follow up to the late night rant . . .

as some of you know i was quite anxious about my submissions to the juried Fountain Street Fine Art's PAPER exhibit (click here to see the blog post about these anxieties)  I spoke mostly about the painting/drawing that I submitted, being a new direction for me, and which stirred some serious critics in my head.  

Yesterday I received an email with a list of the accepted pieces/artists for the show and I am happy to announce that my name was on the list!!! But my drawing/painting piece wasn't.   
The piece that did get in is one of my favorite mini dresses, Take a Number!!! 

take a number

take a number (back)

I especially love this dress because it contains the contradictory element usually found in my larger dress sculptures. The dress is bright and colorful, yet it has an underlying message. As a mother, wife, cook, soccer mom and working artist I have felt so drained and exhausted by all the demands asked of me, and I am not unique in this feeling.  When I made this dress I was feeling particularly taxed.  

thank u 4 waiting

 I chose to use the deli tickets as I did for the dress, Thank u 4 Waiting, but for this piece I used the tickets to suggest the idea of many people needing many things from this one woman. I used red and pinks thread to sew swirling lines onto the paper mache top.   I left the ends of the sewn threads hanging to give the sense of loose ends or feeling drained or frayed.  

  So that is the story behind this piece, which will be part of this exciting exhibit at Fountain Street Fine Art.  Below is the list of all the accepted artists and their pieces along with some other information about the jurying and the dates of the show.  And what about the drawing/painting?!?! well it will head back to the studio to be judged another day.


peace

James Welu selected 47 pieces by 41 artists from the more than 190 pieces submitted by 85 artists, 

The following pieces were accepted:

First Name Last name Title Ann Barbato Frau Finnegan Lisa Barthelson f-sorted family debris series Meg Black Storm Coming Suzanne Booth Escape Arlene Chaplin Wandering Away Brenda Cirioni Rock Nest Cheryl Clinton Summer Shadows I Jane Coder Hydrangeas Patricia Crotty Red, White, and Black 10 Lynne Damianos Pakm Leaf I Bob Evans Visual Eyes, Water Street, Boston Nan Hass Feldman The Rooster in the Kitchen Virginia Fitzgerald Take a Number Amy Furman String Things Milisa Galazzi Waggle Dance 5 Diptych Steve Gatter Columbia Farm Afternoon Ania Gilmore & Bob Hesse Fleurs du Mal Wilson Hunt Jr. Wild Thing J.B. Jones Blue Clip Linda Kimerling Square #1 David A. Lang Wing Walker Randy LeSage Figure I/Figure II Madeleine Lord Hello From Queens Hello From Boston Stephen G. Maka Winter Stone Wall From Series "Medusa" Row Boats Ginger McEachern The Shoe Box All the Colors Robert Meszaros Trunk 1002 Karen Nunley Indian Summer Jeanette O'Connor Initiation Joan Onofrey An American Lobster Roy Perkinson Daybreak, Columbia River Robin Reynolds November Glow II Karen Rothman Papier-mâché mask models posing for still life Mahala Sacra Dominicana in Pieces Dale Savit Untitled Joyce Utting Schutter A Cut Beneath Twining Flask Suzanne Stumpf Egg Shell Nest Susan Swinand Lunar Force Falling Moon Amy Waltch Rust Lillies Timothy Wilson Portrait of Packing Paper Cynthia Winika Firecracker

The show will run from 

Friday, January 13, 2012 through Sunday, February 5, 2012.

the opening reception, which will be held on 

Saturday, January 21, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM.

thank u 4 waiting!!

this dress will be part of the Icons & Alters Show at Newton's Nen Art Center. I am very excited to be part of this event. I have listed all the informattion about the show below. The opening is this Friday - it is a beautiful space and should be a fun party!!! peace



icons + altars
The New Art Center's
16th Annual Benefit Exhibition
November 13 - December 13, 2009

Opening Reception:
Friday, November 13, 6-8pm

icons + altars features work by 107 regional artists who have created work specially for this exhibition + sale to benefit the New Art Center. Artists respond to the themes of "icons" + "altars" in many media including painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, ceramics, + sculpture.

Visiting the gallery is always FREE!

107 tickets for artwork are available for the 107 pieces in the show. Buy a $250 ticket to select an original work of art and support the New Art Center. Each ticket enters you in the drawing at the closing reception, where you are guaranteed to take home an engaging piece of art. Due to the diversity of work and tastes, the majority of ticket holders get one of their top choices!

Purchase your ticket by 7:30pm on opening night for a chance to receive an additional ticket!

Purchase your ticket by November 10 and receive a $15 Gift Certificate to Limited Editions located at 1176 Walnut Street, Newton Highlands

To purchase tickets for art please call (617) 964-3424, visit the gallery, or send in a Mail-in order form.

Gallery Information ~ all of our exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Gallery Hours:
Monday -Friday 9am-5pm
Sat & Sun 1-5pm
Closed November 26-28; Open Sunday, November 29.