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Intercambio Gráfica Printmaking Exchange: NY – Mazatlán

Shaun — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:13:05 +0000

Thursday July 15- September 11, 2010

Meet the Artists Reception: Thursday July 15th 5pm-8pm

Saranac Lake's Thursday Art Walk & BluSeed Studios Presents:Art Exhibition: Intercambio Gráfica Printmaking Exchange: NY – Mazatlán
Featured Artists:

Nancy Brossard, John La Falce, Katherine Levin-Lau, Carol Marie Vossler,

Larry Poole, Gia Alexander, Saranac Lake Artists with host Glenn Rogers

Mark Jay, Glen Rogers, Lucila Santiago, Rafael Avila Tirado

Five artists, Nancy Brossard, John La Falce, Katherine Levin-Lau, Carol Marie Vossler, and Larry Poole, all affiliated with BluSeed Studios in Saranac Lake, NY, recently returned home from Mazatlan, Mexico where they participated in the first phase of a cultural exchange. The second part of the exchange will take place in Saranac Lake from July 13th through July 21st when five artists, Gia Alexander, Mark Jay, Glen Rogers, Lucila Santiago, Rafael Avila Tirado, from Mazatlan will come to BluSeed Studios. During their visit they will work and exchange ideas with area artists at BluSeed Studios. At that time an exhibition of work of all 10 artists will be held in the gallery of BluSeed Studios. The opening is planned for July 15th as part of that month’s Saranac Lake Art Walk. The exhibit will run through September 11th.

The program entitled, *Intercambio Gráfica Printmaking Exchange: NY – Mazatlán *is an exciting exchange of art and ideas between three graphic studios and the10 artists. An exhibition of prints by the artists opened January 21 at the Rubio Gallery at the Angela Peralta Theatre in Mazatlan and runs through March 1. The work being exhibited includes etchings, monotypes, hand-made paper and linoleum block printing. The Cultura of Mazatlan, Glen Rogers Studio, and Bluseed Studios sponsor the project. The exchange is just another aspect of BluSeed Studios’ mission “to provide space where artists have the opportunity to experiment, diverge, exhibit, and perform; to move ideas and aesthetics forward; to share this diversity with the community.”

From January 18th through the 25th the artists affiliated with BluSeed Studios worked in the studio of Glen Rogers, held demonstrations, and exchanged ideas with the students and teachers of the Centro Municipal de Artes housed at the Angela Peralta Theatre. Professor/artist Lucila Santiago hosted the artists from New York in her classes to share their expertise in printmaking.

During their visit to Mazatlan, the artists from BluSeed studios were the guest of the Cultura who graciously arranged for their housing during the visit. The favor of hosting will be returned when the Mazatlan artists visit in July. The exchange was the developed by Katherine Levin-Lau, Glen Rogers, and Carol Marie Vossler. Levin-Lau and Rogers had shared studio space earlier in the careers. In addition to the activities at BluSeed Studios in July the group plans on visiting one or two other printmaking centers in the region. To help support or obtain more details about this exchange, call 518-891-3799 or email art@bluseedstudios.org. BluSeed Studios is a member supported not-for-profit organization. Membership information is available at www.bluseedstudios.org.

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.

Saranac Lake High School A.P. Art Exhibition – First Impression

Shaun — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:36:09 +0000

Tuesday June 1- Sunday June 13

Art Exhibition

Saranac Lake High School A.P. Art Exhibition- First Impression

Featuring the work of Celeste Bickford & David Benham

Opening Reception:

Thursday, June 1st

5pm

Middle School Art Show

Shaun — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:47:16 +0000

Art Exhibition: Middle School Art Show

May 7th – May 23

Bluseed Studios presents the next generation of artists!

Opening Reception May 7th 4pm-6:30pm

Reason2 Smile

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

Exhibition: April 16th-30th
Reason2 Smile

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.

Exhibit: ’09 – Jill Littlewood

Geoffrey Sanford — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:17:21 +0000

Jill Littlewood: "Death and Other Lives"

Art Exhibition: Sept. 17, 2009

Jill Littlewood’s full room installation is called Death and Other Lives. As she says, “I chose death as a topic because I wanted something big enough to be both mythic and encyclopedic. It was a good choice–death takes you everywhere.”

photos by Shaun Ondak

Phil Gallos: Artist Reception

Geoffrey Sanford — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:52:20 +0000

Art Exhibition: Phil Gallos…

Photos from Artist Reception: 8/20/2009, 5–7pm….
Recent works by Phil Gallos…

photos by Shaun Ondak

Exhibit: ’09 – M. Sprague & J. Heinz

Geoffrey Sanford — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:13:40 +0000

Exhibition Runs:
June 18-July 12, 2009
Opens: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 5-7pm

Exhibit: ’08 – “15 Years”…

Geoffrey Sanford — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:29:17 +0000

The recent works of Stephanie Gerolimatos & Mark Bodah
Opened on June 19-July 13, 2008

Stephanie Gerolimatos and Mark Bodah met in 1993 while earning art degrees at SUNY Plattsburgh. It took seven years, but inevitably, a random palm reader’s love prophecy came to pass, and in 2000 they became a couple. Today, they share a home in Western Massachusetts with their five feline friends.

Stephanie spends most days in her home studio making art. Her work begins and ends with the physicalómaterials and process. Barriers between various disciplines such as painting and sculpture disappear or lose significance. She employs whatever works on any given day whether it’s oil paint, encaustic, expanding foam insulation or desiccated animal remains. Finding a balance between imposing her will and allowing the materials and objects to exert their inherent properties is a major consideration. Ultimately, this dilemma becomes a metaphor for finding ways to exist outside the studio.

Mark is preparator for the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, plays drums for several bands, has a home recording set-up and periodically ventures back into the visual arts. His visual work draws from biology, archeology and the natural environment and focuses on the moment of transition between one state of being and the next. Themes include the topography of body and landscape.

In addition to this exhibition, they have another scheduled for September 2008 at Hosmer Gallery in Northampton, MA.