Fifty-two pieces of original art found new homes as a result of the Annual Silent Auction at Art Intersection. Throughout the two weeks prior to the actual event on Saturday, December 1, the work of artists who generously donated the pieces were on display in the North and South galleries. Sometimes a silent auction can be a less than cohesive array of work, however many visitors commented on the extraordinary quality and professionalism of this exhibition.
On Saturday evening, it was great to see so many people show up to support Art Intersection. We could not have accomplished this without our community of artists, members, volunteers, and art enthusiasts who made the event a success.
With the funds raised we will to continue to showcase the work of all levels of artists, showing the best photography and related art forms. Specifically, these contributions will offset future exhibition costs and finance our yearly student exhibition, Emerge, which showcases work from several local high schools, community colleges, and universities.
To everyone who “paid it forward”, please accept our heartfelt gratitude. We strive to continue to be a place where you can learn, create, and exhibit.
This evening we saw work from six members in our Member Portfolio event. The work included gelatin-silver and digital prints. The portfolio events are open to the public for viewing. Sharing your work is one of the benefits of being a member.
Four of the Through Each Others Eyes photographers exhibited eighty images at Art Intersection from their First Arizona – Alberta Exchanges 2012. Through Each Others Eyes USA based photographers Colleen Miniuk-Sperry and Ken Ross traveled to Alberta, Canada, while Canadian photographers Peter Carroll and Royce Howland came to Arizona. Each photographer chose their favorite twenty images for the show which were in the North and South Galleries. The well attended reception included all four photographers and was held Wednesday, November 7, at the Art Intersection galleries.
Since 1988, 137 photographers have participated in Through Each Others Eyes™ photo exchanges, producing exhibitions that have been viewed by more than two million people. In addition, the photographers of Through Each Others Eyes™ participate in social and educational projects around the globe. To learn more, visit the website at www.teoe.org.
We hope to have more exhibitions with Through Each Others Eyes in the coming years!
Artist in residence, David Emitt Adams, gave an informative and engaging lecture about his work and practice of using 19th century photographic processes to communicate his 21st century ideas.
After the lecture we looked at original works of his wet plate collodion imagery on weathered tin cans he finds in the desert.
David will continue to share his expertise in the field of wet plate collodion by offering a day-long workshop and open studio on October 27 and 28. For more information on the two events visit Wet Plate Collodion Tintype.
If you can’t make the workshop, join us for an informal dinner on Sunday evening, October 28th at 4pm with David and the staff of Art Intersection. Visit the website for more information about dinner and to register Dinner With The Artist.
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We know how difficult it is to have a meaningful dialogue during an exhibition’s opening so we hosted a gallery talk for Word Up: artists using language, to discuss the work in the exhibition.
John Risseeuw and Dan Mayer, educators and artists from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at ASU led the conversation. John and Dan talked about the history of the Fine Printing and Book Arts Program at ASU and also shared a lot of interesting historical references to the art of fine printing.
There were several other exhibiting artists in attendance, including Karla Elling from Mummy Mountain Press, Linda Smith from Picnic Press and current student, Rosalind Shipley along with ASU alumni, Peter Bugg. For more photos of this exhibition visit our facebook page.
The opening reception for WORD UP: artists using language and Abstracted by J. Barry Thomson kicked off our fall season programming block of Art & Language.
In the galleries you’ll find so much interesting work, plan to stay for at least an hour. In additional to three galleries full of a variety of media, you can come into the east gallery and spend some time looking at-and yes- handling, a wide variety of artists’ books.
Here’s a link to our Facebook photo album where you can see images of the opening and selected pieces from the exhibitions.
Please visit our website to look at our fall line-up of classes, lectures, workshops and MORE!
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“I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap.” ― Ani DiFranco
The doors of Art Intersection opened in January of 2011 with a belief that in order for human creativity to flourish – it being perhaps one of our most important saving graces – nourishment is required on many fronts. In order to support the creative spirit of all those individuals within physical range of its facilities and programming, a well-equipped and well-staffed facility was made available to any and to all who wanted to engage in further developing their own creativity.
This exhibition celebrates a very special part of our growing community, our members, staff, and faculty.With our membership, we wanted to create a lively atmosphere for interesting dialogue and networking, a place to share work, and to learn not only from the stellar faculty and staff but also from each other. Through group critiques, one on ones with our curator and special member events we have begun forging a true creative community.
The staff and faculty of Art Intersection are also committed artists and feel honored to have their work intersecting with the work of the members in this inaugural exhibition devoted to learning, creating, and sharing. For more images visit our Facebook page.
Participants in last evening’s workshop, The Card as Art, enjoyed learning several new methods for making cards that are truly unique works of art. Working with gorgeous papers, learning new ways to up-cycle old calendars, greetings cards and ephemera, and learning to make custom envelopes were among the many approaches to creating handmade cards and tags.
Each participant went home with several finished cards and a whole lot of new ideas to make more at home. We plan to offer more opportunities to create cards in the near future!
Saturday we hosted another successful, hands-on mat cutting workshop where everyone mounted and matted an image using archival methods. Mystery of mat cutting revealed.
Using the 60″ mat cutter and the straight cutter we cut a sheet of 32″x40″ mat board to 11″x14″ finished size. After a little math we cut a beveled opening to fit the 8″x10″ image. Everyone went away ready to save money and expand their presentation creativity by cutting their own mats and mounting using archival method.
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Guest artist, Elise Deringer, was back at Art Intersection to show us how to create a one of a kind silk scarf using a photographic solution called cyanotype. The participants used live botanicals, objects, photographs and cut paper to create their own individual designs. The results were absolutely gorgeous! To see more images visit our facebook page.
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