Friday, November 11, 2011

We're a little outdated on our blogger! Please see our Facebook photo album for pictures from Nightmare on Vine Street, our October exhibit!
 

Friday, September 16, 2011

Tonight! End of Summer music event ALL AGES!


On Friday, September 16th New Visions will be 
hosting a great goodbye to summer music event. 

The bands featured are:
Dan Rosler: (of "A Fire With Friends")  
The Agarwals (Scranton's coolest, newest punk band)  
This Is A Movenent (From Providence Rhode Island)  
Silhouette Lies (Fresh off their one year anniversary)  
A Social State (For the first time at New Visions)

Admission is $6.00 at the door. As usual there is plenty of free parking. Free refreshments will also be served. For more info or directions please visit our website at Newvisionsstudio.com

Or call us at (570) 878-3970 with any questions.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

First Firsy August with The Northeast Photography Club

With 16 participating artists and 34 works, it's the summer juried exhibit at New Visions of The Northeast Photography Club. This show will be on view until August 29th. COme in during our open hours Tuesday through Sunday to see this exhibit.





















Thursday, July 28, 2011

There's still time!

Late summertime is the ideal time to learn something new and exciting. School kids on their summer vacation might be getting restless and need something stimulating, adults might have a little extra free time they’re looking to fill with a new past-time. Luckily there are a number of inexpensive, social and really interesting art classes starting soon right in your backyard. New Visions Studio & Gallery announces their late-summer class schedules this week. Located at 201 Vine Street, in the quiet north corner of downtown Scranton, there is always something unique for locals of all ages to engage in.
    We offer everything from one day drawing classes starting as low as $25, to month-long watercolor painting classes for just over $100, and as always all supplies and materials are included in these prices. We even offer an array of sculpture and batiking classes. You may also feel free to challenge yourself to learn some old-school techniques in our black and white darkroom. We offer instructional classes on black and white photography developing and printing. Or you if you are already a pro, than don’t hesitate to just come in and use the darkroom at your leisure. New Visions also offers private lessons in any art medium of your choosing, and we do offer group rates so make sure to bring your friends. Check out our website NewVisionsStudio.com for more class details, and for more info on all of our art and music events, and even our store’s handmade and vintage merchandise. Finish off the summer the right way, the fun way, the ART way.


PHOTOGRAPHY
Intro To B&W Photo for Adults            $199.99
Sundays, July 17 – Aug 7
From 3p.m. – 6p.m.
Intro To B&W Photo for Young Adults        $199.99
Tuesdays, July19 – Aug 9
From 6p.m. – 9p.m.
The black & white photography process is almost a lost art with current trend of digital photography taking over. These two classes go over all the processes of working in the darkroom to hand develop film and create silver gelatin prints.
*All chemicals & some paper included.

Darkroom Open-Use Hours & Prices:
Tuesday and Wednesday – 12p.m. to 6p.m.
Thursday - Saturday – 12p.m. to 9p.m.
Sundays – 12p.m. to 3p.m.
$19.99 for one day of unlimited access
$79.99 for one week of unlimited access
$199.99 for entire month of unlimited access

Art Classes For Everyone
    (Ages 15 and up) For beginners and advanced

Figure Drawing for Adults            $24.99
Sunday, August 14, from 2 – 5p.m.            
If you’re a skilled drawer or just looking to give it a shot, than come experience our open figure model drawing session. This is a one-
day class that will feature nude models in varying poses for anyone to come and practice.

Anatomy of Drawing                     $99.99
Wednesdays, July 27 – Aug 17              Supplies
From 6p.m. – 8p.m.                      Included
Drawing skills are built by overcoming one’s fear of drawing failure. This class will use figure models and still lives to crush the  students doubts towards their skills and build their creativity, contrast, and observation skills.

Watercolor Painting Techniques        $129.99
Wednesdays, July 27 – Aug 17               Supplies
From 7p.m. – 8:30p.m.                   Included
Watercolor is a perfect gateway into the world of painting. This class helps beginners and even advanced painters hone new skills and techniques into watercolor blending and practice, plus the production of two finished and fully detailed watercolor paintings.

Tapestry & Batiking for All Ages        $79.99
Tuesdays, July 26 – Aug 16                  Supplies
From 6:30p.m. – 8p.m.                  Included
Batiking is the process of using colored dye to create a fabric design or painting. In this class this process will be used by the students to  produce two separate batik projects; an abstract tapestry design, & a custom designed personal flag.

Art Classes For Kids And Young Adults
   (Ages 6 -20) Classes for beginners and advanced artists

Fun With Watercolor for Kids                $49.99
Sunday, July 31, from 1 – 4p.m.          Supplies Included
Test your painting skill and learn new ones while your at it through observing fun objects, figures, and toy filled landscapes. Learn the
skill of recreating what you see using watercolors.

