Art in Madison

From: Artist, Pure Carrico RTISTEE@aol.com

Hello, All!
This is just a little notice of events in Madison to keep you in the loop.

Madison has received what we hope is a big Art Boost!  For the first time, a Madison gallery/shop has been included in the Huntsville Holiday Gallery Tour!  Hale Fire Glass, 112 Main Street, in Madison's Historic District, is the place to be on Thursday, December 3, from about 5 p.m. until 9:00 or so.

I am one of the artists who will showing off our fine work, and of course Terry's amazing torch beadwork is lovely eye candy!

Please do drop by - even Mayor Paul Finley stopped into the shop personally to tell Terry that he plans to come in during the Tour to celebrate Madison's getting onto the Art Map, even though there are a couple of other community events that evening.

Beautiful art, tasty snacks, lively conversation - we invite you to come and enjoy with us!   
See you there!  Prue

Win a Limited Edition Etched Holiday Ornament created by Donna Branch

Studio Competition Announcement: 

Win a Limited Edition Etched Holiday Ornament created by Donna Branch 

 

This is easy!  All you have to do to be eligible is to go to Donna Branch Glass Studio Blog  and start a conversation about buying handmade by leaving your comments on the blog.  You can send me examples of your own cool handmade items to donnabranch@taraglassart.com and I will post them as part of the conversation starter.  The person that serves as the biggest conversation starter on my blog, and brings other people into the conversation about the subject of buying handmade, sustainable lifestyle, slow design and taking the Handmade Pledge will receive one of my limited edition ornaments.  You can bring other people into the conversation by sharing my blog link and I will be checking in on . 

Each time someone makes a thoughtful comment, (not one word, please), their name will be entered into the "hat".  The contest will end December 18 at midnight and announcement of the winner will be December 19.  Those who entered will have to check the blog for the winning announcement and the winner will be ask to email their physical address to me so that the ornament can be shipped to them. This is a straightforward competition and all decisions regarding the winner will be final. 

The purpose of this competition is to engage the community in conversation about buying handmade and doing our small part to change buying habits.  I'm looking forward to hearing what everyone has to say! 

Donna Branch 

Tara GlassArt Studio 

7621 Lakeshore Drive

McCalla, Alabama 35111

p: 205.477.6661

e: donnabranch@taraglassart.com 

w: http://www.donnabranch.com

Exhibition Opportunity at Mill Villa Gallery

Mill Villa Gallery at Lowe Mill is looking for fresh, new local
artists to highlight in their up coming show scheduled for Feb. -
May. If you are a fine artist and are interested in the 6x8 foot wall
space for displaying your artwork, please contact Jackie Miller at
(256) 509-2164 or jwhinnery44@comcast.net

Mill Villa Gallery
2211 Seminole Dr. SE, Lowe Mill, Third Floor, Huntsville, AL 35801
256.489.5877 www.MillVillaGallery.com
Located among the artists' studios, we are a noteworthy arts event
featuring original art by regional artists. In addition to
contemporary and traditional fine art, our current exhibit includes
limited edition prints by well-known local artists, textiles,
sculptures, photography, and distinctive gift items.

17th Annual Holiday Gallery Tour 5- 9 PM • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3

Join us as Huntsville celebrates the fine arts with a tour of local galleries and the Huntsville Museum of Art. With your choice of locations and styles, this informal event showcases artists whose talents include painting, pottery, glass, sculpture, jewelry design, photography and woodworking. Hors d'oeuvres served at all locations. To view the tour map go to: MAP

Mill Villa Gallery

2211 SEMINOLE DRIVE SE, LOWE MILL, THIRD FlOOR, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35801

256.489.5877 WWW.MILLVILLAGALLERY.COM

Located among the artists' studios, we are a noteworthy arts event featuring original art by regional artists. In addition to contemporary and traditional fine art, our current exhibit includes limited edition prints by well-known local artists, textiles, sculptures, photography, and distinctive gift items; many of our exhibiting artists will be here to talk about their work.

