Exhibitions
Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents
“Nature Made” Art Exhibition
-Acrylic Paintings and Prints by Gary Phile
-Sculptural Installation by Laine Keener
Saturday, February 4th, 7:30pm. Opening Reception.
-Exhibit runs through February 25th.
- at the North Water Street Gallery. 257 N. Water St.
CONTACT: 330-673-4970
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm. Or by appontment at 330-673-4970
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
GARY PHILE
"Gary Phile was born and raised in Rootstown, Ohio. He has loved art and has
drawn and painted since he was young. He has just recently began painting again
after taking a long break to go to school and to pursue other ventures. After
painting a picture for a family member for Christmas, he was encouraged to keep
going. He still lives in Rootstown with his wife and daughter. This is his third
time showing his paintings in an art exhibition." His work is often inspired
by his natural surroundings and so “Nature Made” became the theme
for this exhibit.
LAINE KEENER
Laine Keener is locally raised artist currently living in Kent, Ohio. Born in
Akron, she always showed interest in art and completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Sculpture at Kent State University in 2011. For this exhibit, Laine will expand
on her recent study titled, Ethereal Tension”
Ethereal Tension is a body of work that consists of seven sculptures that are
mounted on the wall. Each piece is made of one or multiple fabric-wrapped steel
frames measuring between one and five feet in width. Within the frame is an open
and airy weave that creates a web-like structure. Everything in the show is kept
light in color, including whites, creams and very subtle earth tones. I began
working with fabric to create woven and braided sculptures this past summer and
I was drawn to the delicateness of such material and the interconnections that
a weave or braid provides.
This work is an embodiment of my exploration inward. I have been on the path
of discovering my own spirituality and place in this world. My investigation
into the metaphysical is the driving force of my art’s formal and conceptual
underpinnings.
The pieces in this body of work symbolize a metaphorical “Web of Life”.
They are held together with tension and connections that rely on one another.
Despite that some parts are far from others, each connection within each sculpture
can be traced through a single line. The weave of thread and yarn comprising
each web is dependent on the tension of every other connection within it. Without
one thing, the other could not exist. Only through each connection working together
are these pieces able to take form.
There is also a less physical aspect of this “Web of Life” —the
metaphysical aspect. This is represented with the strong shadows cast from the
objects themselves. The shadows are not manifested in any material way and they
cannot be reached out and touched. Still, they are as much a part of the work
as the physical webs. They are a continuation of the physical work; part of a
whole.
There is an undeniable relation to traditional Native American dream catchers
in this body of work. The weave used to create the pieces is a traditional Ojibwe
weave that was used to make the first dream catchers long ago, yet its application
within this work gives it a contemporary twist. Dreams are something that I consider
to be very important in my life. My own experiences with dreams have always been
powerful and have become even more intensified while working on this project.
I believe dreams are a place where there is a thinning and blurring of the line
between physical and metaphysical. In turn, they can bring us closer to the spiritual
world.
The task of weaving each web required patience, and eventually became incredibly
meditative. The materials and methods used in the creation of each sculpture
are meant to give a sense of light and openness to them. Materials such as wax
and soft white fabric allude to purity, giving a semi-transparent, layered effect.
The softness and delicate nature of the work is meant to evoke a peaceful yet
contemplative state of mind. I have also included the use of some natural materials
such as leaves and feathers, which are to remind the viewer of the human connection
to Earth and nature.
I have found inspiration in artists such as Maud Cotter, Petah Coyne and Kirsten
Hassenfeld, all of whom share similar theories or sensibility as my own work.
Petah Coyne uses wax in many of her pieces, a material I have grown to love.
All three of these female artists’ work is metaphorical and communicates
through its materials. These artists all exude a feeling of something other-worldly
or fairy tale like. They also use the materiality of their work to comment on
humanity and, as Maud Cotter puts it, “communicate the nature of existence.”
Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents
“A Beginning” Sculpture Exhibition
-Work by Liza Enos
Sunday, January 8th, 3:30-5:30pm. Opening Reception.
-Exhibit Runs through January 28th.
The North Water Street Gallery. 257 N. Water
St.
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm. Or by appointment at 330-673-4970
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
My work is based in abstraction. Although I used actual fungi
as a reference, I am not trying to literally depict fungi. Instead,
I am reshaping the world I see for expressive purpose. I chose
fungi because these organisms recycle and distribute nutrients.
