Events
ART BOOT CAMP
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm at MOD Coffeehouse
Art Boot Camp will begin it's second session this October with a focus on portraiture. We will explore a variety of media, centering on painting the human face realistically and expressionistically. This Session builds on the Art Boot Camp Drawing Session that just ended, however, all levels will feel confident with the basic introduction to each technique we use. Expect to emulate the styles of past masters in order to work toward developing your own characteristic style. Classes meet Tuesday and Thursdays from 7-9pm, $10 per class. Most materials (drawing utensils and specialty mediums) will be supplied. Classes begin October 4th and will culminate in a group show in downtown Galveston. You just may earn back your tuition by selling your work! Call Jessica Antonelli at 409-770-4211.
Art Exhibitions
AVIS FRANK GALLERY
“Avis Frank Gallery is pleased to present a combined exhibition featuring artists Joseph Cohen and John Adelman August 27 through October 1, 2011.
Joseph Cohen is a painter with both a defined sense of purpose and an instantly recognizable style. Through a system of “propositions” he delves into the very nature of the reading of art. Using hundreds of coats of rejected paint on found objects he re-purposes the known elements of painting.
Not unlike Joseph Cohen, John Adelman follows a set of rules in the creation of his work. Using a bucket of nails or a dictionary John can spin out a collection of deeply moving work that both fascinates and bewilders the viewer. Titles such as “45,537 Nails” give clue to the absorbing detail of his work.
Avis Frank is a dynamic contemporary art gallery specializing in international, national and regional mid-career artists in all media. Located in Galveston’s Strand Historic District, Avis Frank Gallery lies just around the corner from the Tremont House Hotel and across the street from David Adickes' Stone Trumpet. The gallery occupies the Rice Baulard Building, built in 1870 as one of the first art supply stores in Texas. With lime washed walls, 14' high ceilings and an atrium in the rear, the gallery offers the sort of visual environment seldom found in the Houston area. The white washed walls and open space add a comfortable sophistication to the Soho loft-like gallery. For further information, please contact Carrie Hardaker: 713-572-7268 or carrie.hardaker@gmail.com.
BUCHANAN GALLERY
Buchanan Gallery is pleased to present “Water Works”, A National Juried Exhibition. The twenty artists selected, their mediums and styles will be diverse with the common theme of water as the subject matter. Water, an element so vital to life and also to our location on historic Galveston Island. Featuring works by: Mallory Agerton, Ruth Andre, Marty Lee Bennett, Penny Cerling, Princess Cook, John Cotter, Jenny DeLaughter, Elizabeth DeLyria, Gema Herrero-Barclay, Zoanna Maney, Kate Matthiesen, R. Keith McNay, Emily Middleton, Sharyn Miller, Jim Robertson, Gabriele Sava, Charlie Jean Sartwelle, Rebecca Swann, Silvia Thornton and Sally Worthington. The exhibition premier was on Saturday, August 27 at Buchanan Gallery with an ArtWalk opening reception and continues through October 1, 2011. Please make plans to join us as we celebrate how water has inspired artists and collectors alike through the centuries.
Buchanan Gallery also offers a wealth of hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind jewelry, created by ten jewelers from Galveston, Houston, and beyond, including Kim Colombo, Laurence Dusaulx, Mary Jarvis, Lisa McConnell, Margarita Mileva, Freya Adelle Read, Amber Tiemann, Carolyn Vieau, Lisa M. Wilson, and Dottie Wood. These collections may be found in the Gift Gallery area at the rear of Buchanan Gallery which also features sculpture along with works of art on canvas and paper.
Buchanan Gallery is located at the corner of 25th and Mechanic Streets. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Monday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Tuesday and Wednesday or by appointment. For more information please call 409-763-8683 or visit us online at www.buchanangallery.com
DESIGNWORKS GALLERY
“After A While,” an exhibition of oil paintings on canvas by Hugh Dodd McDonnold, opened on August 27th at the gallery at DesignWorks in historic downtown Galveston. In this body of work, a series of landscapes often featuring a single lone building or a small grouping of buildings, we see McDonnold, the observer, and we share his sense of separation. And it is this awareness of the artist as observer (of being separate and apart from what he sees) that permeates his work, and lends to it its sense of solitude, which is not about being lonely. One has the sense of time passing, albeit slowly, of an afternoon spent in quiet contemplation, and after a while, moving on to the next matter.
