Houston Metal Arts Guild

Title: Houston Metal Arts Guild Member Show
Location: 18 Hands Gallery 249 West 19th Street Houston, TX 77008
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Description: HOUSTON METAL ARTS GUILD MEMBER SHOW

18 Hands Gallery announces the second annual Houston Metal Arts Guild Member Show, “THE HEART OF ART” February 4-24, 2012

When: Feb. 4 – 24, 2012
Opening Reception: Saturday, Feb. 4 from 6 -9 pm
Where: 18 Hands Gallery 249 West 19th Street Houston, TX 77008

This show was juried by Martha Ferguson, MFA in Metals and Jewelry from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, BFA in Metals and Jewelry from Savannah College of Art and Design. Ms. Ferguson teaches Art Metals classes for Houston Community College. Her work is represented by Goldesberry Gallery and Hanson Galleries in Houston.

Thirteen HMAG members work was selected for the show, and the following are honored with prizes:

First Place Winner: Jeff McGee – gravy boat Plankton Stew for One
Second Place Winner: Stacey Johnson – shadow box In Bloom
Third Place Winner: Mary Rogers – brooch Amulet #9
Honorable Mention: Anke Bohmer – bracelet Turtle Bracelet

Congratulations to all whose work was selected for the show! ALL MEMBERS and GUESTS are encouraged to attend the opening on Saturday, Feb. 4, and bring guests to visit the show during gallery hours until Feb. 24. See you there!
Start Time: 6:00
Date: 2012-04-04

Micki Lippe, jewelry artist from Seattle, will give a lecture,

sponsored by HMAG, Friday, November 4, 2011

7PM at Freed Auditorium, Glassell School of Art

5101 Montrose Blvd Houston, Tx 77006-6534

Mikki Lippe Lecture

See you all there!

Harold Van Pelt exhibition ‘Gemstone Carvings: The Master works of Harold Van Pelt’ is opening Oct 28th, 2011 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, through Spring 2012.  View vessels and sculptures carved from quartz, rock crystal and agate gemstones. 

http://www.hmns.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=481&Itemid=502

A gem faceting class demonstration is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 21st, 6pm, by lapidary artist Jill Rowlands Moffitt, for a fee of $19.00

YOU WILL NOT want to miss the next HMAG General Meeting!

MEET THREE METAL ARTISTS – Heidi Gerstacker, Diane Falkenhagen, Mary Rogers. Each Artist will give a slide show/talk, then will give a panel discussion and Q&A.

Sept. 9, 2011, 7PM at Freed Auditorium at Glassell School of Art, Corner of Montrose and Binz.

Here is a sample of their work:

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is featuring HMAG member and jeweler Amber Tiemann, along with ceramist Lotus, in a Summer Trunk Show. 

Everyone is welcome to the preview sale on Thursday, August 25th, and to the trunk show on Saturday, August 27th. Both artists are busy creating new pieces for this event, so don’t miss this special opportunity to meet the artists and add them to your collection!

Preview Sale & Reception: Thursday, August 25, 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Sale: Saturday, August 27, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
http://www.crafthouston.org/calendar/calendar.asp?Mode=CalendarViewDetails&ID=326&Month=8&Year=2011

Ancient Ukraine – Golden Treasures and Lost Civilizations at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, is hosting a docent led tour of the exhibit.  Date:  Wedn. August 24th, 2011 at 6:00pm. 

Learn about the artifacts and peoples from the earliest civilization in Europe through the Byzantine Empire featured this special exhibition from Ukraine on this behind-the-scenes tour of Ancient Ukraine – Golden Treasures and Lost Civilizations with HMNS master docents.  Tickets $25.00, Members $15.00.

Exhibit runs till Sept 5, 2011:  

http://www.hmns.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=442&Itemid=463

The  annual summer  event  of  ArtHouston  2011,  encompassing  exhibitions  at  more than  30  galleries,  will open Saturday,  July 9.   A day  long  event,  it  will be  the  busiest  day  of  the  year  with many  galleries  holding  evening  receptions.   Participating  galleries  include  those  along  Colquitt, in  the  Museum District,  the Heights  and  other  areas.  The ArtHouston July Exhibition guide will be available at all participating galleries in mid June.  The  ArtHouston  Summer  event  is always  free and  open  to  the  public. 

Check out the website for list of galleries and map at: http://www.arthouston.com/ArtHouston_2010/Home.html

Title: Arline Fisch Tour – Special Event for HMAG
Location: Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
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Description: HMAG will have a private tour of the Arline Fisch exhibit at HCCC given by Anna Walker, curator of Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Saturday, July 30, 10:00 AM – NOON
Bring-a-Sack-Lunch and we’ll picnic afterward in the MFAH Sculpture Garden. (unless it’s too hot!)
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2011-07-30
End Time: 12:00

HMAG Membership Renewals Due! Membership year for HMAG is from June to May each year. HMAG provides education though the bi-monthly programs and workshop opportunities, member gallery space, as well as potential entry to juried gallery shows; for metalsmiths and jewelers in the Houston area.

Individual, family and student memberships are available with two payment options:  1) via the online yellow button link ‘Join’ from www.hmag.org for credit card renewals, or  2) by downloading this form and mailing your payment to the address on the form.

Marsha Greene, Memberships and Treasurer

At Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts, see ‘Arline Fisch: Creatures from the Deep’, from June 4-July 30, 2011.   Opening night reception is Friday, June 10th, 5:30-8pm

Racine Art Museum (RAM) commissioned internationally acclaimed jewelry artist Arline Fisch to create this special installation for its Windows on Fifth Gallery. Bringing her work to a grand scale, Creatures from the Deep showcases Fisch’s use of knitting and crocheting techniques to create larger-than-life sea creatures made of wire.

More details at: http://www.crafthouston.org/

At the Houston Musuem of Natural Science, from May 27th to Sept 5, 2011.  On tour for the first time in the United States, the exhibit ДРЕВНЯ УКРАЇНА (Ancient Ukraine) – Golden Treasures and Lost Civilizations covers 6,000 years of history of various cultures that once inhabited the territory of modern Ukraine. The exhibit includes pottery and scupture, gold jewelry and other jewelry incorporating precious stones, filigree, granulation and inlays , bronze sculptures, amphorae, silver vessels, common utensils and icons and religious regalia – from the  Trypillian, Scythian, Hellenist and Roman cultures, through to the Byzantine, concluding with artwork from the 11th to the 19th century.   Check it out at: http://www.hmns.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=442&Itemid=463