Some catching up...part 1

I've been meaning to post for a few weeks now, but I seem to have misplaced (lost...) my camera, and that has put a serious damper on my desire to share what's been going on at the Art Shop and in the studio.

First, Samantha Ernst, a 2009 graduate at Moore has some spunky new mixed media collages up in the window space at Moore, and we're hosting a closing party and meet-n-greet for her this Monday (July 27) from 5-7pm. If you haven't heard of Sam or seen her work before, she was recently part of a multi-sensory exhibition at the Painted Bride. Here is a photo of her installing her work there:
Some of the frames that are suspended there reappear in the work that's at the Art Shop now, or at least hearken to the same thing. Sam uses almost exclusively recycled, found, donated materials, so her work is never boring and always changing! My personal fave creations of Sam's are beautiful pen and ink drawings on torn pieces of cardboard and other papers, attaching pieces together to get to the scale she wants.
She was also an amazing student employee at The Art Shop @ Moore, and I will miss her now that she has graduated! Come by Monday night to say hello, check out the art, and munch of some tasty delights with us!

Mondays @ The Art Shop @ Moore: July 2009

Samantha Ernst installs a new series of mixed media collages that are composed of entire recycled/found/donated materials in the Art Shop's window space.

Closing reception with the artist:
Monday, July 27th, 5-7 pm
The Art Shop @ Moore College of Art & Design
20th & The Parkway (between 19th and 20th, on the south side of Race St)
215.965.8586 for more information

(~These are both borrowed photos, and they belong to their creator, not VanStudio or myself~)