Blue Moon Gallery is still in business. But its owners do have trouble remembering this blog site and keeping it updated. Give us a break though - we have Facebook and Twitter to keep up with too.
We have a First Friday event coming up this August 7. here at the gallery at 416 Main St. Vincennes. The time is 6:00 t0 9:00 pm with featured artists Nancy Fox and others. At dark we would encourage our attendees to check out the Fresh Aire Flicks. This month's outdoor film is the musical "Mama Mia" the sing-along version. Sounds like a good time to us.
Another gallery joined us on Main St. The "Open Gallery" opened officially on Saturday, June 13.
The gallery is open by chance or appointment and will feature a variety of solo shows by various local artists. They often will keep First Friday hours along with Blue Moon.
Also the Northwest Territory Art Guild should be moving to new digs at 317 Main sometime this August. It is a great new space for the guild and should add to the ambience of Main St.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
First Friday events at Blue Moon Gallery
Friday, June 6, saw our second "First Friday" reception held here at Blue Moon Gallery & Studios in Vincennes, IN. Despite the fact that we are without the amenities of air-conditioning there was a good turn out. Folk seemed to really enjoy the art and the refreshment.
We hope this event grows and that eventually other Main St. businesses will join us for a First Friday happening.
We hope this event grows and that eventually other Main St. businesses will join us for a First Friday happening.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
A New Year
Well, I am embarassed to admit that it has been almost a year since we created and posted on our blog. However, I actually got busy with other things and totally forgot about this space.
It has been an eventful year at the Blue Moon Gallery. In February we purchased the inventory of Nevaeh's Art Basket - the art supply store with which we shared the building. So now we not only display art but sell the tools with which to create it. We enjoy having the art supply business. Actually we are the only art supply store for about 50 miles. Although we can't carry the amount of inventory or have the prices of the BIG BOX art stores we try to keep things reasonable. Plus we are very service oriented.
June of 2007 saw the 2nd Annual Red Skelton Festival and the 1st Annual Wine and Art Festival held at Grouseland, the home of William Henry Harrison. Blue Moon proudly took part in this event and represented our artists there. The Wine and Art Festival will happen again this year and we will probably assist with planning the event. Hopefully, it will take off and become a fixture among the other festivals that take place here in Vincennes.
Anita and I again taught at the Psi Iota Xi Artventures Camp. This was our fourth year as volunteer art teachers. Normally we had been giving drawing instuction but this year they let us try a different medium - Painting! The 1st, 2nd, 3rd graders that we worked with really had fun with their Pollack style drip and spatter paintings, painting to music and the warm and cool color lesson. I know we will participate in this wonderful art camp in 2008.
West Virginia beckoned us for the latter half of July. Our families trekked to a marvelous private campground, Abrams Creek, for a two week vacation. We opted for a cabin with electricity that sleeps up to seven. (A bargain at $400 for 15 days!). The campground has many primitive sites and is filled with ancient hemlock, evergreens, different varietys of fern and the everpresent sound of Abrams Creek rushing over boulders and rocks. It is truly a peaceful, spiritual spot. They have a website:
While in West Virginia we visited dear friends in Keyser and checked out Cumberland, Maryland (about 40 miles from where we were staying). Cumberland has a state designated Arts & Entertainment District and an ongoing Artists Relocation plan. I loved the old houses in this town. Although driving on the steep streets and mountain roads in general doesn't thrill me.
Before, we left for WV I was contacted by George Rogers Clark National Historical Park and asked if I would like to do an ornament for the White House Christmas Tree. The theme being
Holidays in the National Parks. Naturally I didn't refuse. This was the second time I have had the privelege of doing ornaments for the White House. The first being in 1994 during the Clinton Administration and the the Twelve Days of Christmas Theme.
The ornament has three vignettes on it. 1. The Clark Memorial; 2. Francis Vigo statue with a view of the Wabash River and Lincoln Memorial Bridge in the background; and 3. the statue of George Rogers Clark inside the rotunda of the Memorial. It was completed in a timely manner and boxed and sent off to Washington.
The highpoint for me was being able to attend the Artists' and Decorators' Reception held at the White House on November 28. I could bring one guest so naturally I invited my friend and business partner, Anita. We also took her three children on the trip as she and her husband agreed it would be educational for them. We set off from Effingham, IL on the 26th (that's the closet Amtrak station) and went to Chicago. During the layover we took the kids to the Art Institute. That evening we were off on the Capitol Limited to D.C. It is about a 17 hour trip but I love the train. If you are not in a hurry it is a great way to travel and meet interesting people.