The gallery at DesignWorks, in Historic Downtown Galveston, is located at 2119A Postoffice Street in Historic Downtown Galveston. Hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm, and Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm. Monday and Tuesday, closed or by appointment, 409.766.7599.
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GALVESTON ARTS CENTER
“Galveston Arts Center is pleased to present an exhibition of work by Galveston County-based artist Mayuko Ono Gray. Gray’s new series of graphite drawings, Japanese Calligraphy My Way, features a combination of traditional Japanese calligraphy and Western drawing techniques. Beginning at age 6, Gray attended calligraphy school in Japan where she would be assigned “words” to copy from the master’s sample. There she learned to pay attention to the strokes, speed and pressure of the handling of the calligraphy brush, feeling and imitating the sensibility of the process that created the particular quality of the lines. “The ‘words’ used in Japanese calligraphy are usually poetic and resonate to the sensibility of ‘Haiku’—short and simple, but so much is contained within,” writes Gray. “For my works, I chose famous Japanese proverbs that I repeatedly heard growing up—which shaped my way of thinking or beliefs in my daily life as youth, and also now they apply to my daily life in the U.S.”
“The exhibition features 4 large drawings representing the four seasons that combine Japanese proverbs entangled in what appear to be abstract vines or string. Works such as Minu ga hana… (2011), incorporate the Japanese proverb and its English translation: Flowers unseen, Flowers while waiting, Blissful ignorance (no more things beautiful than unseen). Gray has studied art in the United States since high school and is mainly a figurative artist. These abstract works in graphite on paper are a recent development in her work.”
Galveston Arts Center is operating in a temporary downtown gallery space—the site of the former Maceo’s Spice and Import Company located on the corner of Market and 25th Streets. The administrative offices are also at this location. The gallery and selections from GAC’s retail gallery, ArtWorks, are open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm and Sunday by appointment only. A flyer listing all ArtWalk participants with times and locations can be downloaded at www.contemporaryartgalveston.org.
PECKARTS
“QUADRAGINTA opens at PeckArts: A lifetime of painting culminates in J. Vincent Scarpace’s show opening during Artwalk for September. This will be his largest exhibition of paintings to date, and coincides with his 40th birthday. J. Vincent has created work specifically for this show which pays homage to his past as well as gives a glimpse into his future as a painter. Well known for his abstract fish art, the artist takes his love for creatures of the ocean to a new level, and introduces the sensual and mysterious compositions of Jelly Fish. Tall canvases up to six feet and other large scale pieces will be featured at PeckArts and in the Urban Lofts.
Today, J. Vincent Scarpace’s original works can be found in both private, public and corporate collections in over 40 countries and in all 50 U.S. States. PeckArts is pleased to be the only gallery to represent this progressive, vibrant and prolific artist and proudly exhibits his paintings, drawings and watercolors. New small and large scale original fish and turtle paintings will also be featured for your experience, critique, and acquisition.
His numerous south Texas fans and collectors are invited enjoy this exhibition thru the end of September. Come meet an artist who truly follows his life’s passion, intensely pursuing his own artistic potential, and wish him Happy Birthday!”
PeckArts is located at 2208 Postoffice in the Urban Lofts Building featuring local and contemporary artists. Hours of operation are Wednesday-Saturday 11:00-6:00, and anytime by appointment. For more information call 409.621.1500 or 512.576.8233. Visit the gallery on Facebook and visit www.PeckArts.com.
WAGNER SOUOSA MODERN ART
“Kamila Szczesna opens a show of new work, “Transitory States” on August 27th, consisting of a collection of sculptures and drawings focused on the confusion and ambiguity caused by endlessly changing points of relevance… The issue of the time necessary to notice change is represented in the choice of materials, suggesting the vulnerable and ephemeral nature of human life.
