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MAY 13-15, 2016See where Norman artists work & create!

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OPEN STUDIOS

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Norman Open Studios allows artists in Norman to open their studios to the community to

explore the places where art is being made.

Open Studios Exhibit Reception6-10 p.m. Friday, May 13, 2016

MAINSITE Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main, NormanFree & Open to the Public!

Open Studios Tours11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2016

Free Self-Guided ToursPick up Open Studios Passport & Map at MAINSITE!Grab a free sno-cone from KONA ICE from 12-4 p.m. by showing your passport at Alejandro Bagajewicz's

studio warehouse!

Open Studios Artist Talks1-3 p.m. Sunday, May 15, 2016MAINSITE Contemporary Art

Free & Open to the Public!

Ongoing ExhibitionRuns May 13 through May 26, 2016

MAINSITE Contemporary Art

N O R M A N

OPEN STUDIOS

BOBBY ANDERSONWeaving | 630 Rancho Dr.

My first contact with weaving was as a child while visiting my cousin. She was weaving rugs and I was totally bit-ten by the bug. I watched her weave for hours, seeing the rug develop inch by inch. It wasn’t until 20 years later that I was able to take weaving classes. I took art classes in high school and graduated from college with a BA in art, with concentrated studies in paint-ing and ceramics, but neither of the universities that I attended offered a weaving program. It was not until I moved to Okla-homa that I found someone to teach me how to weave. I found a great group of women and men, who were just as crazy about weaving as I. I took

every workshop and class every chance I could. My designs don’t always start with a sketch. Most of the time they start with a dye pot filled with a beautiful color. Once the painting is done I wrap the yarn in plastic wrap and it is cured for 24 hours. Every design is carefully planned, except for the warp painting. I will plan my weave structure and the dimen-sions of my fabric but, the painting is all freehand and spontaneous. It is difficult to say what exactly inspires me; my work is intuitive and most of my color inspiration comes from nature. The process is exhausting and time consuming but, the result is gratifying.

ALEJANDRO BAGAJEWICZSculpture | 3601 N. Flood (Warehouse north of OnCue)

Alejandro Bagajewicz was born in Argentina in the year 1978. He Attended the University of Oklahoma and received his BA Visual Arts. He took advantage of the exchange programs at OU and decided to go to the Catholic University of Lima Peru for 1 year. Soon after, for the period of 2 years he attended University of Bologna and Academia di belle Arte in Italy. “I strongly believe that traveling, studying and submerging myself in culture has shaped the way I engage with people and my art. From the thought process that happens by knowing different languages to those

techniques learned by traveling and engaging in a particular material. Travel has given me access to different media that I can use to create. From Ceramics, wood, stone, metal and concrete. After many years of working each individual medium I can say today that I have the chance to put all of these materials and skills to function. It is fascinating to me because this has to do with giving an answer to the questions that the object formulates during the each execution. I feel that this is the necessary drive and that essentially the desire that it takes to confront each piece”

ETHAN ELGERSMAWood-working | 422 E. Main Street

Ethan Elgersma has been carving trees for five years now and is the main sculpture artist-in-residence at North Wind Studio. Ethan's experience with woodworking dates back to the early 1990's when he apprenticed with his father as a carpenter in southern NJ. In 2009 Ethan moved to the boundary waters region of northern MN and fulfilled his lifelong dream of apprenticing under a hand-crafted log home builder. He worked for two years for Heim Log homes (recently on National Geographic channel as the reality television show “Cabin Fever”), sculpting and building log cabins all over the north country. During this time Ethan

began sculpting with a chainsaw, utilizing the abundant material and tools available at the log yard. Within two years his sculptures were becoming known all across the state and featured in local papers. His invitation to the national chainsaw carving competition in Hackensack, MN, where he carved a seven foot replica of the statue in Rome of the archangel Michael slaying the dragon, was featured in the television show Common Ground as the artist of the month. In 2014 Ethan and his wife, Tobia, moved to Norman, Oklahoma to fulfill a decade long dream to open an art studio dedicated to creating beautiful, high-grade artwork and furniture.

