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ART NOTES | Alice Lynn Greenwood-Mathé for ArtCentralCarthage at Hyde House | on Facebook and in The Carthage Press and The Carthage Chronicle

10/28/2021

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The Times They Are A-Changin’
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Working at home, upstairs in my studio office, I am at my desk, my keyboard beneath my fingers, a blank document on my computer screen before me. Waiting, curious, I ask, “What does Art Notes want to be this week? What is the theme?” I sit ready to write. I listen for words to appear.
 
Outside the open window beside me, a staccato breeze is coming and going, stirring the leaves of the maple tree towering above our meditation garden.  My listening shifts to the wind. Words arrive. “The Times They Are A-Changin’.”
 
Ah, yes, the times, the days, the trees, the seasons they are a changin’!
Autumn. This magical time of year when all of Carthage seems to color up in celebration. This glorious season when our stunning canopy of maple trees and all their companions flamboyantly cover our town where store front windows on the Square are festooned in yellows and oranges and golds and russets and reds and burgundy and many shades of each.

​On early morning walks with our Aussie, I relish autumn’s brilliant palette repeated with chrysanthemums and pumpkins on front steps and stoops and decorations over doors and scattered in front yards and along fences of white pickets and vintage wrought iron. For autumn in Carthage our everyday world becomes a visual feast to inspire our spirits and nourish our souls as we go about the business of our ordinary living while “the times they are a changin’”.
 
Back in the autumn of 1963, living in New York City, Bob Dylan wrote his lyrics for “The Times They Are A-Changin’”. The song has been covered by many artists including Josephine Baker; Tracy Chapman; Simon & Garfunkel; Joan Baez; and Burl Ives.
 
“The Times They Are A-Changin’” was Dylan’s deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the time. In 1985 he told a journalist, "This was definitely a song with a purpose. It was influenced of course by the Irish and Scottish ballads ...'Come All Ye Bold Highway Men', 'Come All Ye Tender Hearted Maidens'. I wanted to write a big song, with short concise verses that piled up on each other in a hypnotic way.” The “a-” in the song title is an archaic intensifying prefix, as in the British songs "A-Hunting We Will Go" and "Here We Come a-Wassailing", from the 18th and 19th century.
 
And so go the lyrics of Dylan’s second and fourth verses:
“Come writers and critics, Who prophesize with your pen, And keep your eyes wide, The chance won't come again, And don't speak too soon, For the wheel's still in spin, And there's no tellin' who, That it's namin', For the loser now, Will be later to win, For the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathers, Throughout the land, And don't criticize, What you can't understand, Your sons and your daughters, Are beyond your command, Your old road is rapidly agin', Please get out of the new one, If you can’t lend your hand, For the times they are a-changin'.”
 
One critic points out that the song's lyrics echo lines from the Book of Ecclesiastes (To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven….”), which Pete Seeger adapted to create his anthem "Turn, Turn, Turn!" Dylan’s climactic line about the first later being last is also a direct scriptural reference to Mark 10:31: "But many that are first shall be last, and the last first."
 
Yes, another glorious autumn in Carthage and “The Times They Are A-Changin’.” While we delight in this season of intensified beauty there is the deep knowing that this season too shall pass and then comes winter again in all her quiet stillness. Winter—a time for reflection. Winter—a time to choose a new direction. Winter—a time to embrace change and get ready to step forward into the newness of spring.           
 
For these beautiful autumn days through December 4, come to Hyde House at 1110 East Thirteenth in Carthage and see how artCentral is celebrating this inspiring season with the gracious support of Sharon and Lance Beshore and Old Missouri Bank. Bid on and buy your favorite SMALL WORKS|GREAT WONDERS. Spend time with “p-i-e-c-e-d TOGETHER”—the extraordinary mixed media exhibition by Lori Marble and Jo Mueller. Weekend Gallery Hours are Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. with CDC protocols practiced at artCentral. Face masks and social distancing are required for everyone entering Hyde House. For more information call (417) 358-4404 and visit www.artcentralcarthage.org.
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ART NOTES | Alice Lynn Greenwood-Mathé for ArtCentralCarthage at Hyde House | on Facebook and in The Carthage Press and The Carthage Chronicle

10/19/2021

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All manner of thing shall be well!

