Open Studio This Saturday: January 18th at 12pm - Come Play With Recycled Materials!

Hello Everyone! Happy New Year! What a great time to start a new creative project!

Come join us this Saturday for our first Open Studio of 2014! We hope the beginning of this new year has been energizing for you! Come and create with us!

Like recycled art? Want to participate in a group project? Or donate some recyclables?

Our art group has been asked to participate in an event at SMUD called the Youth Energy Summit. We have committed to making 14 table centerpieces for their dinner event, and we want to make them out of all recycled or re-used materials! Leaders Katie, Julie, and Gina have the plans ready, we just need your hands!

Also, if you have a few glass jars, tin cans, paper or plastic bags, or old magazines to get rid of, please bring them to Open Studio this week!

Here are the details for Open Studio:

When: Saturday, January 18th (3rd Saturday)

Time: 12-3pm

Where: The Block - part of Lakeside Church Campus

755 Oak Avenue Parkway

Folsom, CA 95630

 

Bring your own materials on Saturday whatever they may be - paints, pencils, paper, music, guitar, dancing shoes, camera, computer, clay, etc. 

We always have some materials (and snacks!) to share as well. 

There is no cost and no need to RSVP. 

All that is required is a willingness to contribute to the safe and encouraging creative time and space for your fellow artists and creative types. 

Have a greet week, and see you all Saturday!

Open Studio - May 18th, Online Face Painting Tutorial, and Up-Coming Writing Retreat: You're Invited!

Hello Creative Friends,

 

It's that time!  Get excited and...

 

come join us for Open Studio this Saturday, May 18th from 12-3pm.  Bring materials, whatever they may be...dancing shoes, instrument, pen and paper, paints and canvas, recycled materials, camera...we always have some fun stuff to share too.  Snacks too! 

 

Open Studio is a community of artists and creatives of all kinds and all ages who create together. Everyone is welcome...invite your friends, kids, neighbors, enemies, etc.

Here are the details for this month's Open Studio:

When: Saturday, May 18, 2013

Time: 12-3pm

Where: The Block - part of Lakeside Church Campus

755 Oak Avenue Parkway

Folsom, CA 95630

 

There is no cost and no need to RSVP.

All that is required is a willingness to contribute to the safe and encouraging creative time and space for your fellow artists and creative types!

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Our artists are busy these days!  We wanted to provide some opportunities to support and learn from local artists...check it out!

 

Mandy Rita Tardif

Artist ~ Face & Body Painter ~ Children's Book Author & Illustrator

www.mandyritatardif.com

 

Mandy is a fabulous friend of mine, and an incredibly talented artist, face painter, illustrator, etc., etc., etc., she does it all!  Here's a little message I received from her recently.  I encourage you to check out her online face painting tutorial and "like" her video!

 

"So, Walt Disney said...if you can dream it you can do it...Here's a dream on mine...to get into the NYX Face Awards to help launch my career in extreme makeup and face painting.
I was wondering if you had time you could give the video attached a little thumbs up (hit the like button).  It is my entry into the NYX Face Awards...a contest designed specifically for You Tube vloggers like me that aspire to be extreme makeup artists/face & body painter.  Part of the judging is how many likes you have...
 
I would really appreciate it!!!!! 
 
Check out the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DUZdolieFk
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 Tonia Colleen Martin
Tonia is an incredible artist and published author friend of mine who is hosting an up-coming writing retreat and YOU are invited!  Please see details below and attached and feel free to send along to others too.

 

Mining With a Feather

Contemplative Writing

And Spiritual Renewal Retreat –

Facilitated by

Tonia Colleen Martin

And

Jessica Campbell

 

May 31-June 1, 2013

 

 Who?

Writing people - who already incorporate the act of writing as a means of capturing  thoughts and experiences.

Non-Writing people - who are curious about finding buried stories and want to experiment with this enriching process. 

Curious people - who value words, stories, time alone, and connecting for the purpose of finding deeper meaning. 

 

What?         

 

Mining With a Feather retreats derive from understanding language as a gift unique to human beings and a powerful way to connect to others.  The stories we carry, often unawares, set the trajectory of what our future is meant to accomplish.  The retreats offer participants tools and instruction to excavate unspoken words and unexplored stories.  Gathering fragmented memories and impressions propels participants toward healing and joy. 