Huntsville Art League

3005 L&N DRIVE, SUITE 2, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35801

256.534.3860 WWW.HUNTSVILLEARTLEAGUE.ORG

Please join Huntsville Art League for our "Christmas Boutique": creative and colorful art by Tennessee Valley artists, priced for gift-giving. Also; don't miss seeing our unique theme paintings: "Huntsville in Snow"! Door Prize: Glass Sculpture

Huntsville Museum of Art

300 CHURCH STREET, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35801

256.535.4350 ExT. 201 WWW.HSVMUSEUM.ORG

Admission charged for non-members. Come see our Holiday Blockbuster: Paintings from the Reign of Victoria! Each of these magnificent paintings has a story to tell. Learn the fate of The Princes in the Tower or discover how The Babylonian Marriage Market works. Enjoy our holiday decorations, Ye Old Museum Shoppe and the breath taking size and beauty of this show!

The Little Green Store

820 MONTE SANO BLVD, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35801

256.539.9699 WWW.THELITTLEGREENSTOREONMONTESANO.COM

Experience an eco-friendly approach to art with THE LITTLE GREEN STORE'S tradition of supporting artists who make sustainable choices.

Artistic Images Gallery

2115 WHITESBURG DR, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35801

256.534.3968 WWW.ARTISTICIMAGESGALLERY.COM

Featured Artist: Zara Edwards: NEW WORKS! Edwards brings a touch of whimsy to this colorful exhibition. Also in the gallery a wide selection of nationally known artists in both 2 and 3 dimensional works.Door prize will be given.

Hale Fire Glass

112 MAIN STREET, MADISON, AL 35758

256.325.4253 WWW.HALEFIREGLASS.COM

Enjoy an evening of food, fun and local art on Madison 's historic Main Street! Works on display will include beautiful pen and inks, watercolors, award winning photography, amazing gourds and artisan glass. We'll also be featuring the ceramic works of Ned Corron and Randall Howard. Door prizes hourly!

The Flying Monkey Arts Center

2211 SEMINOLE DRIVE, LOWE MILL, 2ND FLOOR, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35805

WWW.FLYINGMONKEYARTS.ORG

Flying Monkey Arts, a not for profit community arts collective, will feature open studios, installations and performing artists throughout the second floor. Special guest artist, Richard Curtis will initiate a 24 hour draw-a-thon in the theater lounge area at 7pm that will be completed on Friday at 7pm and on exhibit all weekend. Complete the evening with a music concert in the theater from 8 to 11pm.

Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment

2211 SEMINOLE DRIVE, LOWE MILL, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35805

WWW.LOWEMILL.NET

Located at Huntsville's Historic Lowe Mill, Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment supports a diverse community of artists, performers, and businesses that are dedicated to the free expression of the arts in Huntsville. Lowe Mill has almost every genre of the arts represented and consequently offers a unique take on art education and appreciation by way of immersing the public in an art saturated environment. Door Prize: One $50 certificate good towards the purchase of art from a Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment artist.

Look for the next Gallery Tour ...Summer... the fourth Thursday in July

Artist Kathie Depew's newest creation- Emily Grace

Congratulations to potter Kathie and her husband Kevin Depew! Baby
Emily Grace was born yesterday. Mother and baby are doing very well.

Kathie has some upcoming shows this Holiday season that her friend,
Judy Cleve will be assisting. See post on HSV Art Blog at: http://huntsvilleartblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/kathi-depews-pottery-available-at-up.html

Angel's Island Coffee Features Teresa Batchelor's Artwork

Teresa Batchelor set to exhibit her 'quirky' works

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

By Gregg L. Parker

For the Madison Spirit writeone35758@yahoo.com

Artist says she prefers to create using graphite pencil

Artistic talent runs throughout Teresa Batchelor's family. Her father was a woodcarver, and her son studies and works with graphic design in college.