I see this activity as a metaphor for the motion I go through
as an artist. I see my creativity as a living force that must
be allowed to develop and become refined. My hope is that, by
allowing my creativity the freedom to build, positive results
from this energy will be reflected in the world around me.
-Liza Enos, January 2, 2012
Images from the Opening
Standing Rock Cultural Arts is a 501(c)(3) organization. We are
always looking for sponsors to help cover expenses for our art
and educational activities. Donations are tax deductible.
Checks payable to:
SRCA
257 N. Water St.
Kent, OH 44240
Thank you to our current sponsors: The Ohio Arts Council, The
City of Kent, The Henry V. and Frances W. Christenson Foundation,
The Sylvia Coogan Memorial Foundation, The Kent Environmental
Council, The Western Reserve Land Conservancy, The Kent Stormwater
Department, The Portage Area Regional Transit Authority (PARTA),
Family and Community Services of Portage County, City Bank Antiques,
The Akron Beacon Journal, The Home Savings Bank, The Hall-Green
Insurance Agency, Woodsy's Music, Kent Parks and Recreation,
The Pan African Studies Department of Kent State University,
Wild Goats Cafe, Taco Tantos, Rays Place, Main Street Kent, 91.3
The Summit Radio, Mr. And Mrs. Don Schjeldahl, Abruzzo’s
Wine and Homebrew Supply, The Hoppin Frog Brewery, Walt and Nancy
Adams, The Lucky Penny Creamery, Totally Cooked Catering, The
Master Gardeners of Portage County, Jim Burris of The Universe,
and Edwin George, Cherokee.
We now also offer reasonably-priced memberships to assist in
the cause. Membership fees, benefits, and forms are available
on our website. Donations and memberships are tax deductible.
Thank you also to our current members: Daiv Whaley, Andrea and
Rick Stahl and Family, Ken Robinson, Bill and Shirley Mars, Jim
Vandenboom, Maj Ragain, LuAnn Csernotta, Emily Parker, Vicki
and Joe Bocchicchio.
Thank you for supporting the Arts!
Contact: info@standingrock.net
Phone: 330-673-4970
Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents
“Sundays @ One” Watercolor Painting Exhibition
-An Artist Collective coached by Henry Walker
-In Conjunction with Kent's Annual "Festival of Lights" in Downtown Kent
-2nd Annual Watercolor Exhibition
-Featuring Henry Walker, Claire Culleton, Maureen Keller, Tom Auld, and Scott
White
Saturday, December 3, 7-9pm Opening Reception
-Exhibit runs through December 31st.
The North Water Street Gallery. 257 N. Water
St. Kent, OH
Images from the Opening
ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
HENRY WALKER (ows)
Lead Painter & Coach
A traditional transparent watercolorist, Henry began painting
seriously in the late 1980s when his career as a professor of
English at Kent State ended abruptly following two cancer operations.
He discovered a new enthusiasm for art, specifically painting,
and to quote, “If it weren't for art, I doubt I would be here.”
Walker's work is a frequent exhibitor and prize-winner in both national and local
juried competitions. In 2009, he once again had a piece accepted in the Ohio
Watercolor Society show and was named a signature member. For three years running,
his paintings were accepted in the Butler Midyear Show at the Butler Museum,
Youngstown. He was a cash prize recipient in the 2010 Fairmont Art Show, the
Artists of the Rubber City show in Akron and the Gates Mills Show, Gates Mills,
Ohio. His work was included as part of at the inaugural Peninsula Plein Aire
competition in Peninsula, Ohio. In addition to exhibiting in juried competitions,
He has had one-man shows in Akron, Aurora, Robinson Memorial Hospital, and locations
in Maryland and North Carolina.
Henry holds a Master of Arts from Kent State University and studied art at the
Columbus College of Art and Design, the Cleveland Institute of Art, and the Art
Students League in New York City.
CLAIRE CULLETON
Sundays @ One Organizer
Claire joined the English department at Kent State University in 1990 as an Assistant
Professor.
Her field of expertise is 20th century Irish and British literature and she currently
teaches both graduate-level and undergraduate courses at KSU.
Culleton has experimented and casually explored painting as a hobby since 1985.
In 2008, she convinced Henry Walker to serve as a painting mentor and invited
another friend to join their weekly sessions. The group has been meeting on Sundays
since that time.
Her transparent watercolor paintings feature traditional still life and landscape
subjects. The quality of her work was recognized by juries for the 2009, 2010
and 2011 Fairmont Art Shows and included in the annual exhibitions. She has also
had work accepted in the Akron Society of Artists Kaleidoscope show for 2010.
