Skaneateles Artisans Events

Skaneateles Artisans celebrate WinterFest 2012

Demos

Skaneateles Artisans celebrate WinterFest Saturday January 28th with artist demos and as a site for A Taste of Skaneateles.

Featured artists are Teresa Vitale doing Faux painting, Susan Hadzor with stained glass and Linda Bishop-Surbeck weaving.

The Skaneateles Artisans Gallery Under the Stone, located in The Old Stone Mill at 3 Fennell Street (lower level), offers off-street parking as well as municipal parking, and accepts major credit cards. Winter Gallery hours Friday-Saturday 11AM-5PM; Sunday 12-4PM. Visit our website at www.skaneatelesartisans.com. For more information, call 315-685-8580.

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First Friday Skaneateles Art Night - Friday December 2, 1011

“Gifted” is a unique holiday collection from Central New York and Finger Lakes artists represented at Skaneateles Artisans Gallery Under the Stone. Join them at a pre-holiday First Friday Art Night get-together and select a unique, original item for that discerning person on your shopping list. From 6 to 9 PM.

Visit with the artists and check the “Demos at Dickens” Schedule to see when your favorite artist will be showing how they create their special items.

The Skaneateles Artisans Gallery Under the Stone is located in The Old Stone Mill at 3 Fennell Street (lower level), offers off-street parking as well as municipal parking, and accepts major credit cards. Visit our website at www.skaneatelesartisans.com. For more information, call 315-685-8580

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First Friday Skaneateles Art Night - Friday November 4, 2011

Red Rocks of Sedona

Landscape painter, Evelyn S. Dankovich, presents “e-Scapes.” Escape beyond the cities and suburbs and visit the vast beauty that can be found in the natural and rural areas of our country. Visit the Fingerlakes, or the natural wilderness of the Adirondacks, or one of our national wilderness areas as captured in these featured landscapes.
Opening reception First Friday November 4thh  6-9PM

The Skaneateles Artisans Gallery Under the Stone is located in The Old Stone Mill at 3 Fennell Street (lower level), offers off-street parking as well as municipal parking, and accepts major credit cards. Visit our website at www.skaneatelesartisans.com. For more information, call 315-685-8580.

Evelyn S. Dankovich - Landscape Painter-

Evelyn (Schillawski) Dankovich was drawing what she saw on her family’s dairy farm near Auburn, NY early in life. By the time she was in kindergarten, when her teacher gave her modeling clay, she made a squirrel and so her lifelong interest in art began.

She began her career painting landscapes and portraits of the people and places she knew. As she explains “I love the challenge of painting what I see and feel.”

She uses watercolors, acrylics, or oils to capture the unique beauty and moods of nature. With an emphasis on rural, woodland, and water scenes her work takes us beyond the cities and suburbs to rural America and to the natural wilderness of the Adirondacks and our other wilderness parks. She hopes that the viewer will walk the paths she walks and work to preserve our environment for the next generation.

Materials used are acid free and archival. Recently her reproductions have expanded beyond the traditional print to functional trivets and coasters with her images. She is pleased that these are available at the Gallery Under the Stone in the Old Stone Mill in Skaneateles where her family once had the grain ground for their dairy cattle.

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Exhibit runs through October 30, 2011

Featured artists, Bobbi Lamb & Susan Poppenger, present a colorful blend of high-fired pottery and harvest picks of fall florals have settled into the new gallery with warm, vivid colors of rust, sienna, vermillion, and  magenta along with sage green leaves, copper twigs, and sprays of vibrant everlastings.
Adorn your table and door, sideboard and window with our autumn offerings celebrating the change of the season.
Opening reception First Friday October 7th  6-9PM
The Skaneateles Artisans Gallery Under the Stone is located in The Old Stone Mill at 3 Fennell Street (lower level), offers off-street parking as well as municipal parking, and accepts major credit cards. Visit our website at www.skaneatelesartisans.com. For more information, call 315-685-8580.

Bobbi Lamb / Potter

Bobbi feels there is no limit to the imagination! With those wonderful tools, our hands, she creates a solid technique and imaginative and functional form, and personal ideal in all her pottery.

While a student at Alfred University Bobbi first experienced the pleasure of creating stoneware pottery on a potter’s wheel.

Pottery is produced in a new studio near her 1822 vintage house and fired in a homemade back yard gas fired kiln and two electric kilns. Temperatures approaching 2300 degrees Fahrenheit are necessary to produce the rich earth tone glazes and dense clay structure characteristic of traditional functional stoneware pottery. These pieces are intended for every day use as eating and serving utensils. Safe with all foods and oven proof, stoneware pottery will last a lifetime.

Susan Poppenger/Dried Floral

Susan Poppenger is the farmer and florist for Pods & Poppies, a family owned flower and herb farm located in the hills south of Skaneateles.

Susan is a Master Gardner with Cornell Cooperative Extension and is a strong advocate for farming with sustainable practices, which the farm has followed since its inception.

Susan’s floral arrangements are enhanced by the wide variety of flowers, herbs, trees, and shrubs they are able to grow in our region. The farm has over 200 varieties available and they try new varieties every season, giving their arrangements a fresh and unique look. The colors, scents, and textures provide endless inspiration for Susan to express her art with flowers.

