NORMAL STUDIO HOURS RESUME -- Tuesday, Mar 12
Spring forward! The studio hours will be back to our normal schedule:
Tues - Thurs: 1 - 7 pm, Fri: 1 - 5 pm, Sat: 10 am - 2 pm
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| Call for Art / Upcoming Exhibit / Spring Sale! |
"Re-Style/Free-Style"
Upcycled Wearable & Functional Art Forum
Clothing • Jewelry • Purses • Accessories & More
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Submit your creations: Wed., March 27th - Wed. April 3 during regular studio hours (see below)
First Friday ARTScrawl Opening Reception
Fri., April 5th, 5 - 8 pm
Third Friday Coffeehous Performance/Reception
Fri. April 19th, 5 - 8 pm
Exhibit and Sale displaying creative, upcycled wearable forms of art
Artists are invited to submit unique hair ornaments, aprons, purses, dresses, spring frocks, jewelry, accessories, clothing, spring fashions recreated from our free box or your favorite thrift store, yarn craft from yarn scraps, hand painted shoes, embroidered old jeans, let your upcycled imagination go wild.
Exhibit/Sale up through April 26th
| FREE Facilitated Craft Workgroup for Veterans |
Wednesdays, March 13, 20 & 27, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Free Craft workgroup for Veterans -- Work in a Variety of Mediums - Leather, Wood, Models and More! Come for free instruction and get a craft kit to take home for free -- open to veterans only.
Just drop in for any Wednesday or for all 4 sessions. |
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| Sewing and Fashion Design Class |
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Sat, 10 am - 12 pm
2 - 4 wk Sessions
$30/4 wk session
Session 1: March 30, April 6, 13, 20
Session 2: April 27, May 4, 11, & 18
With instructor Becky Johnson
This class is an open tutorial for those new to sewing and including sewers interested in furthering their skills and knowledge. Students must provide their own machine and tools. Please pay in advance for a 4-week session ($30) for either Session 1 (March/April) or Session 2 (April/May).
Students are encouraged to bring projects and questions; a simple sewing project is available for beginners.
Becky has 40+ years of sewing experience; holds a Certificate of Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, 1988, and has exhibited in Magnifico! and the New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair. She is the owner of Flying Carpet Design Studio.
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| Call for ART -- "Upside Down Downside Up " |
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| From Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, pp. 58/9 |
"Upside Down, Downside Up" Exhibit
Up Through March 29
This exhibit shows both the original artwork and the copy which was produced inverted at all times during the process. Working in this way disorients the perception of the person copying the work and forces the artist to draw what they actually see. From this altered perspective lines and relationships are seen differently and certain values pop out or recede as the copying artist forms a new relationship with the copied work using this technique.
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| Coming Up! Albuquirky House Tour Fundraiser! |
OFFCenter presents its 8th Annual Fundraiser --
Albuquirky House Tour & "Little Houses" Silent Auction
Silent Auction of "Little Houses":
Friday, May 3rd, 5 - 8 pm @ Sumner & Dene Creations in Art, 517 Central NW
8th Annual Albuquirky House Tour:
Saturday, May 4th, 11 am - 4 pm (Self-guided tour throughout Albuq.)
Tickets $25
All proceeds benefit OFFCenter Community Arts Project. www.offcenterarts.org
Take a self-guided house tour of three uniquely artistic, quirky homes in Albuquerque while giving to a great cause. The homes and sculpture gardens part of this year's tour range from a violin maker's shop/home overtaken by story-high dragons, a artist/hair dresser's shop/home laden with murals and mosaics to a multi-media artist/collector's home splashed with colored walls, artwork, mosaics and more!