We spent about three full days in the capitol and managed to take whirlwind tours through the Air and Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art, Museum of Natural History (had to see the Hope Diamond) and the Museum of the American Indian. Enough time to whet our appetites for a return vacation in the future. My only advice is to NOT get caught in the subway during rush hour and thus miss your train by two minutes. Allow ample time or take a cab. It is worth the cost.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention. Blue Moon Gallery & Studios now has a website. It is still a work in progress but is coming along well. Many thanks to one of our artist photographer Christine Thomas who is graciously and gratuitously building this site for us.
It has been a quiet day at the gallery and now it is about time to close for the day. We will make a better effort to post this year. We hope to keep updating folk on what is going on in Vincennes Indiana with the arts.
It has been an eventful year at the Blue Moon Gallery. In February we purchased the inventory of Nevaeh's Art Basket - the art supply store with which we shared the building. So now we not only display art but sell the tools with which to create it. We enjoy having the art supply business. Actually we are the only art supply store for about 50 miles. Although we can't carry the amount of inventory or have the prices of the BIG BOX art stores we try to keep things reasonable. Plus we are very service oriented.
June of 2007 saw the 2nd Annual Red Skelton Festival and the 1st Annual Wine and Art Festival held at Grouseland, the home of William Henry Harrison. Blue Moon proudly took part in this event and represented our artists there. The Wine and Art Festival will happen again this year and we will probably assist with planning the event. Hopefully, it will take off and become a fixture among the other festivals that take place here in Vincennes.
Anita and I again taught at the Psi Iota Xi Artventures Camp. This was our fourth year as volunteer art teachers. Normally we had been giving drawing instuction but this year they let us try a different medium - Painting! The 1st, 2nd, 3rd graders that we worked with really had fun with their Pollack style drip and spatter paintings, painting to music and the warm and cool color lesson. I know we will participate in this wonderful art camp in 2008.
West Virginia beckoned us for the latter half of July. Our families trekked to a marvelous private campground, Abrams Creek, for a two week vacation. We opted for a cabin with electricity that sleeps up to seven. (A bargain at $400 for 15 days!). The campground has many primitive sites and is filled with ancient hemlock, evergreens, different varietys of fern and the everpresent sound of Abrams Creek rushing over boulders and rocks. It is truly a peaceful, spiritual spot. They have a website:
While in West Virginia we visited dear friends in Keyser and checked out Cumberland, Maryland (about 40 miles from where we were staying). Cumberland has a state designated Arts & Entertainment District and an ongoing Artists Relocation plan. I loved the old houses in this town. Although driving on the steep streets and mountain roads in general doesn't thrill me.
Before, we left for WV I was contacted by George Rogers Clark National Historical Park and asked if I would like to do an ornament for the White House Christmas Tree. The theme being
Holidays in the National Parks. Naturally I didn't refuse. This was the second time I have had the privelege of doing ornaments for the White House. The first being in 1994 during the Clinton Administration and the the Twelve Days of Christmas Theme.
The ornament has three vignettes on it. 1. The Clark Memorial; 2. Francis Vigo statue with a view of the Wabash River and Lincoln Memorial Bridge in the background; and 3. the statue of George Rogers Clark inside the rotunda of the Memorial. It was completed in a timely manner and boxed and sent off to Washington.
The highpoint for me was being able to attend the Artists' and Decorators' Reception held at the White House on November 28. I could bring one guest so naturally I invited my friend and business partner, Anita. We also took her three children on the trip as she and her husband agreed it would be educational for them. We set off from Effingham, IL on the 26th (that's the closet Amtrak station) and went to Chicago. During the layover we took the kids to the Art Institute. That evening we were off on the Capitol Limited to D.C. It is about a 17 hour trip but I love the train. If you are not in a hurry it is a great way to travel and meet interesting people.
We spent about three full days in the capitol and managed to take whirlwind tours through the Air and Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art, Museum of Natural History (had to see the Hope Diamond) and the Museum of the American Indian. Enough time to whet our appetites for a return vacation in the future. My only advice is to NOT get caught in the subway during rush hour and thus miss your train by two minutes. Allow ample time or take a cab. It is worth the cost.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention. Blue Moon Gallery & Studios now has a website. It is still a work in progress but is coming along well. Many thanks to one of our artist photographer Christine Thomas who is graciously and gratuitously building this site for us.