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What can we do to top an earthquake and a hurricane in the same week? How about a Grand Opening Celebration! We are so proud of our new gallery location we just had to have another reason to invite you back for our kick-off to the Labor Day weekend. Please make us your destination, or perhaps a point of departure. Our theme for this September 2 First Friday Art Night / Grand Opening Celebration is in keeping with the Labor Day theme - Art: A Labor of Love, where you will have an opportunity to meet many of our artists.

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Exhibit runs through August 31, 2011

                                             Gallery under the Stone
                                       3 Fennell Street - On the south end of the Old Stone Mill near the creek

Please join us on Friday, August 5th, from 6 to 9pm, as we celebrate the work of members Steve Fland and Bob Ripley. Steve is a world-class carver who’s sculpted everything from hummingbirds to hippos. Bob is an award-winning watercolorist with a love of all things wild. We’ll also be celebrating the opening of our new Under the Stone Gallery in the Old Stone Mill. Several exciting new artists will be joining us in our expanded art space. Refreshments will be served.

Steve Fland - Wildlife Sculptor

Steven Fland is a self-taught sculptor specializing in life size birds in which the wildlife species and habitat all start from a block of wood or piece of metal.

"I reside in Moravia, a small community in the Eastern Finger Lakes region of Central New York State. Upon receiving a BS degree in Biology, from SUNY Potsdam, I taught middle school Life Science for 36 years. While doing ornithological graduate work at Cornell University, I had the unique opportunity to serve as a teaching assistant for the late Dr. Peter Paul Kellogg. Always interested in art, another teacher and I opened a wildlife art shop during the summer of 1976. It was there I saw this particular form of bird sculpture for the first time. Having a desire to try my hand in the art form, I completed my first carving in 1978 and entered my first competition in 1979, in novice class. In less than one year, I moved up and began competing in open/professional class and in1982, I won my first of five "Best-of-Show" awards at the (now defunct) U.S. National Decoy Show. At the first New York State Wildlife Art Competition, I received first, second and third place awards. (The following year the rules were changed allowing only one entry per artist in the competition.)

My early pieces were highly detailed floating sculptures ( "decorative decoys") that in competition are judged on the water. Aside from having to be accurate to the species, in anatomy, color and posture, they must float correctly in a natural, lifelike attitude. I still carve floating sculpture but I have expanded my art to include a category referred to as "interpretative", which does not float but focuses on a more stylized, loose impressionistic approach. Another genre is a highly detailed non-floating piece ( "full size decorative"), in which the bird is set in a habitat.

Specialty commissions have included the creation of four vertical sculptures carved out of Basswood logs. These sculptures were originally designed for an Adirondack split wood cabinet. The poles were meant to honor the Haudenosaunne (Iroquois) culture and feature renditions of their clans, false faces and beliefs. When the cabinet was moved to a different location, the poles were removed; their paint was intensified and they are now installed in an entryway to a conference center.

All of my work reflects a desire to capture "the character of the bird" and its habitat and behavior. One of my sculptures is a juvenile Coopers Hawk with a Mourning Dove clutched in its talons, expressing the feel of an efficient predator. Whether it is a regal Canvasback, an elegant Wood Duck, a well fed Alligator, Snapping Turtle going after a duckling, a juvenile Red-Tailed Hawk begging for food, or a pre-copulatory pair of Cinnamon Teal, all of these pieces evoke an important action in the life of the animal. A recent carving of an Eastern Bluebird on a Pussy Willow branch, established the time of year.

The process used in all of these pieces starts with very extensive research including, at times, the purchase of aviary specimens to study. This research also includes studying the habitat that would be appropriate to the bird, such as Aspen, as opposed to Maple leaves in the setting for the American Woodcock. After research, a pattern is then drawn and cut from a block of wood which is generally Tupelo, Basswood or Black Walnut. From these blocks, wood is removed with knives, chisels, grinders and, depending upon the size of the piece and the task, I use a chain saw all the way down to a small tool that uses dental bits and turns 400,000 rpm. After the piece is carved, it is then textured and "burned" with an instrument that puts a knife-like cut in the wood using heat. This preparation creates a lifelike reflective surface, with natural undulations of highlights and shadows, on the sculpture. After developing the surface of the piece, acrylic paint is applied using as many as twenty, thin, watery washes. Metal is sometimes used for structural needs or for habitat such as a fall Goldenrod made of brass with the dried leaves made from various types of paper. In all cases, except for the eyes, I create the entire carving. The sculptures are all life-size renderings of the species depicted. They have ranged in size from a Ruby-throated Hummingbird to the pair of Red-tailed Hawks (the tallest piece ever displayed at the World Championships of Wildfowl Carving) to a piece of floor sculpture, in Black Walnut, of a Hippopotamus emerging from the water with two Cattle Egrets looking for insects on its back.

Composition is of major importance because I want to force the viewer’s eye to flow through the sculpture and still be of interest when seen from all directions. When viewing my work, look at the bird with regard to its behavior and the overall design, while at the same time remembering it is sculpted from wood."

