Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts and Breast Cancer Awareness Update



Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts ~ Buffalo, NY

This is what I work all year for! This is the best art festival I've done to date!! Kudos to Tanya and Joe!! Excellent job! And the people are So-O-O-O-o generous and friendly~artists and patrons alike. I just LOVE this art fest!

 

 

Here's some photos of my booth...

 

 

There is a children's parade on Sunday afternoon to mark the closing of the festival.

 

 

 To all who came out to support me and my fellow artists~ THANK YOU!! I hardly had time to take any photos! : ) Many pieces of my artwork went to good homes this weekend.

 

Impact Artists Gallery Breast Cancer Awareness Project Update:

 

The event is called Altered Perceptions: A Journey of Strength and Courage

Sept. 5 - 29 ~ ARTbreast Exhibition

11am-4pm Wed-Sat

 

Sept 13 ~ The Artists Reception

Invitation for the public to vote for their favorite to be featured in the 2013 calendar

5pm-8pm Thurs

 

Sept. 28

Fourth Friday at the Tri-Main

The best 30 juror-selected entries printed as a limited edition poster. Both on sale.

5pm-8pm Fri

 

Sept. 29

Black Tie Live Auction

7pm-10pm Sat

 

October

Bidding For Good

Online Auction begins on balance of entries

 

 

Next up: Clothesline Festival, grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

Sept.8 & 9



Breast Cancer Awareness Project Complete!

 All done!

Not sure if I'm happy with it or not. I got a little pressed for time, so I'm not sure I gave it my all.

But, it is done and I'll post more info on the show and auction dates as they get closer.

Gotta run!!

BCA Project Update

Yikes! Now I'm stymied!! I am suffering from artist's block, probably brought on by the deadline for this project being August 15th if I want it photographed.
Well, this is what I completed 2 days ago. I added a vintage faux pearl choker to which I added a vintage trim of glass beads, probably from a Flapper's dress!
I affixed a stone heart to a rusty metal heart and stuck that on with some glue and some rusty wire. Vintage lace was added to the bottom and a mix of different shades of pink and white sequins were glued to the breasts.

Hopefully, I'll get an idea or 2 today. I guess if I didn't get any more ideas and didn't do anything else to it, it could be done. But in my mind, it is not completed.

Breast Cancer Awareness Project

These next couple of blog entries will document my progress with the Impact Artists Gallery Altered Perceptions: A Journey of Strength and Courage project. 80 artists were asked to donate their creative imagination with recycled PVC mannequins. These mannequins will then be exhibited, juried, with the 30 best printed on a poster for sale, and finally, put up for bid in a bidders' live auction.

First, I made a plaster cast of the PVC mannequin. The top is then decoupaged with dress pattern tissue paper. The bodice is painted with pink, acrylic paint.

So far, I've glued tiny, square glass and stone tiles left over from one of my husband's construction projects across the top of the bodice. I affixed the stone heart to a rusty metal heart and affixed both with wire and glue to the form. 2 vintage drapery tie back tacks have been added to the center of each breast and a line of m.o.p. buttons embellished with rusty wire has been created down the center of the bodice.

That's all for now!

Littlest Angel

Christmas is coming and so is holiday bazaar season! This is my newest addition to my doll family. My littlest angel to hang on the tree!

If anyone reading this is going to be in the Rochester, NY area Nov. 19th- Nov. 21, come visit me at the 40th annual 2010 Holiday Bazaar arts and craft sale at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. This bazaar is presented by the RMSC Women's Council and runs Nov. 19th 5-9pm, Nov. 20th 9:30am-5pm and Nov.21 11am-4pm. Admission $5 or $7 for a 2 day pass. I'll be in bldg.2.

If you'll be in the Buffalo area, my mom will be manning my spot at my church bazaar! (Oops! I double booked and - guess who's co-chair...) Churchill Memorial United Methodist Church's 3rd Holiday Craft Bazaar in Boston, NY on Nov. 20th 9am-4pm.

Hope to see you there!