Akron Art Museum Third Thursday Holiday mART December 16, 2010, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Annette offered her latest designs of mixed media fiber jewelry. Hand stitched with contemporary style each necklace included exotic threads and colorful beads creating personal art that speaks, feels, and celebrates.
While you shop, the public enjoyed music from The ReBeats: A Beatles Tribute band playing of the favorite fab four songs.
Annette featured at Mocha Maiden Gallery
Silk, Fiber, Paintings, and Jewels exhibit a success at The Upper Gallery of Mocha Maiden.
The opening reception on Saturday, November 11, 2006, brought an enthusiastic and knowledgeable group of art patrons to The Upper Gallery of Mocha Maiden, 17-19 Maiden Lane, Akron.
Guests enjoyed the innovative designs of Annette Boncek, Margot Eisenman, and Laurel Winters. The three Akron area artists incorporate nature, flowers, and garden scenes in their colorful designs.
Annette’s work included her new vases with flowers. Offered in two sizes, the vases contain three vibrant flowers made from hand-dyed fabric, beads, Swarovski crystals, and exotic yarns.
Each sculpture makes a bold colorful statement about the beauty of flowers embellished with an artistic view.
Shirley Ende-Saxe blog June 9, 2009
I made these collage cards a week ago but they fit this post well because last night at the reception for the 19th Annual Artists of Rubber City Show (sometimes known as the May Show). I won an honorable mention award for 2 of my stitched cabinet card pieces.
Two women who were in my art classes in high school were also in the show and one of them, Katina Pastis Radwanski, won a third place for a very large, powerful, abstract painting called “First Kiss”. Another classmate, Annette Boncek, had a beautiful beaded and stitched wall-piece accepted. It was a wonderful night, and all the work there was worth seeing again and again.
The Mocha Maiden Gallery has changed considerably from last year and is now a very polished place to exhibit with a wine bar, new architectural detail, and a retail next door with art gifts that were calling my name. Something very creative is afoot in Akron, Ohio.
Social Justice Award Honors Women Leaders
Annette was invited again to make an award for The Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation honoring Deb Lemire, artistic director of Queen Bee Productions, with its Marie Covington Outrageous Acts for Social Justice Award.
The award is presented Oct. 14, 2010, at the fund’s annual Outrageous Acts for Social Justice Awards Event, held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Happy Days Lodge in Peninsula.
Annette created one of the awards presented in 2009 at the “Hats Off to Gloria” celebration of Gloria Steinem’s 75th birthday honoring women leaders in the Akron and Medina communities. Congratulations to 2009 Social Justice Award Recipients Marie Covington & Dottie Achmoody.
Annette returned to The Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art for its sixth Annual Wearable Art Fashion Show & Boutique Oct. 17, 2010, 10:30 am to 5:00 pm at the LaMalfa Conference Center in the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites on 5783 Heisley Road in Mentor, Ohio.
Guests met the designers, saw the newest, freshest fashions and accessories in the area and purchased one-of-a-kind pieces or special holiday gift at this fundraising event.
The wearable art runway show educated the audience about the fashions on display by describing the pieces in detail and explaining the creation process behind each piece.
Annette featured her mixed media fiber artwork at the “Making Visible” exhibit October 1 to November 7, 2010, at Summit Art Space, 140 East Market St., Akron, OH 44308.
The exhibit included the work of mixed media artist Maria Zanetta and photographer Jeffrey Eason.
The show opened Friday, October 1, with a free meet-the-artists reception from 5 to 7 pm. The theme for the exhibit, curated by Joan Colbert, came from artist Paul Klee: “ Art does not reproduce the visible, but rather makes it visible.”
The artwork was on display October 1 through November 7, 2010, during gallery hours noon to 5 pm Thursday through Saturday.
"Making Visible" was also open until 9 pm for the Saturday Art Walks on October 2 and November 6 plus on October 3 and November 7 from 11 am to 5 pm for Sunday Sampler, an art walk with the Akron Art Museum and Akron-Summit Public Library.
Out-of-the-Box Gallery Show Includes Auction Bidding
Since the Akron Area Arts Alliance established the Arts Alive! Awards in 2001, talented area artists have taken up the challenge of creating unusual boxes for the Out-of-the-Box Auction held at this biennial fundraising event. These one-of-a-kind creations, made with everything from cloth to clay to metal to glass to wood, have become highly collectible in the community.
