Alan Vannoy and New Fall Season!

1305 starts its fall season off with the perfect end of summer show! Alan Vannoy's work is like the Fourth of July meets Halloween; creative energy meets lyrical whimsy. His process utilizes imagery and objects from everyday life- things he likes to pick up, collect, and assemble. There's a definite aesthetic to these "items" that immediately calls upon the motifs and color schemes of retro Americana. Primarily using printing techniques to render these different elements into often times layered and interwoven works, the pieces are like bits of early twentieth century illustration and Betty Crocker magazines laid on top of each other, peeled off, and then laid back on top again in reverse. As Vannoy himself says, "My work is past-tense propaganda, a call to reconsider things taken for granted so long ago."

I personally enjoy the work as an artist and curator because making work in my mind is so much about collecting things that inspire you on a daily basis and recalculating their relationships to each other in the studio. Making art and living are one in the same, or should be, and when they successfully fuse in the creation of a piece it seems to create something true and unassuming. In this way Alan Vannoy's work is approachable on a very real down to earth way, it draws you in and gets you to take your shoes off and stay a while. Once it's got you there, the work often unfolds to reveal discussions on very humanistic subjects like love, death, violence, and health.


For more info and to see images of past work check out:
www.vannoyart.com

Final Friday was Rockin' & Benchin'

If you didn't make it out for Final Friday you missed a great night on Main Street! Michelle Red Elk was here telling the stories behind her work, Jeremy Cronk played and sang songs to fill the night, and local artisan Jamie Almand's birch ply bench made its debue at 1305 Gallery!
You can stop in any time to see Michelle's work, and Jamie's bench will be here for your sitting and viewing pleasure. Jamie is newly relocated to Cincinnati and can make this beautiful bench to order! Come check it out and see examples of more of his past work in wood, his pieces are amazing!
Hopefully Jeremy Cronk will be back again to play in the gallery, his guitar and vocal musings were the perfect accent to a perfect night at the gallery!
There are still plenty of pieces left from Michelle's series of 60 works entitled " The Four Directions," but they're going fast. At $150 a piece they're a steal and quite a few of you have already added them to your collections.

Remember the gallery is open Tues-Sat 11-3, and will also be open for the next Second Sundays on Main June 10th from 12-5. For additional information or an appointment outside of gallery hours contact the gallery via email, telephone, post, or blog!

3rd Annual Emmett Benefit

There's never been a better reason to go to the 20th Century Theater in Oakley than this! Come out to support little Emmett, and while doing so get to hear some great musical performances, and buy some art at auction! I'll definitely be donating some things for this event!
So glad it's on a Sunday too! I know all you other restaurant employees can feel me on that!
See you there!

Four Directions

Opening Final Friday, May 25th with a reception from 6-11 pm is "Four Directions."

Made possible by a grant from the Serpent Source Foundation, this exhibition consists of 60 small works by local artist Michelle Red Elk. Each piece is a framed watercolor and graphite rendering of a story or symbol from Native American mythology and history categorized into one of the four directions, with 15 pieces total for each of the directions. The resulting 60 works fill the gallery with a constantly evolving and disintegrating story, something at once personal and philosophical. It is a narrative that is spoken from the artist's own personal history and from the history of the many cultures that make up the people we know as Native Americans. Michelle does not strive to represent everyone or everything in the least, she has taken stories and symbols that have special meaning to her and articulated them in her own hand, with her own signature and sense.
Individually each piece is softly enrapturing with Red Elk's gentle detailed hand, her characterization of forms and shapes, and her exacting but delicate use of color. The meticulous renderings speak of a love for her subject, while the handling of the medium shows a skill well-honed and used freely.
Together these works are completely captivating, and they surround you with songs and stories that seem to speak to each other and to you. When vistiting her small studio and seeing these works surrounding me on the walls I had the feeling I was being pulled into them, that they were taking me over, slowly but surely covering me in their blanket of stories.

I hope you can come experience her work and see what I mean, I'm sure I've only done the work injustice by trying to put into words the effect it has on the viewer.

The exhibition runs through Sunday, June 24th, with a closing reception that evening from 7-9 pm. Gallery hours are Tues- Sat: 11-3, and Second Sunday June 10th from 12-5 pm.

As always, they'll be plenty of good food, good company, and great art when you come out for Final Friday @ 1305!
See you there!

