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IRIS Group

Shaun — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:40:47 +0000

Art Exhibition: June 17^th
Saranac Lake Thursday ArtWalk

at BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake NY

June 17 – July 11, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday June 17

SPECIAL EVENT: CALLING ALL WOMEN

The IRIS Group is showing new work at BluSeed this summer, and undertaking another collecting event June 17 from 4 – 7 pm.

IRIS invites women to be a part of their ongoing project that involves writing, mixed media and photography. The activities from the day’s event will become part of this ongoing cumulative exhibition. On exhibition will be works by several members of IRIS, objects accumulated, and a projection showing images of women photographed in five years of projects. Participating artists are Laura Hair, Holly McClellan, Janice Prebble, Margaret Rodgers and Sally Thurlow.

And – – – IRIS is COLLECTING

· An object of any kind, invested with personal or symbolic meaning. The objects contribute towards an installation, which becomes part of thelarger display.

· ON-site photographic documentation and hand or foot prints of (willing) women

· Writings by women in response to a series of questions.

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Shaun — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:28:27 +0000

Exhibition: April 16th-30th
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Exhibition: April 16th-30th

Opens: April 16, 2010 – 6pm
Closing: April A30, 2010 – 6pm

Benefit for Jambo Jipya School in Mtwapa, Kenya
Artist: Nip Rogers & Friends

All art sales benefit the students of Jambo Jipya School

Be sure to check out both slideshows to see all fun and pieces of art that are for sale. If you are interested in any of the pieces please email Nip Rogers at nip@uplink.net.

The Exhibit

photos by Shaun Ondak

Exhibit: A Moment’s Time

Fahey — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:36:36 +0000

BluSeed Studios proudly presents A Moment's Time:

JESSICA JEFFREY and SHAUN ONDAK ~ 2010 Artists in Residence Exhibition

Artist Reception: March 5, 2010 ~ 7-9pm

Exhibition runs: March 5th – April 4th, 2010

“A Moment in Time” will feature the mono prints of Jessica Jeffery and photography of Shaun Ondak. Jeffery and Ondak are BluSeed Studios 2010 Artist in Residence. Jessica works in the printmaking studio creating unique prints using Xerox transfers and celestial textures. Shaun’s digital photography is a collection of narrative “nightscapes” from the surrounding area.

Jeffery says this about her art, “I believe that the act of making something changes the maker and that we are altered by what we see. Therefore I gently fashion us all into some kind of creature that can gracefully tread that vast scope of experience between wonder and terror”.

She uses her mono prints in an attempt to slow down the sense of time out of control, connect with the lineage of printmaking and incorporate new discoveries in science and culture. Jeffery is happy to be back home in the Adirondacks after a long string of travels and the completion of her BFA in Printmaking at the Maine College of Art.

Ondak states, "At night when the sky opens up, I seem to escape behind the stars and the possibilities seem endless. You never know what will come out of a dark space if you just expose it in its proper time". He then adds, "The unknown factor of finding something at night and photographing it reveals hidden elements that would otherwise go unnoticed. Allowing extreme exposures increases the perception of time and the tranquilities that otherwise would be unfound in a simple snap-shot".

Shaun Ondak grew up on the edge of the Niagara River just outside Buffalo. He spent most of his time involved in sports and other outdoor activities. Prior to finishing college he spent a year in Australia where he purchased his first SLR camera. His fascination with photography began with the Australian environment and now continues within the Blue Line. Shaun now resides in Saranac Lake as an Artist in Residence at BluSeed Studios. He is in charge of the framing and digital printing studio.