It has been a quiet day at the gallery and now it is about time to close for the day. We will make a better effort to post this year. We hope to keep updating folk on what is going on in Vincennes Indiana with the arts.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Hello
Hello out there. This is our first blog ever. We look forward to sharing our art and ideas with you and are interested in your comments and views.
One of the main goals of our blog is to show our artwork. This is to give us an incentive to paint more frequently. Eventually we would like to do a painting a day as we feel this would be a good skill-building exercise for us. We paint rather fast anyway as we do painted windows for businesses (holiday, special advertisement, etc.) Windows take anywhere from two to twenty hours depending on size and complexity of design.
Anita and I create our own art on canvas. A few things have been collaberative - such as the Vincennes Santa series of paintings of which there are now three. Outside of that we each do separate work for ourselves and for commissions.
Along with everything else that we share (co-presidents of art guild, co-owners of a Blue Moon Gallery) we also share space in the same block. Our houses are right next door to each other! And we are long time best friends.
Anita and I are very civic minded and have volunteered for several Vincennes area projects. For instance, we painted chairs for the Knox County Public Library's Pull-Up-A Chair fundraiser auction. Many area artists contributed their wonderful chair creations to this event. In a similar vein, we painted nine pieces for Grouseland (home of Willuan Henry Harrison, Governor of the Northwest Territory and later US President). The theme of their fundraiser was Windows on the Past. Some of the shutters that were used as "canvas" were original to the house. For the past five Christmas' we have painted the empty store window in downtown Vincennes. We were paid by the Downtown Central Business District who wanted Main Street to be a more festive place. Happily there are less and less empty store fronts as our downtown is undergoing a revitalization. Our latest project is helping to save and restore the Pantheon Theater on Main St. We do this by donating half of the proceeds from our Vincennes Santa print "Christmas Eve at the Pantheon" to the restoration project. The Pantheon was host to many famous performers such as Ed Wynn, Mae West, John Phillip Sousa, and our beloved, native son Red Skelton. Red credits his show business beginnings to meeting Ed Wynn at the Pantheon when he was just a boy.
In the future to expect blurbs about the happenings in Vincennes - its historic sites, cultural events, educational opportunities ,etc. And of course always something to do with ART. Give us your thoughts and check out our links.
One of the main goals of our blog is to show our artwork. This is to give us an incentive to paint more frequently. Eventually we would like to do a painting a day as we feel this would be a good skill-building exercise for us. We paint rather fast anyway as we do painted windows for businesses (holiday, special advertisement, etc.) Windows take anywhere from two to twenty hours depending on size and complexity of design.
Anita and I create our own art on canvas. A few things have been collaberative - such as the Vincennes Santa series of paintings of which there are now three. Outside of that we each do separate work for ourselves and for commissions.
Along with everything else that we share (co-presidents of art guild, co-owners of a Blue Moon Gallery) we also share space in the same block. Our houses are right next door to each other! And we are long time best friends.
Anita and I are very civic minded and have volunteered for several Vincennes area projects. For instance, we painted chairs for the Knox County Public Library's Pull-Up-A Chair fundraiser auction. Many area artists contributed their wonderful chair creations to this event. In a similar vein, we painted nine pieces for Grouseland (home of Willuan Henry Harrison, Governor of the Northwest Territory and later US President). The theme of their fundraiser was Windows on the Past. Some of the shutters that were used as "canvas" were original to the house. For the past five Christmas' we have painted the empty store window in downtown Vincennes. We were paid by the Downtown Central Business District who wanted Main Street to be a more festive place. Happily there are less and less empty store fronts as our downtown is undergoing a revitalization. Our latest project is helping to save and restore the Pantheon Theater on Main St. We do this by donating half of the proceeds from our Vincennes Santa print "Christmas Eve at the Pantheon" to the restoration project. The Pantheon was host to many famous performers such as Ed Wynn, Mae West, John Phillip Sousa, and our beloved, native son Red Skelton. Red credits his show business beginnings to meeting Ed Wynn at the Pantheon when he was just a boy.
In the future to expect blurbs about the happenings in Vincennes - its historic sites, cultural events, educational opportunities ,etc. And of course always something to do with ART. Give us your thoughts and check out our links.
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