Pictures of an exhibition

            And now, the post you have all been waiting for... pictures of the show! This post is all about my work, and the next one will be all about the work of others in the exhibition. Enjoy!
            The view through the doorway: The Meeting House Gallery has two rooms that are connected to each other, one large and one small. My display is in the smaller room, but you can see it through the door.

            The view through the window-shelf: The wall between the rooms in the gallery has two windows with shelves that objects can be placed on. For this exhibition only one of them was used, and I had fun peering through it at my display.

            The next images were taken on Wednesday, before the opening, so the other sculptures in the room were not in their final positions. This is the view as you enter the room:

            And as you walk around the piece:

            A closer look:

            You might have noticed a white tag in the pictures of the stump. That is the tag for the label information so that the gallery knows what the title of the piece is and how to spell my name. I was silly and forgot to remove it for the picture - it wasn't there in the actual show, however. The real label is mounted on the pillar and looks much nicer.
            Thanks for looking!

Sculpture on the Green reception

            The opening reception of Sculpture on the Green at the Meeting House Gallery was on Friday night. There were lots and lots of people; thank you everyone for coming! It was exciting to see so many people interested in the show. If you are one of the people who weren't able to come to the reception, the show is still open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11 - 4, until July 8th. I won't be there, but my art will!
            I also enjoyed meeting other sculptors. My work is the only piece using clay in the show; everything else was metal, wood, found objects, etc. I love to see art made with other media, because I feel that the different techniques used and the qualities of various materials can inform my ideas and use of clay. Clay is great for imitating or implying other materials; that is one of the strengths of the medium.
            And now for the part you are all waiting for - the pictures! Lots of people in the gallery:

            People looking at my piece - many people wanted to look up close to see all the details:

            This fellow is from the New Marlborough newspaper, and he took pictures of my work. Maybe I will become famous in New Marlborough! Or at least be mentioned in the newspaper; that would be exciting.

            All in all, it was a wonderful evening. It was fun to see people engaging with my work and talking about it among themselves. It was fun to talk with them about it, too! I often am nervous to start conversations in a crowd of people I don't know, but when I am asked about my work I have plenty to say.
            You can expect more pictures here over the next few days, both of my work and that of the other sculptors in the show. I won't say what days I expect to have new posts; it seems that when I specify a particular day I somehow never manage to post on that day, but usually the day after.

Sneak Preview

            Wednesday I went to the gallery to help finish setting up the show, but it turned out I was mostly unneeded so I took a lot of pictures of my piece. I won't post pictures of the whole thing until the show has been open for a few days... you should come see it in person! But here are some close ups of the dragons.

            The opening reception is tonight from 5 to 7. Come to the Meeting House Gallery in New Marlborough and see some clay dragons, and a lot of other cool sculpture both indoors and out!

Wednesday Traveling Dragons

            Today's Traveling Dragons post does not have a picture. That is because I am too busy building pedestals and running around packing to figure out what the dragons are up to. What am I building pedestals for? My thesis is moving, again! (For more about my thesis, start with this post, and then try the other posts labeled "thesis" to get a more complete explanation.)
            I have a story to tell about my thesis. One day during the exhibition at Simon's Rock, I was feeding the fish in the large pool of my thesis. These fish were remarkably shy, and I discovered that the only way to get them to come out was to turn down the gallery lights and put out some food. So I was doing this in the evening when I thought no one would want to come look.
            And then someone walked up and said, "Hi! Is this your display?" And I said, "Yes, it is! You caught me feeding the fish, but if you're willing to stay for a few minutes, I can turn the lights up when they are done eating and then you'll be able to see it better."
            So she stayed. She read the myth on the wall, all of it. (A lot of other people who came to the exhibition did not.) She walked around all sides of the display and looked at every part of it.
            And commented, "You know, I have this gallery..."
            That lady was Elizabeth Lombardi of the Meeting House Gallery in New Marlborough, Massachusetts. (That is a town not far from Great Barrington, which is where Simon's Rock is located.) She seemed excited about my thesis, and we agreed to keep in touch, with hopes of showing my sculptures again at the Meeting House Gallery this summer.
            That time has come! The show is entitled "Sculpture on the Green," and there will be sculptures by nine artists including myself. I will be traveling down on Sunday and setting up my work on Monday, and then the opening reception and beginning of the exhibition is on June 22. The reception is from 5-7 pm.
            I am so excited that my thesis will be reaching a wider audience this summer!

            So, the details again: Sculpture on the Green at the Meeting House Gallery in New Marlborough, MA. Opening reception June 22 from 5-7 pm. Duration of the show is June 22 - July 8th; the gallery is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm.
            Website of the gallery: http://www.newmarlborough.org/meetinghouse.htm

Press release!

            The Deer Isle Artists Association in Deer Isle, Maine, is opening the summer season with the show DISHeS - and some of my pots are in that show! So if you live in Downeast Maine, come on over to Deer Isle on Friday, May 18th at 5:00 pm for the opening reception. The show is open from May 18th to May 31st, so if you skip the reception, you still have two weeks to go check it out. There are 17 artists with work in several media in the show, so there will be a variety of things to see.
            As for which pots of mine are in the exhibition, you'll have to go and see! This is my second exhibition ever, so I am very excited!