Sunday, October 25, 2015

Weekly Update :: Through October 24, 2015

In case you missed it, here's our features from this week at OOAK Artisan Showcase -

News :: (#ooaknews)

OOAK Artisan Showcase is having a creative challenge and you are invited to participate! ALL submissions be shown in a special holiday exhibit in our gallery. This exhibit will open with a public reception on Friday, November 20^th at 6:30pm and will be on display through December 31, 2015.
For more information CLICK HERE

We have a new SHARED board on Pinterest!
For more information CLICK HERE!

Events :: (#ooakevents)

Tawny Reynolds of Sundrop Jewelry will be at the Patchwork Show on Sunday, October 25 from 11am – 5pm. The show is being held at Jack London Square, Broadway at Embarcadero W, Oakland, California 94607. For more information go to https://goo.gl/BEQDsO #ooakevents

Andrea Glick of ZenithJade Creations will be at the West Salem Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, October 31 from 8am-2pm CDT. The fair is being held at 475 North Mark Street, West Salem, WI 54669. For more information go to http://buff.ly/1LbdeOt ‪#‎ooakevents

Shelley Graham Turner of SGTurner Art will be showing at the upcoming “Machines” exhibit which is having it’s opening reception October 29 from 5:00-7:30pm. The exhibit is at The Gallery at the Tech Garden, located at 235 Harrison St., Syracuse NY. For more information go to http://ow.ly/TyI0X #ooakevents

New Designs :: (#ooakartisans)

"Beach Themed Wrap Bracelet"
by Sherri Stokey of Knot Just Macrame
(North Platte, Nebraska - USA)

"Diamondback Snakeskin"

by Kathy Smith of Venice in the Valley

(Carmel Valley, CA - USA)

"Myth of the Sahara"

by Solange Collin of YeeLeNSpiRiT

(Nancy - FRANCE)

“Fox Beads"

by Sharleen Newland of Shaterra Clay Studio

(Grove City, Ohio- USA)

New Art :: (#ooakartisans)

"The Flower Whisperer"

by Mystele Kirkeeng of Mystele Paint
(Crystal Lake, Illinois - USA)

Pink Tulips"

by Philomena Dunne of Paintings by Philomena

(Wicklow - IRELAND)

Good Stuff :: (#ooakgoodstuff)

FREE rebroadcast of this past week's sessions of "Double Your Customers with Creative Marketing" with April Bowles Olin. April suggests taking a couple quick photos of your products for 100 days - after the 100 days you will KNOW what you like and have discovered your LOOK for your brand! #ooakgoodstuff ow.ly/TgXzy

Shares ::

Thumbs Up go out to,

Ballister’s Bistro located at 307 N James St, Rome NY is offering two treats: Pink halfmoon cookies and Pink Ribbon Cheesecake. They make a donation to the American Cancer Society for each one purchased in October.

CHAIR-ity Event sponsored by Artistree and Rome Clean and Green is being held November 6, 6:30-11:00 PM - Woods Valley, Westernville,NY.

Shelley's Personal Picks,

Roberta Laliberte of Prairie Fairy Studios. One of my VERY favorite artists!!! Love, Love, Love her work. If you have never seen her process, you are really missing out! She is working on a new upcoming online class and I'm so excited!

New Artists at OOAK Artisan Showcase Gallery

We are excited to announce that we have agreed to represent these talented artists! Their artwork will be available in the OOAK Artisan Showcase gallery,located in Rome, NY .

Send your inquiries to contact@ooakartisanshowcase.com

Betsy Walcheski of Art by Bets

(White Bear Lake, Minnesota - USA)

Tina Stoll

(Landsber am Lech, Bavaris - Germany)

Mystery Artist to be announced soon
(Rome, NY - USA)

Got art*?

We want to promote your art related news (new designs, special sales or an event).
If you just create as a hobby you are still CREATING and we want to see it! Your work can serve as inspiration to the next artist.
If you create for charities, let us know. We want to do a shoutout!

* open to any artist or artisan because we consider "art" to be anything that you produce in your own creative time.

We'd love for you to join us, please complete the form linked below so we can promote you more effectively!

http://goo.gl/forms/dLPDYn06tq

In the future, send us an email or tag us in your latest work!

We are OOAK Artisan Showcase – A place where we motivate, encourage and promote other artists.

NO STRINGS, just - New Faces. New Designs. New Art.

OOAK Artisan Showcase is a PUBLIC forum.

We will be posting to these social media sites, so be sure to follow us!

