Monday, July 15, 2013

The Cornerstone Gallery opens in Bower Center for the Arts

The Cornerstone Gallery 5
L-R: Bonnie Kinnaird, Sergei Troubetzkoy,
Dotti Stone, Gene and Sally Carter
Second Friday, July 10, 2013 marked the opening of The Cornerstone Gallery in Bower Center for the Arts. 

This project started with the vacancy of the space adjoining my Bower Center studio - seemed the perfect place to be able 
to showcase work without 
the clutter of the studio environment.
It was small so not overwhelming to get cleaned up. 

Sally Carter, who has a pottery studio on the other side of me asked if I'd be interested in sharing. Her husband, who recently got back into pottery joined in and we invited two more artists working in mosaics - a team was formed!

It took several weeks to get the place prepped, painted, some repair work done, the floor tiled and display panels and pedestals made. Bonnie was a life-saver helping with the step-up on the back wall,tiling the floor and preparing display panels from hollow core doors.

Feedback from visitors has been positive and we are all encourged and excited to be a part of this venture. And ... Bower center benefits since a % from sales goes to programming at the Center. A win-win for all!

When you come to visit, while at Bower Center be sure to check out the studios of Janie Mantooth, just before the hallway to Cornerstone, Karen Carter, directly across from Cornerstone and Nancy Laurent on the third floor.

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