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Jewelry
and home décor are distinctive ways to show off your personality and
appreciate different cultures. The Santa Fe Shop in Fish Creek, Wis.
offers a wide variety of items from around the world. The shop features
several spectacular artists, but carries the largest selection of Sergio
Bustamante jewelry in the United States and Canada.
Internationally
recognized in the world of creative arts and crafts, Bustamante is
especially known for his gold and silver jewelry, as well as his
sculptures. His work encompasses a variety of art forms, including
resin, ceramics and bronze.
Ernest Beutel (right) congratulates his art mentor, Tom Seagard, the newest addition to the Door County Master Artist honor roll.
On
Saturday afternoon, Nov. 12, a crowd of artists and arts supporters
gathered at the Miller Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay for the annual Door
County County Art League exhibition and the reception honoring the new
Door County Master Artist. DCAL
president, Marcia Nickols, announced that Tom Seagard is the Door
County Master Artist for 2011. The award was presented to Tom by one of
his students, artist Ernest Beutel.
As
its 25th anniversary year draws to a close, the Door County Art League
will celebrate its history and traditions with a winter/holiday-themed
exhibit — “Deck the Halls with Art” — Nov. 12 to Dec. 28 at the Miller
Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay, WI.
Reflecting
the spirit of the season, “Deck the Halls” will feature 2-D and 3-D art
in a wide range of media from 68 art league members. Over 150 new works
(never before exhibited) will be on display, including oils, pastels,
watercolors, acrylics and multi-media creations. Many items will be
offered for sale.
According
to Marcia Nickols, DCAL vice president, the exhibit will open with a
reception and awards ceremony on Sat., Nov. 12, 2-4 p.m. at the Miller
Art Museum in the Sturgeon Bay public library.
Oribe ‘Rock’ Vase by John Dietrich of Ellison Bay Pottery.
Ellison
Bay is holding its annual Fall Art Crawl on Saturday, October 22
starting at 10:00 am, running through Sunday, October 23 at 1:00 pm. Nine
Art Galleries and Schools in Ellison Bay host their Fall Art Crawl
featuring guest artists, demonstrations and new work for the Holidays
along with creative and tasty treats along the way. Maps will be available at all the locations. Here's the list:
The Gallery of the Door
County Art League at the Top of the Hill shops in Fish Creek will be
open daily—10 a.m. to 5 p.m.—until the October 16 season closing.
Featuring over 35 DCAL member artists, the exhibits include paintings,
photography, jewelry and pottery. The gallery is coordinated by Penny
Pfister and Sherry Mutchler.
The
second annual showing of "Small Works of Art" will be presented by the
Door County Art League (DCAL) at the Sister Bay Village Hall on Saturday
and Sunday, Oct. 8-9.
According to
DCAL Exhibits Chairperson Pat Olson, "This show features an array of
affordable, creative works of art - perfect for holiday gift-giving. Our
members are offering oils, acrylics, collage, pastels, woodcarvings,
watercolors. All art will be 11"x14" or smaller."
Mary
Gehm will demonstrate how she creates artistic arrangements from
petals, twigs and leaves for her unique note cards and collage art at
the Door County Art League's September 26th meeting, 7:00 p.m., at the
Gibraltar Fire Station on County F. All who attend will have the
opportunity to create their own floral composition with natural
materials provided by Mary.
Cottage
Row Framing and Gallery will host a Meet the Artist Opening Reception
featuring Jack Anderson on Saturday, September 17th from 10:00am -
1:00pm. The gallery is located in the big red barn at Orchard Country.
The exhibit will feature new original watercolors, new prints, and new note cards.
On
Saturday and Sunday, September 3 - 4, from 10 am - 5 pm you are invited
to stroll the grounds at Charlene's Gallery Ten, populated with working
artists, adorned with tents and art work on display.
Meet and
talk with local and regional artists at work in their open-air studios,
creating all manner of art. The 11th Annual Gills Rock ArtFest brings
together a bevy of plein air painters, custom jewelry makers, potters
and even a cairn builder, all at work outdoors.
Jeremy & Jenni Evensen with some "raw materials" used to produce art work & jewelry.
