by Vicki Bolen | Jul 10, 2017 | Art Shows, Community Events, Featured Items by Vicki Bolen, Uncategorized
ARTful Saturdays Albuquerque artists and patrons look forward every month to ARTScrawlABQ’s First Friday ARTScrawl (5-8 pm) and ARTful Saturday (third Saturday from 1-4 pm). While First Friday ARTScrawls are city-wide events. ARTful Saturdays highlight galleries...
by Vicki Bolen | Jun 26, 2017 | Art Shows, Featured Items by Vicki Bolen, Studio Happenings
Recently, I took a class in dry-point etching to add new techniques to my quiver of techniques for printmaking. It was taught by Ren Adams at New Grounds Print Workshop. I had a lot of fun learning this technique, especially when I got to use dry-point to etch images...
by Vicki Bolen | May 31, 2017 | Art Shows, Featured Artists, Uncategorized
Richard and I were at the Denver Arts Festival and we fell in love with the work of our booth neighbors, Hayley Nolte and Scot Ray. They transform post-consumer metal containers into beautiful art. They flatten, hand cut. layer and hammer post consumer metal...
by Vicki Bolen | Apr 22, 2017 | Art Shows, Featured Artists
We are at the 4 Bridges Arts Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Over the years, we have made many friends at this festival and at other arts and crafts shows.We often stay with artists we’ve met when we come to shows in their cities. One good friend we’ve...
by Vicki Bolen | Apr 20, 2017 | Community Events, Studio Happenings
This year is the 12th Annual “Albuquirky” Little Houses Silent Auction Fundraiser for Off Center Arts. Each year, local artists are given little wooden houses to turn into one-of-a-kind works of art, which are then auctioned off to raise funds for a worthy...