Batchelor is presenting her one-woman show during November at Angel's Island Coffee, 7538 S. Memorial Parkway in Huntsville, which was named the best coffee in northeast Alabama in The Times Readers Choice Awards.

Batchelor's exhibit ranges from an acrylic of vintage washing machines to landscapes and Christmas selections.

"I have an abstract and pumpkins in colored pencil and two religious pieces in pencil - the empty tomb with the rock and the robe and crown of thorns," she said.

Zentangles or "glorified doodles in ink" are another component of Batchelor's exhibit. "They're quirky, very modern. I imagine most people will really like them - or they won't," she said. Her zentangles were popular at Art on Main in downtown Madison this summer.

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Modern Blacksmiths

Iron men give new twist to a time-honored trade

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

By Erica Jacobson

For the Limestone Spirit ericalejacobson@gmail.com

Modern blacksmiths show how it's done; need a candlestick?

As a boy growing up in Lawrence County, Tenn., Bill Richardson and his brother played in the blacksmith shop on their family's farm. The shop was the realm of his father and uncles and was where they turned when a fix for a various piece of farm machinery had to be made.

Richardson's creations weren't nearly so complicated. Instead, he and his brother spent hours pounding out crude tools to present to their father.

"Of course, he'd brag on those screwdrivers," he said. "And then he'd throw them away as soon as we walked away."

For most of his career as an NASA engineer, Richardson's attention was on the stars. His retirement, however, has reunited him with those crude iron bars of his childhood. Now the Athens man and a growing number of others spend hours in front of forges pulling glowing orange metal from smoking piles of bituminous coal before turning to a nearby anvil.

There, they pound, pull, twist and punch metal into knives, candlesticks, fireplace pokers and even their own sets of tools to continue what for some is a trade and for others a hobby.

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Madison- Hale Fire Glass on Gallery Tour Dec. 3

Hale honored, excited to be on art museum gallery tour

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

By Gregg L. Parker

For the Madison Spirit writeone35758@yahoo.com

'I feel so fortunate to have some amazing artists on display'

A Madison stop will be on the map for the 17th annual Huntsville Museum of Art Gallery Tour on Dec. 3 from 5 to 9 p.m.

Hale Fire Glass at 112 Main St. in downtown Madison will welcome guests on the museum tour.

"I'm very honored to be included on this tour with some of the most popular and respected art galleries in the Tennessee Valley," owner Terry Hale said.

Galleries selected for the tour, along with the museum, will be open during those four hours. The event showcases artists skilled in painting, pottery, glass, sculpture, jewelry design, photography and woodworking.

"I feel so fortunate to have some amazing Madison artists on display here in my shop," Hale said. "I'm excited about the opportunity to share their work with art lovers from the greater Huntsville area." Guests can review the art and meet the artists.

Hale wants area residents to realize the bounty of artists in Madison.

"This is also a fun way to say 'Thank you' to all the customers and neighbors here in Madison who believe in the downtown spirit. They have supported us from the day we opened Hale Fire Glass, so this is a gala for those friends, too," Hale said.

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ARTISTS ON EXHIBIT:

Sam Fara- Photography

Prue Carrico- Watercolors

Mike Birdsong- Watercolors

Julie Weber- Gourds

Terry Hale- Glass

Ned Corron- Ceramics

Randall Howard- Ceramics

TO VIEW THE MAP FOR THE TOUR SITES GO TO: http://www.tinyurl.com/yjevtqk

TO VISIT HALE FIRE GLASS WEBSITE GO TO: http://www.halefireglass.com

art@TAC’s Open-Themed Show

Included in The Arts Council's current "Open-Themed" show at the art@TAC Gallery are several pieces ranging from oils to acrylic, etchings, and carbon pigment.  Featured artists are all from Huntsville unless otherwise noted and include:  Cara Fuller, Matthew Broadhurst, Athea Vela, Katrina Weber, Barbara Brigman, Heath McClain, Ken Atkins (Meridianville), Angela True (Harvest), Linda Morton (Madison), Nancy Evett Graham (Madison), and Stephen Lycan (Athens), as well as representatives of the Huntsville Photographic Society and the Huntsville Art League.

