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Studio news from His Room as He Left It
feb 17 I have been slightly manic lately so I had the energy to make Drey’s bass amp. dedicated with love to all my musician friends.
February 2024
many thanks to everyone who visited open studios in November. and thanks to everyone who helped! It was a lovely time with compelling and memorable conversations, both with strangers and friends.
In non-HRAHLI news, I’m delighted to be a part of this exhibit opening next week, showing my fuzzy hinge.
Vive la Différence
February 8, 2024 - February 29, 2024
ArtWalk and Artist Reception: Thursday February 8, 5-8pm
The theme for this coming February’s exhibit is Vive la Différence!
This expression is attributed to the French (surprise?) poet, journalist and novelist Anatole France. Although Monsieur France was celebrating the difference between sexes, we are bringing this statement to a more intimate setting, the celebration of the differences within ourselves!
We have invited artists to submit artwork that is different from anything they have shown in the past,
a celebration of the difference in them, to create this group exhibit celebrating all that is different.
Vive la Différence! opens with the Artists Reception on Thursday February 8th from 5 to 8pm, and will feature the creations of 36 inspired artists.
We invite you to this opening and embrace the theme: Wear Different, be Different, show us that you also have a Different side. We will!
Elusie Gallery at Big Red Frame
43 Main Street
Easthampton MA
https://bigredframe.com/events/jeudi-gras-vive-la-difference/
October 2023
come join us at
116 Pleasant Street #205
Easthampton MA
on
November 4 & 5
from
10am - 5pm
for Eastworks Open Studios
https://eastworksopenstudios.com/
really looking forward to open studios this year, as I’ve finished Drey’s bed and have arranged things so you can walk into the room area and be in it. will be sharing little details here and on IG at @arielko13
next: building the cardboard walls and painting them to look like waterfall wallpaper
September 15, 2023 it felt so nice to finish this Shake Who Choked on a Crabapple. I made an armature of styrofoam and wire, with smooshed kneaded erasers for the apple, in 2007. these past few days, I covered it with nylon stocking and several layers of PVA, painted it white with charcoal markings, colored in the markings with acrylics, made eyes and a tongue, and mounted it to some cardboard I constructed to look like a wooden base.
This is a milk snake that Drey finds out at the Flying Saucer. He opens it up, eats the apple, and then re-stuffs it with his own taxidermy materials.
august 2023 just a few scenes from Drey’s room
