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The Art of the Serigraph – Jeanne Norton Hammett
A special visiting artist event!
We are featuring the art of Jeanne Norton Hammett. She creates incredible Serigraphs that reflect the natural beauty of our region. Serigraph, Screen print, Silkscreen; all those terms refer to the same process. Silk screening has been around for a long time. The medium’s roots lie deep in ancient history, originating in China and Japan as a technique for applying stencils to fabrics and screens. Europeans created wonderful wallpapers with this stenciling process. Toulouse Lautrec was famous for producing posters advertising events that featured dancers doing the “can can”. During the 1930’s a number of American artists began making artworks in screen print and by the end of the decade the term “serigraph” from the Greek serikos, silk, and “graphos”, writing, was coined by a noted art historian, to distinguish artists’ screen prints from commercial uses of screen printing. The gallery exhibit opens December 2nd and runs through the end of January, Thursday through Sunday each week.
Celebrating Waterfowl Art
Allure Art Center’s March fine art exhibit, “Celebrating Waterfowl Art” brings together award winning Virginia artists and their works that reflect the beauty of our waterfowl and the regions wildlife. The exhibit will showcase the mediums of sculpture, carving, painting and photography. Our featured artist will be Bill Casto of Williamsburg, VA. Bill is an Interpretive Wood Sculptor concentrating primarily on wildfowl. He uses driftwood and found weathered wood from the Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater region rivers to carve interpretive or stylized pieces of art. He attempts to capture the essence of the wildfowl rather that a realistic duplication of the subject, to create a totally original and one of a kind work. Bill has been carving wildfowl sculptures for over 20 years competing at the top level for the past ten years at the prestigious “Ward World Wildfowl Carving Championships”. He has been named Ward World Champion once and has received award recognition 6 times.
John Obolewicz is another award winning artist that will be featured. Specializing in watercolors, his paintings have been successfully auctioned through Ducks Unlimited and has been a sponsor artist in Virginia for Ducks Unlimited. He has received the honor of the Virginia State Duck Stamp 3 times.
The show will also include paintings by Cindy Harrison and Maria Reardon, carvings by Arthur Wolz, and photographs by Jeff Cherry.
The exhibit opens Saturday March 20th at Allure Art Center and will run weekends from March 20th through April 18th.
Plein Air Unleashed 2021
Plein Air Unleashed returns for our sixth year and we have expanded the event again with more and new artists, we expect 30 artists from across the state. The painting exhibit features artists from across the Mid-Atlantic area working in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastels and more. The artists will be working out at locations throughout selected spots in the region April 28th, 29th and April 30th, May 1st several of the artists will be on site at Allure Art Center doing demos, conducting workshops and answering questions. There will be a preview opening reception on April 30th with the works created during the event. RSVP today for the preview reception,
Live demonstrations, talk with artists and buy local art.
Gallery Exhibit of the works created during the week runs through May 30th.
May 1st Maria Reardon will conduct a Plein Air Painting workshop.
New Glass Works exhibits
Allure Art Center is pleased to add two new glass artists to our exhibits. Still Waters Glass studio produces a wide range of fused glass works while Sanctuary Glass creates sea themed glass blown pendants. The fused glass works range from home decor, sun catchers, stylish dishes and more. The glass blown pendants make the perfect necklace to go with any beach or river fun outfit.
Award Winning Driftwood Sculpture
Allure Art Center is pleased to present the award winning driftwood sculptures of Larry Ringgold. His sculptures are unique, mystical, fun and intricate. Larry’s work has been shown across the East Coast at fine art festivals where his works have received many awards and acclaim. The works range in size and subject matter from life sized horses to small herons and turtles.