I was asked to appear on a half hour Cable 9 television program, "Artists at Work" ... not a comfortable thing for me to do ... but after working through severe nerves and embarrassingly bad hair, due to stormy weather, the experience turned out to be fun. The host of the show, Carol Medhurst, also an artist, came by my studio a week before the show to help choose pieces to bring to the TV studio. Carol is very likeable and easy to chat with and the folks at Cable 9 work were quite nice. We were wired with microphones so we were pretty much tethered to our chairs. If you care to see the program, it will air on Cable 9 four times per week during the month of July. It can also be viewed on-line throughout July, August, and September at cable9.org. Just click on "watch", then click on "informational", then click on the show you want to watch.
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"Group Ten Gallery" is a new artist run contemporary art gallery in downtown Kent, OH. The resident members include some of the area's most respected art talents. This is Group Ten's first juried exhibition and they held a festive and well attended opening reception last Friday evening.
Looking forward to teaming up with my dear friend and accomplished artist, Annette Boncek, for our "Two of Hearts" show next month at Zeber-Martell.
I've been thinking about apron images for a few years now ... storing several visual possibilities in my head. Something about the apron as subject matter continues to hold my interest. My normal focus and passion lies in abstraction but for some reason aprons continue to dance through my mind. I touched upon the subject first with an apron sculpture, titled "White Rose Petals". I then filled a sketchbook with pencil sketches of aprons images formed in my mind. Each sketch seemed to arrive with it's own story. The sketchbook was sold at a Women's Art league show to help raise student scholarship funds (I did take photos of the sketches to use as reference for potential paintings). I have now taken a substantial plunge into the subject matter. Many of those pencil sketches have evolved into large paintings and sculptures ... several are finished and others are in various states of completion. I was fortunate enough to receive a COG (Creative Opportunity Grant) last year from the Artists of Rubber City which was a huge help in purchasing materials for this project. My apron attraction seems to be fueled by many factors ...including but not limited to nostalgic aspects, feminist perspectives, the idea of a protective cover up of something more precious than itself, the symbol of "service" and "servitude", an expression of "style", etc.. Here are a few images showing small sections of some of my completed apron paintings. An Apron Show is in the works. I've put together a few signature ornaments this year to offer during the holidays. Each of the steel ornaments are clear-coated and are light enough in weight to hang on a Christmas tree. They were all crafted by "moi" and are steel stamped with my "KAT" signature. If you like them you can get them at my Studio/Gallery this weekend during Artsy Mart and the Akron Art Walk.
Many thanks to those who joined us yesterday afternoon for the opening reception of the Penthouse Artists' first show together. Thanks also to the folks at St. Paul's Gallery for graciously hanging, housing, and hosting our show. We're an eclectic group of eight artists employing a variety of media and points of view. Our work includes painting, sculpture, drawing, art quilts, printmaking, collage and photography) It 's great fun for us to see our pieces displayed together. Now it's back to our respective studios on the third floor of the Summit Artspace building , the "Penthouse", to create new work ... possibly for our next group exhibition. Thanks to Cari Miller for the loan of her photographs
This Friday is the opening of the 42nd Annual Juried Show at the Valley Art Center in Chagrin Falls. The show runs from Nov. 1 through Dec 13, 2013. After seeing the overwhelming number of beautiful entries, I feel mighty fortunate to have had a piece juried into this show. The Opening Reception is Fri. Nov. 1st from 6 - 8:00 pm. Barring a surprise snowstorm, I'll be there! Location: 155 Bell St., Chagrin Falls, OH. Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10- 4:00; Saturday 10 -2:00 |
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