Facebook :: https://www.facebook.com/ooakartisanshowcase
Pinterest :: https://www.pinterest.com/ooakartisans
Instagram :: https://instagram.com/ooakartisans
Twitter :: https://twitter.com/OOAKArtisans
Google + :: https://goo.gl/9Gq6MP
Blog: http://ooakartisanshowcase.blogspot.com

Website COMING SOON!

Our gallery is located at 1247 Erie Blvd W, Rome NY
Tele. 315/225-0098 Fax 315/533-2823

We are fully insured.

Friday, October 23, 2015

Join us for our first annual Holiday Creative Challenge!

OOAK Artisan Showcase has been expanded and you are invited to participate!

OOAK Artisan Showcase is sponsoring a SPECIAL holiday creative challenge and we have just expanded it to include - jewelry designers, greeting card makers, photographers and visual artists (mixed media, ceramic artists, painters and the like).

This year's challenge is based on our theme, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, the classic holiday movie.

ALL submissions will be placed on display in a SPECIAL holiday exhibit in our gallery. The exhibit will open on Friday, November 20^th at 6:30 pm with a public reception and will run through December 31, 2015.

You may elect to place items up for sale through our gallery; a commission fee of 25% will be charged on all sales* made by OOAK Artisan Showcase, half of this fee will be donated in the artist’s name to the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. * For greeting cards, only $. 25 will be added to your asking price, and the entire fee will be donated.

Deadline for receipt of your challenge submission is November 13, 2015. All submissions should be mailed to Shelley Graham Turner, OOAK Artisan Showcase – PO Box 583, Rome NY 13442

Participants are responsible for shipping cost, to and from OOAK Artisan Showcase. Please send the appropriate return postage via Paypal to ooakartisanshowcase@gmail.com. (Should your items sell, unused postage will be refunded via Paypal.) Please pack your items well to prevent damage. Postal insurance is always a good idea.
Submit the following information with your entry: Your name, Name of your piece (optional), category. Mark NFS if you do NOT wish to place your item(s) for sale.
All net proceeds will be sent to the artist via Paypal unless other arrangements are made with the gallery.
Please send your package with a tracking number, e-mail the tracking number to challenge@ooakartisanshowcase.com .
IMPORTANT: In order to plan our display needs, please send the following information by November 9th via email to challenge@ooakartisanshowcase.com

Your name
Name of your piece (optional)
Category
Sale price (when setting the price be sure to take into account the fees as stated above).
Approximate measurements
Photograph (optional)

-----> TO ENTER complete the entry form - CLICK HERE <-----
(Submit ONE form per submission, LIMIT 2. except for greeting cards)

Our official page over at afsp.org

If you have any questions please feel free to email us.

Thanks for your support!
~ Shelley

We are fully insured.

Our gallery is located at 425 W Thomas Street, Rome NY

Tele. 315-225-0098 Fax 315-533-2823

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Weekly Update :: Through October 17, 2015

In case you missed it, here's what happened this week at OOAK Artisan Showcase -

News :: (#ooaknews)

We’ve announced our first creative challenge and we’re inviting jewelry designers and the members of Creative Bead Chat to participate. The theme is based on the holiday movie classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life”. All submissions will be on display in our gallery here in Rome, NY.

DEADLINE for sign-ups is Monday, Oct. 19

For more information visit https://1.shortstack.com/0NjrJz

Events :: (#ooakevents)

Oct 16 Heidi Kingman of Heidi Kingman Design is hosting her “Heidi Birthday Bash Destash” on October 16 at 8pm to October 19 at 12am.

For more information, visit https://goo.gl/WrM5Wx #ooakevents

Oct 25 Tawny Reynolds of Sundrop Jewelry will be at the Patchwork Show on Sunday, October 25 from 11am – 5pm. The show is being held at Jack London Square, Broadway at Embarcadero W, Oakland, California 94607.

For more information go to https://goo.gl/BEQDsO #ooakevents

New Designs :: (#ooakartisans)

“Campfire Cascade Necklace”

by Tawny Reynolds of Sundrop Jewelry

(Berkeley, CA - USA)

“Flex Strips”
by Yvonne Irvin of MyElements
(York, PA - USA)

“Rough Aries Heart”
by Melinda Orr of BandanaGirl
(Muncy, PA - USA)

“Lynx”
by Earth and Moon Designs
(Suffern, NY - USA)

“Hardware Jewelry Line”

by Paula Hisel of Simply Beadiful
(Nicholasville, KY- USA)