RECENT PLACEMENTS

Two of my works are now in the Penrose Library Collection at the University of Denver.

 "Forest Stories: Grouse" and 3 panels of the installation book work "Connemara"

NEW WORK

One of my box assemblages - 2014 - recently placed in a Durango collection.

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