"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!

Gallery Walk Friday Oct. 5th

BlueStudioGallery joins the BEAD District and Gallery Walk Group this Friday, October 5th with its current showcase of Fine Art prints from renowned Photographer Tom Casalini's Private Collection, as well as two feature presentations of collaborator Dale Gardner/DuBarge Studios' Interactive Digital Media, on view  Fridays in October at Blue from 6pm to 10pm. Together, the installations show how technology and art can provide the experience of both mesmerizing interactive art and utilitarian entertainment convenience.

Outside @ Blue Studio Gallery (westbound-4th and College) Stop Light Theater is a public video art installation that can be  seen by motorists stopped westbound at the corner of 4th and College in downtown Bloomington. Short movie clips are synchronized to the traffic light at the intersection, and presented  in Blue's large upstairs window to stopped drivers until the light turns green. Pedestrians walking south on College can enjoy the show for as long as they like! Stop Light Theater will be shown after dark weekends through Oct. beginning with Gallery Walk the 5th.
 
Upstairs: Modern Surrealist Art Generator is an interactive video installation
that creates real-time generative art from the colors and motions of
the participants. As participants move in and out of the camera's
view, abstract forms are inserted across the video 'canvas.' The
generator's output produces an ever changing video painting reminiscent
of floating shapes of Salvador Dali and the linear lines and colors of
Gerhard Richter and Mark Rothko.
 
Get a look at Dale's Stop Light Movies in the South window, streetside at 4th and College, and join in this Interactive Media Installation upstairs at BlueStudioGallery, 116.5 S. College Avenue, Suite #10, on October 5th from 6:00-10:00 pm. Enter the green door to the left of The Chocolate Emporium.

3rd Eye Thursday!

Travers Marks

Wow!

Just - Wow! What can I say? I was so delighted by this man, his natural style and his poetry, that if I'd had the sense to record it, I'd be listening to it every day like my new fave band! Next time Travers Marks!! (I'm starting a podcast series here called 

TheBlueRoom. Stay tuned!) 

You can get a word in with him if you're lucky at Max's Place Downtown-he owns it! Max's Pizza is adored by All!

 

Thanks so much for starting Lotus off here at Blue with your World Class Poetic Grooves!

Tony Brewer

Same Wow again for Bloomington Writer's Guild Alum Tony Brewer, to whom I had the pleasure of being introduced through Travers Marks!! Tony's a long-time pro at reading and performing, and his poetry had me munching some Tony food for thought! Love-love-loved it and started really having the feeling that it was a Magical night.. great poetry, again- world-class stuff! I am excited about Third Thursdays!  So grateful to Tony Brewer for offering me the wisdom of his extensive experience and advice! Looking forward to the future of this wordy rappinghood downtown in the BEAD District at Blue!

Kyle Quass' Empty Form Jazz

Dang!! That was some seriously birthed cool brought to the Blue Room by
Kyle Quass and Paul Kirk! 
Again, the sound was just amazing, someting like Jazz Chamber Music...a truly riveting and breathtaking performance!
This music was full of information and it was all about listening and responding to LIFE!!!





Awesome Nowness. 
I am still feeling Sweet from this whole night, a week later! Thanks Kyle and Paul!! We want an Encore!!!!

World Class Performances at Blue!

September~First Friday

Poet Shana Ritter  and Harpist Amanda Jensen!

Amanda brought her great big incredibly beautiful 1935 harp, (That's real gold on it!) it took four of us to wrestle it gently up the stairs! (Thanks to Al Jarvis and Rob Westcott, BTW) And we were transfixed, transported to what one listener described as an entree into Bach's chamber! We discovered that music sounds really excellent in here at the BlueStudioGallery- the shape of the room, the acoustic tiles on the ceiling, the smooth floors and lovely blue color tone that you can almost hear. All of this contrives to create a vibrancy that is alive and intent on pervading even the most stubborn of moments between ears and hearts.  Ear is of course, the very center, the punctum, of the word heart, as well as beginning with the directive, Hear!!  The art of hearing is the true subject of the heart!

We were enraptured! Amanda promised to return and grace us with another of her beautiful instruments, a smaller Baroque Harp!

 

Both performances were stellar, with Shana reading from her recent publication,  Stairs of Separation,

 from Finishing Line Press in Georgetown Kentucky, a grant-funded project to create a collection of poetry about her family's immigration to America, her heritage, and in particular, her vision of her mother's heart. We were stirred by the integrity of phrases that formed pictures in our minds of both her mother's experience and the poet's lens through which we were given the opportunity to glimpse a personal world heretofore unknown to us. Here's a tiny peek at Shana's poetry- hopefully, she will return and read to us again!

