Art & the Urban Garden

 If you are in the Chicago area, come see my planters at Lillstreet.

Lillstreet Gallery & Artisan Gift Shop

Sneak Peek: Meet Miss Sniffles, The Candy Man, and The Beauty Queen

 

I am working like a dog in the studio to get the work complete for my upcoming show at Mudfire  Gallery. Meet Miss Sniffles, The Candy Man and The Beauty Queen.

Kickstarter Project with Nikos

Hello Folks, this is my friend Nikos. He is a potter on the island of Skopelos, and he is a remarkable person. Nikos is taking part in a "Kickstarter" project. For more details view the video and follow the link.  Also, I attached an article written about him last year.

Kickstarter info: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/siffy/unearth-our-heritage



Article: http://skopart.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/nikosrodios.pdf

TRAN(IN)FORM*A*TION

My friend Amanda Small came to visit FL, this past weekend. Amanda is an international artist who is the Coordinator/Directors at Guldagergaard International Ceramics Research Center in Skaelskor Denmark. Amanda is a free spirit and infectious to all around her.

See the announcement below about her show:

Amelia Center Gallery of Gulf Coast State College presents Trans(in)Form*a* tion, a mixed media installation by Amanda Small. In her work Amanda explores the relationship between physical place and intangible experience, with an emphasis on the idea that movement is an intrinsic and permanent flux existing in all things, as well as being the sign and measure of space, and time, and memory. Amanda’s installations employ mundane materials and ambiguous imagery based on the natural world, micro and macro views of the earth, cells, satellite mapping, topographies and systematic patterning to contemplate the meaning of “home” and “place”.

Trans(in)Form*a* tion will opened the evening of March 29. The work will be on display in the Amelia Center Main Gallery (Room 112) until April 21. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Amanda interview with Ben Carter:
http://carterpottery.blogspot.com/2013/02/ceramic-sculptor-amanda-small-on-tales.html

Read more:
http://www.newsherald.com/news/art-exhibit-seeks-to-inspire-sense-of-wonder-video-1.118247

Images from Naturalization / NCECA / TX / March 2013

Tammy, Alex, Sharbani and Adam at the opening of Naturalization at NCECA in Houston TX last weekend.

Alex Kraft
http://alexkraftart.com/home.html

Sharbani Das Gupta
http://sharbanidasgupta.com/sharbanidasgupta/Sharbani.html

Adam Shiverdecker
http://adamshiverdecker.visualserver.com/portfolio.cfm?nK=15628&nS=0&i=193911

You can see my new work to the right. My friend Sharbani did an amazing job, writing up a proposal for this show. It was well attended and looked great.

A bit of info about the show:

Naturalization

The exhibit brings together seven artists from varied backgrounds; all have experienced transplantation in some form. Though the term ‘Naturalization’ is mine, each artist’s work investigates some aspect of this process; human relationships and the interaction of matter, material and earth are all subjects.