Thanks so much to Monica Boland for this very nice article about the Little City Studios in the Falls Church Patch! Find the whole article here.
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Little City Studios Spring Open House Saturday, May 12, 10am-5pm www.littlecitystudios.com Located on Second Floor at Stifel & Capra 260 W. Broad Street, Falls Church, VA 22046 703-533-3557 Regular Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun Noon-5pm Join the 14 artists of Little City Studios for an Open House, just in time for Mother's Day last minute shoppers. Artists will be on hand, giving demonstrations and talking about their work. Featured will be paintings, jewelry, fused glassware, cards, prints. Artists will be offering special items and discounts up to 50% for the Open House only. Stop by and visit the artists in their Little City Studios. Located at Stifel & Capra, 2nd Floor, 260 W. Broad St. Falls Church, VA 22046. FREE, Open to the Public. More info at: littlecitystudios.com. Free Demonstrations: 11am: Icon Painting by Laura Clerici. Laura approaches her art in the traditional way, starting with her materials, making her own tempra paint. She draws on Greek and Eastern European prototypes. 1pm: Pastel demonstration by Concetta Scott. Concetta will be working on a pastel piece showing how to layer colors and blend. She will be working from a still life set -up in a traditional style. 2pm: Painting in Oil with Jane McElvany Coonce. Watch Jane as she demonstrates her technique of painting reflections in water. Jane is well known for her beautiful water scenes. I will be at the Studios from 1-5pm.... Hope you can stop by! Have finally started listing my artwork in my Etsy shop again! Check it out HERE .
Hard to believe it's May already! But with the new month comes a new FirstFriday! All the artists will be at Stifel & Capra on Friday from 5-8pm. New artwork for a new month... can't wait to see what everyone's been working on! I will be showing some of my mixed media pieces, similar to ones see in my Common Threads Gallery.... Hope to see you there!
Join us tomorrow night from 5-8pm at Stifel & Capra for the monthly FirstFriday art Happy Hour. From 5pm til 8pm, it's always fun. I have put up a show of "Spring Scenes" and gotten a nice notice in the Arlington Arts Examiner. Falls Church city has a great FirstFriday, always plenty of things going on, and restaurants offering discounts, and everything within walking distance. Hope to see you there!
I am honored to win an Honorable Mention in the "Art in City Hall" show in Alexandria VA. This city wide effort by The Art League, the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, Del Ray Artisans and the Torpedo Factory At Center brings this art show to the Halls of City Hall. On view every weekday from March 26 to September 14, the exhibit features artwork juried by Ali Ringenburg, from Principle Gallery. The Opening Recepiton is Monday, May 21st from 5:30 to 7:30. Limb Letter won an Honorable Mention. It is part of my Common Threads Series of Mixed Media paintings. The series is an exploration of personal histories. My interest was sparked when I was clearing out an old family home… In among the treasures and trash were a cache of family photos, some labeled, many not. It made me curious about those people in the past, what did they think, feel, do? What was important to them? Who made a difference? How are they connected to each other and to us? What are the common threads? In starting a painting, often I begin with a story to tell, but sometimes the story emerges from the artwork. Sometimes, the story is elusive. My process involves working with layers, transparencies and double exposures, by utilizing collage, photo transfers, paint, found objects, and monoprinting in my artwork. As I build up layers, earlier surfaces sometimes disappear, like memories, layered beneath fresh elements. At times, I peel away top layers to reveal what is underneath. Visual elements often found in my artwork include: leaves, trees, portraits of people, quilts and fabrics and threads. To me these represent families and their history, and the links the past has to the present. Last night was the gala Opening of the Falls Church Arts All Member Show at ArtSpace Falls Church, 410 S. Maple Avenue in Falls Church, VA 22046, and it was rockin! Lots of beautiful artwork, expertly displayed. I especailly liked the painting by Elizabeth Loftis (as always) and ceramic pieces by Lieve DeWulf. The show will be up until April 22nd, and the hours are: Fridays 5:30-7:30, Saturdays noon -2pm and 5:30-7:30, and Sundays noon to 2pm. I will be working the show on Saturday, April 14, from 12noon-2pm, so stop by and say hello and see my award winning piece, Dance 5! Creative Cauldron will be presenting some great concerts in the space during April, and on Saturday, April 14th, "Stories on Wood, Steele & Ivory" will be presented.
The week-long Arlington Artists Alliance ArtFest kicks off tonight with a FREE reception at the Hendry House at Ft. CF Smith in Arlington. This is always a great week of FREE workshops and fun events. Check out all the events at: http://www.arlingtonartistsalliance.org/ The artwork is all hung and ready to be viewed.... I know, since my colleagues Linda Maldonado, Marie Baumann and I spent the morning hanging the show. There are some really beautiful pieces are really reasonable prices! Some that really caught my eye are by Elise Ritter, and Nan Morrison. The reception is tonight from 6pm to 8pm... Hope to see you there! Cat 5 is at the ArtFest! by Elisabeth Hudgins What a great day for a trip to Occoquan, Virginia! I went for the Opening Reception of "Nothing but Trees" featuring the Digital Photography of my favorite husband/wife team of photographers Jane & David Ernst, and Hammered Copper by Anne Jordan (I own several of her pieces) at the Artists Undertaking Gallery. The featured pieces are beautiful (of course I love leaves and trees)! They will be featured all month long, so it's worth a trip to go to the Gallery. http://www.theartistsundertaking.com/ . While in Occoquan, I stopped in at Salt and Pepper Bookstore http://www.saltandpepperbooks.com/ and spoke to Christine, the cheerful owner. She will now carry my flour sack cloth towels featuring my sketch/book drawings on old Cookbook Pages! She's got a really great store with "a Book for every Cook". So add Salt and Pepper to your list of places to visit in historic Occoquan!
Went to an amazing Opening Reception last night at the Art League. Georgia Nassikas was showing her wonderful encaustic landscape paintings in a solo show at the Art League Gallery. She uses HER OWN BEESWAX to create her paintings. They need to be viewed both up close, to admire the intricacy and mark-making, and from across the room to see the ethereal landscapes. I highly recommend a visit to the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, and specifically the Art League Gallery this month, to see Georgia's paintings. Hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm (open Thursdays until 9pm) and Sundays noon-6pm. www.theartleague.org .
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Elisabeth HudginsI have been an artist all of my life. I can't help it. Drew on the walls in kindergarten, painted pictures in high school, went to Art School, worked as an art director, started painting again. And am loving it. Archives
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