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"Art to Share" September 2016

9/20/2016

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September 2016
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"Grapelike", © Amy Bryan 9-2016, colored pencils, 11"x14"
"Spherelike", © Amy Bryan 9-2016, colored pencils, 11"x14"
Dear Friends, 

Happy Fall! It's almost here. 

My art to share is inspired by spheres etc. Last spring my high school art students learned about spheres, 3-D circles often seen in everyday life. I am often inspired by what I teach. 

Though, this is only part of my inspiration for the sphere artwork above. The other inspiration is just subconscious drawing up to your interpretation, which I would love to hear.

Thank you for reading! Enjoy the new season!  

Amy
 
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"Art to Share" June 2016

6/29/2016

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June 2016
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"Inspired by 'Throw it Away' composed and sung by Abbey Lincoln,"
40" x 50," Â© Amy Bryan, 6-2016
Dear Friends,

I would like to show you my latest artwork. It is based on "Throw it Away" composed and sung by Abbey Lincoln.

The repeated lyrics are:

Throw it away
Throw it away
Give your life
Give your love
Each and every day

And keep your hand wide open
Let the sun shine through
Cause you can never lose a thing
If it belongs to you

Here's a YouTube video of the song.
 


Enjoy the rest of your summer,

Amy
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"Art to Share" March 2016

4/1/2016

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March 2016
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Small portraits: "Untitled," each 6" x 9," soft pastels, © Amy Bryan 2016, for sale 
Very Small portraits: "Untitled," each 4" x 6," soft pastels, © Amy Bryan 2016, for sale
Me in front of my prints (left) and my sister, Courtney, in front of my portrait of her (right).
This is part of the La Femme group exhibit at the New Orleans Art Center, curated by Don Marshall. It will be up till April 3rd. Work is for sale.

 

Dear Friends,

I am writing a quick note to:


*Say happy spring and happy Easter!

*Show you my new small portraits
I have been using soft pastels on dark paper, while exaggerating the small size of the portraits.

*Invite you to my group show
I am currently participating in a group show. Here is a photo of me and my sister there. She is standing in front of my portrait of her. This exhibit will be at 3330 St. Claude Ave, the New Orleans Art Center, until April 3rd.

Enjoy your Easter and your spring! 

Amy Bryan
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"Art to Share" Feb. 2016

2/23/2016

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February 2016
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Uniquely shaped colored pencil portrait drawings © Amy Bryan 2016
Recent colored pencil portraits on black and brown paper © Amy Bryan 2016

 

Hello Friends,

I would like to share my recent art and new insights with you. Lately, I have been drawing uniquely shaped, multiple face portraits and portraits on black and brown paper. I also have been exhibiting them. The uniquely shaped portrait on the bottom is on display at the Ashe Cultural Center until March 31st. Two of the portraits on black paper are currently on display at theNew Orleans Art Center until March 5th. 

These portraits are the spontaneously styled portraits I have been doing since I was a child. My artist sister, Alma Bryan Powell, gives me the best art advice and she says, exposing these portraits helps to put all of my other art in context, including my iPad art and masks. This is because they are the most spontaneous. You may remember me calling them folksy women portraits. Alma said she doesn't believe they are folksy and after some thought I am now not calling them that.

As for new insight, while teaching, a teenage student said when you grow older, although you are not growing physically, you are growing mentally and in wisdom. That thought was inspiring.

Best Wishes and Until Next Time,

Amy





 
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November 2015

11/26/2015

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November 2015 "Art to Share"
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Recent colored pencil portraits, both untitled, approximately 11"x11", copyrighted and created by Amy Bryan 2015, $100 each

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you enjoy Thanksgiving today. Last Sunday I visited a church and the preacher asked us to think of what we were thankful for. He emphasized the importance of being thankful.

I'm thankful that I have become a better middle school and high school teacher than I was last school year. I have more appreciation for teaching those grades than I did before. I understand more about how teens and pre-teens have different needs in the classroom environment than typical young adult college students.

Also, two weeks ago I visited my middle school art teacher's art exhibit opening. Here is a photo below of us standing in front of his recent work.

Above I have included two of my recent colored pencil portraits.

Until next time,

Amy Bryan
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Me with my middle school art teacher, Clifton Webb, at his current art exhibit at Barrister's Gallery in New Orleans.
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October 2015

10/21/2015

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October 2015
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Amy Bryan's Exhibit at the New Orleans Healing Center's Second Story Gallery September 2015
Dear Friends,

Happy fall!

Here are photos from my section of the three person show with Alma Bryan Powell and Myesha Francis I curated at the New Orleans Healing Center's Second Story Gallery in September. I showed prints and drawings from my Ghana series, especially focusing on the new drawings I completed this summer. 

The eyes of the people in the photos from my 2009 trip to Ghana that I drew stood out to me. I've drawn all of these photos several times over the years. The woman on the right really wore a dress with an eye pattern all over it. 

Happy fall! Enjoy the pumpkins and fall colors!

Amy 
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Left to right: "Woman Looking," "Man Looking," "Man, Woman. Baby, and Umbrella," all graphite on paper, copyrighted by Amy Bryan 2015
I also showed the drawings at the Bywater Biennial this month at the New Orleans Art Center, where my studio is upstairs. Photo by Mark Sottek.
Fun drawing....photo by Mark Sottek
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August 2015

8/30/2015

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August 2015
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"Post Katrina Mask Banner" before it disintegrated. Copyrighted by Amy Bryan 2015.
2nd Post-Katrina Masks, copyrighted by Amy Bryan 2007, Photographer: Marlon Wynn
1st Post-Katrina Masks, copyrighted by Amy Bryan 2006, Photographer: Marlon Wynn
Dear Friends,

Yesterday August 29th in New Orleans many of us reflected on 10 years since Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 devastated much of the Gulf Coast. I moved back to New Orleans in July 2006 after teaching at Tuskegee University in Alabama for four years. I wanted to help my family rebuild, since they lost their home and their city was in recovery mode. I was able to reflect on how so much of my experience in New Orleans since the storm has been affected by how people, places, and institutions were affected by Katrina.

