Chelsea River Gallery

inspired art sales and services, specializing in corporate healthcare Our culture is carefully shaped by each one of our artists. Our creative world extends well beyond our boundaries. Our gallery and our community celebrate together as one. Tumblr posts by Monica & Jessica.

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Take a look at these stunning works of art—all created by regional artists featured here at the River Gallery! Just this past week, River Gallery installed these pieces throughout this beautiful Ann Arbor home.

If you are interested in having your collection professionally installed or you would like to add to your collection, give us a call at the office. For more information about our services, you can visit us online by clicking this link. 

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I am so grateful for the opportunity to exhibit my work at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. It is surreal to see my pieces in a space I always dreamed they would be. Thank you so much to everybody who made this possible and to everybody who attended my talk on opening night.

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Jessica Joy London is on fire! Check out her exhibition at the GRAM in Grand Rapids, MI and click over to the River Gallery website to view her work in detail.

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Here are some shots from the Saving Daniel Rhodes show we currently have up til June 7th. We only have a few pieces left, so hurry on over!

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Here's another Daniel Rhodes photo from the 60s -- this one is of a potter working in Gojo, Nara Prefecture. 

Remember to come to the Rhodes opening on the 10th at Chelsea River Gallery to view more of his photos & ceramic work!

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Our new blog header is Fire Series 12, by the wonderful Linda King Ferguson. It'll be on display starting May 10th, as part of Resonance, her group exhibition with Lesa Chittenden-Lim and Meighen Jackson. 

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We have some amazing new photos of Daniel Rhodes's travels in Japan up on our website, just in time for his opening on the 10th -- check it out!

http://chelsearivergallery.com/about-daniel-rhodes

We'll be posting them every now and then here, as well, so stay tuned.

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by Mike Morland

After a 30 year hiatus, the Palmer Park Art Fair returns to Detroit, Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4. The original Palmer Park Art Fair was an inspirational event that emphasized the creativity of this historical Detroit neighborhood. With the slogan “A great city should...

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"Artists in the Spotlight"

Each week during the months of March and April, River Gallery will feature new work by premier regional artists. Sign up on our website to receive our email broadcast and each week you will receive an image of new art and brief bio by the artist. River Gallery's 3,200 square ft. light filled space will showcase these artists and many more during March and April. Come in to see us at the gallery... so many places to wine and dine in Chelsea.

Susan Moran I find inspiration for my art in my daily walks through the wild places of southeast Michigan. Throughout the year, in every kind of weather, these walks have become a kind of meditation, allowing me the time to observe subtle, daily changes and appreciate the seasonal cycles of growth, decay and weather. In my work I have tried to filter images of nature through the textile processes and inherent qualities of the cloth I am using, so that the work has a reason for existing as a textile, and so that the subject matter is emphasized and complemented by the materials and processes I use. For example, shibori, a Japanese stitch-resist technique, has an exciting combination of technical challenge and variability, which results in richly evocative surfaces that seem akin to certain natural phenomena. The artist can control the pattern and its placement, but within the pattern there is a great range in the character of the individual mark.

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Negative of my latest painting!

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awesome!

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Each week during the months of March and April, River Gallery will feature new work by premier regional artists. Sign up on our website to receive our email broadcast and each week you will receive an image of new art and brief bio by the artist. River Gallery's 3,200 square ft. light filled space will showcase these artists and many more during March and April. Come in to see us at the gallery... so many places to wine and dine in Chelsea.

Featured Artist - Amanda Lilleston

I am interested in understanding the vulnerability and strength of the human body. In much of my work, I investigated the inner workings of our anatomy. This exploration began by watching surgeries, researching physiology, and assisting in dissections. I used these methods to investigate, first-hand, the components that make us human. My primary medium is woodblock printmaking. I cut the woodblock surface by peeling, digging, and scraping, recording each stage of carving by inking the block and printing. I use multiples, collage, and chine-collé to transform my prints into new forms. I think of these as human parts: susceptible to gravity, discomfort and decay. The form on the paper becomes saturated and heavy, and over time structures develop, details accumulate, and layers fuse. While my imagery is grounded in reality, exaggeration and abstraction of shape, form, and color create new structures and spaces.

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Each week during the months of March and April, River Gallery will feature new work by premier regional artists. Sign up on our website to receive our email broadcast and each week you will receive an image of new art and brief bio by the artist. River Gallery's 3,200 square ft. light filled space will showcase these artists and many more during March and April. Come in to see us at the gallery... so many places to wine and dine in Chelsea.

Featured Artist - Theresa Pierzchala

Theresa Pierzchala is represented at Novus Art, Next Step Studio and her work has been shown at the SOFA at Navy Pier with Next Step. She has worked as an assistant on the Campus Martius Park Sculpture Project and has won the Price Cooper Award at the Battle Creek Art Center. Pierzchala has taught numerous glass workshops, kiln formed glass and glass blowing at CCS in the past.  Theresa is currently teaching 3D Concepts and 2D Design in the Foundation Department.

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Applications for the next year of funding for the Knight Arts Challenge are now open! 

No idea is too large or too small, as long as it follows three basic rules

Your idea is about arts.

Your project takes place in or benefits Detroit.

You find other funding to match Knight Foundation’s grant.

Apply today!

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If you have a great idea, we encourage you to apply! (And tell us about it! Especially if you're one of our represented artists..)

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It’s that time of year again — that’s right, we’re accepting applications for the 2014 Chelsea Art Market!

Click here to download your application.

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Attention, artists! Tell your friends!

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More work from Daniel Rhodes - we're feeling lucky to have so much of his work on paper to look through!

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In the process of sorting and posting images to the website for our upcoming exhibition on Daniel Rhodes, and found this amazing figurative piece.

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Linda King Ferguson's Fire series is just the right thing for this cold weather lately -- I feel warmer just looking at them.

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Hand-printing “We Were All” color woodcut from six blocks on Haini Kozo.

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Ooh this is fun: a sneak peek at the process behind Endi Poskovic’s fabulous large prints. (Click on the pictures to see the descriptions.)