River Gallery

An Artist's Ramblings: We Visit Battlefields

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An Artist's Ramblings: We Visit Battlefields

River Gallery Holiday Collection

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There have been a shameful lack of updates and for that we apologize.

Please refer to our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/rivergalleryarts
for more up-to-date information.

Our current exhibit is our annual Holiday Collection:

Season Greetings.
Join us for our annual Holiday Show, featuring over 40 local artists.
The Old Detroit Road Shopping district is a charming neighborhood and the best place to start your search for the perfect gift.

Mitchell Sotka Antiques, Amy's Shoes, Paper Trails, Devout Home and
Solari
are some of the great shops that offer unique items for gift giving.

Tartine and Stino's are steps away from the gallery and are wonderful restaurants. Newly opened Rosso Gelato offers a scrumptious array of gelato flavors, need we say more....

Two artists debut at River Gallery

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Beth Nash and Kelly Rae share the gallery for our latest exhibit.
Here is a selection of some of the work in the exhibit.
See the previous post for more information on the artists and their work.

On Saturday October 2nd from 5-8pm we will have a pre-event for the Cystic Fibrosis Wine Opener. A great chance to get your ticket to the Wine Opener, purchase art in a silent auction to support cystic fibrosis research.

Our next exhibit with work by Pat Bolgar, polymer clay and sterling silver jewelry (her debut exhibit at River Gallery!), Melissa Reagh, encaustic paintings(a River Gallery favorite!) and Mark Yasenchack, ceramics and encaustic collage, will open on October 23rd. Stay tuned...

This Saturday, Sept 18th, 3-7, New paintings by Beth Nash and Kelly Rae

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New Paintings
New to River Gallery, this is the first area exhibit
of paintings by Beth Nash and Kelly Rae

Artists Beth Nash & Kelly Rae

Beth Nash works with images and colors altered by dreams and skewed perception to create achingly beautiful and intimate moments on canvas. Figures and forms are juxtaposed, not to create a still life but to tell a story.

Kelly Rae deconstructs materials and ideas for her paintings. Treated copper and metal is combined with a challenging palette on three dimensional wall pieces. Other paintings have fragments of script floating over a subtle painted surface to suggest movement and patterns as well as lost or forgotten correspondences.

The Rocky River Arts Festival will take place from 10-5pm that day on the sidewalks of Old Detroit Road, featuring art and crafts of local artists.
Note: Old Detroit Road open to pedestrians only and will be closed to traffic from 10-6pm. Parking is available in the lot in front of the gallery off of Detroit or Wooster and behind the gallery.

Solari, Mitchell Sotka Antiques, Amy's Shoes, Girl Next Door and Devout Home all have new Fall collections.

Autumn is a great time for the re-discover the patio at Tartine, where their menu continues to surprise and satisfy as well as all the other treasures the Old Detroit Road neighborhood.

Look for us on Facebook, become a fan of our page and get the latest info on events at River Gallery:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/River-Gallery/129341087105082?v=wall&ref=mf&_fb_noscript=1

Gallery hours:
Tuesday-Friday 11am-6pm
Saturday 11am-5pm
Closed on Sunday and Monday

New Photography at River Gallery

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New Photography: an exhibit of 5 photographers new to River Gallery
Mark Inglis
Jessica Maloney
John Forristal
Chad Gordon
Deborah Pinter

Exhibit runs through Saturday, September 5, 2010.

As always the Old Detroit Road neighborhood of boutique shops and restaurants has a great deal to offer, fine dining, eclectic and unique objects and art for your home and giftgiving. Come stroll Old Detroit Road this summer!

Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday 11am-6pm
Saturday 11am-5pm
Closed on Sunday and Monday

Look for us on Facebook, become a fan of our page and get the latest info on events at River Gallery:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/River-Gallery/129341087105082?v=wall&ref=mf&_fb_noscript=1

River Gallery
Ara Hamamjian owner
Mark Yasenchack gallery manager
19046 Old Detroit Rd., Rocky River OH 44116
440 331 8406
Email: rivergalleryarts@yahoo.com
Website: www.rivergalleryarts.com
Blog: www.rivergalleryarts.blogspot.com

Jewelry Exhibit opening at River Gallery, May 8th, 3-7pm

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Jewelry Focus at River Gallery
Opens Saturday, May 8th, 3-7pm
Runs through June 12, 2010

This exhibit collects contemporary jewelry by Cleveland jewelers
working in sterling silver, gold, precious stones, found elements,
precious metal clay, dichroic glass, resin and enamel.

An ideal opportunity for finding that unique, personal gift for
Mother’s Day or anniversary.

Participating Artists:

Ro Clarkin
Crystal Moon Jewelry
Catherine Davies Paetz
Mary Eisaman*
Patty Flauto*
John Gulyas*
Janet Luken*
Tobi Mattes
Maryann Posche*
Prosperity Glassworks
Qandle Qadir
Kim Schoel
Rita Teelak*
Courtney Yoakum
*jewelers new to River Gallery

Join us on May 8th to see the exhibit, meet many of the participating artists and enjoy all the Old Detroit Road shopping area has to offer.

Solari, Mitchell Sotka Antiques, Amy's Shoes, Girl Next Door and Devout Home all have new spring collections.
Spring is a great time for the re-opened patio at Tartine, where their menu continues to surprise and satisfy.

Gallery hours:
Tuesday-Friday 11am-6pm
Saturday 11am-5pm
Closed on Sunday and Monday

pictured, sterling necklace with enamel by John Gulyas & MaryAnn Posche

Opening Saturday, April 10, 2010

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Functional Ornament:

Celebrating the Ceramic Culture of Northern Ohio.

April 10-May 15, 2010

Opening Saturday, April 10, 2010, 3-7pm.

This exhibit collects work by studio artists who call the area home and the faculty and alumni of Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland State University , Kent State University & Bowling Green University.

We sought out work that demonstrates the dual influences of an artist’s vision and the functional nature of vessels. Artists challenging and re-interpreting the tenets of function is what makes this work so intriguing.

Join us on April 10 to see the exhibit, meet many of the participating artists and enjoy all the Old Detroit Road shopping area has to offer.

Solari, Mitchell Sotka Antiques, Amy's Shoes, Girl Next Door and Devout Home all have new spring collections.

Spring is a great time for the re-opened patio at Tartine, where their menu continues to surprise and satisfy.

The remarkable work of Diane Bjel, Kim Schoel & Jeff Yost

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The remarkable work of Diane Bjel, Kim Schoel & Jeff Yost opens
this Saturday, Feb 6th, from 3-7pm.
This exhibit will run through March 26, 2010.

All three artists have had work at River Gallery, however this is the first feature exhibit for Diane Bjel and Kim Schoel.

Diane's temples and buildings are not only inspired by architecture but also by her travels to China and Egypt and the spaces of ritual and archeology.

Kim's beautiful jewelry combines her careful selection of antique beads and the charms, beads and pendants she meticulously crafts from precious metals clays of silver, bronze and copper. She shares a fascination with ritual adorenment and archeology with Diane.

Jeff Yost's new collection of oil paintings continue his pursuit of subtlety and nuance in landscapes and still lifes.

River Gallery Open House this Saturday, Dec. 12, 3-7pm

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River Gallery will host its annual Open House this Saturday, December 12, from 3-7pm.

Stop by and see the new work in our festive Holiday Collection.

Featuring many artists new to the gallery:
Natalya Romanovsky, Judith Brandon & Kiki Maclean, paintings
Cindy Kepler & Prosperity Glassworks, jewelry
Scott Goss, Glass wall pieces
Rebecca Krueger, hand crafted accessories
Paula Zinsmeister, prints & collage

New collections by:
Susan Gallagher Lynne Lofton,
Yumiko Goto & Andrea Le Blond, clay
Cherie Haney, metal wallpieces
Patty Flauto & Jeff Yost, paintings
Chuck Wimmer, prints

Holiday Collection!