The masks above were created in 2006 and 2007 in response to Hurricane Katrina. The image at the top was a banner using photocopies of the masks that was created this month for a memorial event yesterday. Unfortunately, it disintegrated before it could be displayed and, fortunately, I will put it together again.

Here is the story behind my masks, my art to share:

1st Post Katrina Masks #1, #2, and #3 were inspired by Hurricane Katrina’s devastation in 2005 in my hometown, New Orleans, LA. They were created in 2006, incorporating collaged family photos on a baked polymer clay surface. Most of my family’s photos were lost in Katrina, since my family home was flooded in 8 feet of water. However, my mother rescued some damaged photos then digitally scanned them.
 
Post Katrina Masks #1, #2, and #3 include collages of inkjet printed images of rescued Hurricane Katrina photos that reflected my childhood memories. They all show remnants of the azaleas that grew in my family’s front yard. My family used to take pictures in front of them every Easter Sunday. Many times the azaleas, that only blossomed once a year, would blossom in time for Easter. We would take pictures on Easter in front of the bushes even if the azaleas were not out, but we considered ourselves especially blessed if they were. My father would then drive them to church in his comfortable Oldsmobile and later Cadillac. We would only ride in his car on S
undays and it was a special treat.
 
My mother cared a lot about taking family photos on Easter and at other important family events. She also cared a lot about the azaleas blooming. My mother told me when she first saw the house after the storm she was sad because the azalea bushes had died. They must have been symbolic to her of continuity, growth, and life
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2nd Post Katrina Masks were created at a residency I participated in at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont in June 2007. These masks were also influenced by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the symbolism of the azaleas representing continuity, growth, and life. They included fabric, paper and metal symbols collaged on fired terracotta or white clay. They were more abstract than the first set of masks, not including any photos.

That was the inspiration for my Post Katrina Masks.
Also, we are having an exhibit that opens on Saturday, September 12th. The opening reception will be 6-9PM at the New Orleans Healing Center. It will be on display until October 3rd.
Left: Myesha Francis Agwe "Mercy" (detail), Middle: Amy Bryan "Man Looking" (detail), Right: Alma Bryan Powell "Baby Wonderland" (detail)
Thank you,
Until Next time,
Amy Bryan
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July 2015 News

7/3/2015

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Happy 4th of July in the U.S.! 

I would like to tell you about an upcoming group exhibit, the free children's art workshop I will be teaching at Community Book Center in New Orleans tomorrow,
July 3rd, and my new art studio.

I look forward to participating in an upcoming group exhibit, Lagniappe: Imagining New Orleans in a Post-Katrina World. The exhibit opens on August 1st, 6-8 PM as part of the public city-wide event White Linen Night at Stella Jones Gallery in New Orleans. It is curated by Art Historian, Dr. Mora Beauchamp-Byrd. The exhibit is a response to the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. 

Tomorrow, Friday July 3rd, I will be offering a free children's art workshop at Community Book Center's Home Fest. Children will do an activity to learn about the inspiring African American woman artist, Faith Ringgold. I will also display some of my iPad created prints. 

I am enjoying my new art studio. Here's a photo.

Thanks for reading, 

Amy Bryan

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New studio with my mini printmaking press on the left

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May 2015 News

5/27/2015

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May 2015
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Untitled (detail), graphite, 5/2015, copyrighted by the artist, Amy Bryan


 
Dear Friends,

My summer teaching break started Saturday and my birthday is tomorrow. I plan to eat a meal with family that reminds me of good times in New Orleans: boiled seafood (shrimp, crabs, and crawfish) along with corn and hot potatoes.

Here are two small drawings I completed recently. As usual, these portraits are from my subconscious mind and your comments help me to understand them better. The first portrait below is of a woman with circling rays of light behind her. The second drawing started out as gender ambiguous and now is a man.


My Upcoming Exhibits

I plan to participate in two upcoming exhibits at the New Orleans Healing Center with the Second Story Co-op Gallery on 2372 St. Claude Ave. in New Orleans, a group show and solo show.  If you will be in New Orleans, please save the dates:

June 13-August 1, 2015, Paper Trails (Group Show)
Opening: June 13th, 6-9pm


The first one is a works on paper group exhibit that opens on Saturday, June 13th. The reception is from 6-9pm that day and it closes on August 1st. Artists included will be Ron Bennett, Amy Bryan, Alma Bryan Powell, Julie Townsend, Belinda Tanno, Gina Laguna, Cynthia Ramirez,  Karen Abboud, Rebecca Madura, Mark L, Amina Rimawi, and Zoe Threat.

September 12th-October, 2015 (Solo or Two-person Show)
Opening: September 12th, 6-9pm


I hope you have some fun plans for the summer. I am coming up with some.

Until Next time,

Amy Bryan



 
 

Untitled 5/2015, graphite, 7"x10," copyrighted by the artist: Amy Bryan

Untitled 4/2015, graphite, 7"x10," copyrighted by the artist: Amy Bryan

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April 2015 News

4/7/2015

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Here are three of my latest "Folksy Ladies." The first one was drawn as an imaginary person and then I determined it looked like my colleague at work. I told her and she described the way she sees the portraits. She said:   

"Your folksy women portraits...their eyes capture a feeling of emptiness or a longing for something. I feel that maybe there is something behind their eyes...Something that can only be seen through the artwork." ~ Kenetha Harrington


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