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This page is for all my Featured Guests. Professional folks who have been in the craft/Art business for years, and who would like to share their insights with you. Everything that has to do with arts and Crafts will be talked about here. All of the entants have been creating beautiful art for at least 2 years, most have their own businesses, and all have something to share. Check it out and come back often to see all the new Bog Posts.
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ITERACTIVE INSTALLATION ART
Interactive Installation Art: (Wikipedia Definition): is a form of installation-based art that involves the spectator in a way that allows the art to achieve its purpose.
Amy is truely a pioneer in this form of art expression. To create one of her solo-biennial pieces it takes her 22 months. All of her exhibits require audience perpetuation. Her goal is to convey that we are all a part of a whole. That everyone and everything is connected and affected.
Exibits:
Retrospective: Experience, released in 2000, in a mill in the town of Lewiston Maine.
Movement: released in 2002, in a mill in the town of Westbrook, Maine
Change: released in 2004, in a mill in the town of Brunswick, Maine
Sound: released in 2006, in a mill in the town of Waterville, Maine
Light: released in 2008, in a mill in the town of Sanford, Maine
Time: will be released on October 9, 2010, town in Maine to be announced
Her future exibits will be: Space (2012), Matter (2014), Retrospective: Memory (2016)
2012 Exibit:
This is exibit is set for October 9-26, 2012, in a Maine location (tba). The exibit is open to the public. Amy does except donations. This exibit is called TIME. It will be held in a 15,000 to 30,000 square foot space. It will comprise nine interactive installation and new-media works, each a participant-activated experience. TIME will be open for participation on October (, 2010, for a total of 99 hours, in a once again re-animating a space unused for potentially many years. Like other solo-bienials, TIME is a 22 month process of conceptualizing, producing, drawing, fundraising, budgeting time and money, advertising, finding and perparing a space, querying for materials, buying insurance, curating, consulting engineers, transporting, installing, instructing art assistants and audience, and documenting. But the event once open to the public, is an ephemeral, contemplative interchange between artist, community, and environment.
Each Biennial becomes a tactile metaphor, conveying that we are all part of a whole, that everyone and everything is connected and affects no matter how long the duration of impact. Many of TIME's installations require participants' physical touch, effect, or perpetuation while others function through active and purposeful perception. Each installation is accompanied by instructions, an integral part of the experience. Audience is asked to manipulate, maintain, enter, notice, distinguish, recognize-- challenged to contemplate time in new ways. The audience is an aesthetic, conceptual, and collective part of the installation and the event as a whole, completing her work process. Community is also medium, becoming part of the work beyond assistance with labor and interaction at the exibit, the actions, voices, and faces of people she connects with over the course of her per-exibit exploration, oftentimes material for the work. With this long term solo-biennil project (which she began in 2000), She will explore our interconnectedness through balance of chaos, order, and repetition. She will examine these concepts in the context of broad related themes-experience, movement, change, sound, light, time, etc--so that in the end, her exploration might have been thorough, the total of all biennials' imagery a cohesive whole.
Amy is truely a pioneer in this form of art expression. To create one of her solo-biennial pieces it takes her 22 months. All of her exhibits require audience perpetuation. Her goal is to convey that we are all a part of a whole. That everyone and everything is connected and affected.
Exibits:
Retrospective: Experience, released in 2000, in a mill in the town of Lewiston Maine.
Movement: released in 2002, in a mill in the town of Westbrook, Maine
Change: released in 2004, in a mill in the town of Brunswick, Maine
Sound: released in 2006, in a mill in the town of Waterville, Maine
Light: released in 2008, in a mill in the town of Sanford, Maine
Time: will be released on October 9, 2010, town in Maine to be announced
Her future exibits will be: Space (2012), Matter (2014), Retrospective: Memory (2016)
2012 Exibit:
This is exibit is set for October 9-26, 2012, in a Maine location (tba). The exibit is open to the public. Amy does except donations. This exibit is called TIME. It will be held in a 15,000 to 30,000 square foot space. It will comprise nine interactive installation and new-media works, each a participant-activated experience. TIME will be open for participation on October (, 2010, for a total of 99 hours, in a once again re-animating a space unused for potentially many years. Like other solo-bienials, TIME is a 22 month process of conceptualizing, producing, drawing, fundraising, budgeting time and money, advertising, finding and perparing a space, querying for materials, buying insurance, curating, consulting engineers, transporting, installing, instructing art assistants and audience, and documenting. But the event once open to the public, is an ephemeral, contemplative interchange between artist, community, and environment.
