by Debra Claffey | Feb 18, 2024 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions
EXCAVATIONS, FEB. 12 – MAR. 22OPENING FEB. 18, 2 – 5 PM”Excavations” explores “themes of geological time and forms, slower paced growth and erosion, and our relation to our surroundings”. PILLAR is an artist-run exhibition space,...
by Debra Claffey | Dec 11, 2021 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions
I am still attending the Yellow Chair Salon, along with almost 50 other artists from all over the world. Our groups meet every other week, present our work first to each other and then to guest artists. Kara Rooney, Glenn Goldberg, Elizabeth Condon, Paul...
by Debra Claffey | Jan 11, 2020 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Updates
I’m thrilled with the opportunity to show my work at the beautiful AVA Gallery and Art Center, in the E.N. Wennberg Gallery from January 10 to February 7, 2020. Last night was the opening reception. Here are a few photos I took after the crowds thinned out. AVA...
by Debra Claffey | Apr 8, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Updates
The Singing Tree 14, version 2, oil, wax, graphite on panel, 40 x 49 inches This large piece on panel has been selected for “Secret Gardens”, from 490 submissions from 190 artists. The exhibition at Nave Gallery in Somerville, Mass., will run from May 4...
by Debra Claffey | Feb 24, 2018 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Updates
This piece has been selected by Curator Theresa Choi, for the 71st Annual NHIA Members Exhibition at Sharon Arts Center Gallery from March 9 to April 22, 2018. There will be an opening reception in the gallery on Friday, March 9 from 5-7pm. The piece is...
by Debra Claffey | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions
Marvelous opening reception at Fuller Craft for SHIFTS: Approaching Encaustic from All Angles. This was an exhibition of work by New England Wax members and was juried by Ben Shattuck, lead curator at Dedee Shattuck Gallery in Westport, Massachusetts. Dietlind Vander...
by Debra Claffey | May 27, 2017 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions
Next week I will be installing a small show I have curated for the Eleventh International Encaustic Conference. Each year they have a Curatorial Program in which artists are encouraged to submit proposals for exhibitions for Provincetown and Truro during the...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 5, 2016 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions
Last evening Twiggs Gallery hosted a reception for Balancing Acts, a small show of encaustic work that I was delighted to curate. Summer in the country, evening breezes beginning to cool what was a beautiful, blue-sky day. Artist-owner Adele Sanborn’s creation,...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 2, 2016 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Interviews, Thoughts
One of the delightful parts of curating this exhibition was discovering how many artists contemplate this idea of balance in our work and in our lives. I had some questions for Pamala Crabb, an artist living in Maine, who works with wax and encaustic in paintings,...
by Debra Claffey | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Exhibitions, Interviews
For the exhibition, “Balancing Acts”, which will be at Twiggs Gallery in Boscawen, NH, from July 30 through September 2, 2016, I’m putting together a series of interviews and/or studio visits with the artists whose work I’ve chosen for the show. The six artists,...