I am a multi-media artist, I am primarily a fiber artist and a clay artist, but I will play with lots of different techniques and medium. It usually stems from a belief that they have no talent. I am constantly seeking new ways to help people overcome their resistance and their fear of doing anything artistic. Each year I challenge myself to push my boundaries for that show and for the collaborative show l do annually with the other owners. I have personally grown as an artist with the Featured Artist program. This allows us to have rotating shows that showcase our current artists, celebrate our students and brings in new artists to the gallery. In addition, we have a Featured Artist and a Guest Artist program. We have 6 two month shows a year, including a student show, a community holiday show and a collaborative show with members and owners. Over the years, we have developed effective ways to promote our artists. I am currently developing a project for the upcoming Art Night Out event that will be used as part of the window displays for September and October. Over the years, I have used art made during different events in our teaching studio to decorate our window displays, again, in an effort to connect people, through art, to their community. We now have six permanent installations outside the gallery, including a spectacular large flower planter, three repurposed doors, two sets of stepping stones and a delightful children’s clay sculpture. These installations build a personal and a collective connection to our community and builds an appreciation of and fir the artists. My goal has been to give them a taste of the creative process, a quick lesson in an art medium and the lasting experience of walking in their neighborhood and enjoying a piece of art that they helped create. My focus for these events has always been to directly involve the community in creating public art. I have been the artist that has spearheaded most of the art creations.
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From the beginning of the Art Night Out events, we have always created opportunities for the public to either create some art or watch a demo of a professional artist showcasing their craft. We started an Art Night Out Event that grew into a city-sponsored event that happens every second Friday from May through September that now includes live music, food trucks and a juried art fair. In addition, the gallery supports the local artist community by showcasing close to 35 consigning artists.Īs a community-based art gallery, we have been instrumental in building Lafayette as an Art Hub. Tier 2 – six members, help run the gallery, teach classes, Tier 3 – local consigning artists that we invite in to be guest artists for 1 -2 months.
We make all long term decisions, set policy, have financial responsibility. Tier 1 – six owners, there are four original members and two that joined us eight years ago. Currently, we have three tiers of involvement in the cooperative aspect of the gallery.
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We have never wavered from that mission through the framework of the collective has metamorphosed a couple of times as we figured out how to be profitable in a difficult economic landscape. Our continued purpose is to nurture and promote artistic passion in artists, students and the community by running a profitable artist-owned gallery and teaching studio. We talked to artists we admired and it grew into a collective of 21 artists who came together to form pARTiculars, an artist-owned cooperative gallery and teaching studio committed to excellence in art and art education. She contacted a number of local artists and said she would help with the permitting if we wanted to start a gallery. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.Įleven years ago, our landlady had an empty unit and had always wanted to have an art gallery in the area. Today we’d like to introduce you to Suzanne ConnollyHowes Howes.
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