GUNPOWDER and BLACK POWDER PAINTING DEMO: by BECKY BARSI

Explorations at Art Up Front Street. Thank you to Becky Barsi for exposing us to another art form. Fine black powder used for explosives and ammunition can also be used to create wonderful soft details in art. This process is combined here with inks (blown across paper) and torn sections of security envelopes. On close examination the differences in mediums can be seen.

ONE-OF-A-KIND we LOVE

Fantasy horses, Industrial Quilts, forest abstracts. We love everything about these pieces by Art Up Front Street artists Natasha Stoppel, Anne Kenny, and Gaby Grossman. Eclectic, original, one-of-a-kind. This is what makes up happy to be in this energy....

by NATASHA STOPPEL

by ANNE KENNY

by GABY GROSSMAN

FIGURE DRAWING OPEN STUDIO. AUGUST 21

Tuesday nite, August 21. 6-8:30.

Bring your materials and your surface. We have tables and chairs.

The model that evening is female. Short poses for quick sketching progressing to 

longer poses for more detail.

Artists works can be in any medium preferred... pencil, charcoal, water color, and 

acrylic.... so whatever you enjoy, please, bring!

Parking is on the street AND in the very back left side parking lot. 

Entry is in the back on the left side of the building.

Please respond by email to sign up.

$20

Space is limited to 10 spots.

See you soon! 

Thank you, Laura Harper of Artful Harper Studios for organizing again.

GUNPOWDER PAINTING & TGIF... AUGUST 17

Art Up Front Street artist, Becky Barsi demonstrates a fun technique at 6pm, Friday, August 17....experiments with explosives?... Acrylic and black powder on paper. Come early, have a treat for TGIF (4-6) with us on the front porch before the demo. Watch the demo for FREE ... and possibly win a FREE piece of demo art. Very cool. Please, RSVP to artupfrontstreet to let us know if you are coming to the demo. Thanks!

Save the date... Nov 3 + 4. Our BIG fall OPEN STUDIOS

We have had so many wonderful things come our way since the last "New Hampshire Open Doors" Seacoast Fine Art and Sugar Tour OPEN STUDIOS at Art Up Front Street. 10 local artist studios, galleries, art associations and shops participated in a 2-DAY open studio tour in the Exeter area. Mark your calendars now for the FIRST weekend in November! We blew it out last year thanks to so many smiling faces and supporters of local art. These pics only tell part. of. the. story. More to come....

Art Up front Street figure drawing open studio TUESDAY August 21

Tuesday nite, August 21. 6-8:30.
Bring your materials and your surface. We have tables and chairs.
The model for this Tuesday is female. Short poses for quick sketching progressing to longer poses for more detail.
Artists works can be in any medium preferred... pencil, charcoal, water color, and acrylic.... so whatever you enjoy, please, bring!
Parking is on the street AND in the very back left side parking lot. Entry is in the back on the left side of the building.
Please respond by email to sign up.
$20
Space is limited to 10 spots.
See you soon!

Thank you to artist Laura Harper for making this happen.... again!

TGIF FRIDAY.... we love a reason to just hang out

3 Fridays remaining this summer. Mark your calendar! July 13, July 20, August 17. A bev, a bite to eat... out front at the studio. Creative schmoozing at its finest.
4 'til 6 or later?
No RSVP needed.... just your wonderful self.

Painting in the Garden

JULY 12 and JULY 19 remaining for summer! Parking is on the left rear side of the studio in the back lot. Bathrooms, water, accessible... plus nice people. Open to all abilities and mediums. Take a break with us to sketch, paint, or watch a process. $5 . Sign up by EMAIL HERE. See you soon...

Before and after: You may have noticed some changes...

We have been so excited about the exterior improvements this spring. We love this building and this spot in town... and are glad to be a part of lifting up a small portion of uptown Exeter. Over the last year and a half weedy vines were removed, flowers added to pots, glass and debris picked up along the foundation, fresh paint added to MANY many surfaces, power-washing done on overdue wood railings and tall steps.... all in all, it is feeling like fresh air has been infused. The exterior building makeover-shoutouts go to several people and businesses since September 2016: Thank you so very much Jeremy Townsend, Loren Hunt, Bruce Jones, Nicole Couillard, Peter Johnson, Kellie Johansen, Adrian Price, Val England, Yeti Land Care, and Jeff Whittum.

Thank you art lovers....

Thank you for coming to our second annual spring open studios. So many familiar faces AND new faces. Art Up Front Street is honored to be a part of the growing art scene in Exeter, NH. with more to come in the weeks ahead. If you couldn't make this open house, stop by... we are sure there is something here that will make your world a happier place! Here are just a few pics from the party...

   

Lots of fresh art ....starts this Friday.

Shop the studios for Mother's Day weekend, 

Friday 1-7, Saturday 10-4 

Take a peek inside each artist's studio space.... Eight artist’s studios and one gallery highlighting the work of more than 10 all-local artists. 

Dawn Amey Designs and adornments, Wo Schiffman encaustic and ink, Anne Kenny “Industrial Quilts” and wire mesh creations, Laura Harper fine art and her "Galaxy Girl" series, Gaby Grossman bold color paintings, Natasha Stoppel jewelry and watercolor on wood, Becky Barsi mixed media and painting, Deb Wheeler-Bean assemblage, mixed media, and photography, Rose Bryant Original Paintings abstracts and florals. 

Guest artists for this group exhibition are Jeff Whittum upcycled metal sculpture and Dale Atkins Sculptural Pottery.

Contemporary art ... originals, prints, cards, painting, photography, jewelry, assemblage, collage, watercolor, metal, pottery, mixed media, encaustic. 

We have a wrapping for gifts to go... a few treats to sustain while you take in the view...comfy seats from which to sit and absorb the energy. 

Plus... there is a chance for one Rose Bryant painting give-away ($250 value) with ANY-size purchase from ANY-studio artist at Art Up Front Street during the 2-day show. See you soon! Bring a friend...