A wonderful exhibit will open at Goodyear Cottage on June 2, featuring the intriguing sculptures of Ray Garrett and the beautiful paintings of William D. Killen. The show will run through June 28 at the historic district home of the Jekyll Island Arts Association. Retirement to St. Simons has allowed Ray Garrett to concentrate on expressing himself through sculpting, using the mediums of clay, metal, paper mache, wood and fiber. The wood he prefers is Brazilian Suma plywood, which has eleven layers that accent the shape, definition and texture of the finished sculpture. He enjoys experimenting, and each piece you’ll see will be a one of a kind original. Ray wants his work to be entertaining to the viewer, and encourages visitors to touch any piece.Bill Killen, from Murphy, North Carolina, has a consuming interest in the use of light. He draws his inspiration from nature, and has captured light in his paintings from seashore to mountain streams in a natural setting. He studies the art of painting in acrylics and oil on a full time basis. In his travels, he has captured the beauty of nature in Arizona, Florida, France, Australia and now North Carolina. Everyone is invited to attend the opening reception on June 8 from 1 - 3pm - come and see this great exhibit and meet the artists. Regular hours at the shop and gallery are Monday - Friday, noon - 4pm and weekends, 10 - 4pm. Everyone is welcome to stop by, and admission is always free. Please call 912-635-3920 for more information.

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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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The Jekyll Island Arts Association is pleased to host the Eighth Annual Glynn County High School Students’ Juried Art Show. Running from April 22 - May 5 at Goodyear Cottage in Jekyll’s Historic District, the exhibit will feature some of the best of our students’ work. The show is open to all high school age students in Glynn County who are enrolled in a formal art program in the County’s public or private schools. This year the participating schools are Glynn Academy, Frederica Academy and Brunswick High School. Cash prizes and ribbons will be awarded at this ‘for exhibit only’ show, with none of the artwork being for sale. Stopping in to visit David Veater’s Glynn Academy art class not only provided a glimpse of the students painting or sketching, but also a look at some of the wonderful projects that will be in the upcoming show. One eye-catching project was an array of realistic looking cardboard clothing, made using a technique called recto verso - meaning that both the front and back are realistically completed. Caitlin Barrow, a senior at Glynn Academy, likes the freedom provided to interpret set programs at her school. She says, “everyone works well together and is open to others’ ideas and art interpretations.”

Show coordinators for the Arts Association, Jim and Theresa LaPean, encourage the community, the participating students, their teachers, families and friends to come and share in the excitement of a variety of mediums on display. This exhibit is always an exciting opportunity to see what these talented teens have accomplished in the past year.

Everyone is welcome to view this exhibit by our young local artists and to attend the opening reception at Goodyear on April 27 from 1-3pm. Admission is free at the gallery and the shop where regular hours are Monday - Friday, noon - 4pm and weekends from 10 - 4pm. Call 635-3920 for more information.

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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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An exciting combination of artwork will be featured at the Jekyll Island Art Association’s gallery January 4 - February 2 when it welcomes the artwork of the Georgia Coastal Artists Guild along with the popular Raku pottery by members of Jekyll’s Pottery Guild.

This is a homecoming event for the Georgia Coastal Artists Guild, as their first show took place here at Goodyear Cottage after their guild started in 1983. The 35 member group is involved in shows and numerous art related events in the community, including volunteering their time with local school children. They broaden their knowledge and capabilities by attending classes, workshops and hosting relevant speakers at their meetings. A wide range of media and a varied number of styles are represented within the group. We welcome them back!

Fifteen different potters from the Jekyll Island Pottery Guild will provide Raku pottery for another dimension to this exciting exhibit. Guild President, Tony Cerrato, explains: “Raku was developed in 16th century Japan and means ‘happiness through chance,’ because glazing results are generally unpredictable after firing.” Raku depends on rapid glaze firing of bisque pottery which is thickly glazed with low temperature glazes and fired to approximately 1800 degrees. When it’s removed from the kiln, the piece is placed in a container with paper or sawdust and sealed for about ten minutes. It is then quickly cooled with cold water. This process produces a unique look to the variety of pieces that will be shown. Jekyll potter Art Sennett, who studied his craft in Japan, was powerfully struck by the Japanese respect and appreciation for the intrinsic beauty of ceramic ware. “[They] considered [pottery] to be a living part of the world.”

Everyone is invited to an artists’ reception at Goodyear Cottage in Jekyll’s Historic District on January 6, from 1pm - 3pm. Shop and gallery hours are Monday through Friday 12pm - 4pm and weekends 10am - 4pm. Admission is always free.

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