"Phaleonopsis" by Paul J Sweany

"Phaleonopsis" watercolor by Paul J Sweany

2008 Featured Local & Regional Artists:

 

" '65 GTO" acrylic painting by Maria Morris

'65 GTO , acrylic painting by Maria Morris

2-dimensional Artwork:

Collage:

Jeremy Bazur - giclee reproductions from original collages

Maria Morris - collage, giclee prints from originals 

Digital Compositions:

Ransom Haile - Multi-media, digital imagery

"Restoration of Balance" by Ransom Haile

Painting:                                                                Tuscan Hillside by Margaret Sweany

"Tuscan Hillside" by Margaret Sweany

Patricia Coleman - acrylic painting

Arlene Huss Cook - printmaking/painting

Dennis Deusner - acrylic spackle paintings, giclee prints

Brian Gordy - giclee reproductions from original watercolors

Jane Jensen - watercolor, & giclee prints from original watercolors

Ron Lee - oil painting

Ellen Starr-Lyon - oil painting

Sara Steffey McQueen – painting, giclee prints from originals 

Maria Morris - acrylics, giclee prints from originals 

Patrice Poor - oil & acrylic painting

Leilani Poor - acrylic painting

Bonita Snellenberger - watercolors, pastels,

and giclee prints from original drawings & paintings

Veda Stanfield - oil paintings and giclee prints from original oils

Paul Sweany - watercolors, litho & giclee prints

 

Pencil/Pastel:"Zinnias" by Carol Koetke

Judy Noyes-Farnsworth - pencil, pastel drawings

Mark Riggins - prints from original pen & ink drawings

"Zinnias" by Carol Koetke     

"Brown County" by Darryl Jones    

"Brown County" by Darryl JonesPhotography:

Bob Anderson - photography

Jeffrey Belth - digital photography

Jon Benson - photography

Debbi Conkle - photography

Beth Douglas - photography

John Eric Hawkins - large format, & digital photography

Steven Higgs - film photography            

Scott Johnson - astrophotography

Darryl Jones - film & digital photography                                           

Carol Koetke - digital photography

Michael Wenzler - digital photography

Poster Art/Stencils:

Tom Cat Spray - stencil poster art

Printmaking:

Earl Snellenberger - giclee prints from original etchings

Multiple Media Artists:"Mano" by Patrick Donley                                                                "Mano" by Patrick Donley

James Campbell - pvc carving, 3-D wall sculpture, cast paper

Patrick Donley - 3-D paintings & collage

David Ebbinghouse - multi media, sculpture

Bonnie Gordon-Lucas-mixed media printmaking

Julie Harries - Ravenwood block prints & cards, handmade journals, handmade glass jewelry

 

Jaime Sweany - photography, oil painting, giclee prints

Margaret Sweany - pencil drawing, oil paintings, clay sculpture & giclee prints from original paintings

Barb Lund in her Studio (photo by Parkhurst)


3-dimensional Artwork:

Ceramics, Functional/Sculptural:

Linda Bowman -  porcelain ceramics

Terry Briner & Paul Chase - carved ceramic vessels

Kris Busch - reduction fired stoneware

Chris Davis - raku ceramics 

Dianna Huxhold - ceramic sculpture

Barb Lund - functional ceramics

Ed McEndarfer - decorative functional ceramics & sculpture

Daria Smith - ceramic tiles, sculpture, magnets & earrings

Barb Lund in her studio

(photo by David Parkhurst)

 

Display of Nick McGill's Candlesticks

Fiber Art:

Julia Sermersheimfiber art dolls

Aimee Summitt – multi media fiber art, dioramas


Gourd Art:

Sharon Jungclaus-Gould multi-media & gourd art 

 

 

 

 

 

Metal Work/Sculpture:

Robin Lee Holm & David Deyou - hand hammered copper masks

Nicholas McGill – metalwork, sculpture, candle sticks

Stephen Phillips - metal art, wall hangings, sculpture

"Folded Sun" by Stephen Phillips

"Resting Frog" paper cutting by Deborah Klein

 

