March 3, 2017 at 3:26 p.m.
ArtStart to open 2017 season March 16
ArtStart to open 2017 season March 16
An opening artist reception, featuring an artist talk by Fredendall, will formally open the season Saturday, March 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. The reception includes complimentary appetizers and a cash bar. Admission is free.
The Paintings of Sofia Arnold will feature all-new works by the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based artists as the bulk of her work was destroyed in a studio fire this past fall, according to an ArtStart press release. Her work is described as "fantastical" and autobiographical of her personal high and low points over the past few years. "I work quickly and automatically with a wet-on-wet technique in order to loosen and blur the normal boundary between figures and their environments," she said. A native of rural southwestern Wisconsin, she studied painting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under Fred Stonehouse and T.L. Solien.
Fredendall's exhibit, Mapping Memory, features works in wool and silk felting. She resides in Hancock, Mich., where she is professor of Fiber and Fashion Design at Finlandia University's International School of Art and Design. Many of her current works are inspired by the Quincy Mine whose shafts run nearly two miles under her home, the release states.
"The unique properties of wool have kept my attention since I learned hands-on felt-making techniques years ago in Finland," she said, "but it was on Isle Royale when I realized that I could use this great medium to chart the paths of humans and animals that so fascinated me."
Rhinelander ArtStart is located at 68 S. Stevens St. in downtown Rhinelander. Gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information on this and other ArtStart programs is available at ArtStartRhinelander.org.
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