Do
you have any old silverware from Grandma's place that sparkled in
yesteryear but sits idle and tarnished in a fancy case or a cardboard
box? So do Jenni and Jeremy Evensen of Sturgeon Bay. But these young
folks are artists, and they are going to use these worn and tired vintage objects to
produce wonderful pieces of jewelry and art - and you're probably not.
In
fact, JJ Evensen Art, (the JJ of course stands for Jeremy and Jenni)
seeks out just about as much silverware of all ages, qualities, shapes,
condition, and size as they can.
Artist
"Skye" silkscreens John Dylan's lyrics into huge fabric panels in an
art installation she is calling "Shakespeare's in the Alley". This body
of work will frame the stage at the Woodwalk Concert: "Buckets Of Rain:
The Songs of Bob Dylan", Sept 1-3 and and 8-9 at 7:00 pm. You will also
be able to visit this display during normal Woodwalk Gallery hours for
that week.
Skye describes her artistic vision. "I became enamored with Bob Dylan, his life, writing and music, a few
springs ago, after watching the Martin Scorcese film about him, No
Direction Home."
Artistic
demonstrations at art festivals may be commonplace, yet few festivals
require every artist to demonstrate their craft for the public as
artists do at the invitational Door County Festival of Fine Arts. The
8th annual DCFA is August 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the expanded
Sister Bay Waterfront Park, at the northern end of the beautiful Door
peninsula.
Each
artist who participates in the annual Door County Festival of Fine Arts
shows off their talent not only with finished pieces of fine art at the
Festival, but by demonstrating their artistic process to the public at
least two scheduled times during the day.
Current site of Newport House was Ellison Bay Post Office years ago.
North
of Sister Bay you will find a vibrant and thriving artist community in
Ellison Bay. Pottery, Asian art, leather, fabric, folk art, along with a
used book store, a general store, restaurants and a coffee shop with
local artist's work on the walls and two schools and soon the Ellison
Bay cider House are all housed in historic structures. Taking pre-loved
buildings and repurposing them seems to be a natural extension of the
creative mind and you will find that in abundance in Ellison Bay.
Cottage
Row Framing and Gallery will host a Meet the Artist Opening Reception
featuring Bridget Austin on Saturday, July 16th from 10:00am - 1:00pm.
The gallery is located in the big red barn at Orchard Country.The exhibit will feature new original watercolors, new giclee prints, and new note cards.
"I
am excited to share the new images I have enjoyed painting this year,
as well as the opportunity to be at the gallery and visit", said
Bridget. Subjects vary between colorful flowers, special places in Door
County, and travel memories. The new work spans a wide range of sizes
and prices.
Artist
Tim Kornowski of Sturgeon Bay got an early start with his craft. He
began at age 5 or 6 with crayons and pencil. By age 7, he was a
producing painter. A Green Bay native, Kornowski wasted no time in
jump-starting his art career. During his pre-teen years he charged other
kids $2.50 to do a pencil drawing of a sports figure based on a trading
card. Business was brisk.
Marilyn Jensen, (right) owner of Sister Bay Trading Company, and employees Jodi Gonzales (left) and Hanna Stauber arrange the business' 2010 tablescape.
The
Peninsula School of Art, in Fish Creek, will hold its eleventh annual
spring benefit luncheon on Thursday, June 23 from noon to 2pm at Gordon
Lodge, 1420 Pine Drive in Baileys Harbor. The luncheon will reprise last
year's Tablescapes theme with original table and decorating accents
donated by local artisans, designers and florists. Themed collections
will be awarded by a lottery ticket drawing during the event. Sister Bay
Trading is donating the lottery grand prize - a lavish vignette of home
décor items.
Coffee shop owners, cousins Sarah and Katie Janquart
All coffee shops have a personality, and GT Coffee's personality is evident before you even walk in the door. There is art on the porch and walls; and in addition to a sign announcing 'GT Coffee' there is a big sign that says 'ART'. It's easy to spot this place, since there is a large flag flying on the west side of Hwy. 42 with the word 'ART' on it. The gray and white building makes it the perfect display for the interesting and visually arresting outside art available in the gallery.
