New Works

"Once Upon a Time", a book sculpture and "Black and White", a collage with handmade paper.  These and other new works will be included in my Open Studio event this weekend.  209 El Diente, Durango, CO

ANNUAL OPEN STUDIO

OPEN HOUSE AND STUDIO SALE

MARY ELLEN LONG

SATURDAY & SUNDAY

DECEMBER 6 & 7

10-4

209 EL DIENTE DRIVE

EDGEMONT

259-4363

PAPERWORKS

COLLAGE, SCULPTURE, PRINTS, DRAWINGS

&

PAINTINGS, ART OBJECTS, BOX ART, ARTISTS’ BOOKS

WINTER SOLSTICE ARTISANS' MARKET

Have a little corner at the Durango Arts Center opening tonight 5-7.  Repurposed Shintai cast paper baskets and a selection of my Nature Bundles (combinations of found materials - nature conversations!

RECENT ARTISTS' BOOK PLACEMENTS

This fall a number of my one-of-a-kind artists' books have found a permanent home in the Special Collections Library of Baylor University in Texas.  They were sold through Abecedarian Gallery's recent exhibit "Pulp Mastery", in which my work and the work of Melissa Jay Craigs was featured.

Four of my editioned books were also placed in the collection.

 Shintai Book

 Shintai Pages

 Shintai Scrolls

 Sand Games

 Forest Stories:Snake

 Arroyo Roots

Wasp Maze
Chi

NEW INSTALLATION

"Through the Forest" an installation using nature-altered oriental spirit papers is part of the Members Exhibit at the Durango Arts Center for the month. The papers were laid along a forest trail held by a stone throughout the winter.  In the spring, the harvest revealed the change that this collaboration with nature and time created

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Exhibit inclusion

My "A Walk in the Woods" sculptural artists' book has been included in the exhibit "In and Out of Sculptural Books at The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY.  this month. Curated by Kumi Korf (selections from workshops she has taught across the U.S) , my piece was created in  the workshop she taught a few years ago at the Durango Arts Center, on the occasion of her exhibit of prints in the Art Library.

BOOK ARTS WORKSHOP

Last Workshop of the year

 IN THE STUDIO OF MARY ELLEN LONG 

209 El Diente Drive,Durango (Edgemont)

BOOK ARTS - OCTOBER 25

review of many styles/bindings & sculptural forms/individual projects

Workshop is for beginning to experienced

Small classes and consultation on individual projects

all materials supplied

I currently have a large selection of Japanese kozo papers 

that will be available for our books.

10-4

$65.

for sign-up and more information

wmelart@yahoo.com

Living in Southwest Colorado, one of my favorite seasons is fall and the colors that explode.  Here is a scene on the mountain adjacent to Rico, CO

FALL ART NEWS

Free Educational Series ART WALK at Edgemont Highlands, Durango, Colorado Saturday, Sept. 6th - 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 7th - 2 p.m. Join Allison Andersen for an educational walk to view and learn about the environmental art along the trails. Meet at the Community Lodge 10 minutes prior to the start, wear comfortable shoes and bring drinking water. Walks will last about 2 hours each, and will be a different route each day. The Lodge is at 40 Red Canyon Trail. R.S.V.P. with your name, date attending, number of persons attending, and a contact phone number to 259-9133 x2 These art sites were designed by Mary Ellen Long and Allison Andersen is now the maintaining and expanding the on-going project. ——————————————————————————————————————— FALL WORKSHOPS IN THE STUDIO OF MARY ELLEN LONG 209 El Diente Drive,Durango PAPER-MAKING - SEPTEMBER 20 basic “kitchen” techniques/western & eastern style methods/emphasis on local fibers BOOK ARTS - OCTOBER 25 review of many styles/bindings & sculptural forms/individual projects Both workshops are for beginning to experienced Small classes and consultation on individual projects all materials supplied 10-4 $65. each workshop These are the last workshops I will teach this year.  wmelart@yahoo.com

ENVIRONMENTAL ART WORKSHOP (AKA: LAND ART)

Still room in the ENVIRONMENTAL ART WORKSHOP. Sign up for walking in the woods and making art from gathered natural materials. Lunch included.

ENVIRONMENTAL ART WORKSHOP

ENVIRONMENTAL ART (AKA: LAND ART) DURANGO WORKSHOP with MARY ELLEN LONG SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 morning: 209 El Diente Drive (Edgemont) afternoon: 768 Clearview Road 10-4 (lunch included) $50. sign-up and more information 259-4363 wmelart@yahoo.com reference: maryellenlongart.blogspot.com greenmuseum.org organicartinstitute.org CONCENTRIC CIRCLES, CLEARVIEW, CO 1993-2002

NEW SHOW IN DURANGO

Announcing "GATHERED SPACES", an exhibit by artist Leslie Scheiblberg Madigan at the Art Library at the Durango Arts Center. Opening reception is Friday, July 11, 5 to 7 pm.

and the show runs through July and August. The show includes "Journey Jars" containing book constructions of site specific materials and much more. Leslie lives in the Hudson River Valley, just north of Manhattan. The Arts Center welcomes her back as the first director of the Durango Arts Center in the 80's. At 7 p.m. following reception Short talk by Madigan (Scheiblberg) Part I: “Beginnings of the Durango Arts Center…1978-1988” Part II: “Building Gathered Spaces - 2006-2014”

PULP MASTERY images

The work in the Abecedarian Gallery show can be seen at the Gallery Online Store: Go to http://abecedariangallery.com/store/

DENVER SIDE TRIP AND FAMILY

Visit to the Denver Art Museum.

