GREENSBORO
Greetings Greensboro gallery hoppers, it is once again time to connect you with all the fun and frivolity planned for First Friday. Several events caught my eye this month and this Gallery Hop looks to be quite a vibrant one indeed.
First off, I want to point out a change in location for the Yew Tree Gallery, which is moving one block south to 604 S. Elm St., across from the new Mellow Mushroom. The gorgeous new digs afford the group of member artists more breathing room in an expanded space. Stop in to view what’s new at the Yew Tree and congratulate them on the success of their relocation.
There’s always plenty going on at the Cultural Arts Center on Davie Street but this month the opening at The Center for Visual Art seems quite intriguing. The Golf Show may or may not be up your alley, but an art installation featuring putt-putt holes that visitors can actually play for a small donation sounds like good fun to me. Additionally, if you are a fan of golf, you might also enjoy golf-related artwork in a variety of media from Center for Visual Art member artists also on display.
Finally, I continually find myself feeling inspired by the excellence of work showing at Ambleside Gallery. March is certain to prove no exception with a show titled Watercolor at its Best. The group show offers works by artists based in both the US and a number of other spots on the globe including Moldova, the United Kingdom and China. The aptly named Ambleside is a great place to peruse at a leisurely pace, so relax to tunes from the grand player piano while allowing your eyes to caress offerings of the best.
• Ambleside Gallery (528 S. Elm St.): Hosting a new group show Watercolor at its Best which features works by Ion Carchalan (Moldova), David Easton (UK), Sterling Edwards (US), Leslie Frontz (US). Nigel Price (UK) and Guan Weixing (China).
• Artmongerz (610 S. Elm St.): Specializing in found-object art by Artmongerz owner Frank Russell, and showing new works in all artist studios by member artists for Gallery Hop.
• Area (515 S. Elm St.): Visit the area’s only modern/contemporary home furnishings shop, located in downtown Greensboro. Featuring exclusive accessories and furniture with new arrivals from exclusive European product designers.
• Cultural Arts Center (200 N. Davie St.): Art Alliance will feature the work of potters this month. If You Can Kill A Snake With It, It Ain’t Art is an ongoing exhibition at the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art. The Guilford Native American Gallery will be open with authentic Native American arts and crafts, jewelry and pottery. The Center for Visual Artists offers The Golf Show in which one featured artist made putt-putt holes, that visitors will actually be able to play for a small donation, as well as golf related artwork in all media from CVA member artists.
• Gate City Yarns (231 S. Elm St.): Gate City Yarns will hold spinning and weaving demonstrations during First Friday.
• Jules Antiques & Fine Art (530 S. Elm St.): Jules is offering a winter sale with everything in the store discounted 20-50 percent. Jules’ inventory currently boasts a diversified collection of highend international antiques. They have pieces from Boston to Bali, from Eastern Europe to western North Carolina with an eye for the unusual. They will serve their “famous” hot apple cider and a selection of Australian wines.
• Lyndon Street Artworks (205 Lyndon St.): The warehouse houses more than 40 local artists in their working studios. For this First Friday, the following artists will feature: Antidotes and Potions by potter Mariana Rodriguez- Pardy. Julie McKnight is showing a new line of “deconstructed” fused wine bottles and hosting chain maille jewelry artist, Chris Bettini, as a guest in her studio. Alunda of AromaAdonai is a special guest of Lyndon Street Artworks for First Friday in March. Alunda is a certified aromatherapist demonstrating the creation of aromatherapy
blends. Cass Catlett will be demonstrating her flowing watercolor techniques on the stage. Lida
Witherspoon is showing musically inspired paintings. Karen Bjork
Dischell offers new 2009 oil paintings. Charlotte and Erik Strm of
Strm Art offer fine art, illustration and design services. Erik
Beerbower creates sculpture and Susan Ridenour has new pottery to show.
• The Tin Rooster (602 S. Elm St.): Fine art photographer, Donald Schoenleber will be on hand to share and celebrate the splendor of architecture and nature.
• Winter Light Gallery (410 Blandwood Ave.): Winter Light Gallery and art studios will offer Open Studio Tours 6-9 p.m. The gallery is home to 13 artists, painters and photographers. The studio is at corner of Blandwood and Spring Garden streets.
• Yew Tree Gallery (604 S. Elm St.) It’s an especially exciting month for Yew Tree Gallery as they open in a new space. See the expanded, gorgeous new gallery and exceptional original fine art. Now showing watercolors, oils, acrylics, pastels and pottery. Offering gourmet refreshments for Gallery Hop and a chance to meet some of the 19 artists. A silent auction of two original paintings by Chuck McLachlan is under way.
WINSTON-SALEM
Hello
again to all of Winston Salem’s Gallery Hop savvy, there’s plenty of
fun awaiting you on the First Friday of this month. March’s hop
brightens with a promise of great new shows as well as a brand-new
gallery space! The Arts District can now add a picture framing shop
plus gallery to the mix, Liberty Road Framers at 521 N. Liberty
St. They will be opening with a show of work by international artist
Shesh Tantry, who at this time is working in abstract landscapes and
abstracts in general, mainly in oils and acrylics.