The writing is not about grammar, punctuation, criticism or self-improvement.   

The theme of this retreat is  Beginnings.  We will explore this theme through a Word Harvest.  During the two days of guided writing, we will attend to  words that bubble up and nurture them into sentences and stories.   Participants will examine, question and explore fledgling thoughts and ideas in the context of stories. 

 

Why?

We live in a culture where everyone’s talking.  Mining With a Feather retreats are for listening, reflecting and discovering.  Writers’ natural voices are encouraged and supported.  Participants are nudged further along the path their souls yearn to go. 

Writing creates a watershed, a release, an avenue through which our deepest humanity can flow.  When we write from those deep places we give voice to the human condition. 

When?

May 31 – June 1, 2013

6:30-9:00 Guided Writing (Dinner Included)

9:00-12:00 Saturday (Breakfast Included)

12:00-1:15 Lunch Break (Not Included)

1:30-9:30 Guided Writing (Dinner Included)

 

Where?

Valley Springs Presbyterian Church

2401 Olympus Drive, Roseville, CA 95661

 

More Information:

 

Tonia.colleen@gmail.com

www.miningwithafeather.blogspot.com

 

 

Open Studio This Saturday, January 19th from 12-3pm! Come Join Us!

Hi Creative Friends,

 

"Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse

 

Doesn't it though?  At last Open Studio, dear Janet had painted this lovely floral scene but wasn't pleased with it, so she went over it with white paint to start fresh.  She called it her "Bravery Painting" because she was willing to let go of it, and start anew. I was so proud of her!  In my opinion, this gives a painting depth.  There's more to the painting than meets the eye.  There's a story behind it of trials and tribulations that have gone before.  There are layers instead of one flat picture.  Isn't this true of life too?  Have you ever thought of your life as a painting that is constantly being added to, sometimes messy, sometimes beautiful, sometimes in need of a white wash, full of layers, always in progress, all being handled by a master artist?

 

Come Be Courageous and Play At Open Studio This Saturday!

You are all invited.  Bring your friends too.  We have some fun tasks at hand, and we would love for you to come play with us!. Bring plastic water bottles this weekend to donate for art - we need them for an up-coming event!

Saturday, January 19th

12-3pm

The Block (Lakeside Church campus)

755 Oak Avenue Parkway

Folsom, CA

 

Open Studio is safe and encouraging creative time and space for all people of all ages.

Bring (water bottles this weekend!) and your art supplies, whatever they may be...guitar, dancing shoes, paint brushes, canvas, notebook, camera, ingredients for cooking, etc.  We have art supplies and snacks to share too if you'd like to try something new, and we will be working on some projects for the SMUD Youth Energy Summit....

 

Open Studio and SMUD unite!!

Open Studio is honored to participate in SMUD's Annual Youth Energy Summit (high school students) on January 25th and 26th!   https://www.smud.org/en/residential/education-safety/teachers-and-students/classroom-resources/youth-energy-summit.htm 

 

We will be donating water bottle flower centerpieces that we create for their Friday night dinner, and will be hosting a booth on Saturday morning and afternoon, providing demos to students about how to create recycled art.  Here are some ways YOU can get involved:

 

1. Donate plastic bottles on Saturday, Jan 19th at Open Studio anytime between 12 and 3pm

2. Come to Open Studio on Saturday, Jan 19th and help us create the centerpieces this weekend (bring any recycled materials that could act as the "vases" - soup cans, kleenex boxes, all ideas welcome...get creative! 

3. Let me know if you would like to represent Open Studio with the art demo on Saturday, January 26th from 10am - 1pm at the Youth Energy Summit, no experience necessary...it will be simple and fun!  Would love to have you join us!

 

Redemption Garden is Donated To Local Women's Shelter

We were so fortunate to have Chris Steiner from St. John's Shelter Program for Women and Children join us at last Open Studio.  She gave us information on the shelter, and thanked us for donating our Redemption Garden art installation to their expanded facility opening up later this year.  Their program is called "Bloom" which goes perfectly with aesthetic of Redemption Garden (more information, look at our archives atwww.openstudioart.blogspot.com).  It truly feels as though this connection was divinely orchestrated, and it is such a blessing knowing that the art is now serving a new and beautiful purpose!      

