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CCAQ No9 ATTITUDES Sculpture By Dawn Wolford-Metallo
Dixon, IL - July 21st, 2010
DIXON – The Crystal Cork Art Quarterly presents its nineth quarterly show including it’s first installation artwork, “Attitudes”, a series of handmade paper sculptures by sculptor, Dawn Wohlford-Metallo. Opening reception is Saturday, August 14, 6 – 8 p.m. at The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe, 219 West First Street, Dixon, IL, Free. 815-285-3496. The show runs August 7, 2010 – October 31, 2010. Sculptural paper artist Dawn Wohlford-Metallo has created a special installation for the quarterly designed for and installed on the ceiling of The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe. She visited the gallery over a year ago to get a feel for what she could design for the space. “This is the first show of it’s kind for the quarterly”, states Lisa Higby LeFevre, CCAQ coordinator. “We are really excited that Dawn has designed a piece specifically for the gallery”. Dawn has an extensive backgroun...
CCAQ No8 SOJOURN Paintings By Jayne Rose
Dixon, IL - April 12th, 2010
DIXON, IL – The Crystal Cork Art Quarterly presents its eighth quarterly show, “Sojourn”, a series of paintings by artist, Jayne Rose. Opening reception is Saturday, May 8, 6 – 8 p.m. at The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe, 219 West First Street, Dixon, IL, Free. 815-285-3496. The show runs May 8, 2010 – August 1, 2010. In a short ten years, Jayne Rose has amassed substantial recognition for her painting capturing numerous Best of Shows at the Phidian Art Show , The Grand DeTour Fine Arts Fair, and The Next Picture Show. In 2004 her work was accepted into the Rockford Art Museum’s, “Emerging Artists of Rockford” show. Jayne has a long history of sharing her talents participating in many area benefits and in working with children using her art. In 2008, she was presented with the 2008 Illinois Alliance for Art Education Artist of the Year award at the Capitol Rotunda in Springfield. ...
CRYSTAL CORK ART QUARTERLY No. 7 DISSOLUTION Photographs By Hope Greene
Dixon, IL - January 18th, 2010
DIXON – The Crystal Cork Art Quarterly presents its seventh quarterly show, “Dissolution”, a series of silver gelatin prints by photographer, Hope Greene. Opening reception is Friday, February 5, 2010 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe, located at 219 West First Street, in downtown Dixon, IL, 815-285-3496. The show runs February 5, 2010 – May 2, 2010. Hope Greene was born in Maryland. She studied photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois and at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating in 2001. Since that time she has worked as a freelance photographer, living and working in the Unites States in Philadelphia, in the United Kingdom near Leeds, and in Italy near Siena. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally. Hope has now returned to her native United States where she currently lives in Illinois, c...
CCAQ No 6 Her World Watercolors By Judy Dixon
Dixon, IL - October 5th, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: CCAQ Coordinator: Lisa Higby LeFevre 2020 Lowell Park Road Dixon, IL 61021 815.285.0014 ccaq@comcast.net CRYSTAL CORK ART QUARTERLY No. 6 DIXON – The Crystal Cork Art Quarterly presents its sixth quarterly show, “Her World” featuring watercolor paintings by Illinois Watercolor Society Signature Member, Judy Dixon. Opening reception is Friday, November 6, 2009 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe, located at 219 West First Street, in downtown Dixon, IL, 815-285-3496. The show runs November 6,2009 – January 31, 2010. Born in Dixon, IL, educated at the University of Illinois, employed by Sears, Roebuck to write copy for its catalogue, Judy ended up back in Dixon after running into James on the train. Romance led to marriage and children and, eventually, a yearning for more than housekeeping and child-rearing...
Crystal Cork Art Quarterly No. 5 From Lead To Gold
Dixon, IL - July 2nd, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: CCAQ Coordinator: Lisa Higby LeFevre 2020 Lowell Park Road Dixon, IL 61021 815.285.0014 ccaq@comcast.net CRYSTAL CORK ART QUARTERLY No. 5 Presents: Sydni Reubin: “from Lead to Gold” DIXON – The Crystal Cork Art Quarterly presents its fifth quarterly show, “from Lead to Gold” featuring the most recent body of paintings by former Dixon High School graduate and 2009 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design graduate, Sydni Reubin. Opening reception is Friday, August 7, 2009 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe, located at 219 West First Street, in downtown Dixon, IL, 815-285-3496. The show runs August 7 – October 31, 2009. Sydni Reubin was born in Dixon, IL and lives in Milwaukee, WI. She graduated from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in May 2009. She has produced several portrait commissions for p...
Dixon, IL - May 8th, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: CCAQ Coordinator: Lisa Higby LeFevre 2020 Lowell Park Road Dixon, IL 61021 815.285.0014 ccaq@comcast.net CRYSTAL CORK ART QUARTERLY No. 4 Presents: John DeLong: “REVOLUTIONS” Dixon, IL, April 15, 2009 – The Crystal Cork Art Quarterly presents its fourth quarterly show, entitled, “Revolutions” featuring the latest series of multi-media, acrylic paintings by John DeLong. Opening reception is Friday, May 8, 2009 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe, located at 219 West First Street, in downtown Dixon, IL, 815-285-3496. The show runs May 8 – August 2, 2009. “Revolutions”, new paintings by John DeLong of Dixon, incorporate acrylic paint, wood, metal, and L.E.D. lighting to create richly surfaced, brightly colored paintings. John presents fun new ways to interpret painting and challenges conventional methods ...
Crystal Cork Art Quarterly No 3 Allusive Pursuit
Dixon, IL - February 8th, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Lisa Higby LeFevre CCAQ Coordinator Dixon, IL 61021 219 West First Street ccaq@comcast.net CRYSTAL CORK ART QUARTERLY No. 3 Presents: Lisa Higby LeFevre: Allusive Pursuit Dixon, IL, Jan 22, 2009 – The Crystal Cork Art Quarterly presents its third quarterly show, entitled, “Interior Prairiescapes, Series 7: Allusive Pursuit” featuring the latest series of pastel paintings by Lisa Higby LeFevre. Opening reception is Friday, March 13, 2009 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at The Crystal Cork Wine Shoppe, located at 219 West First Street, in downtown Dixon, IL, 815-285-3496. The show runs February 6 – May 3, 2009. “Allusive Pursuit”, created in 2008, is the seventh series from an ongoing body of work entitled, “Interior Prairiescapes” began in 2004. Using memory as a basis in her work, she recaptures a sensation of the Midwest landscape an...
