Downtown ArtWalk

White Oak Photography
107 Hale Street, Suite 100

What’s that lurking in the back of your closet? Why it’s an Ugly Christmas Sweater!

Time to break it out and put it on to celebrate the holiday season at ArtWalk.

We’ll be taking portraits of you in your holiday finery and prizes will be given for the ugliest sweaters. New works will be on display and select fine art prints will be available for purchase, sure to make a great gift for everyone.  Join us Under the White Oak!!!

Good News Mountaineer Garage
221 1/2 Hale Street

West Virginia Patriots for Peace and other local groups are sponsoring “Windows and Mirrors”, an art exhibit initiated by American Friends Service Committee, and produced by artists around the US and other countries, as well as by Afghan students.

The traveling exhibit is a remembrance to those who have suffered and died in this now-ten-year-old conflict, and seeks to turn us away from perpetual war and to renew our commitment to diplomacy, reconciliation, development, and security in this region and around the world.

Stray Dog Antiques
219 Hale Street

Join us at Stray Dog Antiques and find unique gifts for your family, your friends and yourself! All three floors are open Monday through Saturday 10-5, and on Sunday from 11-5 through December 25th.

Art Emporium
823 Quarrier Street

Thorney Lieberman, a native New Yorker, has photographed professionally for more than 40 years. A book of his landscapes, Manhattan Lightscape was published by Abbeville Press in 1990.

A Charleston transplant for better than six years, his photographs of his adopted city portray a romantic vision.

Vision’s Day Spa
238 Capitol Street

Visions will feature new glass from Ron Hinkle and handmade scarves and hats by Tia of Tia’s Treasures.

House of Luxe
817 Quarrier Street

House of Luxe will feature print maker, Eleanor Kousaie Rashid, displaying monoprints, lithographs, clay monoprints and giclee prints.

Gallery Eleven
1033 Quarrier Street

December will feature every Gallery Eleven artist listed below:

• Sonja Adkins
• Kathy Boland
• Joe Ann Crawford
• Clyde Edelman
• Phyllis Larimer
• Pat Miller
• Gloria Jean Pennington
• Pat Roberts
• Randy Selbe
• Helen Williams
• Larry Wolfe
• Pat Workman

Taylor Books
226 Capitol Street

Taylor Books will feature new work from a collection of artists including Cathy Wilkin, Roshanna Rothberg, Anthony Young, Vernon Howell, Mary Sanders, Mary Jane Hurst, Robert Villamanga, Mark Blumenstein and more.

Also featured will be rugs  by Twinkle Toes Rugs,  new stock of Blenko Glass, new handmade cutting boards by Jim and Brenda Goode, handcrafted metal sculptures by blacksmith Jeff Fetty, and work from local geologist Scott Rodeheaver.

Romano and Associates
230 Capitol Street, Suite 200

Sassa Nibert is a 30-year-old fine arts graduate of Marshall University. She is currently teaching drawing at Marshall while attending graduate school for art education.
She recently had a public sculpture installed in downtown Huntington’s Harris Riverfront Park.

Sassa continues to make work through graduate school, and is currently focused on portrait drawing and painting. Her work will be featured at Romano and Associates.

Studio 1031
1031 Quarrier St.

Studio 1031 will be featuring the art of Stefani Andrews. Stefani has prints, paintings, jewelry, and metal sculptures available. Her recent large scale paintings, prints, and mixed media from her series “Bio-Logic” are also being featured in the window at Pro Art this month.

Come check out our paper Christmas tree in the window that lights up. There is a six foot version currently in the Clay Center’s Christmas exhibit that was installed by Stefani.

The Purple Moon
906 Quarrier Street

The Purple Moon will close out the 2011 ArtWalk season with a “Holiday Art Party” featuring works from local and regional artists, vintage works from around the globe and a plethora of mid-century modern magic thrown in for good measure.

Live music will be provided by Tofujitsu. Stop by and register for a door prize, enjoy some Holiday libation and help us celebrate this most Festive of Seasons!

Gallery Eleven
1025 Quarrier Street

Gallery Eleven is proud to announce that Sonja Adkins is the featured artist for the November ArtWalk.

Sonja’s new show “It Reads Chinese,” is composed of work in the style of Chinese paintings, a new genre for her. She is an accomplished artist who always has a very interesting and subject based show.

She has won many regional art awards and has been in shows at the Cultural Center, juried shows at Sunrise, Parkersburg Art Center and Huntington Museum of Art, to name a few.

