HGA Artist Ellie Reinhold

...became part of her street art during Hillsborough's Fresh Roots Festival on October 20th.  Ellie and HGA hosted events for children as part of the day's celebration.

Hillsborough Gallery Artists Showcase New Work for the Holidays in the Art of Giving, Opening on November 13th

The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts will help you with your gift giving for the holiday season by offering a range of fine art and fine craft plus work by new member, Brian Mergenthaler. 

The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts will open its holiday show, the Art of Giving, on November 13,^th with a reception on Friday, November 30,^th from 6-9 p.m.   

The gallery's 22 members work in a variety of media, providing a wide array of art and fine craft for gallery goers and holiday shoppers. Glass art includes hand-blown vases and vessels, ornaments and paperweights; fused glass panels and jewelry; and glass mosaic pieces for windows and walls. Fiber art on display includes framed quilted art pieces; hand-knit shawls and scarves; and fabric handbags. Jewelry in the show covers a variety of styles and techniques, from copper and bronze to sterling and fine silver necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings, some with gold accents and stones, to hand-crocheted sterling and copper as well as steampunk pieces. Visitors will also find metal sculpture, pottery, turned wood, fine wood furniture and enameling on wood.  Fine art photography, oil and acrylic painting, watercolor, and mixed media work round out the gallery's visual feast. Adding to the mix is the found object sculpture of HGA's new member, Brian Mergenthaler.

   

The opening reception for the Art of Giving holiday show will be held on Friday, November 30th from 6-9 p.m.  The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts is located in the Mercantile Building at 121 North Churton Street, in Hillsborough, NC.  For more information, visit the gallery Website at http://www.hillsboroughgallery.com. 

Hillsborough Gallery of Arts Hosts Preview Exhibition for Orange County Artist Guild Open Studio Tour

The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts (HGA) will host a preview event on October 26^th, featuring the work of many of the artists participating in the Orange County Artist Guild (OCAG) Open Studio Tour.  Among the more than 70 artists on the tour are eight Hillsborough Gallery members: Linda Carmel, Garry Childs, Chris Graebner, Lolette Guthrie, Marcy Lansman, Eduardo Lapetina, Pat Lloyd, and Pringle Teetor.  

Linda Carmel, an experienced tour participant, says,  "I love welcoming guests to my studio and having an opportunity to show more of my work and explain my process." Carmel shares her studio tour with glass blower Pringle Teetor. “Our work shows well together,” says Teetor. “Some people come to see my work and enjoy meeting Linda and hearing about her process and some come to see Linda and her work and are pleased to see my glass and hear about something they are unfamiliar with. We make a good team.”

Chris Graebner will be on the tour for the second year in a row. “Last year I enlarged my studio, which meant that for the first time, I had enough space to be on the tour,” Graebner says. “I wasn’t sure what to expect. Some people just wanted to come and look; others wanted to talk. I enjoyed answering questions and talking to visitors about my work or their own. I’m always happy to share what I’ve learned over the years and to learn about new materials and techniques from other artists or beginning artists. Painting is a lifelong learning process – each canvas teaches you something new.” 

Lolette Guthrie, whose abstract and landscape paintings have many devotees, says, “I’ve been a member of OCAG for four years and have participated in the open studio tour each year. I find it an exhilarating experience.  I am constantly amazed and humbled by the great number of people who are willing to travel long distances to come on the tour, by how interested they are in what I do, and by how knowledgeable so many are about art. It’s especially gratifying to meet other artists who are so willing to share their knowledge.”

Eduardo Lapetina says his open studio this year will feature his color-field abstract paintings, which he says he creates with techniques he’s worked out himself.  Using those techniques, he starts a painting without knowing what the end result will be.  

Marcy Lansman, whose watercolors are well-known to HGA visitors, says, “my studio is my living room. I love having people come by during the Studio Tour. I feel they get a better sense of who I am as an artist by seeing my paintings in their native habitat. For the past several years, I have shared my "studio" with Dale Morgan during the tour. She paints realistic and fanciful animals; I paint flowers, mushrooms, and leaves. We feel that our work is complementary.”