The Duet @ 1305

"The Duet: 2 Years & 2 Ex-boyfriends Later" opens Final Friday April 27th with a colossal Anniversary Party and Art Opening from 6 pm to 2 am that night! This exhibition features new work by yours truly, Lily Mulberry. The show runs through Sunday May 20th, with a closing reception that evening from 7-9 pm.

The work has been begun, finished, reworked, then refinished over quite some time, a lot of the pieces seeing their first days when I was still in undergrad at DAAP. They have all been completed in the last year, many in the last month. In many ways this body of work is an extended phrasing of the work from last year's anniversary show, "Rivers Within." The same imagery and metaphors have resurfaced, but this time instead of a discourse on blood/water and the tragic events that plagued the globe last year, the imagery begins to delve into my personal struggles, my own blood/water.

Bleeding, heartache, distance and pain gradually transform themselves in the work. Social conformity and the rules that govern love and our lives are broken down and battled. Pain and disappointment at the failed prospects we imagine for ourselves, or are supposed to imagine for ourselves, are transformed into promise, destiny, astrological coincidences, and at last immense fulfillment. This description weighs the work, but in reality it is all just more of the same dreamy mixed media rambling I've been pursuing since the beginning of my career outside of school 4 years ago...

For images of work and to view this release online please visit the blog @ www.1305gallery.blogspot.com. I hate to weigh down emails with images.

Please come see this show, it has a lot of my blood mixed up in it, and it would make it really worth while to see all the loyals and nonloyals take a peek into what I've been and become. I live my life on my sleeve and ride by the seat of my pants, so I'll show no embarrassment at the exposition. I'm a sagittarius sun and moon after all, and we don't embarrass very easily. If this doesn't make sense to you come to the opening and I'll print out your chart so you can do some personal reflection while reflecting on my person!

Whatever your astrological makeup, you're all welcome to come and party on Final Friday, where my friend the leo Jess.T.D. will be spinning a special set of music he's mixed just for the show! You can also check out the show on Sunday May 13th for the first of this year's Second Sundays On Main from 12-4 pm. And as always, they'll be lots of good food, good company, and great art at this month's Final Friday!

See you all there!

*image for postcards a detail from "Bad Break," mixed media on wood, 2007.

Final Friday & Gwen Were Smashing!

We made up for the poor turn out last month with a killer Final Friday! Everyone who stopped in was looking and feeling fabulous, save for a few drifters, and the weather was perfect! As you can see, Gwen and her work are fabulous! Stop in before April 22nd if you haven't seen it yet, or if you just got to see it again!

Gwen stays in!

Last month's opening was a bummer! Where was everyone? Well whoever didn't make it out really missed out on another fantastic evening, this time with Gwendolyn Magee and her work. We're going to try one more time to give you all an opportunity to see the work, so you better not screw it up! Just kidding! Gwen's stayin in till the anniversary show goes up at the end of April, so please stop by Final Friday, March 30th from 6-11 or during regular gallery hours, tues-sat 11-3! You know it wil be worth it!

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Gwen is in!

The show is up and it looks awesome! For some strange reason it was a slow Final Friday, and I know a lot of you haven't had the chance to see Gwendolyn Magee's work yet. Stop down and check it out! Tuesday through Saturday from 11-3!

Gwendolyn Magee

Opening Final Friday, February 23rd with a reception from 6-11 is "Gwendolyn Magee: New Work." The exhibition will run through March 25th, with regular gallery hours Tues- Sat 11-3.

Gwendolyn works in two media to create the pieces featured in the exhibition; acrylic on wood vs. ceramic tiles. Within both media she delivers nostalgia, visual and emotional intensity, color, and a sense of surface very directly and successfully.
The first medium, acrylic on wood, showcases portraits of women from another era in bright colors with high sheen. Their expressions are always intense, strained, excessive, and even ridiculous sometimes. They exist at once as both portraits of real people who live or had once lived, and as icons for a generation, a class, a gender, a race. The approachable uplifting pallettes mislead the viewer- hiding a dark story very near to the surface. See attached image.
The second medium, ceramic tile, is strikingly different in the handling of the medium, but easily related to the first. These hand crafted tiles have delicately painted images and textured patterns and shapes fused into the clay surface, not without the aid of creative glaze work. They tell a broader story than the faces of women in the paintings, referencing classical art, history, playful cartoons of wrestlers, american nostalgia, etc. As a viewer one is very impressed by Gwendolyn's versatility with different media, as well as her skill in each.
As always there's plenty of good food and great art when you come to 1305 for Final Friday!

