Exhibitions 2012
Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents
“Sundays @ One” Watercolor Painting Exhibition
-An Artist Collective coached by Henry Walker
-In Conjunction with Kent's Annual "Festival of Lights" in Downtown Kent
-3rd Annual Watercolor Exhibition
-Featuring Henry Walker, Claire Culleton, Maureen Keller, Tom Auld, Scott White,
Liz Gulaian, and Vicki Bocchiccio
The North Water Street Gallery. 257 N. Water St. Kent, OH
Saturday, December 1, 7:30-9:30pm Opening Reception
-Exhibit runs through December 31st.
CONTACT: 330-673-4970
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm
-or by appointment at 330-673-4970.
Images from the Opening
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
HENRY WALKER (ows)
Lead Painter & Coach
A traditional transparent watercolorist, Henry began painting
seriously in the late 1980s when his career as a professor of
English at Kent State ended abruptly following two cancer operations.
He discovered a new enthusiasm for art, specifically painting,
and to quote, “If it weren't for art, I doubt I would be
here.”
Walker's work is a frequent exhibitor and prize-winner in both national and local
juried competitions. In 2009, he once again had a piece accepted in the Ohio
Watercolor Society show and was named a signature member. For three years running,
his paintings were accepted in the Butler Midyear Show at the Butler Museum,
Youngstown. He was a cash prize recipient in the 2010 Fairmont Art Show, the
Artists of the Rubber City show in Akron and the Gates Mills Show, Gates Mills,
Ohio. His work was included as part of at the inaugural Peninsula Plein Aire
competition in Peninsula, Ohio. In addition to exhibiting in juried competitions,
He has had one-man shows in Akron, Aurora, Robinson Memorial Hospital, and locations
in Maryland and North Carolina.
Henry holds a Master of Arts from Kent State University and studied art at the
Columbus College of Art and Design, the Cleveland Institute of Art, and the Art
Students League in New York City.
CLAIRE CULLETON
Sundays @ One Organizer
Claire joined the English department at Kent State University in 1990 as an Assistant
Professor. Her field of expertise is 20th century Irish and British literature
and she currently teaches both graduate-level and undergraduate courses at KSU.
Culleton has experimented and casually explored painting as a hobby since 1985.
In 2008, she convinced Henry Walker to serve as a painting mentor and invited
another friend to join their weekly sessions. The group has been meeting on Sundays
since that time.
Her transparent watercolor paintings feature traditional still life and landscape
subjects. The quality of her work was recognized by juries for the 2009, 2010
and 2011 Fairmont Art Shows and included in the annual exhibitions. She has also
had work accepted in the Akron Society of Artists Kaleidoscope show for 2010.
Claire holds a Masters degree from University of Tennessee and a PhD from University
of Miami. She has written and co-edited several books on Irish and British literature
and literary figures for Palgrave- Macmillan.
MAUREEN KELLER
Apprentice painter and all-round good person
Maureen studied art and painting at Kent State University in the 1990s while
following a different career path in her professional life. During the week,
she is an Occupational Therapist assistant at the Hattie Larlham Center in Mantua,
Ohio. She has worked in the field for 23 years.
With considerable encouragement from Henry Walker, Keller rediscovered her paints
and brushes in 2009, became an active member of the Sundays @ One group, and
successfully ended the long hiatus from art.
Preferred subjects for her watercolor studies are landscapes and intricate still
life paintings. She works both from photographs and from life. Though her University
artwork was almost exclusively acrylics, she admits to a perverse fascination
with the characteristic challenges of transparent watercolor.
TOM AULD
Media wonk and painter
Tom joined the Sundays @ One group in 2008 in a desperate attempt to fill the
vacuum that followed his retirement as an advertising executive with an in-house
agency in Akron, Ohio. Although he was introduced to painting and art during
his undergraduate years at Kent State University, his profession required a focus
on writing and photography.
Auld has pursued transparent watercolor painting and drawing through on-going
study with various locally recognized artists: Linda Hutchinson, Sally Heston,
and Jane Slivka, teaching staff at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center. He is currently
coached by Henry Walker.
