“Eggstraordinary,” “Eggciting,” “Eggzillirating” -- these words perfectly describe Butterfield Garage Art Gallery’s first-ever community art exhibition, opening during the First Friday Art Walk, April 3, from 5:00 until 9:00 p.m., and continuing throughout the month of April.
Featuring all egg-themed works, this creative celebration of spring was open to the community, offering amateur artists of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to display their work alongside some of the region’s best-known professionals. Each participant was supplied ... view more »
“Eggstraordinary,” “Eggciting,” “Eggzillirating” — these words perfectly describe Butterfield Garage Art Gallery’s first-ever community art exhibition, opening during the First Friday Art Walk, April 3, from 5:00 until 9:00 p.m., and continuing throughout the month of April.
Featuring all egg-themed works, this creative celebration of spring was open to the community, offering amateur artists of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to display their work alongside some of the region’s best-known professionals. Each participant was supplied with an 8” x 8” canvas, and works created with materials other than the canvas were required to conform to those dimensions.
Scores of artists responded, with paintings in oil or acrylic, water colors, mixed media works — some created with crushed eggshells, sculptural pieces in wood, metal or fabric, drawings, mosaics, original prints, and computer-generated images.
There are bunnies and birds and chickens, of course, but also thoughtful pieces on environmental issues and elegant still lifes, such as Jan Miller’s “Cracked Eggs.” And lots of word-play, from Ron Vellucci’s “Lunar Eggsplorer” to Beau Redmond’s “Egg-scrapolation.”
The exhibition will continue through April 28 at Butterfield Garage Art Gallery, 137 King Street, St. Augustine. The gallery is open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For further information, please call 904 825-4577, visit the website at www.butterfieldgarage.com, or contact Jan Miller at janmille@bellsouth.net
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