Artist Workshops

There's an amazing new teaching venue in Agoura Hills with a wonderful line up of fantastic artists teaching weekend workshop...come check it out by clicking on the link.
http://www.lisalarosa.blogspot.com

Mavis Leahy Fall exhibitions:

Abuelitas
Day of the Dead Oct 5th-Oct 31st

The Folktree
26th annual altars & ephemera Oct 10th - Nov 7th
Artist reception Oct 10th 2-6pm

Ave 50 Studio
Muertos con leche
Opening celebration Oct 10th 7-10pm

Cactus Gallery
5th annual Dia de los muertos group show
Oct 10th-Nov 1st
Artist reception Sat Oct 10th

El Pueblo Historical Monument de Los Angeles
Sacred Memories: Cross cultural celebrations of Day of the Dead
Oct 19th-Nov 27th

Hollywood Forever Cemetery (space #34)
Altar offerings Sat Oct 24th 4-11pm

SPECIAL EVENT THIS FRIDAY

Celebrate Dia de Los Muertos Friday, Oct 2nd 6-9 pm at Ten Women, Venice. Guest Artists, book signing by artist Liz Houston, and more!

Ten Women Gallery, 1237 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, 90291, (310- 452 -2256)
invites you to join us on Sunday, Sept 27th for the annual Abbot Kinney Street Faire.

We will be featuring Guest Artists in our parking lot, and a first ever Artist Estate Sale on the patio. Come find a unique treasure and many great bargains!

We will also be hosting a “Make and Take” Dia de los Muertos altar workshop: participants will make an altar to celebrate Dia de los Muertos. Times and details as follows:

1st workshop

noon-1:30

2nd workshop

2-3;30

$20 all materials included.

Our own talented and amazing Cola Adabachi will be providing fabulous face painting and authentic henna "Mehndi" body art.

Join us for the fun, and check out all of the other incredible galleries, restaurants and venues on Abbot Kinney during the day. See you there!

Call to Artists:

Ten Women Gallery, Venice, invites you to submit to our annual Dia de Los Muertos Group Invitation Window Event.

This window will be up the entire month of Oct, with the opening reception on Friday Oct 2nd, in conjunction with Abbot Kinney's very popular First Friday art walk.

This is a juried show. Enter up to three pieces. If your work is selected there is a $20 fee for inclusion in the show.

Selections are based on pieces which work best together and for which we have proper space. If your pieces are not selected for this show we will keep you in mind for shows in the future.



There will be a 20% commission to the gallery on sold works.

All media will be considered excluding video & performance art.

Please-note size limitations: no greater than 20” H x 18” W” x 12” D

Deadline for submissions is Sept 12th, selected artists will be notified by Sept 15th.
Please email JPEGS no larger than1800 px X 1800 px to: oldsouldollco@aol.com

Treasure Hunt

Ten Women is celebrating Abbot Kinney's First Friday and "Barbie Redux" exhibit Friday the 7th of August with a treasure hunt. Little boxes tied with pink ribbon are randomly placed along Abbot Kinney Blvd. in plain view, if you look carefully! The boxes are not inside the businesses but outside and along the sidewalk paths. Find a box, open it and take it back to The Ten Women Gallery to redeem your free gift and join us for refreshments and wine! The fun starts at 6:00 p.m.

Opening Reception this Friday, August 27th, 7-10 pm

Altered Barbie Show and Opening Reception

Grab your patent leather pumps and get your taffeta on for a phenomenal summer bash celebrating the 50th anniversary of "Our Lady of the Hourglass Figure", Barbie! Curated by Patricia Anders, artists from around the Los Angeles area will exhibit their interpretations of America's favorite plastic vixen in this unique exhibition:



Delicious and delectable south-of-the-border cuisine will be available (for purchase) from the gastronmically acclaimed Border Grill, challenging even the most disciplined Barbie to give in and have a taco. Or two.

A Silent Auction of works by our incredible artists will also be held on this night! Get some treasures to add to your art collection while also supporting our gallery. The proceeds from the auction will go towards keeping Ten Women's doors OPEN.


Bring Ken, Midge, Skipper and the crew and join us for an evening of plastic fantastic fun, including a treasure hunt, Barbie Look-alike dress up contest and cupcakes!

August 7th, 6-10 pm

Betsy Weston/Sarah Stone Opening Reception

Please be our guest for an opening reception of new works by resident painter and sculptor, Sarah Stone, who will be exhibiting "Elements", a series of playful paleo-scientific & neo-organic creations:





and Betsy Weston, glass artist and owner of Firefly Studio, who will be exhibiting a group of beautiful and functional glassworks with themes influenced by Asian design and patterns from nature:

An additional exhibition for this night only, "Bijoux and Bibelots: Small items of Beauty and Rarity", will be held on our back patio. Curated by our resident "Old Soul" art doll creator Shari Enge, this exhibit will feature the works of emerging crafts artists who produce some very cool things. It's all cash and carry, love it and leave with it!

Finally, there is currently a silent auction underway at the gallery. Ten Women, Venice is offering several original and unique artworks by our talented members. Pieces are currently on view and taking bids! Opening bids start at $20-30.00.

Get some great art, and support a good cause: Proceeds from this auction will help keep our gallery's doors open! Winning bids will be anounced at 9 pm on Friday July 3 during the opening reception.

Where and When:
Ten Women Gallery
1237 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Venice, California 90291
Friday, July 3, 2009 (in conjunction with Abbot Kinney First Friday Events)
6:00pm- 10:00pm

July 3rd 2009: First Friday Silent Auction!

It's not too late to get your bids in on some fantastic artworks on view NOW at the gallery.