Claire holds a Masters degree from University of Tennessee and a PhD from University
of Miami. She has written and co-edited several books on Irish and British literature
and literary figures for Palgrave- Macmillan.
MAUREEN KELLER
Apprentice painter and all-round good person
Maureen studied art and painting at Kent State University in the 1990s while
following a different career path in her professional life. During the week,
she is an Occupational Therapist assistant at the Hattie Larlham Center in Mantua,
Ohio. She has worked in the field for 23 years.
With considerable encouragement from Henry Walker, Keller rediscovered her paints
and brushes in 2009, became an active member of the Sundays @ One group, and
successfully ended the long hiatus from art.
Preferred subjects for her watercolor studies are landscapes and intricate still
life paintings. She works both from photographs and from life. Though her University
artwork was almost exclusively acrylics, she admits to a perverse fascination
with the characteristic challenges of transparent watercolor.
TOM AULD
Media wonk and painter
Tom joined the Sundays @ One group in 2008 in a desperate attempt to fill the
vacuum that followed his retirement as an advertising executive with an in-house
agency in Akron, Ohio. Although he was introduced to painting and art during
his undergraduate years at Kent State University, his profession required a focus
on writing and photography.
Auld has pursued transparent watercolor painting and drawing through on-going
study with various locally recognized artists: Linda Hutchinson, Sally Heston,
and Jane Slivka, teaching staff at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center. He is currently
coached by Henry Walker.
Auld has competed in local juried shows and had pieces accepted in the Kaleidoscope
show in Akron, the CVAC and Peninsula's Plein Aire competition in 2009. Most
recently he had work accepted in the 2011 Fairmont Art Show in Novelty, Ohio.
SCOTT WHITE
Nature enthusiast, machinist and fledgling watercolorist
Scott was born in Texas and raised in Portage County and has a strong love for
Kent. A machinist by trade, he has spent the majority of the last 20 years working
on bakery equipment and spent his vacation time wandering the wilderness areas
of this country. Scott is fond of carousing with various miscreants & misanthropes
from KSU's English and Music departments.
Scott joined Sundays @ One after an intense year of personal loss in a rather
misguided attempt to staunch his personal consumption of beer. Having always
had a strong interest in the arts, his personal influences stem from the visual & literary
works of the romantic age, particularly Wallace Stevens, John Muir, and Winslow
Homer.
Watercolors are new to Scott, but he has already fallen in love with the medium.
He travels extensively in the U.S. backcountry and consequently his favorite
subjects are landscapes and the Southwest.
Standing Rock Cultural Arts and The Stone Tavern present:
9th Annual Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) art exhibition.
-19th Birthday of The North Water Street Gallery
-in Cooperation with The Stone Tavern, 110 E. Main Street in Downtown Kent.
-featuring Vince Packard, Gina M. Corron, Gary Phile, Trey Berry, Joanne Arnett,
Jim Jewell, David Jrome Bragg, Frederick John Kluth, David Kiss, Scot Olson,
Frederick John Kluth, Emily Bronski, Justin Evans, Mark Fabry, Jacob Davis, Tiffany
Evans, and David Montaro
-paintings, collage, large scale puppets, masks, photographs and more!
Saturday, October 29, 7pm. Opening Reception
-Family Friendly parade. Meet at 7pm.
-coincides with the annual downtown Kent Halloween parade
-exhibit runs through November 26, 2011.
-North Water Street Gallery, 257 N. Water St., Kent and
-The Stone Tavern, 110 E. Main Street, Downtown Kent
CONTACT: 330-673-4970 or 330-677-7320
Images from the Opening
About The Stone Tavern and Standing Rock Cultural Arts.
Louis Delbene, longtime supporter of Standing Rock Cultural Arts and co owner
of The Stone Tavern, has decided to team up with SRCA in celebrating our 9th
Annual Dia De Los Muertos Art Exhibition. We are pleased to announce this partnership
and welcome all the downtown merchants to join us in celebrating the creative
spirit here in Kent, Ohio.
From Louis,
. . .towards a more perfect union, The North Water Street Gallery, Stone Tavern,
and Standing Rock Cultural Arts are joining to celebrate the annual Dia De Los
Muertos holiday. Standing Rock’s 9th show is now expanding to the walls
of Stone Tavern featuring a cache from local artists David Bragg, John Kluth,
David Kiss, Emily Bronski, Robert Wood, and from the stables of downtown’s
Smokn’ Tatttoos, Jacob Davis, Mark Pabry, Justin Evans, Tiffany Evans,
together with interlopers, Scott Olson and more!
