Studio Tour offers more art for the effort

This past weekend's 10th Yellow Springs Artist Studio Tour paired up guest artists with local host studios to give participants more art for their effort.




Artist Studio Tour guests take in host artist Kathy Verner Moulton's display of colorful digital paintings, notecards, prints and children's books. Guest artist Cynthia McDonald of Wild Gourd Studio is pictured with her hand-carved gourds, talking with Hays Moulton.





Studio tour participants joke with guest artist Alice Young-Basora of Nina Carina. Alice displays her jewelry featuring hand-painted canvas, fabric, and beads made from recycled paper.


Jalana Lazar of host studio Miami Valley Pottery arranges flowers for her guests.


Miami Valley Pottery is the host studio for guest artists Alice Young-Basora of Nina Carina and Lori Gravley (expressive fabric art and reusable cloth items).


Miami Valley Pottery owner and host artist Naysan McIllhargey reaches for one of his wood-fired pots.


Studio tour participants mingle with host artist Naysan McIllhargey and guest artists Alice Young-Basora and Lori Gravley (right).


Local artist Johanna Smith (left) talks beadwork with guest artist Theresa Mayer while Peg Peterson talks to host artist Pam ("For Quilts Sake") Geisel (hidden). Geisel's quilted postcards are on display to the right.


Host Artist Pam Geisel assists a customer with her quilted postcards while another shopper scans guest artist Theresa Mayer's beads.


An admirer looks over Theresa Mayer's pendants and earrings made with glass lampwork beads.





Guest artist Jennifer Jennings works on a nature-inspired collage and acrylic painting during the Studio Tour at the home of host artist Pam Geisel.

photos by Susan Gartner -- October 16, 2010

Capturing fall colors

Dayton artist Leo Hong Mao (known for his Yellow Springs sunflower paintings) was spotted Friday afternoon capturing the brilliant fall colors on Dayton Street. For more about Hong Mao’s life, work, and contact info, go to http://artisthongmao.webs.com.

video by Susan Gartner
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- October 16, 2010

Perfect weather for a perfect Street Fair

The spectacular fall weather on Saturday made for a very successful Street Fair filled with musical groups, vendors, street musicians, dancers, and more.

Included in the events: The Project Jericho Bucket Band from Springfield, directed by Ricky Kennerly, performed at the Jackson Lytle and Lewis Stage; later, the shanty group “Hardtackers” (comprised of YS resident Joe Cook and Brian Smith and John Schomburg of Columbus) entertained the crowd with maritime folk songs; villager Elizabeth Price danced and played percussion for The Piano Peddler, Eugene Beer; various street musicians added to the festival atmosphere; benches, curbs, stoops, and stairs made for makeshift eating areas all through downtown as fest-goers enjoyed the wide variety of food; the Coots Repertory Company (featuring Ron Siemer, Jerry Buck, and Walter Rhodes) performed Virgil Hervey’s 10-minute play (and recent 10-Minute Play Fest “Crowd Favorite”) “Parking Spaces” at the Corner Cone followed by Bettina Solas who played her mountain dulcimer.

photos by Susan Gartner -- October 9, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- October 11, 2010

Images of Madison, WI

I spent a week in Madison recently, looking over the town by bike and by car, sampling coffeehouses, looking at rental properties, hanging out at libraries and community centers, participating in Zumba classes, reading bulletin boards and newspapers, meeting the staff of the local public access community television station (WYOU), and getting reacquainted with a town that has been in my dreams for decades. Lovely town, friendly people, sweet neighborhoods, thriving arts community, fabulous bike paths -- big city offerings wrapped up in a small-town feel. Thanks to all the people I met who made it such a fun trip and especially to my sister-in-law who was such a fun co-explorer.

photos by Susan Gartner -- September 2010

Blogging for Writers

A Yellow Springs Community blog editor, Virgil Hervey, gives a talk on the benefits of blogging for writers on Tuesday night at the Yellow Springs Public Library.

photo by Susan Gartner -- October 5, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- October 6, 2010

A mug the size of a Buick...

On a cold and dreary Saturday afternoon, villager Tom Osborne warms up with a large hot chocolate at Brother Bear's Coffeehouse, 118 Dayton Street in Yellow Springs.

photo by Susan Gartner -- October 2, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- October 3, 2010

Fling in the Springs weekend full of art, music, education

Martin Harold Benedict Borchers made his public debut on Friday, September 17 with a show of prints and original pieces at 108 Dayton Street (upstairs by Yoga Springs Studio). Appointments can be made for weekday viewings by contacting Borchers at borchers.20@wright.edu






Joe Cook enticed guests with his guitar from the front patio of the new Yellow Springs Arts Gallery at 309 Xenia Avenue, while singer/songwriter Jordan Link entertained in the garden in back. Featured sculptor Sharon Mohler (pictured in red skirt) and fabric/repurposed-paper artist Karen Russell (print skirt) share a laugh with guests at the Opening Reception on Friday, September 17.


The "Shower of Stoles" exhibit at First Presbyterian Church of Yellow Springs is a collection of liturgical stoles celebrating those who serve God in countless ways yet have been excluded from their religious service because of sexual orientation. An Opening Reception was held at the church on Friday, September 17.

According to the exhibit's website, the Shower of Stoles collection is a culmination of over a thousand liturgical stoles and other sacred items representing the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith. These religious leaders have served in thirty-two denominations and faith traditions, in six countries, and on three continents. Each stole contains the story of a GLBT person who is active in the life and leadership of their faith community in some way: minister, elder, deacon, teacher, missionary, musician, administrator, or active layperson. The collection bears witness to the huge loss of leadership that the church has brought upon itself because of its own unjust policies.

For more information about the traveling exhibit, go to
http://www.welcomingresources.org/sosp.htm

photos by Susan Gartner -- September 17, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- September 18, 2010

Urban Nights celebrates urban living

Urban Nights is a free event that showcases downtown Dayton's dining, nightlife, art, music, retail, and urban living options twice a year -- once in the spring and once in the fall. The all-inclusive street party and open house has something for everyone to enjoy.

This season's event featured four public pianos placed at outdoor locations, a drumming circle, tap dancers, street musicians, belly dancers, choral performances, art gallery openings, a karaoke contest, a zentangle public art participation piece, tours of a new "green" urban living option and more. For information on 2011 Urban Nights, contact Molly Eaton at (937) 224-1518 ext. 229.

photos by Susan Gartner -- September 10, 2010
courtesy Downtown Dayton Partnership

Local artist prepares for opening

Fabric and paper artist Karen Russell prepares her work to exhibit at the new Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery, 309 Xenia Avenue. Russell shares the exhibit, titled "By the Available Light," with featured sculptor Sharon Mohler. An Opening Reception took place Friday, Sept. 17, 6-9 p.m. as part of the downtown Third Friday Fling. Gallery hours and flower sculpture demos by Mohler will be Saturdays, 1-3 p.m., Sept. 18 and 25, and Oct. 2 and 9.

For more information, contact Sharon Mohler at smmart937@att.net.

photo by Susan Gartner -- September 15, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- September 17, 2010