Alison Adams at Orchard in October

Images of Living Movement by Alison Adams
October 4 - 31, 2011

A variety of media including both 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional work by local artist, Alison Adams. All will include living beings, human or animal. Alison's popular gourds with pyrography drawings and inks will be an integral party of this exhibition.

Also in the gallery: Enameled Copper Jewelry by California artist Emily Wiser

Gallery Hours:
Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat: 10-5
Tues & Thurs: 10-7

The Orchard Gallery of Fine Art
6312-A Covington Road
Fort Wayne, IN
260-436-0927
www.theorchardgallery.com

en Plein Air at Foster Park Friday and Saturday

en Plein Air Foster Park
An Outdoor Art Event and Silent Auction
September 30 and October 1, 2011
Fort Wayne, Indiana

At Foster Park--On-Site Registrations Accepted
Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 from 4-8 PM
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011 from 7-10 AM

At Langhinrichs Gallery
Finished work accepted from noon to 1:30 PM on Saturday, Oct. 1.
Silent Auction - Saturday, Oct. 1 @ 4 PM
Reception from 4-5:30 PM with People's Choice Award at 5:15 PM.

Come paint (or watch painters in action) in Foster Park this weekend and raise funds to plant trees for the park! Painting will occur from 4 PM to dusk Friday evening and from 7 AM to noon on Saturday. Finished art will be accepted at the Langhinrichs Gallery at 5310 Old Mill Road from noon to 1:30 PM for the silent auction at 4 PM.

Friedel's Fine Art Grand Opening on October 4th

Friedel's Fine Art Grand Opening
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 6 PM -10 PM

Location: 1430 W. Main St. Fort Wayne, Indiana

Come help us celebrate the opening of the newest art gallery in town! Friedel's Fine Art will introduce some of the hottest up-and-coming artists to our area. Complimentary wine will be served while you enjoy the gorgeous art around you. We will hold a silent auction on "Modern Green", a painting by Mj Friedel with 90% of proceeds going to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Make sure you bring your business card for a chance to win a $50.00 gift certificate to our gallery. Admission is free so you don't have anything to lose, come join us for a great art-filled night!

Friedel's Fine Art
1430 W. Main St. Fort Wayne, Indiana
www.friedelsfineart.com

Image shown: "Modern Green" by Mj Friedel

SOCA trip to Art Institute of Chicago this Thursday

SOCA Sponsoring Art Institute Trip

The School of Creative Arts (SOCA) at the University of Saint Francis is sponsoring its annual trip to the Art Institute of Chicago on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. The trip is open to the public.

A chartered bus will leave the Rolland Center for Art and Visual Communication on Leesburg Road at 7:30 a.m. and arrive in Chicago at around 11:30 a.m. The bus will leave Chicago at 6 p.m. and arrive back in Fort Wayne at 10 p.m. Cost is $40.

Please contact SOCA at 260.399.7700 for further information.

George McCullough: The Tribute Show at Castle Gallery

George McCullough: The Tribute Show
September 29 through October 2011

Opening reception:
Thursday, September 29, 2011 from 5 PM to 10 PM

The tribute represents the complete works of George McCullough who died at age 82 in 2005. McCullough's paintings span from his early studies, to the golden era of the Fort Wayne Art School (where he taught when it was located on West Berry Street) and beyond. At that time, the Castle Gallery building housed the Fort Wayne Municipal Art Museum.

After receiving his BFA and MFA degrees from Iowa State University, McCullough was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study art at the Academia Belle Arti in Florence and the Academie de la Grande Caumiere in Paris. During his Fort Wayne career, McCullough was an artist, art teacher for the Fort Wayne Art Institute and Associate Professor of Art at IPFW, retiring in 1984. McCullough and fellow art professors created a period of unprecedented productivity and joie de vivre which influenced students and the community at large. Their work hearkens back to an era when art took center stage.

George McCullough was born on January 22, 1923 and died October 15, 2005. George's surviving wife, Sue, and Joel Fremion are currently curators of the collection. All works will be for sale at Castle Gallery for the duration of the show.

Image: "Self Portrait" by George McCullough


Castle Gallery
1202 West Wayne Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Phone: 260.426.6568
Email: info@castlegallery.com
Website: www.castlegallery.com

Scholarship Opportunity for Upcoming High School Graduates

Roanoke Arts Council invites applications to the 2011-2012 Roanoke Arts Council High School Art Scholarship. The purpose of this scholarship is to recognize a graduating high school senior who has exhibited artistic excellence in visual arts and who plans to pursue further education in the visual arts. Applications will be accepted from high school seniors graduating in June 2012 who are currently attending public or private school in Indiana. Applicants must be Allen, Dekalb, Huntington, Grant, LaGrange, Miami, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells or Whitley County residents. The Roanoke Arts Council Scholarship will be paid directly to the student's selected school to assist with tuition.

