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Mary and Joseph Siedman – Dance Palace Artists for February

January 25, 2023 by Chris Grace

February 1 – February 28 PST

This month in the Lobby Art Gallery we welcome mother and son artists, Mary and Joseph Siedman. 

Mary Siedman has lived on the Bolinas mesa for over forty years and has enjoyed painting the surrounding scenery from the ocean and Mt. Tamalpais to the small flowers and tiny aspects of her garden. The school she attended had an extensive art department where she was encouraged as early as Kindergarten to pursue her interest in painting. Her mother bought her a set of oil paints when she was just nine-years old. When she was in her early teens, she had the opportunity to study painting outdoors with Western New York watercolorist Robert Blair. Mary continued to study art at the American University in Washington, D.C., under the direction and influence of professor and sculptor William Calfee. She graduated in 1977. Mary moved to Bolinas in 1979 and met her future husband Jack Siedman. When their children were young, she would carve out several hours of uninterrupted time by painting plein air. There she experienced the harsher elements of West Marin particularly the wind, so that keeping a brush, paint box and canvas from blowing off the cliff was a regular exercise. She painted throughout the years, including working on Bolinas musicals and productions; the Lounge Club posters and sets; and the Bolinas Children’s Center projects to name a few. She also had a working darkroom. In recent years Mary has spent more time in her home studio producing oils on canvas and panels. Check out her website for more images of her work.  

Joseph Siedman: 
Watercolor painting is unique in that the artist must be fully committed and intentional with each brush stroke. Once the paper is wet the timer has begun and it requires focus and confidence to get the results you want.  There isn’t time to take a break, or talk to a passerby.  Joe finds the process to be both calming and exhilarating! Most of his paintings require 3-4 washes, or layers of paint.  His favorite stages are the initial underlying wash when he uses lots of water and let colors mix and flow, and the final touches, when he uses heavy pigment, hoping to add just the right amount of detail. The surroundings in West Marin provide countless subjects and inspiration.  At times Joe will intentionally seek out a subject, but his favorites are the ones he stumbles upon when taking a walk on the beach or driving along Highway 1. As an artist, the two elements he focuses on are DEPTH and ATMOSPHERE.  It’s a magical moment when a flat piece of paper suddenly appears 3-dimensional with a single brushstroke. Using value, overlapping shapes, and composition Joe tries his best to guide the viewer throughout the painting.  Once that perspective has been established, he also wants the viewer to feel the essence of the painting’s atmosphere.  To feel the crisp air of an overcast morning, hear the crash of a wave, or sense the stillness of calm water are feelings we are familiar with in this area.  If he can capture that moment, and allow you to feel it every time you see the painting, then he has achieved his goal. See more of his work on Instagram. 

Mary and Joseph Siedman’s opening reception is on Saturday, February 4th from 3-5pm, in the gallery. 

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Point Reyes Station, California 94956
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Artist Reception with Bruce Mitchell – Dance Palace Artist for September 2021

August 30, 2021 by Chris Grace

September 17, 2021 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm PDT

Online registration is required; space is limited.

Join Bruce Mitchell as he shares about his process and inspirations in wood-working during his virtual art reception. This online event, organized by the Dance Palace Art Committee, will feature a conversation with the artist discussing several pieces, followed by a Q&A session.  

Bruce began teaching himself how to use a wood lathe in 1977 and drew inspiration for his early turned vessels from the ceramic traditions of China, Japan and Korea. As Bruce developed his technique with those refined, classic forms, he began to explore the sculptural potential of those vessels, carving into the surfaces to produce a unique genre of sculptural vessels. A number of those works are now in the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Yale University of Art Museum, and several others.

