Insights into different forms of art from the La Crosse area
Meet Martina Skobic at VIVA Gallery in Viroqua, WI.
The VIVA Gallery Cooperative is a group of local artists coming together to showcase art. They began business as a cooperative in April, 2004. Their mission is to create an awareness in the Viroqua community of the variety of art that is being made right here at home. Their gallery provides a welcoming place to see art, foster the imaginaition, and give inspiration. For more information please visit their website at vivagallery.net.
Dan Klein as Tomah Arts Guild Artist of the Month
(Press Release)
Artist Dan Klein (Danno) was born and raised in Fond Du Lac WI. After a two-year stint in the army, he spent
10 years in Los Angeles attending various schools for content more than degrees. Knocking around, in and out of various cultures has given him a unique perspective; “Life is thought - thought is belief - belief is creativity - creativity is life. After all, art is just intentional expression.”Klein enjoys surrealism and beaded jewelry. He has several drawings and a collection of jewelry pieces currently on display at the gallery.
Klein is conducting a jewelry workshop Saturday, Feb. 4th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tomah Arts Guild’s Sweetheart Day open house. Participants can choose from 150+ different beads and make their own necklace to take home. Cost is $20.00.
He will be holding a “Meet and Greet the Artist” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday Feb. 25th and Saturday Feb. 26th.
The Tomah Arts Guild is located in the Area Community Theatre at 907 Kilbourn Ave., Tomah, WI. For more information, please visit the TAG website at http://www.tomahartsguild.com/.
The Pump House invites the public to Landforms and Texture, two new exhibitions January 11-March 10, showcasing the works of Wisconsin natives Marie App, Jaime Heiden, and Darrel Bowman. An artists’ reception will be held January 14, 5-7 p.m.App specializes in landscape paintings offering a unique and mystified perspective of nature. For her latest collection, Landforms, she has created new pieces that guide viewers through colorful and exciting landscapes.
Photographer, Heiden, and potter, Bowman, present an exhibit of combined works in Texture. Heiden uses watercolors on Polaroid film and processed digital images to give an unrefined depth to her photos, while Bowman captures the subtle beauty of ordinary objects in his hand-crafted stoneware.
For more information, contact The Pump House at 608-785-1434 or visit us online at http://thepumphouse.org/
Art Club at the South Side Neighborhood Center
Dates: same… 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Jan 11; Jan 25; Feb 8; Feb 22 maybe March
All Welcome
Ellen Roles will be filling in for Delores for the next few months as the contact person and instructor.
Time Change: 11:45am to 1:45pm.
Because Ellen needs to leave by 2:10 every time the hours are changed to 11:45 to 1:45.
Cost: The fee will continue to be $2 for use of the hall.
Plan: Plan to come to paint or draw; to work on your own choosing…and talk to other artists. Get encouragement, incentive, have fun being with others who are working on art and creativity. See what others are creating
Instruction and Critiques available.
Where: South Side Neighborhood Center
1300 S. 6th. St.
La Crosse, WI 54601
On the corner of 6th and Hood St….not too far NW of Gunderson Lutheran Hospital.
Craig Zahrte of Warrens is the January Artist of the Month at the Tomah Arts Guild Gallery. Zahrte, whose
primary interest is in three-dimensional art, has new ceramic sculptures and pottery on display.
“I’ve been working on some new works for home and garden, and I do commission work for those looking for something special and unique, along with offering instruction in clay arts,” Zahrte said.
As a college student, Zahrte enrolled at UW-La Crosse to earn a business management degree, but found himself being drawn toward art. He eventually changed majors and earned a bachelors of art degree in art from UW-L and a masters degree in studio art at Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky.
Zahrte serves as president of the Tomah Arts Guild and producer of the group’s annual Bards and Ballads stage show featuring local storytellers and musicians.
The TAG Gallery is open Fridays and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and during all ACT performances. For more information, visit the TAG website at www.tomahartsguild.com or contact Zahrte at paradisevalleyartz@centurytel.net or (608) 343-5867.