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Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley, AZ

A Year in Review: Exemplary Work by Basis Oro Valley Students, 2023 -2024

(Oro Valley, AZ) – Artists & Makers Studios in Oro Valley is pleased to announce the new gallery exhibition, A Year in Review: Exemplary Work by Basis Oro Valley Students, 2023 -2024, running from May 11 – June 28^th. Organized by 10^th grader Azani Anderson, this juried exhibition features artwork created by students between grades 6 and 12 at Basis Oro Valley charter school. Students submitted work for consideration to a jury consisting of Art Department Faculty, Administrators, and members of the Tucson gallery community. The student work on view ranges in media from graphite, charcoal, and ballpoint pen to printmaking and collage.

A Year in Review: Exemplary Work by Basis Oro Valley Students, 2023 -2024

Opening Reception

12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Saturday, May 11th, 2024

Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley

Steam Pump Village

11061 North Oracle Road, Suite 150

Oro Valley, AZ 85737

Viewing hours are Thursday 10am – 4pm, Friday 12pm – 6pm and Saturday 10am – 4pm, or by chance or appointment.

Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley, AZ
Mark Hamilton
When Materials Collide and Decide: Letting Paint, Rust, and Glass Form and Inform

(Oro Valley, AZ) – Artists & Makers Studios in Oro Valley is pleased to announce the new gallery exhibition of mixed media sculpture and painting by Mark Hamilton When Materials Collide and Decide: Letting Paint, Rust, and Glass Form and Inform. Painting with a brush would require Mark Hamilton to impose his will on the direction the colors flow. But pouring allows the paint to act with self-determination. Texture and viscosity temper, while the artist waits in wonder. Witnessing its agency allows Hamilton to take a moment without control. Hamilton works in concert with the material, rather than monopolizing the conversation. Like stubborn children with (often brilliant) minds of their own, the colors meander across the canvas, rather than follow his direction. Hamilton loves sifting through an 800-pound stash of rusty clutch plates or glass castoffs. Because somewhere in there lies his next piece. Once assembled, the reciprocal relationship between gloss, sheen, and coarseness emerges. Mark Hamilton bonds these elements into a coherent, organic structure, to be illuminated by sunlight or neon.

Mark Hamilton
When Materials Collide and Decide: Letting Paint, Rust, and Glass Form and Inform

Artists & Makers Studios – Oro Valley
Steam Pump Village
11061 North Oracle Road, Suite 150
Oro Valley, AZ 85737

Viewing hours are Thursday – Saturday 10am – 4pm, or by chance or appointment.