2013 Artisans Road Trip Artist Mel Myers

Pottery/Ceramic Art  ©Mel Myers

Mel Myers' hand made pottery shows his years of experience, care and attention to detail. His winter's work has produced new glazes in soft spring colors and rich earth tones. His vases, bowls, trays, and vessels are usable and beautiful.

Myers is known throughout the state for his intricately carved pottery. Return customers look for him at summer art shows in Des Moines, Ames, and Iowa City; however, he also sells from his studio located at 717 11th Ave East in Spencer.

His one-of-a-kind pottery make for nice gifts...or may be admired and used in ones home or work place.

Buy pottery made by your home town potter/ceramic artist ...the man who exhibits under the company name of "Clay County Clay."

Check back again soon for more artists of the Artisans Road Trip! 

2013 Artisans Road trip Artist David Strom

"Lakeside Township"

© David Strom

It is 2013 Artisans Road Trip artists and events blog-time!  We're going to introduce new and familiar faces this year, plus events year round for your 2013 A.R.T. enjoyment!  The first in the 2013 A.R.T. introductions this year is 2013 Artisans Road Trip Artist David Strom!

 

"Oasis"

© David Strom

 

David is currently exhibiting in Marshall, Minnesota at the William Whipple Gallery at Southwest MN State University and his exhibit will be up until April 4th.  The show is made up of black and white pen & ink drawings exploring a couple of ongoing  themes: Grain Bins/ Huts and fantasy landscapes .  Most of the drawings were done within the last 5years.  

 

David lives and works in  Windom, MN and can be contacted at his studio in Windom.

 

Learn more about David and other artists of the 2013 Artisans Road Trip at the 2013 A.R.T. website at - http://www.artisansroadtrip.com 

 

 

The 2013 Artisans Road Trip Artists!

Work examples sampling the 2013 Artisans
Road Trip artists - all works © by the respective artists.
(from top left - clockwise; David Strom, Roberta Williams,
Ron Netten, Karess Knudtson, Mell Myers and Steve Booth)

The names are in! The artists participating in the 2013 Artisans Road Trip have been finalized and we see both familiar names and new memebrs of the 201 event as well. They are as follows:

1. Marisa Sidles - Painting, Terril
2. Ron Netten - Potter, Storm Lake
3. Judy Hemphill - Photography, Spencer
4. Beth Cathcart - Pottery - Linn Grove
5. Timothy Arand McIlrath - Abstract Compositions, Okoboji
6. Barb McGee - Painting, Peterson
7. Linda Fries - Watercolor, Peterson
8. Judy Thompson - Watercolor, Orange City
9. Joanne Alberda - Collage & Stitched Fabric, Sioux Center
10. Robert Ansorge - Photography, Storm Lake
11. Steve Booth - Jewelry, Peterson
12. Danielle Clouse - Painting, Okoboji
13. Mel Meyer - Pottery, Spencer
14. Hank Hall - Pottery, Spirit Lake
15. Dennis Dykema - Painting, Spirit Lake
16. Anita K. Plucker - Watercolor, Terril
17. Diane Noll - Jewelry, Linn Grove
18. Karess Knudtson - Photography, Milford
19. Bill Leib - Abstract Sculpture, Spirit Lake
20. Joleen Dentlinger - Pen & Ink Drawing, Storm Lake
21. Bruce Morrison - Painting/Photography, Hartley
22. Karen Ruddy - Multi-Media/Beaded Painting, Emmetsburg
23. David Strom - Pen & Ink/Painting/Collage, Windom, MN
24. Mitch Eveleth - Pen & Ink, Estherville
25. Glenda Drennen - Watercolor, LeMars
26. Roberta Williams - Watercolor Batik, Spirit Lake

2013 is the Artisans Road Trip's 10th Anniversary and it looks like a great year ahead. Join us any time of the year as we hold exhibits, call or email our studios to check out our work, follow this blog to keep up on what's going on - and clear your calendars for the fall studio tour on October 5th and 6th!

We look forward to seeing you!

Hank Hall in 6th International Texas Teapot Tournament

 Hank working on "Celebrating Line & Dots" teapot

Here's an update from A.R.T. participant Hank Hall…

Two of Hank’s signature teapots are currently showing in the 6^th International Texas Teapot Tournament presented by C.A.M.E.O. and 18 Hands Gallery in Houston, Texas. Celebrating Line & Dots and Squirt II are among 80 exhibited teapots from across the county, England and Singapore. The juror for the exhibit Piero Fenci is a distinguished ceramic artist and educator with an MFA in ceramics from Alfred University in Alfred, New York.  

