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2010 Crossroads Art Center Show Schedule

March 2010

Indoor Art Walk and Artist Reception - Friday, March 19th, 6:00 PM-9:00 PM Admittance to the Art Center is FREE! Guests will have time to view all of the featured art while enjoying a drink Shows open with a from the cash bar and food from Sticks Kebob Shop and The Melting Pot, a fondue restaurant. Come enjoy a night of art and fellowship Friday at the Crossroads Art Center Indoor Art Walk and Open House. Live music is by Darryl Ellyson of the River City Blues Society.
Proceeds from the Beverage Sales and the Bustin Out For Breast Cancer Silent Auction will benefit The Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation (VBCF).

Juror for March All Media Show is Susan Stuller, NWS.
Susan Stuller is a recognized national and local artist and instructor. She has won many awards in national and regional watercolor exhibitions. She is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, Southern Watercolor Society, Baltimore Watercolor Society, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Virginia Watercolor Society, and Missouri Watercolor Society.

Her work can be found in North Light's Splash 10 Book "Passionate Brushstrokes" as well as the yet to be released Splash 11 "New Directions". She was a finalist in the Artist Magazine's 23rd Annual Still Life Competition.

Susan currently teaches 4 painting classes a week at Crossroads Art Center. While her first love is water media, her classes are mixed media with students working in watercolor, acrylic or oil. She stresses design and composition as well as technical ability. To see more of Susan's work please visit www.susanstuller.com

Featured artists will be Rhonda Henry (Rhen), Frances Wessell, ..as well as artists participating in Nimrod Hall Artist Show and the Bustin' Out For Breast Cancer Silent Auction. Of course, we will also have local artists participating in March's "All Media Show" and the Crossroads "Members Only" Show.
Show Dates: March 19th - May 12th

On top of that we will also be featuring The Haiti Relief Effort by partnering with AT Home Care and Physicians for Peace to Collect Donations and Therapy Equipment the night of the art opening!!

Featured Artists:
Caboose Gallery: Rhonda Henry (Rhen)

The Coltrane Collection:
In 2005 Henry applied for and won a grant through the High Point Arts Council to do a series of paintings depicting the works and life of John Coltrane. The collection is now over 21 pieces and is biographical, political, tragic as well as ironic. In short, a perfect metaphor for Coltranes life. Henry knows that no one person can quite capture the essence of Coltrane. She hopes that the collection will inspire everyone especially young people, but more importantly she hopes that they will just listen to music. She likes to point out that, "Its the music that matters, its what makes Coltrane immortal, but truthfully its really all about love...love supreme."

"When I paint, I try and find new meanings in color, texture and shape. I don't paint so much as I observe. Like Neruda, I search for moonlines, apple pathways."
An avid music fan, Henry remembers the day she first heard Coltrane's, "Love Supreme" album. "It was like all of John's spirituality and verve were speaking directly to my soul, and when he played his music, I saw images, shapes, colors. It was one of the most singularly profound moments of my life," Henry recalled. She didn't know then that her fellow High Pointer's life would intersect with hers, but she became a fan of his music and an avid collector of all things Coltrane." It was during this phase of her life that Ms. Henry began searching for a style. She loved oils and watercolors and showed quite an affinity for bright colors. Skillfully integrating aspects of the African experience through figures, and textiles into her vibrant paintings, Henry continued to produce exciting albeit eclectic works, still searching for a distinctive style that she could lay claim to. One day while listening to Coltrane's, "Alabama" Henry began to sob. "The music cut right through me," she would later say. It was at that instant that she knew that she would paint Coltrane's music. She would begin another journey. She felt that since they were both fellow High Pointers that she was uniquely qualified to represent him visually.