Design by Daniel Libeskind (top of "Big Sweep" by Oldenburg and van Bruggen) with old part of Museum in background - design by Gio Ponti

 Lao-Tsu by Mark di Suvero                bottom photo: family at Abecedarian Gallery reception

PULP MASTERY

Here are some installation shots of the Abecedarian exhibit in Denver.

 Wasp Maze, Shintai Scrolls, Shintai Book (all in case), Wasp Washi installation

 Sands Signs Symbols (4 scrolls), Secrets of the Burn (in case), Rootlets (12 on wall), Melissa Craig in corner.

 Cloud Root Paper (hanging), Forest Stories-Grouse and Snake (case), Connemara (cast paper on wall - 9 pages in 6 books)  Melissa Jay Craig books below.

WORKSHOP in HANDPAPERMAKING

PAPERMAKING Workshop, Mary Ellen Long studio, Sat. June 28, 10-4.  A few spaces left. beginning to experienced
small classes and consultation on individual projects - emphasis on local fibers and use of Kozo fiber with western and eastern styles.
all materials supplied

$65.

INFORMATION & TO REGISTER
wmelart@yahoo.com

PULP MASTERY

Mary Ellen Long

Melissa Jay Craig

ABECEDARIAN

GALLERY

810 Santa Fe, #101

Denver, Colorado

720-282-4052

Santa Fe Art District

JUNE 20 - AUGUST 2, 2014

OPENING RECEPTION, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 6-8 pm

Gallery open Thursdays and Fridays, 1-6 and Saturdays, noon-4 pm

BOOK PLACEMENT

Recently my WINTER PRESSING 2012-13 has been placed in the Mandeville Special Collections,  UCSD (University of California, San Diego) in La Jolla.  For more information see blog post June 3, 2013.

BOOK ARTS WORKSHOP

Coming up Saturday, May 17.  Artists studio workshop

  A few spaces available.  Join the fun!

ORGANIC ART INSTITUTE

I have recently been included on the new Organic Art Institute website. organicartinstitute.org.  Check it out.

WINTER PRESSING 2013-14

Another year I have buried paper under winter snow and harvested it in the spring.  This winter was very mild, only 27 inches at my location north of Durango at 7000+ feet.  The paper was used in a book about the rivers of the world.  This book is a companion for the wall installation "Roots into Rivers" recently exhibited in California and Durango.  The construction is my own invention.  The maps of various rivers are drawn on the nature-altered paper and vellum is overlaid with the ink-jetprinted name of the river.

COLLAGE WORKSHOP

Still time and room to sign up for my first workshop of the season - COLLAGE - in the Durango studio of Mary Ellen Long, Saturday, April 26 - 10 to 4.

2014 ARTIST STUDIO WORKSHOPS

MARY ELLEN LONG

209 El Diente Drive, Durango

COLLAGE -April 26

basic techniques/understanding of adhesives/composition

BOOK ARTS - May 17

review of all styles/bindings & sculptural forms/individual projects

PAPER-MAKING - June 28

basic “kitchen” techniques/western & eastern style methods/emphasis on local fibers

COLLAGE - July 19

ENVIRONMENTAL ART - August 16

history of land art with a hands-on outdoor experience (lunch included)

PAPER-MAKING - September 20

BOOK ARTS - October 18

all workshops - beginning to experienced

small classes and consultation on individual projects

all materials supplied

10-4

$65.

INFORMATION & TO REGISTER

wmelart@yahoo.com  

One view of the studio....

"JOURNEY..." EXHIBIT AT OPEN SHUTTER

Correction to the last day of this exhibit:  Wednesday, April 2.  

JOURNEY OF THE ARTIST AT OPEN SHUTTER GALLERY

Here are some shots of the Open Shutter Gallery exhibit.  A reminder and correction on the time of my slide talk to be given at 5:30-7 tonight, March 11.

Added to the exhibit are a multitude of my "Nature Bundles" pinned on the wall and displayed on shelves, etc.

JOURNEY OF AN ARTIST at OPEN SHUTTER GALLERY

EXHIBIT 

The Red Room at Open Shutter Gallery

MARY ELLEN LONG

Photographs documenting

the artists outdoor environmental art including a selection of artists’ books that use photography in unconventional ways.

opening Friday,

March 7, 5-8 p.m.

continuing until April 9

This exhibit is an extension

of the exhibit “Journey of an

Artist: The Art of Mary Ellen

Long” at Fort Lewis College

Art Gallery through March 19

     Stone Dream Deep, Clearview trails, Durango, Colorado

    Seed Circle Residence in Kingston, Ontario, Canada

   Waters Past at Edgemont Highlands, Durango, Colorado

    Kelp Spiral (in process) in Anguilla, British West Indies

      

SLIDE TALK

A presentation of images by the artist telling the story of her work in the landscape over a 30 year period.

Tuesday, March 11, 5-6:30 p.m.

OPEN SHUTTER GALLERY  735 Main Avenue   382-8355

JOURNEY OF AN ARTIST

The exhibit "Journey of an Artist: The Art of Mary Ellen Long" is now open.  It has been wonderful to see where I have been in this art adventure of 49 years!  Putting up selections of work done through these many years is quite a revelation.

Center image: "From the Forest Library" (nature-altered book pages)
Pedestals: artists' books and box art

 Center installation: "Aspen" drawings, "Roots into Rivers" (nature-altered paper and sand drawing)

Side gallery framed by cast paper "Aspens",  "Cloud Root Paper", handmade paper hanging book
Wall: "Sequence I-III, painting with leaves,

Side gallery: framed collage, mixed media work, artists' books

 "Awakening" collage; "Sands, Signs, Symbols". handmade paper scroll; Center gallery:
prints, mixed media wall work, artists' books - RECEPTION  SHOTS BELOW -