Visit my web site : www.stevenflandgallery.com

Bob Ripley -Watercolors

Bob Ripley is a native of upstate New York, born and raised in Elmira. A Navy veteran, he is also an honors graduate of the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University where he majored in Advertising Design. After graduation, he spent the next thirty-six years as an art director at three different upstate advertising agencies. His work has won numerous regional and national awards.

During his busy career, Bob never lost his life-long interest in drawing and painting, and continued to hone his skills during his free time. He was and still is inspired by the masters of the medium, especially Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth.  Soon to be retired, Bob will be able to pursue his love of painting full-time in his home studio.

His artistic philosophy and motivation are both simplistic and genuine: “Wildlife and natural forms have served as inspiration for my artwork since I was a little boy painting watercolors on cardboard shirt boxes. I’ve always been drawn to water and the creatures that inhabit the earth’s lifeblood... ducks, loons and especially fish. Encounters with nature through my numerous outdoor hobbies provide a wide array of creative opportunities.

Typically, my paintings result from a combination of reference photography, field notes and observations. I’m constantly amazed by the colors, textures and compositions in the natural world. Hopefully, my finished works capture a “wild moment” in the beauty of planet earth and remind us of its fragile nature.”

Bob is an avid outdoorsman and spends many hours fly fishing, canoeing, hiking and cross-country skiing. The Adirondack Mountains and the American West are among his favorite haunts and often the setting for his compositions. He and his wife Cheryl live in the country outside of Skaneateles, where they share space with the local flora and fauna.

Visit Bob's web site at: www.bobripley.com

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Come and celebrate with Skaneateles Artisans at our First Friday Art Night celebration on Friday July 1st from 6-9 p.m. where we will be featuring the works of watercolorist Ed Levine and beadwork artist Linda Bishop –Surbeck. Light refreshment will be served.
 
The gallery, located in The Old Stone Mill at 3 Fennell St, offers off-street
parking as well as municipal parking, and accepts major credit cards. Visit our website at www.skaneatelesartisans.com. For more information, call 315-685-8580.

Open House

Make a Day of it and take a tour at the Open House of the Luxury Condos in the Old Stone Mill on July 1st and 2nd from one to four. and then stop by our gallery "Skaneateles Artisans" and celebrate with us our First Friday Art Night. For more infortmation visit web site at: www.oldstonecondos.com.

Linda Bishop - Surbeck - Beadwork Artist

Linda loves tiny beads! Back in 1997 she discovered a bead store in her home town and has been addicted ever since to those itty bitty beads. At first she created pieces using patterns and gave them away as gifts. Now she designs all her own pieces in her head and puts them into beads. It may be a small container or it may be a stunning necklace. Linda enjoys the creative process that starts with a thought and ends up something three dimensional.

Creativity runs in Linda’s family from her grandmother who used to paint china to her daughter who creates jewelry with semi-precious beads. They all are self-taught and learn by looking at an inspirational picture or pictures of new techniques from a magazine or book.

Linda’s work will always be unique and she prefers not to make more than one of a particular piece. There will always be subtle changes in color or design. You will be purchasing a one of a kind piece! However, she does make exceptions for special orders, such as wedding party jewelry.

Ed Levine - Watercolorist

Ed Levine’s showing of new work consists of small watercolors that were done on a recent trip to Europe and larger studio pieces that reflect the strong nature of the atmosphere on and around Skaneateles Lake. 
Ed Levine has been painting with watercolors professionally for 35 years.  Most of his techniques range from traditional to very personal.  Ed taught art on the High School and College Level for 34 years and is now retired and painting full time.  Presently his work can be seen at Skaneateles Artisan in Skaneateles NY and The Pat Rini Rohrer Gallery in Canandaguia NY. 
Ed looks at a scene or a still life and strives to make it something that is more than a photographic recording, or a painted replication of a photograph.  It is more of an emotional response that can be shared with people with similar experiences. 
This response can be found in the form of heightened color, exaggerated shapes that work well with each other, strong contrast in particular areas or bold lines, all well thought out to orchestrate an exciting adventure for the viewer’s eye.  Ed has recently become a signature member of the Central New York Watercolor Society.  Visit Ed's web site at: www.edlevineartwork.com

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Current Exhibit Runs through June 30, 2011

All of a sudden Skaneateles Artisans, a major local art cooperative that has thrived in Skaneateles, NY and grown to become a major outlet for high quality local art, is looking for a new home. With the approaching tourist season, time is of the essence.

Over the past four years, the Skaneateles Artisans’ gallery has become an integral part of the Central New York art community. As it readied itself as a headliner attraction for last weekend’s CNY Blooms Flower and Garden show, the artists were hit with the biggest hurdle of their gallery’s young life. The building they have called home since their founding in June of 2007 had been sold, leaving the artisans with 30 days to make room for the new owners – and hopefully find a new home.

With the same “can do” spirit that had launched the popular gallery four years ago, 11 artisans rallied on the stage at the Onondaga County War Memorial for a record breaking weekend. In momentary breaks between customers, the artists, ranging from a watercolorist to jewelry designers and wildlife sculptor to faux painter and glass artists, brainstormed ideas about how to keep their cooperative dream alive.

“We want to stay in Skaneateles,” one artist after another confirmed. “And, if we can have our wish,” said Faux Painter Teresa Vitale, “we’ll land on our feet, on Genesee St., the main street in this historic village.”

