Category: - Elisabeth Hudgins Art

ArtFest at Ft. Smith Park this Friday

3/26/2014

You are invited to the Ft. Smith ArtFest, which starts this Friday, March 28th and runs through Friday, April 4, 2014. The Art Show, featuring over 40 Arlington Artists, is in the beautifully restored Hendry House (not usually open to the public).
The address is 2411 24th St. North, Arlington, VA 22207. For more information, check out www.ArlingtonArtistsAlliance.org
The hours are:
Friday, March 28th OPENING RECEPTION from 6-8pm, Meet the artists and enjoy some wine and nibbles
Saturday, March 29: Open 11am-5pm, BONUS: Artist Talk by Rusty Lynn on the Art and Poetry of Jean Arp and Sophie Tauber Arp from 3pm-4pm. FREE, register at jstark250488@comcast.net
Sunday, March: Open 12 noon-4pm.
Tuesday, April 1: Open 12 noon-4pm. BONUS: Presentation on Oil Bars "Adult Finger Painting Tools" by Jackie Afram 12:30-1:30pm. FREE, register at jstark250488@comcast.net
Wednesday, April 2, Open 12noon-4pm
Thursday, April 3: Open 12noon-4pm BONUS:Workshop: Natures Bounty with Fran Simms. 1:30-3pm. FREE, register at jstark250488@comcast.net
Friday, April 4: Open 10am-12 noon.
Hope you can stop by and enjoy this wonderful show in a 'hidden gem' of a park!

Be Square (It's Hip to Be....)

9/11/2013

Missing Persons

What a concept! The Arlington Artists Alliance is having a show, called Be Square, currently on display at the Gallery Underground in Crystal City. 41 Artists of very different genres were given 2 8"x 8" canvas squares and let loose to create their Squares. It's actually really hard to paint in a square format (at least it was for me!) because it is so very symmetrical. So either you embrace that symmetry or you break up the symmetry. Since I am a pretty symmetrical person, I chose to stick with the symmetrical aspect for the most part. Here are my 2 pieces, Missing Persons and Outside In. If you get a chance, check out the show before the end of September.... It's amazing to see the diversity of the pieces the artists have produced considering they all started with the same guidelines and format!

Outside In

From James George, Arlington Art Examiner

6/2/2013

Over at Examiner.com, James George, the intrepid Arts Reporter for Arlington has written a nice article about my upcoming show. You can find it here.

Let me tell you about Jim, in his "previous life" he has been a magazine publisher and has served on the boards of theater and dance companies, and he is a published author. His wife and daughter are both "creatives" and artists. Jim is genuinely interested in all that goes on in the art world, and especially in the with local area. He enjoys "matchmaking" and putting artists together with those who support the arts. If you are an artist, I encourage you to get in touch with Jim, and tell him about your work... tell him I sent you!

Featured Artist at Stifel & Capra for June

5/11/2013

I am so excited to be the Featured Artist at Stifel & Capra for the month of June. Of course this great shop is where I have my studio space, but in June my artwork will also be featured prominently downstairs. FIRSTfriday will be lots of fun, because not only will I be there with my paintings, but Stifel & Capra is hosting the kick-off for the Tinner Hills Blues Festival, so we'll have a live blues band playing in the parking lot! So come on by for a visit... here are the details:

LOST & FOUND EXHIBIT
Original mixed media paintings inspired by a cache of old photos and letters, found in the attic of a family home.

Opening Reception: Friday, June 7, 2013

from 5:00pm-8:00pm

FIRSTfriday at Stifel & Capra

260 W. Broad Street, Falls Church, VA 22046

MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOPS
In conjunction with my "Lost and Found" exhibit, I will be offering workshops at Stifel & Capra. Workshops are for beginning as well as advanced students. One session $60, Two sessions $100, Three sessions $130. If you would like to try your hand at mixed media, but don't want to buy the supplies, I will have some supplies available for a small supply fee... You can find more info here or email me if you have any questions!

MAKING PAPERS Monday, June 10, 10am-1pm Learn different ways to make beautiful papers for mixed media collage. We will stamp, scribble and paint. We will repurpose old papers to make exciting new designs. Sign up here!

DESIGN for Mixed Media Monday, June 17, 10am-1pm Back to basics with some straight forward design ideas to organize your mixed media pieces. Make your painting and collages more cohesive with these basic design tools. Sign up here!

MIXED MEDIA MAKING Monday, June 24th, 10am-1pm Bring your materials, and your design ideas and we will cut and paste our way towards finished mixed media pieces. Sign up here!

Sold at Gallery Underground

4/16/2013

CAT 6.... That's what I call the simple black and white mixed media painting, from my Sketch/Book series. Cat 6 found a new home at the "Walk on the Wild Side" fundraiser/reception for Gallery Underground and the Arlington Animal Welfare League. Who knows when Cat 7 will show up?

Art League Scapes Exhibit August 2012

8/8/2012

My Mixed Media Painting was selected for the annual "Scapes" exhibit at the Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. Stop by and see all the great work! Info can be found here. The exhibit was juried by Johnathon Linton, and the prospectus stated:

Our landscape has been visually rendered since the beginning of time and remains one of the most beloved subjects in art. For ‘Scapes, the annual August landscape exhibit at The Art League Gallery, artists are invited to submit works illustrating all elements of our external world.
Landscape art portrays the world around us. However, a landscape artist is not a camera that records whatever happens to be in front of the lens. He or she is not required to paint exactly what he sees.

Artwork inspired by all environments may be a part of this exhibit – urban and rural, industrialized and primitive, coastal and arid, and the beauty and destruction created by Mother Nature. Works of all media may be submitted. Artists are encouraged to explore unique perspectives, literally and figuratively, as well as varying moods and color.

New Mixed Media Work at Stifel & Capra

8/5/2012

I have installed some new work at Stifel & Capra for the month of August....
One of the pieces is titled "dreams and high imaginings". I came across that scrap of a sentence in my "bits and pieces" folder.... left over from a previous project (all mixed media artists are pack rats!), and built this piece around the phrase. Mixed media is a good desciption of this as I mixed in the following media: vintage family photo, vintage postcards, old french textbook, lace, my sketches of dragonflies, real butterfly wings, handmade paper, and watercolor.

Art in City Hall, Alexandria Elisabeth Hudgins Honorable Mention

4/1/2012

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.