Andy, who is a photographer, musician and the Stutz Art Space Gallery Director, recently added app creator to his list of talents with the unveiling of Shakie, a percussion instrument for your iPhone or iPod Touch.

“I play guitar and violin,” Andy explains, “I have some egg and canister shakers that I bring along when I play with others. When I got an iPhone, I was fascinated with the motion sensors in it. The first few days with that phone, I obsessively imagined a digital version of those shakers. A couple of years later I took some time and made the app.”

 

 

The current sounds are traditional percussion instruments such as maracas, bells, shakers and tambourine. There are more sounds planned, many of them possible only on an electronic device.

To learn more about Shakie (and it’s creator), visit www.shakieapp.com and www.whatandysaw.com. Shakie is available in the iTunes App Store for $1.99.

 

 

 

photo courtesy of FunCityFinder.com

Check out the list below to make a plan of who to visit from noon to 5pm this Friday, February 3, or plan to wander. But, please remember there will NOT be a First Friday opening in the Stutz Art Space Gallery following open studios this month. Instead, join us for the opening of ’10 Yards’ this THURSDAY, February 2 from 5-9pm.

Hope to see you at the Stutz!

Open Studios:

First Floor
B190        Ed Stewart Little Dreamer’s Studio

Second Floor
A250        Lydia Burris (1-5)
A355        Wendy Franklin (1-4)
A275        Colleen Murphy
A280        Shawn Causey (12-1:30)
B210        Tom Potter
B210        Gayle Moore
B250        Caroline Tabac-Shank        (1-6)
B255b         Emily Budd
D220        Martha Carlson
D250        Linette Bledsoe (10-5)
D255        Susan Hazer
D275        Jane Knight

Third Floor
B330        Beth Forst
B330        Chris Newland
B330        Rodney Reveal
B330        Tom Robinson
B335        Julia Zollman Wicks
B355        Mike Swolsky
B375        PHP Photography & Boudoir Studio
C350         Vicky White
C365         Sarah Kercheval (Fisheye Studio)
D330        Leigh Dunnigton-Jones
D340        Sue Christensen
D370        Diane Lyon
E340        Bonnie Fillenwarth
E345        Carol L. Myers
E385        Rita Spalding (12-4:30)

I’ve always been fascinated with archeology, loving bones and fossils and evidence of the past. In the urban setting of the Stutz Business center, there is a whole history of time passage to be found in the floors. Scuffed tiles, cut off pipes, layers of paint and even footsteps in some of the old concrete. I can  be found sketching, photographing, or just examining the floors in various parts of the building. My new exploration into encaustic painting, with it’s layering and scratching into wax, has proven to be an exciting way of responding to these wonderful floor patterns and textures.

My two pieces, ‘Urban Fossil I’ and ‘Urban Fossil II’ will be on view starting on Feb 2nd from 5-9PM, and open on First Friday during our open studios from Noon-5PM. Oh, and on First Friday, while you are wandering from studio to studio, look down at the floors!

Carol L. Myers

President Stutz Artists Association

We’re looking for work that blurs the lines between commercial and fine art. The work should meet the following criteria:

- Work should be photographs or derived from photographs
- Work should be one or both of the following: 
1) created for commercial use that you’d also consider art
2) explore the nature of commerce, marketing and desire

ENTRY DEADLINE FEB 6

- Submissions are due by 5pm on February 6th. 
- Artists selected to participate will be notified by February 8th.

Accepted Works

- If accepted, there is an entry fee of $30 ($25 for Stutz Artists Association members). Artists will receive 100% of work sold.
- If your work is chosen for the show, it should be delivered to StutzArtSpace on February 27th.
- All pieces must be exhibition-ready (Dry, complete, wired and ready for hanging, and with no protruding nails or other hazards. Works should be framed if applicable, or otherwise prepared for professional presentation). 
- All work — sold or unsold — should remain in gallery for the show’s duration.

