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 EXHIBITIONS
The Gifted Eye of Charles Eames
Feb.
4 - Mar. 4, 2010
Reception: Feb. 4, 6-9pm
Smart Furniture Studio,
313 Manufacturers Rd., Chattanooga, TN
An exhibition of 100 rarely
seen images from the Eames family collection. Charles Eames, together
with his wife and design partner, Ray Eames, are among the most
influential American designers of the 20th Century. They are best known
for their groundbreaking contributions to furniture design,
architecture, industrial design and manufacturing, textiles, and the
photographic arts. Smart Furniture will host a reception for the exhibit
which will feature a presentation by Eames Demetrios, principal of the
Eames Office and grandson of Charles and Ray Eames. For more
information, contact Karen Liwanpo or giftedeye@smartfurniture.com. www.smartfurniture.com/eames/giftedeye.html.
Studio Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 12-6pm.
Icebergs and Moonwalks
Feb.
2 - Mar. 16, 2010
Reception/lecture: Feb. 2, 2010, 5:30-7pm
UTC
Cress Gallery of Art, 752 Vine Street, Chattanooga
This exhibition in
the Cress Gallery of Art features work from two of Nicholas Kahn and
Richard Selesnick’s multi-year photographic projects: The Apollo
Prophesies (2006) and Eisbergfreistadt (2010). Both projects are
whimsical yet topical elaborations upon actual events of history:
respectively, the 1969 NASA Apollo Lunar Mission; and the 1923 arrival
of an iceberg on the shore of the German port city of Lubeck. The
exhibition will include photographs, panoramic photographs, video,
objects, sculpture, costume, and ephemera all created by the artists,
along with documentary video of their process. Free and open to the
public. Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-7pm. www.utc.edu/cressgallery.
Talk Portraiture
Feb. 4
- Mar. 31, 2010
Shuptrine Fine Art Group, 2646 Broad Street,
Chattanooga, TN
Featuring portrait artists Mia Bergeron, Dale
Crawford, Tom Root, and guest student artist, Caroline D'Andrea. The
artists represent several different styles and mediums of portraiture
and present wonderful options for those interested in portrait
commissions. The gallery will also exhibit an array of portrait frames
by Alan Shuptrine to complement any style portrait and decor. For more
information, please contact the gallery at 423.266.4453 or for
appointment, 423.280.2403, or visit www.shuptrinefineartgroup.comHours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, selected Sat by appointment. In February,
we are open Sat, Feb 6 and Sat Feb 13, 10am-5pm.
Bright Abstracts and Female Figures
Daniel Liam Gill & Sandra Shannon: Free-form Wire Works
Mar. 1-31, 2010
Reception: Thu, Mar. 4,
4-7pm
Artist Demonstration: Sat., Mar. 13, 1pm-4pm
Finale'
Gala: Thu., Mar. 25, 4-7pm
My Color Image Boutique & Gallery,
330 Frazier Ave, Suite 100, Chattanooga
Both Daniel Liam Gill and
Sandra Shannon will be displaying their works this month. Daniel will
be showing his colorful abstracts that exhibits his "balloon"
technique. His figurative drawings are done either in pastel or with
oil paints, and some with an unusual twist. Sandra will showing her
free-form wire wrapping pendants made with mostly natural gemstones.
One of her pieces was worn to last year's Emmy's nomination event in Los
Angeles! For more information, please contact Terri Zitrick-Dennehy at
423.598.6202. Gallery Hours: Tue-Fri 10am-6pm & Sat 10am-5pm.
More Than Words: Martha Beadle
& Becky Gray
Mar. 1-31, 2010
Reception: Fri., Mar.
5, 6:30-8pm (Snow date: Sat, Mar. 6, 2-4pm)
River Gallery, 400 East
Second Street Chattanooga
Our March exhibiting artists explore
the depths of narrative and the human condition. Fiber artist Martha
Beadle utilizes her skills in needlework to express her love for poetry
and art. Her result is wildly colorful, intricate creations anchored by
a quotation or line of poetry. The hand-built figures of clay artist
Becky Gray evoke a quiet contemplation of the human experience. Her
work blends subjects of man and nature into a working dialogue. Gallery
hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 1-5pm & by appointment, open to public,
no charge for admission. For more information, contact 423.265.5033 x5
or details@river-gallery.com
www.river-gallery.com.
CLASSES / WORKSHOPS
The Winter
/ Spring 2010 schedule of classes and workshops at AVA is now
online! Art Documentation, Beginning Video, Intro to Flash, Social
Networking, and more! Visit www.avarts.org/education
for detailed information.
