Welcome to the First Friday News website. This site is to inform the public about the wonderful arts community in Ashland, KY through artist interviews, gallery information, art class schedules, notices about special events, and more!
What is "First Friday?"
The first friday of every month in Ashland KY, has been declared "First Friday Art Walk". This is when all of the art studios and museums on Winchester Ave. make it a point to be open later in the evening from 5-9p.m. for the general public to walk around and enjoy the local thriving arts community. This is a wonderful experience whether you've visited before or if it's your first time! Browse through dozens of art studios watching several artists at work and you're sure to find an excellent piece to keep in your home or an original gift for a friend or relative. If you have any questions regarding the "First Fridays" and "2nd Look Saturdays" visit the Forums page and post a question or visit the Survey page and post a comment.
Pendleton Designer Holly Tatterson creates costume for contest!
Holly Tatterson's costume is a semifinalist in a contest on mugglenet.com. Visitors to the site can vote on which of the 25 semifinalists they think is the best, and then 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be chosen from the 7 contestants with the most votes. Voting goes on until Tuesday, November 11. Cast your ballot for The Grey Lady (Holly) at http://www.mugglenet.com/halloween08vote.shtml
Holly was Pendleton's artist of the month during September.
Pendleton artist, Cathy Vigor to be featured artist in Berea
Cathy VIgor has been chosen of one of the featured artists in "Designed for Adornment: Silk and Sterling" at the Kentucky Artisan Center located on I-75 in Berea, KY (south of Lexington).
The exhibit runs September27, 2008 to January 29,2009. The opening reception is Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 from 1:00 to 3:00pm. Artists will be giving
brief talks about their work at 1:30pm.Cathy Vigor will also be demonstrating shibori on silk at the Artisan Center on Saturday, Nov. 15 from 10:30am
to 3:30pm. If you happen to be traveling on I-75, please stop by or join her on Nov. 8 or 15 if you're in the neighborhood!
Work can be viewed on her blog. Take a look if you'd like!
http://cathyvigor. blogspot. com
Concert to benefit River Cities food bank
ASHLAND -- Usually nothing good follows the words "canned music."
But it does on Saturday as you can bring canned food out to the Pendleton Art Center, 1537-1539 Winchester Ave., Ashland, from noon to 6 p.m. and hear some great local music as part of the ninth annual River Cities Harvest Benefit Concert. Everyone is asked to bring canned food for River Cities Harvest Food Bank and dog and cat food that will be donated to the Humane Society. Donations of cash and checks also will be accepted for the Food Bank. Over the past eight years, the food drive has collected more than 4,500 pounds of food. Scotty Frasure, who organizes the concert food drive with fellow WTCR-FM DJ and musician Eddie Riffe, said this year the pre-Thanksgiving and winter food drive is particularly needed.
"This is possibly the toughest economic times around here since we started the food drive," Frasure said. "With that being the case, I would think this year is the most important year so far."
Frasure and Riffe started the food drive concert out at the Cedar Knoll Galleria where they filled up a National Guard Humvee with canned food to drive to the River Cities Harvest Food Bank. For the past few years, they've held the daylong concert at the Ashland Town Center. Last year, it was at Fannin Motors. This year, they wanted to move the drive into downtown Ashland and along the Arts Corridor in Ashland. It's good timing on Saturday because the Pendleton Art Center, which hosts about 40 artist spaces, is open for its Second Look Saturday. This is an open studio time that follows the monthly First Friday Art Walk, a monthly gallery hop of Ashland's art galleries and museums. "We figured it would be a good chemistry and being the day after First Friday, we thought it would be a good way to introduce some more people to Pendleton that didn't know about it," Frasure said.
The music will take place in the front of Pendleton, where The Left Bank Cafe hosts live music on First Fridays as well as open mic sessions on the Thursday before First Friday, and at other times during the month. While the event stocks the food bank before the holidays and winter, it also gives area music fans a live slice of many different acoustic artists. Frasure said they owe a big thanks to the dozens and dozens of artists who have played the Harvest show through the years. This is the first year Stephen Salyers from Nashville hasn't played, and Roger Smith is the only one on the bill this year to have played every one of the shows.
Some of the new faces this year includes The Jackson Cabin Boys, from South Point, Ohio, the winners of this year's local Colgate Country Showdown contest. Up from Nashville is former Marshall University cheerleader and singer/songwriter Dana Romanello along with eight other artists including Riffe who plays with Tony Maynard in the acoustic-rocking, comedy country duo ETA.
"We've had all kinds of artists play," Frasure said. "Just about anybody that we've asked has been supportive. Frasure said last year they went over the 1,300 pounds in donations and would like to top that this year.
"The reason we started doing this is that we know a lot of working, poor folks out there who need a little help, and we don't mind helping," Frasure said. "It makes you feel good."
Here's the schedule for Saturday's ninth annual River Cities Harvest Food Drive at the Pendleton Art Center, 1537-1539 Winchester Ave., Ashland. For more info, go online at www.wtcr.com or www.myspace.com/1033wtcr.
Noon: ETA (acoustic comedy duo).
12:30 p.m.: Davo & Clyde (acoustic duo).
1 p.m.: Joe & Shannon The Hardly Brothers (first show).
1:30 p.m.: Roger Smith (veteran singer/songwriter).
2:15 p.m.: Dana Romanello (former Marshall University cheerleader working in Nashville).
3 p.m.: The Jackson Cabin Boys.
3:45 p.m.: Barry Frazee (veteran singer/songwriter).
4:30 p.m.: Traci Ann Stanley (singer/songwriter, opened for Kenny Chesney).
5 p.m.: TBA
Photographer opens up new studio!
Pendleton artist Mindy Bruce has relocated from the Art Center to a new location a few doors down. The public is invited to celebrate her grand opening enjoy refreshments. ETA will be playing music from 6-7pm.
Visit her website at:
Student show in ACTC's studio this Friday
J.Bird Cremeans recently finished teaching an intro to photography class on ACTC's campus. This Friday during the Art Walk beginning at 6pm, visitors of the Pendleton Art Center can stop by ACTC's studio in the basement and view work from the students of this class and what they learned.
Come and see for yourself if you would benefit from this class when it starts up next year!
Dogicatures Debut!
Caricature artist J.Bird Cremeans will be selling prints of dogicatures starting this Friday during Ashland's First Friday Art Walk from 5-9 pm. If you would like to go ahead and order from her, just click on the picture below to see the online gallery and buy one you like!
Love of fashion to become career
Tatterson hopes to have own line of clothing some day
By LEE WARD / THE INDEPENDENT
Ashland — Whipping together a dress or a purse is routine business for Holly Tatterson.
The 17-year-old Russell High School senior began sewing when she was 3. “My grandmother gave me scissors and scraps of material and needle and thread and I started making Barbie clothes,” Tatterson, daughter of Deanna Tatterson and Jeff Tatterson, said. She said both of her parents are creative as well, her mother making jewelry and sewing and her father enjoys photography.
When she was a high school freshman, her mother taught her to use a sewing machine. “I really love clothes and started getting into different styles,” she said. “It was so expensive I didn’t want to burden my parents so I started making my own clothes. That way it’s exactly what I want.”
Tatterson plans to attend Omore College of Design in Franklin, Tenn., when she graduates from high school to study fashion design and merchandising. She said the school is very experience oriented, requiring students to serve an internship before they graduate. She said she hopes her internship will lead to employment and eventually, she would like to have her own line of clothing and “a couple of boutiques.” However, she’s already making clothing for Ashland resident and musician Rob McNurlin.
She also liked the school because it’s very environmentally conscious. “I’m very into the green movement,” she said. “I only use natural textiles like cotton and linen and I use recycled material. I had purses made from old pillowcases.” Her love for recycling can also be seen in her sense of room design, another area she enjoys. “My first anniversary in the Pendleton was July and to celebrate, I redecorated the studio,” she said, explaining irregularly broken mirror pieces and vintage earrings and pins were used to decorate the back wall of the studio.
The teen is involved in other projects in the community. She is president of the Drama Club at her school, she makes costumes for two local theater companies and she is director for Russell Educational Endowmen
Holly Tatterson recently put on a fashion show with several other artists at the Pendleton Art Center and you view the photos from the fashion shoot here:
The Pendleton Art Center on Winchester Avenue in Ashland is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays and during First Friday activities from 5 to 8 p.m. and the following Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and by appointment with the artist. To contact Holly Tatterson, call (606) 547-1272.
"Hit us with your best shot!" Photo contest
Show off your best photos – whether you are a professional or an amateur – in this year’s juried photo exhibit sponsored by the Kentucky Professional Communicators and the Highlands Museum & Discovery Center . Categories include: people, places, things, and children. Professionals and amateurs compete separately in each division of color, black and white, or digitally enhanced. There will be category winners and best of show will be selected from the entire category.
Entry fee is $20 for four or fewer photos with $5 for each additional photo. $50 prize will be awarded for Best of Show with $25 prizes for first place in each category. All photos must be the original work of the entrant. Entries must be framed and ready to hang. Entries will be accepted from 12-2pm on Saturday, September 27 at the museum. The show opens on First Friday, October 3 and awards will be presented at 7pm.
Pendleton Artist Cathy Vigor is offering Bead Weaving Classes
*Bead Weaving Classes*:
Thursdays September 11, 18, and 25, 6:00 to 9:00pm
Saturdays September 13, 20, and October 4, 1:00 to 4:00 pm.
Learn
Peyote and Herringbone Stitch. Fee $65 for 3 classes. Students should
bring beads, beading needle, beading thread and scissors. Register with
Cathy Vigor, Studio 133 or phone (606 325-3691).
Pendleton Runway at the Pendelton Art Center
Stop by this Saturday at the Pendleton to check out the first ever FASHION SHOW! Don't miss one of a kind items by your favourite Pendleton artists!
- Clothing by Holly Tatterson
- Wire jewelry by Debbie Perkins
- Silk scarves by Cathy Vigor
- Jewelry by Cathy Lambeau
- Hand bags by J.Bird Cremeans
- Soldered Jewelry by Libby Varner
- "Equestrian" shirts by Melanie Osbourne
Reieve a FREE pair of earrings from Katie Roberts to match your favorite outfit when you mention this ad!
So much to do at the Highlands Museum!
First Friday Art Walk. September 5 from 5-8pm. FETCH! Challenge Lab will be open. Admission is free.
Poage Landing Day’s Attic and Book Sale . September 20, 10am-5pm and September 21, 12-5pm. Admission is $1 for the sale and to tour the museum. Preview Sale on Friday, September 19 from 5-7pm. Admission to the preview sale is $10 per person. Grab a bargain on some great items! Donations are being accepted now so clean out those attics, garages and basements and bring it to the museum!
Adult Volunteer Training. September 22, 9:30-11am at the museum. Volunteers work the front desk, the gift shop, help with special events and tours, and work with our junior volunteers. Even one shift per month is a huge help! Call 329-8888 to register for the training session.
Coming soon:
Hit Us With Your Best Shot. Photo exhibit sponsored by the Kentucky Professional Communicators. Exhibit opens Friday, October 3rd and runs through October 31st. Prizes will be awarded. Entry forms may be picked up at the museum.
Dining with the Past. October 25 at the museum. Hear amazing stories of the history of Ashland during a guided tour of Ashland Cemetery as well as dinner prior to the tour. Proceeds to benefit the Highlands Museum & Discovery Center and the Friends of Ashland Cemetery. $15 per ticket.
Special Exhibits:
Presidential Pursuits. A collection of First Lady’s gowns, the political memorabilia collection of Dr. Jerry Ford, and the museum’s political memorabilia and flag collection.
The Legacy of Jean Thomas: Long before the Country Music Highway was created to honor Kentucky-born country music stars, Jean Thomas created a venue to give mountain musicians an opportunity to be heard. Although not the first to recognize the value of preserving Appalachian ballads, she was the first to value not only the songs, but the native born musicians who played and sang them. Her founding of the American Folk Song Festival in 1932 brought national attention to the folk musicians of eastern Kentucky .
Digging Deeper: Step into a time before European explorers arrived, when both animals and people shared the Ohio River Valley . Become an archaeologist and unearth the beginnings of our community’s heritage.
Mr. Lincoln’s War: The Civil War in Eastern Kentucky: A new museum exhibit that concentrates on the impact of President Lincoln’s policies in Eastern Kentucky region and those who went to fight and those who were left behind. On display through February 2009.
Hard Working, Fun Loving Adults Sought for Museum Volunteer Program
The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center invites area adults to apply for participation in the museum’s volunteer program.
Adult volunteers work at the admissions desk and gift shop, gives tours to school and other groups visiting the museum and assists with both special events and general museum operations. Adult volunteers also serve as mentors to the participants in the museum’s growing student volunteer program.
A training session will be held for adult volunteers on Monday, September 22, 2008 from 9:30
Call for Entries!
Exhibit Information
Eligibility: Open to all Tri-State area artists 18 years and older. Special division for high school students. All entries must be the original* works of the artist. Work must be suitable for family viewing (no nudes). Entries that have received awards in previous KCAC Art in the Park exhibits are prohibited.
*Original” -- Artwork must be an original idea, concept, or interpretation of the artist. (No copies of others’ works.)
Entry Fee: $15
Divisions:
· Professional
· Non-professional
· Student (High School Students only)
2-Dimensional Categories:
· Landscape/Seascape - Oil & Watercolor
· Still Life/Floral - Oil & Watercolor
· Miscellaneous - Oil & Watercolor
· Portraits - All Media
· Graphics/ Pastels/ Mixed Media
· Special Category: “Scenes of Central Park”
3-Dimensional & Student Art:
· No specific categories
Display: All 2-dimensional entries must be matted and/or framed (gallery wrapped canvases excepted) and ready to hang. Exhibitors are to provide supports/easels for their work.
Awards
All exhibitors will be eligible for door prizes.
2-Dimensional Categories:
· First Place Ribbon
· Second Place Ribbon
· Third Place Ribbon
· Honorable Mention Ribbon
· Best of Show Ribbon Professional
· Best of Show Ribbon Non-Professional
3-Dimensional:
· First Place Ribbon
· Second Place Ribbon
· Third Place Ribbon
· Honorable Mention Ribbon
Student:
· First Place Ribbon
· Second Place Ribbon
· Third Place Ribbon
Special Ribbons
· Special Category - “Scenes of Central Park”
· President’s Choice
· Chairman’s Choice
· People’s Choice
Cash Awards
Various cash awards from local and area businesses and sponsors will be presented.
