Creativity in a time of Quarantine 10 ways
While we are at home, plan for your creative bloom!
Watch the video! Art House 473
Great report from Curlan Campbell at NOW Grenada! Watch the video here–just click. We are so excited to open our doors! Susan Mains Gallery has taken up residence. What was big in the space at Spiceland Mall now looks just average size. You have to see it to believe it! See you there! And we…
Art House 473 awaits!
You have been waiting for this!
Yes it was BIG!
Group show of large scale work at Susan Mains Gallery
It’s BIG!
Susan Mains Gallery has invited 10 local artists to each create a big work of art. Join us for the first look. Thursday March 29th 5:30 – 7:30 at Spiceland Mall. Just a small preview of big things to come! Asher Mains Amy Cannestra Oliver Benoit Rene Froehlich Kristianne Buxo Fred Grissom John Henry LaVanda…
Amy Cannestra’s closer look.
The lively and appreciative crowd who came for the opening of Amy Cannestra‘s “Horizon” Friday evening was intrigued by art that demands a closer look. Entering the gallery on the far wall is a line of objects—upon closer inspection, conch shell shards. The shiny metallic bases appear to be aligned so that there is a…
Horizon: Amy Cannestra
The measure of an artist residency cannot be made in dollars. It is the invaluable input into the life of an artist of an experience that is totally outside of their own frame of reference. The value to Grenada is being able to see the work of a world-class artist right here. It inspires and…
Grenada National Pavilion’s “Sea Lungs”: Missing
Originally posted on Asher Shares:
By Asher Mains For the 57th La Biennale di Venezia I had the privilege of representing my country as part of an Official National Pavilion at the world’s oldest and largest stage for contemporary art. The event, lasting from Mid-May to late November 2017, saw hundreds of thousands of the…
Grenada Contemporary 2017 Set to Open
The doors will open 27th October, 5.30 pm at Susan Mains Gallery. A relatively young annual art exhibit, the Grenada Contemporary, hosted at Susan Mains Gallery has been growing rapidly; this year showing the work of 30 artists from 11 countries. In the exhibit’s inaugural year, 2014, 8 artists work were shown and since then,…
LaVanda Mireles, Solo Exhibit: Contact Lens
By Susan Mains Gallery (LaVanda Mireles, far left and Susan Mains far right. Photo credit: Susan Mains Gallery) Thursday evening at Spiceland Mall, Susan Mains Gallery featured the opening reception for LaVanda Mireles’ new work in a solo exhibit titled Contact Lens. Grenada’s creative community was out in force to celebrate and support this new,…
Grenada Contemporary 2017–call to artists.
Open call for artists to participate in Grenada Contemporary 2017.
Grenada National Pavilion, 57th Biennale di Venezia
Originally posted on Asher Mains:
http://www.grenadavenice.org Sea Lungs – Statement We are inextricable from the sea. In an island environment, not only does it sustain us economically but also physiologically. This close relation is at the heart of “Sea Lungs”; imagining that the sea fans that wash up on the beach and resemble our own…
Making art is like cooking food
Originally posted on Asher Shares:
This is an analogy I find particularly useful, especially when talking to young artists about how the process and product of their art-making. It involves situating what we know about food, cooking, and the sale of food and how closely linked it is to art, art-making and the sale of…
The Venice Insider –great article!
The Venice Insider is a lovely website dedicated to visitors to Venice. They have given a great review of the Grenada National Pavilion at the 57th Biennale di Venezia, even before it is open. Thanks Venice Insider! Click to read the article.Work of Jason deCaires Taylor in Grenada Underwater Sculpture Park.
Making Art Grenadian Again
Source: Making Art Grenadian Again Click the link to read this great review by Trinidadian blogger Celeste Mohammed. Thanks Celeste for your very insightful response to your trip to the gallery.