Slide Scanning Workshop (2
hours)
Sat., Feb. 27, 10am-12pm
AVA Media Lab, 30 Frazier Avenue,
Chattanooga
This workshop will allow participants to breathe new
life into their antiquated slides by demonstrating how to properly scan
both negative and positive film images to produce a usable high-quality
digital image. $30 AVA Members /
$75 non-members. Class limit: 12
Murrini Glass Magnet Workshop
Saturday,
March 27, 10 am – 12 pm
Ignis Glass Gallery & Studio, 1800
Rossville Avenue, Suite 4,
Chattanooga, TN 37408. Even if the
weather's too cold for the spring flowers to bloom, our glass versions
know no season. Watch Ignis owner Chris Mosey stretch hot glass and then
break it into small pieces called "murrini." After the demo, kids will
be able to arrange cold pieces of murrini into their own designs and
place them into the kiln, where the glass will fuse together under high
temperatures. Perfect for kids 5 and up who'd like to learn more about
glass art and have a chance to work with the material in a safe
environment. Cost: $50 per person. To register, call the studio at
423.265.2565 or email us at info@ignisglass.com.
Life Drawing Class
Feb.
7 - Mar. 28, 2010,
Sundays 10am-12pm
The Rivoli Art Mill, 2301
East 28th Street, Chattanooga, TN
With Portland Artist Daniel Liam
Gill
Learn to draw the human figure from a live model in an 8-week
introductory course for the beginner and intermediate alike. Students
will work with gesture (the foundation of figure drawing), contour and
form, exploring the basic steps to better life drawing. Registration
required.
Cost: $397 per person ($350 + $47 model fee) $50 deposit
will hold your spot with the balance due first night of class (this
deposit is non- refundable within 1 week of class). 10 students maximum.
Call 423.653.6565 or register online www.figuredrawing.net/register.
For more information, contact Daniel Liam Gill at daniel@figuredrawing.net.
Intro to Web Design (5
weeks / 10 hours)
Tue., Mar. 2-30, 6-8pm
AVA Media Lab, 30 Frazier
Avenue, Chattanooga
This 5-week class will introduce beginning Web
enthusiasts to the pillars of Web design, using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3.
The course will cover the development and proper use of cascading style
sheets to create a design structure, formatting of elements with CSS,
image preparation and optimization, hyperlinking, incorporating text
into a design, file management, and simple HTML coding. Students will be
encouraged to develop and work on a design of their own throughout the
course. $145 AVA Members /
$225 non-members. Class limit: 9
Introduction to
Illustrator (4 weeks / 8 hours)
Thu., Mar. 4-25, 6-8pm
AVA
Media Lab, 30 Frazier Avenue, Chattanooga
Adobe Illustrator is used
widely by graphic designers to create logos and other artwork for
printing and Web use. This introductory class will provide students with
the skills necessary to successfully explore the wide range of
possibilities Illustrator offers to graphic and fine artists. Students
will learn to create vector drawings, work with type and glyphs, and
utilize paths and filters. $125 AVA Members /
$200 non-members. Class limit: 9
Glass
Editions: Printmaking from Glass*
Mar. 5-7, 2010
Ignis
Glass/Hunter Museum
Join the Hunter Museum of American Art, AVA and
Ignis Glass for this innovative workshop, taught by Bruce Benefiled
& Juanita Tumelaire. The workshop includes a Friday evening private
tour of the Hunter Museum with curator of education, Adera Causey, which
will focus on prints in the museum’s collection. On Saturday,
participants will work in Ignis’ hot shop to develop a glass plate using
a sandblasting method. Participants will return to the Hunter Museum on
Sunday to run their plates through the traditional printing press. All
supplies for this workshop are included in the registration fee.
Participants will walk away with 4-8 limited edition prints on paper and
their glass plate. Two sessions are available--morning or afternoon. $120 AVA or
Hunter Museum Members.
*This workshop is only available to
members of the Hunter Museum of American Art and/or AVA.
Session 1:
Mar. 5,
5-7pm
Mar. 6 & 7, 9am-12pm
Session 2:
Mar.
5, 5-7pm
Mar. 6 & 7, 1-4pm
Talk Portraiture Workshop with
artist Mia Bergeron
Mar. 13, 2010, 10am-5pm
Shuptrine
Fine Art Group, 2646 Broad Street, Chattanooga, TN
Artist Mia
Bergeron will provide a portraiture workshop and will concentrate on
painting portraits from life. The workshop is for anyone who is curious
to further their understanding of portrait painting. Students will be
working with a live model. Seeing proportions, color mixing,
composition, lighting, edge treatments and values will all be discussed.
A supply list will be provided and the cost is $150 per person.
For
reservations or more information, please call 423.266.4453.
Collage Mosaic Weekend Workshops
Feb.