Miscellaneous Information
Rain Location:
KYOVA Mall (Food Court area)
Acrylic Works:
Acrylic artwork will be exhibited with watercolor or oil depending upon its application. Please place them in the appropriate location.
Damage:
All prudent care will be exercised in displaying artwork. However, the Kentucky Creative Arts Club will not be responsible for any damages or loss.
Removal:
We ask that all artwork remain in place until the conclusion of the show. This show allows you a platform for introducing your art to the public, it allows the public the opportunity to see and enjoy your creativity and to get to meet you, if you/they so desire.
Schedule of Events:
· Registration: 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
· Judging Begins: 12:30 PM
· Awards Presentation: 3:30 PM
Kentucky Creative Arts Club
Address: Kentucky Creative Arts Club
P.O. Box 2442
Ashland, KY 41105-2442
E-mail: www.kentuckycreativeartsclub@yahoo.com
Website: www.freewebs.com/kentuckycreativeartsclub
Cathy Vigor,
Judge
Cathy Vigor is a Textile Artist specializing in Surface Design. She creates Art Cloth, Art Quilts, and Silk Fusion. In addition she works in Beading Weaving, and Printmaking. Cathy has a BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University (1965) and an MA in Studio Art from Morehead State University (1988). Her award winning work has appeared in numerous group and solo exhibits nationally and internationally. In addition to her studio art work, Cathy teaches classes and workshops in Bead Weaving, Fabric Dyeing, and Surface Design. Cathy is an exhibiting member of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen, Kentucky Craft Marketing, Tri-State Arts Association, West Virginia Bead Society, and the Surface Design Association.
Her work was presented in a solo exhibit in September and October 2007 at the Gallery on Main in Richmond, KY and will be included in "Silk and Silver" at the KY Artisan Center in Berea, KY October 2008 through January 2009.
Look for the Tee Shirts
If you need help or information while at this year’s Art in the Park, just look for someone wearing a tee shirt with the same design as the front of the brochure.
The members of the Kentucky Creative Arts Club will be happy to help you in any way they can. We hope to facilitate this process by making ourselves easily recognizable in these shirts.
Bring your lawn chairs and plan to spend the day enjoying some art, some friendly conversation, and (we hope) beautiful weather.
Kentucky Creative Arts Club
Address: Kentucky Creative Arts Club
P.O. Box 2442
Ashland, KY 41105-2442
E-mail: www.kentuckycreativeartsclub@yahoo.com
Website: www.freewebs.com/kentuckycreativeartsclub
Come and visit The Upstairs Gallery!
Come and visit this charming art gallery located at 1428 Winchester Avenue, Ashland. First Friday hours are 6:00pm--9:00pm.
Phone for info..606.325.0233 or 304.633.4401.
September 5th is the First Friday Art Walk with GARY ZORNES, oilist, of Russell, KY as The Upstairs Galleries FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH!
We will also have a sidewalk artist, (weather premitted, or then upstairs), DELLA LEWIS, a novelist from Proctorville, OH. She will be signing booklets for her soon to be published books entitled...'Into the Flame', 'Right Bride', and 'Wrong Groom and Revenge' Other books will be published in 2009.
As always New Work by our TUG members.
Brand new addition to First Friday Art Walk....
Chuck Ball will be our Demo Artist, with his Sumi-e inks and watercolor in the gallery!!!!
Don't miss any of this First Friday Art Walk.
Pendleton artists gear up for fashion show in September
Artist Holly Tatterson coordinated models, clothing, and accessorries yesterday for a fashion shoot highlighting atists from the Pendleton Art Center. J.Bird Cremeans was on hand to capture the models and there wears on film. The artists are borrowing the "Project Runway" logo with a "Pendleton Runway" logo for their show.
Check out the pictures by clicking on the image below;
Art classes offered by Pendleton Artist Cathie Lambeau
Girl Time: An Afternoon Away!
The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center is the place to be Saturday, August 23rd from 1-5pm for Girl Time: An Afternoon Away! Grab your mom, your sister, your daughter, and your best friends and head over to the museum to enjoy a day of fun just for gals. We promise something for everyone. Little girls will love craft making with our junior volunteers. Big girls will adore shopping for all things feminine. Take in a Zumba demonstration presented by the Ashland Area YMCA. You will be pampered and spoiled all afternoon. When you tire of shopping, take a break on the Front Porch and enjoy tea and delicious treats. There will loads of door prizes and free samples. Tickets are $5 per person and can be purchased at Studio 21 Salon and Spa, Lara’s Bridals and Formals, Arrington’s, Pendleton Art Center and at the museum. All proceeds benefit museum programming. For more information, call us at 329-8888.
Attic Sale at the Highlands Museum
The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center is once again hosting the Attic Sale during Poage Landing Days September 19-21, 2008. Items are now being accepted for donation to the sale. If you haven’t gotten around to cleaning out your attic – or basement or garage – now is the time. We will be happy to take those unwanted items off your hands. What may seem like junk to you, might be a treasure to someone else! Glassware, books, bric-a-brac, kitchen items, antiques and furniture will be on sale to benefit the museum’s educational programming. Bring your gently used items to the museum at 1620 Winchester Avenue in Ashland . We are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am – 5pm.
Children and Adult classes with Janice LeBrun
- Artist: Janice LeBrun
- Pendleton Art Center
- 1-606-329-0048
Monday 10-12:00 - Adult acrylic class
Tuesday 10-12:00 adult acrylic class
Tuesday 12:30-2:30 adult watercolor class
Tuesday 5:30-7:30 adult watercolor class
Children's classes up request - pencil drawing or painting - Ages 8-15
Introduction to Caricatures
Pendleton artist J.Bird Cremeans has spent the last year studying the art of caricature. Practicing almost daily from references such as yearbooks, magazines, TV shows, and movies, she is starting to find her style. Attending events doing live caricatures has proved successful and she now wants to share what she has learned to aspiring caricature artists and those who are curious about the art form.
An Introduction to Caricatures class is scheduled for Saturday August 16th at 10:00 am. An afternoon class is being considered. If you cannot make the class, more will be offered in the coming months. Here is some more information:
- Saturday August 16th
- 10:00am - 12:00 pm
- Class will take place at the Pendleton Art Center
- Cost is $45 per student
- Class is limited to 12 students
- Please call J.Bird to pre-register for the class at (304) 733-1395
- Materials students need to bring: sketch book, pencils, erasor, black markers of your choice, coloring medium of your choice, and a cosmetic mirror.
Students will be supplied with handouts and reference materials and can look forward to live caricature demos.
Here is an itenerary:
- Intro to the art of caricature by definition, history, famous artists, and samples
- Video samples of caricature artists at work
- Getting started: reference materials
- Live caricature demos and lecture
- Class project: famous celebs using reference photos
- Self caricature project: playing with facial features
- Using markers and resisting the urge to erase
- Adding color
- Conclusion
- Video samples of caricature artists at work
Feel free to call J.Bird if you have any questions! (304) 733-1395
So much to see and do this Friday!
Check out what's going on this Friday during Ashland's First Friday Art Walk along Winchester Ave. from 5-9pm.
Highlands Museum
Special events:
First Friday Art Walk. August 1 from 5-8pm. Admission is free. Kentucky Creative Arts Club exhibit opens.
Girl Time: An Afternoon Away. August 23 from 1-5pm. $5 per person. Pamper yourself, have tea on the front porch, browse the items and services from local merchants specializing in the best of feminine wares.
Presidential Pursuits. A collection of First Lady’s gowns, the political memorabilia collection of Dr. Jerry Ford, and the museum’s political memorabilia and flag collection.
Coming Soon:
Poage Landing Day’s Attic Sale . September 20, 10am-5pm and September 21, 12-5pm. Admission is $1 for the sale and to tour the museum. Preview Sale on Friday, September 19 from 5-7pm. Admission to the preview sale is $10 per person. Grab a bargain on some great items! Donations are being accepted now so clean out those attics, garages and basements and bring it to the museum!
The Upstairs Gallery
The Upstairs Gallery, 1428 Winchester Avenue,
next to 5/3 Bank in Ashland.
606-325-0233, 304-633-4401
Laura Moul/Nationally known photographer from Milton, WV will be the featured artist for August, 2008.
Brand new art show this month.
Hours for FF is 6pm,-9pm.
Ann Davis Gallery
Bill Meadows will begin two new eight-week pottery classes in the Potter’s Loft. Students may attend either Monday or Tuesday evenings beginning July 28 or 29 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Each participant will have his or her own wheel. Call (304) 654-9948 for details.
A selection of paintings by Alo Smal is on display in the Logan Room. Call the gallery for an appointment.
1516 Winchester Ave., Ashland. 606-324-1296.
The gallery is at 1516 Winchester Ave. (606) 324-1296.
Hours: Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointment.
Art of the Redeemed Studio and Gallery
The gallery, in Suite 206 on the second floor of the Camayo Arcade, 1536 Winchester Ave., Ashland, is home to working artists Gail Kirtz and Rodney Chapman, both of whom work in various media and offer their original art and prints for sale.
Special exhibit — “Toothpick Constructions” by Les Hayes, which include a replica of his home, the Spider Web House, Cracker Barrel restaurants, the old Russell High School, houses, barns, churches and depots.
On exhibit — New impressionistic landscapes and seascapes in oil by Kirtz. Also on exhibit are pastels, acrylics and mixed-media works.
On exhibit — New contemporary works by Chapman in acrylic and mixed media. He is accepting portrait commissions.
Openings are still available in classes or private lessons in pastel, acrylic and oil.
The studio and gallery are handicapped accessible with an elevator and open by appointment.
For more information, call Kirtz or Chapman at (606) 324-5729 or e-mail prospectpainters@yahoo.com.
Jesse Stuart Foundation
Exhibits:
“Image of Appalachia,” a collection of more than 60 black-and-white photographs of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia from the 1920s and 1930s is on display.
“The Leming Gallery,” a collection of reminiscences reflected in the work of local artists. Jim Marsh, Steve McClements, Billy Kersey, Buzzy Leming and Carolina Wilson will be on display.
Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
1645 Winchester Ave., Ashland. For more information, call (606) 326-1667 or visit jsfbooks.com.
The Pendleton Art Center
The Pendleton Art Center at 1537-1539 Winchester Ave., Ashland, houses the working and retail sale studios of artists and craftsmen from the Tri-State Area with a wide range of talents. Pendleton Studios are open on the first Friday of the month from 5 to 9 p.m. for the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Ashland and from 2 to 6 p.m. on the next day for Second Look Saturday. Some studios are open daily; some are open by appointment with the artist. Contact information for artists is available in the lobby.
Artist of the month for July is Angy Hall, Studio 105, featuring wearable art, photography and mixed media.
The Left Bank Cafe is open during the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and during First Friday and Second Look Saturday events. (606) 325-3815. The Thursday before First Friday each month is open mic night. Singers, storytellers, poets, comedians, and others are invited to perform.
Wallace Fine Art Printing — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. (606) 325-3309.
Aladdin’s Art Gallery — Custom framing and gifts. (606) 325-3309.
Art classes being offered at the Pendleton Art Center
The following classes are offered at the Pendleton:
Mondays:
Watercolor classes with Janet Lester (606) 928-8965 and Sylvia Jackson (606) 928-0257. Classes are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Call to preregister and get a supply list.
Handbuilding Pottery Classes 6-8:30 p.m. with B.J. Wilder (740)646-5838 or (740) 532-0970. Pre- registration and payment required.
Tuesdays:
Watercolor Class 10 a.m. to noon with Janice LeBrun.
Children’s acrylic painting classes. Ages 7 and up. 3 to 5 p.m. or 6 to 8 p.m. Classes are ongoing, so sign up anytime. Call Cathie Lambeau for supply list and more information.
Watercolor class from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with Janice LeBrun. (606) 329-0048.
Wednesdays:
"Learn to Draw/Sharpen Your Skills" 10 a.m. to noon. Call Sylvia Jackson (606) 928-0257.
Thursdays:
Handbuilding Pottery Classes 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. with BJ Wilder (740) 646-5838 or (740) 532-0970. Pre- registration and payment required.
Fabric Dyeing/Surface Design Classes with Cathy Vigor, (606) 325-3691.
Bead Weaving Classes with Cathy Vigor (606) 325-3691.
Saturdays:
Handbuilding Pottery Classes, ages 9-12, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with BJ Wilder, (740) 646-5838 or (740) 532-0970. Preregistration and payment required.
New classes for July with Cathy Vigor, Studio 133. Call (606) 325-3691 for more information.
Bead Weaving Class, Tuesday, July 15 and 22 or Thursday 17 and 24, from 6 to 9 p.m. or by appointment. Learn Peyote and Herringbone Stitch. $45 for two classes.
Fabric Dyeing Class, July 22, 29, from 1 to 4 p.m. $90. Materials fee, $45
Free Form Beading Class July 23 or by appointment. $45.
Quilt Fusion Workshop, Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn to use fusing techniques. $65.
Silk Fusion Workshop, Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn to use hand dyed silk fiber to create unique fiber art. $65.
Surface Design Workshop, July 24, 25, and 26. $180. Materials fee $45.
For studio rental information, call Donna Eastman, (606) 571-9008.
New art classes available at the Pendleton Art Center
- Childrens acrylic painting classes.
- Ages 7 and up Tuesdays 3-5pm or 6-8pm
- 5 sessions $ 85 Classes are ongoing so sign up any time.
Call Cathie for supply list and info. (304) 617-7361 Group rates available
Music and art come together
Story by Lee Ward of the Daily Independent
Some of Angy Hall’s newest creations brings together her passions and inspirations: music, art, fashion and nature.