"Celebrating Line & Dots"

© Hank Hall 

18 Hands Gallery is a premier ceramic arts gallery located in the Historic Heights District in Houston. CAMEO (Clay Arts Museum and Education Organization) of Houston sponsors exhibits of emerging artists, workshops and demonstrations in support of its core mission of supporting education and appreciation of clay as a form of art. The exhibit opened at 18 Hands Gallery with a reception on January 12 and runs through January 27.

"Squirt II "

© Hank Hall

Hall’s fascination with making teapots started when he studied under Bauhaus-trained Marguerite Wildenhain at Pond Farm Pottery in Guerneville, California during the summers of 1973 and 1974. His goal now is satisfying his own esthetic sense of what makes an entertaining, inventive, and personal teapot form. According to Hall, “Sometimes I entertain myself by searching store aisles for hardware gadgets, trinkets, wire, and other materials to fashion into a teapot lid or an embellishment. Recently I have been decorating my teapots with dots and lines to bring my interests in drawing and clay together.”

Hall is a full-time working artist in Olde Town Spirit Lake where he has renovated the late Joe Lieb’s wood-working shop into an art studio and gallery called Art on 16^th. The gallery features outstanding work by area fine artists - including Hall’s teapots, pottery, drawings, and paintings - and started the tradition of the area’s First Friday Art Trek in 2007. For more information go to www.hankhallarton16th.com or Facebook. 

A.R.T. Artist Karess Knudtson

 Artist Karess Knudtson

News from an Artist of the 2012 Artisans Road Trip Karess Knudtson: I am pleased to have a solo art exhibit and sale the month of January at the Noble County Art Center in Worthington, MN!  Exhibit opening will be held this Sunday, January, 6th from 2 - 4 pm.  Come out and enjoy refreshments at the Noble County Art Center located at 407 12th Street in downtown Worthington, MN.

"Prairie Winds"

© Karess Knudtson

Please see the article below from the Worthington Daily Globe newspaper. 

http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/61970/

 

Get Ready for A.R.T. in 2013!

2013 marks the 10th Anniversary for the Artisans Road Trip!  Yes its hard to believe, but so much has happened since the maiden voyage in 2004!  Many, many artists have participated, and from all over NW Iowa.

In the spirit of our 10th Anniversary, we're planning for another great year and want to be sure and get the word out to other artists out there who may be new to the region or having recently returned, that the 2013 A.R.T. artist's "Call-for-Entry" is out and available for artists wishing to participate in this great event during 2013!

The 2013 Artisans Road Trip "Call-for-Entry" is available online at the A.R.T. web site at -

http://www.artisansroadtrip.com/2013-Call-for-Entry-page1.htm

Just print out the entry form sections and mail to the address indicated!

Or you may contact any of the individuals listed on the organization's web site page for more information (phone numbers and e-mail addresses) at -

http://www.artisansroadtrip.com/ataglance.htm

If you, or someone you know, would like to be an active participant of the 2013 Artisans Road Trip, don't wait too long, the sign up period ends in mid January!

Get ready for another great year!!!

Christmas in the Gallery!

Works like these and much more can be found at

"Christmas in the Gallery" at Arts on Grand!

(artworks © the following artists - top left, clockwise -
Anita (Katie) Baedke-Plucker, Mel Myers, Danielle Clouse,

Holly Kellog, Dennis Dykema, Bruce Morrison, Judy Hemphill,

Barb McGee, and center - Timothy J. Arand-McIlrath)

Several Artisans Road Trip Artists are being showcased in the "Christmas in the Gallery" exhibit at Arts on Grand in Spencer, Iowa!

The Exhibit Gallery will be filled with art items from area artists for holiday gift buying.  More than 20 artists are participating, with work in many mediums, including: blown glass, ceramics, handpainted silk scarves, jewelry, note cards from original paintings and photographs, painted ornaments, paintings, photography, musical CDs, collages, textiles (scarves, hats, purses), fused glass, encaustics, wood turnings and more!

The exhibit runs from December 3, 2012 - January 5, 2013.