Final Weekend!

Reception 2016

All photos by Monica Wiesblott

Member News-Leslie Plimpton

Leslie Plimpton is exhibiting two pieces in the juried Ventura Artists Union show, “There is Me.”

once upon a time
 / oh best beloved / there is me

A friend once told me art is not a hobby, a luxury, it is a necessity for our very well being. It is who we are.

This is an exhibit that looks at the personal necessary element of art and how it intersects with the self. 

The show is from July 30 through August 28th so this is the last week to catch the show. It is being presented at 643 A Project Space, 

located at 643 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura, CA.  Please come down this weekend to see some amazing art.

Opening at 643 Project Space May 6th 2016

Jasmine Delgado

opening: May 6, 2016 from 6 pm to 9 pm

exhibition dates: May 6-28, 2016

Opening night of Inkling 2015

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Who are we?

Save The Date- November 6th 2015

~ SAVE THE DATE ~ Friday November 6th inkspots Opening Reception During First Friday Art Walk 5 - 8 pm

We the members of the inkspots are hereby cordially inviting you to the Opening Reception for our annual exhibit of new work. For the first time in our 9 years, we will be holding  a FREE DRAWING for one of you to win a limited edition of our folio, all 13 originals! Join us at the reception and arrive early to enter the drawing for a chance to win a complete set of 13 ORIGINAL limited edition hand pulled prints.  A wonderfully diverse set of original art from 13 of the talented printmakers of the inkspots. All those who enter, but do not win, will also have an option to purchase one of the two additional folios available for sale. Hope to see you and your friends at the opening. 643 A Project Space 643 North Ventura Avenue Ventura, CA 93001

Focus On The Masters Event with The Inkspots!

Focus on the Masters kicks off its 2015-16

 Artist Spotlight season on Nov. 7

1 fish, 2 fish, 3 fish by Judy Gibbs

Focus on the Masters kicks off its 2015-16 Artist Spotlight season on Nov. 7 in the Screening Room of Brooks Institute in Ventura.  The Spotlight interview will feature the inkspots.  Founder Virginia Furmanski will be joined by Bay Hallowell and Inés Monguió in a panel discussion led by Dr. Judy Larson.   The inkspots were formed in 2007 by Virginia who explains that the group is greater than the sum of its parts.  “We take classes together.  We learn new techniques.”

Four Ventura artists interested in printmaking formed the original inkspots group in 2007 by pooling their resources and creating a printmaking studio at the Sea Breeze Gallery in Ventura.  The inkspots of San Buenaventura are a group of artists dedicated to creating original prints using a variety of techniques including etching, collagraph, linocut, monoprint, monotype, woodblock, and digital manipulation.

Spotlight interviews are free to FOTM Members, $10 for general public, $5 students and seniors.

Immediately following the interview guests will gather at 643 A Project Space for the AfterGLOW Fundraising Event.  Paid reservations are required for the AfterGLOW: $25 for FOTM members and $35 for non-members.   An exhibit of works by inkspots artists will run from November 6 through December 19 at 643 A Project Space.

Tickets for both the panel discussion and the AfterGLOW are available online at:  www.FocusOnTheMasters.com or by calling 653.2501.

Also during the First Friday ArtWalk  on Nov.6  the inkspots will have an opening reception from  5:00—8:00 p.m. 643 A Project Space, 643 N. Ventura Ave.

A free drawing for the inkspots 2015 Folio will take place at the 

Opening Reception at 7:00 p.m.

Opening at 643 Project Space

Gallery Open Saturdays 1-4pm

The gallery is open every Saturday from 1-4pm

Come see the show in person!



Opening this Friday!!

Come join us this Friday November 7th for the opening of our exhbition

PRESSING MATTERS



Member News-Asandra

The following locations are upcoming events in which you can view Asandra's work in person.

These are in addition to the upcoming Inkspots exhibition November 7th

 

 

FAULKNER GALLERY
Santa Barbara Printmakers
21st annual juried competition
Faulkner Gallery, 40E. Anapamu St
Santa Barbara, CA
November 2 - 30, 2014
RECEPTION: November 6 from 5 to 6:45 pm

THE ARTS FUND GALLERY
Feast Your Eyes Fundraiser
205_C Santa Barbara St
Santa Barbara, CA
Opening night: November 7 from 6 to 9 pm

ART CENTER/SOUTH FLORIDA
30 Year Anniversary Exhibition
924 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
November 19, 2014 - February 1, 2015

Asandra's work can also be viewed at:

COASTAL COLLECTIONS
527 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA

TIGER LILY BOUTIQUE
139 East Main Street, Mount Kisco, NY

Also represented by:
GALLERY 525
525 West El Roblar Ave, Ojai, CA

 

 

Guest Visitor- Master Printmaker Michael McCabe

photo by: Bay Hallowell

 

The Inkspots hosted an in house visitor,
the wonderfully talented Master Printmaker
Michael Mc Cabe. 

Four Inkspot members participated in a Saturday critique by Mr. McCabe.

Ginny Furmanski, Karen L. Brown, Karen Schroeder, and Bay Hallowell

 received valuable feedback and tips.

 Here, he is inspecting one of Karen Schroeder's prints.

Save the Date!

HELD OVER BY POPULAR DEMAND

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Opening Night

 

All Images by Monica Wiesblott

Opening Tomorrow

Nancy Macko @ Project 643 space

643 Project Space presents: 

Nancy Macko, Hopes and Dreams: A Visual MemoirNancy Macko
Hopes and Dreams: A Visual Memoir
Opening Reception: Friday, Feb. 4, 6-9pm
Closing Reception: Saturday, Feb. 26, 1-2pm

643 Project Space is pleased to present work by artist Nancy Macko. In 2003 Ms. Macko’s mother began to show signs of memory loss eventually diagnosed as dementia. Over the last six years she has been documenting her mother’s decline through audio tapes and photographs. The act of losing one’s memory and sense of time is difficult at best to describe but can be understood through an experience of it. Ms. Macko states that, “It reminds me of “calving” a term used to describe the process when huge chunks of glaciers just break off and fall into the sea. It is as if the mind “calves” and there seems to be no end to the process.”

In the summer of 2008, she began Hopes & Dreams, a series of large format digital prints that act as a visual memoir and attempt to visually describe this “loss of memory.” This body of work visually explores the “arc” of a life. Nancy Macko is a member of the faculty at Scripps College where she currently chairs the Gender and Women’s Studies Department and is the Director of the Scripps Digital Art Program. Ms. Macko exhibits her work extensively and one of her most recent exhibitions, Hive Universe: Nancy Macko, 1994-2006, was exhibited at the Municipal Art Gallery in Los Angeles. Her work is in numerous public collections with recent acquisitions by the RISD Museum, Brown University, LACMA and the Samella Lewis Collection of Contemporary Art at Scripps College.

The exhibition is free and open to the public. 643 A Project Space is an alternative contemporary art gallery exhibiting emerging and established national and international artists. The gallery is located near downtown Ventura on the west end at 643 N. Ventura Av, Ventura. For more information, call 805-218-1434