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The artwork of George Martinez is like nothing you have dreamt of before. George uses hair clippings (yes thats what I said!) to create stunning portraits and sea scapes. George is a barber by trade. Come and see this amazing work for yourself. Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit
Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
all day
While exhibiting at various venues, the Chicago-based 3-D 12 artists have identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns. Our personal perceptions on the issue cover as broad a range as our materials of choice. Decomposed lost and found objects, recycled plastic and metal, salvaged scrap wood, earth and water are some materials which are effectively reconfigured to translate our ideas into physical forms. The sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contributre to a genuine meta-landscape. The 3-D 12 artists are: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Mimi Peterson, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele, and Michelle Stone
Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
Start: 07/05/2009 10:00 am
End: 07/05/2009 5:00 pm
Sunday, July 5th, Stanley Johnston Park 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Raffle at 2:00 pm at Art Center main booth The South Haven Center for the Arts is pleased to announce its 51st Annual Art Fair to be held on Sunday, July 5, 2009, in Stanley Johnston Memorial Park. The South Haven Art Fair is one of the major art events in the area, offering residents and visitors the opportunity to view and purchase fine art from over 120 artists and enjoy children’s activities. Art Fair artistic mix of creativity and green
Each year on the first Sunday in July, the South Haven Center for the Arts hosts the annual Fine Art Fair.
This year’s 51st juried event, entitled Sunday in the Park, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., July 5. About 120 local, regional and national artists will be exhibiting their works, comprising a variety of mediums, at Stanley Johnston Park, known for its stately trees and nodding flowers – a perfect setting for a Sunday at the Park.
“In planning for this year’s event we’re using recycled paper, less paper and selling tote bags will help us to be more green,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. A sizeable grant from Entergy helped the organizers to plan the event with recycling and the environment in mind. T-shirts and re-usable tote bags that feature the Art Centers new logo and will be sold for $15 And $20 at the Art Center’s main information booth, near the WWI soldier statue. Maps and other information will also be available.
Besides purchasing works of art and t-shirts and tote bags, visitors can buy raffle tickets for a chance to win a 24x36 acrylic painting by renowned local artist Suzie Lattner Zwissler, entitled “Coastal Glow”. One can feel as though he or she is at the shore of Lake Michigan when gazing into the picture filled with colorful, visual imagery of water, sky and sand. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Refreshments will also be for sale.
For kids at the fair, South Haven High School’s National Art Honor Society will have a kids’ booth with a variety of artsy activities.
For more information about the Art Fair, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log onto: www.southhavenarts.org Art Center hours are Monday through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. on weekends.
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The artwork of George Martinez is like nothing you have dreamt of before. George uses hair clippings (yes thats what I said!) to create stunning portraits and sea scapes. George is a barber by trade. Come and see this amazing work for yourself. Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit
Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
all day
While exhibiting at various venues, the Chicago-based 3-D 12 artists have identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns. Our personal perceptions on the issue cover as broad a range as our materials of choice. Decomposed lost and found objects, recycled plastic and metal, salvaged scrap wood, earth and water are some materials which are effectively reconfigured to translate our ideas into physical forms. The sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contributre to a genuine meta-landscape. The 3-D 12 artists are: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Mimi Peterson, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele, and Michelle Stone
Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
Start: 07/06/2009 10:00 am
End: 07/06/2009 12:00 pm
Every Monday the upper gallery is open to artists in the community, nonmembers and members alike, who need a quiet space to work with other artist. No instruction. Free! Open Studio hours are every Monday from 10 a.m. to noon for those looking for a quiet place to bring their drawing pads, pencils, brushes to paint, doodle or sketch in a light, open setting, There will be no instructor and no interruptions except the clock striking 12 noon, signaling end time.
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The artwork of George Martinez is like nothing you have dreamt of before. George uses hair clippings (yes thats what I said!) to create stunning portraits and sea scapes. George is a barber by trade. Come and see this amazing work for yourself. Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit
Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
all day
While exhibiting at various venues, the Chicago-based 3-D 12 artists have identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns. Our personal perceptions on the issue cover as broad a range as our materials of choice. Decomposed lost and found objects, recycled plastic and metal, salvaged scrap wood, earth and water are some materials which are effectively reconfigured to translate our ideas into physical forms. The sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contributre to a genuine meta-landscape. The 3-D 12 artists are: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Mimi Peterson, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele, and Michelle Stone
Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
Start: 07/07/2009
NEW this year - Afternoon Sessions!
There is also a brown bag special: Your child can attend the 11:30 session doing one project, eat their brown bag snack that you provide and then attend the 1:00 session which features a different teacher and project. Discount cards apply!
This new option gives parents the opportunity to spend a little longer shopping, eating a leisure lunch, taking a nap or walking on the beach.
Art Classes at Center Studio!