For sale at the Pendleton Art Center, Hall offers wearable art — painted jean jackets, one with a portrait of Eric Clapton on the back and another bearing the likeness of Jimi Hendrix. All her wearable art is one of a kind. She also creates stationery products with musicians’ images and purses with designs that appeal to her, among other items. Like most artists, Hall’s interest in music and art goes back to childhood, where she couldn’t get enough opportunities to create. “All my life I’ve been doing visual arts,” she said. “I have always been a visual person.” Growing up in a military family, Hall said the family was always relocating and having new experiences. “We were about to leave Germany and wherever you lived had to pass inspection before you could leave,” she said. “I had drawn on the floor. I thought I had one of those waxy, erasable pencils but I had the other kind. I was so afraid I would cause us to fail, so I scrubbed and tried my best to clean it up.”
She said although she didn’t get her creation completely cleaned from the floor, the family did pass inspection and was able to move.
She also loved music, singing in choirs as she grew up, and at one time she wanted to study opera at Julliard. “My senior choir director told me to forget Julliard,” she recalled. “I could sing and read music but I couldn’t play and read music.” Still, she had an interest in art. “Sometimes when we were moving my two brothers would go ahead and I was alone (the only child at home for a time),” she said. “I would entertain myself with art.” Discouraged from trying a career in music, Hall applied to art schools and was accepted at three — in Pittsburgh, Fort Lauderdale and Denver. She chose Denver. “I wanted to go someplace different and I hadn’t lived in the West,” she said. Hall completed her degree in visual communications at Colorado Institute of Art, which required her to be exposed to the widest possible variety of media, including fine art, air brushing and photography. “I’m a multitasker,” she said, noting the variety in her degree worked for her. “I need constant challenges and something different, something new all the time. I also got to do things I’d never done before and helped me choose what I wanted to do.”
After she graduated in 1992, she lived in Omaha, Neb., for a while but didn’t enjoy the cold climate, the flat lay of the land or the atmosphere in general. She also longed to be closer to her grandparents, who owned a horse farm in Coal Grove. “We visited them in the summers as much as possible,” she said. “We’d say, ‘we’re going to spend a couple of weeks in the country.’” She decided to move to the Tri-State, hoping she would be able to find a job in her field. She quickly joined the staff at Aegina Press as art director, where she worked in design for two years. Then, music called to her again. She started playing music and soon found she could make a living as a full-time musician and a freelance artist, an arrangement that suited her very well. However, at 25, a serious car accident sent her into rehabilitation for two years, taking her away from music and leaving her with doubts she’d ever be able to be on stage again. But she has recovered and, as usual, keeps her hand in where music and art are concerned. In addition to her studio at the Pendleton, she also works for Stephanie Clark Photography as Clark’s personal assistant and as a studio manager. “I enjoy it, I really do,” she said.
Although she isn’t currently in a band, she doesn’t miss opportunities to jam with her many musician friends. Although not a native of Ashland, Hall said she feels this area is home. “I was a military kid,” she said. Her father was in the Air Force and the family moved frequently and lived in many different places.”“My granddad lived in Coal Grove and had a horse farm there,” she said..’” She also loves the atmosphere at the Pendleton. “I’m just like a sponge here,” she said. “Being here has an art school feel to it, being around other artists and sharing ideas and giving and getting feedback, and there’s a constant newness, there’s something new and something changing all the time.”
Hall’s artwork is at her studio in the Pendleton and at Newport on the Levee.
Plenty to do at the Highlands Museum!
Presidential Pursuits. A collection of First Lady’s gowns, the political memorabilia collection of Dr. Jerry Ford, and the museum’s political memorabilia and flag collection.
Summer Motion: July 5th from 10am – 5pm and July 6th from 1-5pm. Join us in Central Park as we provide fun musical activities with PBS’ Arthur! Make an instrument to take home. All activities are free. Sponsored by Armstrong Cable.
Starlab Workshops:
Summer Sky – See the stars that you would see in the summer sky. Also, see if you can find the different constellations. July 15, 16, or 17. Grades K-3 at 11am and grades 4-6 at 2pm.
Weather Patterns – What causes weather patterns? How does the weather change what we see in the night sky? July 22, 23, or 24. Grades K-3 at 11am and grades 4-6 at 2pm.
All workshops are $10 for museum members and $12 for nonmembers. Call 329-8888 to register.
Preschool Art Workshop, July 25th from 10am – 12pm. Art workshop for the preschooler and their caregiver. Includes free time in the Discovery Center . Cost is $10. Call the museum to register.
Special Exhibits:
The Legacy of Jean Thomas: Long before the Country Music Highway was created to honor Kentucky-born country music stars, Jean Thomas created a venue to give mountain musicians an opportunity to be heard. Although not the first to recognize the value of preserving Appalachian ballads, she was the first to value not only the songs, but the native born musicians who played and sang them. Her founding of the American Folk Song Festival in 1932 brought national attention to the folk musicians of eastern Kentucky .
Digging Deeper: Step into a time before European explorers arrived, when both animals and people shared the Ohio River Valley . Become an archaeologist and unearth the beginnings of our community’s heritage.
Mr. Lincoln’s War: The Civil War in Eastern Kentucky: A new museum exhibit that concentrates on the impact of President Lincoln’s policies in Eastern Kentucky region and those who went to fight and those who were left behind. On display through February 2009.
Great news from Pendleton artist Debbie Perkins!
Angy Hall is Artist of the Month at the Pendleton Art Center!
Angy's collection will be on display in the gallery at the Art Center and is called "Listen to the Music" - all music related art which will include wearable art, mixed media and photography.
Christmas in July!
Christmas in July
at
“The Upstairs Gallery”
All art is 10 % off
All of our Artists are from the Tri-State area
Featured Artist for July is “Kathy O’Meara”
Of Wheelersburg , OH
(she features horses and other watercolors)
The Upstairs Gallery will be closed
for First Friday in July
TUG Hours
Monday-Friday
11:00am-5:00pm
The Upstairs Gallery
1428 Winchester Avenue
Ashland, KY
606-325-0233
304-633-4401
"Living with the Masters" at College Camp wraps up
J.Bird Cremeans finished teaching her class last week at the Ashland Community and Technical College's yearly summer College Camp. Students were able to sign up for up to 4 classes that met for an hour each weekday for 2 weeks. Learning about famous artists and their techniques were made available in the "Living with the Masters" class. Students ranging in ages 6-12 got to experience van Gogh, Seurat, Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, and several more. Check out some of the pictures below:
Painting classes at the Pendleton for young and old.
- Acrylic painting classes
- Tuesdays 7/8 thru 8/5 6 till 8pm 5 sessions $85
- Call Cathie for info and supply list.
- (304) 617-7361
- Childrens classes available
Visit Pendleton Artists in Ashland Park this weekend.
Pendleton artists Debbie Perkins, Katie Roberts, Libby Varner, and J.Bird Cremeans are teaming up July 4th weekend in Ashland's Park by participating in the yearly art and craft show. All 4 artists will be sharing a double booth and will be offering the ultimate art and craft show experience by offering up some of the following art goodies:
- Jewelry (including beaded, hemp, wire, pendants, and more!!)
- Paintings
- Photography
- Pen and Ink
- Caricatures
- Recycled art and accessories
Visit your favorite artists this weekend at Art in the Park in Ritter Park in Huntington WV!
Several artists who have studios along Winchester Ave. in Ashland will be participating in Art in Park this weekend!
Barbara Delligatti, Libby Varner, J.Bird Cremeans, and several more artists will be setup with their artwork to sell.
Don't miss out on this oppurtunity to buy something special and unique for Father's Day!
Hours for Art in the Park are:
Saturday: 10-6
Sunday: 12-6
Artists will be setup along 13th Ave. in Huntington between 8th and 10th street
B.J. Wilder is artist of the month at the Pendleton!
Read the article below to learn more about this artist
With Chidlike Wonder
Story by Lee Ward of the Daily Independent.
Clay artist B.J. Wilder draws inspiration from the things that are closest to her — her family and friends, nature, her beliefs — and she makes sure each piece is a little bit whimsical, which keeps her in touch with her inner child. “Artists are really perpetual children,” she said. “Sure, we still have to go to the grocery store, pay bills, take care of our families, but to be creative we have to have the wonderment of a child and the maturity to know how to express what we discover.”
One of the series of pieces she will debut at the Pendleton Art Center tonight is her Spirit Vessels, influenced by Native American pottery of the Eastern North American woodland period, roughly 1,000 B.C. to 1,000 A.D. The pots are formed with the basic elements — earth, air, water and fire — and are decorated with only natural combustibles, smoke and fire for an unpredictable, organic finish. Wilder, in fact, gets a surprise each time a pot is finished.
“The potter is the humble facilitator for letting the pots ‘speak,’” she said. “It is similar in style to pots made by Native Americans. It uses the same firing technique but they are not copies.”
She also creates Kiln Spirits, bottles in the shape of different female figures whose heads are the stoppers. One, titled Miss America, conveys patriotism in its decor. Another honors Julia Galloway, a potter under whom she studied. Another was inspired by dark, starry nights she enjoys at her home studio where she works on her wheel.
Wilder is fond of her sculptural vases, which are inspired by the art of painter Georgie O’Keefe.
Two of her new series include teapots and wine coolers. She also sells pins, earrings and necklaces she creates by handbuilding and stamping, sometimes incorporating beads made by another artist at the Pendleton. Pottery wasn’t her first love. She began drawing first. “The first art experience I recall was when I was 3,” she explained. “My grandmother set me on a chair atop a large pile of books at her dining room table and gave me a cigar box of crayons and some blank paper. I have never drawn inside the lines since.” Wilder studied ceramics at the University of Louisville with Tom and Ginny Marsh, who inspired her to look to nature for inspiration. After a 20-year career as a graphic designer and 10 years as a teacher with at-risk youth, she decided to return to the passion for clay she discovered in college.
Since then, she has studied with well-known potters such as Michael Wisner, Mitch Lyons, Jeff Oestrich, Fong Choo and Malcolm Davis. mShe has kept a studio at the Pendleton since it opened three years ago this month and teaches handbuilding classes there. In addition to taking commissions, including commissions of works for children, she won a corporate commission last year which had a project for the Yum! Corporation’s KFC division on display at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (KMAC) in Louisville. Her prototype put her in competition with five other artists for the commission. Her lighthearted chicken and rooster designs won her the project. The corporation asked her to produce 1,000 roosters to be distributed as corporate gifts to KFC restaurants owned by the company all over the world. With only 11 weeks to complete nearly a year’s worth of work, Wilder called on friends and family to lend a hand.
“It was by the grace of God and a lot of help from friends and family, I made it,” she said.
Two of the roosters remain on display at the KMAC. Her work also can be seen at the Pendleton Newport-on-the-Levee Gallery.
Morehead State University musician to perform at the Pendleton Art Center this Friday
Adam Chaffins is a jazz studies/studio performance major at Morehead State University.
Check out his music here:
www.myspace.com/adamchaffinsmusic
This Friday at the Upstairs Gallery:
featuring
KATHY O’MEARA
watercolorist
FROM WHEELERSBURG
“JUNE’S ARTIST OF THE MONTH”
*********************
Sidewalk artist
BRETT SHERMAN
Artist and Guitarist
Performing from 7:00—9:00pm
Call 606-325-0233 or 304-633-4401
The Upstairs Gallery
New & onjoining website
"Living with the Masters" art classes for kids!
Highlands Museum & Discovery Center announces opening of The Legacy of Jean Thomas exhibit
The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center opens a new exhibit, The Legacy of Jean Thomas, on Friday, June 6, 2008. Long before the Country Music Highway was created to honor Kentucky-born country music stars, Jean Thomas created a venue to give mountain musicians an opportunity to be heard. Although not the first to recognize the value of preserving Appalachian ballads, she was the first to value not only the songs, but the native born musicians who played and sang them. Her founding of the American Folk Song Festival in 1932 brought national attention to the folk musicians of eastern Kentucky .
Pendleton artists celebrate their 1st year anniversary!!
Artists Holly Tatterson and J.Bird Cremeans will be celebrating this Friday at the Pendleton Art Center.
Holly Tatterson has a bold new look for her studio and will be selling all new clothing, purses, and pillows!
J.Bird will be selling new products as well such as recycled record bowls and jewelry:
Highlands Museum & Discovery Center to host Southern HospitaliTea
The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center will host a Southern HospitaliTea fundraiser on Saturday, June 21st at the museum. Delightful sweets and savories will be served. Cost is $20 per adult and $10 per child. All proceeds will benefit the Highlands Museum & Discovery Center . Please call 329-8888 for reservations.
Sign up for new Acrylic Painting classes!
Call Cathie for supply list and info (304) 617-7361
Fun in the Sun! at the Highlands Museum & Discovery Center
The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center announces Fun in the Sun! summer workshops. The following summer programs will be held at the museum at 1620 Winchester Avenue in Ashland :
The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center invites area teens to apply for
- Have completed the sixth grade.
- Attend a mandatory training session
Highlands Exhibit scheduled to open soon!!
Come to the Pendleton this Saturday for a Mother's Day art workshop for kids!
- Mother's Day workshop May 10th
- 1-3 pm
- FREE! - dads encouraged to attend!
- Create art gifts to give to mom!
You are invited to experience a "Plein Air" demonstration May 14th
The Kentucky Creative Arts Club would like to announce they are having a Plein Air outing at Central Park Wednesday, May 14th at 9 AM. The artists are getting ready for the September Art in the Park event.
This year’s Special Category is Central Park , so they are going to pick their subject and create it as you watch. All artists are welcome to join in the fun. The club is currently looking for new members to jury in. You would attend 3 meetings in a row, present 4 pieces of your art and you are juried in, that simple. They meet the last Thursday of the month at ACC at 7 PM. If you are interested in becoming a member you may contact Carla Ball at 606-615-4124 or email ckball@earthlink.net. We are also looking for sponsors, donations for door prizes and purchase awards for Art in The Park being held on Saturday, September 19, 2008 at Central Park in Ashland , if you are interested, please contact Carla Ball.
Caricature artist's work features at Pendleton gallery
Originally published with Herald-Dispatch. Article by Dave Lavender
If Jennifer Cremeans looks at you weird, well, it's because she's probably already drawing a funny picture of your face in her mind.
The talented 25-year-old Barboursville resident is one of the few caricature artists out drawing regularly in the Tri-State. The Art Institute of Pittsburgh graduate is the Artist of the Month for May at Pendleton Art Center, 1537-1539 Winchester Ave., Ashland. Cremeans, who focused on animation in college, said she came by her love of caricature art accidentally. "I took a workshop from Angela Love and started playing around with the idea of caricatures," Cremeans said. "When I moved back, I decided to take it seriously."
