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9/21/07: Last First Friday
Stonington Galleries greets the fall with First Friday openings
Stonington--Join Stonington Galleries, a group of 12 businesses in and around scenic Stonington Harbor, for an evening of art and refreshments on October 5 from 4-7 p.m. This will be the last First Friday open gallery night for 2007 as summer yields to the crisp air and brilliant colors of fall. A full-color brochure and map are available from area businesses and online to guide you along the 10-mile loop.
Printmaker Siri Beckman will demonstrate how a wood engraving is transferred, cut and printed in her studio at 115 Airport Road beginning at 4 p.m. An art history major in college, it was not until moving to Stonington in 1975 that she discovered wood engraving. Feeling an instant affinity for the medium, she taught herself how to work the hard blocks of wood with fine gravers. In 1992, she received a MFA in Printmaking and Book Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. The demonstration will last about 45 minutes.
Member galleries offer a broad range of media and styles.
Following the trail, you will find along Rte. 15 Alice's Unique Folk Art--painted objects with scenic views; Odyssea Arts--visionary realism in paintings and drawings; Anne-Claude Cotty Gallery & Workshops--artist books, prints and pinhole photography; Geoffrey Warner Studio--the work of local artists and Warner's handmade furniture; The Clown--abstract and figurative paintings; and, Hoy Gallery--Maine landscapes and figurative work by Jill Hoy.
On Main Street, gWatson Gallery and Isalos Fine Art feature fine art among diverse artists. Up the Opera House hill is the Michie Stovall O'Day Studio--oil paintings, and following on to Green Head Forge, off Sand Beach Road--sculptural metals, jewelry and forging by Jack and Harriet Hemenway. The Siri Beckman Studio--wood engravings and woodcuts on Airport Road completes the circle.
Several of the galleries are open year-round and events are posted on the web site. For more information, call 367-2700 or 367-2699.
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7/30/07: This Friday
First Friday Open Gallery Night in Stonington on August 3
Stonington - Follow the bright orange banners on Friday, August 3 from 4-7 p.m. for Stonington Galleries' second open gallery night of the summer. The banners bear numbers to guide you to 12 galleries along a 10-mile loop through town and along adjoining roads.
At #2, four miles down Oceanville Road, for example, you will find Odyssea Arts, the studio/gallery of Susan Huot. A self-taught artist in what she describes as "visionary realism", Huot will be giving a demonstration of the Mische technique. The artist traveled to Austria 8 years ago on a scholarship to learn this ancient art of alternating layers of egg tempera with oil glazes. It is time-consuming, she explains, but it produces a luminosity in painting cherished by many of the old masters. The half-hour demo will begin at 5 p.m.
The galleries will be festive, offering refreshments and an impressive variety of art and crafts, from Alice's Unique Folk Art (#1) to the wood engravings at the Siri Beckman Studio (#12). Along the harbor, the fine art galleries at The Clown (#5), Eagull Antiques (#7), gWatson Gallery (#8) and Isalos Fine Arts (#9) will feature new exhibitions of gallery artists. Along the way there are studios to visit: those of Anne-Claude Cotty (#3)--artist books and pinhole photographs, Geoffrey Warner (#4)--handmade furniture, Jill Hoy (#6)--Maine landscapes, Michie Stovall O'Day (#10)--oils, and Green Head Forge (#11)--sculpture and jewelry by Jack and Harriet Hemenway.
Brochures and maps are available at local businesses. For additional information, please call 367-2699 or 367-2700.
6/24/07: Summer's Here!
Stonington Galleries begins new season of First Fridays
with an art demo, live music and wine tasting
Stonington--Join Stonington Galleries, a group of 12 businesses in and around scenic Stonington Harbor, for an evening of art, music and refreshments as it begins a new season of First Fridays on July 6 from 4-7 p.m. The open gallery nights this summer will offer new attractions as well with studio demonstrations, live performances and wine tastings.
Jill Hoy, a plein air painter, will demonstrate her art for visitors to her gallery at the east end of Main Street beginning at 4 p.m. It was while studying at the University of California at Santa Cruz and spending summers on Deer Isle that she realized the importance of light in painting and the particular crystaline quality of light in coastal Maine. Her vivid brush strokes are in direct response to the vibrations she feels from her subjects.
Geoffrey Warner Studio on North Main Street will feature live music performed by the Sheep Island Rovers and a wine tasting presented by The Clown. The gallery will have on view new paintings by several artists, a photography exhibit, forged ironwork and furniture designed by Warner.
A full-color brochure and map are available from area businesses and online at www.stoningtongalleries.com to guide you along the 10-mile loop. Member galleries offer a broad range of media and styles.
Following the trail this summer, you will find along Rte. 15 Alice's Unique Folk Art--painted objects with scenic views; Odyssea Arts--visionary realism in paintings and drawings; Anne-Claude Cotty Gallery & Workshops--artist books, prints, pinhole photography; Geoffrey Warner Studio--local artists and handmade furniture; The Clown--abstract and figurative paintings; and, Hoy Gallery--Maine landscapes and figurative work by Jill Hoy.
Continuing on to Main Street, stop in at Eagull Antiques, fine art and antique furniture; gWatson Gallery, fine art; Isalos Fine Art, original art by 20 artists. Up the Opera House hill is the Michie Stovall O'Day Studio--oil paintings, and follow on to Green Head Forge, off Sand Beach Road--sculptural metals, jewelry and forging and Siri Beckman Studio--wood engravings and woodcuts.
First Fridays will continue through October. For more information, call 367-2700 or 367-2699.