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Judith Brandon

Natalia Romanovsky

Prosperity Jewelry

Here are the artists new to River Gallery and the work they are debuting in our Holiday Collection.
Opening this Saturday, Nov. 14th 2009, 3-7pm.

Sneak Preview, Saturday Nov. 14th, 3-7pm

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We will have a sneak preview for our Holiday Collection this Saturday, November 14th, 3-7pm.

It'll feature artwork selected with the gift-giving season in mind!
Wonderful art for the perfect & unique gift.

This will also be the last day to see the Todd Leech, Melissa Reagh & Stephanie Craig exhibit.

Marbles At River Gallery!

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Marbles!
A wonderful collection of glass marbles has arrived at River Gallery.

Diane Christian Budd, the owner of Indigenous Gallery in Cincinnati curated this exhibit.

This is a collection of 20 regional and national glass artists. They are working in a variety of dazzling colors and complicated techniques to create glass that replicate underwater worlds, intricate woven patterns and flowers.

This exhibit is up until Saturday November 7th.

New work by Todd Leech, Melissa Reagh & Stephanie Craig Opening this Saturday

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New work by Todd Leech, Melissa Reagh & Stephanie Craig
Opening this Saturday, October 10, 2009
from 3-7 pm

River Gallery is honored and excited to be exhibiting work by these three artists.
This is a great opportunity to meet the artists and discuss their techniques and art.

Opening this Saturday, Sept. 26th, 3-7pm

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Opening this Saturday, Sept. 26th, 3-7pm
New work by Mark Yasenchack

Join us this Saturday for the latest River Gallery exhibit,
featuring ceramic vessels and encaustic collage by Mark Yasenchack.

Mark Yasenchack has been a ceramic artist for the last 20 years. This latest collection features larger and more intricately shaped vessels finished with his technique of washed on color that gives the work a stoney ancient look.

His encaustic collages start with photographs that have sections painted over or parts of other cut out photos pasted on. This collage is then encased in a transparent encaustic medium of bees wax and tree resin. This surface is stamped with letters and texture while warm. When cool oil paint is rubbed into the texture to create the illusion that the letters and patterns are floating over the images of the collage. Mark's prose and poem fragments play an important role in this narrative work creating intimate moments and gestures.

This exhibit runs through October 24, 2009

Important schedule change

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Important schedule change:

Mark Yasenchack's exhibit,
Local Haunts, will open on September26, 2009 from 3-7pm.

Not September 19 as previously advertised.

Join us on September 19, 2009 for the first Rocky River Fall Arts Festival on Old Detroit Road!
50 Cleveland area artists and craftsman will be setting up on the street to exhibit their work.
Stop by River Gallery for refreshments and our Fall Collection of art.

Fall Line-up!

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Here is the schedule for River Gallery's fall Exhibitions:

Saturday September 26, 3-7pm.
Local Haunts,
new work by Mark Yasenchack

Mark has been exhibiting at River Gallery for the last 2 years and has been gallery manager for the last year. This collection of work will include encaustic collage and a new series of terra cotta boxes Mark describes and "...boxy and a little wonky, boxes with bad posture but a lot of character." The collage are larger multi-panelled pieces with more narrative, either in the form of prose poems, or obscured text.

Opening October 10, 4-7pm Is an exhibit of new work by Stephanie Craig, Todd Leech and Melissa Reagh.
Stephanie Craig was profiled in the Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists issue in June. Her husband Todd Leech will have just returned from his debut at the prestigious American Craft Exposition in Evanston IL.
Melissa Reagh's encaustics have been a great addition to our collection, and she will have a new series for this exhibit.

