Monday, September 17, 2012

Contemporary Art Under The Influence

    
2013 Spring Tempe Festival of the Arts     


Call to Artists

WHAT: Spring  Tempe  Festival  of  the  Arts

WHERE: Mill Avenue District, the heart of the Valley of the Sun; Tempe, Arizona

WHEN: April  5 - 7,  2013    
              Friday,  Saturday  &  Sunday,  10:00  a.m. - 5:00  p.m.   


NOTEWORTHY:
  • Juried show in 16 media categories
  • Surveyed results show an average of $1.6 million in festival sales
  • Promotion of event to art-buying public in newspapers, lifestyle magazines, radio, television, direct mail, online, news releases, and social media valued at $325,000
  • Featured Artist and Artists Awards valued at $5,000
  • Application/Jury Fee $35; $460 basic booth fee + $75 mandatory City sales tax/business license fee ($535 basic total) with value added fees based on zone location, single, double, corner, space behind, and electric preferences
  • Artist amenities include booth sitting, mobile hospitality cart serving water throughout the day, hospitality lounge with complimentary coffee, soda, water and snacks; large-art delivery assistance program; and, 24-hour security patrol
  • New quality control program to enforce no buy/sell policy

The Spring Tempe Festival of the Arts is among the oldest, largest, and best-loved traditions in the Desert Southwest. Held over a 3-day weekend, more than 225,000 visitors shop from the Valley's best selection of fine art and craft, from more than 350 artists, coming from throughout North America. The Festival occurs in a festive street fair atmosphere in the Mill Avenue District of downtown Tempe, Arizona. Now in its 36th year, the Spring Festival has been named the Best Event in Arizona by the International Festival and Events Association, and received an Award of Merit from the International Downtown Association.

This juried show does not admit buy-sell artists, and promotes original art with all artists on site to engage visitors. The event is held semi-annually, taking advantage of the last of "snow bird" high season in Arizona. One third of the Festival's visitors come from outside Phoenix and outside Arizona.

It's fun for the whole family, too, with more than two dozen street entertainers located throughout the site, Kids Innovation Station where children make visual art they can take home free, the Arizona Wine Festival wine tasting gardens, The Art of Beer microbrewery gardens, and the Festival Stage featuring daily musical entertainment.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Deadline: October 1, 2012

Notification: November 6, 2012

Booth Fees Due: December 4, 2012

Apply At:www.zapplication.org

More Information: www.tempefestivalofthearts.com

Email Questions: jeanette@tempefestivalofthearts.com

Phone Questions: Artist Relations Director, Jeanette Miller - (602) 997-2601

Lori Hyland - Posner Fine Art

Posner Fine Art News: A Hyland Universe

PFA News September 2012

SEPT 2012
A Hyland Universe

Shown Above:


Midsummer Garden
oil on canvas
48" x 60"

Also Available:

Lori Hyland Milky Way
Milky Way
oil on canvas
72" x 90"

Lori Hyland Gallaxy
Galaxy
oil on canvas

48" x 60"

Shown to the Right:   
Divine Matrix
oil on canvas
64" x 89"
Lori Hyland

Lori Hyland is an abstract painter who has lived her entire life in Los Angeles. She took her undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California and then attended Pratt Institute of Visuals Arts in New York. Additionally she studied with Koho Sensei in traditional Japanese Sumi-e and Tom Wudi. Lori's work has been shown in numerous galleries in Europe and the United States.

The creative process for Hyland is deeply intuitive. She has been fascinated and guided in painting by two important concepts; visual meaning and transformation with every canvas bringing new and unexpected relationships. In each painting, Lori uses the entire visible color spectrum with its vast palette as found in nature's deserts and gray skies.

Hyland may start out with a very particular vision or meaning but other forces carry her to an altogether different place. It is this element that draws her into abstract art rather than representational. Abstract painting offers Hyland individual meaning and endless fascination with the revelations that take place.

Much of her work is constructed by small grids of color placed closely together to retract colors. By themselves, they have little meaning, but placed in the whole reveal several levels of symbolism leading to a meaningful statement. Her work becomes a matter of discovery and investigation; creation as well as destruction through new forms taking place each moment.

