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By dave dorsey, 917 contributed posts
View all dave dorsey's posts. About the author: A good friend of Ashland artist Sarah F. Burns, David Dorsey is an author and freelance writer who has been painting longer than he’s been writing. He decided, in 2006, to focus primarily on visual art and begin exploring the nature of painting, by both doing it and writing about it. He’s the author of The Force (Random House) and The Cost of Living (Viking), and numerous articles for national magazines. His award-winning paintings have been exhibited at museums, galleries and universities in the United States and Europe. We've syndicated David's excellent blog at Sarah's request so we can all enjoy his well written insights on the world of art.
An online view of Manifest’s Painted exhibition last fall.
I’m way late posting this screen shot from last fall’s Painted show at Manifest in Cincinnati. The online portal allowed a viewer to click and scroll through every gallery at Manifest, all of the shows mounted there, with the ability to swivel 360-degrees, Google-maps style. You could use your touch screen or track pad or mouse to look in any direction from any station in the sequence of click-to spots that walked you through the show. Every gallery and museum should do this, at least the ones not dependent on admission fees for survival. I clicked on the info icon and up popped the image of the painting with all the identifying data. Very cool and it helped make up for the inability to attend.
By Art Presence, 329 contributed posts
View all Art Presence's posts. About the author: Founded by artist Anne Brooke, Art Presence is an art organization operating as a non-profit under the Arts Council of Southern Oregon. We've grown from a small group of Jacksonville artists with our board meeting at the GoodBean Cafe to over 100 artists with an art center and gallery in the historic core of our charming town. Our mission is to encourage and develop a growing art presence in the city of Jacksonville, to provide venues for artists which will enhance their work and encourage patronage, to work with the merchants of Jacksonville to promote a variety of outstanding events and displays to draw visitors downtown, to inspire and educate and provide additional beauty to our city. For contact information and web links, please visit our listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource
Our art education program is getting underway! We’ll have more information for you soon, but first, we’d like to announce our first class! Our Memory/Treasure Box class with Lauren Card will take you from an empty cigar box to a beautiful box to save your precious memories and treasures! The class takes place at Art Presence Art Center’s upstairs classroom on Saturday, February 12, from 10 am – 2 pm. Download the pdf form below to learn more and sign up!
By Art Presence, 329 contributed posts
View all Art Presence's posts. About the author: Founded by artist Anne Brooke, Art Presence is an art organization operating as a non-profit under the Arts Council of Southern Oregon. We've grown from a small group of Jacksonville artists with our board meeting at the GoodBean Cafe to over 100 artists with an art center and gallery in the historic core of our charming town. Our mission is to encourage and develop a growing art presence in the city of Jacksonville, to provide venues for artists which will enhance their work and encourage patronage, to work with the merchants of Jacksonville to promote a variety of outstanding events and displays to draw visitors downtown, to inspire and educate and provide additional beauty to our city. For contact information and web links, please visit our listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource
By Art Presence, 329 contributed posts
View all Art Presence's posts. About the author: Founded by artist Anne Brooke, Art Presence is an art organization operating as a non-profit under the Arts Council of Southern Oregon. We've grown from a small group of Jacksonville artists with our board meeting at the GoodBean Cafe to over 100 artists with an art center and gallery in the historic core of our charming town. Our mission is to encourage and develop a growing art presence in the city of Jacksonville, to provide venues for artists which will enhance their work and encourage patronage, to work with the merchants of Jacksonville to promote a variety of outstanding events and displays to draw visitors downtown, to inspire and educate and provide additional beauty to our city. For contact information and web links, please visit our listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource
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Our next Arts & Letters Zoom chat, “Getting the Words Right,” takes place at 5pm on January 28. Ginna BB Gordon hosts local authors, E.A. Luetkemeyer and Dr. Frank De Luca, to discuss their writing processes.
“Each of us has a story within the story—how we do what we’re doing, with whom, and why we do it, “ Ginna says.
This will be an interesting discussion with rarely-heard insights into the writing process.
Happy New Year! Its takes me about a week (right on schedule here at January 7th….) to fully own and embrace the new year. A couple of days chocolate/carb/Christmas decoration hangover, a few days of nutrition/exercise/green juice guilt, a day of false starts in back to work mode and eventually a cheerful mosey into my […]
By Art Presence, 329 contributed posts
View all Art Presence's posts. About the author: Founded by artist Anne Brooke, Art Presence is an art organization operating as a non-profit under the Arts Council of Southern Oregon. We've grown from a small group of Jacksonville artists with our board meeting at the GoodBean Cafe to over 100 artists with an art center and gallery in the historic core of our charming town. Our mission is to encourage and develop a growing art presence in the city of Jacksonville, to provide venues for artists which will enhance their work and encourage patronage, to work with the merchants of Jacksonville to promote a variety of outstanding events and displays to draw visitors downtown, to inspire and educate and provide additional beauty to our city. For contact information and web links, please visit our listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource
Naked Art 2022, our annual show of unframed, unmatted ORIGINAL art at tempting prices, opens Friday, January 7, at 12 am!
