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Minnie Gallman has a photographic exhibit of Judaica objects now hanging at the UNC Hillel. The objects are depicted as kaleidoscopes and include a Hanukah menorah, Kaddish cup, and UNC mezuzah. They are displayed in the eating hall/general purpose room. Notecards of the images are available for sale at her website. Minnie C. Gallmanminnie-gallman.pixels.commcgallman@verizon.net
“Falling Ginkgoes,” another recent print (left), will be in the online 2020 Artists Who Teach Exhibition presented by the Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery in Fayetteville. And, ready for the new year—Vidabeth’s 2021 calendar tea towel (right) is available now. Vidabeth has been creating original calendars since 1970. Ordering information is on her web site. Vidabeth Bensenwww.houseoflifeprints.comVidabeth@embarqmail.com
Carolyn Rhinebarger’s paintings have been juried into the 6X6 Painting Exhibit coming to the Halle Cultural Arts Center later this month. Her 8 small works, original acrylic paintings on 6″x6″ gesso board, are among those of 25 artists. 6X6 is more than an exhibition; it is an invitation to honor, recognize, and take part in the habit of daily painting. The main […]
The September 2020 issue of Genetics in Medicine features the photograph “Water 171” by CAG member Michael Blotzer. The photograph was taken with a telephoto lens focusing on the natural abstract pattern created by the windblown water surface. “Water 171” is part of a series of water photographs available for viewing at michaelblotzer.com/water. “I love taking photos of […]
Transforming the space formerly known as “The Joyful Jewel” on Hillsboro Street into THE PITTSBORO GALLERY OF ARTS has been a handoff like no other. Jewel owner, Mariah Wheeler, had one wish upon her retirement—that continuity be maintained. After several fact-finding meetings, a consortium of local artists agreed to try and gather enough interest to form a new […]
This fall, the NC Botanical Garden celebrates its 32nd Annual Sculpture in the Garden exhibit in Chapel Hill. UNC’s conservation garden produces the event to highlight the work of North Carolina artists. The work of two members of the Chatham Artist Guild are featured in this year’s show. Forrest Greenslade, who has participated for the past 10 years, has two works in the […]
Chatham Guild artist for the last five years, self-professed “wood gal” Diane Swan has been working with wood for four decades. Diane has now gathered her work into a single place for all of us to enjoy. Check out her brand new website and feast your eyes on the miraculous way she manipulates wood into […]
Anna-Rhesa Versola joins the Chatham Studio Tour for the first time this year. Resilience and reinvention are key themes for Rhesa, both at home and in her work. “I was born in Manila, Philippines and was a toddler when my parents brought me and my brother to the United States,” she explains. “My dad was […]
“I am fascinated with facial expressions and the eyes of the people and animals that I paint,” explains Kathy flood. She will make her debut in the Chatham Studio Tour the first weekend in December, exhibiting her works in graphite, watercolor and acrylics in her Briar Chapel studio. Kathy became an artist in a non-traditional […]
Jane Eckenrode drew a picture of her father at the age of 6, at about the time her parents enrolled her in her first art class. As a child, she and her dad spent time together walking in the woods and fishing. She still has the cigar box of natural treasures she collected as a […]
Minnie Gallman took her first photograph, with a brownie box camera, at the age of 4. “It was a picture of my newborn sister,” she remembers.” I’ve been taking pictures ever since.” Folks who come to the 2020 Chatham Studio Tour will see the results of Minnie’s life-long passion in the nature-inspired photographs that she […]
Vince Pitelka — Vince Pitelka Pottery “I have always been fascinated with tools and machines and working with my hands,” says studio potter Vince Pitelka. “I had a little shop at our house as a kid,” he remembers. Pitelka had a formative experience with clay at the age of four. A friend of his parents […]
Jim Aiken has two paintings recently juried into exhibitions coming up later this summer and autumn. One is the Cape Fear Studios 2020 National 2D Exhibit at the Cape Fear Studios Main Gallery, 148 Maxwell Street in Fayetteville, NC, from August 28–September 22, 2020. The painting is an acrylic on canvas, 20″ x 28″, titled “Just Listen.” The […]
Watercolor paintings by Guild members Forrest Greenslade, Cathylee Mahin, and Lani Chaves were accepted into Yadkin Arts Council 2020 Juried Exhibition located in the Yadkin Cultural Arts Center at 226 East Main Street in Yadkinville, NC. “This exhibition is a celebration of some of the finest creativity in North Carolina.” The show runs thru Sept 1, 2020. Forrest Greensladehttps://organicforrestry.com/ Cathylee Mahinhttps://crittersandcolors.com Lani […]
This has been a time of experimentation for Louise Hobbs working with glass. It seems a happy thing at a time consumed by Corona. She’s been painting on float (window) glass with enamels. Glass is cut in different shapes, with hangers fired in. There is a whole tradition of this kind of painting, especially faces and hands. Contemporary glass […]
The Circle City Art Loop, originally planned for April, has been postponed once again. However, Vidabeth Bensen has been hard at work in her studio, creating several new original prints. She’ll be ready whenever the Art Loop becomes a reality. A selection of her prints are now available as totes, shower curtains, masks, and more at Fine Art […]
Lee Kazanas recently completed an upstairs gallery to display his pottery above his studio, along the CSX rail line In the village of Moncure. After relocating alongside the railroad tracks in Moncure nearly ten years ago, he renovated the basement of a deteriorating 1890s former station master’s house, to create his pottery studio. That completed […]
Member Carolyn Rhinebarger’s painting “Tears of the Sun” was selected for the August issue of Genetics in Medicine, the official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. The journal will use the image on the cover of their print publication, on their website and in electronic communications throughout the month of August. The monthly peer-reviewed medical publication is one […]
The Arts Council of Moore County and sponsors Bill & Shirley Frei and Sofie Franzen-Moyle announce “Art from the Heart of North Carolina” featuring works by the Chatham Artists Guild. The exhibit opens on September 4 and runs through September 25, 2020. Due to Covid-19 and the need for social distancing, we regret that the […]
A new series by Chatham County photographer Anna-Rhesa Versola seeks to capture images and experiences of North Carolina residents with Asian ancestry in the midst of a raging coronavirus pandemic. Ms. Versola invites NC residents who self-identify as being of any Asian descent to have their portrait taken at no cost and to record their personal stories […]
Michael Blotzer – Michael Blotzer Photography “I became interested in photography in high school,” recalls Michael Blotzer. “We loaded film from a bulk loader, shot photos around campus, processed the pictures chemically in the darkroom, and published them in the school newspaper and yearbook.” “I was very oriented to science,” he says. “Looking back, I […]
Andi Sobbe – Second Nature Pottery Art lovers who attend the 2019 Chatham Studio Tour will be treated to a drive down lovely tree lined roads past glistening Jordan Lake to Andi Sobbe’s Second Nature Studio – her debut to The Tour. “I’m so happy to be able to share the beautiful, peaceful natural surroundings that inspire […]
Karen West – Karen West Gallery “I guess you can say that I have always been a bit of an explorer,” explains oil painter Karen West, who makes her debut with the Chatham Artist Guild at the Chatham Studio Tour in December 2019. Born in New York City and later living in the bedroom suburb […]