Cremeans, who goes by J.Bird, said she loves that fresh art and interaction that's part of caricature drawing.
"It is kind of unexpected around here," Cremeans said. "You expect it in Myrtle Beach and King's Island, but you don't expect to be able to go somewhere around here and have it done."
Cost is $5 for a black and white marker caricature and $25 for a caricature with color. Cremeans, who is also a photographer and painter, said it's been wonderful to be part of Pendleton, which is home to the studios of 38 artists and craftsmen and The Left Bank Cafe, which has live music during First Fridays and an open mic night each Thursday. "I think it's a step up from working out of your home because you can't always sell from the house," Cremeans said. "Joining an art center is a great opportunity. A lot of us artists look after each other. They'll recommend me and so it's great networking."
Cremeans has also been passing on her craft as she's been teaching children's art workshops. She'll oversee a Mother's Day workshop May 10 for children ages six and up to create gifts to give to mom for Mother's Day.
For more info about Cremeans work, go online at www.jbirdistheword.com and for Pendleton info, go online at www.firstfridaynews.com.
Making art a career - Cremeans’ jobs revolve around art
ASHLAND — J. Bird Cremeans is a juggler, not of balls or rings, but of jobs.
Cremeans, 25, has several part-time occupations centered around art.
She is a graphic artist for Glenn’s Sporting Goods in Huntington, she teaches Photoshop at Marshall University Community and Technical College and drawing at Ashland Community and Technical College, where she plans to teach some children’s art classes during camp. She also works as a framer at Aladdin’s Art Gallery and she’s a studio consultant at the Pendleton Art Center, where she keeps a studio. The Barboursville resident also keeps busy with commissioned work she gets as a caricature artist.
As a high school student, Cremeans studied every medium she could — drawing, painting, pottery — in an effort to learn about art. After graduation, she attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh where she studied animation with hopes of working as an animator for a children’s cartoon or with video games. “Outsourcing has put a damper on me and a lot of other animators across the country,” she said, adding the only cartoon that isn’t outsourced is South Park. As jobs were scarce, she started taking work in graphic design. “It was an area I was lacking in, but I’ve learned on the job,” she said. “I was self-educated in graphic design. There is so much you have to keep up on with trends and new technology.” For a while, she focused on photography. “There are so many good photographers in the area,” she said. “Then I found out that my caricatures were doing well, so now that’s my main area.” Although she still shoots weddings and portraits, Cremeans sells quick, black and white caricatures for $5 each. She also does live color caricatures for $25 per person and from photographs for $35. She sets up at events in the area but also takes commissions.
She said she was introduced to caricature while still a student in Pittsburgh when caricature artist Angela Love visited and spoke to students. Since then, Cremeans said she has read and studied more about the art form as she has gained experience. She got some unconventional experience, too. “In animation class, we would do caricatures of each other and of the teachers and pass them around just for fun,” she recalled.
Not the least of her activities is the Web site she maintains called www.firstfridaynews.com which is a way to keep the public informed about activities during Ashland’s First Friday Art Walk. She said there are about 40 members who receive her regular e-mails about the event.
Tonight at First Friday events, Cremeans will debut a new collection called “Bring the Outside In,” which is a series of urban and nature photos in HDR, or high dynamic range, which is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures than normal digital imaging techniques.
A few prints will be available at the Pendleton but can be purchased online at www.jbirdistheword.smugmug.com.
J.Bird Cremeans can be reached at (304) 733-1395 or at jbirdistheword@yahoo.com.
Pendleton Artist, Melanie Osborne debuts new piece this Friday.
Equine artist Melanie Osborne has just completed a new oil painting depicting a scene of the historic Raceland Race Track, which was in operation from 1924 to 1928.
Melanie is an Ashland native who lived in Raceland Meadows while working as a draftsperson for National Mines. While a resident of Raceland, she often heard stories of the great grandstand and track that was located there just prior to the Great Depression. The area where the track was built was originally known as Chinnville, but the name was changed to Raceland to reflect the significant role the track played in the community's development.
According to Virginia Bingham, J.O. Keene, the man who built Keeneland, envisioned "a complete recreation plant, one not equaled anywhere in America for adequacy, accessibility, workmanship or natural beauty of location." He found Raceland to be the perfect site. Melanie's painting captures the fullness of his vision. The painting shows a straight on view of the grandstand. The horse in the lead was Black Gold, who was brought into the race to pull in crowds. Pink and maroon rambler roses lined the rail and the women who attended the races loved getting cuttings from these plants.
Signed Giclee prints can be personalized by Melanie on First Friday evening at the Pendleton Art Center, May 22d and Saturday, May 3rd at the McConnell Derby Party. Call Claudine at 606-473-9564 for tickets to the Derby Party. Prints will also be sold at Aladdin's and Pollock's. The original painting, whci measures 24x48 inches, is also available for purchase. Contact Melanie at 606-615-0022 for additional information.
Ann Davis Gallery
“Strangers Whose Faces I Know” — An exhibit of paintings by the ACTCs art instructor Wendy Fosterwelsh.
Bill Meadows will offer new pottery classes in May. Call (304) 525-1595 for more information.
The gallery is at 1516 Winchester Ave. (606) 324-1296.
Hours: Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointment.
Art of the Redeemed - Studio and Gallery
The gallery, in Suite 206 on the second floor of the Camayo Arcade, 1536 Winchester Ave., Ashland, is home to working artists Gail Kirtz and Rodney Chapman, both of whom work in various media and offer their original art and prints for sale.
Special exhibit — “Toothpick Constructions” by Les Hayes, which include a replica of his home, the Spider Web House, Cracker Barrel restaurants, the old Russell High School, houses, barns, churches and depots.
On exhibit — New impressionistic landscapes and seascapes in oil by Kirtz. Also on exhibit are pastels, acrylics and mixed-media works.
On exhibit — New contemporary works by Chapman in acrylic and mixed media. He is accepting portrait commissions.
Openings are still available in classes or private lessons in pastel, acrylic and oil.
The studio and gallery are handicapped accessible with an elevator and open by appointment.
For more information, call Kirtz or Chapman at (606) 324-5729 or e-mail prospectpainters@yahoo.com.
HIGHLANDS MUSEUM and DISCOVERY CENTER
5-8 pm- Free Tri-State presentation by Doug Thompson, including information on the history, geography, writers, actors, inventors, athletes, soldiers and leaders of our region.
Jesse Stuart Foundation
Exhibits:
“Image of Appalachia,” a collection of more than 60 black-and-white photographs of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia from the 1920s and 1930s is on display.
“The Leming Gallery,” a collection of reminiscences reflected in the work of local artists. Jim Marsh, Steve McClements, Billy Kersey, Buzzy Leming and Carolina Wilson will be on display.
Weighing in at 273 pages, “Dave Trippin: A Day Tripper’s Guide to the Appalachian Galaxy of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia,” has just arrived and Lavender will be at the Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1645 Winchester Ave., from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday as part of the First Friday Art Walk in Ashland.
Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
1645 Winchester Ave., Ashland. For more information, call (606) 326-1667 or visit jsfbooks.com.
The Upstairs Gallery
More than 30 of the best artists in the area.
Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Regular gallery and framing hours.
April, May — Featured artist is Ann Marie Adkins with her oil, acrylics and handmade women’s clothing.
Saturday, Sunday — The gallery will be hosting their third annual Spring Art Show. Receiving of three pieces of 20 art (no photos or 3D). Clarence Ball will be the judge of the show.
The opening reception and awards will be on First Friday, May 2. The Upstairs Gallery will celebrate its fifth year anniversary.
Harp music will be by Aaron Yeager of Barboursville.
The gallery is at 1428 Winchester Ave., Ashland.
For more information, call Barbara at (606) 325-0233 or (304) 633-4401.
The Pendleton Art Center
The Pendleton Art Center, 1537-1539 WInchester Ave., houses the working and retail sale studios of 38 artists and craftsmen from the Tri-State with a wide range of talents. Pendleton studios are open on the first Friday of the month from 5 to 9 p.m. for the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Ashland and from 2 to 6 p.m. on the next day for Second Look Saturday. Some studios are open daily; some are open by appointment with the artist. Contact information for artists is available in the lobby.
The Left Bank Café is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Thursday before First Friday of each month is open mic night. Singers, storytellers, poets, comedians and others are invited to perform. Monday through Friday and during First Friday and Second Look Saturday. (606) 325-3815.
Wallace Fine Art Printing — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. (606) 325-3309.
Aladdin’s Art Gallery — Custom framing and gifts. (606) 325-3309.
MONDAYS:
Watercolor classes with Janet Lester (606) 928-8965 and Sylvia Jackson (606) 928-0257. Classes are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Call to pre-register and get a supply list.
Handbuilding Pottery Classes with B.J. Wilder (740) 646-5838 or (740) 532-0970. Preregistration and payment required.
TUESDAYS:
Watercolor Class from 10 a.m. to noon, with Janice LeBrun. (606) 329-0048.
Beginning Acrylic Painting Class — 6 to 8 p.m., ages 13 and older. Call Cathie Lambeau. (304) 617-7361.
Watercolor Class from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., with Janice LeBrun. (606) 329-0048.
WEDNESDAYS:
Learn to Draw/Sharpen Your Skills” — 10 a.m. to noon . Call Sylvia Jackson at (606) 928-0257.
Beginners Acrylic Classes, 6 to 8 p.m., ages 7 to 12, with Cathie Lambeau. (304) 617-7361.
THURSDAYS:
Handbuilding pottery classes — 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., (304) 617-7361, with B.J. Wilder. (740) 646-5838 or (740) 532-0970. Pre-registration and payment required.
Acrylic Classes, beginners and intermediate — 6 to 8 p.m., with Janice Lebrun. (606) 329-0048.
Fabric Dying/Surface Design Classes — With Cathy Vigor. (606) 325-3691. Pre-registration and payment required.
Bead Weaving Classes — With Cathy Vigor. (606) 325-3691. Pre-registration and payment required.
SATURDAYS:
Beaded Rope Class — 1 to 4 p.m. April 26 and May 3. Using herringbone and twisted herringbone stitch. Fee is $45. Register with Cathy Vigor at (606) 325-3691.
Stained Glass Classes — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Debbie Eoff. (606) 833-9594.
Bead Weaving Classes — With Cathy Vigor. (606) 325-3691. Pre-registration and payment required.
Fabric Dyeing/Surface Design Classes — With Cathy Vigor. (606) 325-3691. Pre-registration and payment required.
Handbuilding Pottery Classes, ages 9 to 12, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with B.J. Wilder (740) 646-5838 or (740) 532-0970. Pre-registration and payment required.
For more information about the Pendleton, call (606) 920-9863 or check the Pendleton Web site at pendletonartcenter.com. For studio rental information, contact J. Bird Cremeans at (304) 840-1143.
Visit the Pendleton Art Center at Newport on the Levee, Plaza Level. The gallery presents exclusively the works of artists from the three Pendleton Art Centers in Ashland, Cincinnati and Rising Sun, Ind. Gallery hours: Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.
Dave Lavender Signing Books at Jesse Stuart Foundation 5 - 7 during May’s First Friday Art Walk on Friday May 2nd!
Just in time for the spring and summer travel season, Herald-Dispatch reporter Dave Lavender has cranked out a publication longer than a country mile — it’s Dave Trippin, the book that’s filled with hundreds of ideas for cool places to check out in the region.
Weighing in at 273 pages, “Dave Trippin: A Day Tripper’s Guide to the Appalachian Galaxy of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia,” has just arrived and Lavender will be at the Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1645 Winchester Ave., from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday as part of the First Friday Art Walk in Ashland.
Featuring nearly a dozen trips in each state, “Dave Trippin,” takes readers on an always adventurous and usually humorous family journey to some of Appalachia’s coolest towns such as Berea , Ky. , Athens , Ohio and Fayetteville , W.Va. , and the region’s big cities including Lexington , Columbus and Cincinnati .
Carved out of first-hand travel experiences, “Dave Trippin,” the book is birthed out of The Herald-Dispatch Sunday travel series that started in 2003 and that continues today with Dave, his wife and award-winning photojournalist Toril Lavender, as well as their sons Timothy Jacob, 8, and Will, 5.
Dave, who grew up just off of the Country Music Highway, features Eastern Kentucky prominently in the book with chapters on weekend trips to Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, Jenny Wiley Theatre, boating on Dewey Lake, hiking at Paintsville Lake, visit to the Mountain Homeplace, the Country Music Museum in Paintsville, the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg, the Crawlathon at Carter Caves State Resort Park and much more.
“One of the greatest joys of Dave Trippin’ is traveling around my home region, continuing to learn, explore and to be inspired by the area’s beautiful, natural places,” Dave Lavender said. “Also, we’re stoked to share the world-class events and people we meet along the trail. Our area is blessed to have so enjoyed the creations of such visionaries and musical pioneers along The Country Music Highway such as Martin Childers of Jenny Wiley Theatre, and Billie Jean Osborne, of the Kentucky Opry in Prestonsburg , Ky. These people and so many others have created are magical, musical adventures that light up our own hilly backyard like fireflies.”
Just some of the highlights of the book's journeys through the great Commonwealth of Kentucky include:
* A trip to one of the world's largest winter-time caving events, Crawlathon at Carter Caves State Resort Park in Olive Hill, Ky.
* The Kentucky State Parks' Family Adventure Quest at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park in Greenup , Ky.
* A trip to the region's largest lake Cave Run, one of the southeast's best musky fishing lakes near Morehead , Ky.
* A trip to the area's largest parade and festival, Hillbilly Days in Pikeville
* A climb up the last firetower in the Daniel Boone National Forest
* A sidewalk stomp to the world’s largest hand-blown stained-glass window in the world (Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption) in Covington , Ky.
* Some clogging over to see the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame at Renfro Valley
* A trip to see the only Moonbow in the western hemisphere ( Cumberland Falls , Ky. )
* A hike to see the highest water fall in Kentucky , Yahoo Falls in the Big South Fork National Recreation Area.
