Meet Melanie Gleaves Morrett

Melanie Gleaves Morrett was born and raised in the deep South where she graduated with a BFA degree in Graphic Design, but chose instead to pour her life into creating fine art. Her style for most of her career has been classical, disciplined, and detailed. Recently she has been exploring more contemporary approaches and techniques especially in her printmaking, which includes hand-drawn, inked, and printed etchings, monotypes, and monoprints.

Her life is a journey and her art a journal of images that have stirred something deep within her soul. Each piece is like a page in her life she has recorded and shared so others can see and experience the world through her eyes. She believes a picture is truly worth a thousand words and she has chosen etching ink, pastels, and oil paints to tell her stories. Each work has a unique story to tell and she is happy to share the inspirations behind each one.

Melanie has won awards in both local and national shows. She believe her best art is still inside her and she is filled with great hope and anticipation to become all God has created her to be.

You can view more of her work at www.morrettfineart.com.

ARTISANS OUT AND ABOUT: Members Participating in Local Exhibits

"Flowers" by Leah Mendenhall Grommon

Through July 27 (closing reception that day from 4-7pm)

At the Spirited Goat, 118 Dayton St. in Yellow Springs

(Art by Leah Mendenhall Grommon)

"This And That" 

YSAC Gallery Committee Exhibit

Through Aug. 31

At the Alcove Gallery at Antioch Midwest, 900 Dayton St. in Yellow Springs

Kathey Vernor Moulton and Theresa Mayer are participating

(Art by Theresa Mayer)

"This Land I Love"

Tecumseh Land Trust Exhibit

Through August 31
At the Winds Café, 215 Xenia Ave. in Yellow Springs

Leah Mendenhall Grommon, Kathryn Pitstick, and Libby Rudolf are participating

(Art by Leah Mendenhall Grommon)

Kathryn Pitstick solo show

Through October 6

At the Wheat Penny, 515 Wayne Ave. in Dayton

(Art by Kathryn Pitstick)

"The Nature of Things: Scenes from Nature"

From the YSAC Permanent Collection
Through June 2020
John Bryan Community Gallery, 2nd Floor, 100 Dayton St.

Amy Achor, Sue Brezine, Pam Geisel, Kathey Vernor Moulton, and Libby Rudolf are participating

(Art by Libby Rudolf)

Call for Artists: Laughter is the Best Medicine Community Show

Call for Artists! The Village Artisan's Fall Community Art Show theme is Laughter is the Best Medicine. Art should be no larger 16 x 20. Artwork may be two or three-dimensional. All work should be framed and ready to hang or be displayed when dropped off, or it will not be hung or shown. $10 for the first piece and $5 for additional pieces. Submit art by Sept 30. More details and form here.

"Peeps in the Park" Revisited

Back in 2011, Yellow Springers Corrine Bayraktaroglu and Nancy Mellon coordinated "Peeps in the Park," the hanging of 13 art panels on the exterior walls of the building where Village Artisan's is located. Unfortunately time and weather wore away some of these panels.

When the panels were removed to facilitate the painting of the exterior, several Village Artisans members created new panels which have now been hung on the building. We also invited Nancy Mellon, who had been a Village Artisans member for a long time, to also create a panel.

You can see these pieces anytime at the corner of Corry and Dayton Streets in Yellow Springs.

(Scroll down for group shots and individual photos.)

L-R: Leah Grommon, Tara Anderson, Libby Rudolf, Theresa Mayer, Kathy Verner Moulton 

L-R: Rosie Huart, Pam Geisel, Sue Brezine, Cynthia McDonald 

L-R: Barbara Vandecreek, Kathryn Pitstick, Carol Culbertson, Diane Schwob Zubrick

Leah Grommon

Tara Anderson

Libby Rudolf

Theresa Mayer

Kathy Verner Moulton

Nancy Mellon

Rosie Huart

Pam Geisel

Sue Brezine

Cynthia McDonald

Barbara Vandecreek

Kathryn Pitstick

Carol Culbertson

Diane Schwob Zubrick

JUNE / JULY LOBBY SHOW: Drama in Purple

Our show "Drama in Purple" is all set up in our shop lobby and runs through August 12. We're having a reception on Friday, July 19 from 6-9 pm.

MAY-JUNE COMMUNITY SHOW: Birds & Bees: Pollinators and Awareness of Beneficial Insects

Our "Birds & Bees: Pollinators and Awareness of Beneficial Insects" show, featuring art from the community, has been hung in our lobby and runs through June 21 with 83 pieces of art! There will be a reception during the Yellow Springs Art Stroll on Friday, June 21 from 6-9 pm for snacks and beverages and the opportunity to meet some of the more than 35 community members who helped make this show happen.

APRIL / MAY LOBBY SHOW: Beautiful Bounty of Blooms

Our show "Beautiful Bounty of Blooms" is all set up in our shop lobby and runs through May 13. We're having a reception on Friday, April 19 from 6-9 pm.