Studio One: Bustin' Out for Breast Cancer
Creative Bras - Silent Auction

The Bustin’ Out for Breast Cancer is a charity event. Part of the proceeds from the event will benefit The Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation (VBCF) and several other nonprofit groups involved in Breast Cancer Awareness. Go to Entry Page for more information.
Bra Entries are to be delivered to The Crossroads Art Center during business hours Wednesday, March 9th – Saturday, March 12th

Rhoda MacCallum Gallery:
Nimrod Hall Group Show
Artists
Nimrod Hall is the perfect haven for the visual artist. Having been site of an artist workshop for the past 14 years, Nimrod Hall has proved itself to be an inspiring and uplifting experience for all who have attended. The Arts Program for the visual artist is four weeks geared toward people who are not looking for formal instruction, but who want the time, in a stress-free environment, to create art among peers and resident artists. Each week will offer an artist-in-residence who is a professional in his or her medium, who will be available for one-on-one consultations as well as lead group critiques. See the attached insert for this year's artists-in-residence. The Arts Program is in the spirit of an art colony, offering colony-like accommodations and serenity in one-week sessions. Each artist will have a private room in one of the cottages and this room will double as a studio. Painting is allowed almost anywhere, and porches seem to be the most inspiring studio space! The rooms are not set up with lighting, so it's wise to bring clamp lights, etc.

Reception Wall: Frances Wessell
Title of show "Wood Works"
" Compositions from another carver's cast-away pieces. " Art can be just plain fun and may even turn out to be beautiful."

Sidecar Gallery:
Haiti Relief Effort at Art Show
AT Home Care and Physicians for Peace
to Collect Donations and Therapy Equipment
For Clinics in Haiti

RICHMOND, VA - Crossroads Art Center will be the site for a fundraiser/collection for Physicians for Peace's Haiti relief effort. The event will take place March 19th from 6 to 9:00 pm at the Crossroads Art Center on Staples Mill Road, in conjunction with their monthly art opening. AT Home Care Physical Therapist and Amputee Specialist, David Lawrence, will speak about the Walking Free Program in Haiti, how the clinic was severely damaged and what the public can do to help aid in its rebuilding. AT Home Care has held a Limb Drive each spring for the past 7 years which collects used prosthetic limbs and orthotic devices as well as walkers and wheelchairs. The prosthetics are then disassembled and used for the Physicians for Peace's Walking Free program in developing countries such as Jordan, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Turkey, Guatemala and Philippines. This event was moved up due to the immediate need of the Haitians.

The Walking Free ambassadors are focusing on raising money for the center in Haiti which was destroyed and left several employees dead. Their goal is to rebuild as well as add on an inpatient facility that can take care of the overwhelming number of new amputees. The days after the earthquake, medics saw an average of 70 amputations being performed daily. Though the pace has slowed, the need for equipment and rehabilitation training and care has skyrocketed.

"Walking Free" was developed by AT Home Care's physical therapist, David A. Lawrence, in 2002, by partnering with Physicians for Peace, to provide the much needed equipment as well as to set up sustainable rehabilitation centers in these countries. The group's goal of long-term sustainability includes education and training, patient care, business support, and assistance with access to supplies. Success is measured when the clinics are able to not only operate on their own, but are able to expand their business and patient care," emphasizes Lawrence. "This is a wonderful way to reuse these devices and help those who would otherwise not have the chance to become independent and functioning members of their community", exudes Lawrence. "It also creates jobs for people whose chances of employment are very limited."

Your donation could change the life of an amputee living in another part of the world. For more information call AT Home Care at 804 359-3400 ext 1211, Carrie Dorsey at carrie.dorsey@athomecare.com or Mary Kwazniewski at Physicians for Peace at 757 625-7569 or mkwasnie@physiciansforpeace.org.

Crossroads Art Center is located at 2016 Staples Mill Road and hosts a variety of artists. 804 278-8950 may be dialed for any questions.

AT Home Care is the largest, full service, independent home health care agency in Virginia with branches in Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Tri Cities and Richmond.
Physicians For Peace is an international, humanitarian, nonprofit and medical education organization based in Norfolk.

Gallery 1: March All Media Show
More Information on the show to come!

