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Last night was the reception for "Beneath the Surface" at TLD Design Center in Westmont, IL. I had the chance to meet and chat with Joann Murdock and Mary Dillon and the Design Center's director, Tammy Deck. The show continues through April 1. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 11 to 6 pm.
TLD Design Center offers classes and work space for fiber artists and other artisans. They even offer metal smithing, which I will enroll my youngest in next Fall.
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Update: Permafrost and Thwaites Glacier were selected for this show. "accepted for inclusion at Arts DuPage’s Rare Glimpse Exhibit at Oesterle Library, 320 School Street, Naperville, from March 27 through May 5." The jurors had questions about how heavy the mirrors are. I have to include the weight of the mirrors in applications because some galleries are afraid they weigh a lot. A lot of galleries use these acrylic sticks that suspend from a track at the top of the wall for installations. (I don't like this method)((Yet I have to use it at work)) These acrylic mirrors only weight 20 pounds tops, but probably between 10 and 15. I move them around without thinking about it and they are easy to hang. I need to do a ranty post about the different methods of installing art shows.  These are the entries for the Call for Entries I posted a few days ago for "Rare Glimpse" co-sponsored by Arts DuPage and North Central College Art Gallery. Statement for Entry #1 "Permafrost" "Permafrost" offers a rare glimpse to appreciate the important place of a dwindling keystone of our home world’s climate. The mosaic invites us to pause and reflect upon the vast permafrost tundras as they begin to trickle away and the familiar terrain of the higher latitudes collapses. “Permafrost” is part of the Floe Series about the continuing disappearance of geologic bodies of ice. This work is part of the “Floe” series which consists of a series of woven glass and reflective bead mosaics composed of hexagonal tiles that mimic crystals of ice about extant bodies of geologic ice. The mosaics are layered over round convex safety mirrors that enhance the look of ice and redouble the light passing through the glass beads, enhancing their luminosity.  Statement for Entry #2 "Thwaites Glacier" offers a rare glimpse to appreciate a keystone of our world’s climate that is in danger of imminent loss. The mosaic invites us to pause and reflect upon a polar view of the glacier as it is undercut by warmer than usual ocean currents. There is concern that its giant ice shelf may give way and allow the rest of the glacier to flow down into the ocean causing an alarming rise in global sea level. This work is part of the “Floe” series which consists of a series of woven glass and reflective bead mosaics composed of hexagonal tiles that mimic crystals of ice about extant bodies of geologic ice. The mosaics are layered over round convex safety mirrors that enhance the look of ice and redouble the light passing through the glass beads, enhancing their luminosity.  Statement for Entry #3
"Arctic Ice Sheet" offers a rare glimpse to appreciate the capstone of our home world’s climate that is in danger of vanishing. The mosaic invites us to pause and reflect upon a polar map of the seasonally waxing and waning ice sheet in the arctic circle. The ice sheet is being undercut by warmer than usual ocean currents as well as higher summer temperatures. This work is part of the “Floe” series which consists of a series of woven glass and reflective bead mosaics composed of hexagonal tiles that mimic crystals of ice about extant bodies of geologic ice. The mosaics are layered over round convex safety mirrors that enhance the look of ice and redouble the light passing through the glass beads, enhancing their luminosity. Note: This series is a bummer, especially with the artist statements. The judges might not want negativity in their show. But as I wrote before, the day may come when these cold pieces evoke a wistful and warm glow of nostalgia. The word count didn't allow room for me to add that.   During the reception for Embracing Texture at the Norris Cultural Arts Center I received an honorable mention for Arctic Ice Sheet from the exhibit's judge Josephine Burke of Northern Illinois University Art Museum. I was part of a distinguished field of honorees and exhibiting artists for the juried show featuring Sue Anderson, Robert Wilson, Mars Patterson, Kenneth Kemp, Cheryl Holz, Joan Ladendorf, Nancy Rosenberg, and many more.
ArtBeat of Fox Valley published a nice piece on the show here: https://www.foxvalleyartbeat.com/post/embracing-texture-at-norris-gallery-embraced-8-winners-with-awards-at-sunday-s-reception-1-22-23 I'm pleased with the cohesiveness of the group of art works I was able to enter.
Gallery Seven in Lockport, IL Important Dates: September 7-9: Notification of selected works via e-mail September 23-26: Delivery of Work September 30: “Illiart” opens October 3: Opening Reception 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. October31: “Illiart” Closes Uh-oh-- "Work that requires special installation or instructions will NOT be accepted." Reader, the show accepts every media except video and film, so I don't know what they are going to do for installation art pieces. Most sculpture is somewhat challenging to display. Anyway, it is in the jurors hands now. Jurors are people with their own tastes, skill levels, pet media and their own ideas for what kind of show they want they want to build. So, I started editing some of my portfolio archive photos in Lightroom. After a couple of days of tutorials and videos, they are a hair better. I am still learning the program. I am trying to create a few good-enough pictures to post to Behance and hopefully make some connections there. The ultimate goal is to connect with architects. s"Annually, Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights hosts an exhibition that invites members of our community (consisting of volunteers, studio artists, guild artists, general members, and visitors) to submit work that they would like to have showcased. Please submit work up until July 14th at 11:59 PM and decisions will be announced on July 15th. There is no fee for applying to be in the exhibition, but if accepted there is a $20 hanging or set-up fee (unless you are a current member of the Guild or a current Studio Artist in one of our spaces). Payments are to be processed in person at the point of drop-off unless otherwise discussed. The exhibition is set from July 22nd to August 19, 2021. Finally, there is no set theme for this year's Invitational exhibition, so please create work around themes that are of interest to you as individual artists. Artists may apply with almost any media of work, except for sound and video." I submitted the piece below for consideration for the show.    |
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