First Thursday

Gallery 308
308 E Main

Gallery 308 opens its Paperchaser 2013 exhibition with a free reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 4.  The 4th annual show is a juried art show featuring the artworks of contemporary artists working in paper-based media. 

Paperchaser 2013 will be juried by noted artist and gallerist Mark Bercier. Mark lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana. He will be on hand to visit and talk with artists and visitors the night of the opening.

Dave Franklin, Gallery 308 Board President, said, “More than $1,200 in cash awards will be announced at the Gallery opening on April 4 including the Best of Show winner. The Best of Show winner also receives a solo exhibition in 2014.” Local artist, Alfredo Marin Carle received Best of Show honors in 2012 for his self-portrait, “Introspection”. He along with Paperchaser first place winner Ryan Sparrow will have a show at Gallery 308 in October 2013. 

Gallery visitors will have the chance to see more than 70 works-on-paper ranging from watercolor, to oils, to mixed media to 3-D. The exhibit will be on display through April 19.  The gallery’s new hours are Fridays 3-7pm and Saturdays from 12:30 – 5:00pm.  Admission is free. 

The exhibit is made possible by funding from Art Mart, Lyle Mannweiler Photography and Indiana Public Radio.

Gallery 308, which provides space for local and regional artists with monthly “First Thursday” exhibits, is in its 13th year as a nonprofit art gallery.  For more information about Paperchaser 2013 opening, contact sherry@jackscamera.com.

Located at 308 East Main Street, Gallery 308 is a 501(c)(3) community art gallery which exists to provide exhibition space for artists, encourage innovative work and serve the community as a cultural and educational resource. Contributions to Gallery 308 are tax-deductible. To inquire about gallery hours, volunteer and donor opportunities, call 765-289-8575, or visit http://www.gallery308.org for information about upcoming exhibits.

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
224 E Main

What is drawing? This is the question posed by Ball State Art Professor, Scott Anderson, to  fellow faculty members. Their responses – 15, in total – are the basis of this exhibit. Explains Anderson, “I believe the most elegant and thorough answer to the question is:  Drawing is the act of making marks – mark making with many different purposes and outcomes. From traditional approaches and mediums to newer investigations, drawing remains the primary tributary to any art practice.” He continues, “Drawing is still the most direct, unfiltered and honest means to record the world around you and to express yourself.”

While all of the artists have independent styles of creating, and use a wide range of mediums, they all “consider drawing to be an integral, if not essential, component of their art practice.”

Printmakers draw their images before printing them, painters typically draw before painting and potters and sculptors sketch out the details of their pieces before forming or building begins. This universal starting point for each art creation reveals that “drawing remains the primary tributary to any art practice,” as Anderson claims.

Anderson will give a talk about the exhibit at 6 PM during the opening reception on Thursday, April 4, 2013. Many of the other artists will attend the opening, and include Kim Anderson, Hannah Barnes, Brent Cole, Kevin Duffy, Robert Flory, Barbara Giorgio, David Hannon, Heidi Jensen, David Johnson, Sarojini Johnson, Mike Prater, Mary Ann Rahe, Tom Riesing, and Mark Sawrie. Light refreshments will be served and the public may visit between 5 and 8 PM.

On the other side of Gordy’s space, another exhibit will open in the “Nook.” Caitlin Lynch is a recent honors graduate of the BSU Art Department who uses a variety of materials ranging from drawing and painting to performance and installation. Her work “often utilizes invented narratives and simple symbols to tell autobiographical, highly personal stories.” Lynch currently works at Open Door Art Studio in Columbus, Ohio, as an Art Facilitator and at the Columbus Museum of Art. She will speak about her work at 6:30 PM. 

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. is located at 224 E. Main Street, next door to Muncie Civic Theatre.  For more information, call 765-284-8422 or visit http://www.gordyframing.com.

Rose Court
125 E Charles

Sean Orlosky is an administrative assistant for a law office in downtown Muncie. In addition to doing freelance artwork, he also enjoys volunteering as an actor and voice-over artist for community theatre events in Muncie and Farmland, Indiana. Sean enjoys using bold color palettes and alternates between whimsical and dramatic subject matter in his artwork. He hopes that those seeing his exhibit of original works at the Rose Court see "something that makes them smile."

Please join us for an evening with the artist.   In case you miss it, much of Sean's work will remain on display for the rest of the month of April in the central atrium of Rose Court.