New Work by Sandra King at Art Emporium on
823 Quarrier Street

There is a moment in the development of an artist when her established style deepens and intensifies.  This is precisely the moment reflected in Sandra King’s new paintings.

Each landscape stands with a sense of solidity derived from her fidelity to the natural world and her skill in observing and registering nature at its most vivacious.

White Oak Photography
107 Hale Street, Suite 100

‘Tis the season to be surrounded by family & friends. You’re invited for some holiday cheer to celebrate this time of year.  We decked the halls and strung the lights, all we need is YOU to make this Holiday ArtWalk cheerful and bright! New works will be on display and select fine art prints of Charleston landmarks and more will be available for sale.

Allied Artists of WV
405 Capitol Street – Main Lobby

Allied Artists of WV is featuring one of its artists monthly in Charleston at its multi artists’ exhibit space in the Lobby of 405 Capitol Street (old Daniel Boone Hotel).

This month’s ArtWalk will feature Charleston photographer Deborah Herndon’s metallic prints from France, Spain and Chicago architects’ “details”.  These details feature century-old elevators, spiraling staircases, and welcoming doorways.

Also exhibiting during this show are AAWV members Jerre Watkins, Steven Holsclaw, Martha Jane Williams, Sandra King, Rebecca Burch, Sarah Tedrow, Stephanie Skiles, Judy Douglas, Jo Anne Jacobs, Patricia Sutphin, and more. A reception will be held with hors d’ouerves and wine.

Charleston Ballet
100 Capitol Street

Charleston Ballet will open their studio for visitors. You may observe rehearsals for the upcoming Nutcracker performance and artists Jeff Pierson and Rob Cleland will be on hand creating free caricatures.

House of Luxe
817 Quarrier Street

New to ArtWalk is the House of Luxe featuring print maker, Eleanor Kousaie Rashid, displaying monoprints, lithographs, clay monoprints and giclee prints.

Charleston Camera Club Showing at Romano and Associates
230 Capitol Street, Suite 200

Members of the Charleston Camera Club will be exhibiting selected photographs during ArtWalk in the offices of Romano and Associates.

The Charleston Camera Club is a non-profit club with Members from various locations in southern West Virginia. The Club provides an informal and friendly environment for photographers of all skill levels since 1956.

The Purple Moon features Chase Henderson
906 Quarrier Street

New works by Charleston artist Chase Henderson will be on display at The Purple Moon for ArtWalk. His work has been described as figurative illustrations in a very striking minimalist style.

In addition, The Purple Moon will be displaying newly discovered work be the late Robert Martens, vintage art including work by master printmaker Gabor Peterdi, art by Sharon Stackpole and Amelia Schroeder and the usual plethora of amazing 20th Century treasures.

Todd Griffith, Andrea Anderson, Gary Needham at Good News Garage
221 1/2 Hale Street

On exhibit will be large scale photographs by Todd Griffith, a photography instructor at WV State University and Co-Curator of the Buswater Art Exhibition. Also on display will be new paintings by local artist and chef Gary Needham, and a new series of ephemera by local artist/musician Andrea Anderson, (a.k.a. Pepper Fandango) Refreshments provided by the artists.

Unique Treasures at Stray Dog Antiques
219 Hale Street

Visit Stray Dog Antiques  for a unique selection of treasures, gifts, and other delights. Antiques, fine art, jewelry, furniture, collectibles, and vintage apparel, including formal wear, outer wear and lots of shoes hats and accessories. Also check out the fruits of our recent buying trip to NYC! Free Handmade Gift Boxes for jewelry purchase, while supplies last!

Vision’s Day Spa
238 Capitol Street

Vision’s Day Spa is featuring the following artwork:

• Keith W. Johnson- Acrylic Paintings
• Dawn Combs – Photography
• Jennifer Dingess – Photography
• Ron Hinkle – Glasswork
• Chet Lowther – Acrylic Paintings
• Gary Stewart and Chad Miller – Acrylic Paintings

Join us this Thursday for a downtown stroll at ArtWalk. This month, ArtWalk will feature works inspired by Vision 2030, along with unique pieces from various downtown galleries.

Spearheaded by the Charleston Area Alliance, Vision 2030 is a blue ribbon panel of business and community leaders that is creating a 20-year plan for creating jobs and strengthening the economy of the Kanawha Valley.

At ArtWalk, visitors will find Vision 2030 activities including:

• Commissioned artwork by local artists in ‘Gallery Alley’ (located near the SubShop at 807 Quarrier St.)
• Sidewalk chalk art completed by Charleston Catholic art students.
• Inspired puzzle creation at the Lee Street Triangle. All artwalkers can create their inspired image of the future of the Kanawha Valley on ‘life-size’ puzzle pieces.

