WPCA Annual Members Show- September 5, 2014

Another WPCA show already!  Please join me and many others at the opening of the WPCA Annual Members Show this weekend at the Walkers Point Center for the Arts from 5-9 pm.

Forward 2014 opening at the Charles Allis Decorative Art Museum, Friday March 6th

Happy to announce that one of my pieces will be in Forward 2014: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now at the Charles Allis Decorative Art Museum in Milwaukee. The opening reception is this Friday, March 7th from 6-8:30 pm.





Forward 2014: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now
March 7 - June 29, 2014
Opening Reception with Awards Ceremony
Friday, March 7, 2014
6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
5:30 - 6:00 p.m. - Members Only Preview
Every two years, the Charles Allis Art Museum hosts Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, a juried exhibition showcasing the work of Wisconsin artists. Laurie Winters, Executive Director | CEO of the Museum of Wisconsin Art is this year's juror. Three thousand dollars in awards, sponsored by the Friends of Charles Allis, will be given during the opening reception on Friday March 7, 2014. Those in attendance will also select the recipient of the $100 Viewers’ Choice Award. Wisconsin Artists interested in entering works can do so online from January 2, 2014 through January 28.


http://www.charlesallis.org/exhibitions.html

A Surprise/prize

What a wonderful surprise to walk in to the gallery and find a "first prize" next to my work at the Wisconsin Artists Biennial at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend!  Thanks to juror Molly Zuckerman Hartung!  Congrats to all of the artists in the show (I was honored to just be included in the show) and all of the award winners!

Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Opening Reception January 17, 2014

Please join myself and a very long list of amazing Wisconsin artists at the opening reception of the Wisconsin Artists Biennial at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. The opening is 5-8 pm on Friday, January 17, but the exhibit will be up and open to the public through March 9, 2014.  If you haven't been to the new building/location of the Museum of Wisconsin Art you will be in for a treat.  Hope to see you there!

The Museum of Wisconsin Art
205 Veterans Ave.
West Bend, WI 53095
262-334-9638 (Phone)

Cutting Board 406 a: back, intaglio from actual cutting board

Fall Classes at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center

Hello all! 

As the weather gets colder and the holidays get closer, think about taking a class at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center in Brookfield! The Book Making Class for beginners is perfect for those of you who would like to learn a skill and also make some wonderful gifts for friends and family!

Flutter Book

Flutter book interior

Book Making for Beginners (ages 14+)
Tuesdays, Nov. 5-26, 6:30-8:30 pm
Learn the foundations of bookmaking will producing lovely books for yourself or others. Students will take home four finished handmade books.
4 sessions, supplies included ($95/$90 Wilson Center Donors)

DIY Puffy Paint

DIY - from Start to Finish (ages 5-9)
Tuesdays, Nov. 5-26, 4:30-6:00 pm
Learn how to make your own puffy paint, clay, watercolor paints and more with this totally DIY (do it yourself) class!
4 session, supplies included ($90/$85 Wilson Center Donors)












Please contact the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center to sign up for classes.

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center
19805 W Capitol Drive
Brookfield, WI
(262) 781-9470 x5037
http://www.wilson-center.com/explore/AdultArtClasses.php

Featured Artist at The Salvaged Studio-Opening Reception July 12, 5-9 pm

The Salvaged Studio & Gallery will open its first Featured Artist Show with “Collecting the
Uncollectible: Art & Jewelry of Tiffany Knopow” on Friday, July 12th 2013.

The Salvaged Studio & Gallery will celebrate its grand opening with an artist reception from 5:00-9:00pm on Friday, July 12, 2013 for “Collecting the Uncollectible: Art & Jewelry of Tiffany Knopow”. Ms. Knopow creates her work from dryer lint, Shout© Color Catcher sheets, and paper wasp nests. In it, she seeks to create systems to capture fleeting phenomena; items that are too common, too gross, or intangible to exist in a proper collection. Ms. Knopow says, “My hope in each collection is to create something so beautiful that the viewer is compelled to investigate the piece and then be completely surprised by the material.”
 
The show is the first in a regular bi-monthly featured artist series to be held at the new gallery which is located in a historic and recently renovated 1920’s building in the Washington Heights neighborhood. It is part art jewelry studio, part gallery, and all about celebrating the art of creative reuse. The gallery represents fine art, woodwork, sculpture, jewelry, accessories and upstyled home furnishings created by American artists with a focus on art and craft created salvaged materials. The studio is where the owner, Rachael Brooke Winkley, creates jewelry from vintage tea tins, serving trays, and other old metal objects.

Email: info@thesalvagedstudio.com
Website: www.thesalvagedstudio.com

It's Workshop Time Again!!!

It's that wonderful time of year, workshop time!!!

This printing workshop is amazing!  We will be using the sun and natural items (leaves, blossoms, twigs, etc) to make our work for us.  I assure you that everyone will have a beautiful piece, it's impossible to make a sun painting or print that looks bad.  Plus, it's a lot of fun and so easy.  I promise that you will be addicted after this workshop.  Please sign up, registration is ending soon.

