by DCadmin | Feb 26, 2024 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions
Art and Artists: A TALK ON MONOTYPES and ENCAUSTIC I will be presenting at The 17th International Encaustic Conference this year. On Friday, May 31, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. I will be sharing a survey of artists who use encaustic and monotype in ways I find...
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 | Jan 31, 2023 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions
I was invited to exhibit at the Brush Gallery in Lowell, Massachusetts by my artist friend Kellie Weeks. The Brush Art Gallery and Studios is located in the Lowell National Historical Park. I’ve know about the gallery since my time living in Boston, but had...
by Debra Claffey | Aug 12, 2022 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions
In the Kirmser Gallery: Foraging Curated by Kelly Yarbrough August 27 – September 17, 2022 Manhattan Arts Center, 1520 Poyntz Ave., Manhattan, KS 66502 Meet the artists reception: Friday, August 26, 4-6pm No matter the medium, style or time...
by Debra Claffey | Jul 31, 2022 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Thoughts, Updates
New England Wax members, in our exhibition at the Southern Vermont Art Center’s Wilson Gallery, put together a special project for the exhibition. We called it We are Monotypes. Coordinators Angel Dean and Nancy Spears Whitcomb, discussing the theme of our...
by DCadmin | Mar 19, 2022 | Events, Exhibitions, Updates
I two small honors to celebrate with two exhibitions for you to visit. Arts Connect will be on view in the Fried Family and Rankin Galleries in in the Catamount Arts Building until April 10 on Wednesdays-Sundays, noon until 9 pm, St Johnsbury, VT. My...
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 DCadmin | Sep 25, 2021 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions
If you live near Falmouth, Massachusetts, here’s a chance for an in-person workshop in Encaustic Painting, from the beginning. Get a hands-on experience of working with molten, pigmented beeswax to create layered paintings. Encaustic painting can be translucent,...
by Debra Claffey | Jul 29, 2021 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions, Updates
The 85th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, one of the oldest juried exhibitions in New England, is a biennial delight from the Fitchburg Art Museum in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. This year’s juror is Jamie Uretsky, the Curator at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks!...
by Debra Claffey | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog--Making Something Out of Nothing, Events, Exhibitions
SELECTIONS FROM THE YELLOW CHAIR SALONS CURATED BY MICHAEL DAVID Since June of 2020, I have been studying with a wonderful group of artists in a virtual residency created by artist Michael David, the folks at M. David & Co. gallery in Bushwick, Cherie Mittenthal,...