New Directions / New Connections

12 Gallery Artists plus 6 Visiting Artists

details of work by 12 gallery artists
and 6 visiting artists

October 17 - November 19, 2006

Opening Reception:

Friday, October 20, 7 - 9 pm

In addition to the work of all twelve WSG gallery artists, the exhibit New Directions/New Connections: WSG will also feature the work of the following six visiting artists:

Maggie Citrin's acrylic paintings and stoneware reflect the striking simple forms found in nature. She is currently living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Nancy Feldkamp from Manchester, Michigan comes from a farming background and her work embraces itself in her landscapes. Her current series explores the use of watercolor on a plastic surface called Yupo. This combination gives her paintings a transparent and light dappled surface.

For Ann Arborite Susan Morosky, action takes place on the surface of her paintings. Layers are continually reformulated by adding and removing paint. She sees this as her approach to visual discovery.

Marilyn Prucka from Monroe, Michigan has spent many years experimenting in the world of art. Her work has moved from printmaking to painting and finally to quilted pieces in which she has developed unusual techniques by using resists with bleach and dye, including indigo.

Pamela Morris Thomford from Perrysburg, Ohio creates exquisite works of jewelry and metal sculpture. For her, storytelling is a vehicle for creating visual pieces. Each of her works is intended to "transcend generation, race, and religion; all are intended to remind us of our similarities -- our common and shared humanity."

Matt Shlian, a recent Ann Arborite, is a manipulator of paper, an inventor, explorer and a full-time paper engineer. His work includes folding 3D paper sculpture.

Visiting Artists' Gallery Talk:

Marilyn Prucka: "Not Afraid to Dye"
Matt Shlian: "Paper Engineering"

on Sunday November 12th at 2 pm

Selected work by visiting artists in exhibit New Directions / New Connections

Six Morels
20"h x 24"w (each 10"h x 8"w)
acrylic on canvas
by Maggie Citrin

Horizontal Boat
12"h x 24"w
acrylic on canvas
by Maggie Citrin

Formal Affair
bottle stopper is 4"h, 1" in diameter, 4.5"w at top
(bottle is 11.5"h, 3.5" in diameter)
bottle stopper in sterling, black and white beads, pearls and feathers
by Pamela Morris Thomford

City Lights -- Celestial Music
3.5"h x 12"w x 1.25"d
silver (menorah)
by Pamela Morris Thomford

An Iris Sky
fabric with mixed media
(hand-dyed and commercial cotton fabrics, cotton and polyester threads, cotton batting; potato dextrin resists, direct application and immersion fiber reactive dyes, indigo, bleach discharge; machine piecing, hand and machine appliqué, hand and machine quilting)
66"h x 44-1/4"w
by Marilyn Prucka

Connubial Bliss
(pendant)
6.5" long x 2.5" diameter (chain is 24" long)
silver
by Pamela Morris Thomford

Strains
1.5"h to 55"h (variable), 7" in diameter
cut and folded archival paper
by Matt Shlian

Strains (inside detail)
1.5"h to 55"h (variable), 7" in diameter
cut and folded archival paper
by Matt Shlian

Sheep on Wheels
18"h x 19"w
watercolor / gouache
by Nancy Feldkamp