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JULIAN of NORWICH
“All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.” When I encounter perplexing uncertainty this is my go-to mantra—an admonition penned by Julian of Norwich (1342-1416).
 
From Norfolk, England, Julian, the most important English mystic of the 14th century, is credited with the first book written by a woman in the English language. Of little formal education—she calls herself "unlettered"—Julian writes in a beautifully simple style.

​​In her “Revelations of Divine Love” Julian relates that in May 1373, when she was 30 years old, she suffered a serious illness. After she had been administered extreme unction, she received 16 revelations within the span of a few hours. 
​Julian wrote her “Revelations”, as a recluse at Norwich, supported by the Benedictine convent of Carrow. Anchorite seclusion was a rather common form of life in 14th century England among Christians with high spiritual aspirations. 

“All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well,” I whisper to myself. When I say this to others in uncertain situations, the question often comes, “But how will all be well?” Ah, this is the mystery. We do not know the how, and yet we must keep whispering “all manner of thing shall be well” until the shift comes.
 
In my role as artCentral’s Executive Director-Curator, the solo staff member of our non-profit hometown arts center, whether cloistered in Hyde House or at home in my upstairs studio office, I get my work done by looking ahead, visioning strategy to accomplish all that needs doing and then putting my head down and being laser focused on the task most immediately before me. Laser focus serves me well except for those times when my concentration causes me to miss the obvious. That’s when I most appreciate the messenger delivering a revelation that illuminates what I have not seen.
 
Recently my husband David and I were very happy to have a long delayed visit from my west coast son and his wife. Both techno gurus, they generously answered my computer related questions. My son expressed his amazement for what I am able to accomplish working with an antiquated and overloaded laptop and inadequate supporting components.
 
He furrowed his brow as I explained my ongoing consideration for artCentral’s non-profit bottom line that causes me to make-do with what I have rather than invest dollars in new equipment. To my great surprise he appeared at dinner one night toting a brand new keyboard, mouse and two laptop memory sticks to “buy me some time”—stop gap fixes until I could conjure a new computer capable of handling my work load. I promised I would pursue acquiring the upgrades that have been needed for a very long time. Not knowing from where the money would come, I whispered to myself, “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”
​Soon after our family departed, an answering revelation appeared with the Carthage Community Foundation (CCF) announcement of an autumn grant round. I wrote a line item grant request listing the specifics and costs of the equipment artCentral needs to enable me to efficiently work up to speed in our high tech, 21st century online, digital world. I repeated my mantra. “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”
 
In a few days an email arrived from Heather Collier, then CCF Manager, who wrote, “Congratulations! artCentral will be receiving a 
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CARTHAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
grant of $2,500 from Carthage Community Foundation to purchase an Office Computer & Equipment.” Oh, happy day!

The mission of the Carthage Community Foundation is to enhance the quality of life in Carthage through resource development, community grant making, collaboration and public leadership. artCentral is honored and truly grateful to receive the support of Carthage Community Foundation in affiliation with the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.
 
Through December 4, come to Hyde House at 1110 East Thirteenth in Carthage and see what artCentral is able to do with the support of Carthage Community Foundation, Sharon and Lance Beshore and Old Missouri Bank. Bid on and buy your favorite SMALL WORKS|GREAT WONDERS. Spend time with “p-i-e-c-e-d TOGETHER”—the extraordinary mixed media exhibition by Lori Marble and Jo Mueller. Weekend Gallery Hours are Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. with CDC protocols practiced at artCentral. Face masks and social distancing are required for everyone entering Hyde House. 

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ART NOTES | Alice Lynn Greenwood-Mathé for ArtCentralCarthage at Hyde House | on Facebook and in The Carthage Press and The Carthage Chronicle

10/14/2021

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ANDY THOMAS | Rough Ride | 5x7 | oil on canvas


​BETTER by the DOZEN
 
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​Better by the dozen are donuts in a box and roses in a vase, chocolate chip cookies on a platter and 5x7 original canvases on the walls of artCentral! What can be better than a dozen? Another dozen or two!
 