Each Biennial becomes a tactile metaphor, conveying that we are all part of a whole, that everyone and everything is connected and affects no matter how long the duration of impact. Many of TIME's installations require participants' physical touch, effect, or perpetuation while others function through active and purposeful perception. Each installation is accompanied by instructions, an integral part of the experience. Audience is asked to manipulate, maintain, enter, notice, distinguish, recognize-- challenged to contemplate time in new ways. The audience is an aesthetic, conceptual, and collective part of the installation and the event as a whole, completing her work process. Community is also medium, becoming part of the work beyond assistance with labor and interaction at the exibit, the actions, voices, and faces of people she connects with over the course of her per-exibit exploration, oftentimes material for the work. With this long term solo-biennil project (which she began in 2000), She will explore our interconnectedness through balance of chaos, order, and repetition. She will examine these concepts in the context of broad related themes-experience, movement, change, sound, light, time, etc--so that in the end, her exploration might have been thorough, the total of all biennials' imagery a cohesive whole.
Artist: Amy Stacey Curtis
PICTURES
VIALS: 4,900 vials, 70 rows of 70 vials were filled with water precisely and gradually.
EGG CARTONS: 216 egg cartons, wer sewn together after first dying, painting and then adhering images within their cups. It took over a year and a half to do this.
POLY TUBING: Each seam in each verticle row holds exact amounts of water---progressively less from bottom to top----but variant amounts of air.
CARDBOARD TUBES, WOOD, & WIRE: The addience was invited to view piece".... from far away and inches away, moving side to side, up and down. back and forth.... Notice how your perception and persepevtive of light changes and moves."
Bio:
Amy recieved her MA in Art and Psychology from Vermont College. In 2003, she juried "Women, Trauma & Visual Expression," an international exhib featuring work by women who have experienced trauma, at Women Made Gallery in Chicago. She also wrote a book with this same title (that can be found on her website). It explores the hows and whys women artists' visual expression of personal, cultural, and collective trauma. Amy compares the lives and work of nine women artist.
Honors:
2009, 2007, 2005, and 2003, she has recieved grants and an Artist Fellowship, supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Maine Arts Commission.
2009- She recieved the Rebel Blend Fund, Coffee By Design
2004- "Fragile" introduces matries and linear equations in Discovering Advanced Algebra: An Investigative Approach, Key Curriculum Press.
1993- She recieved the Ruth Stebbins and Edmund G. Schildknect Art Honor
Amy recieved her MA in Art and Psychology from Vermont College. In 2003, she juried "Women, Trauma & Visual Expression," an international exhib featuring work by women who have experienced trauma, at Women Made Gallery in Chicago. She also wrote a book with this same title (that can be found on her website). It explores the hows and whys women artists' visual expression of personal, cultural, and collective trauma. Amy compares the lives and work of nine women artist.
Honors:
2009, 2007, 2005, and 2003, she has recieved grants and an Artist Fellowship, supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Maine Arts Commission.
2009- She recieved the Rebel Blend Fund, Coffee By Design
2004- "Fragile" introduces matries and linear equations in Discovering Advanced Algebra: An Investigative Approach, Key Curriculum Press.
1993- She recieved the Ruth Stebbins and Edmund G. Schildknect Art Honor
Amy has also, besides her own exhibits, been involved in numerouse Group Exhibitions, Curatorial endeavors, Bibilograhy/Media Articles. Selected Collections and Representations.
TYPE OF ARTIST:
Painter/Sculptor, and Writer
General Themes:
Environment, Feminum/Gender Issues, Mental Health/Psychology, Violence
Painter/Sculptor, and Writer
General Themes:
Environment, Feminum/Gender Issues, Mental Health/Psychology, Violence
Amy also makes drawings that come with sound. You can view some of her drawings here, and she also has many more on her site. In total she has 99 drawings with sound. Go to http://www.amystaceycurtis/99sounds.html
to view her drawing and listen to the sounds.
to view her drawing and listen to the sounds.
