Save these dates for June at the Strawbridge Art League

            Some events in June 2017

Monday, the 5th - SAL Board Meeting 6:30pm  at the Gallery 

      Monday, the 5th—Take-in for “High Seas”

2-4 and 6-8pm at the Gallery

      Friday, the 9th - Downtown Melbourne’s Friday Fest and “High Seas”

exhibit reception 6-9 pm at the SAL Gallery

   Saturday, June 17th -Downtown Melbourne’s next Art & Wine Walk.

Be sure to sign up. Call Kathy for more information.

A Tribute to Elizabeth Kaufmann by Kathy McElhinny

Our beloved Elizabeth Kaufmann passed away last night (5/25) from cancer. I can't tell you how hard it is to write that sentence. She truly LIVED. Her beautiful soul lit up every room she entered and we would joke about how she was always surrounded by people at parties. You just wanted to be with her. Her artwork! Her amazing artwork filled with hidden images and fantasy landscapes with bright colors and such detail! Her art at the Christmas gift exchanges was so coveted..that really tickled her. Elizabeth and her fellow artist husband Dave are a big reason that there IS a Gallery part of Strawbridge Art League. Their commitment to be one of our "Gallery founding fathers" helped get us out of the Henegar and on our own feet. They have supported us ever since. I hope we continue to make you proud, Elizabeth. You are so loved and will be sorely missed 

Spotlight on Sheri Hughes

For those of you who haven't heard, I'm so sorry to inform you that Sheri Hughes passed away last night. The world has lost a great artist and a wonderful person. Her art will live on and will remind us all of her giving nature and her love of wildlife.
 
Sheri won many awards throughout the country for her wildlife paintings. She photographed wildlife for many years then used those photographs as inspiration for her beautiful paintings. Her devotion to wildlife was evident in every painting.  

She will be greatly missed. We offer comfort to her family and friends.

Spotlight is on Lori Knerick

Spotlight: Lori Knerick

Who: Bio from Lori

I feel lucky - growing up in NYC - we were exposed to art at an early age through neighborhood revitalization programs.  As children we painted murals on playground statues, sidewalks and barrels. And took walking tours of the city with cameras - then came back to free classrooms and learned how to develop them.  In college, I took many art classes but majored in cultural anthropology where I also studied museum exhibit display. This gave me my interest in primitive art - and my first serious exploration in art was in clay. 

What medium do you prefer and why?

These days I like mixed media, clay and altered photography. I still like clay because it is so tactile- and have recently begun to do clay works after a long while.

What inspires or motivates you to create your art and what does your art mean to you?

I like to capture things with my art - but make it into what I feel it should look like - not what it does look like.

What makes your art unique?

 
I first did altered photography before there were so many apps around that everyone began to use. I would spend many hours and days on one piece working on it and changing it.  Those are still some of my favorite pieces. I feel my art takes me along. I usually start out with an idea, but along the way it almost always takes me in different directions as we move along together

 Please stop by the Strawbridge Art Leauge and Gallery to see more of Lori Knerick's work. The gallery is located at 819-2 Strawbridge Avenue; Melbourne, Florida.

Haley Luttrell will demo paper sculpture at theStrawbridge Art League General Meeting

 On Tuesday, January 17th, starting at 6:00 pm

at the SAL Gallery, Haley Luttrell will demonstrate paper sculpture at the general membership meeting...

 

Haley says, “Paper sculpture has become very popular in the last few years. The availability of printed and textured papers in the scrapbook section of art and craft stores has transformed the medium and made it more accessible. You can use it for simple greeting cards, pop-up cards, ornaments, illustrations, artwork or combine it with collage or multi-media to add texture and raised or 3-d effects.

 

She will demo ideas on manipulating paper as well as the ultimate shortcut for turning a photo into collage/paper sculpture without cutting up your original photocopy or sketch.”

 

You won't want to miss this demo.... Come to the Strawbridge Art League and Gallery at 6pm on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. The gallery is located at 819-2 Strawbridge Avenue; Historic Downtown Melbourne.