South Haven Center for the Arts
600 Phoenix St. South Haven
Offering classes for art-making on a drop-in basis, these four 1 hour long creative sessions inspire
imagination and expression. Lessons are taught by artists and certified art teachers, Sarah Benson and Tina Walter, and are designed for children (and children at heart) four and older.
Children younger than four are welcome to attend with a parent.
Classes are offered Tuesday through Friday
with four sessions to choose from…
Morning Sessions - 10:00-11:00 & 11:30-12:30
Afternoon Sessions - 1:00-2:00 & 2:30-3:00
Brown bag special available: Your child may attend the 2nd morning session, eat their brown bag lunch and drink that you provide and then stay for the next session. Your child will experience two different projects and you will experience more time to shop, etc. Discount cards apply!
No registration required. NEW projects daily. Fee: $12.00 per session
Frequent visitor discount cards available for $40.
Reserved “group sessions” by appointment.
For more information call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 637-1041
Morning Schedule with Sarah Benson
June 23- Polymer Clay People Magnets- Mold a clay face & attach to a wire/mat board body.
June 24- Stand-up Self Portrait- Real-looking or imaginative? What will you like in this 3-D depiction?
June 25- Akua-Ba Doll- Inspired by wooden dolls made by the Asante people of Ghana.
June 26- Poseable People- Decorate, cut out and put together a creative action figure.
June 30- Picture Puzzle- Design your own artistic puzzle and a foam core frame.
July 1- Wind Puppet- A hanging work of artwith a face, hands, and color-mixing paper.
July 2- Kachina Collage- Inspired by Hopi kachina
July 3- You Name It!- Create a banner with your own name on it, stenciled and painted.
July 4 - CLOSED
July 7- Crazy for Cards- Print and use colored pencils to make one-of-a-kind postcards and cards to send.
July 8- Tincraft Ornaments- Choose a shape, emboss, and color for a shining work of art.
July 9- Wild Weavings- Use a loom, ribbon, yarn and more to make this textural wall piece.
July 10- Japanese Fans- Asian-style brush painting techniques on watercolor paper make fan-like art.
July 14- Foam Core Fun- Build3-D abstract designs experimenting with form and color.
July 15- Bird Mobile- Make three 3-D birds on wire to hang and brighten any room.
July 16- Amate Bark Painting- Bright painting on paper resembling bark inspired by Latin American folk art.
July 17- Funky Film Collage- Colorful sticky strips will begin this line design art.
July 21- Queen/King for a Day- Bejeweled and bedazzled, become royalty in these self portraits.
July 22- Headdress Mask- Many cultures create headdresses. Be inspired, then make your own to wear.
July 23- Stick Sculptures- Combine branches, yarn, feathers, paint and more.
July 24- Aboriginal Handprints- Inspired by Australian painting, brush and blow paint!
July 28- Mexican Yarn Painting- Create a work of art filled with color, line and texture.
July 29- Pop-Out Pictures- 3-D collages with magazines and cut paper for eye-popping interest!
July 30- Cakes on Canvas- Be inspired by the art of Wayne Thiebaud to make these yummy-looking paintings.
July 31- Beaded Wire Mobile- Twist, bend, curl and string on color to make whimsical, moving sculpture,
Aug 4- Stick Houses- Assorted flat sticks and shapes will make for some interesting architecture.
Aug 5- Pencil Place- Make a functional and fun pencil holder using a variety of materials for decoration.
Aug 6- Quilt Square Design- Use a variety of textiles and fibers to create a quilt-like creation.
Aug 7- Mandalas- Explore circular design from cultures around the world then make your own.
Afternoon Schedule with Tina Walter
June 23 - Pup Art – Fun dog portraits in the style of George Rodrique’s “Blue Dog.”
June 24 - Impressionist sand paper prints –We’ll use crayons, sandpaper and a warm iron for a lovely impressionistic work of art.
June 25 - Robot Collage – Found objects and your imagination= cool robot art!
June 26 - Magazine Mosaics – Recycle old magazines into pretty new art!
June 30 - Japanese Landscape scroll- Learn about this Japanese style of art and design while you create your own kingdom!
July 1 - X-Ray Art – Inspired by Aboriginal and Native American artists.
July 2 - Sand Painting – Navajo sand painting is the basis for this fun project.
July 3 - Wire Self Portrait – Draw you, wonderful you, with wire!
July 4 - CLOSED
July 7 –Didgeridoo – Make your own version of this native Australian musical instrument
July 8 - Stuffed Fish – Whimsical soft sculpture you can hang.
July 9 - Dream Catcher – Weave a Lakota inspired dream catcher!
July 10 - Chinese Dragon Puppet- This fun project produces a beautiful, functional piece of art you can play with or display!
July 14 - Pin Swap! - Use lots of materials and your imagination to make pins (brooches), keep one and trade the rest!
