Robyn Hendrix Contraptions in the Windows on Cedar Project

If you came during the day, you may see Gideon in the window.

Do come by and see the Contraptions in the evening.  They GLOW!  During the day, Robyn's installation is  a quieter affair, wonderful to walk up to and examine closely.  

Robyn posted a bunch of photos on her website.  Go look at them.  They are wonderful!
http://robynhendrixart.com/wp/windows-on-cedar-installation/

CONTRAPTIONS in the Windows!

 What a pleasure it is to present Robyn Hendrix quirky watercolors in the windows!  She first showed with Susan Hensel Gallery in 2009. ( the Leap of Faith 5)  This suite, playing with transparency and light is entitled CONTRAPTIONS.

Gideon is always a big help installing the windows.

This image appears in part of the window.

Robyn's Artists Statement
I create delicate, textured watercolor paintings of whimsical imagery inspired by landscape, nature and biology. My work is informed by an upbringing in the Palouse landscape of Eastern Washington, time spent abroad in Ecuador and Australia, and a passion for education and community development. The playful, semi-abstract imagery I use is derived mostly from free-association drawing and “doodling” which brings out specific forms that I repeat and re-mutate over and over. These organic “characters” are very plant and nature-inspired (trees, seed pods, stones) but are often interpreted as both microscopic (bacteria, DNA, or neural transmitters) and macroscopic (constellations, galaxies, or nebulae). The addition of more architectural elements hints at my curiosity about the similarities between the things we build, and the things we are built of.

I work as an Artist Organizer with the Friendly Streets Initiative and coordinate social media for the Irrigate project. I was a 2013 Intermedia Arts Creative Community Leadership Institute fellow and previously served on the Board and Exhibitions Committee for the Women’s Art Resources of Minnesota (WARM). Thanks for taking a look! Please visit robynhendrixart.com to see more of my work.

MUSIC! In the Windows!

Noelle Rollins, a painter from Crystal, MN,  has brought art and music together in the windows through  the end of July. 

 She has said, " My mission is to bring light to the positive, beautiful and spiritual side of life through my art, stories and bringing together an inspiring group. I aim to do these while respecting the earths beauty and resources, much of my work is done on repurposed materials. I love to paint the things that bring us closer to our most inspired, authentic and soulful selves. In my shop you’ll find music artwork, soulful yoga and meditative artwork, sports, florals and more.  I often infuse my artwork with poetry and uplifting messages.  All things that inspire different sides of me and my clients.

There are times to sit back, reflect and to quietly listen to our inner voices, there are other times where we are ready to go out let the world know we me mean business, and have things to share. As I’ve tried to narrow my body of work to just one artwork style I’ve really realized that many are necessary in life, the yin and yang that makes the world go ’round. Let’s celebrate our strengths, empowered lives and our soft, reflective, intuitive sides simultaneously."

IN THE WINDOWS: The Quilting Bee/Artist Salon Project

Artist Statement

Mary Bergs 

The Quilting Bee/Artist Salon Project

The idea for the project is modeled on traditional quilting bees in which women brought fabric scraps to each other’s homes and assembled the scraps into quilts. They worked side by side creating functional objects of great beauty.  This is no longer a common practice in our culture; in fact, there are few opportunities for side by side making.  Working with our hands in the presence of others is a condition that creates intimacy and a feeling of comfort, even amongst strangers. The level of engagement and enthusiasm of participants in the salons surprised me and confirmed my idea that there is value in creating opportunities to make in the context of community.  I am very grateful for the artists who donated work, for the many people who came to help stitch and for the organizations that hosted the events and the exhibition. 

Mary Bergs is a Minneapolis artist who works with found materials and objects, combining them into installations, collage, and community based art projects. Bergs works with objects that have been discarded or devalued, through careful selection and arrangement she examines the poetic nature of the material world and the beauty found in everyday experience. She has exhibited her work in solo and group shows in the Midwest.  Her work is included in the artist registry of the Drawing Center in New York.  She is a recipient of a 2013 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative grant, Jerome Travel Study Grant and a MSAB Artist Opportunity grant.

Sergio Mojica, Music and Art

IN THE WINDOWS

Sergio Mojica was born in El Salvador and grew up in New York City. A self taught artist and musician he believes that music and art influence each other. Some of the musicians who have shaped his art have been Carlos Santana and Thelonious Monk to name a few. He sees his art as a marriage between the old folklore of Latin America and the European influnces such as Surrealism, Abstraction, as well as Expressionism. It is somewhere between these vast universes that Sergio exists while trying to defy category. He says, "I still refer to some of these art movements as "cool" since their age to me is irrelevant. These styles were cool then and they will forever be "cool" to me. I am influenced by countless artists musically and artistically, even by writers such as Rod Serling or subversive poets like Roque Dalton. My inspiration comes from every day people and life."