The complete application must be received or postmarked no later than September 26, 2011. Applicants will be judged by a panel of professionals with a high level of expertise in college arts education and/or professional experience. Selection of a scholarship winner will be based on artistic excellence as demonstrated by the quality of the work samples and application submitted to the panel. Dedication and character will also be considered.

Scholarship winner will be announced Saturday, October 8, 2011 at the Renaissance in Roanoke. All scholarship finalists will have one original work to exhibited in the Roanoke Arts Council High School Art Scholarship Exhibit October 8, 2011 in conjunction with the Renaissance in Roanoke.

For application form and process go to http://www.renaissanceinroanoke.org.

Good luck!

Huntington University Art Students--Bowls for Homeless

Huntington University art students create bowls to help the homeless
Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 10 AM to 5 PM
Studio Art Center
Huntington University
Huntington, IN

On Saturday, the art students will be working on these bowls so feel free to come by for photos or interviews. It should be a very neat experience! They will be working in the Studio Art Center (the new brick building by the Graduate School) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Huntington University art students are using their talents to aid the homeless in local communities. In partnership with Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Fort Wayne Inc., students will be creating ceramic bowls for an empty bowls project. The students will be creating 200 bowls through wheel throwing and hand-built ceramics. The bowls will be used at an Interfaith event on Oct. 16, 2011.
“I wanted to do the empty bowls project this year because it's a great way to get the whole art department working together on a single project,” said senior Alan Hay. “It's also a project with purpose that helps the community around us.”
Interfaith Hospitality Network’s mission is to serve homeless families by uniting faith community volunteers and local agencies in a cooperative effort to provide shelter, meals, and comprehensive, compassionate and ongoing support.

Stitched Together: Kim Reiff and Sara Nordling at Continuum

Stitched Together: Kim Reiff and Sara Nordling
Continuum Art Gallery
September 16, 2011 - October 1, 2011
Reception: Friday, September 16 from 7-10 PM

Fiber artists Kim Reiff and Sara Nordling are “Stitched Together” on Friday, September 16, 2011 with an artists’ reception from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. at the Continuum Art Gallery in downtown Fort Wayne.

On their own, Reiff and Nordling create dynamic tapestries of color and texture. Reiff found inspiration for her series “Journey” in Maya Angelou’s words, “I wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now,” (1993) and invites the viewer to begin their own journey of discovery as they experience the visual and tactile nature of her artwork. Nordling’s approach to her weaving is to, “let the visual language of the interlacement of threads speak for itself in the works I make. It has a rich language of its own.” Together they combine layers of dreams, magic, and history to weave a unique, but unified story about the human experience. The exhibit is on display until October 1, 2011.

Continuum Art Gallery (CAG)
125 W. Wayne Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday & Thursday: 11 AM – 2 PM
Friday: 11 AM – 2 PM & 4 PM – 8 PM
Saturday: Noon – 8 PM
Also by appointment. For more information visit www.continuumartgallery.com or call (260) 399-3843.

Bruno Surdo at University of Saint Francis

2011 Presidential Gala: Bruno Surdo, Figurative Paintings
University of Saint Francis

Opening Reception: September 10, 2011 from 6-9 PM
Show runs September 10 - October 23, 2011

The School of Creative Arts at the University of Saint Francis will unveil a renowned artwork commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedy as part of “2011 Presidential Gala: Bruno Surdo, Figurative Paintings,” its signature event opening the school year. The Gala will open Sept. 10 from 6-9 p.m. in the Weatherhead Gallery in the Rolland Center for Visual Art and Communication. The exhibit will be open for viewing through Oct. 23.

Surdo, a Chicago native, is the Gala’s study subject and the painter of “Tragedy, Memory, & Honor,” a 9-by-35-foot work in oil on canvas with elements of collage. Surdo flew to New York City shortly after the disaster, where he observed first-hand the indescribable carnage in the aftermath of the attack on the city’s Twin Towers.

Painted on five panels, “Tragedy, Memory, & Honor” memorializes the horrifying tragedy that without warning killed thousands of innocents—changing lives and altering the appearance and perception of New York in the eyes of the world forever. Thickly painted in impasto and collaged with debris collected from the site, the painting is overwhelming in its acute depiction of the fathomless destruction which will forever leave an indelible scar on humanity.

Surdo is an award-winning artist who has exhibited widely nationally and internationally. He has studied figurative drawing and painting in the United States and Europe. While studying in Italy, he perfected his knowledge of artistic human anatomy, pictorial composition, landscape painting and still-life depictions. He is the founder and current head instructor at the School of Representational Art in Chicago which was established in 1992, and is represented by the Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago.

This event is sponsored by Barnes and Thornburg, USF President Sr. M Elise Kriss, OSF and the University of Saint Francis.

We hope to see you there!

(Image: Andrew by Bruno Surdo)