Galleries to Visit

Looking for a gallery to visit?  Here are three that are sure to please when in Middletown PA, Fernandina Beach FL or Algoma WI.  Click on the gallery links for more information.

Arts on Union Gallery & Studio - This Gallery & Studio in Middletown, PA is owned by artist Christine Goldbeck and features Christine's art and the work of guest artists.  Visitors are encouraged to interact with Christine as she paints in her working studio.  Workshops in digital photography, collage, mixed media, altered pages, journaling and other creative arts and crafts are offered for group parties as well as individualized classes.

 

Blue Door Artists - A unique collective of local contemporary artists located in Downtown Fernandina Beach, FL.  They offer the island’s finest selection of original contemporary art in a variety of media and genres to fit your budget & taste.  You are invite to tour their open studios to see what each artists has been creating during Artrageous Artwalk held the second Saturday of the month from 5 to 8:30.  Be sure to tell Casey and Wyanne I said "Hi"!

The Flying Pig Gallery and Greenspace - I have heard some wonderful things about The Flying Pig in Algoma, WI across the highway from the shores of Lake Michigan in Kewaunee County.  Co-owners Susan Connor and Robyn Mulhaney's mission is to being an amusing, inspiring and educational peek at art and gardens.  While there enjoy a cup of coffee and visit with the locals.  You are invited to leisurely explore the indoor galleries, creative environment, sculpture and display gardens and unique plant selections.

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Do you have a gallery you think our readers would enjoy?  If so email me and they just might be listed next month.

Debbie

Comments

[Susan Connor]

Thanks so much for mentioning and linking to our gallery, Debbie! We hope you can visit some day - it would be wonderful to meet you.

[Rebeca Trevino]

Hi, I live in beautiful Sonoma County in northern California. We are hugely fortunate to have an abundance of severl incredibly amazing and wonderfully creative artists and art lovers here. Along with this, we have many amazing galleries and other venues to view art.

There are many, many terrific galleries in this area that I wish I could tell you about, but I will limit this to only two of my favorites:

First, Quicksilver Art Gallery in Forestivlle,CA Quicksiver is a beautifully lit gallery that provides a friendly venue with knowledgable and professional staff. They host rotating art exhibitions, gallery talks, literary and musical events, receptions, and tons more. Love it!http://www.quicksilvermineco.com/

The second most favorite art gallery is Art To Ashes in Graton, CA This place is unbeliveable! It is a unique "international" arts gallery that is a leader in the emerging funerary art genre for original, thoughtfully conceived and superbly crafted funerary urns and vessels for people and our beloved animals. I am not kidding, this place is terrific. http://www.funeria.com/

Please take a look at their websites. I am sure you will be impressed.
thanks
Rebeca Trevino

[sue pieper]

Being one of the Flying Pig locals and artists that hangs out there, I can confidently say that you wouldn't regret spending some time there. Fair warning-one visit is never enough:)

[Maureenlomasney]

Thanks for the kudos for FUNERIA's Art Honors Life gallery, Rebeca, and what a wonderful site to be posted on! I'm also proud to be in any list that includes Quicksilver Mine Company. I agree on all points.

I'll also add that a good reference for gallery hopping between treks to the coast, wineries, bike and hiking trails is the very handy map produced by the Sonoma County Gallery Group: http://www.scgg.org/

But there's more! 2010 is FUNERIA's 5th biennial international year of organizing ASHES TO ART®. This is the show, juried by distinguished arts professionals, that launched FUNERIA in 2001, has earned international acclaim, and is a one-of-a-kind contemporary funerary art exhibition that consistently redefines the typically dreary, functional cremation urn.

Readers of this post who are working in sculpture and 3D forms and are interested in creating uniquely beautiful and original urns, vessels and personal memorial art objects are encouraged to check out our Prospectus when it posts to our website in April.

Whatever your other interests, thanks to all for building art networks and communities.

[Debbie Overton]

Susan, can't wait to come sit with a cup of something and visit...hope it will be one day soon.

Rebeca, thank you so much for sharing with our readers these wonderful links.

Maureen, so glad you stopped by and shared even more about FUNERIA.

Sue, you know you will have company when I come that way. Thanks for sharing more about The Flying Pig with our readers.