Auld has competed in local juried shows and had pieces accepted in the Kaleidoscope
show in Akron, the CVAC and Peninsula's Plein Aire competition in 2009. Most
recently he had work accepted in the 2011 Fairmont Art Show in Novelty, Ohio.
SCOTT WHITE
Nature enthusiast, machinist and fledgling watercolorist
Scott was born in Texas and raised in Portage County and has
a strong love for Kent. A machinist by trade, he has spent the
majority of the last 20 years working on bakery equipment and
spent his vacation time wandering the wilderness areas of this
country. Scott is fond of carousing with various miscreants & misanthropes
from KSU's English and Music departments.
Scott joined Sundays @ One after an intense year of personal
loss in a rather misguided attempt to staunch his personal consumption
of beer. Having always had a strong interest in the arts, his
personal influences stem from the visual & literary
works of the romantic age, particularly Wallace Stevens, John
Muir, and Winslow Homer.
Watercolors are new to Scott, but he has already fallen in love with the medium.
He travels extensively in the U.S. backcountry and consequently his favorite
subjects are landscapes and the Southwest.
VICKI BOCCHICCIO
A native Clevelander, Vicki Bocchicchio moved to Kent in the
mid-1980s. She has worked at KSU for most of that time and has
skirted around her interest in art—taking
a few drawing classes,
volunteering at galleries, etc.—for most of that time.
Finally, in the summer of 2011 Henry Walker dared her to put
up or shut up and so she joined the Sundays @ One group that
fall. Her painting focuses on still life and floral work, although
she is known primarily for bringing the red wine.
LIZ GULAIAN
Liz Gulaian, the newest member of Sundays @ One, has an art degree from KSU.
She also completed a decorative painting and restoration program in Asheville,
NC. She currently works as a physical therapist assistant at Villa Saint Joseph
at Marymount Hospital.
Liz fell upon the painting group upon returning from California this summer and
looking for community and creative inspiration. Her uncle Henry invited her to
join the group. She
mostly doodled until one day Tom lent her his paint set to color
in one of her pictures. The rest, Liz says, is history. In addition
to painting, Liz says she enjoys gardening, being outside whenever
possible, and a good cup of coffee; but we’ve seen her
hit the wine now and then.
Standing Rock Cultural Arts and The Stone Tavern
present:
10th Annual Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) art exhibition.
-20th Birthday of The North Water Street Gallery
-in Cooperation with The Stone Tavern, 110 E. Main Street in Downtown Kent.
-Simultaneous Exhibitions featuring Vince Packard, Trey Berry, Becky Gorman,
Gina M. Corron, Gretchen Rainey, Joanne Arnett, Jim Jewell, David Jrome Bragg,
Jeffrey Puccini, Frederick John Kluth, and more!
-paintings, collage, large scale puppets, masks, photographs etc...!
Saturday, October 27, 7pm. Opening Reception
-coincides with the annual downtown Kent Halloween parade
-Drumming Parade from the Gallery to the Tavern at 11pm
-exhibit runs through November 24.
-North Water Street Gallery, 257 N. Water St., Kent and
-The Stone Tavern, 110 E. Main Street, Downtown Kent
CONTACT: 330-673-4970 or 330-677-7320
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday 1-5pm or by appointment.
Images from the Opening
About The Stone Tavern and Standing Rock Cultural Arts.
Louis Delbene, longtime supporter of Standing Rock Cultural Arts
and co owner of The Stone Tavern, has decided to team up with
SRCA in celebrating our 10th Annual Dia De Los Muertos Art Exhibition.
We are pleased to announce this partnership and welcome all the
downtown merchants to join us in celebrating the creative spirit
here in Kent, Ohio.
Dia De Los Muertos Description:
Come celebrate our 10th annual Day of the Dead show. This festive Mexican Holiday
honors all those who have passed before us. But let us not be somber. There will
be music, food, drinks, paintings and large puppet sculptures. Like the celebration
of a birthday, this holiday reconfirms annually the love, goodwill, and generosity
that the beloved can count on, no matter that they are dead.
From Wikipedia…
Día de los Muertos is a holiday celebrated in many parts of the world,
typically on November 1 (All Saints' Day) and November 2 (All Souls' Day).
