MOarts Gallery Exhibit goes up Oct 1

Harlequin by Dotti Stone

Chanticleer
by Stephen Brailo

Tuesday, October 1 Dotti and Stephen will be installing Mosaics: Classical Meets Contemporary, an exhibit of mosaics showing Stephen Brailo's works made using traditional techniques and materials, marble and smalti, and have the look and feel of mosaics created hundreds, even thousands of years ago - very classical. Dotti Stone's work is made using various techniques,   2-D and sculptural, and incorporates a combination of materials: various types of glass tiles, smalti and unglazed porcelain. 

The display showcase in the library will contain a display of some of the tools and materials used for making mosaics, a few books, pictures of ancient mosaics and a mosaiced travel guitar created by Dotti. Dotti and Stephen will be around for an hour or so after installing the mosaics to be hung to

talk with visitors about the materials and tools used before placing them in the showcase. Time approximate - should be about noon to 1. 

See this exhibit through October in the MOarts Gallery at the Moneta Library in downtown Moneta near the post office - 13641 Moneta Rd  (Rte 122)
Moneta VA.

Hours: Mon-Wed 10am-6pm
          Thurs 10am-8pm
          Fri-Sat 10am-6pm

Contact info:

Dotti Stone
dotti@smlmosaics.com

Stephen Brailo
sbmosaics@cox.net

MOarts Gallery Exhibit, Moneta VA - October 2013

Mosaics: Classical meets Contemporary

Stephen Brailo 
& Dotti Stone

During the month of October Stephen Brailo is joining Dotti in a mosaics exhibit at MOarts Gallery at the Moneta Library (off 122 near downtown Moneta) in Moneta VA.

Mosaics artist Stephen Brailo was born in Croatia where he received his art education at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1964 he immigrated to France, where he participated in numerous art shows throughout Europe. Currently he resides and works in Roanoke, Virginia.

Stone mosaics and their beautiful natural colors last forever. From the ancient Greeks through the Roman Empire and the Byzantine period, brilliant mosaics tell the story of life. Brailo is a mosaics artist who uses the same ancient methods to create mosaics today.

Dotti Stone received her formal art education at Richmond Professional Institute (now VCU) in Richmond VA. After years in the Washington DC area as a professional photographer and owner/designer of Great Falls Stained Glass she studied mosaics with Gene Sterud whose concentration is reproducing ancient mosaics. In 2007 Dotti relocated to the Smith Mountain Lake area and in 2010 settled in Bedford, Virginia. During that time she concentrated on exploring different materials - glass, stone, porcelain and ceramic and, in addition to flat panels experimented with sculptural mosaics. Since 2009 she has maintained a studio at Bower Center for the Arts where she teaches classes. She is a member of The League of Roanoke Artists, The Electric Company Artists' Co-op in Bedford and exhibits extensively.