Bruce is a West Marin artist who has been working with wood for over five decades. Bruce started his career in woodworking in 1969 when, at the age of nineteen, he apprenticed to sculptor JB Blunk. Bruce continued to work with Blunk over the next seven years on a number of public and private commissions before opening his own studio in 1977. The chainsaw carving techniques he learned from Blunk have played a major role in his sculptural work that he creates entirely from salvaged tree stumps and logs from all over Northern California. In addition to his sculptural vessels, Bruce creates a wide range of salad bowls, tables, stools, benches and abstract forms at his studio in Inverness, California.

Donations make it possible for the Dance Palace to bring you varied programs, at little to no cost.  If you would like to support us and donate, please visit one of these locations and mention this event by name:  Dance Palace website, PayPal, or Venmo.

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Sydne Bortel – January Dance Palace Lobby Artist

December 23, 2020 by Chris Grace

January 1, 2021 – January 31, 2021

Sydne is excited by deeply saturated colors as well as the quieter, subtle Japanese inspired work. Her inspiration for many of the quilts includes themes of nature, cultural and social issues, working with young school children in English language learners elementary school classes, travel, Japanese fabric and art, workshops, classes, other quilt artists, and the fabric itself. Cotton fabric predominates in most of her work, with cotton and other fabric in her appliqué. 

Sydne began quilting in 1982, 11 years before retirement in 1993 from her long clinical social work career. Her hope at that time was to pursue more contemporary quilting techniques and move from traditional quilting to art quilting. Quilt size varies and now all are machine quilted with occasional hand embroidery. She is a qualified quilt judge. Volunteering with Marin AARP Experience Corps, she tutors first graders mostly from immigrant families who live in San Rafael’s Canal area and has worked with the students to create quilts in the classroom. 

Join Sydne for an online reception on Sunday, January 24, at 5:00pm. The event is free, but registration is required. Click here to register on Eventbrite.

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Laurel Ann “LA” Riley – October Dance Palace Lobby Artist

September 29, 2020 by Chris Grace

October 1, 2020 @ 8:00 am – October 31, 2020 @ 8:00 pm

Laurel Ann “LA” Riley, locally-grown emerging artist and educator, presents a new body of work, “Home Inside,” in the Dance Palace Art Committee’s inaugural online art show. 

LA uses watercolor mixed-media to tell visual stories about the magic and emotional landscape of everyday life. Through vivid brush-strokes and playful colors, the work combines natural and architectural elements, self-portraits and poetry, exploring dreams, inverted worlds, and the experience of being alive in a body. This collection has been created over the past 9 months of the artist’s time living in Uruguay. 

Art by LA

View LA’s virtual exhibit here.

Join LA for an online reception on Sunday, October 11, from 5:00pm-6:00pm

Free; donations are encouraged. To donate, please visit www.dancepalace.org/donate-now and mention this event by name in the comments section.

Registration via Eventbrite is required. Registration closes 60 minutes prior to the event start. To register, click here.

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Gary Smith – March Dance Palace Lobby Artist

February 8, 2020 by Chris Grace

March 1, 2020 @ 8:00 am – March 31, 2020 @ 3:00 pm PST

GARY SMITH

Works on Paper

For the past 47 years Gary Smith has lived and worked in Inverness, deriving inspiration from the landscapes of Point Reyes and Tomales Bay.  Working in several media:  silverpoint, pastel, and drawing, as well as printmaking:  monotype, etching, and lithography.  This work often captures the mystical yet meditative quality of the land.  While some images verge on abstraction, they are deeply rooted in the shapes of nature.

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Ann Gessert – February Dance Palace Lobby Artist

February 6, 2020 by Chris Grace

February 1, 2020 @ 8:00 am – February 29, 2020 @ 3:00 pm PST

Ann Gessert studied design at the University of California at Berkeley with a focus on ceramics and metal smithing.  Over time, she changed her focus on the hard surfaces of metal and clay to the softer textures of cloth and fibers. Her pieces often incorporate silk, rayon and other materials to layer colors and produce interesting textures through the creation of non-traditional quilts and fabric art.  Many of the fabrics are repurposed clothing, chosen for their sheen, color, and/or pattern.

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