July 15- 3–D Castle Pop Up- Design your own fortress!
July 16 - Islamic Prints – Design and print in the style of an Islamic tile.
July 17 - Mad for Molas – Make a colorful paper design resembling the Molas of Panama.
July 21 - Sparkling Squares – Use sequins, glitter and more to create beautiful art to hang in windows or anywhere!
July 22 - Oaxacan Animal Sculpture- Wild and crazy! This Mexican folk art is as fun to make as it is to look at!
July 23 - Illuminated Initial – Go medieval with designs and your initial!
July 24 - Paul Klee Line Designs – Use lines and shape in the style of Paul Klee for this playful painting.
July 28 - Pop Top Jewelry- Use recycled materials, wire and beads to make pendants and charms for create necklaces, bracelets or both!
July 29 - Paper Ring Relief Sculpture – Use thin strips of colorful paper to fold for a fantastic paper relief!
July 30 –Tiny Trompe-L’oille Treats- Use polymer clay to create mini cakes, cookies, candies etc… to magnetically stick to your fridge!
July 31 - Tissue Paper Paintings – Create a beautiful under- the- sea scene.
Aug 4 - Learn to Finger Knit! – Make bracelets, Bookmarks or snakes!
Aug 5 – Mehndi Hand Designs – Make mixed media artwork based on beautiful Indian henna tattoo designs called Mehndi.
Aug 6 – Nature Face – Use materials found in nature for this self portrait.
Aug 7 – Rain sticks- Make and decorate a rain stick; then grab an umbrella!
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The artwork of George Martinez is like nothing you have dreamt of before. George uses hair clippings (yes thats what I said!) to create stunning portraits and sea scapes. George is a barber by trade. Come and see this amazing work for yourself. Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit
Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
all day
While exhibiting at various venues, the Chicago-based 3-D 12 artists have identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns. Our personal perceptions on the issue cover as broad a range as our materials of choice. Decomposed lost and found objects, recycled plastic and metal, salvaged scrap wood, earth and water are some materials which are effectively reconfigured to translate our ideas into physical forms. The sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contributre to a genuine meta-landscape. The 3-D 12 artists are: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Mimi Peterson, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele, and Michelle Stone
Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
all day
NEW this year - Afternoon Sessions!
There is also a brown bag special: Your child can attend the 11:30 session doing one project, eat their brown bag snack that you provide and then attend the 1:00 session which features a different teacher and project. Discount cards apply!
This new option gives parents the opportunity to spend a little longer shopping, eating a leisure lunch, taking a nap or walking on the beach.
Art Classes at Center Studio!
South Haven Center for the Arts
600 Phoenix St. South Haven
Offering classes for art-making on a drop-in basis, these four 1 hour long creative sessions inspire
imagination and expression. Lessons are taught by artists and certified art teachers, Sarah Benson and Tina Walter, and are designed for children (and children at heart) four and older.
Children younger than four are welcome to attend with a parent.
Classes are offered Tuesday through Friday
with four sessions to choose from…
Morning Sessions - 10:00-11:00 & 11:30-12:30
Afternoon Sessions - 1:00-2:00 & 2:30-3:00
Brown bag special available: Your child may attend the 2nd morning session, eat their brown bag lunch and drink that you provide and then stay for the next session. Your child will experience two different projects and you will experience more time to shop, etc. Discount cards apply!
No registration required. NEW projects daily. Fee: $12.00 per session
Frequent visitor discount cards available for $40.
Reserved “group sessions” by appointment.
For more information call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 637-1041
Morning Schedule with Sarah Benson
June 23- Polymer Clay People Magnets- Mold a clay face & attach to a wire/mat board body.
June 24- Stand-up Self Portrait- Real-looking or imaginative? What will you like in this 3-D depiction?
June 25- Akua-Ba Doll- Inspired by wooden dolls made by the Asante people of Ghana.
June 26- Poseable People- Decorate, cut out and put together a creative action figure.
June 30- Picture Puzzle- Design your own artistic puzzle and a foam core frame.
July 1- Wind Puppet- A hanging work of artwith a face, hands, and color-mixing paper.
July 2- Kachina Collage- Inspired by Hopi kachina
July 3- You Name It!- Create a banner with your own name on it, stenciled and painted.
July 4 - CLOSED
July 7- Crazy for Cards- Print and use colored pencils to make one-of-a-kind postcards and cards to send.
July 8- Tincraft Ornaments- Choose a shape, emboss, and color for a shining work of art.
July 9- Wild Weavings- Use a loom, ribbon, yarn and more to make this textural wall piece.
July 10- Japanese Fans- Asian-style brush painting techniques on watercolor paper make fan-like art.
July 14- Foam Core Fun- Build3-D abstract designs experimenting with form and color.
