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You’ve waited for this all winter!
The first Gallery Walk of the season will be Friday, May 9th. Music, friends, great restaurants and fabulous art are always a part of these popular evenings, and experienced art-lovers make Artists’ Own Gallery one of their first destinations. AO will be unveiling new displays and a new look, but there are many more reasons to stop by…
Joe Peters will be playing, along with Christi Clore, Linda Hicks, and Amanda Fletcher, the most recent SAMI (emerging songwriter) award winner.
Be sure to meet our three new artists for 2008. Al Knight, Orie Shafer and Glenn Chang have joined our list of AO talent and their new work will be in the spotlight.
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Al Knight
“I observe my surroundings from a point of view not always obvious to others. I find something attractive and interesting in almost everything I see.
My personal collection of photographs reflects this eclectic vision of the beauty that is hidden among the mundane, the unattractive, the discarded, and the forgotten.”
Al retired from Purdue in May 2004. He still teaches part-time in Purdue’s College of Technology and is pursuing a second career in photography. Al and his wife Dianne reside in Lafayette, Indiana. He retired from Purdue in May 2004. He still teaches part-time in Purdue’s College of Technology and is pursuing a second career in photography. Al and his wife Dianne reside in Lafayette, Indiana.
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Orie Shafer
Orie Shafer has been producing mixed media works of art in Lafayette for more than thirty-five years. His paintings and drawings have shown in over two hundred exhibits around the United States. He was awarded a retrospective at the Indiana State Museum after twice winning the Grand Prize at the ‘Indiana Artists” competition held at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. More of his work can be found at: orieshaferstudios.com
You may contact him at: orieshafer@hotmail.com
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Glenn Chang
As both a commercial and fine art photographer, Glenn’s work has focused on nature and the wild environment. Initially he was drawn to the tropical and volcanic beauty of Hawaii. But when he moved to Colorado, his work drew on the inspiration of the high mountain country of the Rocky Mountains, the deserts of the Four Corners region of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, the extreme diversity of California, and the wild and scenic beauty of the Pacific coast. Now living in the rural country of the Midwest, Glenn has taken up the challenge of finding the gems of water, forests, and natural environments hidden away in the landscape.
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Member Happenings
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Terri Duncan will have a solo exhibit entitled “Words of Wisdom” in the Tippecanoe Arts Federation, West Gallery. The show features mixed media paintings that integrate art and inspiring quotes. The Opening Reception will be Friday, May 9th, 6-10 pm. The exhibit will run until June 13. Note:TAF summer hours are Tuesday-Friday 9-5:00 pm.
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Highly prized Indiana walnut will be featured in Dan Bollock’s upcoming exhibit of furniture at TAF. The show runs June 20 through July 26. There will be an opening reception showcasing Dan’s original furniture designs on the evening of June 27.
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Sandra Daniel experienced the earthquake and six days of inspiration at the Indiana Plein Air Paint Out in New Harmony (close to the epicenter). She returned to Lafayette “all shook up” with a new color palette and a study entered in the 2009 “Field to Finish” competition.
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Sara Vanderkleed and Terri Duncan now have their work at the Sullivan Munce Art Center Boutique. And Sara traveled to Ft. Wayne to participate in their art museum’s “Art 4 Sale”.
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Potter Mary Firestone attended a two-day workshop at the Brickyard in Indianapolis with ceramic artist Deb Weinstein. Mary came back with her famous “dirty hands” and enthusiasm for the sculptural, detailed and colorful work.
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Shopping Service
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Artists’ Own One Phone call Shopping Service
It’s so simple! 1. Call us at 765-429-4478 to charge a gift certificate. 2. We mail the receipt to you. 3. We mail the gift certificate to the giftee who opens it and places you in the “so thoughtful” section of their address book.
Artists’ Own Shipping Service
Artists’ Own will see that your original art piece is shipped to your home or to the gift recipient through our professional shipping company. Costs may be charged to your credit card. Now isn’t that easy?
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| Supporting Our Community |
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Art Museum of Greater Lafayette New Artists 2007
Juried Exhibition for Emerging Local Artists
The 2008 Artists' Own Young Artist Award (juried by AO member Lorie Amick) went to Katie McLean of McCutcheon High School (Sherry Brechbiel, art teacher) for a photograph titled, Worn Steps. McLean manipulated the photograph in a way that creatively emphasized the subject matter. Offerings from the local high school art students will be shown at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, 102 South 10th Street, Lafayette, April 4 – May 3, 2008.
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May 9
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September 12
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