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The Colony artists featured at women's expo
By BLAINE CRIMMINS, Staff writer
The Lakeside Arts Foundation, the Global Peace Project, and Art for Peace and Justice have collaborated to host a women’s art expo and world premier of the film, “Who does she think she is," on Sunday at the Artfest Expo Center, 13342 Midway Road, in Dallas.
The purpose of the event is to bring local women artists into the forefront of public consciousness and to promote peace and community, said Christi Martin from the Lakeside Arts Foundation.
Several local artists from The Colony will be participating, including Sherry Goplin, Hazel Spire, Tracey Mostyn, Carinne Maravilla, Niema Jones, and Danielle Martin.
Mostyn said she’s very excited to have this opportunity to put her work on display.
“Up to this point it’s all been word of mouth and referrals. This is the first time I’m able to be with a group of artists and be recognized,” she said.
Goplin, a 10-year The Colony resident, is a classical China painter. She works with glazed porcelain pieces called blanks. Using oil-based paint, a China painter paints a layer onto the blank then fires the porcelain in a kiln. The paint then “drops down into the glaze,” Goplin said. An additional four or five layers of art, each with a turn in the kiln, are typically required to complete a given work.
Goplin said she relishes the thought of taking part in this weekend’s event and exposing more people to the art form.
“(China painting) is a dying art. Most of the China painters I know are older people. In fact, I learned about it through antiquing,” she said.
In addition to those from The Colony, area artists from neighboring cities include Donna Anderson Collins, Anna Rose Bain, Diane Simon, Debra Hernandez, and Carol Henry.
“I am delighted and very grateful to the Global Peace Project for the opportunity to bring our local artists together to help promote women's art and peace, as we support and lift each other. I feel certain that wonderful things are destined to happen as a result of this gathering,” Martin said.
Admission for the film, reception, and tour is $15 per person. Local women's artwork will be displayed from 1 to 6 p.m. in Artfest’s gallery among treasured works from all over the world. At 2 p.m. there will be a welcoming greeting and introduction by Tim Seelig, director of Art for Peace and Justice. At 2:30 p.m. there will be a world-premier screening of the film, “Who does she think she is,” a documentary that purports to examine “some of the most pressing issues of our time: parenting and work, partnering and independence, and economics and art,” Martin said.
A discussion with the artists, moderated by Seelig, will follow the film at 4:30 p.m. A “Meet the Artists” discussion and reception will occur at 5:30 p.m. and guests may tour the art gallery until 7:30 p.m.
The trailer for the film may be viewed at www.whodoesshethinksheis.net. For information on Lakeside Arts Foundation or for details about this event, logon to www.lakesidearts.org or call Martin at 972-625-1726. For information on Art for Peace and Justice, see www.h4pj.org. For information on the Global Peace Project, logon to www.theglobalpeaceproject.com.
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