This image, entitled "Bypass" was created by Christy Johnson. You can meet her in the gallery on Friday, Feb 24th!

• Monday, February 20th – Building will close at 3pm.
• Tuesday, February 21st – 10am-2pm – Artist Renee Pye will be in the Gallery.  Stop by to chat with her about her work, and all the Women Create works.
• Wednesday, February 22nd – 7pm-9pm – first of the Salon Series.  Don’t miss it!
• Friday, February 24th – OPEN!  4:00-6:30 Jennifer Schlick, 6:30-8:30 Christy Johnson
• Saturday, February 25th –  - hope to have volunteer for evening hours.  Check Back!

Openings for Flag Book Workshops

Prototype Flag Book

Jamestown, NY – Creative Arts of Women – Western New York (CAW WNY) is filling downtown Jamestown with wonderful art opportunities to brighten up the remaining weeks of winter.

With funding provided in part by a Ray and Wyn Ritchie Evans Foundation “Artists in the Community Grant”administered by the Cattaraugus County Arts Council, three workshops will result in the creation of a Photo Flag Book Installation Project.

The theme of the installation will be images of women making or selling their artwork.

Creators of the program are artist Debra Eck and photographer Jennifer Schlick.

“Folks have been asking us just what a flag book installation is,” said Schlick.

She explained that a flag book is made by creating an accordion-folded binding, then attaching “flags” to each of the folds. The result is a three-dimensional book, almost like a pop-up book.  The installation will consist of 16 such books, each containing 12 images of women doing something creative.

“We welcome your participation in three ways,” Schlick continued. “You can invite me to come and photograph you being creative – making art, rehearsing a performance, cooking a meal…whatever you do that is your creative outlet. Or you can email photographs to use in the installation or attend a workshop to help make the books.”

To participate in any of these ways, reply at the “The Installations Workshops” page at http://womencreate.wordpress.com/.

The first workshop, on Paper Preparation, is on Saturday, February 25, 2012, 10 am-noon in the Art Room at theInfinity Visual and Performing Arts Center, 115 East Third Street in downtown Jamestown. This messy workshop is appropriate for all ages; children must be accompanied by adults.  The papers created will become part of the installation, and participants will have time to make a small pamphlet journal to take home.  There is no fee, but pre-registration is required. Maximum enrollment is 12.

On Saturday, March 3, 2012, 10 am-1 pm, the Flag Book Workshop will be held in Infinity’s Café. Because precision folding is required for the construction of the flag books, this workshop is recommended for students age 13 and up.  The books created will become part of the installation.  Participants will also make small flag books to take home. Again, with a maximum enrollment of 12, there is no fee, but pre-registration is required.

The Flag Book Completion will be 2-4 pm on Sunday, March 25 at the 3^rd on 3^rd Gallery at 116 East Third Street beside the Reg Lenna Civic Center in downtown Jamestown. All are welcome to stop by and help finish the flag books before they are hung. Pre-registration is not necessary.

Women Create, a juried show of the work of 41 artists, is currently on exhibit at the 3^rd on 3^rd Gallery. Presented in cooperation with the Arts Council for Chautauqua County, the exhibit’s regular hours are 10 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday until the closing reception on Saturday, March 31. It can be viewed by appointment by contacting Len Barry at (716) 664-2465, ext. 227.

Artists Salons related to the exhibit will be held on Wednesdays, February 22, March 7 and March 21.

Events are also planned from morning to evening on SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day, Saturday, March 31.

For details on all these programs, visit http://womencreate.wordpress.com/.

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Opening Reception of "Women Create" at the 3rd on 3rd Gallery, Jamestown, NY

Deb and I are so grateful for the incredible support shown by the community for this project.  If you missed last night’s opening reception, you can see some pictures by clicking here.

Please note:  the opening reception was only the beginning.  Click around this website to learn about all the events and activities that are part of this project.

Next up:  Art Salon – Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 7pm.  Click here for details.

That said, we understand if you feel safer staying home.  The exhibit will be up through March 31 and there will be plenty of other activities and opportunities to see it.  So, use your best judgement and be safe!  On the other hand, if you have snow tires, we’ll see you there!