 

 

"Folded Sun" by Stephen Phillips" 

 

 

 

"Resting Frog" by Deborah Klein"

 

Mosaic/Stained Glass/Glass:

Carol Hedin - mosaic-topped tables, stained glass, nightlights, housewares

Mark Lewanski - Glass collector's boxes                  

 

Paper Illustration:

Deborah Klein - embossed paper cuttings

 

Textile Art:

Martina Celerin - multi-dimensional

weavings & fiber art, giclee notecards

Rosemary Trubitt - quilting       

                        

 

 

Wood working, carvings & turnings:"withinfinity" by James Alexander Thom

David Beery - wood turning

Dan Dutra - wood turning

James Gruntman - wood working

James Alexander Thom - wood carvings, drawings

Jill Weber - Halomirrors

 

 

"withinfinity" by James Alexander Thom

                                        Locally Made jewelry (photo by Ransom Haile)

 

 

Jewelry:

Janice Bone - Bonafide Jewelry

Jamaliya Cobine - Fool Eye Art for the Body, glass,crystal jewelry

Mari Dagaz - MariLuna jewelry

Ondine Vivian Eleven - metalsmithing

Nicki Stewart Ingersoll - "Soji" recycled vintage jewelry      

Evan Knox - jewelry

JoAnn Latvaitis - gomobyjo jewelry

Linda Manus - Fool Eye, Art for the Body

Carolyn Phillips -  Silver bracelets

Joanna Taylor - My Word! Jewelry

Staci Radford Vincent - Inner Light jewelry &  home accessories

Assorted Other Art:

Apparel:

Marla Dawson - Naturals by Marla - woven textiles scarves/hand towels

Quigley - "For God's Sake, Peace Please" t-shirts

Authors:

Norbert Krapf - Poetry and spoken word Poetry

Charlie Nelms - Start Where You Find Yourself: Lessons Taught & Lessons Learned 100% of proceeds go to Hurricane Katrina relief (Red Cross), World Food Program & Hoosier Hills Food Bank

Scott Russell Sanders - Wilderness Plots (book)

 

"god cracks a walnut while mr machine

engages the mighty gears of salvation"

digital composition by Ransom Haile

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

"Fruit" acrylic spackle painting

by Dennis Deusner

 

 

 

 

"Going Slightly Mad"

Oil Painting by Patrice Poor

Featured Local and Regional Note Card Artists:

 

Bob Anderson - giclee cards from original photos

Jeremy Bazur- giclee cards from original collages

Jeffrey Belth - digital images of local butterflies

Mary Busse - photo cards, nature & local images

Martina Celerin - giclee cards from multi-dimensional weavings

Debbi Conkle - photo cards, local imagery

Dennis Deusner - giclee cards from original acrylics

Bonnie Gordon-Lucas - reproductions from originals

Ransom Haile - giclee cards from digital compositions

Julie Harries - Ravenwood wood block print cards

Jane Jensen - giclee cards from original watercolors

Carol Koetke - photo cards, nature & local images

Maria Morris - giclee cards from original collages

Kendall Reeves - Indiana University & Bloomington Postcards

Shodo Spring - Indiana photo cards                        

Veda Stanfield - giclee cards from original oil paintings

Jaime Sweany - giclee cards from original oil painting

Margaret Sweany - giclee cards from original oil paintings                         

Paul Sweany - giclee cards from original watercolors

 

 

Featured Local & Regional Musicians (CDs):

 

"Cover Their Eyes" - Krista Detor

Arbutus Cunningham

Malcolm Daglish

Krista Detor

Tim Grimm

Monika Herzig

Curtis Cantwell Jackson

Marc Jeffares

Janiece Jaffe

Kwyjibo

Mark LaPointe

Grey Larsen/Cindy Kallet

Roger Lasley

Metamora

Rex Miller/Mark Robinson

Carrie Newcomer

Rose Pawlowski

The Randys"Pour It On" - Bob Sima

Eileen & Mitch Rice

Salaam

Sarah's Swingset (Sarah Flint)

