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June 28th through July 12th, 2008
Fourth of July Ironton Group Show
and Party:
July 4th 7-10 pm
Ironton invites the community to celebrate
the Fourth of July with new work
in the gallery and sculpture in the garden. The two newest
additions to Ironton – painter Andy Berg and woodworker/puzzlemaker
Kagen Schaefer (brother to Robin) – will be exhibiting for
the first time in the gallery along with new work from the
rest of the Ironton crew. Ironton is remarkable for the diversity
of media that the 13 artist studios represent all under one
roof: stone, wood, metal, photography, painting and new media.
Ironton's artists include Robin Schaefer, Mike Mancarella,
Sharon Feder, Sharon Bankert, Heidi Jung, Jill Hadley Hooper,
Andy Berg, Patricia ‘Murph’ Murphy, Jeff Bludeau,
John Ferguson, Hugh Graham, Jason Mann, John Chilton, Andy
Sweet, Vicki Rottman, Dan Brandemuehl, & Kagen Schaefer.
Celebrate July 4th at Ironton with art in the gallery and
sculpture garden. Libations
start at 7pm, hope to see you here!
picture: ironton studios before renovation (circa 1999)
About Ironton:
Ironton was imagined 9 years ago by friends Russ Beardsley,
Debra Goldman, Mike Mancarella and David Walter, who met at
UCD's sculpture department. They purchased the building at
36th and Chestnut, which had been a garage, and took a year
to renovate the space. In the parking lot they built raised
beds and drilled holes in the asphalt to plant trees. Ironton's
doors opened in 2000.
Ironton was named after the school that sat just east of the
land at the turn of the century. The area has always been host
to light industry and artisans and it seemed an appropriate
place to build an artist community. Complete with metal fabricating
facilities, woodshops, darkrooms, sculpture and painting studios,
Ironton was conceived as a place for artist's to collaborate
with one another and engage the public through the gallery
and open studios. Currently there are 13 artist's studios and
creative businesses at Ironton. Along with the individual spaces
there is a shared kitchen area, landscaped sculpture garden
and an 800 square foot gallery that is open to the community.
Ironton Studios is
open Monday through Friday from 10 to 4, and Saturdays from
12 to 4. |
