Happy New Year and Congratulations, Sara!

Our amazing Valedictorian and recently graduated intern, Sara Fields, was chosen for Photography Forum Best of 2011. The future is bright and we are so proud.

click here: Photography Forum Best of 2011

AND, she will be featured in ASmith Gallery’s juried exhibit “Imagination” coming February 2012.

click here: “Imagination” Accepted Images

Sara, we loved having your creativity here at Studio2Gallery. Congratulations, onward and upward! P.S. We will always share our love of iphoneography and Polaroid, thanks for the fun, memories, help and hard work.

© 2011 Sara Fields - Johnson City, Texas

Prayer Flag Painting Class January 2012

We had a lot of fun last year, and here it is already time again to think of our Prayer Flag Class. Set your prayers to the wind for 2012!

http://www.studio2gallery.com/prayer-flag-class/

From last year’s class by Tina Weitz

E.A.S.T. makes The New York Times

The East Austin Studio Tour have shown some fabulous artworks this week, and we love the mention made in The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/us/gtt.html?_r=2&ref=texas

If that isn’t enough to tempt you to come to Studio2Gallery, perhaps this will…

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East Austin Studio Tour Voted “Best Place to See Local Art”

We knew it was fabulous, but now it’s official. We can’t wait to see you at East Austin Studio Tour. Voted by the Austin Chronicle “Best Place to See Local Art”.

Meet Our Intern, Sara Fields

We welcome the arrival of intern, Sara Fields, from The Art Institute.  She will be working with Studio2Gallery and Tina Weitz Photography through December.  Sara came to us via instructor, Polly Chandler, who is one of our favorite Austin area photographers.  Sara has been an immense help organizing for the East Austin Studio Tour, working on location, and setting up the new space.  This image is from one of our visits to ASmith Gallery in Johnson City, Texas.  We managed to get a few minutes in to visit the local pony and do a little iphoneography.

Another Taste of November and Eastside

This is the tip of the Oscar iceberg – wait until you see the rest of his artworks at Eastside.  We know you want to touch it, no, no, no, keep yourself composed. Until November…

E.A.S.T. Tour Application – Approved!

Yes, we are official.  (Insert smiley face here with exclamation points.) Here is the scoop.  Be there or be square, because this is one cooool event.

Studio2Gallery is showcasing contemporary art with 14 artists “Eastside” in our new East location on Martin Luther King.  For the E.A.S.T. tours, artworks will be exhibited in Studio #1 and also in the adjacent O2 Gallery Space.  A reception with the artists to kick off the EAST events will be Saturday, November 12, from 6-8pm.  Artists include: Leon Alesi, Jill Alo, Tami Bone, Debbie Buie, Channe Felton, David Johndrow, Barbara Lugge, Chalda Maloff, Maggie Norman, John Sager, Carol Schiraldi, Mo Scollan, Oscar Silva and Tina Weitz.

Hours:
November 12, artists reception, 6-8pm *open to the public
November 12 & 13 and 19 & 20 from 11:00am – 6:00pm
November 16, 17, 18 from 12 noon to 5pm

Something magical is coming…

“Studio2Gallery – Eastside” plans are moving right along.  The cooler weather WILL come, hang on Austin.  Close your eyes.  Envision the harvest, full moons and the wind whispering through the fields.  Now you are ready to sneak peek our magical and mystical offering from feature artist, Tami Bone. See you in November.

Scarecrow by Tami Bone

Announcing Studio2Gallery E.A.S.T Feature Artists

It will be here before we know it, E.A.S.T. tour 2011.  Our application has been turned in, and we are hoping it will be approved by the panel for the tour.  We are pleased to announce our feature artists that will be exhibiting for our Studio2Gallery debut in November at the new Martin Luther King studio location of Tina Weitz Photography. When the studio is not in use by artists, the studio transforms to a 450 square foot gallery exhibition space for thematic exhibits.