DRAWINGS
Computer
Refrigorator
Drain
Prokofiev (piano concerto No 3 in C Major
Hair Dryer
CONCLUSION: If you would like to read more about Amy Stacey Curtis, you can Google her name and/or check out her website and You Tube Videos. You can also click on the video at the top of this page to view more of Amys' art.
http://www.amystaceycurtis.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIcdnjaT_fc
http://www.amystaceycurtis.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIcdnjaT_fc
Note: I hope everyone enjoyed learning about this exceptional artist as much as I did writing about her. I hope everyone, who has the chance, will go to her upcoming exhibits. If you are able I hope you will donate, so she will continue bringing these amazing piece of art to fruition.
I'd also like to extend a personal thank you to Amy for allowing me to feature her amazing talent on my website. It's truely been a pleasure.
Beaded Jewelry & Servingware Artist
Artist: Tina Dibble Ellcey
Tina Dibble Ellcey is married and has two cats and a dog. She was raised in Grand Rapids, MI and now resides in Freemont, MI. She loves making jewelry and beaded servingware. She started making the servingwaer, after a friend told her about it. She finds it easier to advertise her jewelry, because she can wear it often. She sells her jewelry at Craft Fairs and online. She has an Etsy Shop and an Artfire Shop, both of which you can find online.
URL's http://Kledesigns.etsy.com
http://artfire.com/users/kledesigns
In the future, Tina, hopes to open her own boutique to sell her art, and other locals artist work. She would like to display and sell her creations to friends and local art lovers.
URL's http://Kledesigns.etsy.com
http://artfire.com/users/kledesigns
In the future, Tina, hopes to open her own boutique to sell her art, and other locals artist work. She would like to display and sell her creations to friends and local art lovers.
Painter & Craft Artist
Artist: Aja-ann Trier
The definition of the word "Talent" is: A marked innate ability", that doesn't even come close to what Aja has just take a look at her art work. The proof is a picture.
Aja is a single mom of a 6 year old son. She lives in a small Upstate, New York town. She has been painting since she was a small child. Her mother a tole painted use to give her scrapes of wood, water, and a paintbrush, so she could paint. She became serious about painting, in 1999, her last year in high school. She was accepted to Montserrat College of Art with a scholarship.
Aja opened her first gallery, called Sagittarius Gallery, in April of 2003.
Now she has 250 patrons on 5 continents
Aja does original oil and mixed media landscapes and nudes on canvas.
She like to utilize a mixed bag of media and techniques, such as; Testors model car enamels, sharper pens, melted crayons, etc... and she loves using her palette knife'
Aja also makes beautiful jewelry and tote bags, all of which incorporate her paintings.
Aja is represented by Taylor & Machenzie Fine Art in NYC.
Exhibitions:
Current:
"Introductions" Jan.5-29, 2010 at Taylor & Machenzie Fine Art
Next:
"Urban Exposed" Solo exhibition Feb.2---March 3, 2010 at Taylor &
Machenzie Fine Art
Past:
"The Girls Next Door" & "Forgotten Memories" were featured at The
Rogue Space, Chelsea, NYC
"Pendulum" was chosen as one of 200 artworks featuring erotic
content to be featured in the book, "The Worlds Greatest Erotic Art of
Today--Vol3"
http://eroticignature.ning.com/page/2009-es-art-competition
Six of her small works were included in the "Small Works, Big Idea Vol2"
at APW Gallery, Long Island City, NY
In 2009-- her painting "Forgotten Memories" was in the Art New Summer Artist Directory.
She was also shown at the following Galleries:
Karin Sanders Fine Art, Sag Harbor, NY
Robert Dowling Studios and Gallery, Bangor, ME
Memories on Market LLC (the gallery walk), Oshkosh, WI
If you would like to read more about Aja, check out her URL's
URL's
Email: sagittariusgallery@gmail.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/trierstudio
Blog on Blogger: http://sagittariusgallery.blogspot.com/
EBSQ Self-represented artists: http://www.ebsqart.com/Artists/cmd_599_profile.html
Deviant ART: http://sagittariusgallery.deviantart.com/
Trunkt: www.trunkt.org/sagittariusgallery
Indiepublic: http://www.indiepublic.com/profile/sagittariusgallery
Talent Database: http://www.talentdatabase.com/channels/1-Art/profile/461501-Sagittarius-Gallery
Saatchi Gallery: http://www.saachi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist-profile/artpage/41969.html
Etsy Shop: http://sagittariusgallery.etsy.com
FaceBook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sagittarius-Gallery/11570846630
Conclusion: I would like to thank Aja for her fine contribution to the art field and to her fellow artists. We look forward to more of your beautiful work.
