HAND AND FOOT


Jerry's latest creations of clay are a hand and leg. Each are about 6 inches in size. The slender, clawed fingers of the hand are a little creepy in their skeleton resemblance -- but VERY cool. The foot, calf & thigh are thicker and "healthier" feeling than the hand.

Jerry has volunteered to help with at our next meeting on April 6 with another "HANDS ON" gathering. He'll be bringing the clay and tools. We'll also be experimenting with spray foam to see what types of sculptures we can come up with. YOU bring your creative ideas and imagination on April 6!

Jonathon has just recently begun to seriously experiment with his drawing skills. He's always had a passion for art -- but is now putting more effort into finding his inner talents with sketching, using charcoal and painting.

Jonathon is also a musician that plays guitar and writes his own music and lyrics. He's played with several other musicians, but isn't involved with a band at this time. He's hoping to meet other musicians thru the Creative Arts Group for the possibility of jamming.

Another big turnout for C.A.G.

Terence's piece -- "World Wide Debt" (see past post for photo) -- is now on display at cPop (4160 Woodward in Detroit). The gallery show runs thru April 7 -- but the closing reception will be March 31st. (I dunno -- sounded weird to me too....) Check out their site @ www.cpop.com

A new artist, Jonathon, joined us last night. He's experimenting with drawing animals and had a collection of horses, a cat, birds and a dinosaur along with some thematic drawings. We'll be posting a few pictures of his work soon. Jonathon is also a guitar player -- looking for other musicians that are interested in getting together to share creativity thru music.

Jerry brought in some drawings, along with some clay pieces he's created recently. We're talking about having another "hands-on" meeting to work with sculpting clay again. Everyone had a great time testing their imaginations last time Jerry brought in clay -- so Phil suggested that we plan to do it again. More info on that in a later post.

Speaking of Phil -- he brought along a cool instrument called a tongue drum. While Phil and Chris played their d'jembes, Allison experimented with the tones of the wooden "drum" and gave the music an interesting Indian sound.

Chris and Rob are hosting an open mic night at Four Green Fields (30919 Woodward @ the Woodward & 13 Mile Road shopping plaza) Sunday, March 18 beginning at 8:00 pm. Bring your instrument to sign up for the open mic (PA equipment provided) -- or come and check out the talent that shows up.

David is coming to the end of teaching his 6 week sculpting class. The students are really enjoying working with the different metals and seeing their ideas come to fruition. David will be organizing another class later into the Summer and already has students interested in attending.

Jacci will be bringing some samples of her jewelry to next months meeting so we can get some pix up on the BLOG.

Check back soon for photos and details!

Another Gallery Show!

Terence and Mike will both be displaying their art at an upcoming gallery show opening Saturday -- MARCH 10 @ 7:00 pm

C-POP Gallery's C-POPportunity Show©POPportunity is ©POP Gallery's first annual " all-media, pan-aesthetic juried exhibition.

Opening Reception - Saturday, March 10 at 7pm.
Closing and Award Winners Soiré - Saturday, March 31 at 7pm.
Exhibit Closes on April 9

©POP Gallery is located at 4160 Woodward, Detroit 313 833-9901

Great meeting last Friday!

Eight brand new people added to Seven of our past members -- made for a pretty big turnout last Friday.

Here's a quick run-down of the "new" people that showed up. We'll post more details individually in the next couple of weeks.

Chris and Andy are friends of Terence -- all involved in the film-making field. They showed a short film (Suburban Heroes) that the 3 of them worked on. Terence and Chris also acted in the film, so it was fun to see their "other" personalities come out on screen. This particular short was a remake of a creation they'd all collaborated on in film-school.

Jacci works in the art of creating Jewelry and is potentially looking to get involved in the art/craft show circuit. She's been designing her own ideas for quite a while and is hoping to build a large enough stock to start selling her pieces.

Sharon and Matt are both experimenting with photography and are hoping to connect with more experienced photographers that can talk them thru some ideas and techniques. Sharon uses a digital camera and edits/manipulates the photos on the computer to get the qualities she likes. Matt has a 35 millimeter and would like to get more instruction on how to use the different features of his equipment.

Nicholas specialized in iron work. Garden art, trellises and archways are his forte. Hopefully we'll be posting some photos of his iron roses later next week.

Susanna enjoys several different areas of the arts. She plays a tin whistle, writes and draws.


We hope to have some of you bring samples to future meetings so we can put out some photos on the BLOG to accompany our write ups!