Above and Below the Line
The Maine Drawing Project at The Palmina F. & Stephen S. Pace Galleries of Art, Fryeburg Academy
curated by Deborah Whitney

March 26 - April 29, 2011

Artist Reception March 26th, 1--3pm

brunch fare and musical entertainment

The Maine Drawing Project, a statewide visual arts initiative, developed by the Maine Curator's Group, represents a unique collaboration. As part of the project, museums and galleries across Maine will offer exhibitions that focus on the process of drawing and how artists use it as a vehicle for creating diverse forms of visual expression.

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check out the Jan/Feb issue of Maine Home + Design.

I'm included in The Canvas article called "Interstices: Found & Formed" by Annaliese Jakimides.

PAPERWORKS 2011

  A National Exhibition Juried by New Orleans Curator and Gallerist, Mia Kaplan

 The Art Gallery at the University of West Florida, Pensacola
  January 6, 2011 – February 3, 2011
  Opening Reception: Thursday, January 13th, 2011 6-8pm

The Paperworks 2011 Exhibition catalog is now available online! Follow the link below.

PAPERWORKS 2011 Exhibition Catalog

Congratulations to Paperworks 2011 Award Winners:

* Purchase Award // Sage Lewis, Shatter Shimmer Drawing 1, (2010) Ink and thread on paper

* Honorable Mention // Angela Driscoll, Pirates versus Dolphins, (2009) Artist Book: paper and graphite

* Honorable Mention // Stacy Elko, Items for a Weary Planet: Good Grid, (2008) Linocuts on paper embedded with cane

* Honorable Mention // Marie Hannigová Lee, Cool Coloratura, (2010) Ink and gouache on paper

For many centuries, paper and paper-like materials such as vellum and papyrus have served as a central medium for artists.  The Paperworks exhibition explores the endless manipulation of paper-based art whether serving as a canvas or as the primary medium for the work itself.  The exhibition features twenty-one works from thirteen national artists.  An exhibition catalog and juror’s essay will be available for download soon!

The juror, Mia Kaplan, is an independent curator and the founding director of AMMO, a curatorial company representing artists in New Orleans, Lousiana. Kaplan organizes exhibitions of emerging and established contemporary artists and has worked with internationally respected institutions, including the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Louisiana Artworks, Centre for the Living Arts (Space 301) in Mobile, AL, among others. Her curatorial work and the exhibitions she has presented have received acclaim in both Artforum and Artpapers. As a regular guest speaker, she has spoken at the University of New Orleans, Louisiana Artworks, The Arts Council of New Orleans, YAYA, Amite City Schools, Memphis City Schools, among others.

All events are free and open to the public.  For more information contact Amy Bowman, Director, TAG UWF at artgallery@uwf.edu or 850.474.2696.  TAG is located on the University of West Florida’s campus in The Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, Pensacola, Florida.

The Art Gallery at the University of West Florida seeks to challenge, stimulate and engage students and the greater public through direct interaction with works of contemporary art.

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I have a new wall installation in the front window of SPACE Gallery at 538 Congress St. in Portland.

Interference Blue, 2010
needles, thread, netting, and fabric on wall
109 x 160 inches

on view Friday 12.31.2010 through Saturday 01.29.2011

Three of my Shatter Shimmer Drawings made from ink and thread on paper, but based on the three-dimensional Shatter Shimmer wall installation I made for the exhibition Home Work, will be included in this show:

Drawing in the Expanded Field at the Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University
October 6--November 12, 2010

An exhibition of work that engages drawing issues but transcends the traditions of drawing practice to sustain new debates about extending drawing and linear parameters.

Three of my Shatter Shimmer Drawings made from ink and thread on paper, but based on the three-dimensional Shatter Shimmer wall installation I made for the exhibition Home Work, will be included in this show:

Drawing in the Expanded Field at the Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University
October 6--November 12, 2010

An exhibition of work that engages drawing issues but transcends the traditions of drawing practice to sustain new debates about extending drawing and linear parameters.

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I'll be participating in a steamroller print-off on September, 11, 2010 organized by Pickwick Independent Press and SPACE Gallery's Block Party taking over the arts district of Portland in the best way possible.

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check out April's issue of Maine Home + Design

I'm included in the listing of 60 of Maine's Most Collectible Artists

October!

Home Work
opening Oct. 2

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I'm participating in 2 exhibitions this summer:
The Business of Art at University of New England Art Gallery in Portland
June 17 – September 2, 2009

and a group show at the ArtSpace at the Tunbridge Public Library in Tunbridge, Vermont
June 19-August 15th, 2009

In April, we hosted a successful evening of open studios for the Contemporaries, a group of youngish art supporters started by the Portland Museum of Art. You can see some pictures and read about the event on Avery Kamila's blog, In a Snap.

"Here's Sage Lewis in her studio space. You can see a few of her intricate works on the wall, which she creates using techniques including ink on paper and embroidery. Her work was included in last year's Biennial at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport."

 

Whitney Art Works Presents, December, a vivacious collection of artwork by Whitney Art Works artists. The exhibition will be on view from December 3rd – 20th, 2008. An opening reception will be held on December 5th from 5-8pm during the First Friday Art Walk. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 12-6 or by appointment.

The gallery will be draped with a dazzling array of works in various media and scales. The show will be a whimsical medley of witty, provocative, and dynamic works that would make an unforgettable and unique holiday gift. Please join us for this festive occasion.

December will feature works by:
Alex Sax, Allison Cooke Brown, Rebecca FitzPatrick, Eirene Efstathiou, Jim Mahoney, Judith Allen, Jeff Badger, Henry Wolyniec, Lucinda Bliss, Lydia Badger, Melinda Barnes, Patrick O’Rorke, Richard Hutchins, Sage Lewis, Sam Van Aken, Shoshannah White, Aaron T Stephan, and Yeshe Parks.
www.whitneyartworks.com for more information


THE ARTIST STUDIO Opens Doors for First Friday Art Walk!
 
Friday December 5th
536 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Doors open at 5pm. Free.
 
Over 30 local artists open their studio doors to share recent works. Don't miss amazing art, live music and refreshments.
 
Artists:  Stephen Benenson, Tim Burns, Hilary Irons, Eric Hou, Sage Lewis, Elizabeth Chapman, Jennifer Christian, Kevin Moquin, Carol Morrisette, Carroll Berg, Michael Hickey, Patrick O'Rorke, Lucinda Bliss, Greg Day, Catherine Lo, John Knight, Tina Purves, Kate Cleaves, Roz Gross, Tim Keeshen, Shoshannah White, John McVeigh, Richard Keen, Greta Bank, Joe Begnaud, Tim Clorius, Michelle Souliere, Kimmy Convery, Martha Miller, Kelly McConnell, Sean Newton, Lisa Pixley

 

These three pieces will be included in Small Wonders on view at the Maryland Federation of Art's Circle Gallery in Annapolis from December 2-27th.

 
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These two works were featured in the 2008 Biennial Juried Exhibition at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport, on view August 9th through October 4th, 2008.

There is a catalogue published for this exhibition.

This piece was included in the juried exhibition Works of Art on Paper at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies, New Jersey. The show was on view June 21--July 14, 2008

 
Ink and Blackwork Doily, 2006ink and thread on paper, 6 x 8 inches

Ink and Blackwork Doily, 2006

ink and thread on paper, 6 x 8 inches