Studion Clearance Sale

STUDIO CLEARANCE SALE

June 2 - 30

Village Artisans, 100 Corry St., Yellow Springs, OH 45387

The Village Artisans celebrate Spring by cleaning out their studios!

Come and check out Art Bargains!

11 - 6 M-Th, 11 - 7 F-S, 12 - 5 Sun

for more information, call (937) 767-1209

Artists' Trading Cards

ATTENTION ARTISTS!

ATC Show:  "SIZE DOES MATTER SHOW"

 Host:  Village Artisans (VA)

 Date:  July 2009 

Fee:  NONE

 Limit:  Ten Pieces  (if trading by mail--please send SASE along with  ATC)

 Set Up:  Please have work at VA by Saturday, June 27th.

 Location:  Village Artisans 

 Attn:  Nancy Mellon

  100 Corry Street

Yellow Springs, OH 45387   

 937.767-1209 

Email Contact:  Kristy   reedweed95@aol. com

  The work will be displayed at the gallery for the month of July and  then face-to-face trading at the end of the month, Friday, July 31  from  6-9 pm. and Saturday, August 1 from 1-4 p.m.  If

 you can not be  at the trading sessions in person, your ATC will be mailed to you by  August 8th.   There will be two workshops hosted/sponsored by Village Artisans.  A  $15.00 fee includes free ATC kit and light refreshments.  You do not  have to attend the 

workshops to participate in the SIZE DOES MATTER  SHOW.  The 

workshops are designed to "help" those that have never  created

 an ATC and will be able to work 

with local artists.  Workshop dates:  Saturday, May 9th from 1-4 p.m. and July 18th from 1-4 p.m.    

There will be face-to-face trading at the end of the workshops or  wor

k can be left for inclusion in the SIZE DOES MATTER SHOW.  

Village Artisans is an established art  co-op (26 years) in the beautiful village of Yellow Springs, located in west-central Ohio.  Yellow Springs is known for its great  restaurants, unique shops, hiking and biking.  The VA is an active, community-involved art co-op.  Art should be shared with everyone.

For more information:

http://www.artist-trading-cards.ch/	Artist trading cards: A Collaborative Cultural Performance
http://www.cedarseed.com/air/atc.html	Cedar Seed
http://www.moderngypsy.com/atc/	Artist site of Artist Trading Cards
http://www.mailartist.com/kiyotei/ATC.html	Mailart
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArtTradingCards/	Email discussion group

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Meet Sue Huff-Pleiman

Artist Statement
"I have always had a passion for pottery. It started with pottery close to my hometown, Dover, Ohio, with all the wonderful Zanesville and Cambridge pottery. After graduating from OSU, I moved to the Dayton area to be Moraine's first Aquatic Director and then taught in Kettering Schools for 35 years. I was a student in the last pottery class offered at The Dayton Art Institute. At DAI, I fell in love with pottery and have been making pottery ever since. I have taken a few breaks along the way but have always returned to the wonderful feel of the clay. I have taken classes at Wright State, UD and OSU, as well as workshops and classes throughout the United States. Currently, I am firing my pottery at the John Bryan Community Pottery Center in Yellow Springs, Rosewood Art Center and my new studio at our farm in Waynesville. Life is always good when I am working in clay!"

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Meet Pete Mitas

Handcrafted, Unconventional, Colorful, Bold art, jewelry, and crafts.

I’ve enjoyed creating many forms of art since I was young. Combining different materials and using color, line, and shape to create something new has always fascinated me.

For the past few years this passion has been expressed by creating enamel jewelry and art.

Enameling is a process that involves melting colored glass onto metal at 1500^o in a kiln. My art is made using glass, metal, wood, stone, and art panels.

Pete's Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/primalorigins

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Meet Holly Jordon

"I love the rich colors and fantastic sparkle textured glass offers and I enjoy making work which brings out that beauty."

Holly Jordan learned the skill of working with stained glass from her dad about 25 years ago. The first piece she ever made was a little bird of blue glass. She still mekes that particular design, because, as she says, "I still like it, and it is a nice reminder of that time spent with my dad." Working with her father on whatever projects he had going at the time required Holly to stretch and try different things than she would have if left on her own, and she discovered that she had learned more than she realized when she began working independently.

As is evidenced by her work, Holly is particularly drawn to abstract, geometric, Celtic, and mission-syle designs.

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Meet Mary Kleismit

Jewelry Artist

I started exploring lapidary with my husband in the 1960's when we lived in

Dayton, Ohio.

We collected unique specimens and rocks at every opportunity and took classes at

Riverbend Art Center in Dayton.

Things continued to evolve and in 1988, I purchased a business liscence. We then

began showing at Gem And Mineral shows. Over the years I began making

Semi-precious and Precious jewelry. We took classes at the William Holland

Lapidary School in Harris, Georgia, and shortly there after began to make wire

wrap jewelry. We are always looking into new and different medias!

Wherever I go, I marvel at the rare beauty inside mother Earth and my love of her

continues to inspire me. My purpose is to show God's glory in all I create.

I am a proud member of the Village Artisans Gallery as well as a member of the

Town and Country Fine Art Gallery in Dayton.

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