A few pictures of a great time at Harper Lake's Opening

What a lovely party. Thank you for coming out to the studio for Laura'a show! Our world is enriched by each one of you.  (FYI, the artist in the middle of this top pic is Laura :-)

If you have gotten this far and are still looking for more visual goodness, stop by the studios. 

"Adrift the Surface" 

is on exhibit through the end of August.

Two of five red dots on Laura's work from the opening. Congratulations, Laura!

FIGURE DRAWING at Art Up Front Street August 13

Join us.Tuesday nite, August 13. 6-8:30.

Bring your materials and your surface. We have tables and chairs.
The model this evening is female.
Short poses progressing to longer poses.
Artists bring 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. (If arriving after 6pm, please enter the front gallery door).
Respond by email to sign up. artupfrontstreet@gmail.com

$20
Space is limited to 10 people.
We have tea and other bevs... plus a few apps.
See you soon...

WORKSHOP: Make an arty apron with Corrine Gilman, September 17

 Full fun ahead Tuesday, September 17th, 5:30 to 8 pm, with Corrine Gilman at Art Up Front

Street.

Paint, stamp, stencil and draw with markers to make a whimsical arty apron.

No rules... except to have fun.

Experiment and be playful! Beginners welcome.

~ Learn simple techniques for stamping and mono-printing using things from around the house.

~ Make your own foam stamps to use and take home.

~ ALL MATERIALS (and apron) INCLUDED.

What to bring:

Wear old clothes and bring rubber gloves to protect your hands from

paints and ink.

Cost:

$50.00

Sign up:

Adults
Please, sign up by email to artupfrontstreet@gmail.com.

Limited to 8 students.

About the instructor:

Corrine Gilman is a mixed media textile artist with a studio at Art Up Front Street.

She uses recycled materials in her work whenever possible and

incorporates fabric dyeing, printing, painting, and abstract stitching.

"Stitching by hand is a meditative activity for me and I feel that if

I put good into my work, then I put good into the world."

Her work is her joy and it feeds her soul. "I approach every day as a creative eye

opener and try to notice the world around me.... then let it inform my

work and bring the intuitive to the stitch."

Corrine's work takes many forms. Her art story dolls, above, are often created from her dreams which then

lead to their personalities being expressed through "the stitch".

Whimsy, color and humor are big parts of her creations. 

Don't miss this first-time workshop with Corrine... especially if whimsy is your thing!

August 2: Celebrating creativity with Deb Wheeler-Bean

Opening Reception at Art Up Front Street in Exeter is Friday, August 2, from 5pm to 8pm

Deb Wheeler-Bean is a mixed media artist, a teacher, an innovator, an alchemist …creating and living in Exeter, NH. “I look closely at the world – always searching for the beauty within it. But that isn’t a reach for me because I truly see beauty everywhere, in everything. Just as the alchemist strives to change base metal (lead) to precious metal (gold), I strive to use my art to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.”

Deb finds the “treasure” in raw materials and recycled items, then gives them another beautiful breath. Deb’s eye for finding design and beauty is evident in everything she touches. Whether it’s abstract, pen and ink, a simple pencil sketch, or found objects that will eventually become her next work of art. Sometimes she finds “it”… and sometimes “it” finds her. Whatever way it happens, we are always pulled in.

She is also a writer, poet, and lover of words.

“I want to make art that means something,” she said. “I want to use language, to weave worlds into people’s lives that are going to sustain them and help them through the day.”

See Deb’s collections of natural and found materials re-purposed into soulful art. Opening date is August 2.

Beverages and bites, free parking, plus all artists’ studios at Art Up Front Street will be open.

Her exhibit runs through August 30.
Art Up Front Street is open Tue-Wed 10 – 7, plus Thu-Sat 10-4.

GALLERY INFORMATION:
Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery
120 Front Street Exeter NH, 03833
603 418 6286

"Adrift the Surface" by Laura Harper Lake starts Friday

Laura Harper Lake's studio has been a treat for all of us to enter over the last few weeks. 

Delicate images of water, the female form, and the color blue (with luscious hints of sea green!). 

Her entire studio evokes thoughts of dreams, floating, traveling, .... of transcending time. 

One can not help but to feel lighter when being in her "space"..

Join us all this Friday for the reception between 4 and 8. 

A perfect summer treat.

Art Up Front Street artists Corrine Gilman and Natasha Stoppel

Summer series fun and whimsy... we just love these. No doubting the energy both of these artists have! Enjoy this little share of color and boldness .....

"Riding Dreams Away" by Natasha Stoppel

Fabric story doll by Corrine Gilman

So much fabulous this summer...