July 15- Bird Mobile- Make three 3-D birds on wire to hang and brighten any room.
July 16- Amate Bark Painting- Bright painting on paper resembling bark inspired by Latin American folk art.
July 17- Funky Film Collage- Colorful sticky strips will begin this line design art.
July 21- Queen/King for a Day- Bejeweled and bedazzled, become royalty in these self portraits.
July 22- Headdress Mask- Many cultures create headdresses. Be inspired, then make your own to wear.
July 23- Stick Sculptures- Combine branches, yarn, feathers, paint and more.
July 24- Aboriginal Handprints- Inspired by Australian painting, brush and blow paint!
July 28- Mexican Yarn Painting- Create a work of art filled with color, line and texture.
July 29- Pop-Out Pictures- 3-D collages with magazines and cut paper for eye-popping interest!
July 30- Cakes on Canvas- Be inspired by the art of Wayne Thiebaud to make these yummy-looking paintings.
July 31- Beaded Wire Mobile- Twist, bend, curl and string on color to make whimsical, moving sculpture,
Aug 4- Stick Houses- Assorted flat sticks and shapes will make for some interesting architecture.
Aug 5- Pencil Place- Make a functional and fun pencil holder using a variety of materials for decoration.
Aug 6- Quilt Square Design- Use a variety of textiles and fibers to create a quilt-like creation.
Aug 7- Mandalas- Explore circular design from cultures around the world then make your own.
Afternoon Schedule with Tina Walter
June 23 - Pup Art – Fun dog portraits in the style of George Rodrique’s “Blue Dog.”
June 24 - Impressionist sand paper prints –We’ll use crayons, sandpaper and a warm iron for a lovely impressionistic work of art.
June 25 - Robot Collage – Found objects and your imagination= cool robot art!
June 26 - Magazine Mosaics – Recycle old magazines into pretty new art!
June 30 - Japanese Landscape scroll- Learn about this Japanese style of art and design while you create your own kingdom!
July 1 - X-Ray Art – Inspired by Aboriginal and Native American artists.
July 2 - Sand Painting – Navajo sand painting is the basis for this fun project.
July 3 - Wire Self Portrait – Draw you, wonderful you, with wire!
July 4 - CLOSED
July 7 –Didgeridoo – Make your own version of this native Australian musical instrument
July 8 - Stuffed Fish – Whimsical soft sculpture you can hang.
July 9 - Dream Catcher – Weave a Lakota inspired dream catcher!
July 10 - Chinese Dragon Puppet- This fun project produces a beautiful, functional piece of art you can play with or display!
July 14 - Pin Swap! - Use lots of materials and your imagination to make pins (brooches), keep one and trade the rest!
July 15- 3–D Castle Pop Up- Design your own fortress!
July 16 - Islamic Prints – Design and print in the style of an Islamic tile.
July 17 - Mad for Molas – Make a colorful paper design resembling the Molas of Panama.
July 21 - Sparkling Squares – Use sequins, glitter and more to create beautiful art to hang in windows or anywhere!
July 22 - Oaxacan Animal Sculpture- Wild and crazy! This Mexican folk art is as fun to make as it is to look at!
July 23 - Illuminated Initial – Go medieval with designs and your initial!
July 24 - Paul Klee Line Designs – Use lines and shape in the style of Paul Klee for this playful painting.
July 28 - Pop Top Jewelry- Use recycled materials, wire and beads to make pendants and charms for create necklaces, bracelets or both!
July 29 - Paper Ring Relief Sculpture – Use thin strips of colorful paper to fold for a fantastic paper relief!
July 30 –Tiny Trompe-L’oille Treats- Use polymer clay to create mini cakes, cookies, candies etc… to magnetically stick to your fridge!
July 31 - Tissue Paper Paintings – Create a beautiful under- the- sea scene.
Aug 4 - Learn to Finger Knit! – Make bracelets, Bookmarks or snakes!
Aug 5 – Mehndi Hand Designs – Make mixed media artwork based on beautiful Indian henna tattoo designs called Mehndi.
Aug 6 – Nature Face – Use materials found in nature for this self portrait.
Aug 7 – Rain sticks- Make and decorate a rain stick; then grab an umbrella!
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all day
The artwork of George Martinez is like nothing you have dreamt of before. George uses hair clippings (yes thats what I said!) to create stunning portraits and sea scapes. George is a barber by trade. Come and see this amazing work for yourself. Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit
Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
all day
While exhibiting at various venues, the Chicago-based 3-D 12 artists have identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns. Our personal perceptions on the issue cover as broad a range as our materials of choice. Decomposed lost and found objects, recycled plastic and metal, salvaged scrap wood, earth and water are some materials which are effectively reconfigured to translate our ideas into physical forms. The sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contributre to a genuine meta-landscape. The 3-D 12 artists are: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Mimi Peterson, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele, and Michelle Stone
Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
all day
NEW this year - Afternoon Sessions!
