“Medium” Presentations Schedule
Andy Smith of Visual Realia, LLC, has curated a set of seven arts presentations focusing on art mediums across two weeks, working in space provided by the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. All presentations are offered free of charge to the general public.
Andy Smith of Visual Realia, LLC, has curated a set of seven arts presentations focusing on art mediums across two weeks, working in space provided by the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. All presentations are offered free of charge to the general public. Presenters include:
Reagan Bitler
Ophelia Chambliss
Cultural Alliance of York County, Rita Whitney & Kelley Gibson
Kristin Kest
Mary Moores
Andy Smith
Terri Yacovelli
Seating is limited to twenty-four audience members; reservations are not necessary. Doors open at least thirty minutes before the scheduled session. Bookmark and revisit this page for updates.
Clay monoprints by Andrew Smith and Mitch Lyons will be displayed, and Smith's works will be available for purchase. Lyons, a Pennsylvanian, created the medium and its initial techniques.
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"Medium"
June 2nd - June 14th
PCA&D, 133 S Duke St, York, PA
Presented by PCA&D Work/Space & Andy Smith of Visual Realia, LLC
Schedule:
Monday, June 2nd - Set Up (Feel Free To Stop By!)
• Tuesday, June 3rd, 6:30 PM - Gourd Artwork, Reagan Bitler
• Wednesday, June 4th, 6:30 PM - Pastels, Mary Moores
• Thursday, June 5th, 6:30 PM - Cultural Alliance of York County: State of the Shifting Ground on Local, State, and Federal Cultural Support with Rita Whitney and Kelley Gibson
• Friday, June 6th, 5:00 - 9:00 PM - Clay Monoprint Exhibit, Works by Mitch Lyons (Medium Creator) & Andy Smith, Firefly Night Market
Saturday, June 7th, Closed
Sunday, June 8th - TBA
• Monday, June 9th, 6:30 PM - Bas-Relief as Pictorial Space & Clay Handbuilding, Kristin Kest
• Tuesday, June 10th, 6:30 - Encaustic Demonstration, Terri Yacovelli,
• Wednesday, June 11th, 6:30 PM - Acrylic on Pellon, Ophelia Chambliss
• Thursday, June 12th, 6:30 PM - Clay Monoprint Discussion & Demonstration, Andy Smith, with Works by Mitch Lyons, Medium Creator
• Friday, June 13th, 5:00 - 8:00 PM - Clay Monoprint Exhibit, Works by Mitch Lyons (Medium Creator) & Andy Smith
Saturday, June 14th - Tear Down (Feel Free To Stop By!)
Thanks to:
PCA&D - Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
PCA&D - Center for Creative Exploration
Natalie Lascek, Executive Director, Center for Creative Exploration
Alex Schaufele, Director of Exhibitions
Royal Square District
"PCA&D acknowledges that York has a thriving creative community with several organizations that offer meaningful support. One thing that is often lacking, even in well-supported arts communities, is spaces that allow creatives to experiment or workshop ideas that are not always revenue-generating. This has led us to rethink the use of the PCA&D York space and present it as a creative pop-up program called the PCA&D Work/Space, where artists and creatives can submit an application/proposal to use the space for an experimental action, event, or creative idea in two-week increments for a small fee.
The PCA&D Work/Space program will be creatively flexible, and we anticipate possible uses being group readings or writing sessions, studio space for testing out larger works, a space to view an evolving body of work at one time, or for temporary installations, etc. Our goal is to promote curiosity, prototyping, and exploration of new concepts within the York community."
Andrew Smith (Visual Realia, LLC) is found online at:
Pennsylvania Farms — In Clay
Thanks to the Brandywine Museum of Art staff for the opportunity to attend a plein air day in October (2024) at the historic Kuerner Farm in Chadds Ford.
“Chadds Ford Barn” — Clay Monoprint & Acrylic © Andrew T. Smith of Visual Realia, LLC.
“Farm Field with Flowers” — Clay Monoprint, Watercolor, Colored Pencil, and Acrylic Marker © Andrew T. Smith of Visual Realia, LLC.
Thanks to the Brandywine Museum of Art staff for the opportunity to attend a plein air day in October (2024) at the historic Kuerner Farm in Chadds Ford. Andrew Wyeth created over 1,000 works based on people, places, items, and scenes from the farm over a seven-decade period, including over two hundred works with images of Helga Testorf, who was employed at the farm.
A new exhibit focusing on images from the farm is scheduled to open at the Brandywine in June 2025.
I did not take my clay monoprint materials but captured many photographs during the day. While not an attempt to capture the farm literally, the two clay monoprint mixed media works shown here were inspired by the visit. They are currently on display and available for purchase at York, Pennsylvania’s Creatives on King, located at 104 E. King Street, York, PA.
Kuerner Farm, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Photograph © Andrew T. Smith of Visual Realia, LLC.
All works copyright Andrew T. Smith
AI Meets the Monoprint
Ready for artificial intelligence to chat with you about clay monoprints? Or perhaps listen to an AI radio segment?
Screenshot of a Google NotebookLM AI based on two Visual Realia webpages.
Google’s experimental (and possibly temporary) AI platform NotebookLM lets users provide text to train their AI on the topic provided. I used two explanatory Visual Realia webpages as the “textbook” for its understanding. You can see the result by clicking here.
In addition to predetermined sections such as an introduction, index, FAQ, and summary, at the bottom, visitors will find a chat box where they can ask questions about the medium. The AI will attempt to answer based on the information gleaned from the sources provided.
An impressive addition is a seven-minute “conversation” between AI characters about clay monoprints, very much like a radio segment or short podcast. You can listen to it below.
What do you think? It’s pretty informative, isn’t it? Give it a listen, then head to the notebook page to see what else you might learn.
"The Lyons Share" Exhibit Article Updated
We had a wonderful opening reception for “The Lyons’ Share” exhibit at the Chester County Art Association. View photographs in the updated Culture On The Line article.
Lyons' Share Exhibit Opens September 5th at the Chester County Art Association
The Chester County Art Association shares the works of four active clay monoprint artists in their upcoming exhibit, “Lyons’ Share,” running from September 8th through the 24th. Learn more, including insights from the artists, in the Culture On The Line article linked here.
Culture On The Line article screenshot - © Culture On The Line and Andrew T. Smith
The Chester County Art Association shares the works of four active clay monoprint artists in their upcoming exhibit, “Lyons’ Share,” running from September 8th through the 24th. Learn more, including insights from the artists, in the Culture On The Line article linked here.
"The Lyons' Share"
Chester County Art Association
100 N Bradford Ave, West Chester, PA
Parking Available On-Site.
chestercountyarts.org
September Gallery Hours:
Monday-Friday: 10 AM - 5 PM
Saturday: 10 AM - 4 PM
Closed Sundays
Artists:
Steve Koelsch (skoelsch3@yahoo.com)
Robin Sesan (www.robinsesanart.com)
Andrew Smith (visualrealia.com)
Meredith Wakefield (mitchlyonsstudio.com)
Works by Mitch Lyons (mitchlyonsstudio.com)
"The Lyons' Share" opens on Thursday, September 5th, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, at the Chester County Art Association in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The exhibit, featuring four clay monoprint artists plus representative works of Lyons, runs through September 24th. The Art Association is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that has served the region since 1931.
CanvasRebel Online Magazine Interview
The online magazine CanvasRebel interviewed me for this June 2024 article on my art process, work with grant programs and arts and culture-related nonprofits, and the shift in “work” as I left the full-time teaching world. The interview ends with some thoughts on the need for creatives to be the strongest supporters of each other and the arts and culture industry as a whole.
Find the article here.