Batavia Il - On Saturday, November 12 between 6pm and 10pm, Water Street Studios will be hosting its monthly Second Saturdays at the Studio. This event gives members of the public a unique opportunity to wander the vast Water Street Studios complex and talk to artists in their studios while the artists demonstrate their creative techniques. Featured artists will include sculptor Rita Grendze, jeweler/metalsmith Lisa Dienst-Thomas and painter Greta Bell.
Grendze will be starting on a new project and is looking for help from the public. She will be working to create book angels by folding, bending and stiffening its pages to enhance its physical presence. She suggests that participants allow approximately one hour per book angel. In lieu of payment for the workshop, Grendze asks participants to BRING A MINIMUM OF TWO HARD-COVER BOOKS: one for your own book angel, the second to be used in her "Well-read" solo show and installation piece. This show will run between July 27 and August 19, 2012 in the Water Street Studios second floor gallery.
In conjunction with the Second Saturday event, a special show will be running in the second floor gallery featuring the work of potter, John Spiteri and painter, Carey Overstreet. "It is great that artists from all over the region can use this gallery to highlight their work." said Water Street Studios gallery director, Steven Lockwood. "We are excited to work with such high caliber artists like John and Carey."
More information on John Spiteri and Carey Overstreet is available at: http://www.waterstreetstudios.com/events/john-spiteri-carey-overstreet
More information on Rita Grendze's "Well-read" show available at: http://www.waterstreetstudios.com/events/rita-grendze-well-read
More information on Water Street Studios available at: http://www.waterstreetstudios.com/