If it’s any consolation, the weather service lists the advisory only through 5pm…
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/jamestown-ny/14701/weather-forecast/329676

Jamestown, NY – “It’s exciting that, after months of planning, the public will be able to enjoy the amazing works of art of women from throughout our region.”

That’s how Jennifer Schlick, co-founder — with fellow artist Debra Eck — of Creative Arts of Women – Western New York (CAW WNY), described their anticipation of the Saturday, February 11 opening reception of the Women Create exhibit.

Saturday evening, February 11, will be the opening reception for Women Create, the first juried exhibit of women’s art at the 3rd On 3rd Gallery in downtown Jamestown, New York. Featuring the works of 41 regional women artists, the exhibit will include a wide range of art and fine crafts in a variety of media. One of the artworks on display from February 11 through March 31 will be this photograph, “Untitled I,” by Jennifer Janowski of Lakewood, New York.

From 6-8 pm, they and many of the 41 exhibiting artists will welcome visitors to the 3rd On 3rd Gallery in downtown Jamestown, New York. The Gallery, at 116 East Third Street, adjacent to the Reg Lenna Civic Center, will display a wide range of art and fine crafts in a variety of media.

The artists, ranging from a high school student through professional working artists, look forward to sharing refreshments with visitors and answering questions about their creations.

Women Create is presented in cooperation with the Arts Council for Chautauqua County. Regular hours will be 10 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday until the closing reception on Saturday, March 31. It can be viewed by appointment by contacting Len Barry at (716) 664-2465, ext. 227.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted and shared between the Arts Council for Chautauqua County and Infinity Visual and Performing Arts for their gracious donation of space.

Other Women Create programs will take place in February and March as well.

With funding provided in part by a Ray and Wyn Ritchie Evans Foundation Artists in the Community Grant administered by the Cattaraugus County Arts Council, three workshops will result in the creation of a Photo Flag Book Installation Project.

Artists salons will be held on Wednesday evenings February 22, March 7 and 21. Events are planned from morning to evening on SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day, Saturday, March 31.

For details on the exhibit, including a sneak preview, and more information about the related programs, visit http://womencreate.wordpress.com/.

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Presenters – I made some stuff up.  If you want to describe your talk more accurately, please do!  You can add a comment after this post and when I see it, I’ll fix the listing.

February 22, 2012 – 7-9pm, 3rd on 3rd Gallery

• Tara Eastman: based on exhibit entry “Leo’s Pretty Tree,” Growing Where You Are Planted will explore ideas around these questions: What inspires you? How do you work that into the practical work of how you create? What tools help you keep creating?
• Cathy Panebianco: iPhone-O-graphy.  That’s what they’re calling art created with the iPhone.  Really!
• Debra Eck:  current musings of an installation artist

March 7, 2012 – 7-9pm, 3rd on 3rd Gallery

• Sara Lawrence Skillman: Natural Glimpses – watercolors of wildlife and embroidered landscapes
• Bethany Bjork:  creating sculpture
• Patricia Micciche:  Healing Symbols in Art

March 21, 2012 – 7-9pm, 3rd on 3rd Gallery

• Anne Conroy-Baiter: how my roles as a mother/professional/freelancer/artist directly affect both the subjects and techniques of my artwork
• Kathleen Tenpas: Poetry in Fabric
• Barbara Fox: the creative process, work ethic, and working toward goals

Jamestown, NY – The works of six Cattaraugus County artists are among the selections for Women Create, the first juried exhibit of women’s art at the new 3rd On 3rd Gallery in downtown Jamestown, New York.

Showcasing a wide range of art and fine crafts in a variety of media, Women Create will run from February 11 to March 31.

With the exhibit intended to feature the work of local and regional women, the preponderance of artists comes from throughout western New York. The Cattaraugus County artworks are “On the Fly,” a watercolor by Anne Conroy-Baiter of Allegany; Karen Fitzpatrick of Ellicottville’s stained glass “Breakout”; two watercolors, “Anchored” and “Sweetness and Light,” by Barbara Fox of Little Valley; the photograph “Intersections Two” by Jil St. Ledger-Roty, Franklinville; Olean resident Jennifer Miller’s acrylic “Drake Bufflehead” and “Drifting Dreams” moonstone pendant; and former Olean resident Amy Vena’s mixed media “Dialog II.”

