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Gallery Schedule for September 2010 - November 2011 (opens to a new window)
The Crossroads Art Center Featured Artist Exhibition Spaces and Programming Policy

July 2010

Indoor Artwalk & Open House - Friday, July 16th, 6:00 PM-9:00 PM Admittance to the Art Center is FREE! Guests will have time to view all of the featured art while enjoying a drink from the cash bar and food from Sticks Kebob Shop, The Melting Pot, Gearhart’s Chocolates and Cabot Creamery Cooperative. Come enjoy a night of art and fellowship Friday at the Crossroads Art Center Indoor Art Walk and Open House. Live music is by Darryl Ellyson of the River City Blues Society. Proceeds from the Beverage Sales will benefit Richmond SPCA.

Featured artists will be E.B. Kellinger (Liz), Kris Krull, Nancy Varipapa ….as well as artists participating in The Art of Business Throwdown featuring The Richmond Craft Mafia and The Real Small Art League. Of course, we will also have local artists participating in July’s “All Media Show” and the Crossroads “Members Only” Show. Show Dates: July 16th – September 8th

July All Media Show Winners


1st Place - Irene Jessee Perry - VCU


2nd Place - Susean Singer - Presence


3rd Place - Randal Green - Axle Gator

Studio One Gallery: Nancy Varipapa

ARTIST STATEMENT
My painting is an emotional response to color. Through the use of brilliant color, I illicit feelings such as excitement, melancholy and joy. After mixing each hue, I work quickly with my palette knife to juxtapose a collaboration of vivid and complex shades. I respond viscerally with and to each color, working to create my own feeling of balance and conflict in the painting where the colors are intertwined in a constant dialogue. Thus, it is not the specific shapes, the scale or the composition that concern me, but the way these elements are molded by color to create a whole.

The harmonious distribution of color used throughout the canvas blends the background, the foreground and the painting’s composition into a single plane. When viewers look at my painting they will not see a vase of flowers or a portrait or a landscape, but an intuitive celebration of color that within contains the subject.

The many layers of paint give the work an additional textural and sculptural quality. The viewer may feel the need to touch my paintings because the experience is more than visual, but tactile as well.

My art is influenced by the subtle hues of Monet, and inversely, the bold colors of Van Gogh. Most importantly, I draw my inspiration from the colors of nature and their ever-changing harmonies.

Gallery One: Kris Krull

A trip to the scrap yard…
An old fashioned dumpster dive…
A walk through a hardware store…

Kris Krull is a self-taught artist who resides in Richmond, VA. His works can be found in galleries, restaurants, and private residences all over the East Coast. He enjoys collecting metal objects with the intention of filtering light through them creating unique works of art. The last few years, he has focused more on a contemporary/industrial feel using aluminum and stainless steel.

History:
In the 90’s, Kris moved from LA into a downtown warehouse in Charlotte, NC filled with artists working in all mediums. He was immediately “bitten by the bug” and started creating sculptures out of restaurant cardboard pieces and used drumheads. He then discovered train cars on the way to the scrap yard where he gathered many unique metal objects to create furniture pieces. Then Kris came to “the light bulb in the metal can with all the holes in it” moment when he was inspired by projections of light. Most recently, he has incorporated illuminated photography and illustrations into his works. After many years and much blood, sweat and tears, Kris Krull has progressed his work into a multi-dimensional, contemporary and visually stunning gallery of unique metal wall-mounted and freestanding light sculptures and furniture.

Caboose Gallery and Trolley Stop Gallery:
The Art of Business Throwdown, Featuring The Richmond Craft Mafia and The Real Small Art League

Social Media Groups Spur Artist Community Competition

At the end of May 2010, creatives from two well-known Richmond art groups, The Richmond Craft Mafia and The Real Small Art League, will begin to compete against one another in a marketing competition modeled after Donald Trump’s television Show “The Apprentice.”

The Art of Business Throwdown, which was conceived by award-winning storyteller and marketing blogger Slash Coleman, will begin when participants take Coleman’s day long marketing class, “Make More Money with Your Art,” on May 29, 2010 from 10:00 am – 4:30 pm.

The two part class which was featured on the NPR series “How Artists Make Money,” is meant to help artists break the starving artist myth and become comfortable with business concepts. The national coverage drew the attention of an agency in New York which signed Coleman in 2009 to create the book version of his curriculum.

“This all branched out of my blog TwentyOneHours.com and my Facebook group Manifest Your Creative Destiny,” Coleman says. “I was really looking for ways to create more of an artist ‘s community off-line and feel connected to something that went beyond the social media screen.”

After the marketing class, teams will have six weeks to promote separate group shows. These shows will be hung in two separate galleries at the Crossroads Art Center on July 16,2010 and remain in the gallery until September 8, 2010. Each team is required to find a local non-profit to donate a portion of their sales to. A video team has been assigned to film team meetings and other components of the project and create a film which will be shown at an event where the winner will be announced on 11/7/10.

Guest artist Noah Scalin will then judge each team on the philanthropic reach of their work, overall sales, media exposure and the growth of each team’s platform. “I’m really excited to expand this idea to include artists of different mediums as well as including galleries and artists all over the world.”

