Events and Exhibitions of Blue Shoe Arts

EVENTS

Blue Shoe Arts has been in art shows and exhibits including 2004 - 2010, Lancaster Festival Art Walk, Nelsonville Final Fridays at the Outback Gallery, The Dairy Barn in Athens, Ohio, TBWA Chiat/Day Gallery in LA, Studio B in Lancaster, Elements Grille (Short North), Columbus, Lilyfest in the Hocking Hills, Art on Fair (Lancaster), Open Door Art Gallery (Grandview), The Works (Newark) and more.

Upcoming Events:

GRAND RE-OPENING OF ART & CLAY ON MAIN AND BLUE SHOE ARTS
Blue Shoe has moved to our new location!! And we invite you to our Grand Opening at Art & Clay on Main. 150 W. Main Street, Lancaster 740-653-1755
Saturday, July 17
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM is family time with lots of special things for the kids (clowns, face painting, popcorn, hot dogs and more). Joseph Greene will be drawing special requests. 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM General Grand Opening with opportunities to see our new art space, the Blue Shoe studio, the gallery featuring Blue Shoe artwork as well as artwork from local artists, and try your hand at decorating greenware. 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM “Date Night” for adults to socialize and work on clay (if you wish). BYOB The Blue Shoe artists will be working in the studio from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Come meet them and watch them create their wonderful pieces of art. We are all excited about our new digs!! A “grand opening special:” is 10% off all greenware to be decorated, fired, and given to you about a week later as finished pottery. What a deal!!
LANCASTER FESTIVAL ARTWALK FRIDAY, JULY 23
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM This is a huge gallery hop event held every year in downtown Lancaster as part of the Lancaster Festival. It’s a fun event…..lots of art to see and buy, great nibbles, stroll through the streets of downtown and visit over 30 locations. Come meet the Blue Shoe artists and watch Joseph Greene draw his special requests.

Blue Shoe Arts Gallery is located 150 W Main St Lancaster, Ohio 43130 in the Art & Clay Building New Phone: 740-653-1755

BLUE SHOE ARTWORK IN OTHER GALLERIES

Blue Shoe artwork can now be found in an additional gallery year round as well as in several rotating exhibits. We are so thankful that other venues find our original artwork to be popular with their customers.

The Artist Within, a new studio/gallery at 934 W. Market St. Baltimore, Ohio has a nice display of our artwork for sale throughout the year. This is a wonderful little gallery with lots of cool stuff. Owner Kathy McIntyre is an artist of various mediums and you can find lots of interesting pieces of her work as well as those of other local artists. Check out her website: www.the-artist-within.com for location and hours.

ROTATING EXHIBITS

Blue Shoe Arts likes to put our artwork out in the community in as many places as we can on a rotating basis. The artwork at these locations is usually limited to a few pieces and are not directly for sale through the venue. If you are interested in any of the pieces in the rotating exhibits, just notify us either through email or by calling 740-756-7874 and we will handle the sale.

The Pickering House, 282 Sells Rd., Lancaster, Ohio 43130 This is the newly-built Hospice facility of Fairfield County. We have 6-8 pieces of art in the family/children area.

AHA! Children's Museum, 315 S. Broad St., Lancaster, Ohio 43130. This is a brand new children's museum that is a must see!! We have 6-8 pieces of art that particularly fit in children's rooms. See website for times and directions: http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Aha.A.Hands.On.Adventure.Childrens.Museum.740-653-1010

Metropolitan Housing Authority, 315 N. Columbus St., Lancaster, Ohio 43130 We have 6-8 pieces in their lobby and small conference room.

Fairfield County District Library, Northwest Branch, just behind The Opportunity Center, location of the Blue Shoe Arts gallery. We have between 15-20 pieces on exhibit there, presently featuring a large selection of decorated old wooden doors.

Julia's Salon and Spa is a new venue for a BSA rotating exhibit. One of our good volunteers, Patty, has arranged this and handels switching out the artwork (thanks Patty!). Julia's is located on Wheeling St. just west of Broad St. in downtown Lancaster.

The Sterling House has designated one of their apartments as a Blue Shoe Arts Gallery, plus we have another few pieces in their sunroom. This is an assisted living facility located just off Business Rt. 33 in Lancaster.

Fairfield Developmental Disabilities Administration Building and Forest Rose School, both located on Rt. 37 in Lancaster (just north of OU-L) have small rotating exhibits. Hours are 8:00-4:30.

Call for more information about these above locations.