Printing with the Sun (ages 14+)

Saturday, June 22, 10:00 am-2:30 pm
(Includes a 30 minute lunch break.)
Use the sun to make beautiful photograms (sun prints) of three dimensional objects on paper and on a scarf.  The result is a beautiful silhouette of the object placed on the photosensitive paper or fabric.  Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy in beautiful Mitchell Park.

One-day Workshop, supplies included
$65/$60 Wilson Center Donors

Please contact the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts at (262) 781-9470 x 5037 or cdavis@wilson-center.com for more details.

Sunpainting in process, applying the leaves.

Finished sunpainting.

Sunprint. It's almost like magic!

Spring Workshops in Brookfield

It's time again to hear about my workshops for spring!

Both workshops take place at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield.

Hand-Bound Marbled Books (ages 14+)

Saturdays, Feb. 16-23, 1:00-3:30 pm

Create marble painted paper to incorporate into a hand-bound journal of your own construction. Perfect to keep or give as a gift!

2 sessions, supplies included ($50/$45 members)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kooky Creatures (ages 9-12)

Tuesdays, Feb. 12- March 5, 4:30-6 pm

Sew your own stuffed animals made from recycled clothes!  Learning basic hand sewing techniques, as well as color and design principles, students will use their imaginations to create a creature that is kooky!

4 session, supplies included ($65/$60 members)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts

19805 W Capitol Drive

Brookfield, WI

(262) 781-9470 x5037

http://www.wilson-center.com/explore/AdultArtClasses.php

Tiffany Knopow is a Wisconsin native and now resides in Burlington, WI. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Knopow has an active exhibition record including shows in the United States and South America.  Currently she is teaching workshops and classes at the Museum of Wisconsin Art and the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts. For more information about the artist and her work please visit www.tiffanyknopow.com.

Delafield Arts Center Opening Jan. 5th

Moving work around the whole state of Wisconsin!  My work will be at the Delafield Arts Center in Delafield, Wisconsin.  I am excited to show at such an interesting space!  Please join me at the opening on January 5th.

Delafield Arts Center is pleased to present the work of Tiffany Knopow, Denise Presnell-Weidner, Julie Briede-Ibar.  Also presenting Shelby Keefe in the featured artist gallery.

All are welcome to attend the opening reception on Saturday, January 5 from 3-5 pm at the Delafield Arts Center, 803 Genesse St., Delafield, WI.

The Delafield Arts Center's regular hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 11am- 6pm, Thursday 11am-8pm, Saturday 11am-5pm, and Sunday 11am-2pm.  The show runs from January 5- March 31st.

Install day at the Delafield Arts Center.  What a lovely space!

Update: Dropped off work on Thursday, excited to see the final installation.  Saw the wonderful painter Beki Borman installing as well as Sara Risely's work.  You all have to see this show of wonderful work!

Artibles at the MARN Gallery is open!

Thinking about shopping for holiday presents on black Friday?  Avoid all the craziness and go to Artibles Holiday Shopping Bazaar at the MARN Gallery.  Artibles features affordable work by local artists, all hand made.  My jewelry line and some small framed work would make a great gift for the art lover on your list!  (Here is a sneak peek!)  Also, if you can't make it out to Artibles you can purchase similar items on my Etsy site.


 











Starting this Friday, November 23rd, the Artibles Shopping Bazaar will be open during the following times:

Thursday/Friday
11am-7pm

Saturdays
10am-5pm

December 24th, 11am-4pm

MARN Gallery
5407 W Vliet St
Milwaukee WI

[un]finished opening reception

Free up your Saturday night and gas up the car, it's a road trip to Sheboygan!  Please join myself and a whole bunch of great artists at the opening of [un]finished at EFFJAY PROJEKTS on Saturday, November 10, 2012 from 5-8 pm.

EFFJAY PROJEKTS Gallery is pleased to announce two exhibitions titled, ‘[un]finished’ and ‘New Works' by Timon Tupper. ‘[un]finished’ features works Beki Borman, Judy Dubrosky, Laura Gorzek, Adam Horwitz, Leah Schreiber Johnson, Maureen Kane, Michael Kautzer, Tiffany Knopow, Mary Overman, Jessica Poor, Melissa Dorn Richards, Sara Risley, Maggie Sasso, Jessica Z Schafer, Anja Notanja Sieger, Becky Tesch, Dean Valadez, and Serena Weits. Timon Tupper from Sheboygan will be exhibiting new works. 

Join us for an artist reception on November 10 from 5 to 8pm. Artist talks start at 6pm. The gallery is located at 604 Erie Avenue, Lower Level in Sheboygan. This exhibition runs from November 8 – December 1, 2012.