The Day of the Dead is also celebrated to a lesser extent in other Latin American
countries; for example, it is a public holiday in Brazil, where many Brazilians
celebrate it by visiting cemeteries and churches. The holiday is also observed
in the Philippines. Observance of the holiday has spread to Mexican-American
communities in the United States, where in some locations, the traditions are
being extended. Similarly-themed celebrations also appear in some Asian and African
culture.
Though the subject matter may be considered morbid from the perspective of some
other cultures, celebrants typically approach the Day of the Dead joyfully, and
though it occurs at the same time as Halloween, All Saints' Day and All Souls
Day, the traditional mood is much brighter with emphasis on celebrating and honoring
the lives of the deceased, and celebrating the continuation of life; the belief
is not that death is the end, but rather the beginning of a new stage in life.
Standing Rock Cultural Arts and Hattie Larlham
Creative Arts Program present:
"POS ABILITIES IV" Art Exhibition
-Paintings by Children and Young Adults enrolled in the Creative Arts Program
of The Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities
Saturday, September 29, 7-9pm. Opening Reception
-Exhibit runs through October 20.
North Water Street Gallery, 257 N. Water St., Kent
CONTACT: 330-673-4970
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday 1-5pm or by appointment.
Standing Rock Cultural Arts is pleased to be collaborating for the 4th time with
The Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities on this exhibition.
The work exhibited covers a wide range of colors, textures, moods, and personalities.
We invite the community to come view this unique exhibition that explores the
creative possibilities of children with disabilities in our area.
Images from the Opening
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Hattie Larlham Creative Arts – Standing Rock Cultural Arts’ North
Water Street Gallery Exhibit
Phylliss L. Steiner, Director
The exploration of ART began at Hattie Larlham in 2004 in the new Education Center
at the Hattie Larlham Center for Children with Disabilities. Here, exploring
different types of painting, watercolor and textures was a weekly occurrence
for children in the school program and young adults in ACHIEVE. In June 2007,
Hattie Larlham expanded its’ ART services to the new Creative Art Program.
Professional Artists have joined the Hattie Larlham team to work one-on-one with
individuals to create paintings on canvas. Each part of the painting is made
by the choice of the individual, by a series of questions that have a yes/no
answer. Assistive technology, such as laser beams, are used when necessary, so
the artists and “show” where they want the paint to be placed on
the canvas. Hattie has enlisted the assistance and expertise of the Matheny School
and Education Center and the A.R.T. Realization project, both out of New Jersey,
to begin this creative process for people with severe disabilities.
Presently, the canvas painting is the beginning of the Creative Arts program
and as you will see at the Exhibit at The North Water Street Gallery, the self-expression
is really coming through for all of our artists! Our professional ART staff are
experimenting with new tools and techniques each day to expose more and more
of our individuals to this unique outlet for creativity. Hattie Larlham explores
other artistic disciplines: music, digital art, digital photography and video,
pottery and weaving.
Creative Arts Philosophy
Every person who comes to Hattie Larlham has the right to express themselves.
Creative Arts ensures these opportunities are offered to our artists.
Hattie Larlham Creative Arts has adopted the following four core principles from
the Matheny Arts Access Program.
* Freedom of Choice
* Artists Assisting Another Artist
* Neutrality
* No Preconceptions
Hattie Larlham Creative Arts philosophy: Each day in the studio, Creative Arts
ensures that all four of these principles are honored for each artist. They are
artists, and are treated as artists—their choices, ideas, creations and
art is the result of the devotion to these four core principles.
Once completed, all paintings, pottery and photography is for sale. When a piece
is sold, 100 percent of the proceeds are given to the artist. Hattie Larlham
does not receive proceeds from any piece sold, unless previously designated by
the artist's parents or guardians. Visit our gallery to view current available
pieces.
Creative Arts Process
Throughout history, many famous artists have used craftsmen and other artists
as assistants. Similarly, Hattie Larlham artists have trackers to assist them
to carry out their vision.
The first goal of the Creative Arts process is to establish a functional communication
system between the artist and the tracker. This communication is the cornerstone
of the program's core principles. A positive relationship between tracker and
artist ensures the success of the four core principles.
Trackers strive to present choices impartially. It is imperative that they remain
neutral during the creative process to avoid leaving their mark on the project.
As such, the trackers become an extension of the artist's tools and supplies.
Utilizing charts and a complex series of yes/no questions, trackers respond to
the artist's choices and answers by applying color, form and texture to the work
in progress. Trackers, in effect, translate the artist's ideas into a tangible
work of art. The resulting art is a vehicle for the artist to:
* Express themselves creatively
* Realize their goals
* Achieve their potential
* Exhibit their work
* Gain income
* Communicate to the world
Through these combined experiences and benefits, the artist's quality of life
is vastly improved.
A combination of art appreciation and application, Creative Arts engages more
than 70 children and adults at Hattie Larlham in a variety of artistic activities.
Although the program initially focused on painting, it has expanded to include
photography, sculpting, music, poetry and other forms of artistic expression.
The paintings that you see are for sale at The North Water Street Gallery and
later, at the Hattie Café’ Fountain and Gifts, located in Hudson.
We are proud to announce that 100% of the proceeds of the sale of each painting
goes directly to the individual artist. Hattie Larlham does not require any compensation
for their role in this process. Our mission is strictly to allow all people with
disabilities to express themselves in any way they can. Expose and Explore is
our mantra. We welcome you to come by and visit us in our studio and watch the
creativity yourself!
Hattie Larlham is proud of the work done by the Creative Arts team. These professional
artists and director have worked together for more than two years to bring the
program to the level it is today. The team is constantly looking at new ways
to reach out to artists, to help them to express themselves and to display and
exhibit the work in the community.
Phylliss Steiner
Director of Creative Arts/Media Productions
Laura Burns
Studio Coordinator/Exhibition Officer
Maria Golden
Art Tracker, Painting and Photography
Tim Curran
Art Tracker, Sculpture
WEBSITE: http://www.hattielarlham.org
Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents
“The Metamorphoses of the Image in Space” Art Exhibition
-Paintings by Janet Snell
The North Water Street Gallery. 257 N. Water St., Kent
Saturday, September 1st, 7:30-9pm, Opening Reception
-Exhibit runs through September 22nd.
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm. Or by appointment at 330-673-4970
ABOUT JANET SNELL
BIO:
Janet Snell is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of The Maryland Institute,
College of Art, where she studied painting with the late Edward
Dugmre. She has been included in many group and solo shows including
New York’s Drawing Center,
Washington’s Strathmore Hall, Cleveland’s Spaces, and Akron’s
Summit Art Space. The author of FLYTRAP (Cleveland Poetry Center 1990) – a
book of drawings and poems, and an E-chapbook, HEADS (March Street Press 1998).
Her collection, PRISONER’S DILEMMA, with Cheryl Snell,
won the Lopside Press Chapbook Contest. Snell regularly publishes
in small magazines, contributes to chapbooks for Scattered Light
Library, and paints semi-realistic portraits on commission.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Miles Davis’ jazz fusion, Turner’s mature work of storms, fire and
vague buildings in the background, Picasso’s Les Demoilles d’Avignon,
Kandinsky’s improvisations, Gorky’s subliminal imagery combined with
lyrical color, DeKooning with his women series-all used figuration and abstraction,
and serve as my models. Themes of pursuing vision-trying to see what blocks understanding;
entrapment, relationships between people – are all subjects for my work,
and lend themselves to oil paint because it has fluidity. Since it doesn’t
dry too fast, I can go from one space to another, and that allows
me to show a metamorphoses from space to image, tracking my thought
processes.
Science interests me, it’s controlled randomness – like the somewhat
unpredictable trajectory of an electron or the element of chance in natural selection,
ot a Degas where the figures (dancers) are arranged in what seems to be a randomness,
but the composition is still very much controlled. There is some chance in my
drawings when I put white over grey chalk and charcoal and end up in a fit of
pique, slashing the white with more charcoal and finish up with a texture and
a degree of dark–light that works well with the whole drawing.
That moment of chance is stored as experience.
