhibition at your earliest convenience. Again congratulations, and I look forward to working with you!

Sincerely,

Steve Wright Public Art Coordinator Public Arts Office Town of Chapel Hill (919) 968-2749 swright@townofchapelhill.org www.chapelhillarts.org

"Material Evolution: Ugandan Bark Cloth" at University of North Texas

Material Evolution: Ugandan Bark Cloth — shows how bark cloth made from the Ugandan mutuba trees can be used to create commonplace items.

                 

Ugandan bark cloth exhibition at UNT highlights sustainable art

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A new exhibition at the University of North Texas features international artists and designers who create artistic works and everyday functional items from bark cloth, focusing on creating sustainable and environmentally friendly design solutions from a centuries-old process.

The exhibition -- titled Material Evolution: Ugandan Bark Cloth -- shows how bark cloth made from the Ugandan mutuba trees can be used to create commonplace items such as men's shoes, a jacket and a bark cloth-wrapped steering wheel. Other featured items include artistic works such as wall coverings made of bark cloth and a bark-cloth dress used in contemporary Ugandan wedding ceremonies.

The items will be on display March 1 (Tuesday) through March 26 (Saturday) at the UNT Art Galleryin the UNT Art Building, one block west of Mulberry and Welch streets. An opening reception will be held 4:30 to 6 p.m. March 1 (Tuesday).

"For hundreds of years, bark cloth has been a part of the Buganda Kingdom of Uganda, and now this unique material is finding a place in contemporary art and design, both in Uganda and abroad," said Lesli Robertson, curator of the exhibition and a lecturer in the fibers program at the UNTCollege of Visual Arts and Design.

Robertson, who is a faculty fellow in UNT's Institute for the Advancement of the Arts, has traveled to Uganda several times in the last few years to study the process of making bark cloth. Also in the last few years, Robertson has organized various community projects to engage schoolchildren in Uganda and the United States in an exchange of artistic ideas. A mural created by those schoolchildren will be on display in the March exhibition.

Cleaning work for show.

There are times an artist and galleries need to get work together quickly for opportunities that arise. Sunday at a member meeting at ArtExposure, www.ArtExposure50.com. a no show turned into a member whatever we wanted to show Show. The opening;

You are invited to our 2nd Friday Opening Reception! Friday, February 11th 6-8 pm "Artists' Choice"    Come join us for Art, Refreshments and Door Prizes!

Save the Date Feb. 11th 6-8pm artexpo0@gmail.com 910-330-4077 or 910-803-0302 www.artexposure50.com

You are invited to our 2nd Friday Opening Reception!

Friday, February 11th

6-8 pm

"Artists' Choice"

  

Come join us for Art, Refreshments and Door Prizes! 

Save the Date

Feb. 11th

6-8pm

artexpo0@gmail.com

910-330-4077

or 910-803-0302

www.artexposure50.com

   Being in process of moving my home and studio I have placed some 300 paintings into a climate controlled storage unit. The above pieces had been at the bottom/back of stacks for years. They were an early series I did back in the late 80's and needed cleaning, repair and some light! My image keeping records of them were still on slides! It was early work I had done using beeswax and natural pigment. The series of seven were a sequential of my crossing the Hudson River in New York State in my canoe from the West bank of the great river near Albany, NY crossing to the East bank into a little cove. Four of the seven were sold to a collector back at that time. Old friends!

   In meeting the time limit to place them in the "Artist Choice Show" a quick repair was necessary. Person(s) interested in purchasing one/two/them can choose to keep them in the frames I made for them originally and I will take them to my framers PattersonBehm in Wilmington, NC and I will cover the costs, or buyer/collector(s) can have them reframed at their own expense.

   I placed glazier points to keep the backing secure while hanging in the gallery, scraped some old paint and wax off the tung oiled White Oak frames, blew the dust away and washed the glass with organic distilled white vinegar to chase away the dark and let the light in, and took them to the gallery. 

   Hope to see you Friday nite!