 

Unique Opportunity To Share Your Art
Fremont Presbyterian Church will be hosting a 2-day art show in early February (details in the attached flyer).  This is a really unique opportunity to show your work to the community.  I plan to participate!  If you have ever even considered showing your work, I would encourage you to consider this venue.  My dear friend, and fellow Open Studio-er, Julie always says, creating artwork is only part of the process, the other part is sharing it.  It requires courage!  I know you have it in you! It is a simple application process, just get pictures of your work sent by January 21st! 

 

May you find the time and courage to be creative this week.  It could be as simple as positioning a conversation differently, handling a problem or a conflict in a new creative way, or it could be expressing yourself through a poem, leaving a kind note on a stranger's car, singing with your friends...whatever it is, try it, see how it goes.  Hope to see you at Open Studio this weekend!

 

Creatively yours,

Katie

 

Open Studio

creating art, creating community

www.openstudioart.blogspot.com

katie@justwonderingthrough.com

September Open Studio: Come One, Come All and Create!!!

Hi Creative Friends,

Come join us for September Open Studio on Saturday, September 15th from 1-4pm.  We will be starting a little later this month.  I have a meeting until 1pm, and will then join up with you! 

Open Studio is a community of artists and creatives of all kinds and all ages who create together. Everyone is welcome...invite your friends, kids, neighbors, enemies, etc.

Saturday, September 15th (3rd Saturday)

1-4pm

The Block - part of Lakeside Church Campus

755 Oak Avenue Parkway

Folsom, CA 95630

Bring your own materials on Saturday whatever they may be - paints, pencils, paper, music, guitar, dancing shoes, camera, computer, clay, etc. We always have some materials (and snacks!) to share as well. There is no cost and no need to RSVP. All that is required is a willingness to contribute to the safe and encouraging creative time and space for your fellow artists and creative types.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. See you on Saturday, September 15th

Best,

Katie

katie@justwonderingthrough.com

Next Open Studio: Saturday, August 18th from 12-3pm

Hi Creative Friends,

Come join us for August Open Studio on Saturday, August 18th from 12-3pm

Open Studio is a community of artists and creatives of all kinds and all ages who create together. Everyone is welcome...invite your friends, kids, neighbors, enemies, etc.

Saturday, August 18th (3rd Saturday)
12-3pm
The Block - part of Lakeside Church Campus
755 Oak Avenue Parkway
Folsom, CA 95630

Bring your own materials on Saturday whatever they may be - paints, pencils, paper, music, guitar, dancing shoes, camera, computer, clay, etc. We always have some materials (and snacks!) to share as well. There is no cost and no need to RSVP. All that is required is a willingness to contribute to the safe and encouraging creative time and space for your fellow artists and creative types.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. See you on Saturday, August 18th
Best,
Katie
katie@justwonderingthrough.com

Next Open Studio Meeting is Saturday, July 28th

Hi Creative Friends,

Janet, Jill, and Brianne

Come join us for July Open Studio on Saturday, July 28th.

Open Studio is a community of artists and creatives of all kinds and all ages who create together. Everyone is welcome...invite your friends, kids, neighbors, enemies, etc.

Saturday, July 28th (4th Saturday in July...we usually meet on the 3rd Saturday, but July is an exception)
12-3pm
The Block - part of Lakeside Church Campus
755 Oak Avenue Parkway
Folsom, CA 95630

Bring your own materials on Saturday whatever they may be - paints, pencils, paper, music, guitar, dancing shoes, camera, computer, clay, etc. We always have some materials (and snacks!) to share as well. There is no cost and no need to RSVP. All that is required is a willingness to contribute to the safe and encouraging creative time and space for your fellow artists and creative types.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. See you on Saturday, July 28th!
Best,
Katie
katie@justwonderingthrough.com

Redemption Garden Review by Stephanie Benedict

Redemption Garden has blossomed at the SMUD Art Gallery!

Artist and blogger, Stephanie Benedict, attended the opening reception, and wrote a review of the show. Read the review here.

