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Small Stuff & Self Portrait

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The Cooperative Gallery is mounting two shows in February: John Thomson’s “Small Stuff” sculptures and designed objects and “Self Portraits” from the exhibiting members. The show opens First Friday February 4th and runs through the 26th at 213 State St. Binghamton. The gallery is open Fridays 5- 8 pm, Saturdays 11- 3 pm and by appointment.

Sculpture by John Thomson

John Thomson has been teaching design and drawing at Binghamton University for the past 40 years. He credits a childhood spent building models, and states ““I’ve had had a lifelong intense interest in design, drawing and structure. Recently I’ve been doing drawings and small sculpture expressing my interest in the natural world and more recently, digital imaging.”

“Self Portraits” is a celebration and introspective event for our exhibiting members. “Each artist is challenged to reflect and ultimately submit a piece of artwork that best represents themselves,” says Gallery President Karen Kuff–Demicco. According to Ken Weir, gallery treasurer, “Creating a self portrait isn’t the only way we express ourselves. We do so with every conversation we have. In this show we hope to start a visual conversation—between all 25 of ourselves and visitors to the gallery.”

The Cooperative Gallery 213 was established in 2000 and features local artists with new shows every month. It is a popular stop on the First Friday Art Walk and on social media Facebook, Instagram, and the Cooperative Gallery 213 on YouTube.com. Located at 213 State St. in Binghamton NY and on the web at www.cooperativegallery.com with link to an online store.

Self Portrait by Steph Schweitzer

“Renewal” and “Contrast” at Cooperative Gallery 213

Aubrey Clark and John Thomson are opening exhibits, entitled, respectively  “Renewal” and “Contrast” on First Friday August 4th 6-9 pm  at the Cooperative Gallery 213 on State St. in Binghamton, NY. The exhibits will be on display through August 26th.

Aubrey Clark speaks of the process that has culminated in Renewal: “As an artist and potential memoirist, I have notebooks full of ideas and sketches, art materials for many mediums, a collection of fine papers, work unfinished, forgotten, or put aside to perhaps revisit. The question is not so much whether I can use it but will I use it? As an artist, I see potential in everything .”

She continues, “Renewal is part of the process of revisiting work, materials, and ideas. Recurring themes emerge to engage me: the natural resources of clean water, fresh air, fertile soil, animals and plants, planet sustainability, and life cycles.”

John Thomson is a professor at Binghamton University, artist and sculptor. He explains his artistic origins, “My interest in design, drawing and structure began  as a child, when I designed and built hundreds of model airplanes and ships. As an adult, my fascination with structure extended into building sailboats and musical instruments. Recently I’ve been making drawings and small scale sculptures that reflect a life long interest in the natural world. In these pieces there is apt to be a contrast between organic and geometric forms.”

The Cooperative Gallery, a popular stop on the First Friday Art Walk, located on Artists Row –State of the Art, at 213 State Street in Binghamton, is open on First Friday 3- 9 pm and regularly Fridays from 3-6 and Saturdays from 12- 4 pm and by appointment with the artists. To be apprised of gallery events sign up for our weekly e-newsletter on our website at  www.cooperativegallery.com or on our Facebook page, Cooperative Gallery 213.

 

Air and Water: Clark and Thomson

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Otter Creek by Aubrey Clark

This First Friday the Cooperative Gallery 213 will open an exhibit by Aubrey Clark and John Thomson titled: Air and Water. The exhibit, which will run from Nov. 6th to Nov. 28th  includes oil paintings, monotypes, and solar etchings by Aubrey and small sculptures by John. A reception, open to the public, will be held at the gallery on First Friday, November 6, from 6-9 pm.  The artists hope to lead a lively discussion on Third Thursday, November 19 at 7 pm about the challenges artists experience to create their work.

“My work in this exhibition was inspired by visits to Vermont, giving me time to see the movement and changes in the landscape, in particular Otter Creek,” said Aubrey Clark about her work. “I have continued to reflect on these experiences, to appreciate the visual ambiguity in nature, between earth and sky for instance. The work is elemental, moving past a single object or moment, suspending time.”

John Thomson talks about his art work, “I’ve had a lifelong intense interest in design, drawing, and structure, probably the result of designing and building hundreds of model airplanes and ships as a kid, and sailboats as an adult. I’ve been teaching design and drawing for forty years at Binghamton University. Recently I’ve been doing drawings and small sculpture expressing a lifelong interest in the natural world and more recently, digital imaging.”

The Cooperative Gallery, a popular stop on the First Friday Art Walk, located at 213 State Street in Binghamton, is open on Frist Friday 3- 9 pm and regularly Fridays from 3-6 and Saturdays from 12- 4 pm. Find us on Facebook at Cooperative Gallery 213 and sign up for our weekly e-newsletter on our website at  www.cooperativegallery.com or on our Facebook page.

 

 

 

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