Also, don't forget to stop back down to see "Associations: Ted Lind & Scott Boberg" before the 18th. This show has done very well, with lots of traffic and too many compliments. If you only saw it once, make sure you stop back down this week and sneak another peek! Closing Party Sunday, February 18th, 7-9pm.

Thanks Everyone!

Ted Lind & Scott Boberg are here!

If you missed the opening on Friday, be sure to stop in to see "Associations." I'll be here Tues-Sat from 11-3, and the gallery looks awesome! Definitely one of the best shows I've ever had. Come see for yourself! Check out Sara Pearce's Art Blog at http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/art!
Best,
Lily

Associations @ 1305!

Opening Final Friday January 26th with a reception from 6-11 pm is "Associations: Ted Lind & Scott Boberg." Exhibition runs through February 18th, closing that evening from 7-9 pm. Gallery hours are Tues- Sat from 11-3 during exhibition dates.

These two artists appproached the gallery with an idea to exhibit their work together based on the presumption that the two bodies of work would create a unique and profound dialogue when in the same space. The current created by their work was so interesting that the exhibition seemed to be the perfect season-opener for 2007. "Associations" is an exhibit of work by two Curators of Education, Scott Boberg from the Cincinnati CAC, and Ted Lind from the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Scott Boberg presents a series of illuminated book pages along with completely illuminated books. The delicate and temporal nature of his media carry references to the very origins of record keeping, documentation, illustration, & narration. As Boberg manipulates the printed medium to retell a story at once universal and specific, as a viewer you the get the sense that he hasn't done this for himself, but for the reader/viewer. The books are like monumental epics, insanely detailed and precise, the framed pages like a microscopic piece that anyone could take away with them.

Ted Lind showcases paintings on panel that seem to be informed by almost a hundred years of abstract painting. Knowing his background as a museum curator one can believe that they actually are. Beware not to immediately cast them off as the anachronistic work of a heavily studied disciple, because Lind's paintings are immediately engrossing and beautiful. The colors and forms are so carefully woven into their mysterious lanscapes that one feels immediately the climate, time, and place of each piece.

Yuletide 2006!

is' the Season for another Holiday Show at 1305 Gallery!

"Yuletide 2006" features work by 15 local artists who have created gift-ready items for the holiday season. Many artists have been crafting all year to prepare for the show, which will feature ornaments, wearables, candles, glass trinkets, holiday cards, candy, things for the kids, and so much more- all handmade!
"Yuletide 2006" opens Final Friday, November 24th, from 6-11 pm. This festive exhibition will run through Saturday, December 23rd, with hours Tuesday- Saturday from 11-3. The gallery will also feature for this month only extended hours Fridays and Saturdays until 8 pm, along with special hours Sunday December 10th from 12-5 for the second day of the Main Street Holiday Stroll & Shop weekend!
All artists have created free personalized gift wrapping for their wares, so your gifts can be extra special inside and out! There is sure to be something at 1305 to please even the most disciminating friend, family member, or coworker.

Happy Holidays!

P.S.
1305 Gallery will be closed for vacation from Dec. 24th- January 25th. We will reopen Final Friday January 26th for the 2007 season! Check this blog for future details!

Lightboxes

Opening Final Friday, October 27th from 6-11 pm is a show of Lightboxes and Photographs by Matthew Shelton. The exhibition will run through Sunday, November 19th, with a closing that evening from 7-9 pm. Gallery hours are Tues- Sat 11-3 pm.

Matthew Shelton creates two very different groups of work, both of which you can find around town at different times in different locations. The first is a series of paintings of "Women & Kitties," soon to show at the Comet in Northside. The second, a series of lightboxes and photographs based on geometric symbolism and altered photographs were featured last year at Semantics in a show titled, "A Happier Hollywood."
For Matthew's show to open this coming Final Friday we'll black out the windows in the gallery, turn off the lights, and plug in the artwork. Everyone is invited to come down, with or without your costume, and become illuminated by the microcosmal worlds Matthew has created for this exhibition. The artist's attention to precision in his craftsmanship mingles with cosmic and dreamy imagery in a way that creates something like a dream in a box- perfectly told, meaningful, but uncertain and intriguing. I have known Matthew for about 8 years and have always thoroughly enjoyed his work and the places it takes me. Come see for yourself Final Friday or anytime from then until November 19th what is so mystifying about Matthew Shelton's "Lightboxes." It's going to be an awesome show!

See you all soon!