Send submissions to andy@whatandysaw.com

Thanks,

Andy Chen
StutzArtSpace Gallery Director

UPDATE: I mistakenly posted this story with the title ‘Ten Yards Opens Friday, February 3′ last week and must make a correction…Ten Yards will open to the public on Thursday, February 2. Unfortunately, Stutz Art Space will not be open to the public on the actual First Friday due to a private Super Bowl event. We hope you’ll join us on Thursday instead from 5-9pm for the opening. The exhibit will run through February 24. Apologies for the confusion!

In a twist on the ten yards required to gain a first down in football, Stutz artists will salute the big game with a group exhibit inspired by ten locations or “yards” around Indianapolis.

Participating artists are Faith Blackwell, Kathy Blakenheim, Linette Bledsoe, Susan Brewer, Emily Budd, Martha Carlson, Shawn Causey, Andy Chen, Joseph Crone, Bonnie Fillenwarth, Wendy Franklin, Ritch Hanna, Sarah Kercheval, Whitney Lake, Travis Little, JanettMarie, Terri McClatchie, Carol L. Myers, Adam Collier Noel, David Sloma, Kevin Smola, Mike Swolsky, Martha Vaught and Julia Zollman Wickes.

Stutz artists selected the following ten yards, which are the inspiration for 25 pieces of artwork in the exhibition.

1. Bishop Chatard neighborhood
2. Broad Ripple
3. Canal
4. Children’s Museum
5. Eagle Creek Park
6. Fountain Square
7. Irvington
8. JW Marriott
9. Monon Trail
10. Stutz Building

WHAT: “10 Yards” exhibition
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 2, opening reception from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Exhibition open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by appointment through Feb. 24
WHERE: STUTZARTSPACE Gallery, 212 W. 10th St., B110 (Enter from 10th Street via Bearcat alley)
COST: Free
ADDITIONAL INFO: (317) 503-6420

For more information on the progress of and to get a sneak peek of some of the artwork for ’10 Yards’, become a fan of Stutz Art Space on Facebook.

This month’s open studio artists are:

Second Floor:

A250 Lydia Burris

A255 Victoria Gilleron

A275 Colleen Murphy

B210 Tom Murphy

B210 Gayle Moore

B250 Caroline Tabac-Shank

B255b Emily Budd

D220 Martha Carlson

D225 Susan Hazer

D275 Jane Knight

Third Floor:

B335 Mike Swolsky

B375 PHP Photography &
Boudoir Studio

C330 Leigh Dunnington-Jones

D340 Sue Christensen

E340 Bonnie Fillenwarth

E342 Carol L. Myers

When you’re done roaming the halls, join us at StutzArtSpace on the first floor for the opening reception of ‘Small Treasures’, and exhibit focusing on smaller works by many more Stutz artists. We hope you’ll consider making original art part of your holiday gift-giving.

Emily Budd, “Draco”

Emily Budd

A bronze sculptor who works on small-scale, interactive pieces, Emily Budd plans to use her residency as an opportunity to work on larger projects and explore new techniques, forms and mediums. While focusing on a series of life-sized abstract bust forms, Budd also will continue her nature-inspired and imaginative small-scale work and offer classes and workshops to other artists.

In addition to enjoying the opportunity to explore new creations, the Cincinnati native expects to benefit from the opportunity to be around and learn from experienced artists. Budd has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Miami University of Ohio, and has completed an apprenticeship to become a master mold maker.

Joseph Crone, “Cain and Abel”

Joseph Crone

Through an intense process involving photography, illustration and layered mediums, Joseph Crone renders single-scene mini-dramas in colored pencil.

Having graduated from the Herron School of Art and Design and studied at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Florida, the native Hoosier plans to take advantage of a more focused studio setting to more deeply explore the storytelling and techniques that anchor his work. In addition, he expects to both benefit from and contribute to the community of artists and art lovers at the Stutz, and to learn about the relationship between art and business.

