Help Riverside Arts Center receive the needed votes to get funded for it’s Project!

1.  Log into your Facebook account
2.  Go to Bank of Ann Arbor
3.  Click the Like button
4.  Go to Project Help
5.  Click “View All” under the $10,000 projects
6.  Click “Read more” under Riverside Arts Center
7.  Then click the “Like” button
8.  Type some words to encourage others to vote and click Share.
9.  Remember:  Vote each day from May 9 thru May 23

Voting is limited to one vote per person, per day, per category. Based on the votes received, Bank of Ann Arbor will fund up to five (5) $1,000 projects, up to three (3) $5,000 projects, and one (1) $10,000 project. Remember to vote daily on the Bank of Ann Arbor Project Help Facebook page.

Thank you, friends and supporters for helping RAC reach it’s goals.

Thank you, Bank of Ann Arbor for Project Help!

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“Design Your Kairos: A Mixed-Media Journey in Creating Time through Creativity,” led by Marney K. Makridakis of Dallas, TX.  This workshop is brought to us and hosted by the Ann Arbor Women Artists.

Marney is a popular speaker, workshop leader and author of the upcoming book, “Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life.”  She is also the founder of the print magazine Artella, the online community Artellaland (for creators of all kind), and the creator of ARTbundance, an approach of self-discovery through art.

During this creative and soul-enriching event, students will explore the Greek concepts of kairos and kronos (nonlinear and linear time), and through the creation of mixed-media art, will be guided towards their own definition and representation of time. Beginning with creative writing and doodling prompts that explore everything from personal history to epic mythology, students will create a mixed-media art piece that is a visual representation of ideal time: time that is literally created by tapping into the enormous creative resources within.

Workshop Details:

Saturday, May 26, 10 am – 3 pm
Lunch Break is Noon to 1 pm
Located in the gallery at Riverside Arts Center
See our Map page for Directions and Parking Lot locations
Attendance is limited to the first 40 paid registrants.

Supplies to bring:

Mat board or canvas of your choice, measuring at least 8” x 10”
Favorite adhesives (i.e., glue, gel medium, double-stick tape)
Pens and markers
Paintbrushes and a few favorite colors of paint (whatever you can easily carry – there will be extras to share!)
A collection of decorations or embellishments (images, ephemera, small 3-D objects)
Contributions for the shared art pile (i.e. decorative paper sheets and scraps, ribbon, lace, images, etc)

To register, please send a $50 check made payable to AAWA to:

Katie Halton, AAWA Workshops Co-Chair
2720 Dexter Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

BOOK-READING/BOOK-SIGNING:

Later that same evening (Saturday, May 26th at 7pm), Marney will be doing a book-reading/book-signing of her book, “Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life” at Nicola’s Books of Ann Arbor.

Even in these fast-paced days, it’s ultimately not time we lack, but vibrant connection to the timeless moment. In this inspiring evening, Marney goes beyond time management to show you how to literally create time through creative and enlightening ideas, perspectives and self-revealing projects. She’ll take you on a fun, yet powerful time-traveling journey of magical, dynamic shifts to a more meaningful and spiritually fulfilling life, as you organically reshape the ways you view and use time.

Advance reviews of Marney’s book:

“Marney is a powerful speaker and skillful teacher with an extremely well-developed blend of both right- and left-brained approaches. She is highly professional, brilliantly intuitive, and a gifted visionary who is immensely skilled at distilling information, sharing it, and supporting her listeners and students in every direction. Her creative approach to time is life changing, full of practical and magical ways to feel free, flowing, inspired, and gifted with time in your life.”

- SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy), bestselling author and artist

“When Marney’s book arrived, I thought, ‘Pshaw! There is no way to find more creative time.’ It took maybe ten pages before I was rejoicing. Marney has done the impossible – created a plethora of joyful ways to transform how you see, experience, and create with time. This book is the time machine you’ve been waiting for.”

- Jennifer Louden, author of “The Woman’s Comfort Book” and “The Life Organizer”

“If time has become an obnoxious bully in your life, read Marney’s beautiful book and you will discover dozens of creative ways to turn time into an uplifting guide. I particularly love her ways to intuit the synchronicities in one’s life and for really imagining time as a unified flow.”

- Seena B. Frost, founder of SoulCollage

"Halt" Acrylic on Canvas, 27 x 48"

April 28, 2012, 3:00 – 4:30 pm

This demonstration is free and open to the public for all levels of experience.

Masking, Stenciling and Image Transfer Techniques for Acrylic Painting:

Artist and Eastern Michigan University professor Chris Hyndman will demonstrate a range of masking, stenciling and image transfer techniques suitable for acrylic painting.  Chris will discuss specialty tapes, masking films and acrylic mediums, as well as offer tips for working on a variety of surfaces.

Chris Hyndman earned an MFA in painting from Ohio University and a BA in studio art and mathematics from the University of Guelph (Canada).  Chris’ painting work is process and surface motivated and currently focuses on digital simulations of tartan-patterned fabric.

His work has been included in exhibitions in Dallas, Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit, Barcelona and Istanbul.  Chris maintains his studio in Chicago, where he spends much of his time when he is not teaching.  He has been working at EMU since 2001.

