Archway Gallery
Upcoming Exhibition Calendar
Upcoming Exhibition Calendar
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July 8 - August 3, 2017
Ninth Annual Juried Exhibition
Benefiting Casa de Esperanza de los Niños
Opening Reception
DATE: Saturday, June 3, 2017
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Juror Remarks and Prize Distribution at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
DATE: Saturday, June 3, 2017
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Juror Remarks and Prize Distribution at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
Archway Gallery is honored to present its Ninth Annual Juried Competition, an opportunity for area artists and non-members of the gallery to participate in an exhibition of works in the beautiful Front Gallery.
This year’s juror is Dr. Fernando Casas, PhD, a prominent artist, lecturer, educator, and philosopher. Casas has exhibited his art in numerous group and solo exhibitions in commercial galleries and museums in Houston, New York City, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Florence, Lima (Peru), La Paz (Bolivia) and Santiago (Chile). In 2003, he was awarded The Premio alla Carriera at the Florence Biennale. Since the 1980’s, Casas has taught and lectured at several universities in South and North America; however, his longest association is with Rice University where he has taught Humanities and Philosophy as Distinguished Lecturer for 20 years. In addition, he lectures regularly at the Women’s Institute of Houston. Among his publications are The Limit of The Visual World (1990), Polar Perspective: A Graphical System for Creating Two-Dimensional Images Representing a World of Four Dimensions (1984), and Flat-Sphere Perspective (1983).
Archway Gallery’s Charity Partner this year is Casa de Esperanza de los Niños (The House of Hope for Children), which is a safe place for children in crisis due to abuse, neglect, or the effects of HIV. It provides residential care and coordinates medical and psychological services according to the needs of each child, striving to break the destructive cycle of child abuse by offering safe homes to children of families in crisis. Its goal is to return physically and emotionally healthy children to stabilized homes where caregivers can safely provide daily care. When family reunification is not possible, Casa de Esperanza is licensed to supervise long-term foster care and adoptive placements. For more information: www.casahope.org
This year’s juror is Dr. Fernando Casas, PhD, a prominent artist, lecturer, educator, and philosopher. Casas has exhibited his art in numerous group and solo exhibitions in commercial galleries and museums in Houston, New York City, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Florence, Lima (Peru), La Paz (Bolivia) and Santiago (Chile). In 2003, he was awarded The Premio alla Carriera at the Florence Biennale. Since the 1980’s, Casas has taught and lectured at several universities in South and North America; however, his longest association is with Rice University where he has taught Humanities and Philosophy as Distinguished Lecturer for 20 years. In addition, he lectures regularly at the Women’s Institute of Houston. Among his publications are The Limit of The Visual World (1990), Polar Perspective: A Graphical System for Creating Two-Dimensional Images Representing a World of Four Dimensions (1984), and Flat-Sphere Perspective (1983).
Archway Gallery’s Charity Partner this year is Casa de Esperanza de los Niños (The House of Hope for Children), which is a safe place for children in crisis due to abuse, neglect, or the effects of HIV. It provides residential care and coordinates medical and psychological services according to the needs of each child, striving to break the destructive cycle of child abuse by offering safe homes to children of families in crisis. Its goal is to return physically and emotionally healthy children to stabilized homes where caregivers can safely provide daily care. When family reunification is not possible, Casa de Esperanza is licensed to supervise long-term foster care and adoptive placements. For more information: www.casahope.org
Call for Artists
Our Ninth Annual Juried Exhibition in July
Our Ninth Annual Juried Exhibition in July
August
On the Verge: Paintings by Susan Spjut and Photography by Michael Bonagurio
Opening Reception: August 4, 5 - 8 p.m.
On the Verge puts the focus on endangered animals and is a tribute to the work that zoos do in caring for animals and educating the public with a special nod to the Houston Zoo which has been a source of inspiration to Spjut. Many species are endangered, extinct in the wild, or extinct altogether. Once a species is gone, it is gone forever, therefore, Spjut uses her art to help raise awareness of this threat, as human existence relates to all life forms on our planet. Michael Bonagurio’s nature photography is a complementary balance to Susan Spjut’s exquisite animal paintings.
On the Verge: Paintings by Susan Spjut and Photography by Michael Bonagurio
Opening Reception: August 4, 5 - 8 p.m.
On the Verge puts the focus on endangered animals and is a tribute to the work that zoos do in caring for animals and educating the public with a special nod to the Houston Zoo which has been a source of inspiration to Spjut. Many species are endangered, extinct in the wild, or extinct altogether. Once a species is gone, it is gone forever, therefore, Spjut uses her art to help raise awareness of this threat, as human existence relates to all life forms on our planet. Michael Bonagurio’s nature photography is a complementary balance to Susan Spjut’s exquisite animal paintings.