Saturday Night, October 29, starting at 8pm, there will be simultaneous Art Receptions
at The Stone Tavern and The North Water Street Gallery. Additionally, there will
be Live Music @ The North Water Street Gallery by Taxidermy Special & Crane
Lake Willow. The music will culminate in drum march to Stone Tavern @ 10 for
an art reception. DJ’s from Kent’s Vinyl Underground spin’ crazy
deep cuts all night..
More Info about the Stone Tavern can be found at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stone-Tavern/112302538835652#!/pages/Stone-Tavern/112302538835652?sk=info
Dia De Los Muertos Description:
Come celebrate our 9th annual Day of the Dead show. This festive Mexican Holiday
honors all those who have passed before us. But let us not be somber. There will
be music, food, drinks, paintings and large puppet sculptures. Like the celebration
of a birthday, this holiday reconfirms annually the love, goodwill, and generosity
that the beloved can count on, no matter that they are dead.
From Wikipedia…
Día de los Muertos is a holiday celebrated in many parts of the world,
typically on November 1 (All Saints' Day) and November 2 (All Souls' Day).
The Day of the Dead is also celebrated to a lesser extent in other Latin American
countries; for example, it is a public holiday in Brazil, where many Brazilians
celebrate it by visiting cemeteries and churches. The holiday is also observed
in the Philippines. Observance of the holiday has spread to Mexican-American
communities in the United States, where in some locations, the traditions are
being extended. Similarly-themed celebrations also appear in some Asian and African
culture.
Though the subject matter may be considered morbid from the perspective of some
other cultures, celebrants typically approach the Day of the Dead joyfully, and
though it occurs at the same time as Halloween, All Saints' Day and All Souls
Day, the traditional mood is much brighter with emphasis on celebrating and honoring
the lives of the deceased, and celebrating the continuation of life; the belief
is not that death is the end, but rather the beginning of a new stage in life.
Standing Rock Cultural Arts in cooperation with The Kent
State University School of Arts' Downtown Gallery and TransPORTAGE
present an Exhibit to Inspire a Greater Tomorrow in Portage County
-Bradley Hart and Anderson Turner will be exhibiting in The North Water Street
Gallery.
“Portage Slant: A Future In-Sight” is an Exhibit
intended to inspire creative thinking in all aspects of society, including science,
business, technology, art and service.
-The School of Art’s Downtown Gallery and Standing Rock Cultural Arts are
working with
TransPORTAGE, a grassroots initiative aiming to promote, collaborate and coordinate
the improvement of the economy in Portage County.
Friday, October 14, 5-8pm.
-Simultaneous Receptions at The North Water Street Gallery and KSU’s Downtown
Gallery
WHERE: North Water Street Gallery, 257 N. Water St., Kent OH
Kent State University’s Downtown Gallery, 141 E. Main Street.
Images from the Opening
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
TransPORTAGE envisions a future built on using clean, renewable
energy,
where public transportation is first choice, which is not threatened
by climate change and where people come together to protect and
contribute to a meaningful community. TransPORTAGE believes in
seven principles of transitioning into a better society, including
positive envisioning, trusting community members to make good
decisions, openness, networking, resilience, fostering inner
and outer transition and working on a local level. All of these
principles will be reflected in Portage Slant: a future in-sight.
TWO SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITIONS AND RECEPTIONS.
The Exhibit will be presented in part at the School of Art’s Downtown Gallery
located at 141 East Main Street, September 29 - October 22, with a 5 p.m. Reception
on Friday, October 14.
The Exhibit will also be presented in part at Standing Rock Cultural Arts located
at 257 N. Water St. October 6 – 22, with a 5 p.m. reception on Friday,
October 14.
For additional information regarding the Kent State University School of
Art’s Downtown Gallery please visit http://galleries.kent.edu or
call
330-672-7853.
Portage Slant: a future in-sight has been co-sponsored by: Family & Community
Services, Hattie Larhlam , Kent State University’s School of Art Galleries,
Standing Rock Cultural Arts , TANK (The Artists Network of Kent) and TransPORTAGE.
TransPORTAGE is a grassroots citizens sector and non-partisan initiative to envision,
promote, coordinate and collaborate on the re-localization of the economy of
Portage County area of Ohio.