The Albuquirky House Tour is preceded the night before by our Little Houses Silent Auction held at Sumner & Dene Creations in Art. Proceeds from both the auction and house tour ticket sales benefit OFFCenter Community Arts Project, a local social-profit (501(c)3) which provides a group open studio space, materials, and skill-building workshops in the visual, literary and musical arts to the entire public -- free of charge. Saturday, May 4th, 11 am - 4 pm, Tickets $25
Self-Guided Tour of Three Artistic, "Quirky" Homes in Albuquerque
1. Self-guided tour of Artists' homes from 11 am - 4 pm. Refreshments & musical entertainment at each house.
2. Day-of House Tour Ticket Sales, Studio Reception & "Find the Quirk" Drawing (5pm) at OFFCenter Community Arts Project 808 Park Ave. SW (1 block south of Central between 8th & 9th Streets) from 10 am - 5 pm
Tickets can be purchased in advance at the following locations:
On-line at www.offcenterarts.org or by calling (505) 247-1172 or in person at:
- OFFCenter Arts: 808 Park Avenue, SW * Bookworks: 4022 Rio Grande Boulevard, NW
- Robinson & Sons Violin Shop: 3201 Carlisle Blvd., NE * Sumner
- Dene Gallery: 517 Central Avenue, NW * Shampoo Alley: 116 Girard, SE (in alley behind Walgreen's)
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| The Awakening Mandala Workshop |
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| "Milk & Honey, True Love" by Deborah Gavel |
Sat., May 11, 2013
2:30-5:30 pm
Cost: $35
with Deborah Gavel
In this three hour experience, you will be guided to create a mandala as an expression of yourself. The term, mandala, is Hindu in origin and loosely translates to mean circle or wheel. We will begin by looking at some examples of mandalas and then identifying specific symbols for you to use within your mandala. Working with water-based paints and collage, this will be a creative opportunity to express and gather self-awareness. You will get to take home a finished piece suitable for framing. Our goals will be to nurture your creative nature through conversation, observation, the act of making and the power of community.
Space is limited, so call 247-1172 now!
Registration and Pre-payment required.
Deborah Gavel, MFA is an artist, educator, art activist and healer in Albuquerque. She has been working with mandalas for over twenty years as a symbol of wholeness in her paintings, collages and community performances. She is interested in the expression of nature and the human spirit through the arts.
For more information and a complete CV please see: www.deborahgavel.com
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| Make Your Own Red Book Workshop |
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Sun., May 19th, 2013
2-5 pm
Cost: $35
with Nina Ross, PhD
Do you have a personal mystery? A question you want to pose, and find answers for? Do you want to find a way to your personal truths? This class will show you how to make discoveries beyond what you may consciously already know, using these inspirations for personal art making. "Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain." Carl Jung had a secret book of his own understandings only recently shared with the public: The Red Book; and he felt that anyone could make their own. In this class, participants will have the opportunity to begin to create a visual journal based on their personal imagery, intuition, and active imagination. Through guided meditation and discussion participants will tap into their own rich inner worlds. Materials included. Bring any special tools you want to use.
Space is limited, so call 247-1172 now!
Registration and Pre-payment required.
Nina Ross has a PhD in the Psychology of Art from Union Institute. Nina has studied with James Hillman and others in the field of Archetypal Psychology. She is a licensed and registered Art Therapist in New Mexico with over 25 years experience working with people through art. www.ninarossphd.com |
| OFFCenter THRIFT Store |
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We need new donations for our thrift store...if you have unique, saleable, artsy stuff (or kid/adult art supplies) you'd like to donate, please drop them off during our regular studio hours:
T-Th: 1-7pm, Fr: 1-5pm, Sa: 10am-2pm. 100% of proceeds go to OFFCenter...
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Free Weekly Workgroups
ON-GOING CREATIVITY WORKGROUPS (FREE): just drop in!
Writing Group with Mandy Gardner - Wednesdays: 3-4pm
Painting and Drawing with Dave Blecha - Thursdays: 1-3pm
Card Making with Karen Turner - Thursdays: 3-5pm
Basic Guitar with Kay Stillion - Fridays: 2:30-3:30pm
Basic Ukulele with Kay Stillion - Fridays: 3:30-4:30pm
Knitting and Crochet Circle - Saturdays: 11:30am-1:30pm
You can always access our schedule of events/workshops at our online calendar:
http://www.offcenterarts.org/calendar.htm
Winter Open Studio Hours: Tu-Th: 1-7pm, Fr: 1-5 pm, Sa: 10am-2 pm
(exceptions for special scheduled events)
Questions/Comments: studio808@qwestoffice.net or (505) 247-1172
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