The Jekyll Island Arts Association is pleased to announce their upcoming exhibit featuring painter Mary O, Smith and potter Stephen Heywood. This exciting show will run from October 1 - 30 in the gallery at Goodyear Cottage in Jekyll’s Historic District.

Award winning artist Mary O. Smith, creates her beautiful watercolor and oil paintings in her Woodbine studio. She loves the loose and fluid qualities of watercolors, and incorporates them in her own loose, expressive style. She engages the viewer with her suggestive brush strokes and use of color. As well as winning local and national shows, she has been featured in the National magazine Watercolor Magic in the article “Ten Artists to Watch.”

If you think perhaps you see something that reminds you of a smokestack, a chimney, a water tower or a silo in Stephen Heywood’s pottery, you could be right! He uses many of these run down and weathered structures as inspiration for shapes and textures in portions of his pieces. Stephen has been visiting artist at a number of colleges and museums, has exhibited in over 70 national juried shows, has seen his work featured in several publications, and currently teaches ceramics and design at the University of North Florida.

A special reception on October 5 will give you the opportunity to see the exhibit as well as meet the artists from 1 - 3pm at Goodyear Cottage. Everyone is welcome. Regular hours for the gallery and shop are Monday - Friday 12 - 4pm and weekends from 10 - 4pm. Admission is always free to JIAA events. 635-3920

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Posted in Beachscape, October 2008 | No Comments »

The Jekyll Island Arts Association is proud to announce their September exhibit with featured artists Leah Holland, Dottie Clark, and Mary Whitty. The exhibit runs from September 1st-September 30th at Goodyear Cottage. The artists’ reception is Sunday, September 7th from 1-3 p.m. at Goodyear Cottage, in the Jekyll Island Historic District. Admission is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

The Jekyll Island Arts Association will host a presentation by Michael and Sarah Dowling entitled “An Author and Illustrator Demonstrate Their Books and Their Creative Process.” The presentation will be held at Beachside Hall in Jekyll’s Convention Center on September 9 at 7:30pm. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. For more information on any Jekyll Island Arts Association events, please call 912-635-3920.

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Posted in Beachscape, September 2008 | No Comments »

The Faculty Quartet of Franklin Pond Chamber Music (made up of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians) will present a concert in Faith Chapel Saturday, August 2 at 7:00 for $15/person. The Student Showcase concert is Sunday, August 3 at 7:00 also in Faith Chapel for $10/person.
Tickets are available for sale at Goodyear Cottage in the Historic District, Jekyll Realty and Parker Kaufman Realtors at the shopping center. Seating is limited so advance reservations are encouraged.

Franklin Pond, an Atlanta-based classical string quartet program for talented young musicians, will return for the fourth year to rehearse and perform on Jekyll Island. Already this year Franklin Pond has performed at the Carter Library in Atlanta, Georgia. Each year, rehearsals are held for four student string quartets. Each quartet rehearses together throughout the summer and participates in a 4-day retreat to Jekyll Island, where they perform in the Historic District. Franklin Pond is a non-profit organization.
The Jekyll Island Arts Association is co-sponsoring this program with the Museum Department of the Historic District because we feel the importance of helping in the development of musical art.

For additional information please call Alice Jarrett at 912-635-9944 or visit www.franklinpond.org.

Tags: chamber music, faith chapel, franklin pond, franklin pond student showcase, goodyear cottage, jekyll island arts association, string quartets
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The Jekyll Island Arts Association welcomes two outstanding artists and their works to Goodyear Cottage May 6 through June1. Come and enjoy viewing the wonderful dolls made by Sandra Bishop as well as the fascinating colors and patterns found in the colored pencil works of Sherry Egger.

Sandra Bishop has been making dolls for over thirteen years. This self-taught artist is inspired by family members who surrounded her as she was growing up in Kentucky and by her deep love and appreciation for the history, culture and folks who live in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Her dolls are made with a wire armature covered with polyester stuffing and tightly woven Southern Belle muslin. The faces are sculpted with Premier clay and the clothing is hand made with vintage fabric. Sandra is a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild.

Sherry Egger originally studied commercial art and has worked as a graphic artist. Although she is expanding her mediums to pastels and acrylics, her medium of choice is colored pencils, which allow for rich, luscious color and great detail. Her art encourages the viewer to take a closer look at what sometimes may appear to be a rather unglamorous subject, and then see the incredible beauty hidden in its details. She is a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, Glynn Art Association, Georgia Coastal Artists Guild and the Jekyll Island Art Association.

Everyone is invited to view the exhibit and enjoy a reception to welcome the artists on May 11, 1 - 3pm in Goodyear’s gallery in Jekyll’s Historic District. Admission is free to both the gallery and shop where regular hours are Mon - Fri, noon to 4pm, and weekends, 10 - 4pm. 912-635-3920.

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Posted in Beachscape, May 2008 | No Comments »

The works of Richard Fricks will fill the gallery at Goodyear Cottage as the Jekyll Island Arts Association opens its next exhibit on March 17. Richard will demonstrate a wide range of media in his show of recent works, which will be on display through April 21.
Although Richard has found acrylics to be his favorite medium, he will also show pen and ink work and block prints, which celebrate nature. He likes to paint on heavy bond paper and dab many shades of the same color, one on top of the other, building up an interesting surface. Most of his time is spent painting, but when he wants a break, he turns to block printing. “Instead of adding paint to create images, one cuts away the images, then rolls on a color.” Richard’s style and variety of work will make an exciting exhibit for Goodyear Cottage, in Jekyll’s Historic District.
A special opportunity to meet the artist and view the exhibit will be the opening reception on March 23 from 1 - 3pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. Regular shop and gallery hours are Mon - Fri noon - 4pm and weekends 10 - 4. Free admission, 635-3920.

The 2008 Jekyll Island Arts Festival is Friday - Sunday March 7-9. The hours are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the grounds of Goodyear Cottage in the Historic District. Admission is free. Members present their entries to be judged on Friday morning. The categories are painting, photography, pottery, woodcarving, fiber arts, porcelain arts, handicrafts and ceramics. The festival shop will feature many items for sale by members, and the café, brunswick stew and other favorites will be served! Be sure to peruse the bake sale for dessert.  Marshgrass Bluegrass Band performs while you watch demonstrations by weavers, carvers, painters, and potters. Be sure to enter the raffle to win some of the donated art!

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Posted in Beachscape, March 2008 | No Comments »