The Artists’ Studio in the Foothills (ASiF) invites the public to its 17th Annual Resident Artist Show on Friday, January 23 from 5 – 7p.m. The show will be celebrated with wine, refreshments and a live musical performance by pianist, Gregory S. Young.
The gallery will feature artworks in a range of media by its twenty-one studio artists — including oil, acrylic and watercolor painting, mixed media, paper mache, printmaking, pyrography, ceramic sculpture, pottery, handmade paper/fiber arts, jewelry/metal arts and more – plus twenty one individual art exhibits in each of the artist’s private studios and shared community studio areas.
Exhibiting artists include: Amanda Paoletti, Cheri Guerrette, Claudia Jeffers, Dori Greenbaum, Emily Pieper, Jennifer Smat, Karen Brooks, Kelly Olivier, Kim Carlsen, Lani Zila, Linda Zupan, Louise Pryor, Mariela Cunqueiro, Michelle Jewett, Pam Klein, Robin Wallace, Rose Paratore, Roseanne Burke, Sharon Yonenaka, Stephanie Schriver and Susan Michalski.
ASiF’s 2026 Resident Artist Show will be on display through Saturday, March 16 with open gallery hours Thursdays – Saturdays from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
ART-INSPIRED POETRY: ASiF’s 4th Annual EKPHRASTIC FANTASTIC!
As tradition will have it, ASiF’s annual Resident Artist Show will serve as inspirational fodder for the center’s, also annual — Ekphrastic Fantastic: Art-Inspired Poetry show in April. The word ekphrastic (which means poetry written about art) is the impetus for this special collaboration. Now in its fourth year, the show will feature a curated group of local and regional poets who’ve been invited to view and select artworks from the Resident Artist show to serve as subjects for their “ekphrastic” poems. Once written, the ekphrastic poems will be printed and displayed on the gallery walls beside the artworks which inspired them. On Friday, April 3 the public is invited to return to the center for a seated reading of the ekphrastic poems, while ASiF Resident artists are tasked as “art runners”, to deliver their art to and from the stage as the ekphrastic poems are read aloud.
ASiF’s annual Ekphrastic Fantastic: Art-Inspired Poetry Show is in collaboration with the Nevada County Arts Council and is an official fringe event of the Sierra Poetry Festival. The mission of this curated collaboration is to bring these two distinct and thriving Nevada County communities of visual artists and poets together to share and grow their mutually supportive audience. For more information about this and other upcoming exhibitions and events go to asifstudios.com.
A VISUAL ARTS COMMUNITY RESOURCE
The Artist’s Studio in the Foothills is a 4000-square-foot fully equipped studio arts center featuring private and shared studio space, three community classrooms and a gallery to promote resident and visiting artists.
Now in its 17th year, ASiF is home to more than 20 studio artists and instructors, offering a wide range of year round programs, classes and art camps for adults and children, including weekday and weekend workshops in various media such as drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, ceramics, sculpture, papermaking/fiber arts, pyrography, jewelry & metal arts and more.
For information on classes, workshops & upcoming events and exhibits stop by ASiF during open gallery hours, Thursday – Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ASiF is located at 940 Idaho Maryland Road in Grass Valley. For more info go to asifstudios.com / 530-274-7000.
Know & go
WHO: ASiF Resident Artists & Instructors
WHAT: Gallery Show – Artist Reception & Musical Performance
WHERE: ASiF Gallery, 940 Idaho Maryland Road, Grass Valley
WHEN: Friday, January 23, 5-7 p.m.
CONTACT: Amanda Paoletti 530/210-3162 [email protected]
WEBSITE: asifstudios.com
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