For more information about this project or the upcoming workshop which is open to the public, visit www.slashcoleman.com.



The Richmond Craft Mafia is a supportive networking group of like-minded artists and crafters. The Richmond Craft Mafia was formed in 2005 and was inspired by the original Craft Mafia from Austin, Texas.

Current Richmond Craft Mafia Members include: Bee's Knees Studio, Crystal J Silk, Jackson Sage, Keen Designs, Modern Atelier, MonkeyDog Studio, Nicole Lee Designs, Oelle M., Phil Barbato, Tasha McKelvey and Twist Style.

Join the Richmond Craft Mafia in "rubbin' out the mass produced."

Real Small Art League
The participating artists from our team are:
Betsy Sayre
Lisa Berberette
Alyson Plante
Jennifer Hamrock
L. Campbell Maxey
Elke Talbot
Tiffany Glass Ferreira


About the Real Small Art League: Real Small Art League is an ongoing effort to inspire random acts of artistic kindness and creative awareness around the world. To date, over 600 artists have made, documented and given away tiny works in surprise locations. The ongoing journey and public responses are published via www.realsmallart.com. We truly believe a little work of art can go a long way. The Creative Kindness Throwdown highlights the talent of participating artists in the studio and within the community.

Participating Artists Include: Tiffany Glass Ferreira, Alyson Plante, Lisa Berberette, Betsy Sayre, Jennifer Hamrock, Elke Talbot and L. Campbell Maxey.

About Crossroads Art Center: The Crossroads Art Center has served the Richmond area as a Fine Art and Crafts Gallery for over 8 years. The art center represents over 225 local and regional artists in all types of media. Crossroads is actively involved in the Richmond local artists' community and thereby an important educational and cultural resource for the community.

Contact: Real Small Art League, Tiffany Glass Ferreira, 804-852-9151 or
tiffanyglass@gmail.com

Sidecar Gallery: E.B. Kellinger (Liz)

l'amour fou, Oil on Linen, 48" x 72"

AT PLAY

Artist, E. B. Kellinger, is well known for her large scale oil paintings, where form is simplified and saturated with intense, monochromatic color. After a highly successful collaborative art show (Reveal/Conceal) in the fall of 2008, Liz found it more and more difficult to paint. She cancelled shows. She avoided the studio. Other than a few commissioned portraits, she produced very little.

As a professional artist, it had been ingrained in Liz early that she would need to 1) have an easily identifiable style, 2) create a body of work in that style and 3) don’t deviate. She was taught that mixing it up - with alternate mediums, styles, etc. would just confuse buyers and make people hesitant to collect her art.

Yet, as Liz stood in front of the easel, trying yet again to paint in her signature style, she found COULDN'T paint. Competing elements of business versus creativity confronted each other...and the result was a complete stand-still.

This was when she gave herself permission to play.

The Crossroads Art Center is dedicated in presenting quality artwork, and the conceptual integrity of exhibition proposals (as well as the particular scope or focus of CAC's exhibit schedule for that year) are the primary deciding factors in determining which artists are selected for exhibition. Submissions should be sent to Exhibitions Director, Jenni Kirby; Crossroads Art Center, 2016 Staples Mill Rd, Richmond, VA 23230
The following types of exhibition opportunities are offered by CAC:

1) “ALL MEDIA” Shows selected by Jurors:
Monthly “All Media Show” exhibitions are juried by arts professionals such as museum curators, arts organization curators, art consultants, art critics, independent curators, art historians and accomplished artists. All mid-Atlantic artists are invited to submit their works to CAC through a Call for Entries procedure. The number of artists selected depends upon the juror's decision. Cash prizes are awarded. Anyone who wishes to receive a prospectus for upcoming juried shows may send his or her address to CAC at the above address or via email: Jenni’s email address: jennikirby@crossroadsartcenter.com.

2) Exhibitions Organized by Curators
See below.

3) Solo and Group exhibitions initiated by CAC Exhibitions Director
CAC’s Exhibitions Director curates solo or thematic group exhibitions each month. These exhibitions result from introduction to artist's work through slide submissions, studio visits; research in slide registries; visits to other galleries and arts organizations; attending lectures, panels, and special events; visiting university art departments; peer recommendations from other artists and curators; readings and other sources of inspiration.

Slide Submissions by Artists seeking Solo Exhibitions
CAC encourages artists to submit slides and other visual materials of recent work for consideration in solo exhibition programming. Submissions should include one or more sheets of recent slides, an artist resume, artist statement, any catalogs or press coverage, and a self-addressed stamped envelope (S.A.S.E.) with protective cardboard and sufficient postage to cover slide return.

Reviews of materials are now done throughout the year. CAC's Director of Exhibitions reviews the submissions and will respond to the artist through a letter or telephone call. This may require some waiting period as the annual programming is developed over a year in advance with an agenda for balance, range and inclusivity. Artists are welcome to check in on the decision making progress. Apologies for this lag time are herein offered.

