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Exhibitions

25th April opening of shows!!!

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Our reception this weekend went wonderfully well, in spite of the motocross Grande Prix going on right at our gate!!!! Thanks to Deny Dotson for organizing traffic staff and signs for us. Soooo….. A great group of artists who gave lovely artist talks about their…

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“Anatomy of a Story”

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Our Artist in Residence for April is illustrator Lisa Kurt. Lisa works primarily with acrylics and mixed media on canvas or wood panels; her work integrates maps and other ephemera within her paintings. Through her work, she explores stories that involve people, animals, and creatures…

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Welcome to the Wild West, Jenny Valloric!

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by Kris Vagner Double Scoop ……….. Jenny Valloric arrived in Virginia City Monday with a traveler’s perspective, a cleared calendar, and a weaving loom in the back of her SUV. Jenny’s an Artist in Residence at St. Mary’s Art & Retreat Center,…

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Merry Merry!!!!

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year friends of St Mary’s Art Center! 2014 has been a fantastic year for the Art Center, with many great leaps forward! We had 6 international Artists in Residence from Denmark, Holland and the UK, our Art Faire was a…

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ART FAIRE

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The Art Faire was a huge success made possible by all of our wonderful sponsors, artist vendors, board members and volunteers! Thank you to all who participated in any way with our Art Faire! Thank you to all the artists who donated a piece for…

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“a winter tonic”

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so its only just started being wintery…but we all enjoyed “a winter tonic” very much! Thank you to all of our artists and visitors who came up the hill to see our new shows on the 15th November opening day!!!! Here is a sample of…

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Narrative Illustration stitching workshop with UK artist, Stewart Easton

25 07

Our Resident artist Stewart Easton is an illustrator and embroiderer from Coventry in the UK. As unlikely an stitcher as you will find anywhere, he creates amazing tales and folklore within his work. His narrative stitching workshop was therefore a real eyeopener for students, who…

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The Summer Shows open…

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The opening reception of shows on Sunday the 29th was full of happy surprises, not least of which hundreds and hundreds of visitors… from the outside-in we were packed with friends, artists, locals, Virginia City characters and interested tourists! Artists Megan Berner and Jared Stanley…

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Sidne Teske’s pastel painting workshop

10 06

When Sidne Teske instructs a workshop, she not only instructs, does demos, encourages students, gives individual tuition, and tells stories …she also opens up her entire incredible pastels collection for students to try ….!!!! Sidne is currently exhibiting with us in the Van Bokkelen gallery,…

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Resident Artist April – May ….. KAREN HAMPTON

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Our most recent resident artist Karen Hampton, is using her residency to work on a very large body of work for an exhibition in New York. Hampton is a conceptual mixed media textile artist. Hampton stumbled across an amazing treasure trove of photographs of her…

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