Music inspires me – Hendrix, Miles Davis, Waits, classical music. Music
creates an environment that allows an image to pop up in my head. It’s
not a completely formed image. I don’t want it to be. I want something
spontaneous to happen when I start to draw or paint. After losing and getting
back the drawing many times, I can recapture the original image. German Expressionists
like Gorky, Max Ernst, Schiel, Bacon, and most especially Munch, have influenced
my work greatly. I’m not completely an expressionist, though. There’s
an objectivity and logic and subjectivity in the space I create, and some realism
in the image, usually a head. So I’m not entirely self
indulgent and personal!
-Janet Snell
Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents
“Introduction to The Pursuit” Art Exhibition
-Paintings and Sculpture by Pap Souleye Fall
Saturday, August 4th, 7-9pm, Opening Reception
-Exhibit runs through August 31st.
The North Water Street Gallery. 257 N. Water St., Kent
CONTACT: 330-673-4970
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm. Or by appointment at 330-673-4970
Images from the Opening
ABOUT PAP SOULEYE
BIO:
17 year old artist Pap Souleye Fall has been painting like wild
fire for the past three years. He is fluent in French and English.
His influences include Basquiat and his mother Wendi Wilson-Fall.
ART STATEMENT:
“Introduction To The Pursuit” is about coming of age in the 21st
century. In short the inspiration comes from life itself and what it means
to be alive!
“Who’s Rockin Standing Rock?” Art
Exhibition
-Work by past and present Board Members and Staff of Standing Rock Cultural Arts.
-Featuring Tina Puckett, Cheryl Townsend, Emily Parker, Fred Pierre, LuAnn Csernotta,
Jeff St. Clair, Jim Vandenboom, Gary Lockwood, Jeff Ingram and more
-Paintings, Sculpture, Photographs, Jewelry
Saturday, July 7, 7-9pm. Opening Exhibition.
-In conjunction with Kent’s Heritage Festival
-Exhibit runs through July 28th
The North Water Street Gallery. 257 N. Water St.,
Kent
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm. Or by appointment at 330-673-4970
Images from the Opening
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
It’s been 20 years since we’ve occupied our space at 257 North Water
Street in downtown Kent and we thought it would be nice to feature some work
by the Board and Staff of Standing Rock Cultural Arts. The exhibit highlights
the creativity of Tina Puckett, (current President), Cheryl Townsend (current
Vice President), LuAnn Csernotta, (current Secretary), Fred Pierre (current Treasurer),
Dr. Emily Parker, (current board member), Jim Vandenboom, (current board member),
Jeff St. Clair, (former Vice President), Gary Lockwood (Co Founder and Former
Artistic Director), and Jeff Ingram, (current Executive Director) We hope this
exhibit allows the viewer to experience the depth of our non profit art and educational
organization. Our twenty years in Kent has been something very special for all
of us here at SRCA. It’s not the building we inhabit, but rather, the people
who have taken on the responsibility of building community through the arts.
These are the folks who help support and nurture the creative spirit behind our
programming. We hope you’ll come down for a visit and share in the celebration
of the arts here on North Water Street!
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Standing Rock Cultural Arts
is a 501(c)(3) organization. We are always looking for sponsors
to help cover expenses for our art and educational activities.
Donations are tax deductible.
Checks payable to:
SRCA
257 N. Water St.
Kent, OH 44240
Thank you to our current sponsors: The City of Kent, The Henry
V. and Frances W. Christenson Foundation, The Sylvia Coogan Memorial
Foundation, The Kent Environmental Council, The Western Reserve
Land Conservancy, The Kent Stormwater Department, The Portage
Area Regional Transit Authority (PARTA), Family and Community
Services of Portage County, City Bank Antiques, The Akron Beacon
Journal, The Hometown Bank, Dr. Greenbee, Kent Cycles, Star of
The West Milling Company, The Hall-Green Insurance Agency, Woodsy's
Music, Kent Parks and Recreation, The Pan African Studies Department
of Kent State University, Wild Goats Cafe, Taco Tantos, Rays
Place, 91.3 The Summit Radio, Mr. And Mrs. Don Schjeldahl, The
Hoppin Frog Brewery, Walt and Nancy Adams, The Lucky Penny Creamery,
Totally Cooked Catering, The Master Gardeners of Portage County,
Jim Burris of The Universe, and Edwin George, Cherokee.