Leon Alesi
Jill Alo
Tami Bone
Debbie Buie
Channe Felton
David Johndrow
Barbara Lugge
Chalda Maloff
Maggie Norman
John Sager
Carol Schiraldi
Mo Scollan
Oscar Silva
Tina Weitz

We will be exhibiting “Studio2Gallery – Eastside” in our new location, and also in the adjacent O2 Gallery Space right outside our studio!  If you haven’t toured our location (2832 East Martin Luther King Blvd., Studio #1, Austin, Texas 78702) you are in for a real treat.  The facility hosts world class printmaking, installation artists, photographers and more.  More details coming soon…

Our New Location Premiers in November

We are beginning the wall prep for Studio2Gallery’s new 450 square foot space.  It will be all clean, beautiful and ready for our debut in November.  14 Artists will be featured in the new space and in the adjacent O2 Gallery, to be announced soon – stay tuned!

Online Art Sales with Studio2Gallery

Next month we will be building on our online art sales.  We just added new shadowboxes by fiber artist, Oscar Silva, so be sure to take a look. http://www.studio2gallery.com/giftshop/

Blue Grotto by Oscar Silva

Moving Next Door

Art. It will change your mind!

Danger - live artists at work.

45 Days after relocating from South Lamar, I found out that Studio #1 next to my Studio #2 was going to become available. Tina Weitz Photography and Studio2Gallery are moving next door! 400+ Square feet to create and plan 2012. A little patching and painting (which we are pros at by now…) and we have a nice industrial setting once again. High ceilings and concrete floors. Perhaps some new lighting at one point, but one thing at a time. As mentioned in the last blog, Studio2Gallery is in the drafting phase of participating in East Austin Studio Tours using our new space and O2 Gallery.  I’m looking forward to an open house, perhaps in September.  Everyone stay out of the 100+ heat and see you soon.

Our New Location

Drum roll, please. Tina Weitz Photography, owner and operator of Studio2Gallery, is moving to Studio #2 at 2832 East MLK Blvd., 78702. We are looking forward to participating in EAST this year with a Studio2Gallery retrospective exhibit and will keep you posted as more news and events develop.

“Double Vision” opening Saturday, April 9, 6:30pm-8:30pm

As Studio2Gallery closes down the South Lamar location, we look forward to seeing you at our last exhibit in this beautiful space.  Sign up on the blog email subscription at the top right side of this page for future happenings around Austin.  In the meantime, visit our Artisan2You Giftshop for cool artisan gifts from our Studio2Gallery artists.  Thank you for all the fond memories in the 1700 location  and “Keepin it Weird” in 78704. – Tina Weitz, owner

Eye for Music Opening Reception

Wonderful times at our opening with juror and feature artist, Brenda Ladd.

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studio2gallery pays tribute to the music during SXSW in austin, texas

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iphoneogenic interview for “app-aritions”

Many thanks for the wonderful visit and interview with Edgar of iphoneogenic at our “App-aritions” opening reception.  We love our technology when it collides with creativity. To read the interview, click here.  We have received a plethora of blog hits on this exhibition, and are pleased to see that others hold our zeal for this process.

"Autumn Dew" copyright Tina Weitz Photography, ShakeItPhoto App

app-aritions iPhone photography exhibit gets 2 blog mentions

Thanks to both Allan Hoffman, for the nice mention on your blog “What I See” and to Great Output for their write up on “App-aritions”. Click on the links to read more.

the artful book browse

Many thanks to the talented artists and writers at our studio2gallery book event, The Artful Book Browse.  What fun! Look for these books for sale in our gift shop, support your local artists!

prayer flag class

Thank you to those who attended the prayer flag making class today.  We had fun and the energy left in the gallery feels wonderful. I decided my prayers were for the homeless and threatened animals. And what a beautiful sunny, windy day to set the prayers into the air. – Tina Weitz, owner

january newsletter

Have you looked at the web site lately? www.studio2gallery.com Welcome, 2011.
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iPhone app-aritions coming in february

“App-aritions”
Saturday: February 12, 2011 from 6:30pm-8:30pm

a studio2gallery invitational exhibit with 4 artists showcasing App-aritions

exhibit: February 12, 2011-March 5, 2011

Leon Alesi
Catherine McMillan
Carol Schiraldi
Tina Weitz

*iphone-aphy
I love being an artist because you an make up your own words. iphone-aphy is the word I use for taking images with my iphone. The results are “App-aritions”. This exhibit features the app-aritions of 4 well seasoned photographers who have thousands of hours of technology and expertise behind them.  Yet, drawn like a moth to flame, we cannot deny the imagery of the iphone-aphy. – photographer and owner, TinaWeitz

