Check out the new exhibit in Linden Square

Through the generous support of Linden Square Shopping Center  - - there is new art on view in the windows of the former CERI (near the courtyard and to the left of Pinkberry)

 

Julie Vari-Nikolewski

Dottie Laughlin

Laurel Landers

Thom Carter

Cathy Rulli

Chelsea Sebastian

Julia Greenway

Carolyn Mackin

Carrie Megan

Julia Blake

Laura Fragasso

Merrilyn D. Marsh

Lala O'Neil

Elizabeth Cohen

Elizabeth Cohen

Jenny Schneider

 

  

Paintings in Linden Square

The vacant space between Sleepy's and Ace Hardware is not so vacant anymore thanks to the generous support of Linden Square, LLC

Wellesley Community Art Project installed works by Wellesley residents Lynn Gilbert and Ginna Mills who paint in the sunny art studio at Wellesley’s Warren Recreation Building. Students in Painting with Acrylics classes are invited to choose their own subject matter or work on an image provided. Recent classes have incorporated palette knife painting as well as mixed media. 

Lynn Gilbert

Lynn Gilbert

Ginna Mills

Ginna Mills

Ginna Mills

Ginna Mills

Painting with Acrylics classes are taught by D'Ann Hansen 

All levels of experience are welcome including those who have never picked up a paintbrush. There is always something new to try!  

Check out upcoming classes at wellesleyma.gov/recreation

Art Walk in Wellesley Square, December 6, 2015

Deborah Friedman at Winston Flowers

Laura Fragasso at Lynn Evans

Bianca Falcone at FootStock

 

Julia Blake at Wellesley Gift Boutique

Annie Newman at London Harness

Donna Chilemi and Liora Gates cruise Art Walk

Jenny Schneider at Eileen Fisher

Elizabeth Cohen at Wasik's Cheese Shop

Chelsea Sebastian at Coldwell Banker

Cathy Ruili at Wellesley Books

D'Ann Hansen at Clever Hand Gallery

Laurel Landers at Terrazza

Sign at Wellesley RDF

Wellesley Women Artisans (WWA) will sponsor the third annual Art Walk in conjunction with the Holiday Stroll in Wellesley Square on Sunday, December 6 from 12 to 6pm. 

This year WWA collaborates with 17 members of the Wellesley Square Merchants Association who will sponsor the work of  local artists in their respective shops. The event is part of the WWA's mission to promote the arts in Wellesley. In addition to members of the WWA, artists from the community, including the Wellesley Society of Artists and students from Wellesley High School are also participating in the event.

 

Neighbors Drawing Neighbors: A Community Art Event May 16, 2015 - All Invited!

Check out all the portraits here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/133420429@N02/

Do you know what your neighbors look like? Do they know what you look like? Could you get to know your neighbors better if you drew their picture?

On Saturday, May 16, from 1-4pm at Simons Park (corner of Washington and Brook Streets) the Wellesley Women Artisans invite you to come and draw your neighbors. We’ll take your Polaroid picture, have you share three easy facts about yourself, and put them in an envelope. You’ll then receive a random envelope from someone you’ve never met and have the chance to sit down and draw the person’s picture. All ages and levels of art experience welcome. All materials will be provided. We’ll have a temporary gallery on site to share our pictures of each other. 

“Even in a small town like Wellesley, so few of us really get to know or even meet one another,” says event co-chair Laura Fragasso. “By drawing each other we see each other in a new light, perhaps for the first time, and experience art making together in a way that few people other than young children get a chance to do.”

The idea for Neighbors Drawing Neighbors originated with artist Ivan Cash’s event at the Sundance Film Festival this year, Strangers Drawing Strangers. Learn more about Ivan’s event here: http://www.cashstudios.co/strangers-drawing-strangers/ 

Neighbors Drawing Neighbors is part of Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend and is the third public participatory art experience hosted by the Wellesley Women Artisans. The mission of the Wellesley Women Artisans is to establish and promote an arts community within the Town of Wellesley by creating a strong alliance among women artists residing within the town, facilitating community-wide art experiences for town residents, and building connections among artists, town government, businesses, and other organizations in Wellesley.

For more information contact Julie Nikolewski at 781-235-4570 or Julie@julievari.com.

Art Day at the Recycle & Disposal Facility

On Sunday, November 8^th the Friends of Recycling sponsored their third annual Art Day on-site at the take-and-leave section of the Recycle and Disposal Facility (RDF). Friends of Recycling volunteers, in collaboration with Wellesley Community Art Project, facilitated the making of spontaneous sculptures with recycled objects. 

Some of the works are being shown in the Wellesley Free Library through early December.

Sofia Cozza, Amelie Caruso, Arianna Cozza

 

Priscilla Messing, Marsha Rowlands, JoAnn Jones

Tara Standard, Clare Standard

Art in the Park 2014

 

For the second year in a row, the Wellesley Women Artisans 

presented a free community art event during Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend. 

http://wwartisans.blogspot.com/

The community was invited to work on a large-scale community art installation using unwanted LP vinyl records reclaimed with the help of Wellesley’s awesome Friends of Recycling. Members of the Wellesley Women Artisans were on site to assist and inspire, and provided materials with the support of Wellesley’s Cultural Council, a local agency that is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Many thanks to Wellesley’s Natural Resources Commission and Municipal Light Plant for their support. Many thanks for in-kind supplies and services from Green’s Hardware, Ace Hardware, Paul Lemieux, Craig Riggs and Sterritt Lumber. And thanks to all the art makers!

 “We are so pleased to be hosting a community art event for our town once again,” said Wellesley Women Artisans co-founder, Abby Glassenberg. “Our goal is to bring people together to work on a fun, creative project that we can all enjoy.” Wellesley Women Artisans member and event organizer Laura Fragasso agrees. “Art can be made with anything, including free materials others might overlook. This event is a way to get everyone involved in the creative process.”

We played LP vinyl in the park!