March 11th, 2010 09:24am
by Art.Happens
I was at the Gallery until near midnight last night finalizing the list of student art. Yesterday the local high school teachers brought in a couple hundred pieces of art from their current students. All the gallery owners and downtown merchants participating in this Saturday’s Art Walk were blown away by the quality of work.
You can see 4 examples here. The teachers are to be commended due …
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November 11th, 2009 11:11pm
by Art.Happens
This month, the galleries and merchants got together to put some spunk back into the Art Walk.
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November 2nd, 2009 08:16pm
by Art.Happens
Last Thursday, Old Adobe School District Superintendent, Diane ZImmerman, hosted a “Toast for Change” at the Mystic Theater introducing the Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) that are now being deployed in her school district. It was an amazing evening with many of the gallery owners, educators and community members engaged in this method of teaching critical thinking using art.
I had been exposed to VTS a couple weeks before at my Rotary club. …
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August 30th, 2009 07:17pm
by Art.Happens
The new show at Gallery One is an interesting duo of artists: Hella Merrill & Olga Storms. I’ve always loved the work that Hella Merrill does with en caustic on metal. Her art is calming with earth tones and subtle dynamics of the interplay of texture, shape & color.
As a sharp contrast, Olga’s work is bright & edgy with an energetic tension in the figures of her …
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