 

The Artist "Meet and Greet" is scheduled for Thursday, 10 December, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., outside the TAC offices in the Von Braun Center.

 

This show lasts through January, and there is NO admission charge.  YOUR support is encouraged in helping TAC keep the visual arts in the public eye, ensuring that visitors view them as a vital component of our community!  For further information, call (256) 529-2787 (ARTS).

 

If you go…

                                                                         
What:              art@TAC Gallery's "Open-Themed" Show

Where:            Von Braun Center, 700 Monroe Street, SW; downtown Huntsville

When:            Thursday, 10 December; continues through January 2010, viewable during normal VBC Hours

Call:                (256) 519-2787 (ARTS) for information.

Ornament Contest to benefit Kids to Love

1st Annual Ornament Contest

Artisans Cove's Reflections Frame and Art Gallery invites everyone to participate in the First Annual Ornament Contest. Prizes will be awarded and the ornaments will be on display for our Open House Sat., Dec. 5th. The ornaments will adorn our gallery tree. Contestants may also donate their ornaments to be included in a silent auction in which proceeds generated from the highest bidder will go to the charity organization, Kids to Love. Deadline for ornament submissions is Dec. 4, 2009.

The rules are as follows:

1. The contest is open to all.

2. Contestants must submit their entry no larger than 5" High; 5" Wide and 5" Deep. The ornament can be in any shape so long as it stays within the above measurements and can hang on a tree. Be creative!

3. All entries must have your name, address, age, phone number and e-mail address, on a separate sheet of paper. You may also include: title, media and inspiration.

4. All winners will have their names and ornaments appear in the December issue of "Reflectives Newsletter" and on the website, as well as, posted on the Huntsville Art Blog. You can send in more than one ornament. The more we have the prettier the tree will be! Please note if you would like for your ornament to benefit Kids to Love charity.

5. The contest shall be judged under the following categories and prize awards:

Prize Awards

Ages 5-10 First place wins $15.00

Ages 10-15 First place wins $15.00

Adults First place wins $25.00 Reflectives Gift Certificate

6. All Youth entrants (ages 15 and under) who did not win will receive a certificate of appreciation.

7. Entries must be mailed, or hand-delivered to Artisans Cove by the deadline! Deadline for entries is December 4, 2009.

Reflectives Frame and Art Gallery

Artisan's Cove

220 Old Highway 431

Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763

www.reflectivesframe.com

(256) 539-1665 or reflectives@comcast.net

Judging will be based on creativity, quality of workmanship, and use of materials.

Huntsville Art League Upcoming Exhibits and Events

HAL LIMELIGHT EXHIBIT

CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE

Gift priced items will go on sale at HAL on Nov. 23.  Don't miss it!

 

HUNTSVILLE TIMES

The month of December features Don Broome. 

 

HERITAGE CLUB

The month of December and January features Martina Dyer and Maria Morando. Their Reception will be on January 8, 4:30 – 6:30PM. 

HUNTSVILLE MAIN LIBRARY 

The month of December features Hal Cronkhite and Harriet Dobbins.

 

COLLECTOR'S DRAW TICKETS

Our annual fundraiser will start selling tickets the day after Thanksgiving, November 27, at last year's price of $125.   This event culminates in February at the VBC.

