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Greetings Open Door Art Studio Fans!
Summer is in full swing! We hope this newsletter finds you well and enjoying time spent gardening, swimming, traveling and hopefully art-viewing! This may be our longest newsletter to date, but we just couldn't leave anything out! It is all just too good! Use this little calendar as a snapshot of June and read on for all the details! June:
June 8: Small Wonders Opening Reception at Open Door (5-7 pm)
June 19:
Douglas Gantt's Recollections and Resurrections Opening Reception at Fresh A.I.R. Gallery (5:30-7 pm) June 23: Unlocked Opening Reception at the Martin De Porres Center (2-4 pm)
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| FEATURED ARTIST | | Ceith Purifoy
 Ceith Purifoy is amazingly adept at illustration and he has a boundless imagination that leans toward the fantastical. He will often draw "creatures within creatures", with faces coming out of scales or even teeth of another creature. He carries around his sketchbook wherever he goes, and each studio session Ceith loves to share all of the amazing drawings he has created while away from the studio. In addition to drawing and painting, Ceith creates tiny houses and other miniatures out of clay. He has an impressive portfolio of paintings that depict some of his most interesting and inspiring imagery. His paintings are often tall and narrow, perhaps a subconscious reflection of Ceith's own impressive height. When he is not making art, he
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loves to play video games, watch television and movies, and read comic books. Ceith's love of these media often infiltrates his artwork and these interests always find their way into the conversation at Open Door. Ceith was honored to receive the
first place award in the emerging artist category at the 2011 VSA Ohio's Accessible Expressions Exhibition for a sculpture titled Incognito. Ceith has some of the smallest works in the Small Wonders exhibit that opens at Open Door on June 8th. |
SMALL WONDERS
| | Save the Date! Open Door Gallery's Next Exhibit Opens on Saturday, June 8th!
 Small Wonders will be a collaborative exhibit featuring artists from Open Door Art Studio and Cincinnati's Visionaries and Voices. Our gallery will showcase wonderful works in small sizes, as each piece is no larger than twelve inches in any direction. Join us for this big night of small works! where: Open Door Art Studio 1050 Goodale Boulevard / Grandview Heights, OH 43212 when: Exhibition on view from June 8 - August 2, 2013 opening reception: Saturday June 8, 2013 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
DOUG GANTT AT FRESH A.I.R. GALLERY
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Recollections and Resurrections
where:
Fresh A.I.R. Gallery
131 N. High Street / Columbus, OH 43215
614.744.8110
when:
June 19 - August 2
opening reception:
Wednesday, June 19th 5:30 - 7:00
about:
Recollections and Resurrections features paintings by Douglas Gantt. His thoughtful creations are often inspired by classic works of art. Through his layering process, he abstracts and reworks the themes of these paintings into subtle, new directions. Gantt's figures often dominate his compositions and are surrounded by complex settings. The varied scale of the settings creates a hierarchy, harkening back to the various stages of art history where bigger equated to more important.
Gantt's paintings transport viewers into a realm of his own creation. The stories, memories and history that contribute to each work only deepen the impact. In this exhibition each will be accompanied by a written explanation in Gantt's own words. His body of work represents recollections from his own lived experience melded with resurrections of classic works of arts.
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| UNLOCKED | | Open Door Exhibition at the Martin De Porres Center
 where: Martin De Porres Center 2330 Airport Drive Columbus, OH, 43219 614.416.1910 when: June 23-August 16, 2013 opening reception: Sunday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 PM about UNLOCKED: Open Door Art Studio is dedicated to providing art services to individuals with physical and developmental disabilities. Artists develop unique artistic voices in an environment for "expression without limitation." This survey of work represents established outsider artists from central Ohio who have unlocked their artistic potential and flourish within their own styles. |
WALLACE PECK AT LINDSAY GALLERY
| | Solo Exhibition Introduces Open Door Artist to the Short North!
Wallace's opening was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who was in attendance. His exhibition will be on view through June. Stop by when you are in the Short North!
 | Wallace Peck's Exhibition at Lindsay Gallery
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where:
Lindsay Gallery
886 North High St. / Columbus, Ohio
when:
Month of June
about Wallace's art:
The eyes of Peck's figures stare out from a field of washy color, engaging directly with the viewer. The slight tilt of an eyebrow or mouth can change the entire mood of a work. When scanning Peck's body of work, similarities emerge. His vocabulary of elongated triangular noses and striped bodies repeats, but each arrangement is unique. Much like words can be recombined to create unlimited meanings, Peck's figures are structured with varied lines and evocative color combinations. The collection to be displayed at Lindsay Gallery is the most complex and innovative to date.
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HUGE THANKS
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Local Church Volunteers at Open Door
A HUGE thanks to Grace Central Church in Grandview for sprucing up the outside of our building! While we are busy making beautiful creations on the inside, we often forget about things like yard work and landscaping. Grace Central Volunteers to the rescue! They donated their time, materials and hard work to put in flower beds and beautify the outside! Thank you so much!
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MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
| | Just Buy Groceries!
You can make a big difference in a very easy way! Kroger is giving up to $4,000,000 a year to non-profits like Open Door but we can't do it without you!
If you're a Kroger shopper, you can help raise much needed funds for Open Door Art Studio by enrolling in the Kroger community rewards program.
Visit: www.krogercommunityrewards.com and select "enroll now" then add Columbus Center for Human Services, Inc. ID# 84715 to your rewards card.
It's as easy as shop, swipe your card and smile because you just helped support the arts and individuals with disabilities.
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Thank you so much for your continued support of the studio and the amazing people who create here. We hope to see you at some of the upcoming and exciting events mentioned in this newsletter!
Sincerely,
Open Door Art Studio Team
www.opendoorartstudio.org
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