Laura Harper Lake of Artful Harper Studios has combined her talents with friend and co-worker Sarah Wrightsman. 

They, in their brand new podcast called "Creative Guts", explore the roots of creativity, dive into the hearts of creators, and discover how creativity connects with the world around us. 

We are so excited for them.... be sure and click on the links to find the beginnings of their creative adventure. The second episode is an interview with artist Rose Bryant of Art Up Front Street. Thank you to Laura and Sarah for bringing your energy to podcasting! Looking forward to the conversations ahead. 

Find Creative Guts on facebook

Find Creative Guts podcast here:

https://creative-guts.simplecast.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/4rm3q1fE7VcKyg5e0y6qHg

https://www.stitcher.com/…/creative-guts-pod…/creative-guts…

Painting in the Garden at Art Up Front Street

This is one of our favorite easy, open-ended, no-stress things to do when the weather is nice. Sign-up by email.

Thursdays, June 13, 20, 27, July 11, 18.

10AM to 1PM

Pick one day or all days!

Bring your materials.... it can be ANYTHING you want to do... drawing, writing, collage, painting,...

We have chairs, tables, room for your easel, umbrellas, and a canopy if needed. 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. There is always tea... and cookies. 

$5 each day. 

SIGN-UPS NECESSARY. No drop-ins. Thanks.

Sign up by email to artupfrontstreet@gmail.com

Adrift the Surface... exhibit at Art Up Front Street, July 12-31

We are thrilled to announce our exhibit ... by Laura Harper Lake.
Laura will be wowing us with her mixture of dreamlike suggestions, human form, and alluring imagery.

Laura Harper Lake is an interdisciplinary artist, with a prime focus on painting, illustration, printmaking, and mixed media. She graduated with a degree in Studio Arts from Chester College of New England in 2007. Harper Lake has exhibited her work in various New Hampshire, Maine, and Boston, MA galleries, as well as had her work included in local and regional publications. Harper Lake is a permanent artist represented at the Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery in Exeter, NH, and works under the name Artful Harper Studios. Harper Lake's feature exhibit on July 12, 2019 at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery is entitled "Adrift the Surface". Through small, delicate oil paintings, Harper Lake explores the physicality of the floating human form in a dream like state, delving to what is deeper within. The emotional release of weightless-ness and the submergence of stress and anxiety are concepts that are explored in Harper Lake's latest body of work.

Opening reception July 12, 4-8. Exhibit through July 31.
See facebook for more event info.

Meditation Conversation with Lenny Willis

Meditation Workshop in Exeter 

STRESS and the Antidote... with Lenny Willis at Art Up Front Street.

Tuesday, June 11, 6 to 7:30 pm. Join us for an insightful discovery of self healing and meditation. Learn tips to manage stress, learn what it is, take home "tools" to help you balance your days and the moments that can seem to unravel your best intentions. 

How do you take a step back? How do you know when you need a gentle calming? What are the signs? How do you discern what is urgent from what is important. How do you develop a practical and simple meditation style that fits your energy? This gentle meditation workshop is for anyone... not just creatives (who may seem to others to be calm in life's hectic pace). 

Lenny Willis, yoga instructor and coach at Balance Life Coaching, will help educate us on the biology of meditation. He will lead short meditations for examples of steps we can each take to manage our days, and he also will answer any questions from the group. 

SIGNUPS: are necessary in advance by email to artupfrontstreet@gmail.com. 

The cost of this one-time workshop is $15. 

Wear comfortable clothes. We will be sitting in chairs (rather than on the floor).

Hot tea, lemon water and a few light snacks will be available.

TGIF, Friday kick back at the studio... we love a reason to just hang out

Fridays this summer. Mark your calendar! June 21, July 12, August 2. A bev, a bite to eat... on the coral benches out front at the studio. Talk about stuff. Creative schmoozing at its finest.

5 'til 7... give or take?

No RSVP needed.... just your wonderful self.

Thank you again...

So many smiles and so much art. 

Thank you to our community of supporters and art lovers for another wonderful weekend. We love seeing you every time you come through the doors. 

Thank you to Nancy Fiske and Christine Fell for the beautiful music on Sunday. Thank you to Erin MacLennan for being the caterer and good day wisher. Thank you to our young art friends Cam Harrison and Abby Morrisette for greeting visitors with your fresh happy faces. Thank you to Lynn Curcio of F as In Flowers for the incredible flower arrangement. Thank you, Jeff Whittum, for being a guest artist. 

All of the artists here at Art Up Front Street wish all of you a delightful spring of new beginnings.

 Thank you for being in our world.

Our studios are open five days a week. Come in almost anytime!

We have art and good energy.