September
Water and Wood: Opposites Attract
Cookie Wells and Tom Wells
Opening Reception: September 9, 5 - 8 p.m.
Cookie Wells goes into the woods with her colorful, evocative figures. Since Cookie has invited her husband, Tom Wells, woodworker and furniture maker to join her in this exhibition; she intends to work with trees and interpret the trees as figures in nature.
Tom's furniture has as beautiful lines and interesting textures as Cookie's figures have. Both Cookie and Tom are passionate about their work and both are passionate about nature. Two different visions, two elements and two passions come together in a new experience for both artists.
Water and Wood: Opposites Attract
Cookie Wells and Tom Wells
Opening Reception: September 9, 5 - 8 p.m.
Cookie Wells goes into the woods with her colorful, evocative figures. Since Cookie has invited her husband, Tom Wells, woodworker and furniture maker to join her in this exhibition; she intends to work with trees and interpret the trees as figures in nature.
Tom's furniture has as beautiful lines and interesting textures as Cookie's figures have. Both Cookie and Tom are passionate about their work and both are passionate about nature. Two different visions, two elements and two passions come together in a new experience for both artists.
October
Embraced by the Void
Mexican Painter, Cecilia Villanueva, Interprets Vacuum in Architecture
Opening Reception: October 6, 5 - 8 p.m.
Few lines, very few architectural structures on the verge of the void. Cecilia Villaneuva is painting a path to a dark yet necessary space, the vacuum. An architectonical space she found, almost by accident, in cities all over the world.
Embraced by the Void
Mexican Painter, Cecilia Villanueva, Interprets Vacuum in Architecture
Opening Reception: October 6, 5 - 8 p.m.
Few lines, very few architectural structures on the verge of the void. Cecilia Villaneuva is painting a path to a dark yet necessary space, the vacuum. An architectonical space she found, almost by accident, in cities all over the world.
November
THE GREAT GODDESS: Becky Soria
Opening Reception: November 4, 5 - 8 p.m.
Throughout my career as an artist, I have been exploring the physicality of human bodies, specially a woman’s body, as a primary source of inspiration. I am concerned with intense and perhaps primordial emotions, bodily states and peak experiences. My language is minimally representational; I use basic body shapes, shading into an emotionally rendered abstraction.
THE GREAT GODDESS: Becky Soria
Opening Reception: November 4, 5 - 8 p.m.
Throughout my career as an artist, I have been exploring the physicality of human bodies, specially a woman’s body, as a primary source of inspiration. I am concerned with intense and perhaps primordial emotions, bodily states and peak experiences. My language is minimally representational; I use basic body shapes, shading into an emotionally rendered abstraction.
December
Wild Abandon: Featuring turned wood containers by Thomas Irven and paintings by Margaret Miller
Opening Reception: December 2, 5 - 8 p.m.
Thomas’s elegant and whimsical forms are embellished with a variety of detail. Surface texture is added or polished away into a glowing, satiny finish. Eccentrically turned finials and legs add personality to hollow containers. In this show Thomas explores yet another new technique: thin strips of wood are laminated, then bent to the specific curve needed to embellish the piece it is applied to.
Joining Thomas in this exhibit is Margaret Miller. Her oil paintings investigate a range of emotion, expressed through the use of color, tone, light and brushstroke. She works from sketches and photographs made in natural settings. In her studio, each painting takes on its own identity as Margaret allows bursts of color to emerge through previous layers of paint, eliciting a sense of atmospheric surprise. With more blended tones, tranquility prevails.
Wild Abandon: Featuring turned wood containers by Thomas Irven and paintings by Margaret Miller
Opening Reception: December 2, 5 - 8 p.m.
Thomas’s elegant and whimsical forms are embellished with a variety of detail. Surface texture is added or polished away into a glowing, satiny finish. Eccentrically turned finials and legs add personality to hollow containers. In this show Thomas explores yet another new technique: thin strips of wood are laminated, then bent to the specific curve needed to embellish the piece it is applied to.
Joining Thomas in this exhibit is Margaret Miller. Her oil paintings investigate a range of emotion, expressed through the use of color, tone, light and brushstroke. She works from sketches and photographs made in natural settings. In her studio, each painting takes on its own identity as Margaret allows bursts of color to emerge through previous layers of paint, eliciting a sense of atmospheric surprise. With more blended tones, tranquility prevails.
Upcoming in 2018
| Jan | Joel Anderson | Jul | Annual Juried Exhibition |
| Feb | T Smith | Aug | Michael Mistric |
| Mar | Isabelle Perreau (FotoFest) | Sept | Barbara Able |
| Apr | Larry Garmezy (FotoFest) | Oct | Kevin Cromwell |
| May | Diane Fraser | Nov | John Slaby |
| Jun | Silvia PintoSouza | Dec | Trudy Askew |