A native of Franklin Furnace, Ohio , and a working journalist for the past 15 years since getting his college education at Shawnee State University and The University of Kentucky, Lavender said he’s been stoked to share the treasures of the Tri-State since he and Toril moved back from outside Nashville , Tenn. , eight years ago.
“When I moved back to the Tri-State in April 2000 with my new family I wanted to give them the grand tour of the place — from my hometown of Franklin Furnace, Ohio, still one of the only places I know where you exit on the left — to beloved child-hood haunts such as Greenbo Lake, Carter Caves and to also let folks know about the new places that have popped up along The Country Music Highway from Ashland's Arts Corridor along Winchester Avenue to the new disc golf course at Jenny Wiley to the new Arena in Pikeville."
“We hope that, like the Sunday travel series, that “Dave Trippin” the book will inspire folks and their crew to load up and go trippin’ out through the Appalachian Galaxy,” Lavender said. “Go ahead, get out there, take those country roads back to Loretta Lynn's homeplace, take a bike or hike back into history at Paintsville Lake and the Mountain Homeplace and lay hands on the giant guitars at The Paveillon in Louisa. This is the good stuff and it’s all cooler than two popsicles stuck together.”
Sign up for Acrylic Painting classes!
- Tuesdays 6-8pm
- ages 13 and up 5 sessions $85
- Call Cathie for supply list and info (304) 617-7361
- Childrens acrylic painting
- Wed. 6-8pm ages 7-12
- 5 sessions $85 Call Cathie for supply list and info.
Groups Welcome !
Highlands welcomes new Executive Director and Director of Operations
Museum's student exhibit features artwork from several local schools
Kindergarten: | Laken Bond | Olive Hill Elementary | |
Kallie Burchett | Olive Hill Elementary | ||
Taylor Middleton | Olive Hill Elementary | ||
Dawson Pennington | Olive Hill Elementary | ||
Isabella Shavers | Olive Hill Elementary | ||
Katelyn Skaggs | Olive Hill Elementary | ||
Paige Stamper | Olive Hill Elementary | ||
Peyton Steagall | Olive Hill Elementary | ||
Second grade: | Cameron Ashmore | Fairview Elementary | |
Sierra Bereford | Fairview Elementary | ||
Isaac Bellomy | Fairview Elementary | ||
Cassandra Hunt | Fairview Elementary | ||
Lydia Lowe | Fairview Elementary | ||
Cameron Miller | Fairview Elementary | ||
Ally VanHoose | Fairview Elementary | ||
Maddy R ichardson | Home School | ||
Third grade: | Cora Richardson | Home School | |
Fourth grade: | Kellen Appleton | Home School | |
Madison Mays | Home School | ||
Taylor Baldridge | Worthington Elementary | ||
Fifth grade: | Kelsey Cochran | Worthington Elementary | |
Anna Fairchild | Worthington Elementary | ||
Kimmi York | Worthington Elementary | ||
Sixth grade: | Hannah Kirby | Home School | |
Casey Christian | Worthington Elementary |
The Huntington Harmonica Club plays to rave reviews!
The Pendleton Art Center had the pleasure of having the Huntington Harmonica Club perform music at last friday's "First Friday Art Walk". You can check out the pictures here:
Pendleton Art Center featured on WSAZ news!
The segment about the Center ran yesterday on the 6:00 news. You may be able to catch it again today or tomorrow at 6pm if they choose to run it again for First Friday. Below is the transcipt. Big thank you to Steve Eschleman for visiting the center and for doing such a GREAT job!
ASHLAND, Ky. (WSAZ) -- "Art is something you have to do. I love being here, I think it's very inspirational."
Debbie Perkins creates pen and ink drawings and wire jewelry and says the Pendleton is just what local artists ordered. "It's a wonderful concept to have your working studio if you want work in your studio you can, if you want to use it as a gallery space you can. There's a lot of advantages to being here." Debbie says that philosophy of sharing is the key to the Pendleton's success, shared space and ideas. "I came into share a studio with Libby Varner who's a photographer and acrylic painter, and Katie Roberts who's a bead jewelry artist as well as painter herself. In this environment we have 34 artists you get 34 different interpretations of that art or that idea."
The Pendleton Arts Center opened on Winchester Avenue in Ashland in June 2005. The idea was to create an artist co-op with affordable studio space for a wide variety of artistic expressions.
"A lot of the artists are here in the daytime. The artists eat lunch here. So we keep contact with the public that way." Gary Preston runs the Left Bank Cafe, an oasis of sorts inside the Pendleton. "Things are going a lot faster than they had planned. And now phase 3 which was supposed to be in the third year has already started in the basement."
The owner of the Pendleton started the concept in Cincinnati. Artist J Bird Cremeans set up her studio last summer and she also serves at the studio consultant for the center. "What I do is give information on what studio spaces are available, what those prices are and help them out with where to go to get a business license, where to go get insurance."
The Pendleton has slowly expanded in its nearly 3 years. And one monthly event helps keep the creative juices flowing. It's called First Friday and it showcases artists here at the Pendleton and several other galleries on Winchester with exhibits, live music and vendors. "It's like an open house. It's your chance to connect with so many people, that's really our draw for people to come in here and meet artists. They get to to shop around to see what kind of art they like."
The Pendleton is also becoming a learning center as well. Ashland Community and Technical College has a space for classes and many of the individual artists share their knowledge as well. "No class here is over 100 dollars, it's affordable for what you get, and good quality art teachers as well.
In less than 3 years the Pendleton has become a center piece for Ashland's community of artists, and continues its upward trajectory.
First Friday at the Pendleton
Join the artists of the Pendleton Art Center on Friday for First Friday activities, including live music and the unveiling of several new pieces of functional art. The unvieling is at 6pm and will include:
- Works by Melanie Osborne
- a set of chairs by artists: Debbie Perkins, Katie Roberts, and Libby Varner
- Painted clocks and side tables by J.Bird Cremeans
- Several more functional art pieces and funky furniture to check out!
Live music provided by the Huntington Harmonica Club at 7pm. You can visit their site here: http://www.hhcwv.com/
First Friday at the Ann Davis Gallery
First Friday opening for artist Wendy Fosterwelsh’s exhibit titled “Strangers Whose Faces I Know” — recent vibrant and colorful paintings by the ACTC art instructor.
Instructor Bill Meadows and several of his students will work upstairs in the Potter’s Loft.
Hours for First Friday: 5 to 9 p.m.
For more information on Bill Meadows pottery classes, call (304) 654-9948 .
The gallery is at 1516 Winchester Ave. (606) 324-1296.
Hours: Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointment.
Exhibits at the Jesse Stuart Foundation
“Image of Appalachia,” a collection of more than 60 black-and-white photographs of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia from the 1920s and ‘30s is on display.
“The Leming Gallery,” a collection of reminiscences reflected in the work of local artists. Jim Marsh, Steve McClements, Billy Kersey, Buzzy Leming and Carolina Wilson will be on display.
Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
1645 Winchester Ave., Ashland. For more information, call (606) 326-1667 or visit jsfbooks.com.
What to see at the gallery: Art of the Redeemed this First Friday
The gallery, in Suite 206 on the second floor of the Camayo Arcade, 1536 Winchester Ave., Ashland, is home to working artists Gail Kirtz and Rodney Chapman, both of whom work in various media and offer their original art and prints for sale.
Special exhibit — “Toothpick Constructions” by Les Hayes, which include a replica of his home, the Spider Web House, Cracker Barrel restaurants, the old Russell High School, houses, barns, churches and depots.
‰On exhibit — New impressionistic landscapes and seascapes in oil by Kirtz. Also on exhibit are pastels, acrylics and mixed-media works.
‰On exhibit — New contemporary works by Chapman in acrylic and mixed media. He is accepting portrait commissions.
Openings are still available in classes or private lessons in pastel, acrylic and oil.
The studio and gallery are handicapped accessible with an elevator and open by appointment.
For more information, call Kirtz or Chapman at (606) 324-5729 or e-mail prospectpainters@yahoo.com.
The Upstairs Gallery on First Friday
More than 30 of the best artists in the area.
Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Regular gallery and framing hours.
Featured artist is oil painter Gary Zornes of Russell.
First Friday will be from 6 to 9 p.m. and will feature paintings and clothing by Ann Adkins of Ashland.
Demo artist will be Chuck Ball of Ashland doing Sumi-e Ink watercolor.
Guitar music will be provided by Brett Sherman of Coal Grove, Ohio.
The gallery is at 1428 Winchester Ave., Ashland.
For more information, call Barbara at (606) 325-0233 or (304) 633-4401.
Duo of latest directors take the helm at the Highlands
By CARRIE KIRSCHNER
The Independent
ASHLAND — There is new leadership this week at the helm of the Highlands Museum and Discovery Center.
Over the weekend, the museum’s board of director’s announced Debbie Miller, 44, had been selected as the new executive director. Miller has been with the Highlands since February and previously served as the director of development. She replaces former director Nancy Smith who left the museum earlier this year to relocate with her husband. Smith is now the executive director of the Hopewell Museum in Paris. Prior to her position as director of development, Miller worked in the private sector. Miller and her husband, Edward, own the Skyline Chili, which they purchased in 2004, in Russell.
Miller said she was looking to get into non-profit work and joined the staff at the Highlands.
“I wanted something that I could be passionate about — something where I could give back to the community,” she said. “It seems that everyone that walks through the door has some kind of connection to this museum. I thought it was very important to preserve the history of this area, and our region in this museum.”
Miller said she was enjoying her position so much the first few weeks she decided to apply for the executive director’s position when it opened. Joining Miller is Dan Blevins, 34, who began work Monday as the new director of operations. Blevins, an Ashland native, comes to the Highlands after three years with the COSI Columbus. Board of Directors President Carolyn Warnock said both Miller and Blevins are off to smooth starts. Warnock is also the curator of the museum’s vintage clothing collection and volunteers at the facility three days a week.
“They are learning new things every day but take it all in stride,” she said. “There are a lot of exciting things coming up and they (Miller and Blevins) are already tossing around new ideas, so the board is very encouraged.”
“One thing about our museum is, because we have such a small staff, there is a job description but every day a new adventure can happen that never was on the job description,” she said.
Warnock said Miller brings her strong business experience and public relations skills to the position while Blevins will bring his experience at a larger museum to the Highlands. “That is what is exciting about new people. They have new and different ways to look at how things are done,” Warnock said.
Miller said for now she is focused on completing projects the museum already has in progress such as renovations of its exhibit areas. Blevins said his top priority is to get the museum’s volunteer program growing.
CARRIE KIRSCHNER can be reached at ckirschner@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2653.
Higlands Museum and Discovery Center
The Upstairs Gallery hosts the "The 3rd Annual Spring Art Show-2008"
Location: Prudential/Thoroughbred Agency office, 1430 Winchester Avenue, Ashland, KY 41101. Located directly across from The Ashland Plaza Hotel & next to 5/3 Bank. All 2-D Fine Art will be hung in the lobby and hallways of the Prudential/ Thoroughbred Agency office.
Questions: Call Barbara Delligatti at 606-325-0233, 304-633-4401 or barbiedell53@hotmail.com
Dates: Receiving-Saturday April 19, 2008 from 10:00 am -12:00 pm or Sunday April 20, 2008 from 12:00 pm-2:00 pm.
Closed Jury Date is Sunday April 20, 2008 after receiving time.
Opening Reception is May 2, 2008 on “First Friday Art Walk” 6:00 pm-9:00 pm.
Awards given out at 7:00pm.
Pick up- Friday May 30, 2008 from 11:00 am-5:00 pm.
Juror: Clarence (Chuck) Ball of Ashland, KY. Chuck graduated from Marshall University in 2002 with a BFA with a major in painting and a minor in Japanes Language, as well as a year long study abroad program at Kansai Gaidai University Osaka Japan where he completed a Certificate of Asian Studies with focused studies in language, culture, Sumi-e, & Art history. All fine art will be judged on impact, creativity, composition, technique, style, harmony, unity, and color balance. Each piece will be judged individually on its own merit.
Eligibility: Must be 18 years old to enter. All fine art must be framed with wire for hanging, no saw tooth hangers. All work must be original work from the submitting artists completed in years 2007 or 2008, with no classroom work accepted. The theme is open, but no nudes permitted due to family viewing. The size limit can be no larger than 18” x 24” or 432 square inches. Cover your name on front of your work w/paper and removable tape. Write the title of art work on that front paper for judging purposes. (This paper will be removed after the jury session).
Entry Fee: $20.00 for up to 3 pieces of work. All works must be for sale.
Awards: Best of Show, First Place, Second Place, and several Merit Awards.. All works are hung for the duration of the show as well as any purchases made. The Upstairs Gallery retains 20% on any sold Fine Art.
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Liability: All Fine Art pieces will be handled with care; however The Upstairs Gallery and or Prudential/Thoroughbred Agency will not be responsible for ANY damages to personal property or injury of any kind whatsoever.
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Visions from Scotland
Exhibit sets tone for 1st Friday events
By LEE WARD / THE INDEPENDENT
ASHLAND — A change of scenery often inspires artists to create.
Pendleton artist Libby Varner will share the fruits of her trip to Scotland with an exhibit during this month’s First Friday and Second Look Saturday events. Varner, 30, of Ashland, and her husband spent a week in Scotland, visiting Edinburgh, Lock Ness and the lesser-known town of Dunkeld, where she took more than 900 photographs. “Some of them were black and whites, some are just pictures and some are with altered color,” she said of the collection. Fifteen to 20 of her pieces will be on display at the Pendleton this month.
Varner’s subject matter focuses on architecture and icons in cemeteries and those are among the topics in this exhibit. She also has some landscapes from Edinburgh, a town that’s about 1,000 years old. But the artist said she doesn’t have a specific theme to the exhibit other than they were all taken during her Scotland trip. “They are just things that inspire me,” she said.
Photograph by the Daily Independent.
Their trip to Scotland wasn’t motivated by geneaology. She said she’s not Scottish but has an interest in the country. “I have always been fascinated by Scotland and its history,” she said. One place that caught her attention sheerly because of its longevity was a 350-year-old pub called in Edinburgh The World’s End. Part of the pub’s foundation is a wall built in 1513 in a vain effort to protect the after many members of the nobility were killed at the Battle of Flodden. “I was amazed that one bar was older than our established government,” she said.