"Not much else would she say. The tumult of New York must have washed it away, leaving anything from before lingering, a faint scent, a box left wrapped and tied."

excerpt: Memory , p. 13

from Stairs of Separation

by Shana Ritter

 

ON THE CALENDAR

Upcoming events for  Blue's "BlueSkies" United Way fundraiser include:

September 7th, First Friday ~Poet Shana Ritter , harpist Amanda Jensen- 7:00 pm

September 8th, Second Saturday ~ Unique Boutique- Check out the Fall catalogue and view samples of Sensational Luxe Couture Jewelry from Stella and Dot, 4-6 pm. Premium quality jewely. Preview the collection online at www.stelladot.com/sites/janas

September 20th, Third Thursday ~ Poetry and Jazz featuring Tony Brewer and Travers Marks, with music from Kyle Quass. Blue welcomes collaborator Dale Gardner/ DuBarge Studios with a special installation unveiling.

Donate securely online to Blue's campaign for Monroe County Girls Inc. at  www.monroeunitedway.org/BlueSkies

Poetry Reading!

Blue will be hosting a series of events to inspire exchange within the local community and its diverse array of talented artists. September 7th, First Friday, will feature poetry read by Shana Ritter and others, as well as refreshments and music, accompanying art and sociable mixing.

Front Page Challenge!

BlueStudioGallery has accepted the Bloom magazine Front Page Challenge to raise funds for Monroe County United Way! This campaign, open from now until Oct 15th, is designated Blue Skies, and will raise money for our local chapter of Girls, Inc. Please consider donating often, and spread the word to friends and family at www.monroeunitedway.org/BlueSkies. Meanwhile, watch for upcoming events and workshops at Blue! Goal is $5,000.00 - the sky's the limit!

Encaustic

Is one of the Oldest

Forms of Painting

Known to Man

Pigmented

Beeswax..

Layered

Often With Fiber

...Faint Perfume of Honey..

Check out Pages for more pics in progress..

Catching Up

During the winter, a few important goals were accomplished at Blue Studio, namely, bringing the Gallery into focus with the second show, featuring the Encaustic paintings of Zionsville's Lisa Bick, which opened on the tenth of February. Lisa's work will remain available at Blue until the end of March, and there will be one more Mixer/Art Party before the exhibit leaves Bloomington. The Gallery looks beautiful and smells like beeswax!  You can stop in (Tues-Sat/12-6) and check it out! BlueStudioGallery uses security assured Propay online, and accepts Visa/Mastercard, as well as cash or local checks.

Also, the blog is taking shape, with pages and categories to peruse and view pictures of samples. To keep track of updates on art and events, you can sign up to follow!

Blue has joined Local First, a community organization that encourages Bloomington's small business owners with support and networking, and provides a list of members to help the community at large Shop Local. You'll see a little sign in the door..

Connecting with Bloom magazine bore fruit in the form of participation in the first annual local artist showcase, which took place at the convention center on the 25th of February and was well attended. Blue Studio appeared in miniature, with its showpiece upcycled Showers Bros. cabinet, and tables made from hundred year old mahogany panels stripped off our old piano! I featured some custom art boxes, and vintage postcards, as well as a personalized wedding painting. Felt happy about the public exchange of my own poetry and art!

While at the event, I met Sarah Pearce and Marcie Neiditz, two lovely women who extended an invitation to participate in the Visual Artist's Guild Open Studios tour this June. This event will coincide with Gallery Walk and is intended to become an annual occasion. Blue plans to represent.

Lastly, the 2012 Spring  Collection arrived from Stella and Dot, and the new jewelry is sleek and chic! Come on up and take a peek at some samples, or book a party at home (or at Blue!) for you and your friends. You will love shopping this trend forward line of high quality, Luxe Couture Jewelry in an exclusive and personal environment, only available through qualified independents.

I am a small business owner...

Blue Guinea, Ruling the Roost

                                                                            12x12

                                                                            48x24

Et Voila!

                                                                         Repurposed..

But Eric and Liz said, "We want to see what you come up with!" .. Et Voila!

I needed a cabinet to display my jewelry line, available exclusively through Stella & Dot, which you can stop in and get a look at here at Blue Studio, or go to my e- boutique online at www.stelladot.com/sites/janas.

Showers Bros.Original

                                                                  Showers Bros.Original

When I received this gift from Eric and Liz Stohlberg back in June, my husband, Rob, who is a sometimes collector of antiques, was Big-Eyed, saying ".. you can't paint THAT!!"...then he Took me to School about the history of the Showers Brothers in Bloomington, which I kinda knew about, but apparently, didn't know the half of it! Fortunately for my intentions, there was a little staining of  some of the fine veneer on the sides from moisture damage, which I did my best to restore, but oh well, it just wouldn't come out...

Monoprints

                                                                          Monoprints

No single print is the same. Entirely unique, then..like snowflakes..

Annihilation

                                                                          Annihilation