ArtWalk will also feature its usual array of art from downtown galleries including:

April Waltz at Art Emporium

The Art Emporium is featuring Wheeling, WV artist April Waltz in “April Waltz Does the Charleston: Choreography in Color.”

April strives to create works that are playful in their composition while being stimulating and surprising in color. She is an abstractionist at heart, and her sweeping flow, simple geometry, and rich solid colors are the building blocks that offer infinite possibilities.

This exhibit will run through Nov. 12.

Objects, Artifacts & Found Art featured at The Purple Moon

The Purple Moon will be featuring the glory of found objects, artifacts and art. Coinciding with the retro gallery’s new line of vintage industrial furniture and home accessories, The Purple Moon will present a unique collection of 20th Century found objects, many not originally intended as art.

Vintage signs, toys, tools and other artifacts have excellent design and beauty and The Purple Moon transforms these into art in this unusual exhibit.

Charleston Camera Club Showing at Romano and Associates

Members of the Charleston Camera Club will be exhibiting selected photographs in the offices of Romano and Associates at 230 Capitol Street, in Suite 200.

The Charleston Camera Club is a non-profit club with Members from various locations in southern West Virginia. The Club provides an informal and friendly environment for photographers of all skill levels since 1956.

The Club offers educational meetings, friendly competitions, exhibitions and opportunities to photograph nature and special events as a method to expand the knowledge and experience of the Members.

Artwalk Portrait Party at White Oak Photography

White Oak Photography is holding an Artwalk Portrait Party from 5–8 p.m. at the studio located at 107 Hale Street, Suite 100.

Come on over for the harrowing fright, that White Oak is brewing on ArtWalk night!

Come in costume or as yourself. In honor of the season, we will be taking portraits for a small fee of $5. Half of all proceeds will be donated in support of Covenant House. Live music provided by Duo Divertido.

The Charleston Ballet at 100 Capitol Street

Come by and join us for an open house at the Charleston Ballet and the American Academy of Ballet. Watch the dancers prepare for the upcoming presentation of “The Nutcracker.” Refreshments will be served. Please take the elevator on your right to Mezzanine from the lobby of the Security Building.

Allied Artists Join Artwalk @ 405 Capitol

Allied Artists of West Virginia will join the ArtWalk beginning in October showing at 405 Capitol Street. Allied Artists of West Virginia is a nonprofit, educational, and cultural association whose mission is to encourage, nurture and present the work of West Virginia artists to the community.

Photographs by Finley Taylor at Good News Mountaineer Garage

Good News Mountaineer Garage Gallery will feature, “100 Years of Location Photography in Appalachia” featuring black and white photographs of Finley Taylor, Jim Comstock’s News Leader and Mark Romano.

Stray Dog Antiques Anniversary

Stray Dog Antiques is celebrating it’s four year anniversary this month, and to thank our customers we are offering a 20 percent discount on items $20 or more. We also have a wide variety of vintage clothing for those last minute Halloween Costume Shoppers!

Book Signing and Music Showcase: Brad and Brian Diller at Taylor Books

Taylor Books is proud to host brothers Brad and Brian Diller. Brad is a cartoonist who has just published a new book “The Neighbors Have Two Flamingos.” While he signs copies, his brother Brian will treat the crowd to live music.

The big week is here, and Taylor Books is honored to be supporting Charleston’s first High Heel Hike to benefit the Children’s Therapy Clinic and their autism program!

Artist Jules Burt – the High Heel Hike diva – will be here for a benefit art show during Thursday’s ArtWalk!

Click on over to learn more about this fabulous event!

This week at Vision’s Day Spa, we have the following artwork:

Keith W. Johnson – Acrylic Paintings
Dawn Combs -Photography
Jennifer Dingess – Photography
Ron Hinkle – Glasswork
Chet Lowthen – Acrylic Paintings
Gary Stewart and Chad Miller – Arcylic Paintings

At Romano & Associates Law Gallery, you can find:

Adrian Paige Blackstock- various mixed media images

And

Transpierce

Memories are fragile and untouchable, often awakened suddenly by something as simple as a scent. They are fleeting thoughts, often lost or transformed with time and experience. It is as if the moments never existed.  I select images of women who have been poignant in my  life. The images are all from a point in time before I knew the subject, some before I even existed. As I construct these images I allow my mind to wander in order to figure out what these women were like at the point in time the original image was recorded. I want to recapture an essence of a moment and to make a connection in my mind between the person they were to the person I knew. It is my way to learn about them.

