The Anti-War Medals Show
140 Artists Respond to War
10/6/07-11/17/07
Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 6th, 2007, 6pm to 10pm

The Anti-War Medals Show was first shown in San Francisco at Velvet da Vinci Gallery as a response to the war in Iraq. The exhibition then toured for 2 years adding new pieces in each country where the show appeared. This expanded exhibition currently features 150 artists from around the world. The artists represented in Anti-War Medals have explored a wide variety of metalsmithing techniques and employed an interesting mix of materials and unique concepts in the creation of their work.

Artists were asked to make a medal that will commemorate, memorialize, honor or make comment on:
HEROES – for valorous acts in combat or courageous opposition to the war
BATTLES – for the acquisition of some goal, military, social, political
DESTRUCTION – not just the physical environment but the psychological and emotional landscape as well
GRIEF – what and whom are we grieving for?
TERROR – who is terrorizing whom?
GREED – somebody always gets rich from a conflict like this
HYPOCRISY – abounds
ARROGANCE – being demonstrated daily by our leaders
LOSS – the greatest tragedy of all – the toll has yet to be finally calculated

Previous exhibition venues include:
Velvet da Vinci Gallery - San Francisco, California
Electrum Gallery- London, England
Festspillene I Nord-Norge - Harstad, Norway
Nordnorsk Kunstnersentrum - Svolvaer, Norway
The Tromso Kunstforening - Tromso, Norway
FAD - Barcelona, Spain
The Barents Spectacle - Kirkenes, Norway

Curators from both the British Museum and the Imperial War Museum have each purchased several medals for their permanent collections during these exhibitions.

Participating artists: Kem Alexander, Kristen Alexandra Milano, Andrea Auer, Hratch Babikian, Boris Bally, Boris Bally, Rosa Batalla, Brooke Battles, Michelle Beatrice, Jim Bove, Heinz Brummel, Doug Bucci, Jim Buonaccorsi, Dana Bussell, Helen Carnac, William Clark, Peggy Cochran, Lori Colina Lee, Andy Cooperman, Pilar Cotter, Jan Craft, Jennifer Cross Gans, Ann Davis, Kristin Diener, Jan Donaldson, Diana Dudek, Bob Ebendorf, anna & lidia estany, Jeanne Flint, Maria Fomich, Dee Fontans, Mary Frisbee Johnson, Mark Garcie, Ann Hallam, Ann Heinz, Eva Henneberry, Thomas Hill, Matthew Hollern, Mike Holmes, Kristen Holub, Carolina Hornauer, Elaine Jek, Mark Kanazawa, Masumi Kataoka, Linda Kaye-Moses, David Kissel, Aaron Kramer, Kenn Kushner, Marie Lechat, Charles Lewton-Brain, Nancy Linkin, Micki Lippe, Theresa Lovering Brown, Elaine Luther, James MaloneBeach, Thomas Mann, Diana Maria Rossi, Susanne Matsche, Agathe Max, Jo McAllister, Wendy McAllister, Judy McCaig, Colin McDonald, Robin C. Mcgee, Vitrice McMurry, Linda Michel-Cassidy, Eugenie Michelle Giasson, Marta Miguel, Teresa Milheiro, Mike & Maike, Valerie Mitchell, LeeAnn Mitchell, Charlene Modena, Page Moran, Pam Morris Thomford, Lucia Moure, Nancy Moyer, Patty Nelson, Masako Onodera, Leslie Perrino, Bryan Petersen, Katie Poterala, Ingrid Psuty, Ramon Puig Cuyas, Kyle Rees, Camille Rendal, Susan Saul, Silvia Serra Albaladejo, Elizabeth Shaw, Christine Simpson-Forni, Barb Smith, Jan Smith, Madelyn Smoak, Alejandra Solar, Theresa St. Romain, Ralf Stautner, Holly Stein, Rebecca Strzelec, Dezbah Stumpff, Samer Tamimi, Eva Tesarik, Birgit Thalau, Jen Townsend, Marlene True, Sharon Tuke, Elizabeth Turrell, Kristin Von Hoerde Garijo, Silvia Walz, Donavan Widmer, Jennifer Wolfe, Sally Wright, Yuko Yagisawa, Noel Yovovich, Jessie Zimmerman

Triple Bill
3 metalliferous shows in 1
Opens May 5, 2007

This year we have 3 shows in 1 - Jewelry by Marcia Macdonald, Large Steel Sculpture by John Martini (something we have wanted to do for a long time) and The Hurricane Brooch Show - an amazing show of 32 brooches by national metal artists on the topic of the hurricane. The Hurricane Brooch show was curated by Tom as a traveling companion to his Storm Cycle exhibition.


The show titled Triple Bill opens Saturday, May 5, 2007.
Opening party from 6-9PM.

Participating artists are Todd Reed, Ann Lalik, Yuko Yagisawa, Munya Avigail Upin, Marcia MacDonald, Linda Kaye-Moses, Aaron Kramer, Kristin Diener, Holly Stein, Christine Simpson, Brooke Marks-Swanson, Biba Schutz, Terri Logan, Margot Manning, Vitrice McMurry, Molly McNamara, Dee Fontans, Josh Epps, Chris Hentz , Valerie Mitchell, Barbara Minor, Linda Michel-Cassidy, Sharon Tuke, Kristin Holub, Jeff Georgantes, Deb Karash, David Jones, Jeanne Flint, Theresa Lovering Brown, Peggy Eng, Ben Neubauer, Boris Bally, Charles Lewton-Brain and Thomas Mann.

To learn more about the work and read the artists statements, visit the flickr site.

Martini Squared
Artists Interpret the Martini
10/7/06-11/11/06


The Martini Show is back for the second time...
69 artists, open martini bar and deck dance party.

Artists include: Jim Bove, Jennifer Pollock, Kristen Alexandra Milano, Colin McDonald, Rone Prinz, Kristin Diener, Theresa Lovering-Brown, Chris Hentz, Donald Stuart, Valerie Mitchell, Kristin Holub, Page Moran, Dawn Nakanishi, Kate Brennan, Margot Manning, Molly McNamara, Jennifer Sexton, Bill Seeley, Elyn Rubin Blake, Munya Avigail Upin, Moly Dingledine, Aaron Kramer, Barbara Minor, Gurpran Rau, Kathy Bransfield, Jerry Ross Barrish, Niki Herschaft, Robert Kaylor, Helen Blythe-Hart, Suzanne Maris Santos, Mike Holmes, Linda Michel-Cassidy, Diane Falkenhagen, Thomas Mann, Jenny Windler, Chuck Evans, Jan Craft, Gary Schott, Brooke Marks-Swanson, Natalie Simmons, Jaclyn Davidson, Boris Bally, Eugenie Michelle Giasson, John Greco , Jen Townsend, Doug Bucci, Jeff Georgantes, Nancy Linkin, Emanuela Aureli, Robin C. Mcgee, Terri St. Romain, Julia Barello, Jon Jensen, Lisa Slovis-Mandel, ROY, Lori Colina Lee, Kristin Lora, Steve Fleitz, Gwen Mayer-Samuels, Eric Silva, Charles Lewton-Brain, Leslie Perrino, Fred Fenster, Ginger Kelly, Andrew Zaruba, Kem Alexander, Dave Newman, Sarah Mann, Sam Shaw, Cathy Cooper-Stratton, Steve Kline, Christine Simpson, Julia Yerkov