Gallery featuring various media this month
Painter Carolyn Rogers Richard and wood artist Tom Lowe are the July featured artists at Hoosier Artist Gallery.
Richard paints seascapes, landscapes, flowers and abstracts in acrylics, water-soluble oils and cold wax or watercolors.
Lowe uses his circular saw to create wood art, including his popular puzzles, silhouettes and plaques.
Hoosier Artist Gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 45 S. Jefferson St. Go to hoosierartist.net to see more.
Local gallery features local artist this month
B3 Gallery is hosting “My Upcycled Life,” a collection of handmade work by local artist Nancy Crocker, until Monday, July 20.
Crocker is passionate about the environment and her upcycled art reflects her desire to reuse rather than throw out items that others consider obsolete. She is the owner of Old Magnolia House Inn and Fourth Sister Vintage — so named because she is the youngest of four girls.
B3 Gallery is at 61 W. Main St. and represents more than 70 local and area artists from Indiana. For more information, call the gallery at 812-988-6675.
Arts in the Parks events happening in August
Two local artists received Arts in the Parks grants to bring art activities to local parks and historic sites this year.
Patricia Rhoden Bartels will host the following events:
- Brown County State Park, Saturday, Aug. 1, painting demonstration, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Meet at Hesitation Point.
- Brown County State Park, Saturday, Aug. 22, draw-along with painting demonstration “Drawing the Dusk,” 6 to 8 p.m. at Nature Center lookout. Site will have 10 to 15 chairs, pre-registration is required. Bartels will provide a sketch book and drawing pencil to sketch and take notes for the first 15 visitors.
- T.C. Steele Historic Site, 4220 T.C. Steele Road, Sunday, Aug. 2, painting demonstration, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- TC Steele Historic Site, Sunday, Aug. 23, draw-along with painting demonstration, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Site will have 10 to 15 chairs, pre-registration is required. Bartels will provide a sketch book and drawing pencil to sketch and take notes for the first 15 visitors.
For more information, call 812-988-7750.
Anabel Hopkins will conduct art activities at T.C. Steele Historic Site each Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. beginning Aug. 5. The final outing will be Wednesday, Aug. 26.
An activity for children will be offered Saturday, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Kids can collect nature objects around the site and create “critters” or other designs that will be pasted onto a poster board.
Hopkins will work out of the Little Studio and offer free “make and takes” of fluid acrylic painting on ceramic tiles. She will also perform demonstrations of the technique. Workshops for acrylic pouring on canvas will be scheduled on Saturday, Aug. 22, each limited to five people, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Reservations are required by calling T.C. Steele Site at 812-988-2785. Face masks will be required in the small studio.
IHA postpones annual show, has new requirements
In order to work within the COVID-19 protocols of the Brown County Art Gallery, the Indiana Heritage Arts Board has made adjustments to this year’s annual exhibition.
The new show dates are Oct. 24 to Nov. 14 at the Brown County Art Gallery, 1 Artist Drive. Changes include early drop-off days and online opening with no reception.
For more information, visit indianaheritagearts.org/annual-exhibition/2020-exhibition.