There is also a brown bag special: Your child can attend the 11:30 session doing one project, eat their brown bag snack that you provide and then attend the 1:00 session which features a different teacher and project. Discount cards apply!
This new option gives parents the opportunity to spend a little longer shopping, eating a leisure lunch, taking a nap or walking on the beach.
Art Classes at Center Studio!
South Haven Center for the Arts
600 Phoenix St. South Haven
Offering classes for art-making on a drop-in basis, these four 1 hour long creative sessions inspire
imagination and expression. Lessons are taught by artists and certified art teachers, Sarah Benson and Tina Walter, and are designed for children (and children at heart) four and older.
Children younger than four are welcome to attend with a parent.
Classes are offered Tuesday through Friday
with four sessions to choose from…
Morning Sessions - 10:00-11:00 & 11:30-12:30
Afternoon Sessions - 1:00-2:00 & 2:30-3:00
Brown bag special available: Your child may attend the 2nd morning session, eat their brown bag lunch and drink that you provide and then stay for the next session. Your child will experience two different projects and you will experience more time to shop, etc. Discount cards apply!
No registration required. NEW projects daily. Fee: $12.00 per session
Frequent visitor discount cards available for $40.
Reserved “group sessions” by appointment.
For more information call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 637-1041
Morning Schedule with Sarah Benson
June 23- Polymer Clay People Magnets- Mold a clay face & attach to a wire/mat board body.
June 24- Stand-up Self Portrait- Real-looking or imaginative? What will you like in this 3-D depiction?
June 25- Akua-Ba Doll- Inspired by wooden dolls made by the Asante people of Ghana.
June 26- Poseable People- Decorate, cut out and put together a creative action figure.
June 30- Picture Puzzle- Design your own artistic puzzle and a foam core frame.
July 1- Wind Puppet- A hanging work of artwith a face, hands, and color-mixing paper.
July 2- Kachina Collage- Inspired by Hopi kachina
July 3- You Name It!- Create a banner with your own name on it, stenciled and painted.
July 4 - CLOSED
July 7- Crazy for Cards- Print and use colored pencils to make one-of-a-kind postcards and cards to send.
July 8- Tincraft Ornaments- Choose a shape, emboss, and color for a shining work of art.
July 9- Wild Weavings- Use a loom, ribbon, yarn and more to make this textural wall piece.
July 10- Japanese Fans- Asian-style brush painting techniques on watercolor paper make fan-like art.
July 14- Foam Core Fun- Build3-D abstract designs experimenting with form and color.
July 15- Bird Mobile- Make three 3-D birds on wire to hang and brighten any room.
July 16- Amate Bark Painting- Bright painting on paper resembling bark inspired by Latin American folk art.
July 17- Funky Film Collage- Colorful sticky strips will begin this line design art.
July 21- Queen/King for a Day- Bejeweled and bedazzled, become royalty in these self portraits.
July 22- Headdress Mask- Many cultures create headdresses. Be inspired, then make your own to wear.
July 23- Stick Sculptures- Combine branches, yarn, feathers, paint and more.
July 24- Aboriginal Handprints- Inspired by Australian painting, brush and blow paint!
July 28- Mexican Yarn Painting- Create a work of art filled with color, line and texture.
July 29- Pop-Out Pictures- 3-D collages with magazines and cut paper for eye-popping interest!
July 30- Cakes on Canvas- Be inspired by the art of Wayne Thiebaud to make these yummy-looking paintings.
July 31- Beaded Wire Mobile- Twist, bend, curl and string on color to make whimsical, moving sculpture,
Aug 4- Stick Houses- Assorted flat sticks and shapes will make for some interesting architecture.
Aug 5- Pencil Place- Make a functional and fun pencil holder using a variety of materials for decoration.
Aug 6- Quilt Square Design- Use a variety of textiles and fibers to create a quilt-like creation.
Aug 7- Mandalas- Explore circular design from cultures around the world then make your own.
Afternoon Schedule with Tina Walter
June 23 - Pup Art – Fun dog portraits in the style of George Rodrique’s “Blue Dog.”
June 24 - Impressionist sand paper prints –We’ll use crayons, sandpaper and a warm iron for a lovely impressionistic work of art.
June 25 - Robot Collage – Found objects and your imagination= cool robot art!
June 26 - Magazine Mosaics – Recycle old magazines into pretty new art!
June 30 - Japanese Landscape scroll- Learn about this Japanese style of art and design while you create your own kingdom!
July 1 - X-Ray Art – Inspired by Aboriginal and Native American artists.
July 2 - Sand Painting – Navajo sand painting is the basis for this fun project.
July 3 - Wire Self Portrait – Draw you, wonderful you, with wire!