Lori Hyland Divine Matrix 
When Lori first started painting, she was led in her work by spirituality, especially influenced by her travels to Gothic Cathedrals in France. Other influences include the environment and the earth. In recent years, her work has a new influence -- music. 

Posner Fine Art is always available to assist you with your fine art and accessory needs.

Sincerely,

Wendy Posner  info@posnerfineart.com

PFA New Address 2012  

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Call to Artists - Wilder Mansion 2nd Annual Holiday Market


Wilder Mansion 2nd Annual
Holiday Market


Call to Artists

WHAT: One of a Kind Art, Craft, and Seasonal Gifts  

WHERE: Wilder Mansion in Elmhurst Illinois  
      
WHEN:  Friday, November 9, 4-9pm (Benefit)
            Saturday, November 10, 11am-5pm (Free Admission)
 
           
NOTEWORTHY:
 
*A juried show limited to 50 artists.

*Reduced hotel rates.

*Please visit rglmarketingforthearts.com  for more information.

Elmhurst's 2nd Annual Wilder Mansion Holiday Market is considered one of the top Suburban Holiday art venues in the Chicago area. Wilder Mansion (landmark building) is located on the grounds of Wilder Park which is ranked one of the top suburban parks by Chicago Magazine. Wilder Park is the setting of the Elmhurst Art Museum, Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst College. Elmhurst is a sophisticated art conscious community. Residents are highly educated and affluent art patrons. Homes are appraised at $600,000-2million dollars plus.
 
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:  

Applications available at:

Deadline:  Postmarked September 15, 2012
  
Application Fee: $25

Booth Fee: $150   

Notification:  October 11, 2012  

Email questions to: roz@rglmarketingforthearts.com

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Axelle Gallery ERIC ROUX-FONTAINE “Neverlandscape” NEW YORK CITY, September 14, 2012 -- November 5 - December



ERIC ROUX-FONTAINE

 “Neverlandscape”

NEW YORK CITY, September 14, 2012 --

November 5  -  December 2
OPENING RECEPTION ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 6-8PM (RSVP REQUIRED)


    
        Oro, 39¼" x 39¼"                           Babel I, 39" x 44½"                                   Angel, 23½" x 23½"

AXELLE FINE ARTS GALERIE is pleased to present “N E V E R L A N D S C A P E”, a solo exhibition of new works by French artist ERIC ROUX-FONTAINE.  Roux-Fontaine is well known worldwide for his creative talents in a wide range of media; he is an accomplished painter, photographer, poet and video artist. Roux- Fontaine’s premiere exhibition at Axelle Fine Arts features a series of oil paintings (pure pigment, marble powder and resin) that blend the real and the imagined to create a sort of pictorial poetry. 

Roux Fontaine’s unique multidisciplinary body of work is characterized by his surreal and delicate portrayal of the natural world. The artist has travelled throughout Central America, India and Eastern Europe, specifically to Borucan & Romani communities; those cultures have had a profound influence on his art.  His view of the world is one that is enchanted, sensitive and full of hope.  He encourages the viewer to consider their identity and their relationship to the surrounding world.  Roux-Fontaine aims to change the way people perceive the world, to restore what has been lost; his art reminds us of the natural beauty and serenity that is too easily forgotten in the rush of the modern world.  He depicts images from his travels, his thoughts and his dreams.

Roux-Fontaine was born in 1966 in the Savoy Region of France.  He enrolled at the Fine Art School of Saint-Etienne at the young age of 17 and graduated Suma Cum Laude 5 years later.  Since his first solo exhibition in 1991, he has enjoyed sellout shows and overwhelming success throughout Europe.  In 1995, the Musée des Beaux-arts of the city of Chambéry and the Musée Paul Dini of the city of Villefranche-sur-Saône acquired works which to date are part of their permanent collections. The Museum of the city of Lyon and the Centre de Cultura Contemporania of Barcelona (Barcelona Contemporary Arts Center) both featured his work in 2008.  The same year, Spanish private arts foundation Josep Niebla presented his first retrospective.  In 2011, he was a guest speaker at the renowned TED event in Lyon.  His work was recently featured at the Rotterdam, Paris, London and Dublin art fairs.

View the catalog online here.

For further information, prices and photographic material, please contact the gallery at 212. 226. 2262 or email info@axelle.com. Gallery hours are from 11:00am to 7:00pm every day.

Roux- Fontaine at work