Aja is a single mom of a 6 year old son. She lives in a small Upstate, New York town. She has been painting since she was a small child. Her mother a tole painted use to give her scrapes of wood, water, and a paintbrush, so she could paint. She became serious about painting, in 1999, her last year in high school. She was accepted to Montserrat College of Art with a scholarship.
Aja opened her first gallery, called Sagittarius Gallery, in April of 2003.
Now she has 250 patrons on 5 continents
Aja does original oil and mixed media landscapes and nudes on canvas.
She like to utilize a mixed bag of media and techniques, such as; Testors model car enamels, sharper pens, melted crayons, etc... and she loves using her palette knife'
Aja also makes beautiful jewelry and tote bags, all of which incorporate her paintings.
Aja is represented by Taylor & Machenzie Fine Art in NYC.
Exhibitions:
Current:
"Introductions" Jan.5-29, 2010 at Taylor & Machenzie Fine Art
Next:
"Urban Exposed" Solo exhibition Feb.2---March 3, 2010 at Taylor &
Machenzie Fine Art
Past:
"The Girls Next Door" & "Forgotten Memories" were featured at The
Rogue Space, Chelsea, NYC
"Pendulum" was chosen as one of 200 artworks featuring erotic
content to be featured in the book, "The Worlds Greatest Erotic Art of
Today--Vol3"
http://eroticignature.ning.com/page/2009-es-art-competition
Six of her small works were included in the "Small Works, Big Idea Vol2"
at APW Gallery, Long Island City, NY
In 2009-- her painting "Forgotten Memories" was in the Art New Summer Artist Directory.
She was also shown at the following Galleries:
Karin Sanders Fine Art, Sag Harbor, NY
Robert Dowling Studios and Gallery, Bangor, ME
Memories on Market LLC (the gallery walk), Oshkosh, WI
If you would like to read more about Aja, check out her URL's
URL's
Email: sagittariusgallery@gmail.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/trierstudio
Blog on Blogger: http://sagittariusgallery.blogspot.com/
EBSQ Self-represented artists: http://www.ebsqart.com/Artists/cmd_599_profile.html
Deviant ART: http://sagittariusgallery.deviantart.com/
Trunkt: www.trunkt.org/sagittariusgallery
Indiepublic: http://www.indiepublic.com/profile/sagittariusgallery
Talent Database: http://www.talentdatabase.com/channels/1-Art/profile/461501-Sagittarius-Gallery
Saatchi Gallery: http://www.saachi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist-profile/artpage/41969.html
Etsy Shop: http://sagittariusgallery.etsy.com
FaceBook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sagittarius-Gallery/11570846630
Conclusion: I would like to thank Aja for her fine contribution to the art field and to her fellow artists. We look forward to more of your beautiful work.
Stories from a Field Act CXXIV
Playground
Wave Locket
Graces of the City LIII
Within Locket
Graphic Design Artist
Artist: Melissa Hamilton
Melissa is a single, stay at home, with on child. She is a Designer, Photographer, Publisher, and she love to cook. She is what's called a mom-pretreneur. I woudl called a great inspiration to other women who want to raise their families and have a career all at the same time. She leads a very busy life; she has 5 Zazzle Shops, 2 Cafepress Shops, 1 Redbubble Shop, and her work is published. How does she juggle all of that? Her passion is for self-expression through her artwork. She has a unique style and techique. Her vibrant colors and strong lines make an excellent choice for a wide range of different projects. Her award-winning work is offered world-wide and can be purchased through all her stores.