We now also offer reasonably-priced memberships to assist in
the cause. Membership fees, benefits, and forms are available
on our website. Donations and memberships are tax deductible.
Thank you also to our current members: Daiv Whaley, Andrea and
Rick Stahl and Family, Ken Robinson, Bill and Shirley Mars, Jim
Vandenboom, Lisa Coffman, Maj Ragain, LuAnn Csernotta, Anne Haas,
Emily Parker, Vicki and Joe Bocchicchio.
Thank you for supporting the Arts!
Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents:
“Jubilation” Art Exhibition
-Paintings and Prints by Stuart C. Pruitt
Saturday, May 12, 7-9pm
-Exhibit runs through June 2
North Water Street Gallery. 257 N. Water St.
CONTACT: 330-673-4970
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm. Or by appontment at 330-673-4970
Images from the Opening
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Stuart C. Pruitt is an artist who currently resides in Ravenna,
Ohio. He has exhibited extensively throughout his 40 year career
as a painter, mainly in the Northeast Ohio area.
Standing Rock Cultural Arts and The Women’s
Art Recognition Movement (W.A.R.M.) present:
12th Annual WARM Arts Silent Auction
-Proceeds to benefit Family & Community Services of Portage County
-Highlighting the artistic achievements of women
-Photographs, Paintings, Collages, Beaded Jewelry, Sculpture, Clothing and more
-Food, beverages, beautiful art
Saturday, March 3rd, 8:00pm. Opening Reception
-Auction closes at 5pm on Saturday, March 24.
North Water Street Gallery, 257 N. Water St., Kent
CONTACT: 330-673-4970 or 330-686-9800
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday 1-5pm.
-Or by appointment @ 330-673-4970
ARTISTS AND BUSINESSES DONATING;
Kristen Fouquet, Mary Defer, Deb Defer, Cheryl A Townsend, Annette Yoho
Feltes, Rebekah Brenner, Kathryn Mussleman, Laura Barrett Wynn, Michelle Moore,
Susan Perzanowski, Shannon Workman, Crooked River Herb Farm, Standing Rock Cultural
Arts and more!
ABOUT THE WOMEN’S ART RECOGNITION MOVEMENT (W.A.R.M)
W.A.R.M. is a nonprofit, grassroots organization of international women artists
founded in 1999 by Dr Molly Merryman and Cheryl Townsend, with the sole intent
of utilizing and promoting the artistic eclecticism of women through exhibitions,
workshops, seminars, performances, publications, and whatever means necessary
to ensure her voice is heard, her vision shared, her art available.
Based in the Standing Rock Cultural Arts North Water Street Gallery in Kent,
OH, it has curated shows at Blue Ruin Gallery in Pittsburgh and numerous Ohio
located venues.
WARM hosts an annual fundraising show at its base, the North Water Street Gallery
in March. Women are always welcome to submit their work for consideration. Posting
to this site (http://www.facebook.com/people/Warm-Arts/100001779861124)
is one method to do so, or e-mailed jpgs can be sent to warmarts@aol.com as
well as mailed on CD to 4975 Comanche Trail, Stow, OH 44224.
Standing Rock Cultural Arts in conjunction with The Wick Poetry
Center and Vandenboom Sculpture Studios presents: “Fukishima
Anniversary” Art
Exhibition
OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, March 31, 7:00-10:00pm
-SHOW RUNS THROUGH Saturday, May 5, 2011 at North Water Street Gallery, 257 N
Water St, Downtown Kent
CONTACT: 330-673-4970
Curated by Vince Packard
10th Annual Environmental Art Show In Conjunction with The
6th Annual “Who’s
Your Mama?” Earth Day and Environmental Film Festival
-Featuring Work by Local Artists
-Vince Packard (Paintings)
-Jim Vandenboom (Sculpture)
-Kate Uhrich (Prints, Sculpture)
-Kelly Hayes (Paintings)
-Masha Vereshchenko (Paintings)
-Trey Berry (Paintings, Assemblage)
-Prints from the Online Facebook Fukusima Exhibition. (Earth Art/Fukushima 3/11)
-Music by Amy Breedon
Also Featuring “PROJECT: FROM THE TREE” CREATED AND SPONSORED BY
JIM VANDENBOOM, MFA Sculpture.
