2008
"Treasure Map" at Poughkeepsie Metro North Train Station- unveiling April 11, 2008 5-7 pm
41 Main Street,
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY (March 1-30)
opening party and talk march 8
closing party and performance march 30
Kasia Kay Art Projects "Sugarcraft" curated by Wynter Whiteside
1044 W. Fulton Market St.
Chicago, IL 60607
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DATES
June 20th-July 26th, 2008
Opening Reception
Friday, June 20th
6-9pm
My painting a day continues, www.dailypainters.com
October upcoming solo show at the Mountain Cow Cafe, Pine Plains, Ny
November, traveling show "Sugarcraft" organized by curator Wynter White, starting at Contemporary Art institute of Detroit.
2007 Workshops and art events for kids:
June- ages 10-13- painting and sculpture
July- free Summer Sunday events at indianRock School, Amenia, NY- I'll be teaching how to make exploding books on the 15th and folk art painting/ice cream social on the 29th
Saturday the 14th I will be at the Millerton NECC street drawing festival. Still looking for teams of artists for this free community event- all materials provided.
2007 Taconic Newspapers, Local Artist Puts County on the Map, by Oren Phillips, May 3
2007 SHOWS:
Upcoming shows 2007
* APRIL Beacon Artist Union (bau) @ The Muddy Cup
The Poughkeepsie Premiere opening of The Muddy Cup Coffee House's sixth
location, in Poughkeepsie, in the beautifully restored Shwartz building
at 305 Main Street. The show focuses on Poughkeepsie/Hudson Valley
artists. www.muddycup.com
*MAY 26th opening of ” Glories of Spring”, group show at
the Mapplebrook School in Amenia, NY
Opening January 12 thru February 23rd: Paperwork In, On and of Paper
Foundry Art Center www.foundryartcenter.org
St. Charles, Missouri
t-sat 10-5. Sunday 12-4
Opening January 27th thru march 3rd: Beyond Borders
GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 main street, Catskill, NY
m-f 10-5, sat 10-4 www.greenarts.org
NEWS:
Commission from Dutchess
County through the Arts Council with matching funds from NEA
for a public sculpture of an artistic depiction of the County
map with cultural, recreational, historic, and agricultural treasures
highlighted. Due to be installed in the Poughkeepsie train station
sometime in April 2008.
Continuing daily painting routine. Check out the blog: www.tillystudio.blogspot.com for updates.
and www.dailypainters.com
finished the Month of sundaes and now am selling the original 8
x 10 inch canvases for $100 each and a poster of 31 paintings for
$30.
Watch for additions coming soon to sketchbook of "My brother
Willy"
www.kbutlergallery.com - in Sarasota Florida- it is a wonderful gallery with an eclectic collection, located in a cute little enclave of unique Florida architecture. Stop in to say hi to Chris and Katherine and see my pigs, chickens and distinct weeds.
over the holidays, my sewn paper painting, the
Expulsion, was hanging at the new BAU
Muddy Cup Coffee House in Poughkeepsie on Main Street.
The BAU is a group of artists who are using their energy to promote
art events along the Hudson River. One cup of coffee can go a long
way towards keeping the Hudson Valley an art friendly place- so
go have one!
2006 Workshops:
PAINTING: IMPRESSIONISM AND SYMBOLISM
July 31st - August 4th, five days
Kids ages 14-16
Combine Art History with actual painting. Emphasize
painting what you see, as well as what you feel and know. All levels
of experience are welcomed.
2006 Shows:
opening
June 15th to August 20th
The Art of Music
Smithtown Township Association
St. James, L I, NY
Cow
Parade Boston 06 sculptures on location at Government
Center, along Freedom Trail, in Boston through Labor Day. On Auction,
Sept. 21. Generous corporate
sponsors are helping me to place two uniquely painted cows amid the city
of Boston as part of a fundraiser for the Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute.
One cow will be called "Bizet's Bovine Moosic", and the other
is called "Hay Market".
Katherine Butler Gallery "Summer Collection" June
5 - September 2006
1st Annual Millerton Street Drawing Festival,
organizer, July 8th in front of NECC, free event for professional
and teen artists.
Free art workshop - "Summer Sundays at the
schoolhouse" community mural/patchwork project at restored Indian
Rock Schoolhouse July 30th 12-3 Bring your own lunch. Art materials
provided.
"Motorcycle diaries..." Painting
at Claverack MX Track with sons and husband race. Portraits, demostration
and
sales. August 13th.
August 16-26 Taking my family to Valencia
and Barcelona, Spain! Looking forward to family time, great
views, new food and connections.
Millbrook
Vineyards & Winery...With an opening
reception on May 6th from 4-7pm. The show runs through June.
Millbrook Vineyards & Winery is conveniently located between
Albany and New York City.