Education:
College: Graduated from Montgomery College Fine Arts, in Salisbury, MD
Major: Business, Marketing, English
URL's
Website: http://www.mhamiltondesigns.com
Email: mhamiltondesigns@msn.com
FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=254971603795&ref=nf
Zazzle Stores
http://www.zazzle.com/whupsadaisy
http://www.Zazzle.com/noteworthy
http://www.zazzle.com/artforthesole
http://www.zazzle.com/tvaddict
http://www.zazzle.com/lifethroughale
Cafepress Stores
http://www.cafepress.com/nicholsco
http://www.cafepress.com/starshollowgiftshop
http://www.redbubble.com/people/mhamilton
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/interiors/8015039
Please refer to the above URL's for more information on Melissa
Education:
College: Graduated from Montgomery College Fine Arts, in Salisbury, MD
Major: Business, Marketing, English
URL's
Website: http://www.mhamiltondesigns.com
Email: mhamiltondesigns@msn.com
FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=254971603795&ref=nf
Zazzle Stores
http://www.zazzle.com/whupsadaisy
http://www.Zazzle.com/noteworthy
http://www.zazzle.com/artforthesole
http://www.zazzle.com/tvaddict
http://www.zazzle.com/lifethroughale
Cafepress Stores
http://www.cafepress.com/nicholsco
http://www.cafepress.com/starshollowgiftshop
http://www.redbubble.com/people/mhamilton
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/interiors/8015039
Please refer to the above URL's for more information on Melissa
Conclusion: I would like to thank Melissa for allowing me to feature her and her art, on my website. It's been a real pleasure.
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Crochet Couture Artist
Artist: Lenore Berry-Zaragosa
Meet the queen of Crochet Couture. Check out Lenores' Twisted Hat's and othe crafts. She has brought back the past in her art. She is the owner of Strawberry Couture. One the most favorable things about Lenore is she gives back to the art community. She's always willing to give and lend a helping hand to her fellow artists. She is a true insperation to the art world.
BIO:
Lenore lives in Corpus Christi, TX. She greww up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was in the United States Army from 1993-1998, in Food Service. This is where she meet her husband.
College: St Leo---1991
Self-Employed
Employers:
Logs & Thread: commerical embroidery 2004-2005
Hancock Fabrics: sales clerk 2001-2004
She has her own website, and Etsy Shop, and a DaWands Shop, where she sells her cool twisted hats and other art work.
URL's
Website: http://www.strawberrycouture.com
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/strawberrycouture
DaWanda Shop: http://www.strawberrycouture.dawanda.com
Email: fred-len1@yahoo.com
FaceBook: http://facebook.com/strawberrycouture
BIO:
Lenore lives in Corpus Christi, TX. She greww up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was in the United States Army from 1993-1998, in Food Service. This is where she meet her husband.
College: St Leo---1991
Self-Employed
Employers:
Logs & Thread: commerical embroidery 2004-2005
Hancock Fabrics: sales clerk 2001-2004
She has her own website, and Etsy Shop, and a DaWands Shop, where she sells her cool twisted hats and other art work.
URL's
Website: http://www.strawberrycouture.com
Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/strawberrycouture
DaWanda Shop: http://www.strawberrycouture.dawanda.com
Email: fred-len1@yahoo.com
FaceBook: http://facebook.com/strawberrycouture
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Conclusion: I want to thank Lenore for letting me do this feature on her. It was a real pleasure.
Fiber & Print Artist
Artist: Kari A. Simnott-Held
Kari is a mother, a wife, and a very talented Artist. Her passion is creating beautiful Original Art Prints and Crochet as well as other handmade creations.
She does what she loves, and it makes her happy. She's been drawing since she was a young child. Her Great Grandmother taught her how to crochet. Crocheting is one of her favorite things to do.
She has many online shops and belogns to many groups. She just turned her website into a handmade resource, and she will be starting a blog this year.
Education:
College:
Otero Jr College- Business Management
Occupation:
Self-Employed
URL's
Email: kari.held@huges.net
Etsy Shop: http://www.artfulcreativebykari.etsy.com
Ebay Store: http://www.stores.ebay.com/theMoretheMerrierArtStore
FaceBook Group: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=name&id=1007657598#/group.php?gid=145110509093
She does what she loves, and it makes her happy. She's been drawing since she was a young child. Her Great Grandmother taught her how to crochet. Crocheting is one of her favorite things to do.
She has many online shops and belogns to many groups. She just turned her website into a handmade resource, and she will be starting a blog this year.
Education:
College:
Otero Jr College- Business Management
Occupation:
Self-Employed
URL's
Email: kari.held@huges.net
Etsy Shop: http://www.artfulcreativebykari.etsy.com
Ebay Store: http://www.stores.ebay.com/theMoretheMerrierArtStore
FaceBook Group: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=name&id=1007657598#/group.php?gid=145110509093
Conclusion: I would like to thank Kari for allowing me to feature her here on my site. She is an exceptional artist, and it would be my pleasure to add more of her art to my site in the future.
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