Leon Alesi Art Statement
I always loved Polaroids.  The look, the feel and the fun it was to take them.  First, I mourned the loss of my beloved Captiva film and then Polaroid film altogether.  When I found the Shake It app, which mimics the Polaroid sensibility, I was hooked all over again.  With the iPhone camera, I am excited to have a camera in my pocket at all times.  The images I make with my phone are loose and of the moment.  In this ongoing body of work my aim is to combine several images together to make a loose narrative.  These vignettes seek to spark the viewer’s imagination in a way that a short story emerges.

Catherine McMillan Art Statement
Apps are amazing; I use quite a few, PSE (Photoshop Express), Light, Shake-It, Filterstorm, Camera Bag and Hipstamatic.  Like my colleagues, I have discovered a newfound joy in the simplicity of an all in one too, my iPhone.  The art of photography is capturing and communicating something visual, it can be something you randomly see or something that you build.  Being a commercial photographer, I have made a career of building images.  The iPhone has helped guide me into a more casual approach of creating images.  It’s become an obsession of sorts; I play (key word because it is fun) with my iPhone every chance I get!

Most of these images are photos taken with the iPhone camera and then loaded up later on the before mentioned apps.  Usually I start with curves in Filterstorm, then Camera Bag to pick out a camera, and then maybe a PSE or Filterstorm again for vignettes or borders, saturation, etc. – the possibilities are endless.

Carol Schiraldi Art Statement
My iPhone has put the fun of photography back into my hands.  It’s small, it’s sleek, it’s sexy.  It’s easy to operate and easy to get away with.  I love the joy of discovering new apps like Camera Bag, Plastic Bullet and Hipstamatic.  I love Shake It Polaroid and the fake Tilt-Shift app.  It’s been said that photography, specifically the camera, is a great equalizer of sorts.  It allows artistic vision to be separated from the technician in all of us.  With an iPhone in your hands, you can go from artistic vision-from concept or idea-to finished product in a second or two.  No Photoshop, no darkroom, no chemicals, no expense of films and such, only that vision come to life.  It’s that purity of vision that keeps me coming back to the fun of the iPhone camera.  Never before has a camera allowed me to be so productive while freeing me from the shackles of being a technician.  In the past, cameras were all about equipment, optics, and the necessities of the darkroom process.  Now, there are boundless possibilities before our eyes whenever we “slide to unlock” them.

Tina Weitz Art Statement
I began to use my iPhone camera to fill in for those moments I did not have my high tech equipment on hand.  As I continued to use the iPhone, a new love developed.  I discovered the apps. I had lamented the departing of Polaroid Time Zero film almost 4 years ago, but found the new joy of Shake It, a beautiful tribute to the contrast and color of Polaroid.  You even get the nostalgic click and whir, thank you developers.  Then you watch (with fond memories of your Polaroid SX70 camera), as magic happens when the cloud of white begins to transform.  This led to the next app, and the next, and the next… I hear the great debate about how valid an image from such an instant process can be accounted for- and I can resoundingly answer with diptychs and triptychs and tales of my travels and the anticipation I have with each iPhone lens safari I make. Simplicity, such as this, brings clarity to my subjects and joy to my artistic heart.

library foliage exhibit

What a wonderful turnout to look at some incredible artworks with juror and feature artist, John Mark Sager and our selected artists.

hans+gieves we’ll be waiting

Cross Reference #5

Even with the best of packing and crating, a shipping mishap can occur.  We are working to get our selection for Library Foliage “Cross Reference #5″ back in working condition for our viewing patrons.  Many thanks to artists Hans+Gieves for their patience.  It takes a lot for artists to prepare artworks for an exhibit and a juried call.  We know you won’t want to miss this incredible piece.

artifice exhibit and reception

Artifice is an interesting essay on the interpretation of illusion, as many artists chose humanity as the subject matter.  In “The Only Way Up is Down” by Phil Gleason, the viewer peers in the magic wooden box – and the gallery corrugated ceiling plays upon the overall (mis) perception. Don’t miss the chance to see this awesome exhibit, “headed” up with the reverse painting on plexi-glass, x-ray like musings of feature artist, Marc Silva.