Sculpture & Assemblage for Kids        $49.99
Sunday, August 7, from 1 – 4p.m.          Supplies Included
Sculpture is more than just molding with clay. In this one-day class students will use small  wood pieces to assemble their choice of three fun projects; an animal, a car, or a mask.

Basic Sculpture & 3D Art for Kids        $129.99
Saturdays, July 30 – Aug 20,         Supplies
From 1p.m. – 3p.m.                Included
If you can’t draw or paint, why not try sculpture? In this class students will complete three different sculpture projects using three different sculpture  techniques. These techniques include mold making, scrap assemblage, and wire/fabric mixed media.

Drawing 101 for Kids & Young Adults    $99.99
Saturdays, July 30 – Aug 20,         Supplies
From 3p.m. – 5p.m.                Included
Ever wanted to become better at drawing without having to tediously practice the basic skill building
techniques? Well this class will improve your drawing through observation and contrast practice  by using of models, still lives, and landscapes.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

New things to know (and some reminders)

ATTENTION ANALOG PHOTOGRAPHERS:
The darkroom at New Visions is up and running (finally) it has been a year in the making (2 locations and 2 darkrooms completely built from the ground up, lots and lots of research, being afraid to mix the chemicals in fear they would go to waste) and I made my very first print in there a few days ago

Luckily, there are lots and lots of weeds growing along the railroad next to New Visions. I had a fun time picking out what shapes would go well together in my photogram. Fun fact:
[A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a photo-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light. The result is a negative shadow image varying in tone, depending on the transparency of the objects used. Areas of the paper that have received no light appear white; those exposed through transparent or semi-transparent objects appear grey. Artistic cameraless photography, as the technique producing photograms is usually known, is perhaps most prominently associated with Man Ray and his exploration of rayographs. Others who have experimented with the technique include László Moholy-Nagy, Christian Schad (who called them "Schadographs"), Imogen Cunningham and even Pablo Picasso. Varieties of the technique have also been used for scientific and other purposes.]
Today (Saturday the 23rd) I made the image on the right into a positive photogram. Sorry I forgot to snap a photo of it, but it looks great! I have many many rolls of black and white film waiting to get developed so that will be my goal on Tuesday. Join me won't you?




 Sign-up for our summer photo classes have come and gone. I would like to be in the darkroom oight now spreading the love of B/W, but we didn't have any sign-ups. However, people can sign up for access to use the darkroom on their own (1-day, 1-week and 1-month rates available) and you can also sign up for personal or group lessons

In honor or opening our darkroom to the public, we have a brand new line of "Defend the Darkroom" t-shirts, totes, change purses and bumper stickers for sale! All made with love by Ariel Kessler http://www.arielkessler.com  http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArielKessler
Show your support for classic process in photography by picking yours up today!




 Better come in and get yours soon because if not I might buy them all myself :p


Rust and Patina, 1 more week! 
If you haven't made it in yet to see Rust and Patina, by metal assemblage artist Eli Marsh, do yourself a favor and get in soon! It will by on view until this Friday, July 29th. Eli has never shown his complete collection before, so you might not get the chance to see it again in its entirety. Luckily, he does regular craft shows so his work isn't going in storage just yet. I think he'll be showing and selling his work for a long time.
Speaking of selling, all but 1 or the pieces in this exhibit are for sale! Ranging from $95- $1,000 there is something for everyone in this show. One-of-a-kind pieces scream "buy me" and "you'll never see anything like me again" Help make Eli and us some $$ because the universe knows we need it 

We're on yet another website! 
Because I know you haven't quite had enough of us, we're on Yelp! 
New Visions on Yelp!
Yelp! is an awesome website for people to review any kind of business they've been to. Ever been to a terrible restaurant you wish you read a review on? Make Yelp! your first search before Google to read reviews. Have you recently been to New Visions? Please take a moment to write us a review so others can see how awesome we are and come see us. We always appreciate feedback from our visitors and we're here to serve our local art community. Let us know any suggestions or comments you have to help us improve your experience.


I think that's all for today. My posts are unfortunately far and few in between because sometimes my juices just arn't moving. On this hot hot day, I feel rather sluggish and am impressed I got this amount of information out all at once. Stay cool, drink ice water and swim in your pool (oh, and invite me over to swim too!) Happy weekend
 

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Eli Marsh, Rust and Patina

For your viewing pleasure are photos from the First Friday artist opening of Eli Marsh's Rust and Patina. I am constantly blown away by Eli's talent and commitment to his craft. He has been actively collecting pieces for an making his fine art pieces and home decorator items for 30+ years. I admire his dedication. Now everyone, let's make Eli (and us) some $$ come in and buy a piece today! Or just come in and see his work :)











This work will be on view in our gallery until July 29th. Thank goodness this is one of our longest running exhibits, the way this month is. The days of the week are in the perfect place. We get to enjoy 29 days of Eli's work!