Alamo Danville Artists’ Society will host the opening of Blackhawk Gallery’s new Exhibit ‘Kaleidoscope’. Gala Reception will be held on Saturday February 21 from 5 to 7pm with wine and Hors d’oeuvre. The exhibit will be on view seven days a week from February 20, 2015 to May 3, 2015, Monday-Saturday 10AM-8 PM and Sunday 11AM-6 PM.
The Reception and Exhibit are free and open to the public.
The ‘Kaleidoscope’ exhibit features two guest artists and forty-four member artists. Artworks by guest artists include fused glass by Wesley Wong, and glass mosaics by Mary Beth Binder. Members’ artworks include paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, and wearable art.
The exhibit is curated by Pete DeFao, Debby Koonce, and Kerima Swain.
Blackhawk Gallery is located at 3416 Blackhawk Plaza Circle in Danville, California 94506, in the Blackhawk Plaza. Telephone: (925) 648-8023.
Guest Artists
Mary Beth Binder
Mary Beth Binder studied and performed dance since the 1990’s. She became interested in glasswork and mosaic after seeing her first tempered glass mosaic at an art festival. She knew that was what she wanted to do. However, it was not until her kneecap was shattered in an accident and she could no longer dance that she turned to mosaic.
It is magical to her that she has been able to create something beautiful out of something broken!
Mary Beth studied and learned from master mosaic artists. Through the Institute of Mosaic Art in Berkeley, California, she has attended workshops with visiting artists Ellen Blakeley, Kelley Knickerbocker, Laurel Skye, Laurel True, Rachel Rodi, and has studied classical hammer & hardie stonecutting from Michael Kruzich. She was able to briefly assist and learn from Ellen Blakeley in her studio in 2013, and has been assisting Rachel Rodi in her studio since late 2014.
Mary Beth’s work is held in private collections in Hawaii, California and New York.
info@marybethbinder.com www.marybethbinder.com
Wesley Wong
Wesley Wong is an award-winning artist who designs and produces custom glass art from his studio in San Jose, California. His passion for glass started in 1981 with stained glass, which eventually lead him into mosaics and fused glass. His work features lots of bright colors and intricate patterns and has been exhibited in many juried glass and mosaic shows throughout the United States. He creates stained glass, mosaic and fused glass works in 2D and 3D, and enjoys finding new techniques for combining the mediums.
Wesley enjoys sharing his glass knowledge with other artists and teaches glass workshops through his studio, at the Institute of Mosaic Art in Berkeley, CA., and at the annual glass convention in Las Vegas. He is a member of the Association of Stained Glass Lamp Artists (ASGLA), Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA), Contemporary Mosaic Art (CMA), and Full Spectrum Mosaic Artists of Silicon Valley. He has written articles for Glass Patterns Quarterly magazine, and is a regular contributor to the ASGLA annual stained glass lamps calendar.
wesley.wong@sbcglobal.net www.glasstastique.comMember artists
Akio Aochi, Dana Beebe, Anna Blazhiyevskiy, Claudia Bossert, Phyllis Brady, Paul Cotter, Barbara Davies, Peter DeFao, Elena Doronkina, Dorothy Gager, Bobbi Garrop, Lynn Glenn, Beryl Glen-Reiland, Gene Gracey, Deborah Graffuis, Greg Gutbezahl, Kathie Hackler, Debby Koonce, Roseann Krane, Walter Krane, Tom Lemmer, Andrea Markus, Claudette McDermott, Teresa Onoda, Wendy Oliver, Julia O’Reilly, Lin Padden, Harika Piccone, George Rammell, Dan Riley, Michael Rizza, George Robertson, Joanne Robinson, Goldie Schnitzer, Harry Singh, Pat Smith, Greg Starnes, Melissa Stephens, Mary Claire Stotler, Doug Stout, Kerima Swain, Norma Webb, Charles White, Mehdi Yahyavi.
Image Gallery
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