April 3 First Friday
5:30-7:30
It's a FF Spring Fling!

We are celebrating spring with bees & teas, dreams & waking, and springflinging it with local creatives!

Bees & Teas
New-to-the-valley artist Megan Fitz is exploring the disappearing bee issue through her large-scale bee prints. She will be joined by Dragon Lady and some special teas and honey. No bees...no flowers...no honey...no tea...and that's just the beginning of the cycle. Come show your love for bees!!

Melissa Herrington- Dreams & Waking
Melissa is one of our most sought-after artists and we are so excited that she is sending us some new work to bring in spring! All the new work is posted on our website."My work, partly in response to the influences of my childhood, examines the theme of identity based on folklore, shared stories and dreams. There is a sense of familiarity and distance that creates cohesive surface tension. These elements have dual characteristics, with imagery that possess historical objectivity to a playful, feminist subjectivity. I am continuously working to develop my personal syntax of symbols, which become more reflective with each work I create. It is through the fusion of dream and waking, resolution and disintegration, which I strive to find an essential truth." Melissa Herrington is featured as LMC's Artist of the Moment. Read more about her on our website: http://www.lmcontemporary.com/exhibitions/artist-of-the-moment.html


Locals who will be flinging it around...

John Frechette
Each buckle is handmade using raw fusion glass.  The process begins by cutting designs with a diamond tipped cutter.  The glass is then layered to create each individual design.  The raw glass is kiln fired for up to twelve hours at over 1400 degrees. Also included in the show on Friday will be new cufflinks, created using the same process as the belt buckles.

Meagan Schwartz
"I formed a company by the name of Raskol Ink. LLC.
The main purpose of Raskol Ink. is to supply the masses with creative, comfortable art inspired designs on the article of clothing that can't be lived without. The Hoodie.
The Hoodies and designs created on them promote individuality and personal expression. The designs are inspired by curiosity, books and workings of the world around and the ones out. I would like to say the designs encourage the imagination and a desire to create. If they do than thats good and Raskol Ink.'s sub-main-purpose in Hoodie creation is fulfilled." www.raskolink.com

Alissa Davies
"My paintings are sustainable because they are unframed, small, and therefore inexpensive, giving a wider population the chance to afford art. Many paintings include collage pieces, such as newspapers, magazines, old tea bags, and other trash or recyclable materials. My pods are a form in nature that I am drawn to and their shape has been present in my life for many years. I often make them out of old tea bags or tea-dyed cheesecloth."

Vanessa Sulzer
"All of my works have a nature-based theme.  I will be featuring a designed t-shirt printed on shirts from American Apparel and shirts purchased at a thrift store. I will also bring along some of my designed scarves that were featured at the December First Friday at LMC. I am also going to be selling drawings on recycled cardboard."

Kelly Chadwick
Kaycee's Naturals http://kayceesnaturals.com
"A few years ago, a friend gave me a do-it-yourself natural body care book. After making several recipes for myself, I began making them for friends and family members. They loved them as much as I did! Before long I collected shelves and shelves of books and ingredients. So now, after many years of testing recipes, I decided to turn a hobby into a business.
kaycee's naturals (formerly pure indulgence) body cocktails are made in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. They are pure, simple and loaded with the good stuff! Adding lotions and creams to the line made including a preservative necessary. After much research, I chose a paraben-free preservative found in only one half of one percent or less of each of these products.
kaycee's naturals: more of what your body needs and less of what it doesn't."

Ben Rae
"My pieces are affordable and therefore accessible. No price point is really over $65.  I am using colored strings and leather in the work with pendants made from found objects. My necklaces are a simple combination of materials. Five colored strings, three strips of leather, recycled or found chain layered in a few pieces to create the final piece. Each will be geared towards an attitude of 'less is more', which I think speaks towards how people’s values are changing presently."


Think Eco- bring your own cup
Think Local- bring your checkbook
Think First Friday- bring a bottle of wine contribution