Keeping the Skaneateles Artisans in the Village is a “must do” goal to the artists who began the village’s popular “First Friday Art Night” shortly after it’s grand opening in June of 2007. It has become a well attended and much appreciated monthly draw for village and area residents. In fact, other businesses within the village have joinedin the monthly celebration of the arts making it an ever more important night for whole community.

The artisans are hoping that someone with knowledge of an available retail space will learn of the artisans’ dilemma and be able to accommodate their new home.

The number of artists represented by the co-op has doubled from 30-60 local artists since its inception making it by some measures one of the largest art cooperatives in the New York State, according to watercolorist Bob Ripley. Beginning with just 3,000 square feet of gallery space, today the artists occupy nearly 4,500 square feet and regularly rotate a wide variety of art through the gallery.

Businesses like the Artisans are important to our community and add immeasurably to the community’s quality of life. It’s difficult to shop at the major department stores in Central New York and find the variety and quality the Skaneateles Artisans offer.

The artists have proven to be good “corporate citizens” beginning with their first year of operation and continuing through the present time with their annual silent auction of original art, donated by co-op artists and helping to fund the Skaneateles Outreach program locally, as well as the St. James Clear Water Project in the ravaged island of Haiti.

When the co-op’s newest member, Lisa Twombly, moved from the Rochester area to nearby Marcellus, NY she immediately began looking for a connection through which she could present her handcrafted gemstone jewelry to the Central New York Community. “I had previously participated in shows in Naples, NY and at Sonnenberg Gardens,” she said. “Skaneateles Artisans had a reputation for the high quality of work its artisans present and I could not have been more happy to be invited to join such a professional organization.”

Many co-op artists believe that an important part of their mission as a cooperative is to educate the community, especially children. Ed Levine, a watercolorist and former art teacher, notes that the arts have historically been integral to a community’s well-being and quality of life. That’s the foundation for his and the artisans’ interaction with area students as hosts of an annual student art contest.

Anyone with village property that could become the new home of the Skaneateles Artisans is encouraged to contact: Teresa Vitale at (315) 689-5037

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First Friday Art Night at the War Memorial

Our next First Friday is going to take place at the CNY Bloom Show at the War Memorial on March 4th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Zbone band will play in the evening and bistro style food and beverages are available as you relax after a hard week, strolling through the peaceful gardens.

Artisan’s Garden Art Garden by the Skaneateles Artisans will return for the 2011 Show! Featuring garden, flower, and nature paintings, photographs, jewelry, stained glass, pottery, wood sculpting, faux painting, glass blowing,, and dried flowers. All items will be for sale on the show floor and live demonstrations will take place in the garden.

Music by:

Directions to War Memorial: http://www.cnyblooms.com/directions.html

Winterfest "Taste of Skaneateles"

Skaneateles Artisans will participate in Winterfest's "Taste of Skaneateles" hosting a tasting created by Niles Gourmet Bistro. Niles Gourmet is an organic bistro and among the tastings will be a secret recipe using Elk. Singer, songwriter Jules Poorman of Skaneateles will provide music. Gallery artists will be doing art demonstrations throughout the day. Skaneateles Artisans will be open 11 am to 5 pm on January 29th for this event.

Tastings provided by: Niles Gormet Bistro

Music by: Jules Poorman/singer song writer

Skaneateles High School junior Jules Howley Poorman has been writing poems and songs most of her life. Two years ago, Jules partnered with award-winning New York City songwriter John Schmitt to stylize her original songs in the hopes of creating a breakthrough demo CD. That recording ultimately became her first album, Forever More, (released in 2009) with singing and songwriting partner, Gabriella Whiting, the duo known as "Jules and Gabriella."

Flying solo now, Jules continues to pen songs that reflect the honest struggles of growing up, first loves, breakups, and friendships, sometimes delving into the more tragic aspects of life like poverty and the untimely loss of a dear friend. Influenced by folk and country artists such as the Indigo Girls and Taylor Swift, Jules' lyrics showcase her emotional maturity and her insightful ability to translate everyday experiences into memorable songs that are relatable to audience members of all ages.

This past year, Jules has picked up the guitar for herself, creating her own unique blend of acoustic folk with catchy pop melodies. Known for her beautiful voice and captivating stage presence, Jules has performed at various venues throughout the state from Buffalo to New York City, including the American Folk Art Museum in Manhattan this past summer.

In between college prep classes and running track, Jules is currently hard at work on her first solo album due out in the warmer months of 2011.

Local shows have included Auburn Public Theater, Aurora Arts and Design Center’s First Fridays, John Peterson’s Songwriters’ Series, Buffalo Wild Wings, Bistro One, JB’s Wall St. Grill, and Caz Café in Buffalo, NY.

To hear Jules please visit her YouTube Channel: Jules Howley

Jules at the American Folk Art Museum in Manhattan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUdQVmPzDC4

To hear Jules’ first album “Forever More” (by Jules and Gabriella), please visit iTunes at:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/forever-more/id342631619?i=342631633&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

For booking information, contact Ann at: annpoorman@gmail.com or (315) 406-4962

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First Friday Art Night Skaneateles

You are Invited

Skaneateles Artisans First Friday Art Night, December 3rd from 6 to 9 PM.