CARLOS MENDOZAMixed Media | 305 E. Main Street

Carlos Mendoza was born a dreamer, a real-life derrame who sees things in colors that are different from those that are apparently before us. His pues show suffering and joy, good and evil, in their extremes, with the strength of what líes underneath the apparently tranquil surface of this world. What is revealed to Carlos through his visión is not what is readily visible. His eye is one of the deeper meaning, of what objects represent, not of what they are in the strictly material sense. The colors he applies to these

meanings tell us this, crying out desperately. And he applies hisown shades to everything, those of his feeling, not of reality. His energétic tones are representations of the passion he sees in the people his art portrays, for his art is of people, of how he sees them, and of the dreams he and they share. Carlos colorful dreams are of the people in our world and in his life and love; they go back to the history of his country and even to the cartoons he watched as a child in Mexico. They are characters that send a message that is totally outside the mainstream.

HALEY PRESTIFILIPPOGraphite on paper | 430 Iowa Street

Haley Prestifilippo graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2009 with her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art, followed in 2010 with a Masters of Art from Eastern Illinois University. She moved to Norman, OK in 2011 where she has been a practicing artist participating in various

shows throughout the country, most recently participating as a Spotlight Artist for Momentum OKC. Her work deals with themes of evolution, creation and decay, and interdependence in a literal sense as well as metaphorical. She currently works primarily using graphite on paper.

JASON & AMANDA WELLSMixed Media + Design | 912 N. Flood Avenue

An artist by profession, Amanda Joy Wells of Sublime Signs Studio has been a 'working artist' since 1996, beginning her career working as an interior artist and muralist before moving on to teaching art to children and adults. In 2007, she felt the calling to use her creativity in a more meaningful way, which prompted her to become a certified Visionong® facilitator, with the intention of helping people use the creative method to make meaningful life changes. As of August 2015, Amanda Joy and her

husband, Jason Wells – owner of Sublime Signs LLC – moved their shops under one enormous roof where he makes custom signs and she works on ceramics, paintings and custom art commissions. Amanda Joy's number one goal is to make art and creativity accessible to EVERYONE, which she aims to accomplish through through the wide variety of art that she creates, her mixed media art classes, create-at-home kits, creativity workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

1. ALEJANDRO BAGAJEWICZ + KONA ICE

Close to 3601 N. FloodHead north on Flood, heading

towards the I-35 merger. A warehouse just north of the OnCue location on the corner of Tecumseh

& Flood. Look for the Kona Ice truck!

2. JASON & AMANDA WELLS + SUBLIME SIGNS STUDIO

912 N. Flood AvenueJust north of the residential

neighborhood on Flood, north of the lighted intersection crossing Acres St. South of Robinson. Across the

street from Redbud Floral.

3. HALEY PRESTIFILIPPO430 Iowa Street

Turn due east off of Flood onto Iowa Street, past Baha'i Faith of Norman. Just past Lahoma, west of University

Blvd and Andrews Park.

4. MAINSITE CONTEMPORARY ART

122 E. Main StreetOn the south side of the 100 block

on Main Street, just east of the railroad tracks. Across the street

from Guestroom Records/Abner Ale House in Downtown Norman.

5. CARLOS MENDOZA & PUEBLA TACOS Y

TEQUILERIA305 E. Main Street

Two blocks east of MAINSITE on Main Street, before crossing Porter. Next to The Garage. Mendoza will be working in the patio behind the

restaurant.

6. ETHAN ELGERSMA + NORTH WIND STUDIO

422 E. Main StreetIn Downtown Norman, just east of Porter on the south side of Main

Street. Storefront just east of STASH.

7. BOBBY ANDERSON

630 Rancho DriveHead east on Alameda from Porter/Classen. Turn south on Rancho Dr. and follow to the end of the road.

Rancho Drive is the last road before the shopping center/Walgreens on

the corner of Alameda and 12th.

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