This year marks
the launch of a brand new juried art fair in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The fair, Art
& Soul: A YS Art Fair, is replacing the longstanding Nature Arts and Crafts
Show that was at Glen Helen for 30 years.
It will be an intimate show with 29 artists from the region displaying
and selling their hand made fine art and fine craft. The show will have a mixture of artists new to the area
along with some past participants in Nature Arts and Crafts and the Yellow
Springs Artist Studio Tour. The
show’s promoter, Lisa Goldberg, also produces the Yellow Springs Artist Studio
Tour and Sale.
“This seems like
a natural follow-on to the Studio Tour”, says Goldberg who is honored to have
assembled such quality arts and fine crafts professionals in one place. “Thanks
to a start-up grant form the Yellow Springs Community Foundation, the show is
expected to start out with a bang” says Goldberg.
The name Art
& Soul was chosen because “artists put their souls into the making of their
work.” Says Goldberg. She and her sidekick Pam Geisel (former producer of
Nature Arts and Crafts) are excited about the lineup of artists for this, the inaugural
show. They worked with a jury of
three arts professionals to make the initial selection of artists and then
additional artists were invited to participate to provide a well-balanced show.
The show includes works of ceramic artists, glass blowers, jewelers, bead
makers, photographers, and mixed media art of all price ranges.
This seems like
a natural follow-on to the Studio Tour, says Goldberg who is honored to have
assembled such quality arts and fine crafts professionals in one place.
Lisa Vetter and
Paul Siefert create clocks, jewelry, lamps, candleholders and other art made
from found objects. They say that “By creatively
“upcycling” these objects with other media we not only offer a new story to an
old item, we also challenge the viewer to observe these everyday items in a
completely different way.” A wide variety of found objects are assembled with
textiles and mixed metals.
Julie Kay
Karlson, a well know painter and pastel artist, has recently begun making decorative
paper mache bowls using recycled paper of every variety and color, even some of
her old paintings. Julie creates a paper pulp, forms the bowls and then, after
they have dried, draws and paints on them. Each bowl tells a unique story.
Jim Delange, a
Cedarville Glassblower is well know in the area for his artful use of color,
shape and design.
Two-dimensional
artists Cecelia Nance, Sara Gray, Edith Wadkins, Talitha Greene, Debbie Loffing
and Claudia Retter will be showing a variety of photographs, watercolors and encaustics.
Nance’s designs are often painted on distressed planks of wood, metal surfaces
and colorful canvases. In her work she intertwines vintage papers with her
mixed media approach to painting.
Deborah Yorde is
a weaver working with a variety of high quality fibers. Barbara Jones hand
spins, weaves, knits and dyes fiber. The handmade yarns are then woven into
fabric which Jones designs and tailors into garments and accessories. Award
winning Pam Geisel and Kim Gillie Krier specialize in making modern art quilts.
Both have a large repertoire of items ranging from bags, journal covers and
wine glass coasters. Other fiber artists, including Hajar Davis and Michelle
Ishida, will exhibit beautiful bags, clothing, and dolls and decorated boxed.
Rose Lawson,
Alice Young Basora, Theresa Mayer, Lynda Fisher, and Jill Huelskamp all create jewelry
with hand made and purchased beads. Jewelers Jay Teilhet and Ben Jordan create
their work with metals. Karen Gaski is a silversmith making pieces accented by
etching the surface and enameling the pieces.
Ceramic artists
Bruce Grimes, Dianne Collinson, Lisa Wolters, Jancy Jaslow, Kristy Jo Beber and
Geno Lucketic all have unique styles and work that stands alone or complements
the other potters’ work. Several of the ceramic artists are hand builders,
while others create their pots on a pottery wheel. Most of Kristy Jo Beber’s
work starts out on the potter’s wheel and often gets altered, carved or
assembled from multiple parts. All of the potters spend an equal amount of time
decorating their pieces as they do making them.
Art & Soul
marks a kick off to “Holiday in the Springs” in Yellow Springs. Look for decorated
storefronts, wonderful and unique shops and restaurants and an opportunity to
take a hike in the Glen while you are in Yellow Springs.
The show, on
November 17th, opens its doors at 10am and runs until 5pm at Mills
Lawn Elementary School at 200 S Walnut Street, located adjacent to the downtown
shopping district. There is an entry fee of $3, a portion of which will be
donated to the Yellow Springs School District and the Yellow Springs Police
Coat Fund. The schools will be selling refreshments and some jewelry and
snowman pins made by special education and art students. The halls will be filled with artwork
created by students in the arts programs. The show will provide an excellent
opportunity to do some holiday shopping for gifts large and small.
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