Yuletide Call to Artists

It's time again for Yuletide! Christmas Crafting Galore!
These are some patchwork patches by Elaine Lynch that were in last year's show. This year is bound to be an even bigger success than last year!
I want to remind everyone that the idea behind Yuletide is that the crafts are made by local Fine Artists specifically for this show, as a way for even the average joe to own a work of art by a local artist. However, the work will range in price and dimension to accomodate everyone on your Christmas list.
Each artist will also be creating individualized gift wrapping for their work!
Send in your craft ideas to gallery1305@hotmail by next Friday if you want to participate. If it sounds good to us we'll email you back and let you know specifics! Those who participated last year or who have already discussed their ideas with the gallery should send an email just to confirm!

Tent Rocks

Opening Final Friday, September 29th is "Tent Rocks," an exhibition of quilted works by local artist Briana Smith based on the naturally painted landscape of the Tent Rocks National Monument. The gallery will be hosting the artist and her work, along with great food and refreshments from 6-11 pm on the 29th.

The exhibition runs from September 29th- October 22nd, with a closing reception that evening from 7-9pm. The gallery will be open as usual from 11am - 3pm, Tuesday through Saturday for the length of the exhibition, and will also be open for Second Sundays on Main, October 8th from 12-5.

About the Exhibition:
These quilts are rich and dense with layers of colors and materials. Whether the piece is smaller and mounts as though a painting, or as large, vast, and rich as a quilt, Smith works each one with precision and a very real respect for the craft. The pieces are however nontraditional in the realm of quilts, using the medium to articulate the undulations and layers of this landscape. Through the fabric and thread, the different colors and depths of the landscape flow in and out, over and under. The never ending skys of the American West are serene and mysterious layers of gauze and painted fabric. The prehistoric formations of seemingly painted rocks are personified by intercepting strips and pieces of cloth that continuously interweave. They are brought together by the meticulous work of the thread, unifying them into collossal feats of nature and artistry.

Appearances @ 1305

Opening Final Friday, August 25th is "Appearances," watercolors by Carson Wassermann. The show will run through Sunday, September 24th, with a closing reception that evening from 7-9 pm.

Gallery hours beginning August 26th: Tues-Sat 11-3 & September 10th, 12-5 for SSOM

Carson's work is a perfect way to end the summer, while reminding us of why we look forward to this season every year. Her lush use of the watercolor medium brings to life fresh faces enrobed in color and bathed by light. Carson often paints from her travels in South America, Mexico, and elsewhere, allowing the viewer to come into contact with people and places obviously personal to her. Carson works as a bilingual social worker in Cincinnati, and her interest and devotion toward individuals is reflected in the way people are portrayed in her work. The appearances are personal and magnetic. Each piece is so delicately alive through the immediacy of the watercolor, and at the same time bright and refreshing. Come check out these pieces Final Friday, and talk to Carson about their creation! While you're here enjoy homemade snacks and refreshments.

Also, if you participated in or wanted to participate in "Pages: A Public Drawing Experiment" last month but have not returned your entries the deadline has been extended. Due to a lack of entries returned by Second Sunday, August 13th, the new deadline is Second Sunday, September 10th. You can still purchase pages for $1/page starting Final Friday, August 25th. Because the primary objective of this experiment was to print a book as a demographic drawing experiment, it is essential that enough data be collected before that is possible. I apologize to those, and there were a few (you know who you are, and thanks), who brought their finished entries back on time. Know that if we get enough entries copies of the book will be my thanks for your timely participation. There will be no closing or awards reception August 20th.

I hope I see you all Final Friday!

Pages @ 1305

Come to Final Friday, July 28th and get in on "Pages," a Drawing Experiment Open to the Public. Purchase 1 or more pages from the 5 topics to be investigated for $1/page. Enjoy Soul and Funk spun by Iceburg, and lots of good food and refreshments from 6-11 p.m.
If you can't make it to Final Friday come down to Second Sunday on August 13th from 12-5 to judge the entries in "Pages." All entries are due by 12 noon that day and will be judged by the public.
3 days of "Nutshell" left, so if you haven't checked it out stop by before the end of the closing party this Sunday from 7-9 p.m.
See you there!

Second Sunday July 9th!

While you're awaiting the World Cup Final Match (cheering for Italy of course) stop down on Main Street for the third of this season's Second Sundays on Main. Check out work from April 2005- April 2006 in "Nutshell."

Nutshell

The next exhibit at 1305 will showcase one year of shows and signage, including work from every show! This is a rare opportunity to see work previously featured at the gallery, as well as the hand made signs and posters which accompanied the exhibitions.