Glen Helen Atrium
August 31 – November 3, 2013
Opening
reception
Sunday, September 15, 2 – 4 pm
Artist talk: Sunday, September 15, 3 pm.
Free
Hands-on Strawbale and Earthen Plaster Workshop with the
Artists
Saturday September 7, 12 - 4
pm and Sunday September 8, 1 - 4 pm
Call 769-1902 ex 103 to register. Cost: $150.
Come help sculpt an earthen bench while
learning the basics of building with strawbales and earthen plaster.
The public is invited to watch Holyoke and Seidl
sculpt on site using earthen plaster (clay, sand and straw) over Labor Day
weekend and through the first week of September. Earthen plaster, less durable
than fired clay, will eventually wash away if left exposed to the elements. The
artists are fulfilling their desire to combine their work as ceramic artists
with their ‘other’ career as strawbale builders.
Inside
the Gallery, Beth Holyoke’s fired clay figurative and animal sculptures will be
featured along with earthen plaster reliefs that Holyoke and Seidl will be
sculpting on site. Outside on the patio, the artists will be creating a
figurative sculpture using earthen plaster with the “intention of leaving it to
nature to take it back, change its shape and reveal what is underneath the
surface”.
Holyoke
and Seidl, working as artistic partners, have created three public art handmade
tile mosaic benches, a mosaic sculpture made of handmade tiles, and a 1% For Art
sculpture project for the City of Kettering. Holyoke has had numerous local and
regional exhibitions of her drawings, fiber, clay and paper work. Seidl created
a floor mosaic at the Dayton Art Institute to complement the exhibit, Ancient Rome, and has shown her tile and
mosaic work in local galleries.
The Gallery is located in the Vernet
Ecological Center (formerly the Glen Helen Building) at 405 Corry Street in
Yellow Springs. Show hours are 10 am to 4 pm daily. Admission is free.
For
more information please contact Alice Robrish, Gallery Coordinator at
937-767-1312 or email alice@alicerobrish.com.