For HGA wood turner Pat Lloyd, the tour provides an opportunity to introduce visitors to the art of wood turning.  She says of her visitors, “there are so many questions: where do you get your wood; how do you get it so smooth; what finish do you use; how long does it take; how do you do "that" (fill in the blank)? Throughout the four tour dates, my husband, Wayne Peterson, and I will be turning wood and spraying wood shavings while we demonstrate the process of converting a tree into a finished bowl for your dining room table. In addition, we have a gallery that will be filled with the latest crop of finished turnings.”

HGA will host the preview reception for the Studio Tour on Friday, October 26^th from 6-9 p.m. The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts is located in the Mercantile Building at 121 North Churton Street, in Hillsborough, NC.  For more information, visit the gallery Website at www.hillsboroughgallery.com.  

The 18^th Annual Open Studio Tour will be held November 3^rd and 4^th and November 10^th & 11^th from 10am-5pm Saturdays and 12 noon-5pm Sundays.  

Tour brochures with maps will be available at the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts as well as many other locations across the Triangle.

HGA Artists Host Book Signing

Meet local artists at the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts from 6:30pm-8pm on October 20th, during Hillsborough's Fresh Roots Festival.  Several HGA artists have been included in upcoming books about sculpture, Southern artists and more. Purchase a book at the gallery and get it signed!

Meet Pringle Teetor
She is featured in 100 Southern Artists
By E. Ashley Rooney
Take a fresh look at the magical and insightful compositions of artists living in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Here, 100 living artists delineate their creative expression through their personal stories and inspirations, along with several examples of their works. In oil, pastels, sculpture, and wood, with a diversity of styles and influences, including pop surrealism, realism, and expressionism, these artists capture the rich traditions of the south and our world. Essential reading for all who appreciate or practice art today. Foreword by Paula Allen, a Southern painter, sculptor, and illustrator.


Meet Lynn Wartski
She is featured in Contemporary Sculptors: 84 International Artist
By Danijela Kracun and  Charles McFadden
An eclectic group of 84 international artists guide us on a journey of beauty and art through 477 inspiring sculptures. Enjoy the variety of sculptures from the traditional to the avant garde, the serious to the whimsical. Artists employ a variety of media, including bronze, clay, glass, stone, and wood, as well as some less common materials such as ice, sand, and even food. The diversity of the their work and the range of their creativity and resourcefulness provides insight into the international trends in art today. The result is an eye-catching and wonderfully informative look at contemporary art. A must-have reference for serious art collectors and enthusiasts.

Lolette Guthrie, * illustrator for:
Artie and Merlin
by Sue Ruff and Don E. Wilson
Artie and Merlin is the story of an amiable pig named Artie, and Merlin, a brainy bat, who become friends and together explore the world of mammals and the meaning of friendship.  It is geared to lower to middle elementary school students who will learn a great deal about mammals while they enjoy this fun and interesting book. [*Lolette will be out of town for the event, but the book will still be available for purchase.]

Meet HGA artists Marcy Lansman and Chris Graebner*
Both have paintings in Tree
by Shelly Hehenberger
This beautiful book displays the artwork of 30 artists from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro, NC area, exploring the meaning of a tree. Proceeds from the book benefit the Haw River Assembly, a 501(c)(3) non-profit citizens’ group founded in 1982 to restore and protect the Haw River and Jordan Lake, and to build a watershed community that shares this vision. [*Chris Graebner will be out of town for the event, but the book will still be available for purchase.]

And last but not least…
Give Us Some Color: Hillsborough Gallery of Arts Coloring Book
This book features all 22 HGA artists. There is a line art coloring page featuring the work of each artist accompanied by the artist's own words, describing either the piece shown, or his or her work in general.  The back cover features color images of the original artwork used.