Sight Specific: A Pop- Up Art Show

This Mother's Day weekend, the Gallery hosts a Pop- UP Show entitled Sight Specific"  presented by Ian Kime, Heidi Wieland and Megan Posas. The show will be up through Sunday, after which the Gallery will resume its current Exhibit "Good" by Jon Thomas Lord. Pics and post about Good next week, but for now, a peek at some of the paintings from the Pop-Up...

                                                                       Megan Posas...

                                                                    Heidi Wieland

                                                                             Ian Kime

The Gallery is covered with paintings! 

Sassafras. A Pop-Up show..Recent works by IU BFA Students..

 No One Is Going To Mourn You                                      
Aaron Bennet
Mixed Media                                             


 I had a great conversation with Aaron, during which he revealed to me
that the mouse here displayed is actually Pikachu...

Later we shared a Vernor's and he told me about his love for this "true golden ale", as it brought memories of his grandfather to mind. I said, " Totally, me too!"

 





There were four rock sculptures about the room by
an artist named Cory, (I think..? so sorry, friend!) who never did submit his Name, bio or artist info! But they sure were cool! Mixed Media and what appears to be actual moss..
(That's OK, I think he's going to return for a One-Man Show! We'll make him tell us then!)

 Evelyn Walker
Monkey
Found and Re-Appropriated Materials

This puppet doll was ingeniously created to move with surprisingly fluid and personable style. Her smile was strangely inviting, and reminded me of a character from Avatar, one of the Blue people..
 

People had fun playing with her. She was very gracious about it. Didn't seem to mind at all! She just kept smiling..

 



 Lance Pruitt
Untitled
Mixed Media

This looked great across the room. It rounded out the show very nicely, and I, for one, thought a lot about China and the United States. I had to turn the volume down, though.










 "The Adventures of Jack"
Dillon Olney (Sculpture) and Sarah Williams (Textiles)
Wax, Acrylic Paint, Bronze, & Textile

 Dillon's statement about The Adventures of Jack explains that it is a "monument to his imaginings", a "mysterious narrative of awe that evokes the power of turning the mundane into the magnificent." Dillon further states: " I believe that art is the most accessible avenue by which the impossible can become reality."
I didn't get a good close-up on my Sony Cybershot, but you can see, there, that in the little bronze guy's hand is a tiny stuffed octopus with button eyes! This was so cool looking. I loved it. 

 

 I really need to take a class or get some help from my INTERNS about all of my media difficulty, because the pictures on my IPhone include some better angles, but I can't get them off of the iphone and onto this blog. Yet. So you can only see here the small pink indication of Bryn Taubensee's Self Portrait, entitled

Bryncess with FabulousPink Fox Fur Boa Oil and acrylic on glittery scrapbook paper, frame, rhinestones look at me now?

Sorry, Bryn! It's awesome, though, and looks like she might be in a band..

These students are all sculptors in the Indiana University BFA program, and their awesome weekend  Pop-Up show was fresh, fun and amazing! Thanks to each of you for bringing your work into town!
And thanks to all who came up to the Gallery to see it, share some conversation and add a little colour to Blue. We had some very special visitors, including Julian Hoeber, who had just given a guest lecture on campus earlier that evening, and two art professors from the University.

Watch for the next Pop-Up Show on May 10/11th, Mother's Day Weekend!

Erol Ozsever

Since Spring Break was touching the middle weekends of March, we had no 2nd Saturday or 3rd Thursday but happily continued our Blue Room Acoustic Music Series on the 4th Saturday, March 23rd, with a breathtaking performance from Master Guitarist Erol Ozsever, who played piano arrangements by Eric Satie as well as another famous 'Impressionist' and Chevalier, Claude Debussey, on his classical guitar.
It was stellar!! He then treated us to a few vocal beauties on ukelele and acoustic guitar, earning an enthusiastic encore from a captivated chamberful of grateful patrons. He closed with the heartbreakingly exquisite classic, Spanish Romance, whose author remains anonymous, making the very familiar melody all the more poetic and intimate. You might hear this tune in a moving picture, or in the background at an establishment, or even on the radio or at home by choice. Let me say that the experience is nothing at all like hearing it live. Thank you Erol, for training our hearts on the moments that are not far from grace.