Please join us for our monthly celebration as we feature exciting new works from our Artists.
Enjoy festive music provided by Dan Duggan/ Hammered Dulcimer visit www.esperanceproductions.com
Refreshments prepared by Tom Poppenger.

There will be Art Demonstrations every weekend during the month of December.
Some of our demonstrations will be by:
Teresa Vitale/Faux-painting
Susan Poppenger/Fresh & Dry Flower Arrangements
Susan Hadzor/Stained Glass
Sandy Philips/Decorative Painting

The gallery, 11 Fennell St, offers off-street parking and accepts major credit cards. Visit our website at www.skaneatelesartisans.com. For more information, call 315-685-8580. Exhibit runs through December 31st.

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Skaneateles Artisans is featuring the work of Evelyn Dankovich, Mike Greenfield and Sandy Philips at our First Friday Art Night, November 5th from 6 to 9 PM.

Please join us for our monthly celebration as we feature exciting new works by three of our members: paintings by Evelyn Dankovich, pottery of Mike Greenfield and painted furniture by Sandy Philips. Enjoy festive music provided by LuBosa. Refreshments will be served. Exhibit runs through November 30th.

Evelyn Dankovich, paintings

Artist, Evelyn Dankovich, of North Syracuse, NY, began her career painting landscapes and portraits of the people and places she knew. As she explains  ”I love the challenge of painting what I see and feel.”

She uses watercolor, acrylics, or oils to capture the unique beauty and moods of nature. With an emphasis on rural, woodland, and water scenes her work takes us beyond cities and suburbs to rural America and to the natural wilderness of the Adirondacks and our other wilderness parks. She hopes that the viewer will walk the paths she walks and work to preserve our environment.

Materials used are acid free and archival. All subject matter is drawn from places the artist has been. The location is identified on the back of the painting. Her palette for all mediums uses the same hues wherever possible.

Art Awards: Best of Show RACC 2003; Best of Show Vineyard 2004; Best Acrylic /Oil in 2006 Syracuse Arts and Craft Show; Honorable Mention w/c at the Allentown Show in Buffalo 2005 and third place acrylic/oil 2007; 2nd place in the Old Forge theme shows- ‘Things with Wings’ (2005) ‘Leave Only Footprints’ (2007); 3rd place in w/c at Colorscape 2007; accepted to Midyear Show at the Butler Institute of American Art in 2005 and 2007; 3rd in painting Allentown Show, Buffalo, NY in  2008; Grand Prize 2008 at Cooperstown Art Association 73rd Annual National; Masters Award and 3rd in Acrylic at Old Forge Regional 2008; People’s choice and Acrylic Award at A Taste of The Sublime, Cooperstown 2008; 3rd Acrylic/Oil Colorscape 2008; Award of Merit 2009 Cooperstown 74th Annual National; Best of Show NSAG 2010.

Evelyn is past president of the North Syracuse Art guild, and is also a member of the Central New York Watercolor Society, and the Central NY Chapter of the National League of American Pen Women. Her work can viewed online at www.EvelynDankovich.com 

Mike Greenfield, pottery

Mike Greenfield has been making pottery since he was eight years old. He has developed a uniquely personal style with a line of functional pottery expressed in a variety of utilitarian forms.

Sandy Philips, painted furniture

Sandra Philips is a decorative artist as well as a portrait artist who paints in acrylics and oils. Her passion for decorative art leads her to paint on multiple surfaces that are either functional or decorative. Combined with her love of the holiday seasons her work spans the spectrum from unique and detailed hand painted ornaments to refurbished sleds and toboggans. Sandra is known for her paintings on sleds, often taking commissions painting on treasured sleds from owners' youth.

Originally trained in oils Sandra has taken lessons from portrait artist, Karen Patton of Wichita Kansas. She has painted pet, home and people portraits including a full length life size painting of Dolph Schayes for the Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame.

Sandra has taken private art lessons since she was a young child and continues her training with multiple yearly seminars. She is a member of the National Society of Decorative Artists and a member of the North Syracuse Art Guild.

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Skaneateles Artisans to Host Fundraiser and Support Student Artists

Skaneateles Artisans will once again hold its Harvest the Arts fundraiser during the month of October. This is the fourth year of the annual October fundraiser supporting Skaneateles Outreach and the St James Haiti Clean Water Project. Artists from Skaneateles Artisans have donated work to a silent auction that opens with the First Friday open house on October 1st from 6pm to 9pm. The silent auction closes on October 31st. All funds raised from the auction will be divided evenly between the two organizations and proceeds from those who win the auction will be tax deductible.

In addition during the month of October Skaneateles Artisans will provide an opportunity for ten local artists to show their work in a gallery setting.  Their work will be available for show and sale throughout the month. During the October 1st First Friday these ten artists will be available to discuss their work and their art journey.

During the First Friday open house music will be provided by The Smith/Robinson Jazz Duo, featuring chromatic harmonica, guitar and vocals.