**Artwork must be for sale or an additional $200 fee for exhibition only will be applied.

Submitted Proposals of Thematic Group Exhibitions
Curators may submit proposals of thematic group exhibitions that explore an idea in depth. CAC recommends that one individual serve as the project organizer (curator / artist / writer). This individual should not be one of the proposed exhibiting artists. Artistic quality, depth of research, budget feasibility, attention to administrative detail, and overall professionalism of the proposal are deciding factors in selecting exhibitions. Submissions should include: an exhibition goal statement; a list of artists with their resumes and current slides or videos; experience of project organizer (resume), budget, outline of project needs, and a self-addressed stamped envelope with protective cardboard and sufficient postage to cover return of submission.

CAC’s Director of Exhibitions will review thematic curatorial submissions and respond through a letter or telephone call. Consideration of submissions is ongoing. Again, applicants should be aware that the exhibition schedule is being developed almost two years in advance.

**Artwork must be for sale or an additional $200 fee for exhibition only will be applied.

Traveling or Shared Exhibitions
CAC also presents traveling or shared exhibitions of art that are organized by other institutions. An example is the Paper Cutters Guild of North America, in its traveling schedule; the guild was able to host a show in Gallery I. Other collaborations include co-organized exhibitions with other institutions and artist residencies in the schools or community.

RHODA MACCALLUM GALLERY

Usually this gallery houses the “All Media Show” which a Call For Entries is held for the second weekend of the month. The show will feature various local artists in all types of Media. Please see “Call for Entries” for dates to submit work. Gallery is 31’ x 36’ irregular shape, noncontiguous walls, lighting though out, partial hanging system, with a wall height of 10’. Click to see a diagram of the gallery. The gallery may be rented for a featured artist show for $1500.

SIDE CAR GALLERY

Gallery is composed of 3 walls all 21’ wide and 10’ tall, lighting through out, and a hanging system. Click to see a diagram of the gallery

CABOOSE GALLERY

Gallery is 21’ x 11’ 6” contiguous walls, lighting though out, no hanging system, with a height of 8’. Click to see a diagram of the gallery

GALLERY I

Gallery is 22’ x 26’ contiguous walls, lighting though out, no hanging system, with a height of 7’. Click to see a diagram of the gallery

Featured Artist Wall

The Featured Artist Space is an 8-foot wall beside the receptionist desk.

Exhibition Information 2010

Every Exhibitor will need to:
-    Sign & Return Contract with check to confirm show with in 30 days of receipt of contract
-    3 months before show email Show Title, 3-4 digital images (or send a CD) and your artist statement and/ or biography to CoOwner, Jenni Kirby (jennikirby@crossroadsartcenter.com). These will be used to create press releases and postcards.
-    Coordinate delivery, hanging and removal dates with Gallery Manager (show must be hung by Thursday prior to opening night)

GALLERY SPACES - Exhibition Packages
Side Car Gallery, Caboose Gallery, Gallery 1
Basic Package - $200 Handling & Promotional Fee & 40% Commission
Deluxe Package – $400 Handling & Promotional Fee & 20% Commission
What do you get?
Handling Fee
-    Gallery Lighting, Space and Wall Prep, Use of Facility, Art Hung for you if needed Promotional Fee
-    Recognition on all Press Releases for month
-    Recognition on website for month
-    Included in Monthly Newsletter with distribution of 5000
-    Art featured on front of Monthly postcard, which is snail mailed to 1000 patrons,
and an extra 1000 that are distributed to other art places in the area. You will also receive 100 postcards for your use.

FEATURED ARTIST WALL - Exhibition Package
FEATURED ARTIST WALL ONLY – Beside Reception Wall
$200 Handling & Promotional Fee & 20% Commission
What do you get?
Handling Fee
-    Gallery Lighting, Space and Wall Prep, Use of Facility, Art Hung for you if needed Promotional Fee
-    Recognition on all Press Releases for month
-    Recognition on website for month
-    Included in Monthly Newsletter with distribution of 5000
-    Art featured on front of Monthly postcard, which is snail mailed to 1000 patrons,
and an extra 1000 that are distributed to other art places in the area. You will also receive 100 postcards for your use.
Featured Artist Wall - $200 fee and 20% Commission


Studio 1 - Exhibition Package
First Studio that you see as you walk in art center.
$625 for Two Months – This show hangings at the first of the month for 2 months. Handling & Promotional Fee & 15% Commission
What do you get?
Handling Fee
-    Gallery Lighting, Space and Wall Prep, Use of Facility, Art Hung for you if needed Promotional Fee
-    Recognition on all Press Releases for month
-    Recognition on website for month
-    Included in Monthly Newsletter with distribution of 5000
-    Art featured on front of Monthly postcard, which is snail mailed to 1000 patrons,
and an extra 1000 that are distributed to other art places in the area. You will also receive 100 postcards for your use.


A Few Suggestions:
Shamelessly self-promotion!
-Tell your friends and family about the show and opening. Phone them, email them, write them, and shout it from the rooftops.
-Create your own poster and/or brochure to distribute at your favorite hangouts (coffee shops, etc.)
Remember: More people viewing your work = greater sales potential!

The more marketing you do, the more successful your show will be!

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