July 4 - CLOSED
July 7 –Didgeridoo – Make your own version of this native Australian musical instrument
July 8 - Stuffed Fish – Whimsical soft sculpture you can hang.
July 9 - Dream Catcher – Weave a Lakota inspired dream catcher!
July 10 - Chinese Dragon Puppet- This fun project produces a beautiful, functional piece of art you can play with or display!
July 14 - Pin Swap! - Use lots of materials and your imagination to make pins (brooches), keep one and trade the rest!
July 15- 3–D Castle Pop Up- Design your own fortress!
July 16 - Islamic Prints – Design and print in the style of an Islamic tile.
July 17 - Mad for Molas – Make a colorful paper design resembling the Molas of Panama.
July 21 - Sparkling Squares – Use sequins, glitter and more to create beautiful art to hang in windows or anywhere!
July 22 - Oaxacan Animal Sculpture- Wild and crazy! This Mexican folk art is as fun to make as it is to look at!
July 23 - Illuminated Initial – Go medieval with designs and your initial!
July 24 - Paul Klee Line Designs – Use lines and shape in the style of Paul Klee for this playful painting.
July 28 - Pop Top Jewelry- Use recycled materials, wire and beads to make pendants and charms for create necklaces, bracelets or both!
July 29 - Paper Ring Relief Sculpture – Use thin strips of colorful paper to fold for a fantastic paper relief!
July 30 –Tiny Trompe-L’oille Treats- Use polymer clay to create mini cakes, cookies, candies etc… to magnetically stick to your fridge!
July 31 - Tissue Paper Paintings – Create a beautiful under- the- sea scene.
Aug 4 - Learn to Finger Knit! – Make bracelets, Bookmarks or snakes!
Aug 5 – Mehndi Hand Designs – Make mixed media artwork based on beautiful Indian henna tattoo designs called Mehndi.
Aug 6 – Nature Face – Use materials found in nature for this self portrait.
Aug 7 – Rain sticks- Make and decorate a rain stick; then grab an umbrella!
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all day
The artwork of George Martinez is like nothing you have dreamt of before. George uses hair clippings (yes thats what I said!) to create stunning portraits and sea scapes. George is a barber by trade. Come and see this amazing work for yourself. Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit
Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
all day
While exhibiting at various venues, the Chicago-based 3-D 12 artists have identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns. Our personal perceptions on the issue cover as broad a range as our materials of choice. Decomposed lost and found objects, recycled plastic and metal, salvaged scrap wood, earth and water are some materials which are effectively reconfigured to translate our ideas into physical forms. The sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contributre to a genuine meta-landscape. The 3-D 12 artists are: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Mimi Peterson, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele, and Michelle Stone
Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
Start: 07/07/2009
End: 07/10/2009
NEW this year - Afternoon Sessions!
There is also a brown bag special: Your child can attend the 11:30 session doing one project, eat their brown bag snack that you provide and then attend the 1:00 session which features a different teacher and project. Discount cards apply!
This new option gives parents the opportunity to spend a little longer shopping, eating a leisure lunch, taking a nap or walking on the beach.
Art Classes at Center Studio!
South Haven Center for the Arts
600 Phoenix St. South Haven
Offering classes for art-making on a drop-in basis, these four 1 hour long creative sessions inspire
imagination and expression. Lessons are taught by artists and certified art teachers, Sarah Benson and Tina Walter, and are designed for children (and children at heart) four and older.
Children younger than four are welcome to attend with a parent.
Classes are offered Tuesday through Friday
with four sessions to choose from…
Morning Sessions - 10:00-11:00 & 11:30-12:30
Afternoon Sessions - 1:00-2:00 & 2:30-3:00
Brown bag special available: Your child may attend the 2nd morning session, eat their brown bag lunch and drink that you provide and then stay for the next session. Your child will experience two different projects and you will experience more time to shop, etc. Discount cards apply!
No registration required. NEW projects daily. Fee: $12.00 per session
Frequent visitor discount cards available for $40.
Reserved “group sessions” by appointment.
For more information call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 637-1041
Morning Schedule with Sarah Benson
June 23- Polymer Clay People Magnets- Mold a clay face & attach to a wire/mat board body.
June 24- Stand-up Self Portrait- Real-looking or imaginative? What will you like in this 3-D depiction?
June 25- Akua-Ba Doll- Inspired by wooden dolls made by the Asante people of Ghana.
June 26- Poseable People- Decorate, cut out and put together a creative action figure.
June 30- Picture Puzzle- Design your own artistic puzzle and a foam core frame.
July 1- Wind Puppet- A hanging work of artwith a face, hands, and color-mixing paper.
July 2- Kachina Collage- Inspired by Hopi kachina
July 3- You Name It!- Create a banner with your own name on it, stenciled and painted.