More and more downtown businesses are joining the effort to revitalize and reawaken downtown. ArtWalk brings people downtown, and once they see what it has to offer, they keep coming back.

ArtWalk is the epitome of why more and more people are going downtown – to be part of a rich culture. Charleston offers food, ideas, expressions, shops and customs not found anywhere.

Visit www.CharlestonArtWalk.com for more information. ArtWalk runs from 5 to 8 p.m.

ArtWalk Locations

Art Emporium
Stray Dog Antiques
Gallery Eleven
Annex Gallery Taylor Books
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Chet Lowther Studio
The Purple Moon
Modern by Design
Romano & Associates Law Gallery
Visions Day Spa
Studio 1031
White Oak Photography &
KD Lett Photographic Productions

ArtWalk Highlights

Dog Days of Summer Art Sale at The Purple Moon

The Purple Moon, located at 906 Quarrier Street, will be holding “Dog Days of Summer Art Sale” with all original art in the gallery on sale at 20% off! This sale will run for the evening on ArtWalk only! You won’t want to miss it!

Art Emporium to Feature Nik Botkin and Paul Corbit Brown

The combination of Nik Botkin’s sculptures and Paul Corbit Brown’s photographs produces an indelible image of how poorly we are caring for the very planet that gives us water and thereby, life. Now we know better, but will we do better?

Tiny Dancers at White Oak Photography

Ballerina, you must have seen her – Tiny Dancers at White Oak Photography for the August ArtWalk! White Oak Photography is located at 107 Hale Street Suite 100.

City and Country Photographs and Studio Sale by Jesse Rivard and Betty Rivard

As a location manager for films, TV, and commercials, Jesse Rivard travels throughout Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. The job includes taking many photographs. Now he has built a collection of fine art photographs from his travels.

Based in Braxton County, Betty Rivard has won many awards for her work. Her photos of landscapes and cityscapes were taken in West Virginia, New York City, and Quebec. A broad sample of her framed and unframed work will be available in a studio sale with reduced prices.

More and more downtown businesses are joining the effort to revitalize and reawaken downtown. ArtWalk brings people downtown, and once they see what it has to offer, they keep coming back.

Before the May 19 ArtWalk, Charleston Catholic High School students will be creating sidewalk art in front of ArtWalk venues for viewing this evening.

ArtWalk is the epitome of why more and more people are going downtown – to be part of a rich culture. Charleston offers food, ideas, expressions, shops and customs not found anywhere else, and we identify with the charm.

Visit www.CharlestonArtWalk.com for more information. ArtWalk runs from 5 to 8 p.m.

ArtWalk Locations

Art Emporium
Stray Dog Antiques
Gallery Eleven
Annex Gallery Taylor Books      
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Chet Lowther Studio
The Purple Moon
Modern by Design
Romano & Associates Law Gallery
Visions Day Spa
Studio 1031
White Oak Photography & 
    KD Lett Photographic Productions

 
Art Walk Highlights

White Oak Photography
& K.D. Lett Photographic Productions

New work by K.D. Lett & Michelle Krompecher will be shown in the front gallery and the permanent exhibit will be on display in the back gallery. 
 

Art Emporium 

Art Emporium presents Traci Higginbotham’s “Visual Navigations,” original acrylic paintings on canvas. The exhibit runs through June 11. An artist reception is scheduled during ArtWalk.  
 

Modern by Design

Modern by Design will feature works from California artist Leo Possillico and Charleston artist Joe Bolyard.

Leo Possillico, a native of Long Island, New York, has been a successful, award-winning artist for more than 30 years. His work is known and praised nationally and internationally and is widely recognizable through his signature brush stroke characters. He works in series.

The “Gallery” series, from which the pieces showing at Modern by Design have been chosen, expresses the various art works that one can be exposed to while in the gallery, or museum and is both humorous and serious.

Joe Bolyard is a West Virginia artist who moved back to Charleston in 1998. Joe works in acrylics, mixed media, ink and also produces pieces with metals, such as pewter, brass and aluminum. Joe’s work varies from small gallery pieces to large commission pieces for peoples’ homes and offices. Joe’s work usually explores depths of colour and texture, with styles ranging from the abstract to ethereal and even spiritual.

Taylor Books

The Annex Gallery will present “Modus Operandi: New works on paper by Natalie Gibbs Burdette and Kristen Zammiello.” This show features dry point etchings, graphite drawings, linoleum block prints by two talented young women from the Marshall Graduate program.