 

GALLERY TOUR

Thursday, Dec. 3, 5-9PM

For more information please contact: 

Huntsville Art League (HAL)

3005 L&N Dr. Suite 2

Huntsville AL 35801

256-534-3860

mail@huntsvilleartleague.org

www.HuntsvilleArtLeague.org

Workshops- Teachers Wanted

The Huntsville Art League is always looking for qualified workshop instructors to bring to Huntsville. If you have had a workshop recently,  know of a great teacher you'd like to see, or you would like to teach please contact the Gallery Director, Walt Schumacher at mail@huntsvilleartleague.org

Huntsville Art League (HAL) 

3005 L&N Dr. Suite 2

Huntsville AL 35801

256-534-3860

mail@huntsvilleartleague.org

www.HuntsvilleArtLeague.org

HAL - Please support Art in the Tennessee Valley

From: Walt Schumacher waltshoe@comcast.net

Date: November 22, 2009

What is Collector's Draw?

Each year, the Huntsville Art League has a major fundraising event called Collector's Draw. This has been a Huntsville tradition for over 20 years.

The kickoff is in October, when HAL does a "Call for Art" to area artists. Artists donate works of art valued at $150-$300 or more. Starting on Thanksgiving, tickets are sold to the community for $125. Many people make it a tradition to buy tickets as Christmas gifts for friends and family.

HAL continues to collect artwork (usually well over 100 pieces) through the end of the year, and begins to put it up for display in January. In January HAL hosts a great Reception for the ticket holders, which gives them the opportunity to spend time with the art, and do "rankings".

Then early in February, HAL moves all the art to the Von Braun Center, for "The Draw". This event draws over 200 ticket holders and their guests, and is "MC'd" by Steve Johnson of WHNT. One by one, Steve picks tickets at random. The first ticket holder chosen has their pick from all the art. The second person picked gets their choice from the remaining art, etc.

Amazingly, due to the wide variation in taste, most people go home with one of their top 3 picks! This is a fun event that brings patrons back year after year.

Kathi Depew's pottery available at up coming shows

Art News from potter Kathi Depew: 

Hello, 

Happy Thanksgiving!  

At the following shows my friend/representative/right-hand-woman Judy Cleve will have my pendants and cords, Christmas ornaments, and some pottery.  There will be several new glazes and textures to see, as well as new larger letter pendants per customers' requests!

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NEACA Christmas Craft Show

Von Braun Civic Center, Huntsville, AL

December 4 - 6, 2009

Friday & Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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2nd Annual Holiday Open House

Huntsville Massage Professionals

600 St. Clair Avenue, Building 7, Suite 18

Huntsville, Alabama  35801

256-270-9200     256-738-3469

Saturday, Dec. 12    10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Sunday, Dec. 13    12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Featuring live music, free drinks & snacks!

Please see attached flyer for the list of 45 vendors!

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Hope you enjoy these shows!  Please feel free to email me if you have any questions!

Kathie  Depew

Cotton Ridge Pottery/Cotton Ridge Designs, LLC

http://www.cottonridge.com

http://www.cottonridgepottery.com

Huntsville Museum of Art: On Exhibit The Royal Holloway Collection

EXHIBITION OPENING

Paintings from the Reign of Victoria:The Royal Holloway Collection
November 22

Paintings from the Reign of Victoria:The Royal Holloway Collection opens! Come experience works of art that tell the dramatic stories of the Victorian age. These compelling paintings focus on many varied and contrasting subject matter. The life of the poor and destitute is pictured with the same gusto as royalty. The ferocious nature of wild animals is contrasted with the contentment and loyalty of the domestic pet. And the bustling, domestic natures of a Victorian train station is a stark contrast to the exotic representation of the ancient Babylonian marriage market.

This exhibition includes the most visible and "modern" canvases of the 1880s and includes scenes of contemporary (Victorian) life, historical events, landscapes, animal studes and marine subjects. Not only are the paintings, and the stories behind them, quite varied, they are also some of the largest works the Museum has exhibited. The longest painting is up to 10' long, the tallest close to 7', and the heaviest weighing up to 1000 lbs! The majority of these sixty canvases have never before been exhibited outside of England!