Becky Tesch, curator, states that most artists have partially finished works in our studios that are collecting dust. They did not go as planned (if there ever was a plan), and they got frustrated, distracted by other projects, and set them aside. For some reason however, they did not throw them away. Tesch's never ending quest to find new uses for things resulted in inviting 18 artists swap unfinished works and work to finish each others pieces.

"I don't just want to hang a show, I want to create new experiences for us”, says Tesch.

In Gallery II, Sheboygan-based stencil/street artist Timon Tupper will be exhibiting new works.

Gallery hours are Thursday and Friday from 5-8pm, Saturdays from 11-3pm and by appointment.

Open to the public.

[un]finished show

I am honored to be a part of a group of artists participating in a show called [un]finished.  It's a great concept, curated by Becky Tesch, artists swap unfinished work and then finish each others work!  I have been paired with Melissa Dorn Richards so we have each others work.  I have finished working on her sculptures and she is working with some latex prints and some cut Shout Color Catchers of mine. 

mingle, wood and hair, 2012

mingle, wood and hair, 2012

mingle, wood and dryer lint, 2012

Walkers Point Center for the Arts Opening!!

Alright, I know, I didn't post this immediately....Here are some pictures of my installation at Walkers Point Center  for the Arts.My work will be up on the "Featured Members Wall" until January.  Please go see it in person if you get a chance.  The lint rolls are really best in person!

photo taken by Frank Juarez

Featured Member, why thank you!

Wowsa!  Walkers Point Center for the Arts is always on my list of favorite places to visit and support but now I like them even more.  I have been chosen from the members show to be one of four featured members!  So that means that each of us (Jessica Z. Schafer, Jean D. Sobon, and Chris Andrews) will have a space in WPCA for each of the next four gallery nights in Milwaukee. My work is first up so please come and join me for the Fall Gallery night, October 19th and 20th.


Opening Information:

Oct 19, 2012 – Jan 4, 2013
Opening Reception: Fall Gallery Night, Friday, October 19th from 5 – 9pm

WPCA is proud to announce the beginning of our Featured Member exhibition series. Artists are juried from the body of work included in WPCA’s Annual Members Show, a non-juried exhibition of our Members, which takes place every September.

Knopow is interested in creating systems to capture fleeting phenomena. The content of each system revolves around a fascination with collecting the uncollectible; items that are too common, too gross, or intangible to exist in a proper collection. Each item has a separate system, some as simple as just collecting the object and others involve more traditional recordkeeping. Eventually, the objects and/or the record of the objects become part of an archive to preserve the item for examination in the future, elevating the uncollectible to the aesthetic. Knopow’s hope in each collection is to create something so beautiful that the viewer is compelled to investigate the piece and then completely surprised by the material.

Walker's Point Center for the Arts

839 S. 5th St. , Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204

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Levitas/Gravitas-Opens June 22nd at MARN

Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) is pleased to present ‘Levitas/Gravitas’ by curator Maggie Sasso. The exhibition features four regional artists, Tiffany Knopow (Burlington, WI), Kevin Andrew Kraus (Louisville, KY), Ana Hansa-Ogren (Milwaukee, WI), and Allison Welch (Iowa City, IA).

All are welcome to attend the opening reception on Friday, June 22 from 6:00-8:00 PM at the MARN Gallery and Headquarters 5407 W. Vliet Street, Milwaukee.  

MARN’s gallery hours are Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 7:00PM and Saturdays from 10:00AM to 4:00PM.  Levitas/Gravitas runs from June 22 through July 22, 2012 and is free and open to the public. Free street side parking is available. The gallery is wheelchair accessible.

Indiana Green 2012

The Indiana Green show is right around the corner!  Don't do anything else on Saturday, April 21st from 5-8 pm.

Indiana Green features artists from around southern Wisconsin, curated by Melissa Dorn Richards and Frank Juarez, there should be something for everyone to enjoy.  Artists included in the show are myself and many others.

Featured artists work and statements can be found here.

Indiana Green
EFFJAY PROJEKTS
604 Erie Avenue, Lower Level
Sheboygan, Wisconsin 53081
www.effjayprojekts.com

New Classes for Spring 2012

It's that time again, spring class time!  I am offering a great class at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center in Brookfield, WI.  You can sign up online or give them a ring.  Please contact me with any questions about the content of the class.

Book Binding:  Interesting Interiors


Hedi Kyle, April Diary (1979)
 
Learn multiple ways to create interest inside the bound book. Students will bind hard and soft cover books, explore how to manipulate pages by adding pockets, cut pages to create shapes and images, and create a flag book. Past bookmaking students are encouraged to return, and new students are always welcome! 

Thursdays, April 12-May 10, 6:00-8:30 pm (Canceled, not enough students)
Ages 14+
Supplies are included
$64/$58 Wilson Center Donors, Class Code: WI50

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
Brookfield's Mitchell Park
19805 W Capitol Drive
Brookfield WI
(262) 781-9470 x5037