May
I be the first, but not the last, to extend a welcome to our new
neighbor? Also with cause to celebrate this month are two studios who
just happen to be next-door neighbors. The Studios at 625 are
celebrating their 10-year anniversary in style with music, refreshments
and interactive art projects going on for First Friday. Hop on over to
Atelier Studios and see what’s new as they navigate the waters under
new management with some nicely reorganized studio space.
They’ll
be happy to clue you in to their newly decided upon event schedule as
well. Atelier Studio is well known for the unsurpassed fun of their
themed Gallery Hop events! Over at Artists on Liberty you’ll find Transformational Environments by
Jennifer Wynn O’Kelly. O’Kelly is an artist of unique perspective who
also works as a scenic designer, lighting designer and art director.
She
weaves her love of archeology and anthropology into this exhibition as
well, which allows for imagination, magic and facts in equal measure
within these works. She adeptly creates an environment for a story that
affords the viewer the chance to make mental journeys into the world of
each painting.
Here’s the hot list for March’s Hop:
• Timothy Nichols Gallery (629 N. Trade St.; www.timothynichols.net): Inventory clearance sale.
• Studios at 625 (625
N. Trade St.; 336.724.3000): This month marks a landmark 10 th
anniversary for the Studios at 625. Join the celebration with music and
refreshments as well as interactive art projects throughout the
building.
• Atelier Studios (619 N. Trade St.; www.
atelierstudiosws.com): Atelier Studios is celebrating an exciting grand
re-opening of their collective under new management. Stop and see the
lovely, newly reorganized spaces, enjoy work by new member artists and
hear the plans for the coming year’s line up of their trademark theme
events.
• Golden Flower T’ai Chi Center (612 N. Trade St.; www.goldenflower.org):
Open for Gallery Hop with Tai Chi demonstrations and drumming. Tai Chi
demonstration runs from 8-9 p.m. and the Drum Circle from 9-10 p.m.
• Earthbound Arts (610 N. Trade St.; www.
earthboundarts.com): Featuring plenty of new creations for St.
Patrick’s Day gift giving as well as chunky wood and glass bead
necklaces and earrings in hot spring colors and garden jewels to add
sparkle to your garden.
• Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery (601 N. Trade St.; www.PiedmontCraftsmen.org): Opening the 2009 New Member Show. Piedmont Craftsmen welcomes 16 new members to the guild.
• The Fiber Company (600
N. Trade St.; 336.725.5277): Open for Gallery Hop. Fiber Company is a
collective gallery that showcases work by fiber artists and designers.
• Artworks Gallery (564 N. Trade St.; www.
artworks-gallery.org): Artworks Gallery is presenting a two-person
member artist show featuring sculpture by Don Green and paintings and
drawings by Lea Lackey- Zachmann.
• The Other Half (560 N. Trade St.; 336.407.5494): Showing Jewelry for the Table a collection of hand cast pewter by the Clay Company. Also Pep Art: fun, funky and functional designer pepper grinders.
• 5IVE & 40RTY Gallery (541 N. Trade St.; www.5iveand40rty.com): Offers Healing Seekers, a
multimedia project exploring remote regions of the world in search of
plants, living organisms and therapies that represent centuries-old
medical traditions.
• Urban Artware/SEED Gallery (207 W. 6 th St.; www.urbanartware.com, www.seedgallery. org): Urban Artware opens new show this month Scrub Attire Required. The show is a visual journal of artist Anne R. Laperriere’s experience as an assistant in the OR at Forsyth Medical Hospital.
• Mary Ann Zotto Studio (202 W. 6 th St.; 336.575.9850): An open studio featuring new paintings by Mary Ann Zotto.
• Patina/Verdigris (217
W. 6 th St.; 336.725.6395): Patina has new gifts, artifacts and fun
items to decorate your home and person. Verdigris Gallery is featuring Sam the Dot Man, a collection of colorful works from the collection of Sam McMillan.
• Artists on Liberty (521 N. Liberty St.): Opening reception for Transformational Environments, pigment-in-resin
paintings by Jennifer Wynn O’Kelly at the Artists On Liberty Building’s
Main Gallery. Plus, various member studios will be open throughout the
building during Gallery Hop from 7 to 10 p.m.
• apercu gallery within Artists on Liberty building (521 N. Liberty St.): Showing Second Nature, pastel
paintings by master pastel artist Toni Lindahl. Featuring an eclectic
mix of original pastels on board or paper tackling a wide variety of
subject matter including vegetable still life and fruit to landscapes,
florals and aquatic themes.
• DADA Community Center building (526 N. Liberty St.): The March Hop extends the Word on the Street brick
campaign. Short stories, haiku, names, poems and more are part of the
streets in the Downtown Art District — your word can be there too if
you act this month!
