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\n\n RIDGEFIELD\, CT –February 7th\, 2013 –Rockwe ll Art Galleries of Ridgefield breaks away from traditional visions in REN EGADE: The Mavericks of Fabericks exhibits from February 7th –April 13th. The show welcomes original uses of mediums and forms from artists Heidi Le wis Coleman. Peggy Corallo Dembicer\, Leslie Giuliani\, Melissa Maddonni H aims\, Arle Sklar-Weinstein\, and Leslie Smith. Their usage of alternative materials brings the viewer in closer\, makes the viewer think\, wonder\, and smile. The public is invited to an opening reception on Thursday Febr uary 7th from 5:30-7:30PM. The event is free and open to the public. Rockwell Art and Framing of Ridgefiel d is located at 470 Main Street\, Ridgefield\, CT 06877. Phone 203-894-800 0.
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\n\n Peggy Corallo Dem bicer is a mixed media artist who creates unique and contemporary artwork. Using her background in textile and fiber arts\, she presents a modern take on traditional techniques. She is a self-taught artist\, drawn to the fiber arts in particular. Picking up techniques through workshops and experimentation\, she has explored weaving in all its forms beginning with her earliest focus on tapestry. Through exhibitions and her associati ons with galleries\, her work has grown and diversified in both style and materials. Recent work incorporates recycled materials and found objects. Peggy often includes beads and specialty papers in her constructs. The wor k takes its shape through the versatility of weaving\, gluing\, embroideri ng\, stitching or combining these techniques together with paints\, fabric \, and polymer clay. She gets her inspirations from the possibilities she sees in everyday things\, from brochures to the rusty metal fragments in t he street. She considers how things can be interpreted through fiber or em bellished with beads and continues to delight us with her playful and orig inal interpretations. She exhibits her work regularly in CT galleries like Gallery on the Green in Canton\, Silvermine Art Guild in New Canaan\, Art well in Torrington\, and through the West Hartford Art League.
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\n\n Heidi Lewis Coleman was inspired by the weav ings and basketry of the local Indian tribes where she grew up in Central Washington State and took her early influences to heart infusing them into her art. Studies of Indian artifacts and practices have deeply influenced her work in the form of woven pieces. She has further explored this techn ique by weaving painted paper. By shredding two identically painted sheets horizontally and vertically\, she reweaves an image which appears to ripp le and vibrate. These textural results add dimension and life to her work which began as a mere one dimensional element.
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\n\n Leslie Giuliani< /strong> has a rather eclectic artistic background. Having graduated with a B.F.A. in drawing and painting\, she continued her studies in esoteric a rt forms including fresco painting\, Byzantine icon painting\, gold leaf c onservation\, non silver photographic processes\, and encaustic painting. She has worked with textile handcrafts since childhood. Ms. Giuliani is th e recipient of an Artist Fellowship Grant for Craft from the Connecticut C ommission on Culture and Tourism and her work is represented in the CT sta te’s art collection.
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\n\n Arle Sklar-Weinstein< /strong> has always identified herself as an artist from a very young age\ , while true inspiration came during a lunch in 1981 after witnessing a fa culty colleague hand quilting and appliquéing. The tactile enhancement of stitched fabric in composition combined with the improvisational piecing o f fabric while fusing painting with photo imaging concepts opened her art to great endeavors. Investigating new technologies and integrating combina tions of materials in non- traditional formats has always been her approac h in exhibitions as a painter\, printmaker and installation-artist. Howeve r\, as the sculptor\, Jacques Lipchitz said\, “No one falls out of the sky \, we stand on the shoulders of our history.” Sklar-Weinstein’s “soft pain tings” give homage to the artistic heritage of all the inspired\, gifted q uilters who have preceded us. Her current work employs both visual and phy sical layering and is represented at ART/PLACE Gallery\, Southport\, CT an d at the Silvermine Guild Arts Center\, New Canaan\, CT.
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\n Leslie Smith\, enchanted by a spinning wheel as a c hild\, has practiced the magical arts of weaving\, spinning\, dyeing\, fel t making\, basketry\, freeform crochet\, and rustic woodworking for many y ears. She has shown her work locally and nationally\, and has taught fiber arts workshops\, and presented fiber arts and living history programs to students of all ages\, in schools\, guilds\, camps\, museums\, and at publ ic events. When weaving\, she tends to favor the freedom\, and intimacy of her simple frame looms over her mechanical looms. She finds inspiration f or her work in nature\, and finds joy in foraging for new and unexpected m aterials to work with. A favorite pastime is the study\, and contemplation of history\, culture\, mythology\, and gardening. She frequently incorpor ates symbols of these themes into her work.
\n\n\nPhone: 2038948000\n\n 470 Main Street\n470 Main Street\nRidgefield\, CT\n06877\n\n DTSTART:20130207T173000 DTEND:20130207T193000 LOCATION:Rockwell Galleries/ Ridgefield PRIORITY: SUMMARY:RENEGADE: The Mavericks of Fabericks URL:http://www.rockwellartandframing.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR