EXHIBITS & WORKSHOPS 2026:
Have you thought about using words in handmade books, cards or in your art...
Have you ever wanted to to use gold in your work but wondered where to begin.
AN INTRODUCTION TO CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATED LETTERS WORKSHOP
with Suzanne Lee
5 Weeks of Two and 1/2 Hour Sessions--$185.
*10 % 0ff if you are an artist taking this class
This class requires no previous artistic skills and is a great way to learn about an exciting art field.
Students will learn about Copperplate, Blackletter and contemporary work,
with an introduction to Illuminated and tooled raised gold letters.
The Italic font will be studied as a base for all lettering arts. Students will learn
using a broad edge fountain pen at a pace that allows them to gain confidence.
Lower and upper case letters, numbers and punctuation will be incorporated into finished layouts.
Calligraphy is a beautiful and useful artistic technique, fun and meditative
Suzanne has taught calligraphy for many years and studied with many contemporary masters.
Max 4 per workshop—$100. deposit by check is required to hold a place. Calligraphy supplies
should be brought to the first class—all gold supplies will be provided.
Students will learn about Copperplate, Blackletter and contemporary work,
with an introduction to Illuminated and tooled raised gold letters.
The Italic font will be studied as a base for all lettering arts. Students will learn
using a broad edge fountain pen at a pace that allows them to gain confidence.
Lower and upper case letters, numbers and punctuation will be incorporated into finished layouts.
Calligraphy is a beautiful and useful artistic technique, fun and meditative
Suzanne has taught calligraphy for many years and studied with many contemporary masters.
Max 4 per workshop—$100. deposit by check is required to hold a place. Calligraphy supplies
should be brought to the first class—all gold supplies will be provided.
For Supply List and Syllabus CLICK HERE
A RAISED AND TOOLED GOLD LEAF WORKSHOP
Mondays, February 9, 16 & 23*: 9:30—12:00
or
Saturdays, February 14, 21 & 28*: 1:30—4:00
Two Weeks of Two & 1/2 Hour Sessions—$115.
*Optional Two Hour third class +$25
Have you ever wanted to learn how to use gold in your work...
but wondered where to begin.
It is fun and easy and in this class you will learn all about using raised gold leaf and how to tool it:
Explanation of transfer leaf—gold comes in many colors
Demonstration of size application and adding multiple coats
Learn freehand brushing with size
See how to apply transfer gold leaf
Demonstration of tools used in tooling gold leaf and other mediums
Use of Spectralite and other golds with brush and dip pens
Individual discussion of future projects to understand how raised gold leaf could be incorporated
Ordering gold leaf and best leaf suppliers
Explanation of transfer leaf—gold comes in many colors
Demonstration of size application and adding multiple coats
Learn freehand brushing with size
See how to apply transfer gold leaf
Demonstration of tools used in tooling gold leaf and other mediums
Use of Spectralite and other golds with brush and dip pens
Individual discussion of future projects to understand how raised gold leaf could be incorporated
Ordering gold leaf and best leaf suppliers
A FLORAL FINE FILIGREE (Quilling) WORKSHOP
Saturday, February 7: 1:30—3:30
All quilling supplies will be provided $45.00
Learn how to create beautiful floral quilling shapes, how to assemble individual pieces and
concepts of shading to give flat quilling a 3-D effect. By the end of the workshop,
you will have three roses. (open flower, part open, and rose bud)
If you wish to make a Valentine card with your florals there are
three handwritten calligraphy messages in assorted colors to select from
to personalize your card for a special person.
concepts of shading to give flat quilling a 3-D effect. By the end of the workshop,
you will have three roses. (open flower, part open, and rose bud)
If you wish to make a Valentine card with your florals there are
three handwritten calligraphy messages in assorted colors to select from
to personalize your card for a special person.
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PREVIOUS EXHIBITS 2025:
In this beautiful exhibit the concept of "Home" is captured with exquisite oils by Gay Freeborn, heartfelt photography by Kelly Blake, poignant essays by Cheryl Kimball, inventive, beautiful white stoneware by Nancy Freeborn
& totally amazing handmade books by Ann McMillan.
Viewing Room "All Paths Home" HERE
Viewing Room "The Grace of Nature's August" HERE
"An Exhibit of Woodblock Artistry"
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MARY GRAHAM
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SACHIKO FURUI
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PREVIOUS EXHIBITS 2024:
Viewing Room for Artwork in "A Place for the Sacred"
HERE
Another World
Oils by
JAN ROY & ROSE UMERLIK
Book Art by Ann McMillan, Intuitive Artist Pat Wild & Poet Jean Flanagan
8/1—9/8/24
Viewing Room for Artwork in "Another World" HERE
A Lens Remembrance
The Gallery's first all photography exhibit
Featuring Maine Photographer, Linda Mahoney
6/6—7/21
Works by Photographers in the Exhibition
Photographers in the Exhibit:
Ewa Chrusciel Deborah Dawson James Faist
Nicki French Linda Mahoney Ian Raymond Kiera Reese
Scott Snyder Suzanne Theodora White
&
Ritual & Reminiscence, Fiber Artist Dayna Talbot
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PREVIOUS EXHIBITS 2023:
LAUREN OLITSKI
"Take Shape"
9/9—10/9
LAUREN OLITSKI is a painter, sculptor and writer, dividing her time between a summer
cottage on a lake in New Hampshire, and her home in rural Vermont.
She is known for her vigorous, often thickly impastoed, large-scale acrylic paintings.
Working representationally as well as in an abstract format, Lauren has had numerous
exhibitions in the US and Canada, including twenty solo exhibitions.
"Take Shape," Lauren’s most recent body of work, started in the first year of the
pandemic, pushes the edge of the rectangle, playing with with color, surface and shape.
cottage on a lake in New Hampshire, and her home in rural Vermont.
She is known for her vigorous, often thickly impastoed, large-scale acrylic paintings.
Working representationally as well as in an abstract format, Lauren has had numerous
exhibitions in the US and Canada, including twenty solo exhibitions.
"Take Shape," Lauren’s most recent body of work, started in the first year of the
pandemic, pushes the edge of the rectangle, playing with with color, surface and shape.
"June Happened"
Acrylic & paper on canvas, 36.75" x 48"
Additional Images HERE
Also on View
Ann Mallory, Porcelain Bundles and Onions
Ann Mallory, Porcelain Bundles and Onions
Concord Monitor article about the exhibit
This summer the gallery is presented a two-part, exciting exhibit.
Five pairs of artists working in different fields of the creative arts
capturing beauty through one idea.
"Capturing Beauty II"
See all the artwork HERE
“Veil, The Well, The Fire”
ALA KHAKI—poet & ALICE GARIK—visual artist
"Peaceable Kingdom"
SAGE SOHIER—photography & MELANIE CHICOINE—poet
"Landscape to Landscape"
JAN ROY—oil & VERNE ORLOSK—fused glass
"Hope in the Land"
ALEC RICHARDSON—mixed media & DEB DAWSON—photography
"Correspondent Breeze"
MARY GRAHAM—oil & TIMOTHY MUSKAT—poet
Art New England's Article, "A Summer of Joy" about "Capturing Beauty"
"Capturing Beauty I"
See all the artwork here
A Maxfield Parrish Memory in Blue
MAUNDY MITCHELL—photography
DEBORAH WEISS—vintage & dyed, hand cut collage
The Beauty of Dead Trees
SCOTT HUTCHISON—poetry
DEBRA CLAFFEY—encaustic/mixed media
Fragility of Blossoms
PATRICIA GIEBUTOWSKI—egg tempera /oil
CHRISTINA PITSCH—porcelain
Intimate Floral Portraits
LAURINDA O'CONNOR—pastel
LISA MOSSEL—macro photography
Into the Light
GAY FREEBORN—oil/brass leaf
SARAH AUDSLEY—poetry
ONGOING ONLINE EXHIBITS 2023:
Dang-Fong Liang's Memorial Exhibition New Taipei City Arts Center, Taiwan
12/22—2/19/23 Video
Dang-Fong Liang Ming-Chen Liang Yungpo Liang
Trees, Stones & Conversation
H. M. SAFFER II, MARYELLEN SAKURA & ROSE UMERLIK
&
DAVIDA COOK, Process: Unstill Still Life—Painted Animation
5/20—6/24
"Winter into Spring"
ARCHIVE 2022:
“Process IV—"A Touch of Gold"
Gay Freeborn, oil and metal leaf
Christina Pitsch, porcelain with gold leaf
with
A Gallery of New England Landscapes
Featured Artists: Margaret Lawrence, Laurinda O'Connor, Jan Roy & H. M. Saffer
&
Randi Solon, Contemporary Glass Art
Ann Mallory, Porcelain "Bundles"
8/11—10/10
Process III
July 7/2—31, 2022
ALEC EAMES RICHARDSON: "A Single Spruce"
LAURINDA O'CONNOR: "Summer Splendor"
"A Summer Song"
ARCHIVE: 2021
Process II
September 2—October 17, 2021
JAN ROY: " Structure"
VERNE ORLOSK: " Water's Edge''
Process I
July 8—August 28
"The White Mountains"
MARY GRAHAM & CRAIG ALTOBELLO
Asian Works on Paper
Henry Wo Yue-Kee Wei Tai
Remembering Aya Itagaki Mary Graham
ARCHIVE: 2020
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ARCHIVE: 2019
September 14—November 2
***The exhibit is online, to see the Artwork by each artist please click on a name above
Verne & Debra were on New Hampshire Chronical Wednesday, October 16th
& Verne is in the October issue of New Hampshire Magazine
"A Garden Dream"
PATRICIA GIEBUTOWSKI, MARGARET LAWRENCE, CAROL ANN MORLEY
LAURINDA O'CONNOR, VERNE ORLOSK, JAN ROY & INGE THOMAS
To see the Artwork by each artist please click on their name.......
Remembering AYA
Existing work by AYA ITAGAKI & New work by ANN MALLORY
Aya Itagaki Ann Mallory
To see Aya's Paintings and Ann's "Vessels" please click on their name.......
This summer opens with artists new to the gallery: 6/7—23
Laurinda O'Connor, Verne Orlosk & Dayna Talbot
+ new work by Mary Graham, Margaret Lawrence & Maryellen Sakura
(just click on individual artist's name to see their work)
ARCHIVE: 2018
New & Favorites from the Gallery Artists
Mary Graham, Rose Umerlik, Jan Roy, Andy Moerlein,
Alec Richardson, Margaret Lawrence, Maryellen Sakura,
Deborah Weiss & Irma Cerese
(just click on name)
Maryellen Sakura
Deborah Weiss
Sachiko Furui
JAN ROY
MARGARET LAWRENCE
ALEC RICHARSON
ARCHIVE: 2017
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HELEN NICOLAY,
“Tree on Top Of Shepard Hill” Image courtesy of Patty Sue Salvadore |
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HELEN NICOLAY
The Helen Nicolay 2017 story is over, for now......
missing this lady already.
Wondering after a whole summer of events and showings,
where will be her next stop.
missing this lady already.
Wondering after a whole summer of events and showings,
where will be her next stop.