Stephanie does beautiful work and currently has a piece at the Haggin Museum in Stockton as part of the 57th Stockton Art League Juried Exhibition.  More information here. 

Thank you, Stephanie, for attending the opening reception, and for taking the time and effort to write such a thoughtful review!  Thank you also for sharing your art with the world, and in turn, making it a more beautiful place!  Artists rock!

Open Studio Artists' "Redemption Garden" at SMUD Art Gallery is A Must See

A team of Open Studio Artists and Suzy Vose from the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission set out to install "Redemption Garden" at the SMUD Art Gallery on Friday, June 8th. The building and the artwork are incredibly complementary! Come see for yourself! The show runs from June 11th - July 31st, and it is a must see.

SMUD Art Gallery
6301 S Street, Sacramento, CA

Check out some of the pictures from the installation, and thank you to Dan Rippl, Gina Rippl, Terie Shofner, Julie Bjorgum, Ian Bjorgum, Alan Koshiyama, Katie Murphy and Suzy Vose, for your all of your help!

Team Install
Photo by Ian Bjorgum

Intense Dan
Photo by Alan Koshiyama

Ian and Julie
Photo by Alan Koshiyama

Finished!
Photo by Julie Bjorgum

Reinvention
Photo by Julie Bjorgum

Composition
Photo by Alan Koshiyama

Welcome to Redemption Garden
Photo by Alan Koshiyama

Light
Photo by Alan Koshiyama

Unfolding Flowers
Photo by Alan Koshiyama

The Beginning
Photo by Alan Koshiyama

Putting it Together
Photo by Alan Koshiyama

"Green" Easter Art Installation - Come Join Us on Saturday, March 31st for Bringing It Together!

As many of you know we have been working on a GIANT community art project that will be unveiled at Easter at Lakeside Church. Today alone, I think we had more than 300 water bottle flowers "bloom" before our eyes with the help of many hands.  Thank you to everyone who has participated thus far!  If you've joined us, you know how enjoyable it has been to see water bottles, headed for the trash, be transformed into beautiful creations. 

Next Saturday, we will be getting together for a work/play day to start putting everything together.  Come join us!  If you want to work on your own projects, that's fine too.  It's creative time and space. 

Saturday, March 31, 2012 at noon
The Block - part of Lakeside Church Campus
755 Oak Avenue Parkway
Folsom

GIANT Collaborative Art Project Continues...

Our art project is "blooming" right before our very eyes.  It is so fun to see all ages, boys and girls, men and women, engaged in creating art together...out of recycled materials!  All of the individual creations that people are making will come together in an art installation that will be unveiled at Easter.  Although unsure of the exact final product, we are all trusting in the process, and contributing our part to the greater whole.

Get involved!  This is a community project.  We need as many hands as possible!

We'll be getting together again on Sunday, March 18th at around 11:30am.  There is a 10am service at The Block.  You are welcome to join us for that too.  We will get together to create right afterwards.  Everyone is welcome! 

What: Community art project!...you just need to be able to operate a pair of scissors.
Who: Everyone welcome!  All ages.
When: Sunday, March 18th at 11:30am
Where: The Block - part of Lakeside Church Campus
755 Oak Avenue Parkway
Folsom, CA 95630
Why?: Because it's fun!

Please contact Katie Murphy with any questions: katie@justwonderingthrough.com

 

Open Studio Meeting Again This Saturday, February 25th - Be A Part of Something BIG!!!

Thank you to everyone who came out and celebrated Open Studio's first year in existence as a community of creatives!    We had so much fun last weekend that we are getting together again this Saturday, February 25th from 12-3pm.

Open Studio Artists Working on Our Collaborative Project

You can work on your own creative projects or be a part of our GIANT, on-going, collaborative art project that will be fully unveiled at Easter.  We have A LOT of art to do and we need your help!  Come be a part of something big, and beautiful, and meet great people in the meantime; all skill levels and ages.  (Adult  supervision for small children, please.) 

All you need to be able to do is operate a pair of scissors...

Come to Open Studio this weekend for more details, wear comfortable clothes that can get messy and bring pairs of scissors if you have 'em, and friends, family, neighbors, enemies...the more the merrier!    
Saturday, February 25, 2012
12-3pm
The Block - part of Lakeside Church Campus
755 Oak Avenue Parkway
Contact Katie Murphy with any questions: katie@justwonderingthrough.com





Open Studio Artists Painting for Collaborative Project

Be A Part of Something Big...

