Light in the gallery

sunshine fills the floors in the back studio through riverside windows...

my new portable office .... sigh. 

color and more color
The weather is playing dark and light shadows today at the gallery so I thought I would just capture a few photos to tide this post over to tomorrow. SO much busy-ness with the IPS and the Jen11 all at the same time. It's all good. It's all lovely and the sunshine makes it all good for staying in and getting lots of things done today. 

Incredible Print Show artists

backside of postcard Incredible Print Show, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Just a quick post today as I am off with daughter Chloe to find the ultimate semi formal dress for her. Ah the joys of having a daughter are endless... glad it's raining or shopping in spring would be a sin. Take a moment if you wish to click through the image to see some of the works on our flickr for the IPS. There is more too at our site to preview.
Have a great Tuesday!

the incredible print show at artstream

the incredible print show at artstream, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

just to make it official!

Monday monday ...

jen bradford "site 2"
After a far to eventful past four weeks, I am now trying to get into my regular routine again. First off -- you must! if you have not - take a peek at the Jen 11 show. It's beauty knows no bounds, the diversity is out of this world and the book is a wonderfully beautiful modern addition to any coffee table. That said, the work itself speaks volumes of the modern aesthetic which most of you readers embrace. Each and every piece is timeless, yet so today.

On upcoming news, The Incredible Print show is gearing up to be a huge event for us this year at artstream gallery. Over 300 works will be shown with hundreds priced well under 100 dollars, the price limit on the rest is $400. All can be previewed right here at our site!

Jen Garrido :: Jen-terview!

Your name and your business title if you have another name for your work. -
Jen Garrido

2. What art do you find really exciting right now?
Just to name a few - spring and the warm weather, Friday Night Lights (the TV show), having my wedding dress made just exactly to fit my body, new and old friends and 6 month old niece and how she laughs at everything.

3. What sort of day is a good art day for you?
A day that I get out of the house early and stay at studio late ... basically a full day of working.

4. Do you like working out of your normal medium? if so what do you play
with?
I don't really know how to answer this ... sorry.

5. What are you listening to for music currently?
AA Bondy, She & Him, Pajo, Smog, Bon Iver, Ben Kweller

Jennifer Koshbin :: Jen-terview!

Jen Koshbin "self portrait"

Your name and your business title if you have another name for your work.
Jennifer Khoshbin - Ruby's Lounge

2. What art do you find really exciting right now?
Jennifer Marsh's "Gas Station Project", Megan Marsh's art, Matt Jones' "Get Excited and Make Things"

3. What sort of day is a good art day for you?
A day spent with my family and friends outdoors, good food in the fridge, and then quiet time to sit and work.

4. Do you like working out of your normal medium? if so what do you play with?
My time is so limited now, that outside of my my personal art medium I like to work on projects that impact my family- like chicken coops, and unusual playscapes or indoor spaces.

5. What are you listening to for music currently?
First Aid Kit, Bon Iver, NPR

Thanks Jen!

We'll be missing you ... George

george and mary-jo at our wedding 2005
Last night, peacefully around 11 p.m. George Monusky our dear friend and partner passed on. After a valiant 4 year struggle with MSA he left this world last night. After surviving the first World Trade Center bombing (he worked for Morgan Stanley) and then moving to rural NH with Mary Jo and surviving without the big city, George added pizazz to our lives here in Rochester. He showed us the good life, sharing his love of sushi with daughter Chloe, patching and painting the gallery between shows, lending a well informed opinion on how to get the building renovated for being a gallery and actually help with coming up with our name, artstream.
Life will be a little less vibrant, a little less passionate without George. His New Yorker attitude (and accent!), love of all that is full in life and his ability of finding the good in everyone attitude hallmarked his being. He will always live on in our hearts and memories.

happy easter :: happy spring!

happy easter :: happy spring!, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

happy easter to everyone, happy spring!

Jennifer Celio :: another Jen-terview!

Jen Celio in NY
1. Your name? Jen (or Jennifer) Celio

2. What art do you find really exciting right now? large scale semi- representational paintings-full of exuberant brushwork and energetic colors, larger than life. I love to see these paintings in galleries.


3. What sort of day is a good art day for you? When I don't have to do any work on the computer before or after, and I can work all day long until whenever I feel like quitting.

