Think on these things...

What does this picture have to do with my project? Nothing! I just like it. Of course, I do some of my best, most creative thinking while driving tractors. Also, this is an example of Carolyn's amazing talents as a photographer.

         I am eager to get started constructing my compass but am still in the collection stage.

         As a fan of black holes and all things space related, I second Timi's BRILLIANT idea stated in her first blog post.

        What do other people think?

-Massie

Denver Blog

Perhaps we should investigate black holes and/or outer space as a future theme for the collective...I would absolutely dig it. As a far away member of the group, I am excited to join the blog so I can feel connected! I have many ideas swirling aroung concerning the artwork, which I believe will be a figurative sculpture. Carolyn has contacted me and we have agreed to collaborate, which is a truly fetching idea. I think Carolyn and I may be in parallel dimensions with Massie as our portal. That's my silly way of saying we know all about each other through Massie but have never met. I loved Carolyn's website, and that has given me some indications about apprpriate imagery, although I am sure I will twist things to be a bit darker. The sculpture will be mixed media, beginning at the bottom with patent leather black mary janes and transforming into other materials as it grows upward. Carolyn's work will inspire the direction from there, and I plan to incorporate her text into the sculpture itself. Oh yes, the theme: her heart is a compass...I think she is lost.

TIME CHANGE!

OSC meeting on February 15th has been changed from noon to 2:00 pm at the Oak & Iris.

Rotating, rotating...

The first theme for our first group art show is COMPASS. After discarding my first idea (making a compass with which to navigate a black hole assuming that we had some sort of vessel that would not immediately be sucked into the vortex) I have become fixated on the idea of making a gyroscopic moral compass. I've sketched it out and have begun gathering materials for it's making. I can't wait! I can't wait to see what everyone else is working on at our next meeting in February.

-Massie

Beginnings

It seems a good time to begin something new, and so I am happy to introduce The One Stone Women's Art Collective at the Grail.  (It's kind of a mouthful, I know.) 

We had our second meeting on Saturday, January 10th, and despite the snowstorm, there were six of us in attendance.  So let me introduce them:

Massie 

Carolyn

Merissa

Meghan

Tink

Marcie

Those who were not there but who will be participating:

Timi

Heather 

I've tried to add their website where they exist but there will be lots of pictures coming soon.  

 For as long as I have been out of school I have had various conversations with friends about creating an artist's collective. We daydreamed of barns and garret studios, we spoke of classes and salons, we created shows in our heads, sometimes we even held classes in living rooms but for the most part they never became more then ideas. It's a hard thing to create within the boundaries of work and life. For a lot of us, there just never seems to be enough time or money. The shows I participated in with Katrina and at Rock, Paper, Scissors in Oakland inspired me to keep looking for an opportunity to make some of those daydreams a reality. My decision to stay here at the Grail was in large part due to their commitment to help us get the collective off the ground. Given the green light and the guideline that the members must be women (part of the mission of the Grail is to support women,) Massie and I were unsure at first on how to go about starting this adventure. We turned to the place were the ideas first began; with our friends. I am excited to be working alongside so many amazing artists to create our first show, it's a little intimidating actually. And so, I am busy researching vintage compass quilts, night skies, and tall ships.  I look forward to February and the next meeting where I get to see what everyone else has been up to. 

- Marcie

 

Artist Bio- Heather Sincavage

Heather Sincavage earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia, and her Master of Fine Arts Degree from the School of Art at University of Washington in Seattle.

Throughout her career, Heather has received numerous awards, commissions, and residencies. In 2009, she was proud to accept a full fellowship awarded by Artix Creativo Espacio in Zaragoza, Spain, where a selected amount of work now resides under Artix management. She also is a multiple award recipient of the Pennsylvania Partner’s in the Arts Project Stream Grant. In 2007, she welcomed a fellowship for a one month residency at the Vermont Studio Center.

In addition to Heather’s national and international exhibition roster, her professional career includes extensive teaching in the arts. Presently, she is an Assistant Professor at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA; teaching Two Dimensional and Three Dimensional Design. She also is an Adjunct Professor in the Art, Architecture, & Design Program at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; and an Instructor at the Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA. She also has held teaching positions at Marywood University, Scranton, PA; University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and the Lehigh Valley Arts Council, Allentown, PA.

Heather’s studio can be found at the esteemed Banana Factory Community Art Center in Bethlehem, PA. As part of the artist community, she acts as a Lehigh University Outreach Liaison, where she connects the Banana Factory arts with campus academic departments. Heather resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Visit her website at www.heathersincavage.com


"Pathway"
black & white photo on arches, vellum, graphite, acrylic
24 x 24"
2009


"Resonance"
photo on panel, sugar, acrylic, poplar
29x26"
2009


"Architect's Daughter"
photo on panel, sugar, acrylic, poplar
20x50"
2008


"Beside Her"
photo on panel, sugar, acrylic, poplar
73 x 54"
2009


"Untitled"
photo on panel, sugar, acrylic, poplar
29 x26"
2009


"Looking Back"
photo on panel, sugar, acrylic, poplar
10 x 20"
2009


"Gemini"
photo on panel, sugar, vellum, acrylic, steel wire
5 x 8'
2008

Artist Bio- Katrina Rodabaugh

Katrina Rodabaugh is a writer and artist currently living in Oakland, CA. Her artwork has been shown in such galleries as the San Francisco Center for the Book, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, and The University of Alabama W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library. Her writing has appeared in the press gang, curves, and Stillwater journals and also in letterpress printed broadsides and chapbooks.
She received her MFA in Poetry from Mills College in Oakland, CA where she also worked as a teaching assistant in the Book Arts Studio. She was awarded a writer’s residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2005 and an individual artist grant from the Puffin Foundation in 2009. For information regarding her work and online art shops, visit her blog