About the Stutz Residency Program

Funding for the residency program comes from proceeds from the association’s annual open house, which is April 27-28, 2012. In addition to the open house, the association hosts monthly First Friday events, including open studios from noon to 5 p.m. and Stutz Art Space exhibition openings from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Since its inaugural year in 1996, the residency program has provided in-kind contributions of more than $120,000 to 22 local artists. Previous residents include Mallory Marty, Brian Myers, Lydia Burris, Patrick Flaherty, Mark Pack, William Denton Ray, Jay Parnell, Kate Oberreich, Kevin Smola, Stephanie Robertson, Larry Endicott, Ginny Taylor Rosner, David Kleeman, Kyle Ragsdale, Susan Watt Grade, Emily Kennerk and Greg Hull.

About the Stutz Artists Association

The Stutz Artists Association is one of the largest associations of working artists in Indiana. It exists to encourage its member artists and to promote their work.

Masochist, Ed Stewart

As part of the 2011 Spirit & Place Festival – which carries the theme “The Body” – a group show at STUTZARTSPACE will explore the question of the art nude’s place in public venues.

The exhibition includes 33 figurative pieces by 29 artists from Indianapolis and beyond.

Roughly half of the participating artists have studios at the Stutz.  They are Lydia Burris, Wendy Franklin, Jim Gerard, Travis S. Little, Karen Masbaum, Adam Noel, Polina Osherov, John Ross, Emily Schwank, Constance Scopelitis, Taylor Smith, Ed Stewart and Vicky White.

Other participants are:  Mike J. Arledge, Jr., Scott Barnes, Grace Benedict, Jim Cantrell, Dan Cooper, Matthew Davey, Mark Dillman, Sylvia Gray, Don Krajewski, Charles Letbetter , Danuta Loane, Kirsten May, Jonathan McAfee, Gary Mitchell , Tom Potter and David Winge.

Partners for the exhibition and Nov. 11 panel discussion include NUVO Newsweekly and KLF Legal. The show will be exhibited in STUTZARTSPACE gallery, which is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays through Nov. 25.

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“Unclothed: Exposing the Art Nude” Events

Opening Reception and Panel Discussion – Friday, Nov. 11, 5-9:30 p.m. (panel at 7 p.m.)
A 2011 Spirit & Place Festival event, the panel will discuss the place of the fine art nude in public venues. The moderator is Travis DiNicola, educator and co-host of WFYI’s “Art of the Matter” radio program.

Panelists will include: Tim Ayres, teaching pastor at Grace Community Church in Carmel; and Dan Cooper, chair of the IDADA Ethics and Fair Practice committee; Dan Grossman, visual arts critic at NUVO Newsweekly; Shannon Linker, director of artist services at the Arts Council of Indianapolis; Josh Schuler, director of sales and marketing at NUVO Newsweekly.

Instead of gardening and enjoying the (hot) weather, I spent most of the late summer putting together a project that is very dear to my heart:  the group of women ‘of a certain age’ that make their art here, at the Stutz.  More than a year ago, I began to realize what a great asset in training and experience we, the Association, has in these talented, resourceful, and courageous women.  Ten of us came together to build an exhibition in October of last year, called Voices: Women of a Certain Age.  It was well received, so the group decided to do another in October 2011.  Early on I wanted to do something special to enhance this year’s exhibit,  which we decided should be about ‘the skin we’re in’, however that translates to us (spiritual skin, artistic skin, physical skin), but all about reaching and growing and figuring out who we are, as artists, as we accumulate years of experience. 

I had this wacky idea that we could do a calendar, since there were twelve of us—that  we could do something different from the ‘calendar girl’ thing that had been done so much. I  had a vision that we could be photographed nude (or semi), and digitally merged with our work.  The idea kept evolving as we met and planned, and, the summer was spent discussing all the issues around how we feel about our bodies, and whether that has anything to do with our art.  While I found photographers, scheduled photo shoots, the twelve of us met and discussed the many different aspects of the germ of an idea that I had over snacks and cocktails.  It was a democratic process.  For the most part we made all our decisions together.  And we had such fun!  Getting to know each other better, and struggling to get to know our selves better.  In the end we came to the conclusion that our bodies are just that…vessels that hold all that we are, but are not who we are.  The journey that we took produced twelve beautiful pieces of art that reflect our personalities– each piece became a third thing, that is neither the photograph or the original piece of work.  These new pieces compose our calendar. 

