Cibola Arts Gallery features fiber artist
Celeste Simon who finds magic in life
Submitted by Cibola Arts Gallery
Permission to reprint granted
Mountainair, NM – Magic happens: in life, in the studio and certainly in the creative process. The exploration of myth and magic is adventure in the studio as well as daily life.
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/MtCSimon3.jpg align=center hspace=3 border=1 alt="Cultivating Text by Celeste Simon"></center>
As a new member of Cibola Art Gallery, Celeste Simon pays homage to the magic that happens when combining trust with process in the studio work-place. Her show, “Cultivating Myths” opens with a reception on Saturday, May 5 from 2-4 pm. The exhibit continues through the month.
“My upbringing as the daughter of a farm implement dealer led me to be quite comfortable with the idea of ‘cultivation,’ says Celeste. “As I moved around the world with my family I was also exposed to the magic that culture can play in everyday life.”
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/MTCSimon2.gif align=left hspace=3 border=1 alt="Celeste Simon"> Paintings, mixed media works and wooden wall sculptures combine to tell the story of this everyday magic. One of the wall sculptures featured in the show is entitled “Cultivating Text”. This piece was built to honor those literary works which have inspired magic in Celeste’s life; stories, books and poems so compelling that I aspire through the visual process to recreate the impact they convey.
The wooden wall structures are constructed as contemporary shrines and altars. Each shrine is built in such a fashion as to protect and feature those objects which have their own intrinsic magic through loving use or primordial aesthetic beauty. In the paintings and mixed media pieces I am allowed to be more spontaneous with my materials. The mixed media paintings are often a great way to be involved in the ever burning question: “who will I become?”
Working in both a spontaneous process and a very structured process has given me a sense of balance in my studio life. This balance has enabled me to see my life as created in both myth and magic.
Cibola Art Gallery is located at 217 Broadway and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Call 847-0324 for information or visit www.cibolaarts.com (http://www.cibolaarts.com)
Celeste Simon who finds magic in life
Submitted by Cibola Arts Gallery
Permission to reprint granted
Mountainair, NM – Magic happens: in life, in the studio and certainly in the creative process. The exploration of myth and magic is adventure in the studio as well as daily life.
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/MtCSimon3.jpg align=center hspace=3 border=1 alt="Cultivating Text by Celeste Simon"></center>
As a new member of Cibola Art Gallery, Celeste Simon pays homage to the magic that happens when combining trust with process in the studio work-place. Her show, “Cultivating Myths” opens with a reception on Saturday, May 5 from 2-4 pm. The exhibit continues through the month.
“My upbringing as the daughter of a farm implement dealer led me to be quite comfortable with the idea of ‘cultivation,’ says Celeste. “As I moved around the world with my family I was also exposed to the magic that culture can play in everyday life.”
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/MTCSimon2.gif align=left hspace=3 border=1 alt="Celeste Simon"> Paintings, mixed media works and wooden wall sculptures combine to tell the story of this everyday magic. One of the wall sculptures featured in the show is entitled “Cultivating Text”. This piece was built to honor those literary works which have inspired magic in Celeste’s life; stories, books and poems so compelling that I aspire through the visual process to recreate the impact they convey.
The wooden wall structures are constructed as contemporary shrines and altars. Each shrine is built in such a fashion as to protect and feature those objects which have their own intrinsic magic through loving use or primordial aesthetic beauty. In the paintings and mixed media pieces I am allowed to be more spontaneous with my materials. The mixed media paintings are often a great way to be involved in the ever burning question: “who will I become?”
Working in both a spontaneous process and a very structured process has given me a sense of balance in my studio life. This balance has enabled me to see my life as created in both myth and magic.
Cibola Art Gallery is located at 217 Broadway and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. Call 847-0324 for information or visit www.cibolaarts.com (http://www.cibolaarts.com)