The ten artist's work on display are the following

 Liz Anderson                           Terry Lacey
John Baker                                 Peggy Manring
Sally Fellows                             Alyson Markell
Erika Fiutak                               Lynn Miller
Joyce Homan                           Kathryn Schylinski

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Current Exhibit Runs through August 31, 2010

Skaneateles Artisans is proud to welcome four prestigious artist from the Roycrofters At large Association. The works of Kristine Baker, Lea Corey, Howard Lehning and Laura Wilder will be on display for the month of August.

The opening reception will be on Friday August 6th from 6 to 9 pm, with Live Music by Kate and Paul : www.kateandpaulband.com

Refreshments will be served

Kristine Baker
She enjoys both fashion and color. Kristine Baker combines both in her
hand painted designs, using fiber-reactive dyes and the ancient medium of silk;
each piece is unique and handcrafted by Ms. Baker from start to finish. 
Painting on silk for over twenty years, Ms Baker has sold internationally and
has been awarded the Roycroft Renaissance Artisan status for the last three
years.  Her work is currently carried by a Rochester, New York gallery and four
museum stores.

Lea Corey

“I just gotta bead….”
One cannot grow up in Corning, N.Y. and not have at least a small fascination with the many possibilities of glass as an artistic medium.  Combine that fascination with a mother and grandmother who embroidered, tatted, quilted, smocked, and needle pointed.  Needless to say, I was strongly encouraged to sew!  My artistic journey has evolved from that humble beginning beyond anything my mentors had ever envisioned.
This has been a 30-year evolution of what I consider a very unique style.  Textural beadwork in jewelry has dovetailed into three-dimensional sculpture, both large and small.  My miniature work for dollhouses, baskets, vessels, and wearable’s have taken the simple glass bead on a journey through mixed media, loom work, and a variety of free hand stitching techniques.
I received my Roycroft Mark in 2005 and attained the level of Master Craftsman in 2009 for my artistry in beads.
Every day I look forward to some time in my studio………bead therapy!

Howard Lehning

Howard Lehning attended Carnegie-Mellon University / architecture, and Rochester Institute of Technology / Photography and Design. Was engaged as a professional draftsman and designer for 20 years. Was employed as Senior Designer for the Kittinger Furniture Company in Buffalo, NY and for the Baker Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan. I have been involved with the Colonial Williamsburg Furniture Reproduction Program, and the Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island.

A woodworker and inveterate tinkerer all my life, in 1983 I started HEARTWOOD, a small woodworking shop in East Aurora, NY. Was accepted as a Roycroft Artisan in 1984.
Continued my shop commission work while otherwise gainfully employed.

In 1992 I reorganized as HR LEHNING FINE FURNITURE & TIMEPIECES and started full-time as furniture maker. I have been engaged for 17 years producing commission work as well as developing my own product line of furniture, clocks, and small wood items. Part of my business has been to design and build high-end kitchen installations, and several residential libraries. I have also produced furniture reproductions for Graycliff, the Darwin and Isabella Martin summer home in Derby, NY that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. I have trained three apprentices, one of whom has started his own cabinet business. My current apprentice is also an Air Force Reservist.

I currently sit on the Board of Directors of the Roycrofters-at-Large Association, the parent Not-For-Profit organization that administers for the Roycroft Artisans. At present there are 60 Roycroft Artisans and Master Artisans. We produce a summer festival and winter craft shows each year, as well as an educational lecture series, scholarship program, and the renowned Roycroft Chamber Music Festival.

Laura Wilder

For 13 years, Laura Wilder has been a Roycroft Renaissance Master Artisan specializing in vintage-style block prints.  She has won many awards for her work, which she exhibits at shows, in over 20 galleries and shops nationwide. Laura’s artwork centers on the themes of trees, sunlight and slowing down to appreciate the small, simple things in life.

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Current Exhibit" Runs through July 31, 2010

Skaneateles ARTisans, 11 Fennell Street, Skaneateles, NY will feature the art of Steven Fland and Ed Levine during the month of July.  The opening reception is Friday, July 2nd from 6 until 9 PM.

Both artists are well known throughout the area and beyond.  Steven is a sculptor of wildlife with pieces ranging in size from a hummingbird to a hippo and a table featuring a kingfisher.  Ed is a watercolorist, known for his landscapes, still life paintings and has recently finished a commission for the Skaneateles Antique Boat Show.

In honor of this event, there will be refreshments provided by the blue Danube www.bluedanubegourmet.com and live music by E.S.P Jazz Trio www.espjazz.org.

The gallery offers off-street parking.

For more information contact Theresa Vitale at 315- 689-5037 or by e-mail to tvitale1@twcny.rr.com

Ed Levine - Watercolor

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Skaneateles ARTisans, will feature in June the work of DeeAnn and Robert vonHunke. Opening reception Friday, June 4, 6-9pm. DeeAnn and Robert vonHunke have been collaborating in the studio for decades, first as potters and more recently in jewelry design. DeeAnn and Robert make annual trips to Arizona and California to acquire rough semi precious stones from around the world, which the artists apply lapidary methods to laboriously make polished gems for DeeAnn's jewelry designs and creations. DeeAnn combines her hand crafted silver metal clays and bezel mounts to create contemporary wearable art. Robert also works in acrylic painting and digital photography, creating a record of his observations and interpretations of time and place in landscapes and close-ups from Skaneateles to China. With Live music and refreshments. Exhibit Runs through June 30, 2010

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Skaneateles Artisans is featuring the work of Gretchen Hamlin and Bob Ripley at our First Friday Art Night, May 7th from 6 to 9 PM.
Please join us for our monthly celebration as we feature exciting new works by two of our members: watercolorist Bob Ripley and glass artist Gretchen Hamlin. Enjoy festive music provided by Alize of Ithaca.  Welcome Spring with wine tastings by Anyela’s Winery of Skaneateles from 6 to 7 pm. Refreshments will be served.