Images, from top to bottom,
1. Melissa Reagh
2. Stephanie Craig
3. Todd Leech
4 & 5. Mark Yasenchack

Bill Broulliard & Ron Meyers at River Gallery

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Saturday July 25, 2009, 3-7 pm,
River Gallery Presents:

Bill Broulliard and Ron Meyers
Opening Saturday, July 25, 3-7pm
and runing through August 22, 2009.

Bill Brouillard, a professor in the Ceramics Department at the Cleveland Institute of Art, is the 2009 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cleveland Arts Prize. Bill has taught at CIA since 1980. Like Ron Meyers, humor is an important part in the imagery on his red earthenware vessels. Images on the large platters and bowls often read like comic strip cells telling a story or making a point.

Ron Meyers is a Professor emeritus at the University of Georgia and has taught courses and workshops throughout the country. His work is recognized and collected internationally. He works in red clay, creating functional vessels with an expressive vocabulary of images drawn onto the surface. Animals and human figures, their faces and expressions at once riveting and casual, are the great appeal of his work

River Gallery 19046 Old Detroit Road , Rocky River Ohio 44116
440 331-8406

Jewelry Exhibit at River Gallery

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Jewelry Focus Exhibit

Featuring the following Cleveland jewelers:

Qandle Qadir

Deborah Woolfork

Todd Pownell
Debra Rosen

Kris Barnes

Janice Bianco
Catherine Davies Paetz

Grace Chin

Patti Fields
Jackie Magyar/Gardella Jewelry

Susan Skoczen
Kim Schoel

Tobi Mattes
Brandon Holschuh

Erica Weiss

Chris Keener/Crystal Moon Jewelry

Michael Romanik

Working in sterling silver, gold, precious stones and found elements, precious metal clay, dichroic glass, enamel and cloisonné

Opening on Saturday, June 20, 2009 4-7pm

Running through August 20th 2009 Hours: Tuesdays-Fridays 11-6pm

Saturdays 10-5pm

Closed Sundays & Mondays

Special summer hours for Sip & Stroll evenings in the Old Detroit Road shopping district

Thursdays July 9 and August 13 open until 8pm

Current Exhibit, closes June 20, 2009

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Tobi Mattes dichroic glass jewelry

Linda Brown pastels

Joy Elaine Praznik ceramics and paintings

New works by
Joy Elaine Praznik, Linda Brown & Tobi Mattes
Opening Saturday, May 9th 2009 3-7pm

Current Exhibit, closing on May 2, 2009

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River Gallery's current exhibit of
paintings by Michael Greenwald
and matte glass vessels by J. Nathaniel Cotterman
will close on May 2, 2009.

Opening this Saturday, February 7, 2009 3-7pm!

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Our First exhibit of 2009 opens this Saturday February 7, 2009, from 3-7pm.

Ceramics by Andrea LeBlond and Yumiko Goto
Paintings by Jeff Yost

All three have exhibitted at River Gallery, but this will be a collection of all new work.
Both LeBlond and Goto craft vessels that combine functionality with unique approaches to surface and texture.
LeBlond's multi-pieced sets of dishes and plates are dynamically textured and glazed.
Goto's sculptures are often soft and organically curved, the surfaces deep and living.
Yost's paintings are shadowy, haunting landscapes where the forms of trees, animals and man-made structures are only hinted at.

If you would like to be on our email list please email us at rivergalleryarts@yahoo.com.

Our next exhibit opens on March 28th and will feature
the paintings of Michael Greenwald &
glass vessels by Jon Cotterman.
Stay tuned...

Welcome to River Gallery

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Welcome to River Gallery's blogspot!
This blog will list openings & events at the gallery.
We will announce the arrival of new artwork and post exhibition opportunities.

We have 10 exhibits a year, mostly 2-3 artist groupings,
occasionally solo exhibits.

Ara Hamamjian is the owner.
Mark Yasenchack is the gallery manager.

Contact Information:

19046 Old Detroit Road, Rocky River Ohio 44116-1720

440 331.8406

www.RiverGalleryArts.com (will be relaunched early 2009)

rivergalleryarts@yahoo.com