The weather in Scotland presented challenges to the photographer. She said the sky usually appeared white in the photographs because it was overcast. “There weren’t a lot of clear, sunny days,” she said. “It pushed my limit of editing and forced me to do things differently and try a little harder. It pushed my ability and I learned a lot from it.” She altered the color on some of the photographs to create different effects. “If I like the composition but something was wrong like it was a little out of focus or the color was wrong and couldn’t be fixed, I would alter the color if it would work on that photo,” she said. Altering color can’t and shouldn’t be done on just any photograph, she said, adding the technique is used to emphasize the feel of a place in conjunction with compensating for an aspect of anotherwise good piece that has a simple flaw.
In addition to Varner’s works on display, First Friday will include Scottish music as well as Celtic-themed works by other artists.
Kids Art Workshops at the Pendleton
The Kentucky Creative Arts Club is looking for new members!
The Kentucky Creative Arts Club held their 22nd annual Greenbo Arts Festival 2008 on Feb 15th and 16th 2008 at Greenbo State Park . Saturday was a beautiful sunny day and they had a very successful show. They had 65 artists with 251 pieces of various art styles. Thomas J Whitiker served as the judge and was very impressed with all the entries.
The Kentucky Creative Arts club was established in 1959 and has several art shows a year including Art in the Park in September and Founders Day in August. We are currently looking for sponsors for our next two events, if you would like to donate a door prize, financial donation or purchase a painting from a show, please contact Carla Ball at the info below.
The club is looking for new members to join us in our love of art and keeping fine art alive and thriving in the Tri-State Area. If you would like to learn more on how to become a member, please contact Carla Ball at 606-615-4124 or email her at ckball @earthlink.net.
Grand Opening of the Hands of Clay classroom and working studio
You CAN Draw!
Wish you could draw but doubt you'l ever learn? Based on the book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, this class is designed to give you the skill and confidence in drwaing you've always wanted. The class is open to all ages and drawing levels. Partiipants will recive weekly assignments and e asked to keep a sketchbook diary By the end of class, they will "before and after" drawings that will let them see how much they have learned. Instructor J.Bird Cremeans is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh with a degree in computer animation. She has a studio at the Pendleton Art Center and also teaches classes for Marshall University.
- Class fee is $45.00 plus cost of materials
- A materials list will be available when registering for class.
- Classes meet on Mondays, March 10th-31st
- 6:00-7:70 pm at the Pendleton Art Center
To enroll: 606-326-2072
First Friday is this Friday!
March's First Friday has plenty to offer for everyone! Here's a list of what's going on!
- New watercolor classes forming with Janet Lester and Sylvia Jackson as instructors on Monday evenings, 6:30 to 8:30 at the Pendleton Art Center. For more information, call Janet-606 928 8965 or Sylvia-606 928 0257.
- Sylvia Jackson is an Artist of the Month for March at the Pendleton Art Gallery at Newport on the Levee.
"Revival" by Sylvia Jackson. More of her work can be seen in studio102 at the Pendleton.
- Pendleton artist Jeff Ball is converting his entire studio to “color” for the first time. "I will still have some black and white, but the gray side of the studio will now be in color. This will be a more complete presentation of my portfolio." To see more of Jeff's work please visit his website: www.earthandskyphoto.com Jeff's Blog - see what's new: www.earthandskyphoto.blogspot.com
- Katie Roberts has just completed a lampwork class and hopes to have original glass beads in time for First Friday! Be sure an check out her jewelry in studio 109/111.
- Melanie Osborne will have 2 all new Impressionistic Horse race paintings at the Pendelton Art Center in studio 106/108. Check out more of her work here:
- J.Bird Cremeans will begin offering classes for kids starting March 8th. Info for the classes can be found here: http://www.freewebs.com/jaybirdistheword/classestutoring.htm
Preschoolers celebrate spring with art workshops at the Highlands Museum & Discovery Center
- March 5 Follow the Bear Tracks
- March 12, Spring Flyers: Kites & Windsocks
- March 19, Easter Eggstravaganza
- March 26, Batik a Butterfly
- April 9: Clay from the Kitchen
- April 16, Stamp a Banner & Start a Parade
- April Ladybug Games
- April 30: Electric Eels and Pirate Tales
Highlands Museum & Discovery Center welcomes Interim Director.
"Life is a Puzzle" opening reception in ACTC's studio at the Pendleton March 7th.
Display of outstanding high school artists from area high schools.
The puzzle piece project will also be on display. This project is the work of area elementary students and some local community leaders. Each student or community leader created a puzzle piece to represent them. The puzzle pieces were then put together to create a large puzzle to represent the community and how when we work together we can accomplish great things.
Coloring their world
This is a re-print from February 4th from the Daily Independent newspaper
Mike James/The Independent
Ashland — Second Saturday at the Pendleton Art Center could have been called Kids’ Saturday, judging by the number of children scampering around the galleries and trying their hands at art projects. Lukah Sharp, for instance, was stringing colored beads onto a leather thong, making a necklace. To Lukah, a day at the Pendleton is a day of possibilities. “You can be creative and make whatever you want,” the 6-year-old said. Hannah Holbrook is also 6 and she too was engrossed in a jewelry project; she was in for a visit to her grandparents from her home in North Carolina and made them promise to take her to the gallery. “I love art and I thought this would be a nice place to come,” she said. Cassie Smith, 10, was sitting as still as she could on a stool while artist J. Bird Cremeans drew her caricature. Cassie loves art as much as the other children and her idea of fun is to spend not only Second Saturday at the Pendleton but First Friday too.
The influx of children was for a Kids’ Day open house, said Cremeans, between strokes with her crayons. Some of the artists had concluded that since most of the classes at the gallery were geared to adults, a special effort was in order to bring in more children. The open house had a valentine theme. Among the kid-friendly projects were valentines and goody bags to decorate and carry their finished art pieces. The open house had a built-in bonus for parents. While their children were occupied with projects, parents were more or less free to wander around the galleries. Since Second Saturday is a day when most artists are on hand, it made for an opportunity to get acquainted with them, view some art and perhaps make a purchase or two.
Saturday’s open house was the first in what the gallery hopes will be a continuing series, Cremeans said. Other events for children are set for Easter, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
MIKE JAMES can be reached at mjames@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2652.
Art Classes for Beginners
- Ages 14 and up
- Starting Tuesdays
- Childrens acrylic painting classes. 5 classes for $ 85 Ages 10 to 13
- Call Cathie for info on dates and supply list. (304) 617-7361 or (304) 697-0514
Apollo Night opens at the Paramount
Kids Day a success!!
Whew! What a 2nd Look Saturday! THANK YOU to all of the kids and parents who came to enjoy the first ever "Kids Day" at the Pendleton Art Center!
"By far the most successful 2nd Look Saturday I have ever seen with regards to traffic and energy."-Jeff Ball, Pendleton Artist.
Kids Day pictures:
Check back soon for more pictures of Kids Day!
Be sure and keep an eye out for the Kids Day bulletin board at the Pendleton highlighting this event!
Check the Daily Independent newspaper this week for a story on Kids Day!
Music adds to atmosphere at the Pendleton
Jason Chapman led the Russell High School Chamber Ensemble this past First Friday at the Pendleton to rave reviews from visitors! Many artists could be seen standing outside their studios to get a better look and hear the music coming from this awesome group. Pendleton Artist Holly Tatterson was also apart of the ensemble playing the cello. Click on the picture below to see more:
Danny Craig is Artist of the Month at the Pendleton Art Center
Craig has hand in many creative projects... read more about him from the Daily Independent below:
Modest about his art
Ashland — Ashland Main Street’s executive director has a studio in the Pendleton Art Center, but he doesn’t consider himself an artist.
“These guys are real artists,” Danny Craig said of his neighbors at the center. “They are all seriously talented artists of all ilks and they’ve worked at it for years and years.” In his Pendleton studio, his watercolor portraits and Civil War scenes share wall space with the works of partner Angy Hall and the work of his 14-year-old daughter, who Craig said has sold more paintings than he has. Little training has gone into Craig’s art. Although his mother was a creative person, he said, she was a writer and poet. Still, Craig credits her for his creativity. “My mother was an artistic person,” he said. “She was the greatest influence on my life.”
Craig became interested in painting after being associated with another artistic family. He was married to Drema Tolle, a well-known painter in the area, and became fascinated with art. After sketching for just two weeks, he found a photo of John F. Kennedy and decided to try it. The portrait “looked just like him,” Craig said. He had offers to buy it and finally did sell it. Eventually, Craig took a five-week course at Ashland Community and Technical College, but the subject matter wasn’t what he was interested in. He wanted to learn more about portrait drawing. Even though most artists say people make the most difficult subjects, Craig said portraits are the only thing he can paint. “Drawing people just made sense to me,” he said. “I always wanted to draw people and always had an idea how to do it. A lot of people have gifts. It’s just a gift from God.”
LEE WARD / THE INDEPENDENT/
Craig’s creativity surfaces in music, too. He said he has written many of the most recognizable jingles heard in local television commercials and has performed some of them. He’s trying to reach a larger market with his new Web site: dannycraigproductions.com. He compares writing a jingle to painting a picture. “You have to have a hook for the jingle. You’re trying to tell a story in a short amount of time,” he said. “When you do a painting, instead of an amount of time, you have an amount of space, which is the canvas. But you want your painting to tell a story, too.” For years, he performed gospel music and has sung with Nashville recording artist and Ashland native Julie Reeves, with whom he is launching a new contemporary Christian group called God’s Child. Craig also expresses his love of art and his creative side through his job at Main Street. He said Main Street and others worked hard to bring the Pendleton Art Center to Ashland. “I was so interested in the Pendleton because I loved art and wanted to develop the arts in Ashland,” he said, adding many in key positions in town were of the same mind. “We just kind of drove it here.”
Among those who helped bring the center here was Clear Channel, which gave a grant of $15,000 to Main Street to lease the building and pay some utility bills. “I believe in it,” Craig said, adding he believes it has become a vital part of downtown Ashland. “If it went away now, a lot of people would miss it.” As a place for an artist, Craig said it’s great. “I love being there,” he said. “It’s a great environment.”
LEE WARD can be reached at lward@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2661.
War-inspired Art
ASHLAND — An exhibit of war-inspired artwork by Lexington artist Erica Meuser opens at the Ann Davis Gallery during First Friday.
The stop in Ashland is part of a statewide tour. The show, “In America’s Wake,” has been seen in Mount Sterling, Paducah, Danville and Winchester. Meuser, the mother of two sons and a mostly self-taught artist, returned to school in 2001 to finish a business and interior design degree. During her studies at the University of Kentucky, she also earned her bachelor of fine arts and learned printmaking. Being on a college campus during the terrorist attacks of 2001 had a jolting effect on Meuser, who lived near Kent State University during the 1970 shooting of four students during a protest of the Vietnam War. “I became more deeply committed to art,” Meuser said. “And I became aware of how important art is, especially during war time.”
LEE WARD / THE INDEPENDENT /
Most of the images in the show are monotypes with charcoal. Meuser said she paints on aluminum plates, makes prints and goes over them with charcoal. Also among the pieces are a few block ink, or printer’s ink, paintings. All the subjects are mothers and children and explore their relationships, especially in light of war.“The works started in response to the Iraqi War,” she said. “It is a visual protest. I am upset we would have another war, that there would be any war. The nature of the work originates with me being a mother and an artist and my reaction to the world around me.” She said the images tell the story of trying to end war and that there is no need for another war.
The artist received a grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women in 2005 to allow for the tour. She said she hopes to keep the show on the road until the war ends and said she enjoys taking the exhibit throughout the state and “getting to know my own fellow Kentuckians around me.”
The show will continue at the Ann Davis Gallery through April.
LEE WARD can be reached at lward@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2661.
Kid's Day Open House is this Saturday!
Pendleton Art center is having a special "Kids Day" open house on Second Look Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, from 2-6pm. Children, 6-12 years old, can enjoy making Valentine-related art while parents shop the studios at Pendleton Art Center.
J. Bird Cremeans, who has a studio at Pendleton and is the coordinator of the event, says, "The artists at Pendleton really want to involve children in the art process. We felt the best way to do that is to have a day when they can come to Pendleton, be creative, and make Valentines and things related to Valentine's Day. It's a win-win situation for parents because they can expose their children to beautiful, original art and let them create their own art. While the kids create, the parents can shop Pendleton and find art for themselves."
J.Bird will taking pictures on Saturday at Kid's Day nd will be posting pictures on her smugmug acccount at jbirdistheword.smugmug.com
Paintings by Brian and Samantha Eckard<
This exhibit is given by the Ashland Community and Technical College at the Pendleton Art Center in studio B-01 and opens up this First Friday.
Opening Reception: February 1st 5-9pm
Brian grew up in Hickory, NC where he briefly attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte before moving to Ashland in 2000, where he now attends ACTC and he is currently pursuing an associate’s degree in Information Technology. He intends to pursue a career in a computer related field, preferably web page development, or as a programmer. However, he also aspires to make a profession as either a musician or artist if his talents will allow.
Samantha is from Ashland pursuing a degree in Elementary Education. As well as being an American educator she also wants to make a difference in education in the rest of the world. It is her goal to go to Ethiopia to train educators with the Ethiopia Reads organization. She is most passionate about human rights, children's rights, education, art, peace and the environment. What she loves the most in life are her two sons who inspire her to want to change the world.
Celebrate President's Day with the help of the Jesse Stuart Foundation on Winchester Ave.
On February 19, Americans celebrate "President’s Day" and I recommend that you read "Our Country’s Presidents" published by the National Geographic Society. In-depth text and historic images combine to make this volume the definitive family reference guide to the fascinating lives of the Presidents of the United States.
In this full-color, oversized, hardcover book, you’ll find Presidential profiles, from George Washington to George W. Bush. Each biographical sketch also contains a full color official portrait, a Presidential signature, fact boxes for reference, and famous quotes from the President’s speeches and writings.The men who have led this nation are presented in an authoritative, readable, and lavishly illustrated reference guide. In addition to biographies, the book contains more than 300 illustrations—from period artwork to stunning photography. I was also impressed by ten thematic photo spreads that cover everything from children in the White House to "First Ladies: Partners, Hostesses, and Crusaders." Another great essay is "Presidents Who Died In Office: The Mysterious Twenty-Year Curse."