Fashion Designers Challenge

A Runway Design Competition

It will be part of this year’s “Ypsi Style” Fashion Show
Hosted by Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI
May 11, 2012

Rules:

1.  Accepting up to 15 aspiring designers for this year’s challenge on a first come, first served basis.

2.  Entry Fee:  $20

3.  Pick up Entry forms on April 13, 2012, between 8am and 1pm at Heikk’s Decorated Apparel Studio, 133 West Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti, MI

4.  Pick up the “brown bag of materials” at Heikk’s on April 27, 2012.  Every designer will be supplied with the same materials and then challenged to create a class of apparel from these materials.  Specific details will be shared at pick up.

5.  Designers will have two weeks to complete the challenge.

6.  Each designer will be responsible to provide a model to wear their creation for the runway presentation.  Obviously the designer will fit the item to their model.

7.  There will be a single winner selected by a team of three knowledgeable judges.  In addition to being named the 2012 Ypsi Style Runway Winner, a prize will be provided.

So are you up to the challenge?   If so, stop by Heikk’s on Friday the 13th between 8AM and 1PM to enter the competition.  Remember that only 15 entries will be accepted to first come, first served!

Come Celebrate
the Creative Expression of the
Children of SOS Community Services
and the University of Michigan Mentors

Telling It “Kids” (ages 6-8)
and “Remix” (ages 9-12)

Now in its ninth year, Telling It is a highly successful and collaborative program between the U-M and SOS Community Services.

Funding and support are provided by the U-M Office of the Senior Vice Provost, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, The Residential College, Anonymous, Bank of Ann Arbor, Peter B. Fletcher, The Creative Company, Family Book Club, and Angel Food Catering.

RSVP to emarshll@umich.edu

March 30, 2012, 8 – 10 PM

Join us for an evening of “Grrl Talk”

Put on by the ladies of the EMU Women and Gender Studies program.

Hang out and enjoy some…

Coffee, Tea, Sweets, Music, Poetry, Stories and Art…

Featured: Brenna York, Emily Roll, Elizabeth Mikesch, Lizzie Olenzer, Carolyn Racine, Anna Brogan-Knight, Kat Steih, Theresa Rickloff

Suggested donation: $3, proceeds go to WGSSA Scholarship at EMU.

Michele

Join Michele Montour in the Gallery

March 24, 2012 at 3:oo pm

Michele is a fiber artist (BFA from EMU in fiber art) and will demonstrate nuno felting.

Nuno meaning “fabric or cloth” in Japanese.  This is a wet felting process. She will layer merino wool onto dyed silk, explain the felting process and what is necessary to get the wool to adhere to the silk.   Attendees will have an opportunity to participate.

Michele started her career in graphic design, which led her to discover an interest in fiber. She says, “Interaction of color continuely intrigues me. Surface investigations such as, dyeing, discharge, folding, tearing, felting or stitching result in stimulating patterns and color combinations.”

Self Portrait by Michele Montour

Michele’s dyed, felted garments have been accepted in juried, international fashion shows and exhibits sponsored by Surface Design Association and Handweavers Guild of America.

In 2007, she received an Honorable Mention at Michigan League of Handweavers Biennial Conference for her garment “Dancing the Orange” . Michele’s work has been published in Belle Armoire 2005 and Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot 2006. Her work was also included with other Michigan artists at the Detroit Institute of Art in conjunction with the Richard Avedon exhibit (October 18, 2009-January 17, 2010).

"Pine Expressions"

March 1 -31, 2012

Reception: March 10, 5-7pm

Paintings and drawings for this show started with a story about the life and times of a pine cone, and then continued on to include other landscapes and studies of and with pines.

Although the central story is about an Eastern White Pine, there is some artistic license at including some other conifers.

A lover of nature? This is a story you’re sure to enjoy.

Exhibit and reception are open and free to the public.

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Heavy Snow

Piney and Papa

Squirrel Danger

Do you feel stuck?

Want to find the authentic you?

Are you a ‘creative’ with great ideas, but no follow through?

Have a full life but want more?

In this three hour interactive workshop, through reflective exercises, group activities, and discussion, participants will “clear the way” — to build strategies for living a more authentic life.  Guaranteed to be valuable and fun!

Led by Deborah Campbell, a Coach specializing in transition and personal transformation. Deborah is also a well known mixed media artist. She uses the creative process for problem solving and life’s larger challenges. She likes to use the metaphor of the patchwork quilt – using interesting fragments gleaned from the world to create something new, useful, beautiful and whole.

Saturday, April 14, 2012       9:30 am – 12:30 am

Registration is limited. To register or for questions, call 734.645.6847

The workshop will take place in the gallery at the art center.  Free parking available.

Download the Flyer and have the class information on your own computer.

"Star" quilt by Benedette Palazzola

Feb 2 – 25, 2012

Benedette seeks to create and share beautiful things. In her various pursuits in the arts which include choreography and musical composition, she has found quilting to be the most fulfilling creative work of her life thus far.

In this exhibit,  Benedette shows her love of color combinations and patterns and her hope of how her work sometimes comments on the rich quilting tradition of the United States.

Join Us during our regular gallery hours:

Thursday – Saturday 3-8pm
Sunday 1:30-4pm

Read more about Benedette and her quilts in an article at Heritage.com.

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Linden

Amish Homage 4

Lucky 2

The Walk Home

Cream Tangerine

Pink Intervention