Purple Moon

The Purple Moon is pleased to present new works by Sharon Lyn Stackpole in a show opening during ArtWalk.Born in 1969, Sharon is a native West Virginian who studied painting and art history at Fairmont State and West Virginia University. After art school, she worked for some time as a newspaper reporter and columnist in West Virginia, and still maintains a daily blog. She is a strong supporter of arts in education and lobbies for the restoration of art instruction at the primary grade levels in West Virginia.

Romano and Associates

Miranda Fields, a West Virginia-based artist who specializes in photography, will be the featured artist at Romano and Associates. She is teaching Beginning Photography at Marshall University, where she graduated with her Masters in Art in 2010. She has displayed images from her series Six in numerous local galleries, as well as the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art and, most recently, was chosen as one of ten international students to exhibit in the third annual Breaking Boundaries exhibition in Pingyao, China.

Gallery Eleven

Cross Lanes artist Gloria Jean Pennnington will be the featured artist for the May ArtWalk at Gallery Eleven, 1033 Quarrier Street, Charleston. Her eclectic style will be evident in this show which features an new genre of paintings and collages of fish, corral, sponges and anything “Under the Sea”. Also included are some fish made of clay, Pennington’s love of the ocean was renewed following a snorkeling trip to the Virgin Islands and several of the new works reflect a Caribbean theme.

Good News Mountaineer Garage

Good News is pleased to present “Works by Kate Long.”Kate Long likes to paint pictures that tell stories with titles such as “Giant squashes barricade Capitol. Legislators flee,” and “Outraged sunflower.” In her photographs, she finds ways to frame ordinary details of life – a butterfly’s tail, an ice puddle – in an extraordinary way.

“I try to take pictures that make me – and other people – see ordinary things in new ways’,” she says. Long, a Charleston resident, writes for The Charleston Gazette and produces for public radio. This is her first public showing of her paintings and photos.

More and more downtown businesses are joining the effort to revitalize and reawaken downtown. ArtWalk brings people downtown, and once they see what it has to offer, they keep coming back.

ArtWalk is the epitome of why more and more people are going downtown – to be part of a rich culture. Charleston offers food, ideas, expressions, shops and customs not found anywhere else, and we identify with the charm.

Visit www.CharlestonArtWalk.com for more information. ArtWalk runs from 5 to 8 p.m.

ArtWalk Locations

Art Emporium
Stray Dog Antiques
Gallery Eleven
Annex Gallery Taylor Books      
Good News Mountaineer Garage
Chet Lowther Studio
The Purple Moon
Modern by Design
Romano & Associates Law Gallery
Visions Day Spa
Studio 1031
White Oak Photography & 
    KD Lett Photographic Productions

 
Art Walk Highlights

Modern by Design

The Purple Moon’s Modern by Design at 200 Hale Street will host its Grand Opening during the April 21 ArtWalk.

The Purple Moon has long been one of ArtWalk’s most vibrant venues featuring art and vintage mid-century modern home furnishings and accessories. Modern by Design brings to Charleston the same modernist style as The Purple Moon with new issuance furniture and accessories (blended with some vintage) and will showcase works by local, regional and nationally-known artists. 

Specially brought in for the opening of Modern by Design are works by California artist Leo Possillico. A native of Long Island, New York, Leo, has been a successful, award-winning artist for more than 30 years. His work is known and praised nationally and internationally and is widely recognizable through his signature brush stroke characters.

Romano & Associates

The Romano & Associates gallery will feature works by Ellen Fure and Michael Anthony Smith.

Fure is a fourth-year student at Marshall University, pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in sculpture. Although her primary interest is in three dimensional art, she enjoys working in many different media. Ellen is inspired by everyday objects and customs that have become routine and second nature.

Smith does not focus on a single medium.  Instead, the unifying focus of his study is the concept of memory and childhood.  This investigation is easily interrupted because at the age of 12, Smith suffered a catastrophic brain injury from a baseball crushing his skull.  Smith’s work investigates the fluid, shifting recollections of his childhood memories by fabricating objects that jar the viewer by presenting recognizable forms in an altered scale, combination, material or setting.

Taylor Books

“Egg. Flower. Soup. a made up story” is an amalgamation of work from Amanda Jane Miller and Staci Marie Leech-Cornell.

Art Emporium

Art Emporium will feature Sherry Zachwieja Powell’s “My Lucid Dream: In Retrospect,” a mixed media works exhibit, now through May. An artist reception is scheduled during ArtWalk.