Eastside
Artists Gallery, Pawling,
NY Opening March 11, Inaugural Group Show
East Side Arts Gallery
#3 Memorial Drive
Pawling, NY 845-593-3015
Hours open Wednesday through Sunday
Newest cup and chickens will be hanging!
Katherine
Butler Gallery in Sarasota, FL. April-May
May- Maplebrook School Paint Out, Wednesday
the 14th I will be instructing students of the maplebrook school
in a plein Air painting workshop. Then on the weekend
of May 20th I will be painting on the streets of downtown Amenia. A reception
and sale will follow on Friday the 26th at the maplebrook school.
Noble Horizons, Salisbury, CT "Feathering your Nest' exhibit, auction
(May 27th) and sale. An original painted birdhouse from my studio will
be offered
to benefit the Habitat for Humanity Organization.
PAST workshops:
PAINTING BIRDHOUSES AND
BOXES
June 12-14th, three days - Monday through
Wednesdsay, 9-1
Kids ages 9-11
Brainstorm ideas for unique birdhouse design
and paint, decoupage and glue your ideas into a reality. Afterwards
we will continue to explore color, line and design by creating your
own wooden storage box. Time will be taken to look at bird habitats,
discuss uses and the potiential of a container that both defines
and disguises its contents.
This workshop will emphasisze color choices,
brushwork, observation, humor, reflection & fun.
Workshop for kids ages 10-15 : Painting your
journal-4 days, 9-12:30 April
10-13 Start a "journey" with large pieces of paper
and juicy colored paint and your imaginations. Explore line,
color,
shapes. paint what you feel and what you see. then we will
cut, fold and
bind the paintings into bookform to create unique sculptural
works of art. register early- space is limited to just 5. 845-373-7813
On
February 5, 2006 Tilly is offering a Victorian Valentine
Workshop from 10am -1pm. For $60 participants
will silk-screen in mass production and then hand embellish their
unique designs.
Extra valentines may be sent to the US soldiers. Snacks,
drinks and all materials provided.
October 2005, Attleboro
Arts Museum Auction Online Auction, October 1 -
Nov. 10, Live Auction Sat. Nov. 12 @ 5 PM 86 Park St. Attleboro,
MA
September 8, 2005 "Fall for Art" Juried
Show 6:30-9 PM, Wilkwyck
Golf Club, Kingston, NY
August 2005 Southampton
Inn - Exhibition through Labor Day
Off to Spain....June 2005. I am
escaping to Barcelona, Spain to paint.
I've worked it all out through the School of Visual Arts to have a
studio there this June and I've already paid for most of the trip.
Because I need to sell some more paintings to pay for the rest, I'd
like to offer you a special deal. If you buy a painting from my website
now, I will send you another piece, inspired by the freedom of southern
Spain, once I return! (It will be roughly 5X7 inches and matted.) It
works out to be two for you and inspiration for me!
May 7th - creative
soup zine
December 11th I will be opening in a two
person show with Mary Thompson, at the Schoolhouse Galleries, at
1 Owen Road in Croton Falls, NY.
November 20th I would love you to
join me at my art opening in
Poughkeepsie that coincides with the city-wide Art Hop. Featured
at the Gallery Shop on Main Street through December.
November 13th at the Mabbettsville
Holiday Crafts Show - The Mabbettsville Gallery is open Thursday
through Saturday,
located on Route 44, just east of Millbrook, NY. The show will run
until
December 19th, 2004.
November 4th, a selection of my floral patchwork
paintings, at the new jewelry store that just opened in
Millerton, NY.. It’s called Elizabeth’s Fine Jewelry and it is located on 7
Dutchess Avenue (518-789-4649).
Anchorage
Museum of History and Art, Anchorage,
Alaska ~ Group Show (May 2004 - May 2005)
"Celebration in murals" Created (6)
4'x7' murals in collaboration with Anne Linden and my students at the
Kildonan school. The murals depict historic buildings, such as the
old train station, Bordens Milk canning factory and one room schoolhouse.
They were created with the help of individual sponsors in honor Amenia's
300th anniversary. (See pictures below!)
October 12, 2003: 10 of my newest works, depicting
the local landscape, will be
exhibited at Susan and Munir Abu-Haidar's Windy Hill Farm,
Millbrook, NY as part
of the Dutchess Land Conservancy's 12th Annual Dutchess Farm Country
Tour. 9-4 PM One Day Only.
December 5-6, 2003: I will have a booth, with paintings,
notecards and small items a
the Whitehart Inn, Salisbury, CT as part of the Town Hill Holiday
Boutique
Show. Fri 6-8 PM Sat. 8-5 PM Two Days Only.
August 2003 - The papermaking course Tilly attended
just recently was held at the
Womens Studio Workshop- under the guidance of masterpapermaker
Eugenie Barron
April 2003 - Billboad recently installed along
Route 22, done on commision and in collaboration with the Red
Hen sign Company. Destroyed by high winds in December 2003.
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