May 2010

Indoor Art Walk and Artist Reception Date: May 21st 6pm - 9pm
Music: Quiet Step Ensemble
Nonprofit Sponsor: Dooley Noted Society
Show Dates: May 21st - July 7th

Featured Artists:
Reception Wall: VCU Intercultural Artist
Sidecar Gallery: Maymont Paint Out/ Photo Shoot
Rhoda MacCallum Gallery: All Media Show
Gallery 1: Watercolor Society Group Show
Caboose Gallery: David Tanner
Studio 1: Mollie Vardell

Mollie Vardell - "Golden Fields"
Artists' Statement

I have always been drawn to art and creating things. Starting out as an art major in college, I switched majors and enjoyed a fulfilling career in interior architecture and design. After retiring from the field about five years ago, my love of art has come full circle to art and oil painting in particular. The process of painting for me is a journey. It takes me out of my day-to-day routine and absorbs me in entirety. It brings passion and joy with plenty of frustration mixed in for good measure. It makes me stretch. It makes me grow. And it is a constant challenge. Every day is different.

While initially starting off with still life as my subject, my current painting is focused on the landscape. After a trip to France in the fall of 2006, I became entranced by the images of the French villages and countryside. Upon my return I painted my first landscape, Cezanne's Atelier where I tried to render the building's rustic texture, the lush greenery, the interesting shadow patterns, and the dappled light. Next I completed about seven other works representing beautiful places in France that touched me. I realized then that I must be totally captivated by a subject before I can paint it with passion. I also realized that I am lucky to be a painter because I better appreciate the beauty that surrounds us. I look harder, I stop to appreciate. Then I wonder how I could possibly convey this beauty on a canvas.

My goals are to continue to paint landscapes that represent the beauty around us. I want to pursue a looser, more impressionistic style and continue to develop paintings with great light and interesting shadow patterns. I want to further develop my skills in a new technique I developed for rendering sky with a vigorous brush stroke and lightness that I call confetti. I want to further my art education because an artist needs to be continually challenged. I also believe there is so much to be learned from the masters and look forward to spending much time in museums. Winston Churchill was an accomplished artist as well as a statesman, and he so compassionately writes, "Painting is a companion with whom one may walk a great part of life's journey." My journey into art continues.

Maymont for May's Opening
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Yes, this year we will be doing the Paint Out/Photography Shoot at Maymont.
We will start earlier this year since we ran into so much trouble with the rain.
We will start on March 31st with a Kick off at Crossroads Art Center.
Please make sure you are registered by March 31st or register at the meeting
which will be held at 10:30am at Crossroads Art Center.
To register -- entry fee is - $30 per artist
You may submit two pieces. Registration is limited to 20 artists.
Make checks payable to: The Crossroads Art Center, 2016 Staples Mill Rd, Richmond, VA 23230
All artwork will need to be dropped off by May 12th.
Click for printable Entry Form - opens to a new window

July 2010

Indoor Art Walk and Artist Reception Date: July 16th
Music: TBA
Nonprofit Sponsor: SPCA
Show Dates: July 16th - September 8th

Featured Artists:
Reception Wall: July All Media Show
Sidecar Gallery: E.B. Kellinger (Liz)
Rhoda MacCallum Gallery: Members Show
Trolley Stop: Craft Mafia
Gallery 1: Kris Krull, www.kriskrull.com
Caboose Gallery: Small Art League
Studio 1: Nancy Varipapa

September 2010

Indoor Art Walk and Artist Reception Date: September 17th
Music: Quiet Step Ensemble Nonprofit Sponsor: ART 180
Show Dates: September 17th - November 10th

Featured Artists:
Reception Wall: To Be Announced
Sidecar Gallery: Gary Bowers, www.garybowers.net
Rhoda MacCallum Gallery: All Media Show
Gallery 1: LG Gallery, www.lqgallery.com
Caboose Gallery: Richmond Collage Society Group Show
Studio 1: Visual Arts Center Clay Guild

November 2010

Indoor Art Walk and Artist Reception Date: November 19th
Music: River City Blues Society
Nonprofit Sponsor: River City Blues Society
Show Dates: November 19th - January

Featured Artists:
Reception Wall: TBA
Sidecar Gallery: Cornwall England Group Show
Rhoda MacCallum Gallery: All Media Show
Gallery 1: Carmen Bernersky
Caboose Gallery: Adele Castillo and Friends Show
Studio 1: Holiday Galleria, Susan Nagle