Kamila is an artist whose efforts change course with passing time, finding new directions within the work and in outside influences…She is very open to orientation adjustments whether inspired by a gleaned word, object, image or adaptive reaction..This keeps her work in flux, exciting and never repetitive. You can explore her work and meet the artist during gallery hours as she has her studio in a section of the gallery. You should also visit her website: kamilaszczesna.com
October 8th Wagner Sousa opens a show of new work by painter Isabelle Scurry Chapman and ceramicist Diane Lane.”
Wagner Sousa is located at 404 25th Street (corner of 25th and Market Streets) Hours are Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and any day by appointment. 409.392.3331 wagnersousa.com
THE WATER’S EDGE STUDIO AND GALLERY
“September at The Water's Edge will be spent focusing on work for the upcoming show “Good Times,” to premier at October 8, 2011 ArtWalk. Most of those good time paintings will be about Galveston, but artist and owner Gayle Reynolds will be showing all kinds of great subject matter in her newest paintings. In the boatroom, Rex Reynolds is still producing his tallboys, and there will be some on display.
Fresh works in pottery will be appearing this fall, both from Charles Caillouet, who is working with larger pieces, and from Madeleine Baker, who has built a new studio and is eager to work. David Michael Brady will be bringing a few new pieces to Galveston from his studio in Hearne. There is a fine exhibit of Pat Moberley Moore's bronze sculptures. Pottery is on display by John Whitman of the Heights in Houston, and glassworks by Patricia Gruy from Beeville, Texas. Next month’s ArtWalk will take place on Saturday, October 8, and The Water's Edge Studio and Gallery will be open from 4:00 till 8:00 P.M. for this event. Normally, hours at The Water's Edge Studio and Gallery are from 10:00 till 5:00 on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
The studio is located at 1302 21st Street at Avenue M, in an 1891 corner store which lost its awning in the 1900 storm, so that it looks almost like a house instead of a store. www.GalvestonWatersEdge.com 409-762-1925
RENÉ WILEY STUDIO AND GALLERY
“Stop by to cool off and to enjoy the newest collection of colorful paintings at The René Wiley Studio and Gallery, local artist and owner René Wiley has spent the summer observing scenes of wildlife near the revitalizing waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The gallery is showing Wiley’s newest collection of colorful oil paintings that focus on native Texas birds near the Galveston’s various waterfronts. Wiley has captured delicate portraits of Piping and Snowy Plovers, Black Skimmers and, American Avocets along the stretch of a glistening East Beach. Giant Sandhill Cranes and swooping Kingfishers hunt among the marsh estuaries. Brilliant White Ibis and, the artist’s favorite, Rosette Spoonbills stand in striking contrast against cerulean blue shorelines. Whether you come to Galveston for the birds, the outdoors, or the artwork, this show is a refreshing treat to experience. Original paintings from previous shows are still available in the gallery, such as dramatic compositions of Galveston’s marsh landscapes, harbor views, and downtown street scenes. Limited edition, gallery-wrapped, fine art prints of René Wiley‘s most popular works can also be purchased and, as all the works in the gallery, can be easily shipped home for traveling convenience.
Popular wood sculptor James Phillips, known for his striking tree carvings found throughout Galveston’s historical neighborhoods, has polished reclaimed wood sculptures in the gallery. Many beautiful pieces of marine life include nautilus, octopus, and tarpon sculptures. Nationally recognized textile artist Brenda Bunten-Schloesser has several new hand-dyed, mosaic works of Galveston’s architectural landmarks. Wood bowls by artist Dale Hooks, turned from the Iked Broadway Oak Trees and other reclaimed wood, will be on display this spring as well. Newest to the gallery is glass artist Bill Meek’s gorgeous hammered glass bowls and sculptures. Other paintings include a collection of marsh landscape paintings by Texas oil painter Darlene Wall, published in Texas Traditions: Contemporary Artists of the Lone Star State, by Michael Duty.
The René Wiley Studio and Gallery is located at the corner of 22nd Street and Postoffice Street, next door to Mod Coffeehouse, at 2128 Postoffice Street. Open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. For more information call the gallery at 409.750.9077 or visit www.renewileyart.com.
If you would like to be included in next month’s Art Exhibitions for Galveston, TX or if you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Rachel Wiley at wileyrachel@hotmail.com.
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