The Fine Art of Craft

I had the pleasure to jury the current show at the Center for the Arts Evergreen, The Fine Art of Craft. There is a mix of works including embroidery, clay, textiles, glass and jewelry. There is also a gift shop associated with the exhibit with works for sale by all of the artists included in the exhibition. If you're looking to get an early start on your Holiday shopping I highly recommend it.

The Fine Art of Craft
October 5 - November 8, 2012
The Center for the Arts Evergreen
32003 Ellingwood Trial
Evergreen, CO 80439
(Next to Buchanan Rec. Center)

Gallery hours:
M-F 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday 12 - 5 pm

Art Supply and Art Sale

At this end of this month I will be leaving my studio at RedLine. My residency is sadly coming to an end. It has been an amazing two years and I am sad to leave, but excited for the things to come.

There are many of us leaving and in anticipation of the big move RedLine is hosting an art supply and art sale. All RedLine artists past, present and future have the opportunity to sell work and supplies. This is great for me because as I've been packing I've realized that there is a lot of stuff that I've hung onto over the years that I simply don't use anymore. It is all perfectly good stuff and I would love for it to be useful to someone out there. I'm offering a lot of items up for sale in the supply sale, some of the things available include: 

Assorted silkscreen inks, Envirostrip Emulsion Stripper, Complete Rapidograph pen set and liquid cleaner, Assorted liquid dyes, Woodcut tool set, Watercolor pencils, Assorted beads, and fastenings, Pottery plaster, Beeswax, Hot plate (for encaustic), Adhesives
and lots more...

I am also selling 17 handmade paper lanterns, not your typical paper lanterns.... each lantern is unique and consists of a handmade, recycled paper "branch" with an aluminum armature underneath, a black hanging lantern with a battery operated LED twinkle light, and a removable green ribbon ties the lantern onto the branch. Pick out your favorite and take it home for just $65, or buy two or more for $55 each.

Art Supply & Art Sale
Saturday August 25, 12 - 5 pm
RedLine project space
2350 Arapahoe Street
Denver, CO

Leadership Salon - July 17, 2012

On July 17, 2012 from 6 - 8:30 pm I will be on a panel for a Leadership Salon for the Women's College of the University of Denver. This event is free and open to the public but you must register ahead of time here

The Leadership Salon is entitled Democracy Betrayed? Women and Violence and will be hosted by RedLine Denver. For more information about this event please click here

And, while you are there listening to a great panel of women I encourage you to participate if you haven't already in the interactive project, Rising Matriarch. Below are some pictures of the progress being made. We are more than half way through so be sure to get your comments in soon if you want to participate.

Rising Matriarch

Today kicks off the start of the Rising Matriarch project which was made possible by a generous contribution from the Women's College of Denver University.

When you come to RedLine this summer to visit the exhibitions "Off The Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art" and "Notes on Feeling" I invite you to participate in the Rising Matriarch project. This clay sculpture of an African Elephant is waiting for its skin and that's where you come in. Write down or draw in ball point pen on the paper provided your wishes, hopes, fears and stories for women and girls of our community and those around the world. These messages will eventually be cast onto the clay and become the young elephant's skin. Once dry the skin will be removed from the clay and the elephant will be held together by these messages from our community.

Female elephants spend their entire lives in tightly knit social groups made up of many mothers, daughters, aunts and sisters. These groups are led by the eldest female or matriarch. Behaviors displayed by elephants are well documented and include expressions of grief, memory, making music, art, self awareness and altruism. In cultures around the world they are symbols of wisdom, and overcoming obstacles. An "elephant in the room" is also a metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is being ignored. At RedLine this young elephant is all of those things as well as a symbol of a rising matriarch; a young female leader. What would you share with her? Please visit RedLine this summer and contribute to this project.

Opening Reception: Friday, June 1, 2012 
6-7 Members Reception
7-10 Public Reception
Project runs through July 29, 2012 

RedLine 
2350 Arapahoe Street 
Denver, CO 80205 
Tues - Friday 10am - 5pm
Sat - Sun 11am - 5pm

The Elephant in the Room

This coming Friday the elephant I have been working on with a team of volunteers at RedLine will finally be unveiled.

 My first shot of the project taken from my phone (hence the terrible image quality). You can see the armature underneath and a ton of shopping bags tied onto the armature and filled with newspaper to give it some bulk.

Start of the trunk

At this point we have almost 600 lbs of clay on the platform. My hands and arms are quite sore.

Adding some bulk to the form and beginning to lay in major muscles and bony landmarks.

Details are starting to emerge.

If you come to RedLine on Friday you will see the completed clay elephant along with some of its paper skin; including the ears. This clay elephant is only the mold for the paper elephant we will be creating all summer long.

Thanks to all of the fabulous volunteers who helped me with this project: Heather, Viya, Gonzo, Anthony, James, Elaine, Hannah, Jenny, Jeremiah, Savina, and Erin, I couldn't have completed this in a month without you, thank you so much!

icebreaker February 3 - 25

I'm pretty excited to be included in the next show at Ice Cube Gallery curated by Gwen Chanzit of the Denver Art Museum. There is a great list of artists participating including Ray Tomasso whose amazing papermaking studio I happened to visit a few weeks back. Also included is work by fellow RedLiner Rebecca Vaughan, and Ice Cube members Jennifer Jeanelle and Theresa Anderson just to name a few. Please come by and check it out.