-Poems written by Local Elementary School Children in collaboration with The
Wick Poetry Program of Kent State University
-Sculpture by Jim Vandenboom
-A Reading of the Poems is scheduled for April 28th, 4pm in Downtown Kent during
The “Who’s Your Mama?” Earth Day and Environmental Film Festival
Block Party at The Hometown Bank Plaza
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Vince Packard is an artist and environmental activist who currently
resides in Akron, Ohio. He has shown work regularly at The North
Water Street Gallery.
Kate Uhrich and Kelly Hayes both hold BFA degrees from Kent State University.
Kate is an art instructor in Kirtland, Ohio. Kelly is an RN in Mahoning County.
Both have exhibited regularly at The North Water Street Gallery and around the
country.
Jim Vandenboom holds a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art and a MFA in Sculpture
from Kent State University. He created and sponsors the annual Project: From
the Tree.
MORE ABOUT PROJECT: FROM THE TREE
"From the Tree” was created to provide a venue and spotlight for the creative
efforts of Kent elementary school students, local poets, and two outstanding
organizations that are teaching our children the benefits of creative thinking,
Standing Rock Cultural Arts and WICK Poetry Outreach Program at Kent State University: http://dept.kent.edu/wick.
The students at Walls and Holden Elementary Schools have been asked to investigate
their human relationships and interdependence with trees physically, emotionally
and metaphorically through displays of Sculpture and Poetry. Each featured student
has a poem displayed on the wall at The North Water Street Gallery and receives
a professionally mounted print of their poem in addition to a commemorative chapbook
with all 20 selected poems.
There will be a Reading of the Featured Poems at The Hometown Bank Plaza on April
28th as part of The Main Street Block Party of The “Who’s Your Mama?
Earth Day and Environmental Film Festival.
www.whosyourmama.org
Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents
“Nature Made” Art Exhibition
-Acrylic Paintings and Prints by Gary Phile
-Sculptural Installation by Laine Keener
Saturday, February 4th, 7:30pm. Opening Reception.
-Exhibit runs through February 25th.
- at the North Water Street Gallery. 257 N. Water St.
CONTACT: 330-673-4970
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm. Or by appontment at 330-673-4970
Images from the Opening
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
GARY PHILE
"Gary Phile was born and raised in Rootstown, Ohio. He has loved art and has
drawn and painted since he was young. He has just recently began painting again
after taking a long break to go to school and to pursue other ventures. After
painting a picture for a family member for Christmas, he was encouraged to keep
going. He still lives in Rootstown with his wife and daughter. This is his third
time showing his paintings in an art exhibition." His work is often inspired
by his natural surroundings and so “Nature Made” became the theme
for this exhibit.
LAINE KEENER
Laine Keener is locally raised artist currently living in Kent, Ohio. Born in
Akron, she always showed interest in art and completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Sculpture at Kent State University in 2011. For this exhibit, Laine will expand
on her recent study titled, Ethereal Tension”
Ethereal Tension is a body of work that consists of seven sculptures that are
mounted on the wall. Each piece is made of one or multiple fabric-wrapped steel
frames measuring between one and five feet in width. Within the frame is an open
and airy weave that creates a web-like structure. Everything in the show is kept
light in color, including whites, creams and very subtle earth tones. I began
working with fabric to create woven and braided sculptures this past summer and
I was drawn to the delicateness of such material and the interconnections that
a weave or braid provides.
This work is an embodiment of my exploration inward. I have been on the path
of discovering my own spirituality and place in this world. My investigation
into the metaphysical is the driving force of my art’s formal and conceptual
underpinnings.
The pieces in this body of work symbolize a metaphorical “Web of Life”.
They are held together with tension and connections that rely on one another.
Despite that some parts are far from others, each connection within each sculpture
can be traced through a single line. The weave of thread and yarn comprising
each web is dependent on the tension of every other connection within it. Without
one thing, the other could not exist. Only through each connection working together
are these pieces able to take form.