July 4 - CLOSED
July 7- Crazy for Cards- Print and use colored pencils to make one-of-a-kind postcards and cards to send.
July 8- Tincraft Ornaments- Choose a shape, emboss, and color for a shining work of art.
July 9- Wild Weavings- Use a loom, ribbon, yarn and more to make this textural wall piece.
July 10- Japanese Fans- Asian-style brush painting techniques on watercolor paper make fan-like art.
July 14- Foam Core Fun- Build3-D abstract designs experimenting with form and color.
July 15- Bird Mobile- Make three 3-D birds on wire to hang and brighten any room.
July 16- Amate Bark Painting- Bright painting on paper resembling bark inspired by Latin American folk art.
July 17- Funky Film Collage- Colorful sticky strips will begin this line design art.
July 21- Queen/King for a Day- Bejeweled and bedazzled, become royalty in these self portraits.
July 22- Headdress Mask- Many cultures create headdresses. Be inspired, then make your own to wear.
July 23- Stick Sculptures- Combine branches, yarn, feathers, paint and more.
July 24- Aboriginal Handprints- Inspired by Australian painting, brush and blow paint!
July 28- Mexican Yarn Painting- Create a work of art filled with color, line and texture.
July 29- Pop-Out Pictures- 3-D collages with magazines and cut paper for eye-popping interest!
July 30- Cakes on Canvas- Be inspired by the art of Wayne Thiebaud to make these yummy-looking paintings.
July 31- Beaded Wire Mobile- Twist, bend, curl and string on color to make whimsical, moving sculpture,
Aug 4- Stick Houses- Assorted flat sticks and shapes will make for some interesting architecture.
Aug 5- Pencil Place- Make a functional and fun pencil holder using a variety of materials for decoration.
Aug 6- Quilt Square Design- Use a variety of textiles and fibers to create a quilt-like creation.
Aug 7- Mandalas- Explore circular design from cultures around the world then make your own.
Afternoon Schedule with Tina Walter
June 23 - Pup Art – Fun dog portraits in the style of George Rodrique’s “Blue Dog.”
June 24 - Impressionist sand paper prints –We’ll use crayons, sandpaper and a warm iron for a lovely impressionistic work of art.
June 25 - Robot Collage – Found objects and your imagination= cool robot art!
June 26 - Magazine Mosaics – Recycle old magazines into pretty new art!
June 30 - Japanese Landscape scroll- Learn about this Japanese style of art and design while you create your own kingdom!
July 1 - X-Ray Art – Inspired by Aboriginal and Native American artists.
July 2 - Sand Painting – Navajo sand painting is the basis for this fun project.
July 3 - Wire Self Portrait – Draw you, wonderful you, with wire!
July 4 - CLOSED
July 7 –Didgeridoo – Make your own version of this native Australian musical instrument
July 8 - Stuffed Fish – Whimsical soft sculpture you can hang.
July 9 - Dream Catcher – Weave a Lakota inspired dream catcher!
July 10 - Chinese Dragon Puppet- This fun project produces a beautiful, functional piece of art you can play with or display!
July 14 - Pin Swap! - Use lots of materials and your imagination to make pins (brooches), keep one and trade the rest!
July 15- 3–D Castle Pop Up- Design your own fortress!
July 16 - Islamic Prints – Design and print in the style of an Islamic tile.
July 17 - Mad for Molas – Make a colorful paper design resembling the Molas of Panama.
July 21 - Sparkling Squares – Use sequins, glitter and more to create beautiful art to hang in windows or anywhere!
July 22 - Oaxacan Animal Sculpture- Wild and crazy! This Mexican folk art is as fun to make as it is to look at!
July 23 - Illuminated Initial – Go medieval with designs and your initial!
July 24 - Paul Klee Line Designs – Use lines and shape in the style of Paul Klee for this playful painting.
July 28 - Pop Top Jewelry- Use recycled materials, wire and beads to make pendants and charms for create necklaces, bracelets or both!
July 29 - Paper Ring Relief Sculpture – Use thin strips of colorful paper to fold for a fantastic paper relief!
July 30 –Tiny Trompe-L’oille Treats- Use polymer clay to create mini cakes, cookies, candies etc… to magnetically stick to your fridge!
July 31 - Tissue Paper Paintings – Create a beautiful under- the- sea scene.
Aug 4 - Learn to Finger Knit! – Make bracelets, Bookmarks or snakes!
Aug 5 – Mehndi Hand Designs – Make mixed media artwork based on beautiful Indian henna tattoo designs called Mehndi.
Aug 6 – Nature Face – Use materials found in nature for this self portrait.
Aug 7 – Rain sticks- Make and decorate a rain stick; then grab an umbrella!
