EXHIBITS

JULY 2010

IT'S A GUY THING

JULY 2 THROUGH JULY 31

Bill Thompson, Casey Downing and Ron Thomson exhibit their art ... you know ... "It's A Guy Thing."

 

 

 

Bill Thompson, Sailboats.

 

 

 

A CALL TO SERVE

War Posters from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art

JULY 2 THROUGH JULY 31

One of the little-known collections of the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, located in Laurel, Mississippi, is its selection of travel posters and war propaganda posters of the 20th century. Posters were a graphic "call to serve" by the United States government during World War I and World War II.

 

 

 

WEEKS BAY FOUNDATION
PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

Weeks Bay photography contest was open to any photo taken in an Alabama Gulf Coast watershed or coastal waters. The winners of this contest are on display.

Photo by Sherry Stimpson Frost of Fairhope, Alabama

 

 

 

 

AUGUST 2010

 

PERMUTATIONS IN CLAY

Artwork by Maria Spies

AUGUST 6 THROUGH AUGUST 28

Use of a unique firing technique, Suggar Firing, will be a part of Spies’ August exhibit. With this method each vessel is thrown using the pottery wheel. It is then burnished and wrapped in salted hay. The piece is then fired slowly in Spies' gas kiln. The purity of the porcelain use in the Saggar technique brightens and enhances the natural colors. It also leaves a beautiful sheen on the surface of the Saggar fired pot.

 

 

 

 

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

AUGUST 6 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 25

A River Runs Through It is an environmental project that will portray the rivers of Alabama and how they are all connected, leading into our very own Mobile Bay. Initially, the project was designed to capture the rivers and themes of clean water and environmental protection across the state. Now with the impending oil spill fast approaching our shore, we are adding some other visuals that will allow the expression of the students to show all the creatures of the sea that they wish they could rescue (from the oil). Picture one continuous river on the walls of the Courtyard Gallery flowing into the Bay, which will be represented on the floor of the gallery, through the use of tarpaper and booms. The river scenes have been created in various locations across the state, including Prattville, Auburn, Mobile and Baldwin Counties, and will be continuing through a series of workshops this summer with Weeks Bay, and the Alabama Alliance for Arts Education
(a summer workshop held in Montgomery). The students have been illustrating the animals, birds, flowers, trees, lizards and fish that depend on the waters of our state. Now they will be reacting to the impact on our environment from the oil spill.

 

SEPTEMBER 2010

HERE TO ETERNITY

SEPTEMBER 3 THROUGH OCTOBER 2

ESAC artists depict all the beautiful, unique treasures and memories that reflect our waterfront lifestyle.

 

 

 

 

contemporarius

SEPTEMBER 3 THROUGH OCTOBER 2

The "contemporarius" Invitation Group Exhibit curated by Kristy Johnson-Snell will include photography from her network of photographer friends. One wall of the gallery will be reserved to show work related in content to the use of the mobile cell phone as an art making device.

 

 

 

ART & ABOUT LOCATIONS

Visit these locations to view and purchase Eastern Shore Art Center's Artists' Works

Alleman’s By The Bay
Dee Donaldson

Andree’s
Stephen Savage

Bay Shore Dermatology
Auction Preview

Citizens Bank
Tom Shields

Doug Covert Insurance Agency
Cindy Fendley

Eastern Shore ENT
Elsie Hubley

Fairhope Internal Medicine
Lindy Hawthorne

Fairhope Physical Therapy
Donna Dodson

Holiday Inn Express
Julie Brent

Homestead Village
Joyce Bowers

HoneyBaked Ham
Debby Garrison

Microtel Inn & Suites
Dee Donaldson

Montrose Bay Health & Rehabilitation
Sylvia Skultety

Surgical Associates of the Eastern Shore
Shirley McGhee

Tamara’s Downtown
Michele Traum

Thomas Hospital
Karen Roloson

Urology & Oncology Specialists
Art Bayer
Renee Stapleton

Whitney Bank
Joyce Shields

 

 

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