"Two Realms" by Linda Anderson!

3x4 feet

Gems..

Fascinating juxtaposition of moments..

Prints available- 20.00

We wonder who he is..

Original style..Graphite and Guache

Smaller prints, 15.00..!

Beautiful!

Charmed..

What beautiful paintings! Linda's work will remain up throughout the month of March, with small prints  available as well, for 15 and 20 dollars! It looks so beautiful on the blue walls!!! We had a lovely evening last friday, eventually sitting around a pool of light talking about art, salon style. Just wonderful! Thanks to all who came over, and especially to Eric and Liz for the Wine from southern France! See for yourself, Linda's gift for space, color, light and tone bestow a sense of place to the figures she paints that resonates with the viewer in a very human way.

Snow day..

I was so excited to hear Shana Ritter read her poetry, and to experience the rare treat of listening to Amanda Jensen's beautiful harpstrings, up close and personal, which sound amazing in here, plus she was going to bring her Baroque harp, as it, says she, is smaller, and useful for Baroque music, which I so wanted to hear- but alas, the forecast proved right on schedule, meaning that it started freeze-raining at about 6:00 downtown, and by 7:00, there was a lovely and very slippery crusting of ice crystals all over everything! I just realized that was one whole sentence. Run on much? 

"O, DO Run on, girl!" 
Pep talking myself... I have so many hats to wear..

Anyway, I stayed around til 7:00, just in case anyone came out, so want to say Thank You to the lovely woman from New York City, also a harpist, who braved the crunch of chance in hopes to see Amanda play! Sorry we couldn't gather, but hopefully, everyone was cozy and safe during the brief winter grip that closed upon us Thursday, just to remind us that spring was still a month away...

Geez.. another one. Breathless.

Hopefully, Shana and Amanda will grace us with a rain-check performance, or snow-check- and maybe the Herald Times will give us a do-over in the Hot Spots again, thanks so much, HT!

Next week's First Friday event will unveil the March exhibit, showcasing the paintings of Linda Anderson!  
Thanks to everyone who came out to see Iryna Hladyniuk's Atomic Sparks exhibit, and if you missed it, she will be recreating it at the Grunwald Gallery in March, I hear..! Iryna's prints and cards are still available in the Gallery, so stop by and support your local artist by buying some local art! 

Linda Anderson is currently a candidate for a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting at Indiana University’s Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts.  She completed a BA at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and earned a Master of Science in Art Education degree from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she was awarded the George Nick prize for painting in 2009.  Her work has been exhibited in several states, including the Somerville Museum in Boston, First Street Gallery in New York City, and Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as locally in Bloomington.

Hope to see you then! 

3rd Thursday next week..

This is not a lamp, because it is a poem..

Poetry and music in the Blue Room from 7-9!  Come on out and treat your inner self to the fragrance of illuminating perspectives through spoken words and sound. Featuring poet Shana Ritter and harpist Amanda Jensen, this time on her Baroque harp..

2nd Saturday February

Michelle Giansante and Erol Ozsever returned for an evening of acoustic music in the Blue Room, where listening is itself an art...

Can you tell these are water bottles?

These sculptures are made entirely from recycled materials!

Projected light moves reflected facets about the space..

Colors deepen the sense of hearing...is that a heartbeat..?

 

 End of evening: the cookies and cake bites were a hit! ..Looks like the Hot Toddies outran the punch!

Atomic Sparks

Blue is finally a member of Gallery Walk , after a long wait, and the generous sponsorship of the Renwick Arts Initiative. February Gallery Walk opened the exhibit Atomic Sparks by Iryna Hladyniuk with a well-attended reception for the artist behind the big frosty windows upstairs! We enjoyed the owner's proprietary Hot Chai Toddy, made with decaf chai tea, spices and rum cream, as well as cake bites and windmill cookies, which were a nostalgic hit.  Thanks to all who braved the cold to stop in and participate in some inspiring exchange with the artist, and each other!

First Friday 2013!

Tonight we opened the New Year with an art reception featuring the photographs of BFA student Naama Levy accompanied by music from Michelle Giansante and Erol Ozsever! Though it was frosty outside, the studio and gallery were packed, and the evening sparkled along with the many guests, friends and family who came to see Naama's show and hear the acoustic stylings of our dynamic duo!