Cottage Row Framing & Gallery will host a Meet the Artist Reception featuring Charles L. Peterson on Saturday, May 28th from 10 am - 1 pm in the big red barn at Orchard Country.
The event will feature the opportunity to meet Mr. Peterson, view his collection of 30 new paintings and drawings, and his books will also be available for signings. He is looking forward to presenting his newest work, "I feel good about this collection, confident that it has a nice range of subject and treatment, fully living up to my standards."
Lynn Gudmundsen and David Hatch, two of Door County's most popular musicians, will release their first CD later this month. "Beginnings" is an eclectic mix of acoustic classic rock, light jazz, Irish fiddle, and a touch of classic. Artists George Sawyn, Hans Christian, and Patrick Palmer are also featured on the CD.
Award-winning
theatrical and opera costume designer K. Kopischke shares her knowledge and
experience with Gibraltar Middle and High School students and presents historic
renderings of Door County women in "Garments of Our Foundation" at the Link
Gallery in the Door Community Auditorium from January 7 through February
18.
Edgewood Orchard Galleries recently
learned that their benefit cookbook, An
Artist's Food for the Soul, will be included in the Paris Cookbook Fair to
be held March 3-6, 2011 in Paris, France. Anne Emerson and daughter Nell
Jarosh, who produced the cookbook with graphic designer and photographer Dan
Cross of Idea Studio, have no idea how the cookbook came to the attention of
the organizers of the show. This is the first year the annual international
fair will have a special section for charity cookbooks.
Door County History -
A Story of People and Places is the first of a series of educational
exhibits in the Door Community Auditorium's Link Gallery that will focus on the
Friends of Gibraltar's school-year theme of Door County history. The current
exhibit opened on November 18 with the Elders' Wisdom, Children's SongsTM
Community Celebration in honor of four community elders--Baldomero Jaurgeui,
Eunice Rutherford, Nancy Sargent and Dale Seaquist. Gibraltar Elementary
students in grades 4 and 5 interviewed the elders and then worked with Larry Long
from the Community Celebration of Place organization to write and perform songs
honoring them. The stories of these honored elders are told in the exhibit with
narratives, song lyrics, photographs and items of importance from their lives.
It's coming up! The annual fall art studio crawl is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, November 20 and 21 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin.
The Art Studio Crawl is a great time to catch Sturgeon Bay's fine artists before they pack it in for the winter! Find some new original art pieces for your own home and to give as gifts this holiday season. Enjoy a great meal in one of our fine restaurants.
For those of you that are repeat visitors to Ephraim, there are certain landmarks that you would insist newcomers have to see in order to state that they had been to this town. For most, these landmarks include the Anderson complex, which is composed of four main buildings. One such building is the Anderson Barn, which contains photographs, artwork, artifacts and stories of Ephraim's history. The Barn is also home to the wheel of the ship Ebenezer, which was the only schooner that was built in Ephraim.
Winter in Wisconsin can be daunting, but Vintage Nest of Door County, the first "occasional sale" on the peninsula, is arriving just in time to dispel the chill in the air.Featuring a variety of vintage pieces--clothing and collectibles, garden decorations, jewelry and clothing -Vintage Nest of Door County is a fashion feast whose theme hints at spring.
In 1937, a small group of summer residents envisioned a year round Door County arts community that would blossom in an environment of beauty. The fledging group of the gradually evolved into the Peninsula Arts Association (PAA), which in turn parented three successful organizations: Peninsula Music Festival, the Peninsula Art School, and the Francis Hardy Gallery.
As the children left the nest, PAA recognized the need for a means of communication among the “family members.” And so the Peninsula Arts and Humanities Alliance (PAHA) was established.
"Extra, Extra! Read all about it!" Mrs. Kathy Beck, owner of the Dovetail Gallery in Egg Harbor, has a 70 million year old dinosaur egg on display! The egg still has a Hypselosaurus baby inside, but it will never hatch because it's been fossilized.
Seventy million years ago a landslide or flood probably buried the nest and egg. Water, rock and dirt turned to sediment, which kept the egg safe.
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