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Monday, December 29, 2008
Art all over downtown
This just in from the good folks in the Oregon Arts District… Pay ‘em a visit if you can…
Here’s the latest press release:
Kick Off the New Year in Style During the January First Friday
Several new art exhibits to open during free event highlighting the city’s artistic, culinary and entertainment offerings.
Dayton, Dec. 29, 2008 - The next First Friday downtown art hop will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. Jan. 2 at the following locations:
—throughout the Oregon Arts District on E. Fifth Street;
— Cannery Art and Design Center, 434 E. Third St.;
— Dayton Visual Arts Center, 118 N. Jefferson St.;
— Dayton Convention Center Mezzanine Gallery, 22 E. Fifth St.;
— H. David Clay Studio, 33 S. St. Clair St.; and
— Sandra’s Art Emporium, 27 S. St. Clair St.
Note: The Greater Dayton RTA’s free service on its Wright Flyer trolley will NOT be offered in January. The trolley service will resume during the February First Friday.
The following exhibits will be on display in the Oregon Arts District:
• Gallery 510 Fine Art, 510 E. Fifth St., will host an opening reception for Zachary Armstrong’s solo show, “Constructed Paintings.” Armstrong will fill the gallery with his unusual artwork constructed using found materials. His captivating large-scale pieces make viewers think about paintings and how they are created in a new and different way. Stop by for a glass of wine and to meet the artist.
• Color of Energy, 16 Brown St., will host an opening reception for a show featuring new, adventurous works that are the result of a collaboration by artists Alyssa Foland and Mike Elsass, whose styles are very different yet complementary. This show ― in which Foland and Elsass stretch themselves artistically on canvas ― represents a divergent media for Elsass, as all of his previous works have been done on steel. The Dayton Visual Arts Center will host a closing reception for two exhibits. The first is “Before You Cut!,” featuring works by Dori Lee Madden, who will present an interactive project in the front of the gallery. Madden’s show includes outlines of human figures on the wall, and viewers are asked to “dress” the figures using pre-fabricated dress patterns. The second is “Mosaic/Chimera,” a themed, juried members’ exhibition dealing with how divergent parts are combined to create an integrated whole. It includes 25 paintings, photographs, collages and fiber works.
For more on DVAC, visit www.daytonvisualarts.org http://www.daytonvisualarts.org .
The Cannery Art and Design Center will feature the work of Rees Marlatt, whose artwork has received national and international acclaim during his 30-year career. Marlatt will demonstrate portrait painting in oils from 7 to 10 p.m. during First Friday, and he will offer oil painting workshops every Saturday during January. For more information on Marlatt and his work, call 937-313-9883.
For more on the CADC, visit www.canneryarts.com http://www.canneryarts.com .
At the Dayton Convention Center Mezzanine Gallery, the Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors will host “Through My Eyes,” an exhibit of oil paintings of Dayton-area people and landscapes by Pam Adams, who taught art at Alexandria Montessori for 17 years. For more information, contact Pam Adams at 937-286-3310 or pamadams5@sbcglobal.net http://us.mc812.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pamadams5@sbcglobal.net or Terry Hitt at terry4carol@sbcglobal.net http://us.mc812.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=terry4carol@sbcglobal.net .
H. David Clay Studio features functional and decorative stoneware pottery, as well as raku, by proprietor H. David Kirchner, who makes all the work on the premises. Sandra’s Art Emporium, a new addition to downtown Dayton as well as to First Friday, features jewelry made by owner Sandra Miller and other local artists, along with sculpture and paintings.
In addition, a variety of entertainment options are available during First Fridays. All the restaurants, retail shops, bars and clubs, Neon Movies, Wiley’s Comedy Club and other establishments in the Oregon Arts District and Cannery will be open, and many will offer specials. For example, Blind Bob’s, 430 E. Fifth St., will host a high-power rock show featuring Shadyside, Sputnik Halo, Stone the Mayor Sheriffs and If He Dies He Dies http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&Band_Show_ID=38530647&friendid=393544526 . The Downtown Dayton Partnership’s Web site, www.downtowndayton.org http://www.downtowndayton.org , has a complete list of downtown’s arts and cultural amenities, as well as a dining guide, parking map and much more.