This year’s SMALL WORKS | GREAT WONDERS Silent Auction Fundraiser, underwritten by Old Missouri Bank, has not just one, not just two but four dozen original, pocket-friendly 5x7 artworks created and donated by 48 talented artCentral artists to support artCentral’s mission to promote, exhibit, teach and foster the appreciation of fine art in our community.
​When you walk through artCentral’s green door of hospitality you will see before you 5x7 creations ringing around the foyer walls and on around the front gallery walls, too, creating a necklace of brilliant jewels for your viewing and bidding and choosing. A few three dimensional creations are displayed on the Hyde House credenza. The works of two ever popular artists are displayed on a large pedestal.
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Most opening bids begin at $10.00 and bidding continues with raises in increments of $5.00 or more. Accompanying each 5x7 is a bid sheet with the artist’s name, the title of the artwork, the opening bid and the amount for raising a bid.
 
Andy Thomas, an artCentral artist and hometown hero, a Carthaginian through and through who happens to be an art world celebrity, is among the artCentral artists who are donating their immense talents and doing their part to raise funds to support artCentral's good work for the love of art and artists. This year once again I approached Andy, our always in-demand, hard-working local hero to ask, "Please, will you paint a 5x7 canvas to contribute to artCentral's annual fundraising Silent Auction?” Once again, after our rambling art-centric conversation enjoyed sitting on his porch, his generous response came with a smile wafting on an end-of-summer breeze, "Yes!" Having Andy’s exciting and incredibly generous donation in Hyde House is a dream come true for artCentral and can be a dream come true for you, too! Make your bid or buy now and this stunning original will be yours to begin or add to your Andy Thomas collection. “Rough Ride”, rendered in oil, has an opening bid of $500. Raises are by $50.00. The “buy now” is $2,900.00. All proceeds go to artCentral’s GIVE4ART fund!

​Selections with a “buy now” bid allow you to make a bid that closes out that stream of bidding and guarantees that artwork will be yours while bidding continues on other works. For instance, on the Auction’s opening night, Andrew Batcheller’s “Pink as a Promise”, an oil with delicately painted rainbow-colored butterfly wings above an azure ocean, began with an opening bid of $50 and a “buy now” of $200. By the end of the Opening evening the bid on Andrew’s was $80. The following day I received a phone call and accepted a patron’s credit card purchase for $200 to close out the bidding on this piece and guarantee “Pink as a Promise” will go to this happy patron.   
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ANDREW BATCHELLER | Pink as a Promise | oil on masonite |Opening Bid $50 | Buy Now $200 | SOLD
You may also view all 48 SMALL WORKS | GREAT WONDERS, make bids, raise bids and buy works online. Just visit artCentral’s media platforms at www.artcentralcarthage.org and on Facebook at ArtcentralCarthage. Once you select the works for which you want to place bids, just give me a call at 417-358-4404 or send your bid by email to artcentral@artcentralcarthage.org.
 
The SMALL WORKS | GREAT WONDERS Silent Auction will continue through the Closing Celebration on Saturday, December 4, 6:00-8:00 p.m. The Silent Auction bidding ends at 7:00 p.m.
 
To see, bid on and buy your favorite SMALL WORKS | GREAT WONDERS, visit Hyde House at 1110 East Thirteenth in Carthage through December 4. Weekend Gallery Hours are Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. with CDC protocols practiced at artCentral. Face masks and social distancing are required for everyone entering Hyde House. Please help us keep each other safe and healthy.
 
While you shop the pocket-friendly SMALL WORKS be sure to spend time with “p-i-e-c-e-d TOGETHER”--
the extraordinary mixed exhibition by Lori Marble and Jo Mueller also showing in Hyde House and online through December 4.
 