It’s a very big job: President of the United States. Forty-two men have taken up the responsibilities of the Presidency as the nation has grown from its colonial infancy into a modern superpower. They’ve faithfully executed the duties of the President—waged war, signed treaties, addressed Congress, and established government offices. But their impact goes far beyond the bounds of their job description. Each President has left his mark on the history of the United States and on the lives of the American people. "Our Country’s Presidents" is packed with information about America’s leaders. Find out why George Washington gave up his life as a Virginia planter to lead a nation, and why John Tyler was nicknamed "His Accidency." Follow the Presidents through wars, depressions, civil rights movements, and the space race. Romp with the Garfield children in a White House pillow fight and mourn with the nation over John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
An excellent companion volume is another National Geographic book, "The Making of America: The History of the United States from 1492 to the Present" by Historian Robert D. Johnston. First Lady Laura Bush wrote the Foreword. These books will be of interest to both children and adults. They’ll spark lots of dinner table conversation and impromptu trivia games. I know your children and grandchildren want to have fun, but learning can be a part of their fun.
These two books, and thousands more, are available at the Jesse Stuart Foundation Bookstore, 1645 Winchester Avenue, in downtown Ashland. Stop by and we’ll help you pick books that are age appropriate and interesting.
Good books make good readers!
For more information, call (606) 326-1667 or visit our website: JSFBOOKS.COM.
Pendleton Artist debuting new art!
Jeff Ball will be debuting a new 40x30" Paramount on canvas print this week. Jeff plans on putting this wonderful print up for auction during th Bellefonte Country Club auction which will take place in February. (Stay tuned to First Friday News for upcoming details)
Check out more of Jeff's art at his website and blog!
Jeff Ball will also be holding an inventory reduction sale on select inventory on 2nd Look Saturday from 2pm-6pm.
Ashland Artist Returns Following Travels West
After a year of travel to the glorious Grand Canyon and America's West, artist and jewelry designer Debbie Perkins, of Ashland, Kentucky, returns to Pendleton Art Center with fresh designs just in time for February's First Friday Art Walk and Valentine’s Day! She will be sharing studio space with Painter/Photographer Libby Varner and Painter/Jeweler Katie Roberts in Studio 109.
Come in from the cold, and warm to the art at Pendleton Art Center!
It’s time for February’s First Friday.
This month is hot at Pendleton. Jeff Ball has had great success with his photographs of the Paramount Arts Center. Now he is taking it one step further. You have to see his panoramic view of the Art Deco auditorium of the Paramount. It’s perfect for your home or office.
After a month filled with commission work for Christmas, Melanie Osborne is taking a vacation without leaving Pendleton. She is traveling away from her regular art to experiment with some new abstract visions of horses. If you’re a derby fan or just like horses, you’ll want to jockey for position to own one of her exciting new oil paintings.
Libby Varner is known for her artistic photos depicting Ashland. Now you can get a sneak peak of Libby’s outstanding new photography exhibit,
coming in March. She is bringing the misty moors of Scotland into the front gallery of Pendleton.
These are just a few of the exciting new pieces you’ll see this First Friday. Join us at Pendleton Art Center from 5pm to 9pm. See art come
to life at 1537 Winchester Avenue in Ashland.
First Friday at the Upstair's Gallery
First Friday February 1st 2008
At
The Upstairs Gallery
6:00pm-9:00pm
1428 Winchester Avenue Ashland, KY
606-325-0233 304-633-4401
Regular Gallery and framing hours Monday-Friday 11am-5pm The Upstairs Gallery is proud to present “G A R Y Z O R N E S” Of Russell , Kentucky With his Fabulous OILS February’s Featured Artist “V I O L I N M U S I C” Featuring Jessica Frisby Accompanied with Kaitlin Shuster Rebecca Aegenza Luke Lewis All of these talented musicians attend Russell High School .
Acrylic Classes for Beginners: - 5 classes for $85
Black History Celebration 2008 Opens First Friday in February
Pendleton Artists get ready to demonstrate their talents at the 22nd annual Greenbo Arts Festival
The Kentucky Creative Arts Club cordially invites you to attend the 22nd annual Greenbo Arts Festival, Friday Feb. 15th and Saturday Feb. 16th, Jesse Stuart Lodge, Greenbo Lake State Resort Park. This year's judge is Thomas J. Whitaker, dubbed "America's greatest Appalachian artist" by Kentucky poet Al Stewart.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY FEB. 15th
3:00PM TO 6:00PM REGISTRATION
6:00PM TO 7:00PM DEMO-BARBARA DELLIGATTI (owner-Upstair's Gallery)-WATERCOLOR
7:00PM TO 9:00PM LIVE MUSIC BY "MOUNTAIN GRASS"
(ANGLER'S COVE BUFFET IS OPEN FROM 5:00PM TO 8:00PM)
SATURDAY FEB. 16TH
9:00AM TO 10:30AM REGISTRATION
10:30AM TO 11:30 AM DEMO-(Pendleton Artist) CATHY VIGOR-TEXTILES
11:45AM TO 12:45PM DEMO-(Pendleton Artist) DEBBIE PERKINS-DRAWIING
Alternate demonstration will be (Pendleton Artist) GARY PRESTON-OIL PAINTING
11:30AM TO 1:30PM-VIEWING AREA WILL BE CLOSED FOR
JUDGING
(ANGLER'S COVE BUFFETT IS OPEN FROM 11:30AM TO 2:00PM)
1:00PM TO 2:00PM DEMO-(Pendleton Artist) B.J. WILDER-HAND BUILT POTTERY
2:30PM TO 3:30 PM-CLOGGING BY "THE WIZARDS OF DANCE"
3:30PM AWARDS CEREMONY
22nd Annual Greenbo Arts Festival
The Kentucky Creative Arts Club cordially invites you to attend the 22nd annual Greenbo Arts Festival, Friday Feb. 15th and Saturday Feb. 16th, Jesse Stuart Lodge, Greenbo Lake State Resort Park. This year's judge is Thomas J. Whitaker, dubbed "America's greatest Appalachian artist" by Kentucky poet Al Stewart.
ENTRY RULES
*Participants must be at least eight years of age
*Entry fee is $15.00
*Enter up to four original works, framed and ready to
hang. (NO saw tooth hangers.) Gallery wrapped pieces
are acceptable.
*Tables will be provided for 3-D works.
*2-D works may be entered in the Professional or the
Non-Professional class.
*3-D pieces will all be entered in one category
*No photographs or crafts will be accepted
*Sale of work will be encouraged with no commission
taken. Be sure to price your work or mark it NFS.
*All work must be suitable for family viewing.
*Artwork must be picked up by 5:30pm on Saturday,
February 16th.
*Work that has previously won any ribbon in the
Greenbo Arts Festival is not eligible.
For additional information:
Greenbo Lake State Resort Park
1-800-PARKS,(606)473-7324
Linda Harbison, GAF chairman (606) 833-2711
AWARDS:
Award of Excellence
Honorable Mention
Merit (cash)
Purchase awards sponsored by local businesses
Door prizes
Disclaimer:
While all work will be handled with reasonable care,
KCAC and the Arts Festival Board of Greenbo State Lake Resort
are not responsible for any damage.
Learn about The Underground Railroad at the Jesse Stuart Foundation
Since February is Black History Month, the Jesse Stuart Foundation has prepared a special display of books that relate to the Underground Railroad. Before the Civil War, the Underground Railroad was a network of hundreds of safe houses throughout the North and South that served as hiding places on the road to freedom for tens of thousands of runaway slaves who risked their lives in a long, hazardous journey, often on foot, that frequently stretched more than one thousand miles. It is the tale, too, of perseverance, bravery, and humanity in which thousands of whites risked social scorn, business setbacks, arrests, fines, prison, and even death to lend the fugitives a helping hand. Because of its secretive nature, there were no records of the "conductors" on the Underground Railroad nor was there a list of the "depots." No one really knew (or knows) how extensive it was. The Underground Railroad became legendary when the war ended and newspapers and magazines reported its success in glowing detail. Some claimed that over one million slaves escaped to freedom on the Underground Railroad, but today’s scholars think the actual numbers were between 40,000 and 100,000. Runaways risked everything. Mothers urged their sons to flee, never to see them again. Parents sent their children off with friends, knowing it was the last time they would embrace. Sometimes entire families traveled North together. Runaways lived in fear. They traveled mainly at night, stumbling through rock-filled creeks, trying to navigate their way through meadows, thickets, and forests, hiding every time they heard the sound of horses’ hooves or carriage wheels on darkened roads. They slept little as they moved from home to home, barn to barn, church to church. The northerners who assisted them devised inventive hideaways for the fugitives. One abolitionist, whose home was built near the Ohio River, dug an underground tunnel from the basement of his house to the riverbank so that slaves could flee unobserved if slavecatchers arrived. Many homes in Kentucky and Ohio contained secret rooms to hide escaped slaves.
The Underground Railroad eventually had over five hundred safe houses. For many years, the story of the Underground Railroad gradually faded from public memory, but during the last few years historical, ethnic, and civic organizations have given it new life. Today, many of the original sites have been restored and are open to individuals and tour groups, as a new generation of people are heartened by the triumphant story of blacks and whites who worked together for freedom so long ago.Some of the Underground Railroad sites are within easy driving of the Ashland area, including the National Underground Railroad Museum in Maysville and several homes in Southern Ohio. For more information, our bookstore contains a visitor’s guide to more than 300 sites.
If you’re interested in reading more about this fascinating part of our national and regional experience, the Jesse Stuart Foundation Bookstore, located at 1645 Winchester Avenue in downtown Ashland, has a number of books for adults and children that focus on the Underground Railroad.
For more information, call (606) 326-1667.
Ashland Businesses Join Forces With Art Community
Ashland -- Home Federal Savings & Loan is creating a uniquely Ashland feel for its newly built headquarters at 1500 Carter Avenue. Home Federal will offer financial services surrounded by a showcase of Ashland art. Mary Johnson, owner of Aladdin’s Art Gallery, is decorating Home Federal so that you can enjoy beautiful scenes of Ashland everywhere you look. As you do your banking, you’ll see photographs of Ashland’s signature locations like the Paramount Arts Center, Central Park and the newly painted bridges on the Ohio River.
Pendleton Art Center photographers are behind all the artwork. You’ll find works from Libby Varner, Ron Burgess, and Jeff Ball. You can see more of their work in Pendleton at 1537 Winchester Avenue on the first Friday of every month from 5pm to 9pm. It’s part of Ashland’s First Friday Art Walk.
Darryl Akers, President of Home Federal says, “Since we’re a hometown bank, we wanted to show off the beauty of our hometown. What better way than to use local scenes.“Mary Johnson of Aladdin’s Art Gallery says, “Framing the beauty of the city has been incredibly rewarding. I’m also excited to utilize the talents found at Pendleton Art Center. Each of these photographers brings a different perspective while capturing the essence of Ashland.“
You can see the combined efforts of Home Federal, Aladdin’s Art Gallery, and the local art community during a special open house for Ashland Alliance members. It’s Thursday, January 24, 2008. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new building at 5:30pm.
Contact: Aladdin’s Art Gallery
Mary Johnson
606-325-2597
Corner of Lexington and 13th St.
Black History Celebration 2008 Opens First Friday in February
"Celebrate Freedom" is theme for Black History Celebration 2008
Heart of the Highlands Casino Cruise
Acrylic Classes for Beginners: Holiday Special - 5 classes for $85
First Friday at the Art of the Redeemed studio and gallery
The gallery, in Suite 206 on the second floor of the Camayo Arcade, 1536 Winchester Ave., Ashland, is home to working artists Gail Kirtz and Rodney Chapman, both of whom work in various media and offer their original art and prints for sale.
Special exhibit — “Toothpick Constructions” by Les Hayes, which include a replica of his home, the Spider Web House, Cracker Barrel restaurants, the old Russell High School, houses, barns, churches and depots.
— New impressionistic landscapes and seascapes in oil by Kirtz. Also on exhibit are pastels, acrylics and mixed-media works.
— New contemporary works by Chapman in acrylic and mixed media. He is accepting portrait commissions.
Openings are still available in classes or private lessons in pastel, acrylic and oil.
The studio and gallery are handicapped accessible with an elevator and open by appointment.
For more information, call Kirtz or Chapman at (606) 324-5729 or e-mail prospectpainters@yahoo.com.
First Friday at the Ann Davis Gallery
- Rob McNurlin and his Beatnik Cowboys, plus Paul Callicoat and Sasha Colette, will perform Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
- From the permanent collection of the Kentucky Folk Art Center, select works of Minnie Adkins.
- Paintings by Bill Meadows, pottery by his students and photographs by Mike Rayburn are also on display.
- The Potters Loft will be offering wheelthrown pottery classes. The eight-week classes are offered either Jan. 7 through Jan. 25 or Jan. 8 through Jan 26 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. under the instruction of Bill Meadows. For more information, call (304) 654-9948.
Gallery hours: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointment. Tours welcome. (606) 324-1296, 1516 Winchester Ave., Ashland.
Emotion in Motion pastels and pencil drawings by Tyler Johnson
This exhibit is given by the Ashland Community and Technical College at the Pendleton Art Center in studio B-01 and opens up this First Friday.
January
Opening Reception: January 4th 5-9pm
Emotion in Motion pastels and pencil drawings by Tyler Johnson
Tyler Johnson is from Boyd County and looks forward to attending an art college next year to continue his studies in art. He hopes to one day become a professional artist or designer.
Pendleton artist moves to bigger studio to better meet her clients' needs.
Melanie Osborne will be debuting new artwork!
New Watercolor Classes being offered at the Pendleton
Inventory Clearance Sale at the Pendleton Art Center in Jeff Ball's Studio # 132
Jeff Ball will be promoting, starting this Friday, an inventory reduction sale of at least 50% which Jeff will hold on the Second Look Saturday in February.
"I am timing it in conjunction with the occurrence of many other retailers using the same marketing strategy at that time of year."
Second Look Saturday hours are from 2pm-6pm.
What's going on at the Upstairs Gallery
The Upstairs Gallery will not be opened for First Friday in January.
