Day One Hundred
Today is Second Thursday, but I needed to cancel our regular meeting at my house because I needed to attend the opening reception of
Working Artists at
Woods Gallery. I needed to meet up with artist Catherine Peet and curator, Ani Garabedian, to deliver some paper work. And while Juana and I were there we also met up with Second Thursday members Terri, Janice, and Lisa. I also got to meet artist Gail Borowski, but I had stashed my camera away in my purse at that point. It is so great actually meeting people in person who you previously only "knew" on Facebook.
About
Working Artists:
About a year ago artist Catherine Peet and Woods Gallery Coordinator Lisa Grix began discussing the idea of a group show. One of Catherine Peet's coworkers, Ani Garabedian, jumped in and offered to help curate, and Catherine passed the torch to Ani.
Working Artists is a mixed media exhibition, and includes submissions
by artists who work together in the studio at the
Detroit Institute of Arts. The artists included in the exhibition are Kia I Arriaga,
Angelica Baker, Gail Borowski, Betty Brownlee, Jessy Butts, Kim Ensch,
Zak Frieling, Ricardo Javier Garcia-Diaz, Charles Thomas Garling,
Jenifer Garrison, Karianne Hollowell, Megan Elizabeth Homanick, Molly
Diana Murphy, Catherine Peet, Brian Ritson, Stephanie Sucaet-Felczak and
Patrick Wise.
The
Working Artists exhibition provides an
opportunity for this group of individual and unique artists who work
together on a regular basis to showcase their artwork together in one
space. As Ani Garabedian, curator of the exhibition explains, “We are
all artists who work in a variety of media. The Woods Gallery is
providing us with a space to share our work for the first time with not
only each other, but also with the general public.”
It was such a thrill for me to meet Catherine Peet in person. I am a really big fan of her artwork. I have to admit that I became a bit overwhelmed and started to gush after a little while. Catherine had some small works available for sale and I was able to snatch one really delightful piece...I am so thrilled.
The gallery was very crowded and it is a bit difficult to take photos without glare, but I managed to catch a few.
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| Catherine Peet and Lisa Grix |
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| Ani Garabedian and Catherine Peet |
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| "Quintaessencia/Significant Others Series" by Kia I. Arriaga |
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| Juana admiring "The House and Two Trees" by Gail Borowski |
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| "Implosion" by Catherine Peet |
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| "Implosion" detail |
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| "Do You See What I See"" by Kim Ensch |
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| "Orange Security" by Jessy Butts |
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| "Open #9" by Charles Thomas Garling |
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| "La Adelita" by Angelica Morelia Perez |
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| Catherine Peet and her piece I purchased, "Last Life" |
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| "Last Life" by Catherine Peet -- back at my house |
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| I need to do some rearranging, but this is where "Last Life" will be displayed. |
Working Artists runs through May 16, 2014
Woods Gallery (located in the lower level of the
Huntington Woods Public Library)
26415 Scotia
Huntington Woods, MI 48070
(248) 581-2696
