Located in historic Hubbard Hall in Cambridge, NY, and amidst the rolling hills of Washington County in upstate New York, Valley Artisans Market is one of the oldest arts cooperatives in the country. Local fine artists and craftsmen work in a variety of hand-crafted media including glass, paper, cloth, photography, oil paintings, pastels, wood, mosaic, sculpture, metal, jewelry, ceramics and more. The Small Gallery features rotating shows by members and guest artists, and the market is always staffed by one of its artisan members.
Small Gallery
August 4, 2017 - August 29, 2017
“Feeding the Body and Spirit” is a joint exhibition featuring paintings by Laura Shore of Farm Share Studio and ceramics by her brother Don Shore of L’Esperance Tile Works. The paintings and ceramics focus on farms, food, and gardens. The exhibit runs August 4 – 29 in the Small Gallery at Valley Artisans Market. Opening reception: August 5, 3-5 pm.
Laura Shore
“Farm Share Studio is a project developed to connect my love of art with my love of food and the agricultural landscape,” says Laura. “I choose as my subjects the fresh fruits and vegetables that arrive every week from my farm share CSA. Recognizing the link between this abundance and the struggling small family farms that dot the landscape near my home in Altamont, New York, I’m always looking for ways to promote local farms and local foods through painting, photography, writing and advocacy. My still life paintings are inspired by the jewel-like colors of Renaissance portraits and are complemented by recent landscape paintings that are looser and more naturalistic. Each year I donate 10% of Farm Share Studio proceeds to organizations that support family farms and work to protect agricultural land from development.” Learn more at www.farmsharestudio.com.
Don Shore
Located in Rock City Falls, near Saratoga Springs, L’Esperance Tile Works is a studio and workshop dedicated to the art and preservation of handmade ceramic tile. “My late wife, Linda Ellett, and I founded the Tile Works in 1979,” says Don. “It’s known nationwide for our artistry and expertise in the manufacture and restoration of Victorian and Craftsman-era tiles. We have produced both original and reproduction designs for an impressive range of projects. These include high-profile restoration jobs, as well as original tiles for installation by leading architects and individual homeowners. Since Linda’s passing in 2016, I have focused L’Esperance Tile Works on fireplace surrounds and art tiles using our vast library of existing moulds along with new collaborations.” Learn more at www.lesperancetileworks.com
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Featured Artist
Ceramic artist Wayne Smith
Every August, Valley Artisans Market holds a Seconds Sale for one weekend. Artists clean out their studios and discount items that are overstocks, seconds, experimental works, or work that has not sold and needs to be cleaned out to make room for new pieces. One of the artists who has participated in this sale for many years is ceramic artist Wayne Smith who has been a full-time potter for the last seventeen years. With a background in painting, drawing, printmaking, graphic design, ceramics, and historic preservation, Wayne’s work is complex and interesting without being fussy. His ceramic work is functional, and explores the tension and possibilities of form and function using clay as an expressive medium while still maintaining functionality. The work is wheel-thrown and often altered. Many pieces are hand carved. All work is glazed with food safe glazes mixed and often developed by Wayne, and fired in a gas reduction kiln to 2400 degrees F. His work often references organic forms found in nature, and is influenced by Japanese, Chinese and Korean ceramics, the English Arts and Crafts Movement of the late nineteenth century, and American Abstract Expressionist painting. 
Come to see and appreciate all of his stunning work for sale in the Market, and marvel at the reduced prices of more of the pieces he has chosen for the sale.
Upcoming Shows
- Annual Pottery Seconds, Experimental Work and Overstock Sale
August 19, 2017 - August 20, 2017
- Carolyn Kibbe: “Musicians”
September 1, 2017 - September 26, 2017
- Lise Winne & Marina Petro: “Inspired by Spirit” paintings, digital art pieces, and 3D works.
September 29, 2017 - October 24, 2017
- Karen Koziol: “Constructions”
October 27, 2017 - November 18, 2017
- Annual Holiday Show
November 25, 2017 - December 31, 2017
News
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