Splendor Exhibit

New Art Exhibit at Blackhawk Gallery

The Alamo Danville Artists’ Society opened Blackhawk Gallery’s new Exhibit ‘Splendor’ on July 8th. The exhibit will be on view Wednesday through Sunday from Wednesday July 8th through Sunday October 4th. The Exhibit is free and open to the public.

The ‘Splendor’ exhibit features one guest artist and thirty-two member artists. Guest artist Margaret Dorfman will be showing her vegetable platters, bowls and jewelry. Members’ artworks include paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, jewelries, and wearable art.

The exhibit is curated by Greg Starnes, Julia O’Reilly, Debby Koonce, and Beverly Turner.

The Blackhawk Gallery is located at 3416 Blackhawk Plaza Circle in Danville, California, in the Blackhawk Plaza. Telephone: (925) 648-8023.

Regular Gallery hours are Wednesday-Thursday 11 am to 6 pm, Friday and Saturday 11 am to 8 pm, and Sunday 11am-6pm.

Website: www.adas4art.org/blackhawk_gallery 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AlamoDanvilleArtistsSociety

For more information, please contact Blackhawk Gallery Director Greg Starnes at bhgallery.director@gmail.com

 

 

GUEST ARTIST

Margaret Dorfman

For the last 23 years, I have made vessels, jewelry and glass serving pieces from over 45 different varieties of fruit and vegetables.

The vegetables and fruit are cured, dried, and pressed in a 10-14 day process. The translucent parchments that result capture and preserve the jewel-like colors and intricate botanical structures that are characteristic of each fruit and vegetable.

I coined the name Vegetable Parchment because the texture and translucency calls to mind the vellum parchments of medieval Europe.
I source most of the produce locally, and cut everything by hand with an assortment of wickedly sharp knives and cutting tools. My studio follows sustainable practices-using reclaimed water and recycled packaging.
No toxic products are ever used. Leftovers are composted, recycled or donated.

 

It is deeply satisfying to work with these fruit and vegetables, and I can’t imagine anything else I’d rather do. There seems to be alchemy involved as they are transformed from the familiar and commonplace to becoming objects of unexpected beauty.

But I know it is not magic-and I am not really creating something new. I am only uncovering what was always there to see.

 

MEMBER ARTISTS

Dalia Alekna, Akio Aochi, Don Cresswell, Elena Doronkina, Herbert Estes, David Gates, Linda Geniesse, Janeen Heath, Debby Koonce, Tom Lemmer, Claudette McDermott, Ruth McMillin, Elena Morris, Leslie Ouyang, Thais Helena Ouzounian, Julia O’Reilly, Lin Padden, Leroy Parker, Heidi Partlow, Michael Rizza, June Sablan, Paolo Salcido, Ellen Schimmel, Nancy Shake, Pat Smith, Greg Starnes, Jim Vlantis, Norma Webb, Kelley Werner, Charles White, Ivy Wu, Praful Zala, Georganne Zaro Eddy.

 

IMAGE GALLERY

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