Don’t stand around Jan Huling for too long. She will bead you. The New Jersey based beadist and her intricately beaded, found object collages recently became part of a successful social experiment.
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Shoe of Denial
When Huling heard that Chelsea based Lyons Wier Gallery had a new approach to a declining economy, she jumped at the opportunity to show her work. Lyons Wier took advantage of the slow summer months to try a social experiment and in a bold move, started the weekend Art Bazaar. The bazaar was an open call to artists during weekends in July and August, offering space to about 20 artists on a first come, first served basis. No politics, no criteria. Just show up and sell. The artist who sold the most during the seven weekends of the bazaar would also earn a fully curated, month-long solo exhibit at Wier in 2010. Read the NY Times article here.
Huling showed up. She sold $10,000 worth of art in 10 hours. She won the month-long solo exhibit. For real.
Pretty Birds
Forgiven
Kewpie
Congratulations to Jan Huling on her success and to the Lyons Wier Gallery for their forward thinking approach. Here’s a time lapse video of the artists setting up a weekend exhibit.
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[...] artist Jan Huling has fantastic birds and a composition called “Forgiven” made out of found art and beads. The kewpie beadwork is amazing, but a wee bit [...]
Thanks so much for the encouragement! The weekend at the gallery was truly amazing and certainly gave me a boost. I hope they repeat the experiment, it really gave a lot of artists a chance to show work and connect with like-minded souls.
I am no where near that artistic with beads. I love them all tho.
Jan, Did you ever do pottery? I just bought a lovely vase, in white with a small design in black and a dull yellow and your name is signed on the bottom.