If you still need a gift for that special someone,
Essex Studios’ Art Walk might have just what you’re looking for.
Four times a year, Essex Studios in Walnut Hills hosts Art Walk, which opens the studios to the public and gives the community an opportunity to see and buy local art. This quarter’s Art Walk features work from impressionistic to contemporary abstract paintings, art glass and contemporary ceramics. There will also be a photographic installation by guest artist Tim Freeman that financially supports
Village Life Outreach Project.
Along with the 120 artists that will contribute to Art Walk,
Art Circle will have their work on display and for sale this weekend. Thirteen artists from Art Circle collaborated to produce a unique project: DELICIOUS!—The Art of Food.
DELICIOUS! is a set of 4”x5” cards of watercolors and colored pencil drawings of images related to food. There’s even a recipe on the back of each card that incorporates a depicted ingredient. The recipes are among some of the artists’ favorites, says Connie Springer, publicist and Art Circle member.
“We usually collaborate on calendars, but this year, we decided to create something that wasn’t tied to a specific date so people could enjoy the artwork and recipes for many years to come,” says Springer.
Even though DELICIOUS! is a collaboration, each image is a representation of the different styles and talents of each artist. Some pieces are super-realistic, and others are more impressionistic, says Springer.
Art Circle is a group of 16 watercolor and colored pencil artists who meet weekly at Essex Studios to share painting time and camaraderie. Art Circle began in 2004 in Wyoming, Ohio, as a gathering of some of Pat Painer’s former students from the
Wyoming Fine Arts Center. In 2009, the group moved to join more than 120 other artists at Essex Studios.
The 13 Art Circle members who contributed to DELICIOUS! are Clair Breetz, Amy Bryce, Margie Carleton, Sherry Goodson, Jan Glaser, Autumn Huron, Gay Isaacs, Mary Jo Sage, Nandita Baxi Sheth, Deb Shelton, Betty Smith, Connie Springer and Vivian Talley.
DELICIOUS! items are available for purchase in two formats: a spiral-bound mini-book that can be shelved with other cookbooks, or a set of loose cards that can be slipped into family recipe books.
Besides the physical art, Art Walk will have refreshments, including some of the appetizer-type recipes from DELICIOUS! But if you can’t make it to Art Walk, you can find DELICIOUS! at the holiday gift shops at the
Kennedy Heights Art Center and the
Baker-Hunt Art and Cultural Center in Covington.
Art Walk is this Friday and Saturday from 6 to 11 pm, but the Art Circle studio (Studio 122), closes at 10 pm.
By Caitlin Koenig
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