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Happy July! Has anyone survived the heat and rain?!? Holy cow has it been crazy or what? All kinds of things are in the works! I completed a piece commemorating 83 years of service by the Hyde Park Hair Salon. Yes, that's Obama's barbershop! Info about the event that will showcase it below. Our 2nd Artist Networking Night was a success. We had 3 artists bring samples of their work and talk about how they are inspired to create. Due to scheduling conflicts we are changing the day to the 4th Tuesday of the month (used to be the 4th Thurs). Hopefully this will allow everyone better access. Knuppers Nursery show is Saturday July 11th, come out and see the nature-inspired artwork. I'll have a garden arch made of bark-textured steel - like the arch in the Walkway only smaller. Things are rockin' at Harper College. The first sculpture, "Cascading Cubes" is well under way. There should be something in the Daily Herald next week about the Welding for Women class I'm teaching there in the fall (on Sat. so you can come play with steel). See pictures below. Probably the most exciting thing for me right now is the new series I've been working on. I have 6 pieces finished and 3 on the drawing board. These are steel figures that reveal the influence Giacometti has had on me. Enjoy the rest of this month's news and be sure to come see me at the Art Fairs over the next few months. |
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Can you believe it's August already?! I know, I know, it's not like we had much of a summer anyway! July has been a busy month, lots of press coverage, interesting developments with the networking group and a new venue for displaying work in downtown Arlington Heights.
Read on to learn about a new resource for Artists and anyone looking for creative gifts. You can come to one of the TAG meetings and talk about what kind of thing you're looking for and what your budget is and see if one of our Artists can create an original (could be functional, too) piece for you.
August is a busy Art Fair month, for info on Where & When, scroll down.
Rock On My Friends!
July's meeting at Harry's was a rousing success! We had 14 artists and most everyone brought samples of their work to share. We have everything from computer animation to architectural CNC sculpting to beadwork to traditional painting to steel sculpture! After introducing ourselves and our work and getting aquainted, we discussed the exhibit opportunities in the walkway behind Harry's and by Fuego.
I'd like to create a tree or vine for the walkway that is made up of leaves done by all different artists. I have galvanized steel leaves, measuring approx 12" x 7", these can be primed with Rustoleum spray primer if desired and bent or shaped by you. I'm asking anyone interested to do something in their medium with the leaf. I will create the tree or vine and attach them so there will be an example of everyone's work and together we will create a community project to market us and beautify our environment.
I have steel leaves for those Artists interested in participating in the group sculpture. Due to the cost of steel, I'm asking for $5 per leaf since I had to purchase instead of scavenge the steel. Anyone interested, give me a call at 847-209-0827 and I'll bring them to the August meeting. Feel free to see if you can get a business to sponsor your leaf (or leaves), seems like a good opportunity to get local businesses used to participating in the arts by giving them a very inexpensive entry to the process. We will put small signs up with the sponsor's name letting all know who helped beautify their town!
We're rockin' & rollin' at Harper! Hopefully you've seen all the press about the "Intro to Welding for Women" classes. There was such a great response, I had to add 2 more classes! Now you can join me Saturday morning 9 - 12(filled), Saturday afternoon 1 - 4(filled) or Sunday afternoon 1 - 4 (rapidly filling!). The classes run 4 weeks, from 9/26 - 10/18. The next session class is "Make Your Own Garden Sculpture", this will run from 10/24 - 11/15. No welding experience is necessary, you will design your own piece and learn how to weld it together. Assuming I have similar response to this class, additional classes can be added, as well. I will offer make-up class time before the end of the semester. To register, call Harper at: 847-925-6300.
The "Cascading Cubes" archway is well under way. As welding students finish their final cubes it will continue to grow. Watch for news in both the Tribune and the Daily Herald.
The Harper Hawk sculpture will be getting started shortly. I'm making the armature before Fall semester starts. We have been sorting our steel scrap to recycle parts for use on the Hawk. Any welding students interested in working on it are welcome. The finished piece will be around 6' wide x 5'tall x 4' front to back and weigh a lot! I'll have in-progress pictures in the Sept newsletter.
It has been quite a year! With all the press coverage I've gotten, life is very busy. Classes at Harper College are going great, I'll have pix of students' work up as soon as I get them.
Here are links to the articles and news clips:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=313204
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-women-welders-nzone-12aug12,0,2350401.story
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/women_welder_class
I have 9 pieces in the current group show at Woman Made Gallery at 685 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago,IL 60642.
The opening reception is Friday, Nov. 20, 6-9pm