Here are few silent auction items that are being made available by our talented artists:


Wire sculpture by Peggy McKeever


Ceramic vase by Kathy Holguin


Painting, "Carny Girl" by Sarah Stone


Ceramic vase by Outi Harma


Painting by Patricia Anders


Glass art by Betsy Weston


Winning Bidders will be revealed at 9pm,

July 3, 2009
1237 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
Venice, California 90291

Proceeds will go towards keeping our gallery's doors open! Get a great deal and support your local artists and this unique venue!

Cola at CAM- Reminder

The reception for "Inside my Head" at the California African Museum is just around the corner!

The reception will be held on June 5th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. The museum just informed me (Cola) that they are limiting the number of guests an artist can invite to five...due to 32 artists participating and a membership of over 2000. So, to ensure entrance to what promises to be a hugely popular reception they recommend that you become a museum member for a tax deductible $40.00 which will guaranteed entry for you and a guest, and support a wonderful arts establishment. If you can't make the party, come and see the exhibit another time for free...Tuesday thru Sunday. The exhibit runs from May- Sept 27, 2009.

I look forward to seeing you at the reception!

Thank you,
Cola

Kristin Starts Glass Project website!

Kristin duCharme, resident glass artist, has been making and teaching glass art for several years in her studio and at schools in the Los Angeles area. She recently created a line of kits to make it possible for people all over the country and Canada to play with glass and make cool stuff.
Visit her new website where you can see tons of examples and ideas for kids and adults, schools, parties, fundraisers etc.
Kristin will send out a free sample kit if you are interested in trying it out.




Check out her new site at:

http://www.glassartprojects.com


Congratulations Kristin!

Incredible Turn Out for Art Walk!

It was a gorgeous day for art viewing at this year's Venice Art Walk. Mavis, Cola, Shari, Patricia and Renee hosted super-fun specialty workshops including henna, altered barbies, calligraphy, voodoo dolls and textile art, while many of our artists showed never-before displayed work. Our own Angela Spieles provided these beautiful photos of the event.

Come to Ten Women for Venice Art Walk!

Come join us at ten women Venice for a day of play!
In conjunction with the Venice art walk, on Sun May 17th Ten Women Venice will be
offering make & take workshops, artist demonstrations, and new work’s by gallery
members.
Demos & make & take workshops
Altered Barbie
In Celebration of Barbie’s 50th anniversary‐ Artist Patricia Anders will show you
how to turn Barbie int o a work of art.
Workshop 11‐12:30 $20 all materials included

Calligraphy
Gallery member Renee Troy will demonstrate & teach a small calligraphy project.
Demo & mini workshop 3‐4 free
Haute Couture adornments
Mavis Leahy will show you how to turn a vintage clothing label into a necklace or
brooch.
Workshop 1‐2:30 $20 all material included

Patricia in New Show at Eclectix:

It's all Greek to Kristin du Charme

Kristin will be exhibiting this month in Art-Athina (Contemporary Art Fair of Athens), running May 21-24, 2009

Show info:
THE EDGES OF THE WEST
Curated by: Annetta Kapon
Gallery/venue: Artower
Address: 10 Armodiou Street
Varvakios Square
105-52 Athens
Greece

Dates- May 18th- June 28th
Reception date May 18th 8-11pm

The multi-story ARTOWER AGORA, founded in 1999, is located in the central market of Athens and is opposite the sacred rock of the Acropolis. The area is known from the old days as the one that attracts the highest number of visitors from all over Greece. The square is occupied by dozens of stalls selling vegetables, fruit and live chickens. The last thing you would expect to find in a place like this is a gallery exhibiting works by young Greek and international artists. Spread out over six floors of an unpretentious-looking building, the Artower Agora's exhibitions feature paintings, sculptures and other objects d'art. The opening of each exhibition is always lively.

Cola Exhibit: Inside My Head

Congratulations to Cola Smith of Ten Women Gallery! She will be exhibiting work at the California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California. The show, entitled Inside My Head, showcases the work of 32 contemporary artists of African descent who have, in an intuitive manner, developed a mature style. Ms. Smith will have paintings and an installation on exhibit.

She will also conduct a children's workshop on May 10th, from 2-4 pm, titled "To Honor our Ancestors". Using recycled materials and guided by Ms. Smith, students will create their own one-of-a-kind shrine boxes.

For more information on signing up for her workshop please contact the California African American Museum at (213) 744-2024

Inside My Head is on exhibit from May 7th - September 27, 2009.

Sarah Stone goes to the Dogs

Big Sunday is a yearly event that organizes people from around the Los Angeles area to help in any way that they can to participate in community improvement projects. This year, Ten Women's Sarah Stone traveled to Lancaster to participate in a shelter-to-shelter renewal project with volunteers from the Agoura shelter. Sarah created this beautiful mural with the help of a team of artistic and dedicated Lancaster teens. When you adopt a dog from the newly renovated and beautified Lancaster shelter, this is what you will now see outside the kennels:



Adopt a pet from Lancaster and get 10% off of any of Sarah Stone's artwork at Ten Women Gallery with shelter receipt. Offer good until 2010.

Topanga Canyon Gallery Studio Tour

Robyn Feeley, Susan Haskell, Fae Horowitz, Kathy Holguin Black, Betsy Weston and Mavis Leahy will be participating in the Topanga Gallery Studio Tour.

8th Annual Topanga Canyon Gallery Studio Tour
Sat and Sun June 13th-14th
10am-5pm
Artist reception and silent auction Sat June 13th 6-8pm

Topanga Canyon Gallery
120 Pine Tree Circle #109
Topanga CA 90290
310-455-7909

Tickets in advance for the 2 day weekend $15 or the day of $20

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