Exhibit Runs through May 31, 2010

Bob Ripley

Bob Ripley is a native of upstate New York, born and raised in Elmira. A Navy veteran, he is also an honors graduate of the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University where he majored in Advertising Design. After graduation, he spent the next thirty-six years as an art director at three different upstate advertising agencies. His work has won numerous regional and national awards.

During his busy career, Bob never lost his life-long interest in drawing and painting, and continued to hone his skills during his free time. He was and still is inspired by the masters of the medium, especially Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth.  Soon to be retired, Bob will be able to pursue his love of painting full-time in his home studio.

His artistic philosophy and motivation are both simplistic and genuine: “Wildlife and natural forms have served as inspiration for my artwork since I was a little boy painting watercolors on cardboard shirt boxes. I’ve always been drawn to water and the creatures that inhabit the earth’s lifeblood... ducks, loons and especially fish. Encounters with nature through my numerous outdoor hobbies provide a wide array of creative opportunities.

Typically, my paintings result from a combination of reference photography, field notes and observations. I’m constantly amazed by the colors, textures and compositions in the natural world. Hopefully, my finished works capture a “wild moment” in the beauty of planet earth and remind us of its fragile nature.”

Bob is an avid outdoorsman and spends many hours fly fishing, canoeing, hiking and cross-country skiing. The Adirondack Mountains and the American West are among his favorite haunts and often the setting for his compositions. He and his wife Cheryl live in the country outside of Skaneateles, where they share space with the local flora and fauna.

Gretchen Hamlin

Glass is a fascinating medium; very flowing, forgiving and mesmerizing to work with. The fact that a compact cylinder of glass can be shaped and stretched to great lengths to produce many feet of potential beads is a constant source of wonder to me. Glass overlays and inclusions afford endless possibilities, and I am always thrilled and sometimes surprised by the results in both the hot shop and later when the beads are combined to fashion my colorful jewelry. I select high-quality and somewhat unusual findings to add more variety to the finished product; sterling silver and gold-filled beads add extra sparkle to the glass, while anodized niobium enhances the whimsy of each piece.

First Friday Art Night - April 2nd from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Skaneateles Artisans is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit featuring a Student Art Show. Three School Districts will be represented: Skaneateles, Marcellus and West Genesee. Join us for live music, punch and appetizers. The music for our April First Friday event will be provided by Fiddlestyx, a nine-piece ensemble made up of members of the Skaneateles High School orchestra, led by Karen Veverka. The group specializes in string versions of music by rock bands such as Led Zepplin and the Rolling Stones. 
The students are currently raising money to finance their upcoming trip to Los Angeles, where they have been invited to compete in the Heritage Festival of Gold, during which they will get the opportunity to work with renowned guest conductors and perform in the prestigious Segerstrom Concert Hall. 

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Back by popular demand Skaneateles Artisans is proud to be invited to participated at the CNY Blooms Show at On Center from March 3rd through March 7th. Our Gallery will be closed during this time. We will be celebrating Frist Friday March 5th at On Center. Our gallery will reopen for business on March 12th.

You are Invited:

Artisan’s Garden Art Garden by the Skaneateles Artisans will return for "The 2010 Show"! Featuring garden, flower, and nature paintings, photographs, jewelry, stained glass, pottery, wood sculpting, faux painting, glass blowing, dried and fresh flowers. All items will be for sale on the show floor and live demonstrations will take place in the garden.

Skaneateles Artisans, displaying fine art and fine craft at the CNY Blooms Show at the OnCenter, would like to acknowledge the creators of our garden display. 
The display is being provided by the Skaneateles Towne Center located at 61 Fennell Street in Skaneateles.  Their display will develop the feel of a French flower market with garden accessories such as: tables, chairs, benches, arbors and trellises that will be incorporated with their flowers to enhance the displayed art work.  All items on display from the Town Square are for sale.

Skaneateles Ace Town Square
              61 Fennell Street
              Skaneateles, NY  13152
              Phone: 315-685-5748

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First Friday- March 5th at On Center
After a long work week gather your friends and family to unwind at CNY Blooms from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday night.   An eclectic band, Z-Bones  will perform a variety of music.    The Oncenter will have a cash bar available and many creative food options.  Sit at linen draped tables and relax, stroll through the large landscaped gardens, watch the Skaneateles Artisans crate and discuss their art, and shop the many exhibit booths.  Entrance to this event is the regular show ticket and coupons can be used.   Free parking in the Oncenter garage. Food and beverage expenses are additional. 

Current Exhibit" Runs through February 28, 2010

February First Friday Art Night from 6 - 9

Skaneateles Artisans is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit featuring artists Sandra Philips/ painter and Linda Bishop-Surbeck/ jeweler. Refreshments will be served. Exhibit runs through February 28th.