The general public has always had an opportunity to view the boxes in a special Summit Artspace gallery show for two weeks before Arts Alive! But this year, the public will also have an opportunity to bid on the boxes in the gallery.
Over sixty artistic interpretations of “what is a box” will be on display Thursday through Saturday noon to 5 pm beginning October 29 through November 6, 2009.
Holiday Art Walk Northside District Saturday, December 4, 2010, 5 to 10 pm.
Annette joined the festive art walk with her unique personal gifts for the special people on your holiday list. Art enthousiasts enjoyed her latest artwork at the Zeber - Martell Studio 43 Furnace Street, Akron, in the Northside District where Claudia and Michael create colorful and imaginative pottery for home décor, jewelry, and sharing time with others in an artful way. Come join the holiday fun!
Tour downtown Akron by Lollie the Trolley which was free courtesy of the city of Akron.
Thursday, February 10–Friday, March 18, 2011
Textile Arts Alliance Annual Members Exhibition: Textile Art Expressions
Gallery Hours: Mon. - Fri 10:30 am - 2:30 pm, before selected Stocker Arts Center events, and by appointment. Please call 440.336.4140 for additional information. Embroidery, quilting, mixed fiber sculpture, felting, surface design, and other media are presented in this annual exhibition by artist members of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Textile Arts Alliance. Presented by Stocker Arts Center. Lorain County Community College 1005 N Abbe Road Elyria, OH 44035
Friday, March 11 - Saturday, April 16, 2011
Fresh Art on Current Affairs Seventh Annual Juried Show of new art, new ideas, and media. . . this time dealing with timely public issues plucked from the headlines. Annette’s work “War - what is it good for?” won second place .
Exhibit was shown through April 16 at Summit Artspace, 140 East Market St., Akron, 330.376.8480. Gallery hours: Thursday - Saturday 12 - 5 pm. Free admission and parking. Opening: Friday, March 11, 5 - 7 pm. April 2: Downtown Artwalk open 5 - 9 pm and April 3: Sunday Sampler open 12 - 5 pm
Summer Comforts Exhibit 2011 at the Log Cabin Gallery 1671 Main Street in Peninsula, Ohio
Annette exhibited at the Log Cabin Gallery with her newest vase and purse creations.
The gallery was open 11:00 am - 5:00 pm Friday, Saturday, and Sunday June 24, 25, 26, July 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, and August 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14.
The 8th Annual Juried Fiber CAFE Art Show at the Peninsula Library, ran July 30th to August 27th, 2011 with an opening reception on Saturday, July 30th, from 2-4 PM.
This year's show was a featured event of the Crooked River Fiber Fling . Featured media contained or spoke to fiber; including Fine Art (non-functional category) and Clothing, Accessories, and Household Items (functional category). The Library is located at 6105 Riverview Road, Peninsula, OH 44264. Library hours are Monday Thursday 9AM to 8PM.and Sat 9AM-5PM. Akron: 330-657-BOOK (2665), Cleveland: 330-467-READ (7323)
Out-of-the-Box!
From October 27 to November 6, 2011, the Out-of-the-Box work was displayed at Summit Artspace Gallery. On Wednesday, October 26, from 5 - 7 pm contributing artists and the public were invited to a special reception from 5 - 7 pm at the gallery where the boxes were debuted and bidding began!
The Arts Alive Awards was held Sunday, November 20, at the Stage Door at The University of Akron’s EJ Thomas Hall. The boxes were transported from the gallery to the event for a final round of bidding. Over the years, the Out-of-the-Box creations have become collector’s items for Arts Alive! guests.
The Arts Alive Awards this year raised $30,000 for the Akron Area Arts Alliance.
Harris-Stanton Gallery
Small Gems A treasure trove of small works by Annette and other favorite artists for the holiday season with the exhibit open December 3 - 17, 2011. The opening reception was Saturday, December 3, from 2 - 4 p. m. with the gallery serving refreshments all day from 10 a. m. - 4 p. m.
Conversations in Fiber
Annette’s newest creation “Abundant Peace” is one of the works featured at this Cleveland Museum of Art Textile Art Alliance exhibit at the Howson Gallery
at Judson Park 2181 Ambleside Drive Cleveland.
The exhibit is open January 13 - February 21, 2012, daily 9:00 am - 9:00 pm.
The Opening Reception is Friday, January 13, 4:30 - 6:00 pm.
Textile Art Alliance
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