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FROM MASHIKO TO MINNESOTA, TWO

Lee Love  pottery

Jean Shannon  woodblock prints

April 23 to May 21, 2010

artist’s reception:  Friday April 23  from  6 to 8pm

special hours for this exhibition:  May 8  and  9  from 12 to 5pm

regular gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 to 4

FROM MASHIKO TO MINNESOTA, TWO:  2009 State Arts Board grant recipient Lee Love, potter, and his wife Jean Shannon, printmaker, open a show of Japanese-influenced work at the Raymond Avenue Gallery on Friday, April 23rd, 2010.  The show continues until May 21st, with weekend hours from 12-5 on May 8th and 9th.  The artists’ reception will be on Friday, April 23rd, from 6-8.  

Lee Love was born in Osaka, Japan, and raised in Michigan.  He makes functional pottery influenced by traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics.  He moved to Mashiko in 1999 to study with Tatsuzo Shimaoka for 3 years, then worked as a studio potter in Japan until his return to Minnesota in 2007.  He has a studio at home and at Northern Clay Center.

Jean Shannon, who is a midwesterner, moved to Minnesota to study with Japanese Soto Zen teacher, Dainin Katagiri.  She served as mentor to W.A.R.M. from 1992-1999.  Among other awards and credits, including exhibits in Japan, she was a founding member and participant in the Longfellow Art Crawl in 2009.  During her 10 years in Japan with her husband, Lee Love, she studied woodblock printmaking with Tetsuo Itoi, who taught a style that includes monoprint techniques.

FROM MASHIKO TO MINNESOTA, TWO

Lee Love  pottery

Jean Shannon  woodblock prints

April 23 to May 21, 2010

artist’s reception:  Friday April 23  from  6 to 8pm

special hours for this exhibition:  May 8  and  9  from 12 to 5pm

regular gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 to 4

FROM MASHIKO TO MINNESOTA, TWO:  2009 State Arts Board grant recipient Lee Love, potter, and his wife Jean Shannon, printmaker, open a show of Japanese-influenced work at the Raymond Avenue Gallery on Friday, April 23rd, 2010.  The show continues until May 21st, with weekend hours from 12-5 on May 8th and 9th.  The artists’ reception will be on Friday, April 23rd, from 6-8.  

Lee Love was born in Osaka, Japan, and raised in Michigan.  He makes functional pottery influenced by traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics.  He moved to Mashiko in 1999 to study with Tatsuzo Shimaoka for 3 years, then worked as a studio potter in Japan until his return to Minnesota in 2007.  He has a studio at home and at Northern Clay Center.

Jean Shannon, who is a midwesterner, moved to Minnesota to study with Japanese Soto Zen teacher, Dainin Katagiri.  She served as mentor to W.A.R.M. from 1992-1999.  Among other awards and credits, including exhibits in Japan, she was a founding member and participant in the Longfellow Art Crawl in 2009.  During her 10 years in Japan with her husband, Lee Love, she studied woodblock printmaking with Tetsuo Itoi, who taught a style that includes monoprint techniques.

With their remaining sheets of the now extinct SX-70 (Time Zero) Polaroid film Mark D Roberts and Denise Rouleau capture the flora and architecture of Como Park’s Marjorie McNeely Conservatory. What makes this film so unique to work with is that the film dyes are like wet paint that can be hand manipulated before they harden, resulting in surreal and impressionistic images.  The Polaroid images are then printed up to four feet square on a metallic coated paper that enhances their luminosity and textural qualities.

The Raymond Avenue Gallery exhibition, “Warm Pots for Cold Times”, an exhibition of pottery by Lisa Buck and Guillermo Cuellar, opens on Monday, November 30 and runs until December 19, 2009, The gallery is located at 761 Raymond Avenue, St. Paul, MN  55114.

Regular gallery hours are M-F from 10 to 4. 

For this exhibition, there will be additional special holiday hours which are; Sunday, November 29 from 12 to 5, Saturday, December 5 from 12 to 5 and December 19, from 12 to 5.

There will be an OPENING RECEPTION for the artists on Saturday November 28, from 5 to 7.

For further information, please call 651-644-9200.

Lowertown First Fridays (LFF) is an association of artists who open their studios (or have a gallery arrangement) on the first Fridays of the month. Local businesses are also involved. We want to bring people downtown to have a good time, be part of the art scene, and of course to buy art.

Note: Since the St Paul Art Crawl is held in April and October, there is no Lowertown First Friday event those months.

Buildings will be open from 6 to 9:00 pm. beginning Friday, November 6. Please see “Events” for additional dates.

Participating buildings:

Jax Building * Lowertown Lofts Condominiums * Northern Warehouse * Northwestern Building * Tilsner Building

Participating Art Groups:

A-Z Gallery (Northern Warehouse)* Peach (Northwestern Building)

Supporting businesses:

Lowertown Wine & Spirits * The Lowertown Entertainment District (includes Barrio, The Black Dog Cafe, The Bulldog, Da Vinci, Innuendo, Station 4, Senior Wongs)