EXHIBIT AND EVENT CALENDAR
Contact Diane Safko, President dsketches@atlanticbb.net
Contact Duane Webb, Treasurer duanewebb@floodcity.net
AAJ Board Meetings, 2nd Wednesday of each month, beginning at 7:00 pm at the Bottleworks, Cambria City, Johnstown.
Come join us to meet fellow artists and further your art.
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Here is a listing of Allied Artists scheduled 2010 exhibits:
Winter Show Jan 23rd - March 6th See it Online
Janie Leck-Grela, Judith Lansberry; co-chairs AmeriServe Bank
Spring Show Saturday, April 10th receiving 10 am- noon See it Online
Reception: Fri, April 16, 6-8 pm; Tear down: Sat, May 1st - 10 am to noon
Summer Show Saturday, June 5th rcvg: 10 - noon Juror: Ron Donoughe
Reception: Fri, June 11, 6-8 pm; Tear down: Sat, June 26 - 10 am to noon
Katie Respet, Donna Housel; co-chairs Community Arts Center See it Online
Annual Fall Exhibit: Receiving/Jurying: Aug 14 10-12 at Bottleworks
Juror: Michael Allison
Drop-Off: Sept. 14 & 15 (Tuesday & Wed 10am - 4pm) at UPJ's SAMA
Show opens: Fri, Sept. 17 Artists Reception: Fri, Sep 24
Show closes: Fri, Jan 7, 2011 pickup : Jan 10, 2011 10 - 4pm
Diane Safko, Al Just; co-chairs UPJ SAMA Gallery prospectus
Committee members: Need a blank reimbursement form? Download a pdf here to print one.
For all SAMA Shows (Fall Show at the Pasquerilla Center, SAMA Art Work Data Form must also be submitted with your entries. Get your form here.
DOWNLOAD BLANK AAJ SHOW ENTRY FORMS
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Joy Fairbanks photography show click for info
Black Lick - Burrell Twp. Library
"COLLAGE OF A COMMONWEALTH" click for info
United Way Fine Art and Photo Traveling Exhibit September 2010-August 2011
VOMA - ARTISTS SALON AND POTLUCK
Sunday, August 22, 2010 click for info
OPEN STUDIOS
Tuesday evenings from 7 to ? is open studio at Norman Ed's Clinton Street studio loft. Bring your medium of choice and join in for an evening with fellow artists.
Every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 8:30 is open studio night at the Community Arts Center. Bring your medium of choice and join with other artists as we gather to paint, talk, and maybe sip a little wine. $3 per session.
AAJ member Joy Fairbanks has a show of her photography at the Burrell Twp. Library in Black Lick. Contact Amanda Ashour (librarian) if interested.
Joy also serves as president of the Blairsville Area Underground Railroad project. Open May through Oct. by appointment. Contact through Blv. Historical Society by calling 724-459-0580.
Joy has 2 pieces accepted into the "Small Works" show at the Borelli-Edwards Gallery in Pittsburgh. (April 10 ~ 24 ). Opening reception is April 10th 6 pm- 8:30.
Joy's photography is included in the newly released book "the Way to Stone Hill" by Paul Estronza LaViolette. There is a book signing scheduled for May 1st at Windgate Winery in Smicksburg.
Collage of a Commonwealth
Intisar Hamilton, United Way of PA, is in the process of putting on the first ever Fine Art and Photo Exhibit entitled Collage of a Commonwealth.
They have collected photos from local United Way across the state for artists from each community to create a new piece of art using the United Way’s original photo as inspiration. The exhibit will travel throughout the commonwealth from September 2010-August 2011, and will make stops at each community that has a piece in the show. We have already made arrangements with the United Way of the Laurel Highlands to pre-open the exhibit in Cambria County! Contact Intisar Hamilton, SECA Campaign Associate,
United Way of Pennsylvania, 909 Green Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102
Phone (717)238-7365 Fax (717)238-7414 e-mail:intisar@uwp.org
VOMA/Johnstown - ARTISTS SALON AND POTLUCK
Sunday, August 22, 2010 beginning at 3 o'clock, 307 Chestnut Street across from Aces.
OTHER EVENTS
To suggest an event or comment contact Sam Howard
FALL SHOW JUROR Bio – Michael Allison:
Mr. Allison was born in Hollidaysburg and grew up in Altoona. He currently lives in Hollidaysburg and owns and operates his own design studio, Studio EFX. Michael works in various capacities as a visual artist providing design and fabrication services to his clients for the past thirty years. He is a respected lecturer and instructor on a variety of artistic disciplines. Prior to opening Studio EFX, Michael worked at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Loretto first completing an internship and serving nine years as the first curator for the museum, having curated over thirty exhibitions, including statewide and national resources.
Some of Michael’s most well known works are the murals he created for the Lincoln Highway Corridor project. He also has a number of murals in private residences throughout Pennsylvania and the northeastern United States. He has completed the restoration of statues and murals, has created sculptures for private homes and commercial companies, and his paintings, murals and sculptures are included in over one hundred collections.
Artist Statement - Michael Allison:
I started painting when I was a child and always had a fascination with making things. After high school I attended the Art Institute of Pittsburg where I received my first professional recognition as an artist. At the time the school faculty was evenly divided between commercial and fine arts staff, and I saw the value in both. Thus my career has always embraced both. As a commercial artist I have done illustration work and interior decorative painting (faux painting and Venetian plaster work). As a fine artist I work in most mediums and dabble in sculpture. My fine art output has varied over the years but my artistic mind set is distinctly contemporary.
Why I make art is a difficult question to answer. Suffice it to say it is directly linked to my experience and personality. Concepts arrive out of the blue, they bubble up from the subconscious mind. I always have been what you might call an “idea man” and I find that the ideas come most easily when not being forced. The only art that I dislike is that which doesn’t work within its own context and is poorly executed.
