Stop-Motion Meets The Beautiful and the Sublime at PAAL – September 11

Petersburg Area Art League (PAAL) announces two upcoming exhibits to be held in conjunction with Old Towne Petersburg’s next Friday for the Arts! festival on September 11, 2009. Help us welcome local artist SIDDARTHA BETH PIERCE, whose title of her show, The Beautiful and the Sublime, expresses her interest in the many dichotomies of […]

August 23, 2009; 7:08 PM • by mari

Petersburg Area Art League (PAAL) announces two upcoming exhibits to be held in conjunction with Old Towne Petersburg’s next Friday for the Arts! festival on September 11, 2009.

Help us welcome local artist SIDDARTHA BETH PIERCE, whose title of her show, The Beautiful and the Sublime, expresses her interest in the many dichotomies of today, “both with the wonder of Beauty and the melancholy and sometimes horror of the Sublime. It is a great enigma, a conundrum that we all live, learn and love within each and every day.” Siddartha will show a collection of paintings, prints and sculptures of various mixed media works.

Then head up to the second floor for a family affair featuring a mother-and-son artistic duo who specialize in stop motion animation painting. Come experience their collaborative and innovative perspective on the “birth of a work of art,” described by SHEILA AND COREY THOMAS as a new and almost voyeuristic way to take us behind the finished product, and show the flow of artwork from concept to creation through the technique of stop-motion animation, multi-media art and more.

Things will heat up outside the gallery, as well, with Richmond flame thrower Chris Lumpkin providing entertainment.

Please also attend an Art Talk with Siddartha, Sheila and Corey at high noon the following Saturday, September 12, at PAAL.

Corey Thomas has created many short 3D and 2D animations throughout his college career and one day hopes to work for either Dreamworks or Pixar. Sheila Thomas has shown her work in numerous shows across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Her highly stylized representational paintings reflect her love of music and pop culture.

Siddartha Pierce is an active educator, award-winnig artist and published poet in the Richmond and surrounding community. She was featured on PBS’s Virginia Currents in 2001. This will be the first show in which Siddartha’s works are for sale to the general public.

PAAL is a non-profit organization founded in 1932, located at 7 E. Old Street in Old Towne, Petersburg, VA. Contact PAAL at (804) 861-4611, on the web at paalart.org and by email at paalarts@verizon.net.

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