John Keeton
10-22-2011, 8:09 AM
I posted several days ago that my work had been chosen to be a part of a month long exhibit at The Carnegie (http://www.thecarnegie.com/) in Covington KY. The Carnegie was established in 1972 in a former Carnegie Library which originally was constructed in 1904, and is a 17,000 square foot facility that includes The Carnegie Galleries, crowned by a landmark Beaux Arts dome; the magnificent, newly renovated Otto M. Budig Theatre; and the Eva G. Farris Education center. It is the largest arts venue in Northern Kentucky. The original architecture is very ornate, and yet the interior renovations are very modern. Strangely, it all blends quite well.
This is the 50th year of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen (http://www.kyguild.org/), and there have been several exhibits statewide in celebration of that milestone. The curator of The Carnegie solicited applications from the over 400 members of the Guild, in various mediums, and selected those he desired to participate in this exhibit. I was fortunate to be one of two woodturners chosen - may have been only two that applied!!????:o. In any event, I was pleased.
The opening reception was last night, and I thought I would share some pics from the event.
It was well publicized, and an admission was charged. There was food and a cash bar, and it was obvious the crowd consisted of art lovers - lot of intense study of the works, and a lot of photographs were taken. It was a new experience for me, as I had folks truly intrigued by my work and asking questions I do not normally hear.
There was a constant crowd over the 3 hour period, and I would estimate that well over 400 people attended. There were other featured artist exhibits on the second floor, and a glass blowing team was set up outside working on a multi-piece "sculpture" that was to be completed by 8pm.
We took Ms. Keeton's "point and shoot" camera, so some of the pics aren't great.
This is the exterior of the Galleries portion.
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The entrance from just inside the doors.
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The view up to the second floor from the exhibit hall. The featured artist exhibits were in individual rooms on the second floor.
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One of the original stairways in an area that is not used much - all quarter sawn white oak with the original finish - beautiful stuff!!
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This is the entrance to the exhibit hall taken prior to the beginning of the reception.
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My work was displayed in a glass case - the most fragile work there from what I saw. There was a jewelry artist chosen, and some of her work was in the case as well - a nice compliment to my pieces I felt.
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This is the work of Mary McKinney, the other woodturner chosen to exhibit. Some beautiful work!
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This is a blown glass exhibit - $47,000 for all the pieces as one exhibit!!! I felt humbled to be in the same event!!
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This is the 50th year of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen (http://www.kyguild.org/), and there have been several exhibits statewide in celebration of that milestone. The curator of The Carnegie solicited applications from the over 400 members of the Guild, in various mediums, and selected those he desired to participate in this exhibit. I was fortunate to be one of two woodturners chosen - may have been only two that applied!!????:o. In any event, I was pleased.
The opening reception was last night, and I thought I would share some pics from the event.
It was well publicized, and an admission was charged. There was food and a cash bar, and it was obvious the crowd consisted of art lovers - lot of intense study of the works, and a lot of photographs were taken. It was a new experience for me, as I had folks truly intrigued by my work and asking questions I do not normally hear.
There was a constant crowd over the 3 hour period, and I would estimate that well over 400 people attended. There were other featured artist exhibits on the second floor, and a glass blowing team was set up outside working on a multi-piece "sculpture" that was to be completed by 8pm.
We took Ms. Keeton's "point and shoot" camera, so some of the pics aren't great.
This is the exterior of the Galleries portion.
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The entrance from just inside the doors.
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The view up to the second floor from the exhibit hall. The featured artist exhibits were in individual rooms on the second floor.
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One of the original stairways in an area that is not used much - all quarter sawn white oak with the original finish - beautiful stuff!!
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This is the entrance to the exhibit hall taken prior to the beginning of the reception.
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My work was displayed in a glass case - the most fragile work there from what I saw. There was a jewelry artist chosen, and some of her work was in the case as well - a nice compliment to my pieces I felt.
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This is the work of Mary McKinney, the other woodturner chosen to exhibit. Some beautiful work!
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This is a blown glass exhibit - $47,000 for all the pieces as one exhibit!!! I felt humbled to be in the same event!!
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