03.29.09
More work-in-progress
Each month I spend a day as a “volunteer” at the Sugar Creek Art Center in Thorntown. This is where I have a small studio space and also show my work throughout the building. Part of being a resident artist is taking your turn volunteering. I always enjoy being able to go the center and spend time on art but it is hard to fit it into the schedule as often as I would like. So at least when it’s my turn to volunteer it prompts me to go there. As I am tending the gift shop and greeting the visitors there is still ample time to work on small art projects as well. (Especially since I volunteer during daytime hours on a Thursday…not a high traffic time of the week by any means.) During my last visit I started on this little (4″x4″ each) five page “book”.
board "book" side one (in progress) (c) Lynne Medsker 2009
board "book" side two (in progress) (c) Lynne Medsker 2009
I got both sides of the piece covered with paper, etc. and almost have side “one” complete. Side two will be the project for my next visit. It was my first time creating something like this and I had fun playing with the smaller format pages and putting it together.
I won’t be going back to the center until I return from Colorado (I’m scheduled to volunteer again on April 30th), I will post updated images after that!
Lynne
03.25.09
Landfill Art Project, update
As I mentioned in a previous post I have started working on my hubcap art for the Landfill Art Project. I had a little time to work on it so I added so organic/freeform wires to the piece. Here is an updated view:
hubcap art, work in progress (c) 2009 Lynne Medsker
I have also selected several pieces of the embossed, inked metal art that I have been working on lately to be attached to this piece. I didn’t have the time to get them attached yet…that will be the last phase of the project and then it should be complete. Unless I dream up something else to do to it! 
More to follow soon….
Lynne
03.23.09
Food as art?
I enjoying creating in the kitchen as much as I do getting creative with paint on canvas, with pixels on my computer, by shaping metal or molding clay. I rarely stick to a recipe and love to add ingredients to make dishes my very own. Usually the experiments turn out wonderfully but, as with creating art, sometimes there are failures too.
For my daughter’s birthday last weekend she requested a fruit pizza for her dessert instead of the traditional birthday cake. (Honestly we rarely do cake!) I hadn’t made one for several years and, although it’s simple, it is a always so much fun choosing which fruits to use as toppings and how to arrange them. I thought this one turned out so well I even took a photo of it to share.
fruit "pizza"
It tasted just as good as it looked too! If you’ve never had one of these they are delicious! The crust is a giant sugar cookie which you top with a mixture of cream cheese & powdered sugar. Add to that a layer of strawberry or cherry “gel” (in this case it was pie filling) and whatever fruits happen to suit you. Chill it for a bit and it’s ready to eat. Mmmmm.
Lynne
03.22.09
Art on Record, Vol. 2
I have decided to participate in the “Art on Record exhibition, Vol. 2″ at the APW Gallery in New York. The show will feature the walls of the gallery covered in artwork, all created on old albums. I did a series of art on albums a few years ago and had a lot of fun with it. Here are a couple samples:
"explore" mixed media on album (c) 2006, Lynne Medsker
"symbols" mixed media on album (c) 2006, Lynne Medsker
"caged" mixed media on album (c) 2006, Lynne Medsker
This sounded like a fun project to work on and I still had several blank albums so I am set to go. Plus it ties in with other “recycled” art projects I am working/planning on! The show runs from May 1st to May 25th, 2009.
I will probably take the blank records with me to Colorado and create the art there then ship them directly to the gallery in New York. A few less pieces of art I’ll have to transport back home when I finished with my stay! I am a bit torn about creating art while I am there. Right now I am feeling the urge to work LARGE and create some big, beautiful pieces of work but getting the supplies and finished work back & forth is quite a challenge and smaller pieces would be more managable (and less expensive) to transport. I guess I will have to determine how important BIG is to me now! A compromise may be to get the smaller individual elements created for the larger pieces then wait until I am back home to actually assemble them. So much to think about…
Lynne
03.21.09
Mailing list?
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Lynne
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03.19.09
Mixed Media Workshop!
The final workshop I presently have scheduled for 2009 will be on mixed media art. Details on the workshop are:
“Mixed Media Exploration” (High school age & adults)
"omnivagus" mixed media (c) 2008 Lynne Medsker
Do you feel like you don’t have a creative bone in your body? Are you creative but just not as “loose & free” as you’d like to be? This is the workshop for you!
WHAT: Experimenting with acrylics, collage, watercolor, pencil, printmaking and other media, we will move at a fast pace, working before we have time to think away all our creativity.
WHEN: Saturday, November 7th, 2009, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Lynne Medsker Art & Photography, Brownsburg, Indiana
FEE: $50, includes all materials. Dress for getting messy!
DETAILS: Registration & prepayment required. Minimum of 3, maximum of 8. participants. Morning coffee and afternoon lemonade, ice tea and cookies provided. Bring a sack lunch, a mischievous attitude and leave your inner critic at home!