Bob Sima

Slats Klugs & Friends

Cathy Spiaggia

Stella Novas

Wide Open

Jason Wilber

 

"The Geography of Light" - Carrie Newcomer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bloomington Musician's compilation CDs:

Acoustic Harvest - WFHB Community Radio fundraiser

Save it-Don't Pave it! - CARR fundraiser

Preservation Records - Sasafras Audubon fundraiser

Wilderness Plots - Local musicians' songs inspired by Scott Russell Sanders' collection of tales from Southern Indiana

 

Featuring these Locally Made Products:

Earth Drop - Natural Soaps

Flora Home - Bath & Body, Hand-Poured Candles

Florence Mintz - Sachets

Naturals by Marla - textile scarves & shawls, hand-woven towel gift sets with Earth Drops soaps

Ravenwood & Autumn Carnival - handmade glass jewelry, leather journals, cloth ornaments, woodblock cards and prints

Featuring these National Artists:

Kelly Allen - light weight, durable (recycled) anodized aluminum jewelry

Ruth Apter - fetishes & Inuit inspired sculpture, raku fired ceramic tiles

Art Baird - stoneware bird feeders, ceramics

Linda Bark 'karie - Dia de los Muertos prints

Barbara Bosco - silver jewelry and bookmarks with naturally deceased butterfly wing inserts

Paul & Karen Burnett - leather "feather" jewelry

Sue Coccia - Earth Art prints, magnets, coloring books

Russ Filippello - one of a kind glass pendants

Joyce Fritz - polymer clay and mixed media jewelry

Jill Gibson - original cast stone sculpturesTsuguma Suzuki & Jaime, photo by Holly Graef

Bill & Martha Hayes - high fire stoneware pottery

Cavin Richie - original bronze cast nature-themed jewelry

Margaret Ross - Spiral & UTwo double pierced earrings

Marvin & Michelle Shafer - anodized aluminum

air sculptures (mobiles)  & jewelry

Kym Shelvin - copper, fabric, vintage and found object jewelry

MB Stephens - mixed media acrylic paintings

Gina Wells - copper & brass jewelry

Evon Zerbetz - hand-colored linocut printmaking

 

Also Featuring these International Artists:

Japan

Tsuguma Suzuki - intaglio, silkscreen printmaking

 

Mexico

Castillo Family - a well known family of artists from Pueblo,

Mexico creates Dia des los Muertos figures and exquisite Frida Kahlo masks.

 

 

Tsuguma Suzuki & Jaime, photo by Holly Graef

 

Mongolia

Monkhbat - Monkhbat was born in Mongolia where he started drawing and painting at the age of 10. He grew up playing along the banks of the Tuul River, in the midst of the beautiful and serene countryside of Mongolia, which is reflected in his paintings. Not only are his artistic ideas remarkably original, but all of his artworks are originals as well.

Ucka - Ucka was born in Ulaan baatar,Mongolia. During his childhood, his parents observed that he greatly enjoyed making carvings and playing with wood. When he was teenager, therefore, they sent him to study at the Mongolian College of Fine Art. After graduation, he continued to self educate himself and mastered woodcarving. He eventually chose to specialize in Mongolian traditional furniture with embellished carvings. The impact of his work has greatly contributed to the preservation of Mongolian culture and heritage.

 

Nicaragua

Pottery of San Juan de Orient - Nicaraguan fair trade pottery inspired by traditional pre-Colombian designs.

 

Peru

Pottery of Chulucanas - fair trade pottery by the Adanague family from Northwestern Peru. 

Retablos - Dia des los Muertos retablos from Peru, created by Gonzales

 

 

 

Plus a Great Selection of Fair Trade

Internationally Crafted Products

including:

 

 

 

"One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have

christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams."

 

- Salvadore Dali (1904-1989)

Spanish Surrealist Artist

 


 

 

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