Artist's Studio to hold open house on Friday for winter show

The Winter Resident Artist Show features the work of 25 artists who work in a variety of mediums. It continues through March 5 at the gallery in Grass Valley, which is also where the reception that includes food and wine will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. this Friday

The Artist's Studio in the Foothills Visual Arts Center & Gallery will hold an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, for its Winter Resident Artist Show.

 The show features the work of 25 artists who work in a variety of mediums. It started on Feb. 5 and continues through March 5 at the gallery at 940 Idaho Maryland Road in Grass Valley, which is also where the reception that includes food and wine will be held.

 The show, which is open to the public, also will feature the work of several long time ASIF residents will also be featured.

 “It's amazing how much synergy and momentum is created when artists come together in a collaborative work space.” says Amanda Paoletti, ASIF director. “The shows alone are such a huge motivator, not to mention the inspiration each of us receive from each other on a daily basis! This place is rocking with artistic energy!”

 A sister show, meanwhile, featuring a sampling of ASIF resident artists’ works will be exhibited at Matteo's Public, a restaurant and bar at 300 Commercial Street in Nevada City.  For more information on that show, call Matt Margulies at 530-265-0782.

 The art center's list of residents continues to grow with 15 new artists joining in the past two months. It is now home to 40 resident artists, each with private or shared studio spaces. They create works in a range of mediums such as painting, drawing, printmaking, bronze, concrete and ceramic sculpture, pottery, mosaics, and various forms of multimedia.

 The 15 new ASIF residents are:

 Roseanne Burke, an oil painter best known for her sensitive colorful paintings of local scenes;

 Lily Russo, a new-to-the-area mosaic artist known for her dazzling two dimensional pictorial works;

 Denise Wey and Claudia Jeffers of the women’s ceramic artists group - The Clay Babes;

 Eleven painters from the Plein-Air Painters of Nevada County - Odette Brush, Sandra Delong, Elizabeth Donnelly, Jan Flemming, Warren Knox, Gwen Moore, Penelope Partch, Daniel Peck, Jim Stettler, Richard Stone, and Patricia Sussberg.

Also in the gallery this month is New Small Works - in the Small Works Hall: by Nevada County artists Jenny Long, Mary Thelander, Flo Fahrenheit, Stephanie Adams, Lily Russo, Joanne Wohlfeld, Phil Brown, Roseanne Burke, Claudia Jeffers and Denise Wey.

Winter Resident Show artists include: 

Stephanie Adams
Jody Alquist-Mough
Rebecca Bleau
Eileen Blodgett
Deborah Bridges
Phil Brown
Odette Brush
Rosanne Burke
Sandra Delong
Heather deViveros
Elizabeth Donnelly
Sarah C.V. Hendrickson
Claudia Jeffers
Warren Knox
Jill Mahanna
Michael Moerman
Amanda Paoletti
Daniel Peck
Lily Russo
Jim Stettler
Patricia Sussberg
Josh Unterman
Denise Wey
Joanne Wohlfeld
Kathryn Wronski

Who: Resident Artists of ASIF Visual Arts Center of Nevada County

What: An Opening Reception for twenty five artists, featuring paintings, drawings, prints, photos, sculpture, functional & decorative works of art

When: Friday, February 12th, 5-8pm 

Where: ASIF Visual Arts Center & Gallery, 940 Idaho Maryland Road, Grass Valley, CA

Why: To support and promote visual artists of Nevada County!