THIRD PLACE in collage/mixed media
“A Little Happiness”
Selected by Juror E. Melinda Morrison for the 52nd Regional Juried Art Competition, 2018 Richardson Civic Art Society
HONORABLE MENTION in mixed media
“Protecting the Land”
Selected by Juror Lyle Novinski for the 33rd Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, 2018 Irving Arts Center & Irving Art Association
At Singleton Blvd and Topeka:
Detour sign at Topeka right before Ray’s Gun Shop.
Go down Topeka. It ends at Fabrication.
Take a right on Fabrication. 516 has a blue strip on the building. Drive through the gate for parking.
At Sylvan and Fabrication:
Entrance to Fabrication across from Deluth Street.
J&R recylcling on the corner.
Both studios will be open from 12-8 pm
Henry Biber
Shapes of the Void
Reception 5-8 pm
Madeleine Terry
Treasures of the Spirit
Open 12-5 pm
Henry Biber
SHAPES OF THE VOID
May 19 – June 30, 2018
Haley-Henman at Open Studio 516
516 Fabrication Street
Dallas, Texas 75212
Call/text 214-532-3225 for more information.
Visits to the studio are by appointment.
Biber will open the studio to receive guests on Saturday, May 19, 5-8 pm.
Join the conversation with Biber on Saturday, June 2 at 3pm.
Henry Biber
Shapes of the Void
Madeleine Terry
Muse
Join the conversation with Madeleine Terry
Saturday, May 12 at 1 pm
Treasures of the Spirit
May 5-June 9, 2018
Haley-Henman at Open Studio 516
516 Fabrication Street
Dallas, Texas 75212
Call/text 214-532-3225 for more information
DIRECTIONS: Fabrication Street intersects Sylvan across from Deluth Street. 516 has a blue band around the building.
Years ago in a quest to expand my artistic expression into three dimensional form, I experimented with a variety of materials. I encountered largearia, the gourd. Although the gourd had served as containers and shapers of pottery for earlier people, they have little function in our post-industrial life of plastic containers. Nonetheless, I became fascinated with the form of the gourd, so feminine!
Observing a group of gourds, my eye sees roundness and tan color, easily identifiable. But softening my gaze and becoming mindful reveals many individual characteristics within each of them; variations in color, markings, indentations, as well as the form of that gourd, and perhaps its stem. The thoughtful observation of it, holding it, turning it in different directions and angles may begin to suggest where a pastel line might define a pattern or where an opening maybe cut or where another material might be attached.
Then, oh my goodness, the gourd has an opening! Within may be seeds, dried fleshy crusts, pearlescent membrane, a pattern of ribs, a stem, the navel. The internal cavity may suggest a container, perhaps for a particular energy or reality, a creature or a person, a feeling or thought, a concept. Combinations with other materials from my collections of found and discarded items help to flesh out beauty, substance, meaning. Selections for inclusion are reflective of the relationship of the parts to themselves and to one another, a microcosm of life itself.
As a series, Treasures displays precious detail from intricate cutting and shaping through tactile application and polishing of surfaces with wax, to arranging beads and glass on curved surfaces. Receptive attention to each material imbues each piece with an individual special quality, making it a treasure containing beauty and spirit in accord with the gourd.
Working creatively with the gourd has offered me many lessons and continues to take me on a journey of an infinite variety of expressions with them. We have a respectful creative relationship. Gourds are strong and sturdy and yet they are brittle and vulnerable to breakage. Among my lessons are practicing patience, trusting the adventure, perseverance. A lesson is clearly present when I break or split a gourd piece. This causes me to pause in my haste to reconsider, to become responsive to a changed set of circumstances. Similar to my yoga practice, being present while in the creative state is ecstatic, timeless, energized, samadhi.
I am grateful.
Ho! Madeleine Terry, May 2018
As part of this series, Terry has created a work, Nascent, a performance piece in two parts. The performance provides a frame of reference for her process.
Madeleine Terry
Treasures of the Spirit
May 5 – June 9, 2018
Haley-Herman at Open Studi 516
516 Fabrication Street
Dallas, Texas 75212
Direction: heading west on Singleton, take a Left on Sylvan, go down heading South and Fabrication is on the Left across from the street sign Deluth. The building has a blue strip around the facade.
Call/text 214-532-3225 for more information
Madeleine Terry
Treasures of the Spirit
May 5-June 9, 2018
Haley-Henman at Open Studio 516
516 Fabrication Street
Dallas, Texas 75212
Call/text 214-532-3225 for more information.
The studio will be open for Terry to receive guests on Sunday, May 6, from 2-5 pm.
A conversation with Terry will be on Saturday, May 12 at 1 pm.