Huntsville Museum of Art
300 Church Street, South • Huntsville, Alabama 35801
256.535.4350 • info@hsvmuseum.org www.hsvmuseum.org

Works by Maria Howard Weeden donated to local library

Weeden works come home

Friday, November 13, 2009

By Jon Busdeker

Times Arts Writer jon.busdeker@htimes.com

Watercolor portrait of former slave included in book

Four original paintings by Maria Howard Weeden, including her earliest known watercolor of a former slave, have made it back to Huntsville.

On Thursday, Nashville lawyer Henry Walker donated the rare collection of Weeden works to the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library. The paintings, tied together by a silver ribbon, are part of a poem book called "The Master of the Sheep Fold."

"We are thrilled to have this book back in Huntsville," the library's archivist Ranee Pruitt said. "When I saw this original for the first time, I was breathless."

Walker inherited the book from his father, Hugh Walker, a longtime editor at The Tennessean newspaper who wrote several articles about Weeden and collected her works.

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Former art teacher Martha Huie donates nearly 200 works

Author's wife donates books to Snead State

Saturday, November 14, 2009

By David Brewer

Times Staff Writer david.brewer@htimes.com

Former art teacher Martha Huie gives nearly 200 works

BOAZ - The wife of the late William Bradford Huie, author of "The Execution of Private Slovik," "Three Lives for Mississippi" and numerous other works, has donated almost 200 books to Snead State Community College in Boaz.

A former art instructor at the college, Martha Huie recently presented her collection of art reference books from her personal art library.

Snead State President Robert Exley said the college appreciates her gift, which will benefit mainly art students.

"She is truly someone who truly cares about (the college) and its success," he said.

Huie, who taught art at Snead in the 1970s, presented her collection to Exley and other school officials this week at the college's Learning Resource Center as they stood before an exhibit about her husband.

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The Madison Arts Council is accepting applications for 2010 grants.

Arts Council seeking grant applications

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

By Gregg L. Parker

For the Madison Spirit writeone35758@yahoo.com

Deadline is Jan. 16; guidelines aired for organizations

The Madison Arts Council is accepting applications for 2010 grants.

Deadline for submitting applications is Jan. 16. Grant awards will be announced by Feb. 1. Funds awarded must be used between Feb. 1, 2010, and Jan. 31, 2011.

MAC's grant program provides support for the advancement of the arts in the Madison area.

MAC is dispersing money that has been collected at fundraisers, such as the Chair-arty Auction of chairs painted by Madison personalities and the Art on Main sidewalk show during spring and summer months.

Renee Graham and Cindi Sanderson are staffing the grant committee this year.

MAC accepts applications for both new and existing programs, MAC president Jeanne Steadman said. Grants may be used for operations or fine arts programs.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GRANT APPLICATIONS:

Application forms are available at www.madisonartscouncil.net. Applications should be mailed to Madison Arts Council, P.O. Box 1929, Madison, AL 35758.

20 Must-Visit Art Museums You’ve Never Heard Of

Engineer, Adrienne Carlson sent the art blog an interesting article she posted on her blog entitled “20 Must-Visit Art Museums You’ve Never Heard Of” at http://toponlineengineeringdegree.com/?page_id=73

Check it out!

Reflectives Frame & Art Gallery: Gina Hurst joins team

Gina Hurst joined Artisans Cove's Reflectives Frame and Art Gallery as an art consultant.

For the past twenty-five years Gina has worked and played in the Arts. She has developed valuable skills and experiences in the areas of gallery management, art consulting, picture framing, customer service, sales, networking, marketing, and event planning, as well as, participating in many non-profit art organizations and art shows.

Gina also has an art degree and is a Certified Picture Framer through the Professional Picture Framer Association.

Gina notes, "I consider myself an educator and advocate for the arts and I am delighted to be a part of a team that has a passion to inspire creativity in our community. I am also excited to work for a company that is founded on Christian principals because I believe whatever I do, do it for the glory of God."

Reflectives Frame and Art Gallery

Artisan's Cove

220 Old Highway 431

Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763

www.reflectivesframe.com

(256) 539-1665 or reflectives@comcast.net