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January 20, 2013

BURKE WINE & ART SNOWCASE

What do you get when you combine Wine, Art, Hors D' Oeuvres and Live Music with Local Community and Area Visitors at beautiful Burke Mountain Resort in Vermont's renowned Northeast Kingdom?

You get a very special evening full of good things and great people — and you have an opportunity to support The Burke Area Arts & Cultural Series with the inaugural event!

Please join us for an intimate evening of wine tasting with a knowledgeable sommelier, the chance to view a diversity of art and personally interact with a variety of area artists, dine on delicious hors d' oeuvres, listen to lovely live music — and enjoy each others' company.

Saturday, 26th January, 2013 at 7pm at the Burke Mountain Base Lodge, East Burke, VT.

Tickets, which can be purchased here, are limited!

December 13, 2011

TIS THE SEASON — HOLIDAY OPEN STUDIO AND GALLERY SHOWING DEC. 17th & 18th

In the spirit of the season, Studio Fresca will be hosting a Holiday Open Studio & Gallery Showing from 11am until 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday, December 17th & 18th, so stop by for a visit to see the art and meet the artist! The studio will have works in progress and demonstrations of various mosaic techniques while upstairs the Gallery at Heart Winds House will have completed works, prints and cards, and the latest jewelry pieces on display. Enjoy complimentary hot beverages and holiday treats prepared by Chef Dave from Hearty's, which tied for first place winner at the 2011 Chowder Cook-Off Contest at Burke Mountain Resort, will also have hot, homemade soup and fresh bread on the menu if you're looking for something a little "heartier" to eat!

To find us, look for the Studio Fresca signs posted along the road ways, or call ahead at 802-626-5105, or check us out on google places and tweet @heartysvt to find out what the soup of the day is.

Wishing you all the special joys of the season and hope to see you soon!

May 19, 2011

YOU'RE INVITED! OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND MAY 28th & 29th

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Vermont has a thing for the arts and one thing we do every year is open our studios up to the public for the annual Vermont State Open Studio Weekend.

I suspect it's partly the fact that we are finally reaching the end of our long winters that has us throwing open our doors and kicking up our heels — just like all those happy cows newly released from their barns in spring — that makes this event so welcome to both the artists and the visitors. I also think it's a peculiarly Vermont thing to be both resolutely independent and contentedly solitary while still maintaining a staunchly strong sentiment for the value of community and a consistent, but really rather inconspicuous, no-fuss, make yourself-right-at-home-we're-glad-to-see-you, warmth of hospitality. This attitudinal lifestyle makes a perfect fit for artisans, craftsmen — and farmers — who you'll find throwing open their doors, and maybe even kicking their heels up a bit, on Open Studio Weekend, Saturday 28th and Sunday, 29th of May throughout the entire state of Vermont.

You can download a booklet and map of the more than 200 artists participating here and consider this a personal invitation from me, to you, to stop by Studio Fresca to say hello, check out the works in progress, try out the tools yourself, enjoy fresh baked goods by Hearty's, hang out on the deck or stroll the paths on 5o lovely acres at Heart Winds House in East Burke, VT. We're definitely planning on kicking OUR heels up all in the name of art, community, visitors and spring and we'd be delighted to have you join us!

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THIS ART IS TRASH!

When I'm not delving into dumpsters or scavenging around salvage yards, I create Mixed-Media Mosaic Art using primarily recycled, salvaged and reclaimed materials — and I love the entire process. The art and craft of making mosaics is totally engrossing to me because it involves the heart in the passion of creation, the head in fitting together all the elements of the puzzle, and the hands in fine craftsmanship. For me, art is both interaction and expression; an exploration of discovery that perfectly weds the mind, the soul and the body in an ongoing, thought-provoking, and always entertaining, dialog...with myself, with the world around me — and with ALL the stuff, both physical and metaphysical, of life — so this blog is simply an outlet for me to share a dose of that dialog and a measure of my musings as I look at, and work with, all the bits and pieces that come my way in life!

The Story of Stuff

Stuff...? Yeah, we got LOTS of that! In fact, we're just about stuffed with stuff and this imaginative, informative and cleverly told little on-line tale tells it like it is so that the problem with stuff becomes clear to everybody. It also exlains how easy it is for each one of us to solve our problems with stuff in terms that are so simple and straightforward, you will wonder why you haven't been taking care of stuff already. To watch this short video clip, click on the The Story of Stuff in the Favorite Links section above. And it you like it, pass it on!

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE ALOHA!

Customized mosaic for my favorite coffee growers at Blair Estate where growing coffee is an art and a lifestyle. Keeping to their organic committment, they use sheep as lawn mowers...once, during a livestock emergency, they actually made me MILK a sheep. Check out their chocolate covered macadamia nuts! Everyone on the mainland begs me to bring them some of these treats — and being the chocolate addict that I am, if I don't pack them away in my suitcase I end up eating them all on the plane. Click on the Coffee Times link in Galleries & Venues above to try some for yourself and take an on-line tour of this unique organic coffee plantation on the island of Kauai.

TRASH IS TREASURE IN PARADISE

Kaua'i Recyling for the Arts is a non-profit art and educational organization created by a group of local Kaua’i artists, educators, business owners and environmentalists. The goals of the collective are to provide art, education and environmental awareness to residents and visitors to the island of Kauai. The collective maintains a studio in Lihue with furnaces fueled by Bio-Diesel where glass bottles diverted from the landfill are used to create art of all kinds. They also offer classes, demonstrations of hot glass work and have a small onsite gallery. It's located between the airport and the dump, so it's definitely one of my favorite places to hang out and so convenient to tourists if you happen to be visiting the island! You can get more info about this worthy organization by clicking on the link in Galleries & Venues above.