Walking Tour & Discussion

Please Join us for a Walking Tour of the Windows with the Artists!
Friday March 19th 4:30pm
Reception to Follow at The Banana Factory

Meet for the tour at one of these locations:
Arts Lehigh
University Bookstore
Banana Factory

The tour will start at 4:30pm at Tallarico’s Chocolates. See order of tour below. Artists will be present to discuss works on view. If you'd like to ask us questions, we would love to answer them!


Participating Members and Storefronts: Check with stores for hours to see works from inside.
Timothea Biermann – Tallarico’s Chocolates / 26 East 3rd St. / www.tallaricoschocolates.com
Meghan Sheldon-Brungard – Marla Duran / 109 East 3rd St. / www.marladuran.com
Merissa Sincavage Seminara – Clothesline Organics / 101 East 3rd St. / www.clotheslineorganics.com
Massie Jones – Clothesline Organics / 101 East 3rd St. / www.clotheslineorganics.com
Corey Breneisen – Home & Planet / 25 East 3rd St. / www.homeandplanet.com
Beatrice Wolert – Cleo’s Silversmith Studio and Gallery / 21 East 3rd St. / 610-868-7362
Marcie Farwell – Shuze / 17 East 3rd St. / 610-419-8655

Opening Night

Let's start the tour at Shuze, where we have our bios, and the show description & information

The Left side of Shuze, our "group" window

The Artist Bios

Marcie's Installation at Shuze

Timi's Installation at Tallarico's Chocolates

Bea's Installation at Cleo's Silversmith Studio & Gallery

Corey's Installation at Home & Planet

Merissa's & Massies Installations at the former Clothesline Organics

Meghan's Installation at Marla Duran's

The Ladies posed for a group shot at the opening reception in Clothesline Organics

Marcie installed her Toy Theater in Shuze's window, recreating the trees in her video

A screen shot of Marcie's Film "By My Voice I Shall Be Known"; Her archetype is Oracle & Storyteller

A screen shot of the video with Marcie's friend & dancer, Lindsey Gilmour

An interior shot of items collected on the toy theaters' stage

Timi's Piece "Untitled" personifying the archetype of Crazy Cat Lady

Bea's diptych "Shades of Tiffany Blue and Gun Metal Grey" for her archetype working woman

Bea's Installation at Cleo's will take on a whole new perspective if you take a trip inside, but we'll save that for you to see in person

Corey's Installation at Home & Planet has a beautiful presence when lit at night

Corey's piece, by day from across the road

On opening night Corey did a performance, adding to her piece "Woven" while telling stories and carrying on traditions for her archetype of Matriarch

Merissa's Installation "Strength, Warmth, Energy, Energy, Energy"

Merissa's piece is a mobile above, constantly rotating powered by a small motor

At night, the silk backdrop colors create a whole new sense of scale

The progression forward of the mobile, as it moves above the grounded stump, telling the story of Persephone, and the idea of balance

Notice the graceful movement of the bottom most arm of the mobile, as it glides past the towers on the stump, epitomizing the archetype of multi-tasker mother

Massie's piece, "Untitled" captures the ideal of Scitentist Warrior

The mixed media portrait above, on a found table top, the cabinet below, holing the ephemera of a life well lived

Massie's piece, tucked away on the wall

Meghan's portraits, hung at Marla Duran's

Two of the portraits on the right, using traditionally feminine craft techniques to represent the archetype of Women of War

The three remaining portraits on the left

Meghan's Quilted Portrait "Revolutionary War- Water Woman"

The Quilled Portrait "Civil War - Bandage Rollers"

The Embroidered Portrait " World War I - Red Cross Nurse"

The Knitted Portrait "World War II - Factory Worker"

The Pressed Flowers & Leaves Portrait "Iraq War, Soldier"

The ladies relax, and have an enjoyable moment, once the show is done

Here is some info...

I don't have any imagery for you right now but here is a little of what I have collected as background and press release information for my piece...

Merissa Sincavage Seminara

"Multi-Tasker Mother"

Strength, Warmth, Energy, Energy, Energy

Silk, Acorns, Buttons, Wood, Leaves?, Wool, Cotton, Stainless Steel, Dyes, Pigments, Wax...

There are 2 components to this piece.

Both of them have objects, existing or created, symbolizing "strength, warmth and energy".

The hanging piece is a mobile representing air, heaven, future, creativity, thoughts, imagination.

The standing portion stands for earth, bound, stable, balance, grounded.

The piece developed from reading the myth of Persephone... and looking at the balancing she had to do between the worlds... heaven, earth, underworld. This resonated with me. I feel like a mother/multi tasker has this kind of juggling act.

masculine vs feminine and materials--

Well, my work tends to be very autobiographical. I seem to sick to what I know and who do I know best? myself (most of the time), a women, artist, mother, human... this is the work that I always seem most proud of and connected to. I love to make beautiful things and for others to view them the same but life is not always pretty and so neither is my art.

This piece is still very much about me but is outside my comfort zone in the fact that it is three dimensional. I tend to work 2D sticking to one surface and building on it in layers through surface design techniques. Strength, Warmth, Energy, Energy, Energy emerged on its own ,seemingly to me in the beginning. But has come to make some sense as a wade through all the materials I have been drawn to, the techniques I am employing, and life I have been experiencing. The materials have been chosen based on intrigue and my necessity to create objects that are symbols for key things in my life. These symbols are my own creation but with the knowledge that some of these objects already have strong symbolism, which I will try to be build upon and grow. I am going to use my objects to build three dimensional layers to stick to something that is familiar to me.

The piece grew from one piece, the mobile(1st component) to two after laboring over the idea of cyclical life. Persephone's life and how cyclical it was made sense and seems to be how most life is lead now. Day to day, beginning to end, life to death. Everything seems to have a start and and a finish. I wanted to be able to illustrate that idea in this work. It will be present in the gradation of color. This is something that is very obvious to me in the change of the seasons. Color changes, temperature shifts, life/daily chores change... another link to the myth of Persephone and and her seasonal life changes.

The grounded piece(2nd component) is an extension to the idea of cycle. The color gradation will continue through this piece linking them together but in some ways it does have a masculine feel to it. It will hold objects that are heavier, darker and more masculine in feel. It is more about strength, which in society tends to be a more masculine trait. So, that is my only link to masculine I am feeling/ feeling at the moment but my work really tends to evolve, especially this piece, so more may come up. I will let you know.

I hope you were able to take something away from all of this and make sense of it.

Happy New Year!

Progress

Well, it is the second day of 2010 and already it is 100% better than 2009. I was happy to host 3 One Stone Collective members and their families for a traditional sauerkraut meal. To be blessed with good food and good friends is something I'm eternally grateful for. And this little holiday vacation has been the best gift. I spent some time in PA with family and was able to come back to Brooklyn refreshed and inspired. I even got in some much cherished studio time. The second 'net' is well underway and things are looking lively. It's not the easiest to photograph so bear with...but I think you can get an idea of what's developing. Until soon...peace and wellness...