Artichoke by Lisa Magruder

February 2012 Open Studio is a Big Deal! 

Why?

First of all, because it's our first anniversary.  (Woohoo!)

Second of all, because we are working on a big project!  I'll give you some hints - it incorporates recycling, creating, and collaboration.  It is something that needs a lot of hands and will continue over the next few months...the final product will be unveiled at Easter!  Come be a part of something big, and beautiful, and meet awesome people in the meantime.  All skill levels and ages welcome.  (Adult supervision for small children, please.)

Come to Open Studio this weekend for more details, and bring as many plastic bottles as you can find!   

As always, you are welcome to work on your own creative projects at Open Studio whatever they may be, but you are also welcome to join us in what will prove to be an awesome collaborative project.
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Open Studio is a community of artists and creatives of all kinds and all ages who create together...

Invite your friends, kids, neighbors, enemies, etc.

Saturday, February 18, 2012
12-3pm
The Block - part of Lakeside Church Campus
755 Oak Avenue Parkway
Folsom, CA 95630
Bring your own materials whatever they may be - paints, pencils, paper, music, guitar, dancing shoes, camera, computer, etc. We always have some materials (and snacks!) to share as well. There is no cost and no need to RSVP.
Happy Anniversary, Open Studio Artists!  Let's celebrate!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. See you on Saturday!
Katie Murphy
katie@justwonderingthrough.com
www.justwonderingthrough.com

Open Studio - January 21st at noon!

Hello Creative Friends,

 

Rainy day activity time - come join us at Open Studio this Saturday, January 21st from 12-3pm.  Open Studio is a community of artists and creatives of all kinds and all ages who create together.

Create what you want, use the theme, or contribute to a project below.
Bring your own materials whatever they may be - paints, pencils, paper, music, guitar, dancing shoes, camera, computer, etc. We always have some materials (and snacks!) to share as well. There is no cost and no need to RSVP. Everyone is welcome.

THEME
Let's go with the same theme as last month: "Winter". (Ideas from Leah Piken Kolidas, creative blogger, and I've expanded some of them)

*Paint in the colors of winter.

*Go out into nature and take pictures of the snow or the bare branches against the sky.

*Cook cozy comfort foods.

*Create an environment that warms you up and inspires you. (candles, cocoa, and blanket forts?)

*Write a poem about the darker months of the year.

*As this year comes to its conclusion, take some time to reflect on what the last 12 months has held for you.

*Create art that plays with idea of hibernation.

*Dream up ways to bring more color into your life this season

*Write a song, choreograph a dance that encompasses "winter"

*other!

PROJECTS
1. Help decorate the outside of a portfolio (collage, painting, other)
2. We want to create a collaborative piece that represents and communicates Open Studio to others. Think of what Open Studio represents to you, and how you might contribute to this piece.

3. We will have a long-term Easter project that we announce at Open Studio

Again, theme and projects are optional.

Hope to see you this Saturday!
Love from,
Open Studio Artists
katie@justwonderingthrough.com

Guess What's Happening on Saturday, November 19th?

OPEN STUDIO!

The holidays can be a bit stressful for many people for many reasons. Being in a loving community, and creating art are God-given stress relievers.  

"Journey" by Katie Murphy

Open Studio is a community of artists and creatives of all kinds and all ages who create together.
Come join us, meet creative people (every human is creative in some way, shape, form, by the way), do art (broaden your definition of art...nope, even broader than that), connect, inspire, be inspired, walk away refreshed...

Invite your friends, kids, neighbors, enemies, etc.   

Saturday, November 19th (3rd Saturday of every month)
12-3pm
The Block - part of Lakeside Church Campus
755 Oak Avenue Parkway
Folsom, CA 95630
Bring your own materials whatever they may be - paints, pencils, paper, music, guitar, dancing shoes, camera, computer, etc. We always have some materials (and snacks!) to share as well. There is no cost and no need to RSVP.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. See you on Saturday!
Katie Murphy
katie@justwonderingthrough.com
www.justwonderingthrough.com