Studio Goals

At the end of 2011 I finally received my zoning variance and permit to open my studio to the public.
My goals for 2012 include:

-portrait projects for friends and family members

- participation in the Annual Wellsville Art Association shows at the David A. Howe library
 ( Click here to learn more about Wellsville Art Association schedule, updates, and photos on their new FaceBook page.Click here to learn more about  Howe Happenings -events, services, classes, technology, BOOKS, and much more offered at our local library.)

-improvements to the sheilalynnkart web page
-budget changes that permit participation in competitions for International Art magazine and Art News
-completion of the Facing Phases series that I started in 2009
-Facing Phases open to the public by the end of 2012...at least one One-Man Show/Exhibition by the end of the year
-beginning the new project

Awards

Fierce Fragments receives first place at Wellsville Art Association Annual Member Show on display at the David A. Howe library in Wellsville NY October 2010.

New House/future studio

Recently relocated to Wellsville...We purchased a one story bungalow style house that will eventually be the site of my new studio and office. This is the space that will become studio and gallery space for sheilalynnkart...
After completing my business plan through the entrepreneurial assistance program at ACCORD corporation I am working with VESID and the Independent Living Center to determine the feasibility of financing the Prone Works Table that will be crucial to successful self employment...While I am waiting I am working on the final series of paintings for the facing phases series and finishing up projects from Sherman Street.

Facing Phases at Exposed Series Exhibition June - December 2010

Facing Phases (photography, paper sculpture, acrylics on stretched canvas) is a series of images documenting the ebb and flow of personal engagement with life. The viewer is strongly encouraged to confront each stage of change directly with the knowledge that this too shall pass. Face each phase as it comes. Take the time to know the character of each for you will inevitably see it again. Change influences perspective. Awareness of the perspective gives one the power to change perception

Works from the Facing Phases Series (2009) will be on display at a variety of host sites in the Southern Tier during the Eposed Series Rotating Exhibit from June - December 2010
Works shown-
Still Standing Installation-paper sculpture and photography (phases of coping with chronic pain)
Sheila's Sherman Street Garden - digital photography (phases of the life cycle from my own garden)

(the paintings for this series are in progress at the studio)

For more exhibit information call 585-268-5951 or email wjskinner@thefountainartscenter.org or visit the
 Fountain ArtsWebsite:http://www.thefountainartscenter.org/

Funding provided by the New York State Council for the Arts Dencentralization Regrant Program administerd by the Cattaraugus County Arts Council

http://myartscouncil.net/index.php/home

Music On The Lawn

Adirondak Chair donated to auction to benefit the Music On the Lawn series at the Wellsville Library.

Belfast Organization for Artists. Spring/summer Schedule

My work at the WAA Seven Counties Art Show

ALL THINGS placed first in the Abstract Category STILL STANDING place first in the mixed media category.