williamstown
I am STOKED to announce that I’ve got my first ever solo show booked, and YOU ARE INVITED!
It is at the Galleria located at the Grand Theatre in Williamstown, NJ, and is timed to coincide with the theatre’s run of MATILDA: The Musical.
Needless to say, I am super happy about this turn of events, and super excited to select the works I’m going to hang (which will naturally be for sale)!
What: A holiday shopping event that combines an open studio for my artwork with stations set up by three other vendors: Clove & Cedar, Jularee Handcrafted Jewelry, and Natures Energy. Items for sale include original artwork and greeting cards, jewelry, macramé, and pottery. And I know for a fact all four of us work to imbue our items with positive energy. (And we all accept credit cards as well as cash, by the way.)
When: Sunday, December 2nd, from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Where: In my studio in Williamstown, NJ. Street address will be provided when you RSVP
WHY
Because that’s the important part
Why: It’s super important to me as a female business owner to support other female-owned businesses. It’s important to me as a female maker to support other female makers. It’s important to me to shop local, to shop small, and to shop handmade. And it’s important to me to draw other female makers who are entrepreneurs together.
So when I had the idea to throw my studio open for local folks to stop by and see my artwork (and hopefully buy some stuff - let’s keep it all the way real here!), I started to calculate how many other vendors I could possibly fit inside our house without people tripping over one another, and I figured I could fit a maximum of three additional vendors inside. And with it being a December event, I didn’t want to set up my tent out back. (Though heads up: when it’s nice out, I’m totally planning on doing just that so I can have more woman-owned businesses here!)
I’m being joined by
my friend Rita, owner of Jularee, who makes hand-crafted chakra and gemstone jewelry (including birthstone pieces), using sterling silver, copper, and even gold-filled wire.
my new friend Lisa, owner of Natures Energy, who makes hand-thrown pottery pieces as well as jewelry pieces enhanced with handmade copper chain and other sustainably sourced items.
my new friend Erin, owned of Clove & Cedar, who makes macramé pieces that include feathers and sweet rainbows, plant hangers, and wall hangings (often incorporating natural wood elements).
We are planning on filling this space with positive energy and happy shoppers. And toward that end, we are also going to have SNACKS, because snacks are good for energy, am I right? There will be coffee, tea, and mulled cider along with the tasty nibbles. I really hope you will come. Because it’s going to be The Most Wonderful Time!
A little birdie told me to share the love (5" square canvas, $33 plus shipping).
One of the things I love to make are collage pieces that use a combination of papers and acrylic paints. Lately, I was thinking how much I love my husband (must have been all that together time on our Sedona vacation, or maybe the new studio, of which I still owe you a tour), and how much I love my kids (my daughters are two of the most amazing individuals I know), and I started making a series of hearts.
All of the heart pieces I've made (and I've been on a bender with this series, so I've made quite a few of them) are on square, gallery-wrapped canvases. All of them include papers, acrylic paint, and Stabilo All pencil. They are either on 5" squares, like the piece above and the light green series below, or (far more likely) on 6" square canvases, like the blue, pink, orange, and yellow ones.
I am planning on taking all the hearts I have (my own included!) with me to the Williamstown Arts Festival, where I'll be showing and selling art on Saturday, April 28th from 12 noon until 5 p.m. (There is a rain date of April 29th.) They'd be perfect for an engaged couple. Or for a wedding or wedding anniversary gift. Or for a birthday gift. Or to welcome a new baby. Or for Mother's (or Father's) Day. Or for pretty much any occasion where you want to share a bit of love.
Orange, because my cousin Martha said "how about some orange ones?"
I did a series of six hearts using varying shades of blue paint on 6"x6" canvases. The other two you see with them in the photo on the right (above) are from the orange series, though they are somewhere in the orange/tan zone. All of the blue and orange canvases are $47 each, plus shipping.
And then I did a series of 6 hearts using greens on 5" square canvases. These are prices lower, at $33 each, plus shipping. One of the six I made sold just after I posted them on Instagram, and the other is at the top of this post, which is why you see only four below:
Green is such a happy spring color, isn't it? As Robert Frost said, "Nature's first green is gold."
Four pink hearts (well, three that are overtly pink, and one that I consider pink-adjacent) are in that first, slightly wonky photo above. And there are two that are yellow, which doesn't look quite as acidic in person, though they are indeed a happy, bright yellow.
Stay tuned for more about the upcoming Arts Festival (which I'm told will include shuttle buses between the two new Williamstown breweries!), a studio tour (man, do I need some storage first), and photos of my artwork at the exhibition that's going up tomorrow at the West Deptford Library!