4. Do you like working out of your normal medium? if so what do you play with? Normally I don't. But in the next couple of months I am going to completely switch gears and start painting again. I will probably still draw-we'll see. I plan to do acrylic paintings with a 60's/70's flair to them (!)


5. What are you listening to for music currently? I am really into listening to all of my music on the "shuffle" setting on my iPod-it's fun to go from Aphex Twin to Debussy to Johnny Cash.

Jennifer Judd-McGee :: Jen-terview

photograph by Jennifer Judd-McGee
I decided to try and run some Jen-terviews - in my "fast five style" -- on some of the fabulous Jennifers who make up the Jen11 show now showing at artstream. Jen Judd-McGee popped her's back super fast so she is kicking off the set of interviews. Stay tuned in the days to come we will have more!

1.Your name and your business title if you have another name for your work.
jennifer judd-mcgee // swallowfield

2. What art do you find really exciting right now?
liquid acrylics, vintage stitch books, and spring buds. the extra sunshine is great too!

3. What sort of day is a good art day for you?
a good art day is when i start off in a clean work space or make a new discovery while playing around with materials. i love those 'click' moments. wish they happened more often!

4. Do you like working out of your normal medium? if so what do you play
with?
painting with encaustics or doing some linoleum block printing are both fun distractions for me.

5. What are you listening to for music currently?
bon iver, iron and wine, the national, the clientele and oren la vie are all on heavy rotation right now.
Thanks Jen so much for being first and kicking off these Jen11 interviews!

Heather Palmer tiny glass bowls

Heather Palmer tiny glass bowls, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

These little bowls are just so incredibly beautiful - there are a few which mimic jadeite. This one has little green "pearls" set into them. Perfect for sauces, rings, tiny earrings and what-not, in groups they are sculptural.
Over at our shop!

Squam Arts Exhibition :: A vision of Squam

Hello everyone, ooops, it's Tuesday. How did that happen? After such a lovely opening of Jen11 on Friday and a weekend filled with blood (yardwork, thorns and removal of a dreadful bush), sweat (same day said bush took two hours to remove) and tears, ( our dear partner George is in hospice) Monday was just a blur. And I intended to blog about this next piece yesterday, but now it's now. So here we go - a day late.

photo by Thea Coghlin
I wanted to welcome everyone and encourage everyone who went to Squam Arts last September both instructors and attendees - to submit their works made since Squam to our exhibition "A Vision of Squam" for September. The deadline is April 30th and all the details are over here at Liz Kalloch's blog. Liz dreamed up this idea and we at artstream are welcoming you all to make it a reality.
I can't say enough times to you all - don't be shy - be bold, live your art and send it in with the prospectus. We are looking forward to putting this together, but can't do it alone. Join us, won't you?

jen11window

jen11window, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Rainer affixing the lettering to the window. The show photos are up at my flickr. take a peek. It is SMASHING!

Jen11 :: Tonight!

Come one Jennifer come all Jennifers - to the Jen11 exhibit opening tonight at artstream! It's jam packed with just about everything wonderful from 11 fantastic inspiring artists named Jennifer... don't let the spring showers hold you back - it's nice and warm and full of lovely art inside. See you all tonight! or online - preview and purchase the work, or the book right here at the shop.

The Kalevala - From Myth to Marimekko

The Kalevala is coming again to Rochester NH. The Epic Finnish national poem is a full day affair headed up by friend and poet, Pat Frisella. How exciting for this type of culture to grace our city with the Kantele harps, the poetry and the latest in Marimekko fabrics.

Yes, Marimekko sent three patterns of their latest line (which I simply adore) to Pat to display at the event.

Here's the skinny on the fabrics and the "lore"direct from the txtlart site:
(the blue one above!)
Kanteleen Kutsu: This design is part of a trio that depicts scenes from the Finnish national epic, Kalevala. This one features animals enchanted by the tunes of the kantele.


Taikamylly : This design is part of a trio that depicts scenes from the Finnish national epic, Kalevala. This one features the Sampo which is a magical mill for grinding wealth.

The deets on the event are as follows:

The Kalevala - From Myth to Marimekko

elen sila lumenn omentilmo. Due to the success of last year’s Celebration of the Kalevala, the Poetry Society of New Hampshire will host a one day conference to mark the 160th anniversary of the Kalevala, titled The Kalevala, from Myth to Marimekko©, on Saturday April 4th, 2009 from 9AM to 6PM at the Rollins Estate of the Governor’s Inn, 76 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH. Each of the presenters for the conference will explore aspects of the mythos of the Kalevala, its language, its reception and reinterpretation, the concept of shamanism, and its music.