On the Fly – Anne Conroy-Baiter

The Executive Director of the Cattaraugus County Arts Council and a graduate of Tufts University, Anne Conroy-Baiter has worked as a graphic designer, creative director at an advertising agency, and started her own event planning company. She began painting to work out her grief for her mother, also an artist, whom she lost to breast cancer in 2001.

Breakout – Karen Fitzpatrick

A self-taught artist, Karen Fitzpatrick’s interest began with an introduction to stained glass class at Discover Ellicottville in 2003. After a subsequent class in 2006, with trial and error and much experimentation, she completed her first stained glass window for her music room in 2007. Since then, she has participated in a number of arts shows, primarily in Cattaraugus County, where she is a member of the Cattaraugus County Arts Council.

Anchored – Barbara Fox

Barbara Fox’s paintings have been featured in museums and galleries throughout the United States, and she leads watercolor workshops around the country. She is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society and the International Guild of Realism, among others, and has been published in leading national art magazines. Also working as an illustrator, Fox was hired by the United States Mint for their Artistic Infusion Program; in 2011, four of her coin designs were chosen to be minted.

Drifting Dreams Moonstone Pendant – Jennifer Miller

Jennifer Miller’s work reflects her love of nature and especially birds. She has won awards locally and at art shows in Pittsburgh, Chicago, and San Jose, as well as in North Carolina’s Duck Stamp Competition and first place in the “Swan Lake” category for the CG Society’s “Share One Planet” international wildlife competition. Among her clients of note are Baen Publishing, Windstone Editions, and Nickelodeon/MTV.

Intersections II – Jil St. Ledger-Roty

Jil St. Ledger-Roty has been exhibiting her photographs for six years, both in solo shows and group exhibitions. One of her photographs won second place in the Impact Artists’ Gallery’s Fall National Exhibit in 2009. “Intersections Two” won third prize in the Buffalo gallery’s Fall National Exhibit 2010.

Dialog II – Amy Vena

A graduate student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Amy Vena did her undergraduate work at Jamestown Community College and St. Bonaventure University. She is currently exhibiting her work regionally and working on an extensive research project. She also teaches workshops in Western New York and maintains an active studio in Rochester.

Women Create’s opening reception will be 6-8 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Jamestown’s 3rd On 3rd Gallery, 116 East Third Street, adjacent to the Reg Lenna Civic Center. Presented in cooperation with the Arts Council for Chautauqua County, Women Create will be the gallery’s first major juried show and the second major group/multi-artists show since it opened last year.

For more information, visit http://womencreate.wordpress.com/.

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Jamestown, NY – The works of three Erie artists and one from Edinboro are among the selections for Women Create, the first juried exhibit of women’s art at the new 3rd On 3rd Gallery in downtown Jamestown, New York.

Women Create will showcase a wide range of art and fine crafts in a variety of media.

The artworks that will be on display from February 11 to March 31 include Edinboro artist Hiromi Katayama’s “Mountain Cherry,” a Japanese color on panel. The Erie artists’ works are Jodi Staniunas Hopper’s black and white photograph “Papillon,” Toni Kelly’s acrylic ink and collage “A Winged Heart,” and Victoria Norvaisa’s watercolor “Never-ending.”

With the show created to feature the work of local and regional women, the preponderance of artists comes from throughout western New York. Hopper, Katayama, Kelly and Norvaisa are the only Pennsylvania artists to be included.

Papillon – Jodi Staniunas Hopper

Jodi Staniunas Hopper is an assistant professor of art at Mercyhurst College where she instructs in graphic design foundations, theories, history, and design methodologies. A graduate of Merchhurst, she received her MFA in Design and Advertising from Marywood University and has worked in graphic design for more than two decades, having received various awards for her design and fine art works.

Mountain Cherry – Hiromi Katayama

A native of Japan, Hiromi Katayama studies in the MFA painting program at Edinboro University. Having studied art from the age of nine, she received her BFA in Japanese Traditional Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design.

A Winged Heart – Toni Kelly

On display in local galleries, Toni Kelly’s work has been featured in a number of shows, juried exhibits and publications. Kelly is affiliated with several artist groups and associations. Her awards include first place in Mail Art Competition for the 1st Australian MAPs Conference in 2002.