Music by Harvyn Tarkmeel/ pianist.

Hors d'oeuvres will be provided by:

blue Danube Gourmet
33 Jordan Street
Skaneateles, New York 13152

Phone
(315) 685-3774

for more info visit their web site at : www.bluedanubegourmet.com

Sandra Philips

Sandra Philips is a decorative artist as well as a portrait artist who paints in acrylics and oils. Her passion for decorative art leads her to paint on multiple surfaces that are either functional or decorative. Combined with her love of the holiday seasons her work spans the spectrum from unique and detailed hand painted ornaments to refurbished sleds and toboggans. Sandra is known for her paintings on sleds, often taking commissions painting on treasured sleds from owners' youth.

Originally trained in oils Sandra has taken lessons from portrait artist, Karen Patton of Wichita Kansas. She has painted pet, home and people portraits including a full length life size painting of Dolph Schayes for the Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame.

Sandra has taken private art lessons since she was a young child and continues her training with multiple yearly seminars. She is a member of the National Society of Decorative Artists and a member of the North Syracuse Art Guild.

Linda Bishop-Surbeck

I have been greatly influenced in art by my parents. My father, who was a dairy farmer here in Skaneateles, was a great metal worker and welder. My mother was an oil painter who also created bisque dolls. After finding a small bead store in my town by accident in 1997, I became inspired to create my own jewelry. My next great discovery came at a bead store I was teaching at in 2005, one of the other classes they were offering was PMC (Precious Metal Clay). I now create my own pendants, and sometimes beads, to use in my creations. In 2006 I ventured to New Jersey to become certified in PMC. I am always increasing my skills and imagination!

My work will always be unique and I prefer not to make more than one of a particular piece. There will always be some subtle changes in color or design each time. However, I do make exceptions for special orders, such as wedding party jewelry. Please keep in mind all special orders require a 20% down payment.

I truly enjoy sharing my passion for beads and PMC by teaching at different locations in New York State. If you are ever interested in having me come to your location or group please contact me.

We will be closed on the up and coming January First Friday.

Skaneateles Artisans invites you to our next "First Friday Art Night Skaneateles" on Febryary 5th from 6:00 to 9:00 PM featuring artist Sandra Phillips/portrait/decorative painter and Linda Bishop Jeweler.

December First Friday Art Night

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First Fridays | Artist Demonstrations

Upcoming exhibit on First Friday: First Friday November 6th, from 6:00 - 9:00

Skaneateles Artisans is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit featuring artists Patricia Tucker, painting, Sharon Terry, jewelry and David Lisi, pottery. Refreshments will be served. Exhibit runs through November 30th.

Music by Steve Giacondo, guitarist.

Hors d'oeuvres will be provided by:

Hook & Cleaver Organic Meat & Fish Market
19 Fennell Street
Skaneateles, NY 13152
315-685-2088
E mail: hookandcleavercustomers@gmail.com

Patricia Tucker

I started painting about five years ago while going though a difficult period in my life. Prior to that time, I expressed my creativity by sewing, crocheting, gardening, woodworking, restoring old houses, through culinary endeavors, entertaining, and raising children. While painting, I found a combination of peace and passion, and I was pleased to receive encouragement and praise from family and friends.  One friend in particular, an artist friend of mine, encouraged me to pursue this talent and newfound passion. Consequently, I began taking various art classes at a community college followed by doing some local art workshops.  Now, whether I am painting with acrylics or oils, whether I am drawing with charcoal, crayons, pencils, or pastels, and whether the subject matter is a figure, a portrait, a landscape, or an abstract, the thread between all of my work is that I share a glimpse of myself – mind, heart, and soul. –

Sharon Terry

Several years ago I visited and revisited a local bookstore to thumb through ornament magazine. Once I decided to take the leap & actually purchase the publication I spent that afternoon reading the articles and admiring the beautiful photographs of the work of acclaimed jewelry artist. Immediately upon closing its pages I got up from my chair & was pulled by some force to the back of our grown up daughter’s closet. I discovered an old plastic sewing box. I spent hours that afternoon with the memory of my grandmother and over those hours began remembering that she had for a short time in her life experimented with making jewelry and these were her beads.
I took a class to learn to affix a clasp and the rest is history. Once my jewelry seemed to draw attention and others encouraged me with my creations, I began to sell my work and create custom pieces. I do not copy the work of others, although I learned from them. Each design comes out of my own head in the moment that I sit down to create. Gem stone beads are my passion although I do use glass and other materials as well. I guess the bottom line to all of this is the healing nature of the work itself; it brings meditative focus and rest to my mind and body.

David Lisi

David Lisi, a native central New Yorker has been making pottery for over 20 years. David started working with clay at age 16 as a student at Henninger High School and continued at SUNY Onondaga as a psycology major and an art minor.  However, after graduation David continued to study ceramics at SUNY Onondaga under the renowned Professor Andy Schuster for three more years. David has been a member of the Syracuse Ceramic Guild for 10 years. Through the guild David continues to learn new techniques working with clay. 

Current Exhibit" Runs through October 31, 2009