Venue: Governor's Inn on Wakefield Street, Rochester NH

Web site: www.poetrysocietyofnewhampshire.org

Phone: 001-603-332-0732

Jen 11 set up

jen 11 set up, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Yesterday and today we are filling up the gallery with Jennifer goodness. Click through the photo to see some more shots of the gallery in progress. It's been a fun and enlightening show experience - the opening is on Friday from 5-8 p.m. and we hope to see you all there!
Details here.

Jen 11 :: the book is here!

Janine from UPPERCASE gallery has sent us our supply of books of the exhibition Jen11. Get em while their hot right here!!

Jen11 a little video!

Jen11 from UPPERCASE gallery on Vimeo.

Poise :: IF and Greta the ink sketch

greta an original ink sketch, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

This week's IF prompt was Poise. Greta here is most poised in her petite toe pointing way. I am still feeling rather under the weather (hence the umbrella!) and so am going to rest my way through today. No need for a relapse!
Hoping to get some behind the scenes shots of the lovely work pouring into artstream for the Jen 11 show for you! have a wonderful weekend and think spring! Melt damn snow, melt!

Heather Palmer :: tiny glass bowls

tiny glass bowls, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

We have a beautiful array of tiny glass bowls by Heather Palmer. They are all $20 and going into the shop soon so stop by for a peek!

Wednesday is sparkly green

sparkly green, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Today was absolutely too beautiful not to have a little 'playin hookey' time... so after an appointment this afternoon, I happened by my friend artist Kris Lanzer's home in Dover. Surprise! Ms. McKeen was also there... and we were able to check out some of the finer points of the garden and "ManLand". Click through the photo to see full size views of Kris's husband's new Manland studio. It's actual full size shipping containers welded together to make a studio for his metal welding projects. It is wonderful and red and rusty. Go on, take a peek. It's incredible!

Sculptural Wooden Boxes made in NH

Hello Monday - hope everyone is enjoying the day ... me? Back to bed with some meds now as the doctor said, bronchitis and I am listening. Hopefully a couple of days in will do the trick and I will be back to a little more venturing out. Until then, I want to share some of the new pieces we have from a fine woodworking craftsperson. He creates wooden jewlery/storage boxes from a mix of woods and each one is a little different and unique. Kevin Turgeon hails from NH, and just loves to make each one different. We have three which I hope to get up into the shop soon. This "Arch" one is my favorite so far...

Friday Spring Blues

Friday and Spring should be a double wonderful whammy, but here I am flat on my back in bed for the third day in a row with the horrible flu. Either way, I do have the windows flung open and breathing *as much as i can* the sweet spring air in. I hope those of you here in New England are all taking advantage of this lovely weather and running about in it! New England in springtime can be so wonderful!

More next week on our fabulous upcoming Jenn 11 Show and our Incredible Print Show. Too much artsy goodness to bear! 

Brownie remains under glass

remains under glass, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

I have been working extra hard these past two weeks and have taken a little break from the world with daughter Grace home from college and her friends dropping by for dinner, movies, later nights than what I am used to... so here is a shot of the remains of the past days. Under glass, with melting snow behind in the window. Hooray for spring!

faces

faces, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

It's so funny - I love faces, and these little ceramic pieces are my favorites in the kitchen right now. The spaghetti sauce jar was added as it came out of the dishwasher with Paul's face just left on the label. I couldn't bear to recycle him. It was almost spooky when I opened the dishwasher!

Black Coral :: Heather Palmer

Monday morning eye candy in the art dept! Black coral, by Heather Palmer. These pieces are so intricate that everyone walking by them stops dead in their tracks to examine them closer. So so so beautiful!

Clay Sculptures :: student style

Bella's Garden Mountain
It never ceases to amaze me what my students can do. In January our gallery had six new sculptures by Megan Bogonovich on display.

Kaitlyn's Peace Mountain
My students love her work (as do millions of others...) and have been captivated by them each time they come into class.