There is also a less physical aspect of this “Web of Life” —the
metaphysical aspect. This is represented with the strong shadows cast from the
objects themselves. The shadows are not manifested in any material way and they
cannot be reached out and touched. Still, they are as much a part of the work
as the physical webs. They are a continuation of the physical work; part of a
whole.
There is an undeniable relation to traditional Native American dream catchers
in this body of work. The weave used to create the pieces is a traditional Ojibwe
weave that was used to make the first dream catchers long ago, yet its application
within this work gives it a contemporary twist. Dreams are something that I consider
to be very important in my life. My own experiences with dreams have always been
powerful and have become even more intensified while working on this project.
I believe dreams are a place where there is a thinning and blurring of the line
between physical and metaphysical. In turn, they can bring us closer to the spiritual
world.
The task of weaving each web required patience, and eventually became incredibly
meditative. The materials and methods used in the creation of each sculpture
are meant to give a sense of light and openness to them. Materials such as wax
and soft white fabric allude to purity, giving a semi-transparent, layered effect.
The softness and delicate nature of the work is meant to evoke a peaceful yet
contemplative state of mind. I have also included the use of some natural materials
such as leaves and feathers, which are to remind the viewer of the human connection
to Earth and nature.
I have found inspiration in artists such as Maud Cotter, Petah Coyne and Kirsten
Hassenfeld, all of whom share similar theories or sensibility as my own work.
Petah Coyne uses wax in many of her pieces, a material I have grown to love.
All three of these female artists’ work is metaphorical and communicates
through its materials. These artists all exude a feeling of something other-worldly
or fairy tale like. They also use the materiality of their work to comment on
humanity and, as Maud Cotter puts it, “communicate the nature of existence.”
Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents
“A Beginning” Sculpture Exhibition
-Work by Liza Enos
Sunday, January 8th, 3:30-5:30pm. Opening Reception.
-Exhibit Runs through January 28th.
The North Water Street Gallery. 257 N. Water
St.
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm. Or by appointment at 330-673-4970
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
My work is based in abstraction. Although I used actual fungi
as a reference, I am not trying to literally depict fungi. Instead,
I am reshaping the world I see for expressive purpose. I chose
fungi because these organisms recycle and distribute nutrients.
I see this activity as a metaphor for the motion I go through
as an artist. I see my creativity as a living force that must
be allowed to develop and become refined. My hope is that, by
allowing my creativity the freedom to build, positive results
from this energy will be reflected in the world around me.
-Liza Enos, January 2, 2012
Images from the Opening
Standing Rock Cultural Arts is a 501(c)(3) organization. We are
always looking for sponsors to help cover expenses for our art
and educational activities. Donations are tax deductible.
Checks payable to:
SRCA
257 N. Water St.
Kent, OH 44240
Thank you to our current sponsors: The Ohio Arts Council, The
City of Kent, The Henry V. and Frances W. Christenson Foundation,
The Sylvia Coogan Memorial Foundation, The Kent Environmental
Council, The Western Reserve Land Conservancy, The Kent Stormwater
Department, The Portage Area Regional Transit Authority (PARTA),
Family and Community Services of Portage County, City Bank Antiques,
The Akron Beacon Journal, The Home Savings Bank, The Hall-Green
Insurance Agency, Woodsy's Music, Kent Parks and Recreation,
The Pan African Studies Department of Kent State University,
Wild Goats Cafe, Taco Tantos, Rays Place, Main Street Kent, 91.3
The Summit Radio, Mr. And Mrs. Don Schjeldahl, Abruzzo’s
Wine and Homebrew Supply, The Hoppin Frog Brewery, Walt and Nancy
Adams, The Lucky Penny Creamery, Totally Cooked Catering, The
Master Gardeners of Portage County, Jim Burris of The Universe,
and Edwin George, Cherokee.
We now also offer reasonably-priced memberships to assist in
the cause. Membership fees, benefits, and forms are available
on our website. Donations and memberships are tax deductible.
Thank you also to our current members: Daiv Whaley, Andrea and
Rick Stahl and Family, Ken Robinson, Bill and Shirley Mars, Jim
Vandenboom, Maj Ragain, LuAnn Csernotta, Emily Parker, Vicki
and Joe Bocchicchio.
Thank you for supporting the Arts!
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Phone: 330-673-4970
