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TEN by TEN 2024
It is my third year participating in the very popular TEN by TEN Group Exhibit at Jackson Junge Gallery - Chicago.
My particular challenge as an artist besides making sure that what I submit is exactly 10x10 in size is making the work hangable. Most folks wire their framed art.
My stitched collages are all paper and two sided.
This year I wrapped part of my art to the front securing the thread/string seperately. I hope that it holds strong
The gallery writes:
Jackson Junge Gallery is proud to present its third-annual TEN by TEN exhibition. TEN by TEN is an open-submission exhibition showcasing the work of 275 artists, most being local to the Chicagoland area. The exhibit opens with an artist’s reception on November 8th, 2024, and is slated to close on January 12th, 2025. Admission is free to the public.
TEN by TEN is a yearly celebration of Chicago’s diverse arts community, as well as an opportunity for both emerging artists and seasoned creators to exhibit alongside one another. With each piece in TEN by TEN being a compact 10” x 10”, the show provides a sampling of each artist’s work and an opportunity for art lovers to discover new artists.
This 2024th year I sent this piece along:
Former years I sent these.
I have had the very good fortune to show with this wonderful gallery for 10 years now.
6x6 2024
It is that time of year again where hundreds of local artists submit 6x6 pieces of art to Dakota Art Gallery to fundraise for Allied Arts.
This is I think my 5th year participating now. Maybe it's my 4th.
As always I am impressed by the official hanging of ....or master curation.
Not my skill set!!
These are my submits this 2024th year.
( this was taken before I stitched, bound and applied to my 6x6 tile)
Here are a few from past years.
The event always draws a crowd.
Essence Of Bellingham 2024
These are my 10 image submits this year.
I have submitted each year since 2016.
I will let you know if any of these are awarded something.
2025 Amber The Cat Calendar Ready To Order!
The 2025 calendar with photos of your very favorite feline Amber is now ready to order!
This will be our 6th Calendar
Calendars are $23 local/YOU pu
$35 shipped/media mail/no tracking.
Cost includes printing (on demand), 9% tax ( which i have neglected to charge in years past. ugh )
and shipping if that is required.
Payment is paypal, or venmo. or by check should that works best for you.
Once a payment is received I will notify my local printer and start the process.
Full portfolio here. spec on her nose in image 2 has been removed.
Up To Ten
spring 2024
creative elder bearded cat lady here
i am a narrative photographer. to me that means I capture a narrative that is often every day simple captures. or image groupings that tell stories. folks tell me they know when an image capture is mine. when i hear that. I feel like i have arrived.
when I apply to artist residencies I apply with a focus on collage because i have a project right now that would benefit from a focused and devoted time to it
in general my collage making is prolific
the truth is as an artist if awarded a residency, i come along with both mediums.
participating in a residency is a story. i will tell that story with photography.
that said, and because i take a zillion photos i find it tremendously challenging to share what i do in up to 10 images, but here goes
photography
my last holiday greeting
my dear feline companion amber
local black and white city scape. across the street from my favorite bakery
collage
last year ( 2023 ) i got to the other side of a medical challenge. it is represented creatively with 14 collages titled the kidney series. it hangs permanently at a local gourmet food shop.
mini stitched work. the size of a playing card. originally created to donate to a local free art gallery. the mini's work well on a note card also
recent 9x12 - people project. the box id filled with heads, faces, eyes etc...
9x12 with a binding. people project
before and after 8x8's - people project with binding. these 8x8's are like my mini collages. stitched and working within a boundary. they mimic a quilting technique called crazy quilting. quilts have a binding. i bind my paper pieces the same way. it took me years to perfect this self taught technique.
links and other examples upon request.
Photography = a never ending opportunity to capture visual celebrations.
