A GRoup of Artists & Friends exploring ideas and common themes as we develop joint exhibitions |
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Aimee |
Dana Slowiak |
Karen Reppen |
Gary |
Tom |
Bobbette Rose |
Jayne Reid Jackson |
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Aimee’s work has a strong foundation
in textiles. Her designs are inspired by vivid colors,
complex textures and the desire
to elicit a visceral response. |
Dana explores essential organic forms revealed in flowers and plants.
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Karen has a passion for transforming ordinary into extraordinary. Using photography, drawing, and various assemblage techniques, her work combines found objects with a myriad of other materials. |
Gary’s work is a reflection as well as an expression of his world. His photography is both narrative as well as being expresionistic and leads the viewer into an appreciation of our common spaces through the frame of the lens. |
Tom’s stone images explore how mammoth yet fragile structures use balance as, tenuously, they support each other. The stones, serve as a metaphor for human relationships and how we interact with each other. |
Bobbette explores the relationship between the natural and the spiritual through luminescent washes of color. Using built-up layers of paper pulp, she paints with beeswax (encaustic) and egg tempera. |
Jayne is known for her mezzotints and monotypes. She exacts precision and control in her etchings and mezzotints while the monotypes are more fluid, with brush-work and color to define the image. |
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An Exhibition of New Work
March 29-June 7, 2009
Overture Center for the Performing Arts
In 2008, the seven artsTRIBE artists spent the summer Saturdays making artwork on-site at the Dane County Farmersí Market, a cherished community institution, gathering over 300 vendors and tens of thousands of visitors each week.
Some of the artists used the food as subject matter, drawing peppers, bok choy and lettuce. Others visited farms, photographing and studying the farm process. And some of the artists incorporated materials directly into their artwork, mixing fresh beeswax in their paint (encaustic), boiling beets to use as dyes, and sewing wild grasses directly into their work.
Read what the Wisconsin State Journal said about the show.
Read what Sustainable Times is saying about the show (pdf).
Meet the artists at a
Reception & Artist Talk
May 1, 5 - 9 p.m.
Dane County Cultural Arts Commission
and the Madison Arts Commission