27-28 / Mar. 27-28 / Apr. 24-25
Renowned mosaic artist Steve
Terlizzese teaches his unique collage method in intensive workshops
offered on three different weekends Feb.-Apr. Complete 3 mosaic
projects! All meals, materials & use of tools are included. Learn
how to free up your creativity, & silence the voice of the inner
critic. Hotel discounts for out-of-towners. Class size limited to 12
students. Credit cards & barter accepted. See more info at www.mosaicguy.com
or contact Steve at 423.883.7825 or steve@mosaicguy.com.
Intaglio
Printmaking @ UTC
Wednesdays, Apr. 7-May 5, 6-8:30pm
University
of Tennessee Chattanooga
AVA, in cooperation with the University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga, presents a 5-week intaglio printmaking class
for beginning and intermediate students, taught by Juantia Tumelaire.
This class is designed to teach participants how to apply traditional
etching techniques to create a sequence of related prints. These could
take the form of book pages or comprise a portfolio. Students will
receive a materials list, and a fee payable to the instructor will cover
etching plates and proofing paper. $125
AVA Members / $145 non-members.
George James Intermediate
Watercolor on Yupo Workshop
May 17-21, 2010
Chattanooga
State Community College Humanities building. The workshop is sponsored
by the Tennessee Watercolor Society (TnWS) during their 32nd Biennial
Exhibition. Cost is $350 for TnWS members, $375 for non-members. Deposit
of $200 due Mar. 15, balance due Apr. 15. Space limited to 20-25
artists. Register now. George James is an internationally acclaimed
artist from California. He teaches composition, color, and pattern,
using innovative techniques and tools with watercolor on synthetic
paper. Contact: Leslie Dulin at 423.886.6256 or magileslie@comcast.net
Metal Art as Oral Tradition...the
Story as Jewel
Aug. 22-28, 2010
Arrowmont School of
Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Charles Pinckney will teach a
workshop that explores design and the concept of art as oral tradition
using traditional metal techniques and surface embellishment to
fabricate small wearable sculpture. www.arrowmont.org.
Weekly Open Figure Drawing Session
Sundays,
2-5pm
The Rivoli Art Mill, 2301 East 28th Street, Chattanooga, TN
Join
the artists at the Rivoli Art Mill on Sunday afternoons for an open,
non-instructional Figure Drawing Session. A live model will be posing in
fifteen 1-minute gestures, three 5-minute sketches and one 15-minute
pose. Three 30-minute poses will follow with breaks in between for the
model. Cost: $10.00 per person. Please provide your own materials and
easel. The space can hold 10-12 people comfortably. Please arrive 15-20
minutes early to reserve your spot. For more information, contact Daniel
Liam Gill at daniel@figuredrawing.net.www.figuredrawing.net
FESTIVALS / FAIRS / PERFORMANCES
3rd
Annual Bar Harbor Fine Arts Festival
Aug. 20 - 22, 2010
Bar Harbor Inn, Newport Drive, Bar Harbor, ME
This unique show in
the beautiful heart of Bar Harbor's waterfront begins with a Friday
afternoon “artists preview” during which the artists will be available
for “up close and personal” meetings—giving customers a chance to get an
advanced look at the weekend’s offerings. All work is original and
created by the hands of the artists, and many different media will be
offered for viewing and for sale. Now accepting artist applications at zapplication.com. For info call Chattanooga artist
Marc Fink at 423.266.1300.
Arts in the Park Festival
Sep.
12, 2010, 12pm-dusk
Collegedale Veterans Park, Collegedale, TN. The
Arts in the Park Festival is a family event and features food vendors,
artists and crafters supporting development of the arts in our area. We
have priced our vendor cost at $75 for the event (booth space fee) to
enable families in our area to enjoy as wide a variety of art events and
art products as possible. The festival features all art forms including
the performing arts, musical arts, and visual arts. For detailed
information, please see the event website at
www.artsintheparkfestival.com, call 571.224.5680 or e-mail mraynewberry@yahoo.com.
LECTURES / MEETINGS / SCREENINGS
Artist Gathering @ Porker's
Second Tuesday of every month
Porker's BBQ, 1251 Market Street,
Chattanooga
Attention: Visual Artists, Sculptures,
Printmakers, Poets, Writers, Jewelry makers, Composers, Pottery makers,
Photographers, etc., There will be a non- political open gathering at
Porker's BBQ. The atmosphere will be one of an open relaxed dialogue
amongst artists of intent, which are encouraged to share their
passionate visions and find fellow artists of like minds, hopefully
developing a common ground for an exciting interaction and meaningful
friendships. Contact Moe Mitchell at moemart@comcast.net for specific information or just show
up and take part. Please spread the word! We will be the only people
in the restaurant--he is opening just for us. Twenty people are needed
for a free room.
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