By all accounts, the art scene is on fire. For those who want to collect art, affordable art is red-hot. People are flocking to art fairs and small galleries, hoping to discover high caliber works for reasonable prices.
By all accounts, the art scene is on fire. For those who want to collect art, affordable art is red-hot. People are flocking to art fairs and small galleries, hoping to discover high caliber works for reasonable prices.
“Hot Ticket: Works on Paper,” opening this month at the Rye Arts Center, is an exhibition of works by emerging and established artists which will offer collectors access to new art at affordable prices. Prints, drawings, paintings, and collages will be exhibited unframed, and all will be for sale for $1,100 or less.
Approximately 40 prints will be displayed by about 20 artists, with special emphasis on new work by faculty and students affiliated with art departments and studios at universities and artist workspaces throughout the region. The styles, colors, and prices will range widely, making this a key place to shop for art to collect and feature in your homes and offices.
The opening reception will take place Saturday, March 12, 5-7. Wine will be provided by Wine at Five. Special guest Scott Drevnig, Deputy Director of Philip Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan, will speak about the contemporary art scene, highlighting several works in the show.
The entire community will have the opportunity to work collaboratively on an oversize drawing, which will then be made available for sale.
A public tour with exhibit curator Margot Clark-Junkins will take place March 30 at 10. Clark-Junkins, an arts advisor, attended the graduate program at Cooper-Hewitt, the Smithsonian’s Design Museum. She holds an M.A. in the History of Design & Curatorial Studies from Parsons School of Design. She writes on art and culture regularly for The Rye Record.
Participating artists include:
Capucine Bourcart
Sarah Cecil
Katharine Dufault
Sarah Fedorchick
M.C. Jay
Mar Lopez
Mardie Luppold
Patricia Miranda
Kellyann Monaghan
Laurie Olinder
Giselle Rivas
Roxanne Faber Savage
Bridget Spaeth
Pamela Stoddart
Michael Thornton-Smith
Sally Tobin
Michael Torlen
Josette Urso
Nadia Valla
Garrett Vandervoort
Gallery hours are Monday 9-3, Tuesday-Friday 9-6, and Saturday 9-3.