By Anna Elkins, 160 contributed posts
View all Anna Elkins's posts. About the author: art + word + spirit: A painter and poet, I play in the crossroads of art & spirit. My paintings are visual stanzas of a poem I will spend my life writing - with brush & pen. I've had the honor to create and exhibit art in the United States, Europe & Micronesia. "As with poetry, painting is either a battle or a dance. Given the choice between music & a sword, I choose music." See Anna's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource.
A few Decembers ago, I painted this little heart compass. I had words for each of the four points that I wanted to cultivate in the coming year, but I remember deciding not to write them onto the painting—to leave it open for future words. I was a…
By Roxanne Evans Stout, 76 contributed posts
View all Roxanne Evans Stout's posts. About the author: A mixed media artist, I am inspired by the natural history of the mountains and river lands in Southern Oregon. I love collage and book arts and have shown my art throughout the US and locally at Illahe Gallery in Ashland and Paschal Winery in Talent. I have been published in online collaborations and art zines, nationally in Cloth Paper Scissors, and I'm a featured artist in "The Pulse of Mixed Media" by Seth Apter. I also teach and design art workshops. Please see my listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource for all my links and contact information.
My newest Workshop
Thursday, January 20th, 2022
1:30-3:30 PST on Facebook Live
$48.00
Registration Is Now Open
For the Brand New Recorded Version!!
The Alchemist’s Shield
Because..
these are the days
for new beginnings…
We need to be creative more than ever! This is the perfect time to offer a New Workshop that I have been planning for weeks!
Do you need time to immerse yourself in making some beautiful and intricate art pieces that symbolize protection during this winter?
If the answer is yes, please join me and create two Alchemist’s Shields that will work as Talismans, giving you protection, guidance, and support and fill you with creative magic.
This is now a self-study workshop
In my videos I will be your guide as you create two unique and gorgeous shields.
As you watch me work, it will be as if you are in my studio with me, sitting next to me at my work table. You can watch the videos at your own pace and stop and go as much as you like!
We will start with a scrap piece of wood and a pile of old cardboard pieces and construct, assemble and layer our shield with fabrics and papers and found objects that we love!
We will work with intent so that our shields will hold in them our messages, our hopes, and our dreams for the future. You will be Honoring Your Own Creative Process. And you will love every part of this workshop!!
Talisman definition: noun [ C ] plural: talismans an object believed to bring good luck or to keep its owner safe from harm
— The Cambridge Dictionary
The Alchemist’s Shield Facebook Group is open now with the Supply List which I will post here as well.
*Please make sure the name you register under is the same as the name on your FB account!!
*We will invite you into the group after January 1st. If you do not get an invitation within a week after you sign up, please request to join and include the name you registered under!
*These steps will ensure you get into the group quickly and hassle-free!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Some knowledge of assemblage or a previous workshop with me is advised.
Please consider your Paypal receipt as your confirmation and make sure when you register your correct email is on the form so I can get in contact with you.
You will need to ask to join the Alchemist’s Shield Facebook Group as soon as you register.
You will need to have a personal FB account and make sure you are able to stream live videos on your computer.
Invitations will be sent out as soon as possible after I have your payment and FB name.
There will be lots of important guidelines and information in the Announcements section on the Facebook page. Please scroll through! The videos will also be under Videos on the group page.
Sorry, no refunds will be issued for this course.
Access to the videos will be forever, at some point I will move them to Vimeo and my website as well so you can download them.
I am thrilled to be able to share this project with you and cannot wait to see your creations!!
Just $48.00
Supply List for The Alchemist’s Shield
small piece of wood, about 5” x 5” any thickness.
scrap pieces of cardboard about the same measurements
collage papers and fabric, small amounts (Think about different textures and weights)
scissors
straight edge
tacky glue or a heavier glue
matte medium, water, paper towels, paint brush
small nails and tacks
awl
string, thread,
wire: two or three gauges, I like natural colors
wire cutters or sturdy scissors
bent nose pliers (optional)
gathered artifacts or relics- I will be using a small old tin, taken apart, rusty metal pieces, rusty fence wire and maybe a small vintage bottle *Other ideas include old earrings, cabinet locks or keys, buttons, etc.
gathered natural objects- I will be using a feather, and a forked twig. Small stones (To use in a mosaic inside the tin) *Other ideas include seed pods, pine needles, dried plants, seed pods, etc.
By dave dorsey, 917 contributed posts
View all dave dorsey's posts. About the author: A good friend of Ashland artist Sarah F. Burns, David Dorsey is an author and freelance writer who has been painting longer than he’s been writing. He decided, in 2006, to focus primarily on visual art and begin exploring the nature of painting, by both doing it and writing about it. He’s the author of The Force (Random House) and The Cost of Living (Viking), and numerous articles for national magazines. His award-winning paintings have been exhibited at museums, galleries and universities in the United States and Europe. We've syndicated David's excellent blog at Sarah's request so we can all enjoy his well written insights on the world of art.
Bradley Butler’s recent solo exhibition at Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34 at Finger Lakes Community College was a quiet thrill. The work is quietly evocative, simple, deeply felt and as ontologically disorienting as a Beckett play. He took his title from Pet Sounds, Brian Wilson’s groundbreaking album: I just wasn’t made for these times. Many of his […]