There are two important parts of this event — the StutzArtSpace gallery show featuring works of art nude from regional artists of all media and styles, and also a panel discussion open to the public to discuss the issues facing artists and businesses when promoting work containing artistic expression of the human form, provocative or otherwise.  For this entry, however, I wish to focus on the gallery events and explain why your participation is so valuable to our program and also to the art community as a whole.

Our gallery event is intended to showcase work from artists who are from areas where there is commonly hesitation is displaying, or resistance in their ability to show, work that is seen as “too provocative”, or runs counter to “community standards”.  We are reaching out to provide and promote the art nude as a respected and honored subject in fine art, and to bring the voice and passion of these artists, or perhaps you, to the public forum.

As a figurative artist myself, I understand the challenges that I and others like me face doing paintings or photography of the human figure.  My portfolio has a certain liability attached to it when patrons or organizations are making decisions about my participation in their fairs or projects, or the risks of being associated with an artist that is not conservative in their entire body of work.  I have been declined opportunities to show my work or use certain images to promote shows or my career.  I have, many times, found a lack of support by other artists and arts organizations in defending my right to expression or protecting my ability to provide my work on equal terms with other artists to the public sphere.  These experiences in my own life as a working artist, and the differences in this market versus other more liberal or art-strong locations, have fueled my passion to give voice and place to those who also have these same or similar ordeals in their art lives.

The purpose of this gallery show is multifaceted.  We want to provide a venue that highlights the best of figurative art nude work in sculpture, paintings, photography, mixed-media, multimedia, and performance.  We want to advertise and promote this to everyone from the avid supporters of this subject in art, to the curious, to the doubtful, and even to the critics.  We want those that collect fine art nude works to know this is THE PLACE in Indianapolis where they might see and purchase work that appeals to them, or at the very least provide encouragement and networking with the artists who create it.

One of the most important missions of this show, and all of the associated elements of this Spirit & Place event, is education and promoting the open discussion on the value of art nude work, and showing that it deserves “equal shelf space” with the still life, the landscape, and all other subject matter.  It is a call to rally and show support, but also to ask our patrons and our neighbors to accept that our subject of choice is a matter of taste like most any other subject, but not to be feared or reviled.  We want to present the work in a positive and sophisticated way, rather than a confrontational approach.

Furthermore, we are also reaching out to other galleries in November to participate with us and show at least one art nude work, and providing them work and contacts if they do not have internally represented artists to fill the request.  These cross-promotional partnerships will be provided through our entries for the show, and part of our overall promotion of the several events that are part of this.

So, I am personally calling on each of you in the arts to either make a new work on the theme, or provide one you have already made, and put your best foot forward, and submit and participate with us.  We want men and women and all age groups and perspectives and backgrounds to submit work for selection, and want the showing to be broad across demographics and geographies.  We want your stories of why you have created beautiful nudes, and want to hear your experiences and of your support as an artist — both good and bad — to include in our presentation.  We want your voice and your artistic heart, and to show and to sell your work, and to celebrate the spirit that makes us create and express ourselves, and doing so regardless of market acceptance or current community standards and tastes.

I sincerely hope that each of you will take the time to read and submit work, and I look forward to your work being part of this presentation.

Be well,

Travis S. Little

Curator, “Unclothed: Exposing the Art Nude”

IDADA Artist Representative*

*This is not an IDADA sponsored event.

Important Information:

Call For Entries

http://www.stutzartists.com/unclothedCFE.html

Entry Deadline: Friday, September 23, 2011 by 5pm EST

“Unclothed: Exposing the Art Nude”

StutzArtSpace, Indianapolis, IN

November 4th through 23rd

Open Monday-Friday, 11a-2p

Special Art Preview Show

Friday, November 4th (IDADA First Friday Event), 5:30p-9p

StutzArtSpace, Indianapolis, IN

Includes special presentations and performances

Spirit & Place Event and Panel Discussion and Open Gallery

Stutz Artists Association, presented in partnerships with KLF Legal and NUVO Newsweekly

Stutz Business Center

Friday, November 11th, 6p-9:30p

Panel Discussion hosted by Travis DiNicola from 7-8:30