Never-Ending – Victoria Norvaisa

Victoria Norvaisa was born in Lithuania and grew up in the Philadelphia area, where she earned a BS in Business Administration from Drexel University. She has studied with and attended workshops conducted by local and national artists and has exhibited her work at a variety of galleries and shows. Norvaisa is a member of the Northwestern PA Artists Association and an exhibiting member of the Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution (VACI).

Women Create’s opening reception will be 6-8 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Jamestown’s 3rd On 3rd Gallery, 116 East Third Street, adjacent to the Reg Lenna Civic Center. Presented in cooperation with the Arts Council for Chautauqua County, Women Create will be the gallery’s first major juried show and the second major group/multi-artists show since it opened last year.

For more information, visit http://womencreate.wordpress.com/.

Jamestown, NY – The works of two Rochester artists are among the selections for Women Create, the first juried exhibit of women’s art at the new 3rd On 3rd Gallery in downtown Jamestown, New York.

Women Create will showcase a wide range of art and fine crafts in a variety of media.

Amy Vena’s mixed media “Dialog II” and Karen Eckstrom’s copper and brass “Snapping Clutch” and her “World Book” of copper and found objects will be on display from February 11 to March 31.

With the exhibit created to feature the work of local and regional women, the preponderance of artists comes from throughout western New York. Among the younger artists in the show, Eckstrom and Vena are the only ones from Rochester.

World Book – Karen Eckstrom

Eckstrom is a native of Jamestown and recent graduate of Nazareth College of Rochester. She started doing metalwork while in college, studying in and working for studios in Florence, Berlin, and Rochester. She is currently an assistant for Rochester steel sculptor Paul Knoblauch and is building her own portfolio.

Dialog II – Amy Vena

Olean, New York, native Amy Vena is a graduate student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she will receive her Master of Fine Arts degree in May. She completed her undergraduate work at Jamestown Community College and St. Bonaventure University. She is currently exhibiting her work regionally and working on an extensive research project. She also teaches workshops in Western New York and maintains an active studio in Rochester.

Women Create’s opening reception will be 6-8 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Jamestown’s 3rd On 3rd Gallery, 116 East Third Street, adjacent to the Reg Lenna Civic Center. Presented in cooperation with the Arts Council for Chautauqua County, Women Create will be the gallery’s first major juried show and the second major group/multi-artists show since it opened last year.

For more information, visit http://womencreate.wordpress.com/.

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Jamestown, NY – The works of two Fredonia artists are among the selections for Women Create, the first juried exhibit of women’s art at the new 3rd On 3rd Gallery in downtown Jamestown, New York.

Women Create will exhibit a wide range of art and fine crafts in a variety of media.

Simplicity of Rocks by Sue McNamara

Jill Johnston’s mixed media print “Red Garden 5” and Sue McNamara’s mixed media “Simplicity of Rocks” will be on display from February 11 to March 31.

With the show created to feature the work of local and regional women, the preponderance of artists comes from throughout western New York. Johnston and McNamara are the only Fredonia artists to be included.

In her application for the show, McNamara described herself as having “a passion for learning and facilitating learning for others.” She has worked in the business world, government service and most recently as a college professor. Art has long been at the heart of her interests along with nature, exploring, traveling and her daughter. She finds her inspiration in “our local landscapes. Technique is gained by participating with a group of women, Artists @ Heart, led by a teacher that believes, ‘Effort is more powerful, at the end of the day, than ability, as long you have the true passion to grow.’”

Red Garden by Jill Johnston

A native of Canada, Jill Johnston lived in the Baltimore area for 15 years where she taught animation, film production and digital imaging classes at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She now lives in Fredonia, where she is the director of the new animation area at SUNY Fredonia. Her artwork explores the narrative format through animation, film, photography, and painting. The recipient of numerous awards, her work has been shown throughout the United States as well as in Croatia, Korea, Turkey, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and more.

Women Create’s opening reception will be 6-8 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Jamestown’s 3rd On 3rd Gallery, 116 East Third Street, adjacent to the Reg Lenna Civic Center. Presented in cooperation with the Arts Council for Chautauqua County, Women Create will be the gallery’s first major juried show and the second major group/multi-artists show since it opened last year.

For more information, visit http://womencreate.wordpress.com/.

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