Jake's "impossible par 3 Mountain"
So, I had a hair brained idea sometime that month that perhaps we could try smaller versions of Megan's complex clay sculptures. Knowing full well that nothing in clay or sculpture can always be 100% successful first time out of the box.

Willow's pigpile Mountain
This week after much working, four of the students ages 10 - 15 completed their "mountains" as we grew to call them. They measure about 14 inches tall each. I will let the photos do the talking. They are really something!
Happy Friday all!

Jen Garrido many hats gouache on paper, 21 x 20

jen garrido many hats gouache on paper, 21 x 20, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Just a teaser of one of the MANY beautiful things which are winging their way to the gallery as I type... for the Jen 11 show.
can't wait!

On Magazine :: tree pose

my illustration in ON magazine, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Rain rain go away, come again some other day.... slow lazy day here with one daughter home with a really bad cold. But this brightened my inbox - a pdf of my illustration for ON Magazine's article on ashtanga yoga.
What's brightening your day?

Jenn 11 :: Sneak peek of next exhibition

press on upcoming Jenn11, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

A huge thanks to Grace for the mention at design sponge today about our April exhibition which I think is very very cool and is entitled "Jenn 11" What's it all about ? 11 Jennifers making art. Check out our website for a mini slide show here and read all about it at design sponge here and even MORE at the website Jenn 11. We are so proud to bring this to artstream, right here in Rochester, NH. We are very excited to see the beautiful book Jenn 11 which Janine Vangool from Uppercase Gallery has created too, just for this exhibit.

The gallery at Frisbie

The gallery at Frisbie, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Hello Monday! Well, the lovely spring we were experiencing yesterday has been ripped from our minds with some inches of snow today. Ugh. Somewhere there is a crocus, a bud, a snowdrop. Wait, scratch that, I don't even want to say the word snow in a flower's name.
Either way, it's New England and that is just how it is - right?
Today I thought I would link up with my Flickr files to show you a few photos of the gallery space outside of artstream, which we are managing. It's at our local hospital - Frisbie Memorial and over the past 9 months we have enjoyed curating exhibitions for this place of quiet and reflection in their new wing. It's beautiful and we are so proud to be part of a hospital which supports the arts. Their permanent collection holds over 50 original works from artists - many from our walls and as diverse as some Gee's Bend quilts too.
Stroll by if you have the time, click through the photo.

Roger Borg

a stacked lamp by Roger Borg

12.19.7p, enamel on aluminum

4.24.7a, enamel on aluminum

2.18.6a, enamel on aluminum,
I received a delight for the eyes in my inbox this morning from artist Roger Borg. I don't know how he knew about my passion for neon and tube bending, but there it was. Beautiful sculptures and lamps and then, what is this? Yes -- he paints too! Here are a few of my favorite pieces from his site, but I urge you to click through here to view much more of his work and writings. What a wonderful way to start off my Friday - Thank you Roger!

(photos of )paintings by Roger Borg enamel on aluminum
How did I get interested in neon? In the 80's while visiting Los Angeles I found MONA, and was hooked.

A tree grows in Brooklyn

dean street tree, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

and here as well in New Hampshire. March is such a blah blah month that I try not to let it get me down. Days like today help beat the winter blahs though... yes a super sunny day today - I have been wandering around doing lots of nothing, but hey, that is when inspiration strikes, non?
Shot this last week on the sunniest day in the city. It's the same day today, so maybe I will go find a tree to look up at.
What is inspiring you lately?

deluxa

Over at the lovely Bloesoem blog Irene posted about deluxa in Brooklyn. Sadly, we missed this cool looking spot on our trip last week, but next time! Seems there are beautiful wonders to be explored inside this facinating shop. Ah well, something else to see next time 'round!

subway art

subway art, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

While in NYC, it is no surprise to find beauty all around. Public art is part of the beauty which adorns the subway and it's always refreshing to see a city's commitment to supporting the visual arts. I snapped a quicky photo of this ceramic relief piece under glasswhich was one of around a dozen in the hallway.
Well, our n'easter is seemingly over and the shoveling too, so it's back to the studio today. Hooray!

Sparkle, shine and snow

sparkle, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Back from NYC just in time to miss the snow for traveling. Shoveling was fun today as it was all powder and puff. We took quite a few shots of the walking tour we did, so if you are interested, just click through the photo and you can view our set at flickr. More going up later, but for now - I have to load a kiln!