To register you may contact me by email (info@lynnemedsker.com). There is no additional/alternate date for this class, once it’s full it is closed. Register early to reserve your space!
Details on the other workshops scheduled for 2009 are as follows:
I hope you will be able to participate in several of them! See you there…
03.18.09
This Friday Night!
Join me this Friday night, March 20th, at Urban Optiks (Broad Ripple), 840 East 64th Street, Indianapolis, IN 317-489-6860. The “Not First Friday Show” opening will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., maybe 9 p.m….whenever we feel like quitting! There will be great art to view/purchase, fun people to meet and perhaps a nibble or two to go along with it all.
Hope to see you there!
Lynne
03.17.09
Beginning
I finally started on the Landfill Art Project that I’ve been talking about for a couple of months. For some reason just getting myself to START can be one of the hardest steps! I’m glad I’ve got it underway now, I want to have it finished within the next week so I can get it sent back before I head out for my three week stint as guest artist at The Tin Shop in Colorado. Basically all I’ve done so far is add color to the hubcap. I also selected several smaller, colorful pieces to incorporate into the artwork. Here are some images of my progress so far:
hubcap, unaltered
hubcap, "phase 1"
hubcap, "phase 1", detailed view
I will update you again as soon as I’ve gotten more finished & photographed!
Lynne
03.14.09
Alternate Printmaking Techniques Workshop
"harvest moon" monoprint (c) 2008 Lynne Medsker
As I continue to announce my workshops for the upcoming year the fifth in this series is “Alternate Printmaking Techniques”. Here are all the details:
“Alternate Printmaking Exploration” (High school age & adults)
Using alternate print methods allows us to create prints without the need for a press! We will explore block & foam printing, make acrylic monoprints on plexiglass and use gelatin plates for printing as well. Different types of paper will be introduced during the printmaking processes.
WHAT: Learn basic printmaking skills that you can use anywhere.
WHEN: Saturday, October 3rd, 2009, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: Lynne Medsker Art & Photography, Brownsburg, Indiana
FEE: $45, all supplies provided
DETAILS: Registration & prepayment required. Minimum of 3, maximum 8 of participants. Morning coffee and afternoon lemonade, ice tea and cookies provided. Bring a sack lunch, an apron or paint shirt and a willingness to get your hands messy!
To register you may contact me by email (info@lynnemedsker.com). Register early to reserve your space! An alternate/additional date (October 17th) has been set aside if a second class is needed.
My worshop schedule for 2009 already includes:
My other upcoming workshops for 2009 will include:
I will announce the details for these workshops soon. Until then…stay safe & happy!
Lynne
03.12.09
Friday night events…
Gee, seems like it used to be everyone was having a “first Friday” events but lately my “second Friday” has been busier than my first! Events I have a connections with that are on tap for this Friday, March 13th, are as follows:
Various locations in central Indiana -
“March Madness” Second Friday Art Opening at Continental Office Environments, 9202 East 33rd Street, Indianapolis, IN 317.630.2315. From 5 – 7 pm. The opening will feature new works by Broad Ripple Art & Design artists Quincy Owens, Elizabeth Guipe-Hall, Andy Chen, Teri Barnett, Doug Arnholter, Amy Brier, Nanette Winter, James B. Campbell, Mark Medsker.
“Culture at the Creek” event at Sugar Creek Art Center, 127 South Pearl Street, Thorntown, Indiana, 765.436.7102. From 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. On display: “Contentment in Color” the Art of Sue Semenick. Visitors can enjoy light refreshments and live music while browsing the Center’s three floors of permanent fine art studios and displays. Live art demonstrations by visiting local artisans are scheduled throughout the facility and many of the Center’s 20 resident working artists will also be available in their studios throughout the evening.
“Close to Home” featuring the art of Mason Archie and William Lawson. Opening reception from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hoosier Salon Broad Ripple Gallery, 714 E. 65th Street, Indianapolis, 317.352.5340.
Non-local events -
“Multiplicity” Annual Spring National Juried Art Event at Union Street Gallery 1527 Otto Blvd., Chicago Heights, IL 708.754.2601. Free to the public, with the opening Reception & Awards on March 13 from 6-9 p.m.
If I could have worked it into the schedule I would have loved to have visited the Union Street Gallery during the reception but it just didn’t turn out that way. As of today my game plan is to be at the Continental event as close to 5 as possible, hang there a bit then head west to Thorntown for the end of the evening. If I’m really quick I could pop in at the Hoosier Salon as I make my way across town but I will wait & see on that one.
Be sure & mark your calendar for next Friday, March 20th, for ”The Not First Friday Show” opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. at Urban Optiks in Broad Ripple! I will post a reminder as that event gets closer.
Hope to see you somewhere out & about!
Lynne