Start: 07/10/2009 7:15 pm
Every Friday in July
7:15 - Dance Lessons
8:00 - 10:00 FREE open dancing
Childrens Activities
Snacks/refreshments sold on-site
Large Covered Pavilion by Visitors Bureau
Dance Lesson Schedule
July 3 - Waltz
July 10 - Salsa
July 17 - Rumba
July 24 - Swing
July 31 - Cha Cha
Looking for a jiving good time?
Take part in Fun Dance Fridays and fling to the Salsa, Waltz, Swing, Tango, or reel in to family circle or line dances. The entire family, singles, and couples can dance under the stars (no charge) from 8-10 p.m. at the Huron Street Pavilion, South Haven (downtown by the Visitors Bureau) every Friday in July, starting on the 3rd, and ending Friday, the 31st. From 7:15 to 8 p.m., one can learn basic steps of the Salsa, Waltz or Swing, from Paulette Rieger, an experienced teacher.
Fun Dance Fridays will also include art activities for children such as face or rock painting. Refreshment-wise, hotdogs, snacks and drinks will be available.
Tickets may be purchased at the pavilion for dance lessons, food, and children’s activities for a nominal fee.
Fundance Fridays are made possible through collaboration between South Haven Center for the Arts and Paulette Rieger Dance. Come and enjoy this fun event.
For more information, call the Art Center at 269-637-1041.
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The artwork of George Martinez is like nothing you have dreamt of before. George uses hair clippings (yes thats what I said!) to create stunning portraits and sea scapes. George is a barber by trade. Come and see this amazing work for yourself. Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit
Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
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While exhibiting at various venues, the Chicago-based 3-D 12 artists have identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns. Our personal perceptions on the issue cover as broad a range as our materials of choice. Decomposed lost and found objects, recycled plastic and metal, salvaged scrap wood, earth and water are some materials which are effectively reconfigured to translate our ideas into physical forms. The sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contributre to a genuine meta-landscape. The 3-D 12 artists are: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Mimi Peterson, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele, and Michelle Stone
Hair Art and Environmental Sculpture form unique exhibit Visitors viewing the upcoming exhibit at South Haven Center for the Arts: “hair@theshore –Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment”, will discover hair clippings turned into portraits by a barber/artist, and environmental elements shaped into 3-D forms of various sizes by a group of Chicago-based 3-D artists.
The exhibit, free to the public, will be on display in both the lower and upper galleries from June 19 through July 26. The Opening Reception, also free to the public, will take place from 5-7 p.m., June 20 at the South Haven Center for the Arts. While enjoying delicious refreshments, created and served by culinary artist Suzie Blair, visitors can enjoy the waves of creativity displayed in this cutting edge exhibit.
After years of hair clippings piling up on the floor of his barber shop in Battle Creek, George Martinez decided to do more than just create clip art. The barber and self-taught artist started cutting the discarded hair into small pieces and placing them on a background of felt to create fascinating portraits of animals and people, including his self-portrait. One of 12 children born into a migrant worker’s family, Martinez always loved art but he did not pursue his passion until 2004.
Martinez showed his grand stranding portraits to artist and curator of CIR Gallery in Battle Creek, Andrew Freemire, who encouraged Martinez to create a body of work for exhibits. Thanks to Freemire’s mentoring, Martinez made more than 70 large scale works, has presented over nine exhibits, and sold over 40 pieces.
While gazing at a hair mobile hanging in the stairwell, visitors can step into a world of figurative sculpture and see about 75 environmental 3-D works, some four to six feet high. Environmental sculpture is an art development of the 20th century, creating or altering the environment, according to Wikipedia. Environmental sculpture can also be inspired by forms and processes from nature to represent artists’ concern for our fragile environment.
Mimi Peterson, one of the 3-D artists in the exhibit, says they identified their commonly held environmental interests and concerns, and then used objects such as recycled plastic, metal, salvaged scrap wood to create their 3-D forms. Peterson notes, “These sculptural works take on subjective and collective meaning to contribute to a genuine meta-landscape.” It’s important that visitors go beyond the surface when viewing their creations. Other 3-D artists include: Shelley Gilchrist, Peter Gray, Alan Emerson Hicks, Ruyell Ho, Beth Kamhi, Jim MacRoberts, Bill Moll, Robert Putnam, Eric H. Steele and Michelle Stone.
The exhibit is made possible, in part, through a grant from Systems Components. “I am grateful for the staff’s diligent work in organizing this unusual exhibit that people of all ages can enjoy,” says Marie Maguire, Executive Director of South Haven Center for the Arts. “We are fortunate to have such talented artists displaying their works in South Haven.” Artists’ works will be for sale and part of the proceeds benefit the Art Center.
For more information, about “hair@theshore -- Artwork made with hair and NOW sculpture/environment” exhibit, call the South Haven Center for the Arts at 269-637-1041, or log on to www.southhavenarts.org
Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends.
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