“Chuang Tzu’s Dream (Bad Trip)” 2010 copyright Marc Silva

trunk show november 6 from 2pm-5pm

Trunk Show
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010
2pm-5pm
Studio2Gallery 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 318 Austin 326-9102 phone www.studio2gallery.com

We will be selling select artworks from a private collector.  Come by and enjoy viewing this special art!
Studio2Gallery is also featuring these fine artisan products :

“Fantastic 4″ from Austin’s recent Fashion Week:

Black and Orange with Vintage Starburst Brooch by Deborah Main Designs:
“One of our first LUXE VIP creations! This stunning pillow was so fun to make with its fabulous texture and boudoir appeal. Made from a wonderful black silk brocade splashed with orange peonies, and backed with a sheer pattern of silk chiffon ruffles, this truly decadent pillow speaks volumes of elegance. It is accentuated by a circle of jet black feathers surrounding and presenting the ultimate in 1950′s jewelry design – a fabulous starburst brooch gleaming with Aurora-borealis rhinestones. Someone truly special deserves this work of art! As always, our feather and down-filled pillows are handmade one-of-a-kind creations. Enjoy!

We are pleased to have award winning Deborah Main Designs back with us after her 1st appearance at our trunk show almost 7 years ago.  Since that time, Deborah has been busy making herself one of Austin’s most desirable home accessory artisans and sells her custom pillows in high end boutiques all over the United States.

Mae-Mae Stiles will also have her unique jewelry of vintage, crystal, and semi-precious materials.  Studio2Gallery has carried Mae-Mae’s designs for several years and she always delights with new concepts and fun materials.  Mae Mae participates at our local Austin Farmer’s Market and sells her designs at many artisan gallery gift shops and boutiques.

You’ll never think about plastic recycling the same once you feast your eyes on purses created by Circe Torosian.  The youngest designer (maybe ever?) featured at Austin Fashion Week, she wowed the crowd with her recycled plastic designer dresses.  As if that was not enough, she has designs her own purses to complete the ensemble.  Buy a work of art and keep the planet green. All of these clutches and totes are made from used plastic shopping bags woven through plastic mesh. One clutch uses five to ten plastic bags, and a tote requires around 100 bags that would have otherwise been thrown away. Look closely, and you may recognize bags from some of your favorite stores! You can always have a custom clutch made, or request a color scheme. Custom orders welcome!

When you want a special piece of jewelry that will make people forget what you are wearing, you can’t go wrong with Beth McElheney Personal Adornments. Beth has been working on some spectacular new pieces that will have you singing “hallelujah” when you wear them to your holiday parties.

One of our favorite picks for the holiday shopping artwork find? Fiber art from award winning, Oscar Silva. Oscar has been featured at many Studio2Gallery events over the years, at numerous Art Festivals, and art galleries that always clamor to have him back.  Come in and see why.

As featured in our recent newsletter:

Fiber artwork by Oscar Silva

special rate artist interviews with austin-artists.com

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010

Studio2Gallery is working with Austin-Artists.com for this incredible special!

ALL Artists: Fall Special on your own video interview. Only $149! That’s $100 off for this day only – Saturday, Oct. 16th, at Studio2Gallery. Austin-Artists is taking appointments and they only have 4 slots left. Contact Austin-Artists.com for details on time slots available.  Check out their videos, you’ll want one of your own for this digital marketing winner.

poet-tree artists’ reception

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message from space and cmalek

Rockin’ the house again with cmalek starting out followed by our “house” band, “Message From Space”.  See you you’ve been missing?

didgeridoo at studio2!

Our “Rhythms of Nature” exhibit ended with an incredible encore didgeridoo performance by Ron Crose, Eliot Laridjani and Eliot Stone.  We were also graced with the wonderful talent and guest appearance by Steve Daniel.