Barbara Delligatti is still teaching Watercolor classes in Prudential, 1430 Winchester Avenue, downstairs from The Upstairs Gallery on Thursdays from 4:30- 7:00pm. Contact Barbara Delligatti 606-325-0233 The Upstairs Gallery, or 304-633-4401 my cell for more class information.
Below is a new class watercolor painting, completed before Christmas.
Christmas Sale going on at the Pendleton in J.Bird's studio!
Acrylic Classes for Beginners: Holiday Special - 5 classes for $85
Dyeing for one's art
Story was originally published with the Ashland Daily Independent Newspaper by Lee Ward.
ASHLAND — A glance around the studio of fabric artist Cathy Vigor reveals a great deal about the artist.
The colors in her works are bold blues, greens and reds. A variety of colors of fabric on hangers cascades down the wall in a gentle curve. Wall hangings, scarves and jewelry are positioned to work together, directing the eye from one piece to the next. In a community full of traditional quilters and seamstresses, Vigor’s work with fabric is different. “I’m more of a surface designer than a quilter,” she said. “Although I sometimes quilt parts of my works, I don’t follow traditional patterns.” Perhaps that difference helped Vigor earn the honor of being named to the SouthernArtistry, an organization of the arts councils of nine Southern states. Each year, each of those states names about 50 of its artists to the registry, giving them the chance to post their work on the organization’s Web page and giving the artists a new networking opportunity. “I was really surprised,” Vigor said. “I just got this e-mail telling me — I didn’t even know the state council knew I was alive.” Vigor, who holds a master’s degree in art from Morehead State University, developed an interest in fabric art after taking a batik class at the Ashland Area YMCA in the 1970s. “I always liked fabric and I have been sewing since I was very young,” she said. After the batik class, she said she began studying dyeing on her own.
Image taken by Daily Independent.
She is a member of Surface Design Association and several juried organizations, including the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen, the Tri-State Art Association and Kentucky Craft Marketing Program. Her work is in gallery around the state, including her solo exhibit in the Gallery on Main in Richmond. She also had work in the International Festival of Quilts in Houston this year and she won honorable mention in Sacred Threads in Renoldsburg, Ohio, in the fabrics category.
Fabric art can take many directions. Currently, her favorite path is silk paper, properly known as silk fusion. Vigor said she transforms silk fiber with dye and can make a variety of items, from wall hangings to book covers to clothing. Five or six projects are in motion at any time in Vigor’s studio. “There is a certain amount of waiting time for curing or dying before the next step,” she explained. Most of her pieces have multiple layers, as many as 20. She said she keeps meticulous records of those layers and the colors used to produce them so the effect can be duplicated or the colors can be recreated. Beading also is a part of Vigor’s art. She began incorporating beads about five years ago, she said. “Dyeing fabric, you have to do it — you can’t stop,” she said. “Beading, you can pick it up and put it down. You can do it while you watch television. And it’s addictive.”
Vigor is not only a practitioner, she’s a teacher. She offers classes in dyeing, surface design and beading at The Pendleton Arts Center. She also has a studio in her home, where she does projects that require more time and space.
Please visit Cathy Vigor every Frist Friday of the month during Ashland's First Friday Art Walk in studio #133 in the Pendleton Art Center on Winchester Avenue in Ashland, KY.
LEE WARD can be reached at lward@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2661.
To see the work of artists named to SouthernArtistry, visit southernartistry.org. Cathy Vigor can be reached at silkworks@windstream.net.
Pencil Drawings by Brian Ashby and Nate Gudino opening reception this Friday.
This exhibit is given by the Ashland Community and Technical College at the Pendleton Art Center in studio B-01 and opens up this First Friday.
Pencil drawings by Brian Ashby and Nate Gudino
Brian Ashby lives in Ashland KY and is planning a career in the arts as an educator of high school students.
Nate Gudino lives in Fallsburg KY and he occasionally likes to draw and hopes to one day have a job he enjoys.
Update on The Damon and Stella Foundation for Mental Health
Please review the attached information to see the Mission Statement for the Damon and Stella Foundation for Mental Health and mailing information to make a donation. All deductions are tax deductible. If you want to donate a piece of art contact me at 606-615-4124, or email me at ckball@earthlink.net or my website http://home.earthlink.net/~ckball/
Pendleton Artists think outside the Giftbox!
Its that time of year when shoppers are searching for those perfect gifts. "Who doesn't have that person who has everything on their shopping list? It gets harder every year to give them a creative gift. Why not let the artists at the Pendleton Art Center do that for you?" says J.Bird Cremeans, who offers photography services and graphite drawings from photos, specializing in pet portraits.
Artists at the Pendleton Art Center in Ashland KY, are getting ready for Christmas in a spectacular way by offering unique and creative gifts for $50 and under. The Pendleton Art Center on Winchester Ave. will be open for "First Friday Art Walk" on December 7th from 5-9p.m. and the following Saturday from 12-4p.m. Holly Tatterson, a Pendleton artist, is quickly discovering she appeals to customers with shopping lists for their younger relatives and friends. "A woman came in and bought Christmas presents for her daughters for their dorm rooms." Holly will be selling purses and pillows for under $50 in her studio. Mary Johnson, owner of Aladdin's Art Gallery, says, "One of our biggest sellers is the painted ponies. The price is great, $25-$45, and there's something for everyone's taste...from Christmas ponies to Native American-themed to a dog and pony show. There is even a poker pony for all of those Texas Hold-em fans."
Other gifts $50 and under gifts include scenic photographs of the Ashland area by Libby Varner. B.J. Wilder will be selling hand-crafted porcelain angels. Handmade pottery, Christmas ornaments, as well as other pottery gifts that range from $5 to $50 are available by Jennifer Hamilton. Miniature paintings, prints, jewelry, and hand-painted Christmas ornaments are available by Catherine Lambeau. Kim's Crystals has hundreds of gifts of jewelry to choose from. There are plenty more fabulous gifts from artists at the Pendleton that should complete your shopping list.
Pendleton Art Center is open on the first Friday of every month from 5-9p.m. and starting in January will also be open on the following Saturday from 2-6p.m.
Call Aladddin's Art Gallery, the official framer for the Pendleton Art Center, at 606- 325-2597 for more info and directions.
Festival of Trees Winners Announced
Provided by the Ashland Daily Independet Newspaper — More than 80 trees of all sizes, a 54-foot train and holiday home decor are on display through Sunday at the Festival of Trees and Trains at the Paramount Arts Center. Many of the trees are still up for bid. Winning bidders receive their selected tree fully decorated, wrapped and delivered to their homes. Trees vary from traditional to whimsical.
Winners have been announced for this year’s entries. They are:
School trees
Primary
First place — Lakeway Learning School, preschool; second place — Russell Primary second grade; third place — Wurtland and McKell elementaries first through third grades; honorable mention — McKell Elementary first grade.
Middle
First place — Crabbe Elementary first through sixth grades; second place — Cannonsburg Elementary Gifted and Talented and PE classes; third place — Hatcher Elementary sixth grade; honorable mention — Oakview Elementary Art Club fifth and sixth grades.
Intermediate
First place — Hatcher Elementary fourth grade; second place — Fairview Elementary fourth grade; third place — Hatcher Elementary fourth grade; honorable mention — Wurtland Elementary fifth grade.
High School
First place — Paul G. Blazer High School theater arts; second place —Fairview High School; third place — Russell High School ATC-FBLA; honorable mention —Christian Home Education Fellowship Preschool 12th grade.
Miniature trees
First place — “Second Hand Snowman,” sponsored by Second Hand Rose; designers Mary Ruggles and Judy Griffith.
Second place — “I’ll Be Home For Christmas Tea,” sponsored by Ken C. Smith Appraisals; designer Ginny Smith.
Third place — “Polar Block Party,” sponsored by Lia Sophia; designer Macon Warnock.
Honorable mention — “They’re Off,” sponsored by People’s Bank; designer Paula Hobbs.
Big Trees
Professional
First place — “A Kincade Christmas,” sponsored by American Electric Power; designer Fields Flower Shop.
Second place — “On the Rainbow Highway, Above the Chimney Tops, That’s Where You’ll Find Me,” sponsored by Michael Curtis Legal Services; designers Gary Coon, Barb Curtis, Phyllis Luquer, Dan Coleman and Jean Ann Zwick.
Third place — “A Holy Night Of Angelic Lights,” sponsored by Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital; designers Leighann Heineman and Kay Lambert.
Honorable mention — “Delivering Dreams Around The World,” sponsored by By Design Floral and Bridal; designer Rhonda Ballengee.
Community
First place and best of show — “Jesus, Light of the World,” sponsored by King’s Way Church; designers Debra Fannin and Kim Brunty.
Second place — “Dreaming Of A White Christmas,” sponsored by Tri-State Radiology; designer Cortnie Kirk.
Third place — “We Light Up Your Life With Smiles And Wonder,” sponsored by the Center for Cultural Interchange; designers Carla Holt and international students.
Honorable mention — “How We Spent Our Summer Vacation,” sponsored by England Hill Self Storage; designers Shannon Baldwin and Michelle Leake.
Gingerbread Houses
Professional
First place — “House Of Prayer At Christmas,” Bellefonte Country Club.
Second place — “The Timbit House,” Tim Hortons, Winchester Avenue.
Third place — “Horton’s Fun House,” Tim Hortons, 13th Street.
Amateur
First place — “Jesus, Light of the World,” The Kress Family.
Second place — “Saving Blessings,” Dawson-Bryant High School.
Third place — ”Barnyard Christmas,” Paul G. Blazer High School.
Honorable mention — “Underwater Christmas,” Dawson-Bryant High School.
Home Décor
Door Decor
First place: The Welcome Of Christmas “The Sequin Way,” sponsored by Cozy Crafts and Flowers by Lana; designers Lana Wilson and Tammy Moore.
Second place: “You Toadally Light Up My Life,” sponsored and designed by Deidra H. Patton and Debbie Cole.
Third place: “I Am the Light of the World … John 8:12,” sponsored by Unity Baptist Church; designers Debbie Cole and Deidra Patton.
Honorable mention: “Cheers to the Holiday,” sponsored by The Copy Collection; designer Brooke Elswick.
Mantelpieces
First place and Best of Show: Sponsored by Bradford Holiday Traditions; designer Debbie Miller.
Second place: “The Light Of Christmas,“ sponsored by Dunnigan & Collins, PSC; designer Charlotte Dunnigan
Third place: “Christmas In the Woods,” sponsored by Treasures from the Valley and Sunshine Baskets; designers Valerie Freeman and Angela Malone.
Centerpieces
First place: “Santa’s Village,” sponsored by: Treasures from the Valley and Sunshine Baskets.
Second place: “Jesus, Light of The Way,” sponsored by: Kings Way Church; Designers Debra Fannin and Linda Leslie.
Third place: Sponsored by: Kings Way Church; designers Debra Fannin and Linda Leslie.
Honorable mention: “The Light of Christmas,” sponsored and designed by Madge Bullington.
What's "Up" at the Upstairs Gallery in Ashland KY for December
Please join us for a memorable evening of beautiful art, gifts, and music! (Over 30 artists and 3 new artists.)
- December's feature Artist is Deborah Berry. The opening reception will be during First Friday Art Walk December 7th, 6:00 - 9:00 pm.
- Music will be provided by Ann Adkins: Violinist and Artist in the Upstairs Gallery.
- Lay away plan--year round
"Happy Holidays"
10% off sale - the month of December until Christmas
Holiday Hours are 11-5 Tues-Fri, 11-3 Saturday
Festival of Trees at the Paramount Art Center
Mike James of the Daily Independent, ASHLAND — First-time visitors to the Paramount Arts Center can be overwhelmed by its ornate murals, chandeliers and Art Deco decor. So imagine the reaction of Louisa resident Tina Ramey when she stepped into the auditorium for the first time ever, on the opening day of the annual Festival of Trees and Trains. “The first thing I saw was the colors,” said Ramey, who brought her 7-year-old daughter Jessica to the festival. “It’s just breathtaking.” Ramey and her daughter wanted especially to see the Wizard of Oz tree — they’re both big fans and Jessica has her own ruby slippers — but Ramey was taken by the summer-vacation-themed tree, trimmed with old Brownie cameras, Viewmaster discs and kitschy ’60s era playthings. “This tree brings tears to my eyes,” she said. “I see so much of that in me.”
With the variety of themes, it would be surprising if anyone didn’t see a tree to move them. There are 22 full-sized trees, 30 trees submitted by area schools and 40 miniature trees, plus wreaths. The 54-foot train layout is in the large G-scale size used for garden railways and includes numerous buildings and a pond with animated skaters in addition to multiple trains running simultaneously. There are toy trees, snowflake trees, a revolving mini-tree with Santa perched on a Harley underneath. A northwoods tree includes a river running alongside. “I would never have thought of decorating trees like this,” said Margie Smith gesturing around the sparkling auditorium. Smith came in from Elliott County with her husband Johnny, sons Cody, 5, and Shannon, 3, daughter Hailey, 2 and nephew Wyatt Hobbs, 11.
Wyatt’s favorite was the tree with the beach theme, complete with a pink flamingo. “I used to live in Florida,” he explained. Then there were the trains. The trains add a certain vitality, said long-time train enthusiast Don Maxwell. “Static displays don’t get as much attention as things that are moving,” he said. “There’s a big difference when people can interact.” “The trains add a lot because of the tradition of trains under the tree,” said Scott Roseberry of Grayson. It was Roseberry’s first visit to the festival. In previous years he’d always been working and couldn’t find the time, he said. Roseberry made the time Saturday and came with his wife Becky and children Tyler, 7, and Natalie, 10. “We come every year,” Becky Roseberry said. “I’ve been coming since I was a little girl and my mother brought me.”
The festival runs through Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, noon to 9 p.m. Sunday and 4 to10 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. Admission is $6 per adult, $4 for those 55 years and older and children 4 to 12. Children 3 and under get in free.
Tuesday, the day of the Ashland Christmas parade, is family day; the entire family may see the trees and trains for $10.
Late night admission, from 8 to 9 p.m. daily, is $10 per carload of up to seven people or $20 per vanload of up to 15.
View the Slide Show with photographs by John Flavell - Daily Independent.