The Art of Giving

Members of the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts present their annual holiday show, The Art of Giving, from November 11th through December 31st with an Opening Reception on November 28th from 6 - 9pm.

Each holiday season the members of the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts transform the gallery to showcase original holiday ornaments and hand-made gifts. The gallery's 21 members work in a variety of media, providing a wide array of fine art and fine craft for holiday shoppers. The glass art includes hand-blown and kiln-formed vessels, ornaments, hummingbird feeders and paperweights. The jewelry in the show covers a variety of styles and techniques, from copper and bronze to sterling and fine silver necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings, some with gold accents and stones. Visitors will also find metal sculpture, figurative sculpture, turned wood, pottery, and hand-made furniture. Oil, watercolor, and acrylic paintings, scratchboard, collage and mixed media work festively surround the three-dimensional pieces on pedestals.

Holiday ornaments and other decorations are an annual specialty.

• Artist Lynn Wartski has created one-of-a-kind felted wool ornaments made with quilt batting and colored wool which she needle-felts to achieve the desired shape and fullness.
• Furniture maker Pete Rodrigues made ornaments by cutting thin slices of hardwood, filling voids in the wood with transparent colored epoxy.
• Painter Chris Graebner creates small scratchboard ornaments. Each ornament is different, and each is an original piece of art.
• Potter Evelyn Ward has created hand-built, raku-fired bird ornaments in many sizes and colors. She also has adorable ceramic ladybugs.
• Artist Jude Lobe has created more of her southwestern themed shaman ornaments as thoughtful holiday gifts.
• Painter Ellie Reinhold has returned with her unique lotus pod ornaments for the holiday season.
• Artist Sally Terrell has created framed mini scratchboards, which can hang either on the wall or a tree.
• As always, glassblower Pringle Teetor has made beautiful blown-glass balls in many colors, patterns and textures. Her new design this year is a Sugar Plum!
• Glass artist Mark Kinsella has created snowflakes, stars, icicles, glass Christmas trees and glass stockings.

Come in and explore all the original art on display at the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts and find a perfect gift for that special person.

The Art of Giving runs from November 11th through December 31st with a reception during Hillsborough’s Last Fridays Art Walk on Friday, November 28th from 6-9pm.

About the Gallery
The Hillsborough Gallery of Arts is owned and operated by 21 local artists and represents these established artists exhibiting contemporary fine art and fine craft. The gallery's offerings include watercolor, oil and acrylic paintings, metal and figurative sculpture, photography, ceramics, scratchboard, turned wood, jewelry, glass arts, metals, encaustic, enamel, and handcrafted furniture. 121 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278. Phone: (919) 732-5001. The gallery’s hours are 10am-6pm Monday – Saturday, 12-4pm on Sunday. More information can be found on the HGA website: http://www.HillsboroughGallery.com