Submitted by ANGELWOOD GALLERY
Angelwood Gallery is pleased to present FLUX celebrating our 24 years in business. The show opens on April 29 and runs until June 18.
There will be a weekend long Open House to kick off the show on Saturday, April 29 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 30 from noon to 5 p.m. The weekend will also feature pottery demonstrations, specialty food tasting and refreshments.
Angelwood Gallery, which has featured regional artists since its inception, will continue that tradition with a wonderful line up of talented artists. The artists will include, gallery owner and potter Julie A. Beutler. She will be featuring over a 100 new pots with a strong emphasis on functional/kitchen ware as well as garden inspired pottery. Her work will feature finishes from wood kiln as well oxidation and raku firings.
Other artists featured are mixed media artists Andrea Feller and Shannon Eis who both work with found objects to create funky animal sculptures, jewelry and wall work. They use common household goods, pieces of wood, found objects and other interesting finds to make these cool sculptures and 2D works.
Glass artists joining the show are: Lars Glass, Beth Ziss, and Peg Briggs featuring home and garden glass as well as jewelry. Potters Brandon Knott, Joyce Donahue, Maggie Trzcinski, Rachel Burks and Scott Jones will be have an impressive collection of functional pottery as well as some sculpture.
Metal artists will include furniture, wrought iron wall pieces and sculptures by Mike Leady of Southpaw Metal Studio and silverware jewelry, kitchen ware and garden pieces by Nadine Musser.
New acrylic paintings by Jenny King featuring florals, vegetables and landscapes and drawings by Jeanne Beutler with a new line of highly detailed and realistic portraits of classic movie and television stars as well as musicians will adorn the walls of the gallery.
Pen and pencil drawings highlighted by watercolors by artist Ali Drozdowicz will round out the 2D artists. Mary Mascazine will have her master marbled papermaking skills that she has turned into wearable art in her bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. Brilliant Ideas artist Kate Argow with her eclectic jewelry that features semi precious stones, watch parts, antique pieces and her sense of style and fun to make unique statement pieces.
We also have new fiber work by Susan Diehr and Carol Sargent with both wearables as well as eye class covers, I Pad and phone cases. Sargent will also feature a new line of earrings using hand made glass beads from around the world. A lovely selection of paper quilling by artist Natalie Johnson with her amazing eye for detail will also be highlighted.
The gallery is located in charming downtown Grand Rapids Ohio at 24195 Front Street.
Hours are Tuesday-Saturday 11 AM until 4 PM and Sundays from 12-5 PM. We can be reached at 419-832-0625 or www.angelwoodgallery.com.
