March 23 - April 22, 2018
Group Show – "Bluecoup"
(pronounced: blue-koo)
Frable, Davis and smallspace Galleries
Opening Reception for the Artists
Fourth Friday, March 23, 2018, 6:00-9:00 pm
Earth Day Special Hours
Saturday, April 21, 2018, Noon-7 pm
Live Music by Tony Dursa 2-4 pm
Closing Artist Talks
Sunday, April 22, 2018, 2:00 pm
Events are Free and open to the public
Twenty-one artists come together to explore themes of unity and human interconnections interpreted through an immersion in the color blue. The show is inspired by the Bluecoup Project that proposes a new worldwide symbol - a sky-blue streamer to be flown anywhere from flagpoles to front porches. Bluecoup's ribbon of blue is a simple reminder with a simple but powerful message: we are all connected - humankind is a family and Earth is our home.
Exhibiting Artists:
Susanne K. Arnold, "Blue Skies" (PDF)
Encaustic monotypes
Therese Brown - "Baba Yaga's Garden" (PDF)
Cyanotypes
Santa Sergio De Haven - "Beats and Repeats of the Blue" (PDF)
Drawing and collage
Llewellyn Hensley & Mary Anne Hensley - "Re-stitching the Landscape" (PDF)
Large format inkjet prints
Jere Kittle - "Americana Blues" (PDF)
Photography
Lew Lott - "Portraits of a Dancer in Blue" (PDF)
Photography
Megan Mattax - "Byproduct" (PDF)
Mixed media
Amie Oliver - "Arcadia Lost: Imagining Blue Skies" (PDF)
Ink wash and wax on polypropylene paper
Joe Olney - "S'ghetti din" (PDF)
Mixed media on wood panel
Jessica L. Sims - "River Stream Tributary" (PDF)
Paintings
Susan Singer - "Sky Blue" (PDF)
Pastel paintings
Paul Terrell - "Sacred Shields" (PDF)
Raku fired ceramics
Robert Walz - "Blue Haiku" (PDF)
Sculpture
"Inside Story" multi-media installation
Nine artists transform artspace's smallspace gallery with a makeover that plays with the idea that we wear our individual life stories like garments that show the world who we are. Everyone's story is unique. It's the differences that set us apart and sometimes divide us if we forget that beneath the robes we wear, we are all the same.
Our collective inside story is the human story. Beneath the terrycloth or seersucker, the cotton or the polyester, or the cotton/polyester blend, we share the same human qualities and frailties. Humankind - living out our story, creating our futures along with all living creatures on this exquisite planet Earth; our nourishment and our home.
| Artists: |
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| Alice Anne Ellis |
Martin McFadden |
| Heidi Field-Alvarez |
Tara Morand |
| Dana Frostick |
Rob Ryder |
| Patrick Gregory |
Samuel Vaughn |
| Jere Kittle |
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The exhibition is curated by artspace member, Jere Kittle, a Richmond VA artist and photographer, and founder of the Bluecoup Project, bluecoup.org, Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/bluecoup/
Many thanks to Caravati's Architectural Salvage for the generous use of their treasures to enhance the art installation for this exhibition. www.caravatis.com
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