We just returned home from a big weekend of travel and
visiting art venues around the state. The highlight was an opening show at the
Cycling Salamander art gallery just south of Charlevoix, Michigan. Years ago the gallery was a pottery
studio of potter extraordinaire,
Bonnie Staffel. The building has a funky
rambling charm that comes with years of creating art. The owner is a gracious
and talented artist, Rebecca, who put together a cohesive and stunning show
around the theme of Ancient Forests. The
turnout was great as well as the food and live music.
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| Rebecca, owner of Cycling Salamander, and buddy John |
If you are in the Traverse City/ Charlevoix area this
fall stop and see the Ancient Forests’ show as well as all the interesting
items in the gallery and say hello to Rebecca.
Art show receptions are unique events in the
entertainment world. We think of the image of the large urban shows with people
holding a glass of wine gathered in little groups to study the details of a
particular work. I have been fortunate to be involved with a little different
image through the kind work of volunteers in community galleries such as
Shiawassee Art Center in Owosso, Michigan, that includes classical piano and super
finger snacks along with, of course, very good art in several gallery rooms
throughout the building.
The Mid-Michigan Art Guild shows are presented in various
places in the Greater Lansing Michigan community: Framers Edge in Okemos,
Michigan,
Absolute Gallery in beautiful Old Town Lansing, 1212 Gallery and Delta Library in west Lansing, always with
flare and good snacks. One of my favorite featured artist shows was at the Hope
Borbas Library Gallery a few years ago. Again, good food provided by classy
volunteers. This show stands out for me because of the patrons who were willing
to talk about the creative process of art.
After the working trip Up North, I was home again in the
studio trying to get inspired to paint. To encourage the process I was perusing
art magazines in hope of getting the creative juices flowing. In an old Art Calendar Magazine, June 2010 (now known as Professional Artist Magazine), I read an article on “14
Tips For Creating Outstanding Art Events”. It was a good read and matched up
well to the really fine art opening at Cycling Salamander.
The art input for the weekend did help get the paint flowing
again. Tapping into a vision/dream another unusual painting materialized thanks
to all the stimulation.
The next big art event in Michigan is ArtPrize . Keep reading the
joelfellisart blogs and we’ll explore this unique art adventure together!
Joel
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