Again this year as a favorite fundraiser, artCentral’s signature limited edition Scarlet Amaryllis from Amsterdam are being cultivated to bloom for the holidays. Preorder yours today! At $25.00 each in a crimson planter with an elegant bow, they are perfect for decorating and gifting. Like roses and 5x7 canvases, they, too, can be even better by the dozen!   
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ART NOTES | Alice Lynn Greenwood-Mathé for ArtCentralCarthage at Hyde House | on Facebook and in The Carthage Press and The Carthage Chronicle

10/6/2021

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HEROINES AND HEROES AT ARTCENTRAL
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Wonder Woman Lori Marble
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Wonder Woman Jo Mueller
​To carry on when faced with unexpected challenges, this is an identifying attribute of the heroic. To be in the presence of heroic persons is uplifting and inspiring. Just so was the Opening Reception of artCentral’s newest exhibition, “p-i-e-c-e-d TOGETHER”, showcasing the mixed media creations of Lori Marble and Jo Mueller along with the fundraising SMALL WORKS | GREAT WONDERS Silent Auction featuring artworks on 5x7 canvases donated by 48 artCentral artists—heroines and heroes one and all.
 
Lori and Jo, as their powerfully beautiful art attests, are a duality of heroines—each seasoned with her own challenges—each a Wonder Woman imbued with special creative powers as recognized by all those who attended their celebratory Opening. Stormy weather had been predicted for their special occasion, and yet as though all the forces of nature were aligning with them and their art, from porch through all the house and out onto the patio, the doors opened to welcome the exquisite loveliness of a perfect early autumn evening.
 
Steadily the folks flowed in. Again and again art was admired. Arty conversations wafted about in every gallery. Observations were made and one and another and then another works were chosen and purchased.  What joy for me to be in service to sharing Lori’s and Jo’s heroic ways of creating and living! I am honored.
 
Personally I am quite familiar with heroic ways, for I live with my own super hero. After waking each morning at 5:04, while I do my yoga practice, my hero of a husband David goes downstairs to tend our furries and make and carry up our coffee and fruit and then our breakfast, too, before commuting off to his full-time day job as a front line essential worker in food production at Ajinomoto.
For the two weeks prior to the “p-i-e-c-e-d TOGETHER” and Silent Auction opening, after working eight hours at his “regular” job, as artCentral’s prepitor (art handler), David segued to arCentral, his “home away from home”, to help me make ready for the exhibition and auction.  ​Yes, Hyde House is David’s second home and artCentral is his second job! A lifelong artist himself, for our non-profit arts community David generously gives the talents and expertise he cultivated over fifteen years as a gallery owner in Kansas City. As an artCentral volunteer he not only heavy lifts, he also skillfully takes on the tasks needed to care for Hyde House and prepare for every event. 
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Super Hero David Greenwood-Mathé
I could not do my job without David. Creating a gallery installation with him is pure bliss. David is my super hero!

​David’s standing modestly, quietly on the sidelines as the reception comments were offered, made the evening so right, especially as another super hero stood strong and brave just paces away. 
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Super Hero Don Ayers
​Yes, in the absence of his artist wife, Jo Mueller, Don Ayers, her supportive, loving husband of thirty-three years, courageously was present for both of them. Don is a super hero supreme! While bearing the grief of Jo’s passing, he graciously said “yes” when asked to share with all of us the art in the collection of her works she left behind with him. We are so very grateful to Don and so admiring of his courage as he carries on in Jo’s absence.
My heartfelt gratitude goes out to David and to Don and to all those who gave their heroic efforts to create and stage “p-i-e-c-e-d TOGETHER”: Sharon and Lance Beshore, artCentral Sustaining Members who graciously provided much appreciated special support; Old Missouri Bank, the exhibition underwriter; Betsy Flanigan (artCentral’s board president and reception impresario) and Bren Flanigan (host extraordinaire); Lori Bigley (always adept in facilitating sales) and David Bigley (special events greeter of guests); Maddie Capps (board secretary, excellent photographer and adept sales assistant); and Sierra Hicks (intern attending to preparation details). I am especially grateful for all the artCentral members, patrons and guests who came to make this special event a gloriously shining success.
 
In Hyde House through December 4, 2021, “p-i-e-c-e-d TOGETHER” and the SMALL WORKS | GREAT WONDERS Silent Auction will continue through their Closing Celebration on Saturday, December 4, 6:00-8:00 p.m. The Silent Auction bidding ends at 7:00 p.m.
 
October, November and December Weekend Gallery Hours are each Friday and Saturday from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. with CDC protocols practiced at artCentral. Face masks and social distancing are required for everyone entering Hyde House. Please help us heroically keep each other safe and healthy and ready for the coming season of celebrations!
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