Internal Guidance Systems

Artisans on Taylor presents

Internal Guidance Systems:
2006-2007 USA Visionary Art Tour

Curated by Anne Grgich with Colin Rhodes

Internal Guidance Systems is a “must see gathering of visionary, folk and outsider art. IGS includes an array of well-known and established artists from the Pacific Northwest, as well as, national and international visionaries, Raw Classics Folk and Emerging and Cross Over Artists.


“Internal Guidance Systems presents the best of that art which lives at the heart of our lives and yet, curiously comes out of the margins. This is compelling work that grows out of its creators like a plant grows out of the ground, taking the very fabric of contemporary life, it transmutates into significant message. It speaks!” Colin Rhodes.

INTERNAL GUIDANCE SYSTEMS
What a perfect title for a show! So what is it that makes the outsider/visionary artist special? It is this—the 'allowing' of that innate sense of creativity, spontaneous and unsullied by art school or other training - Internal Guidance

In this age of hype and ego and promotion of the Self, how refreshing that artists are emerging for whom the most important thing isn't self-aggrandisement, but rather the pure choiceless expression if their artistic creativity.

All those in this touring show are extraordinary examples of artists who have surrendered to this inner intelligence and produced art that is new, hugely imaginative and unfettered by cultural conditioning. Let us honor them and other creators of their ilk, as explorers of uncharted territories, fearless and prepared to risk all.
Henry Boxer 2007

Internal Guidance Systems runs all of September and October, with two openings. The first opening will be September the 1st, then IGS will be completely refreshed with new work and a new look for a second opening on October the 6th.

Mike Biskup: Massive Attack of Love

Mike Biskup is one of AOT's featured artist's for September. Mike's work was also selected by the Port Townsend Film Festival for their poster and brochure. Check out Teresa's interview with Mike in video below!





Mike Biskup is the artist called upon by the Port Townsend Film Festival to create artwork for the 2007 festival. After receiving the invitation he got right to work creating many pieces for the film festival committee to select from. In an unusual move two works were selected—one for the PTFF poster and T-shirt and a second for the brochure.

Artisans on Taylor is proud to exhibit work by this local favorite during the month of September, coinciding with the film festival. Biskup presents us with a large body of new, original work that he likes to call a ‘Massive Attack of Love.’

Biskup is a prolific artist who creates art for the sheer “fun of it.” Biskup describes his process as “a stream of conscious style of drawing” that he has enjoyed for his entire life. “The process of letting my wandering arm initiate a picture, and even complete it, has always been my most satisfying artistic endeavor. As I grow in years, in artistic experience, and as I more deeply know myself and experience calm within, I am drawn even more to let my pictures develop with no expectations,” he says. “When I can sit down calmly, stop trying, and let my arm wander effortlessly with an inky bamboo stick, or a butchered brush, then I begin to get excited! And I love to see what comes to the paper!”

Biskup works primarily with watercolors and ink to produce bold abstract images that are immediately appealing. He works and lives in Port Townsend with his wife, Lisa, and their three children.

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AUGUST

Watch video of August Opening!



Glass artist Callahan McVay
and the Third Annual Glass Float Hunt!
For the third year running, 50 of glass artist Callahan McVay's signature hand-blown glass floats were hidden in Pope Marine Park, downtown on the Port Townsend waterfront.

Once found, the floats were authenticated by Callahan, who was onsite at the park. Additional floats are also available for purchase at the gallery. Watch the video below!



JULY

OPENING NIGHT!!!
with Stefanie Johnson
and Emerald Honor Bailey

And don't miss a special unveiling of new work by four-year-old Miss Emerald Honor Bailey! Watch the video of the July Opening!



MAY & JUNE

: : LIFEDOTDOTDOT: Abstract paintings

Tom DeGroot
Zach Hixson
Counsel Langley
Eric Olson

Life Dot Dot Dot. As in Life etc. As in life and all the rest of it. That and there will truly be a veritable smorgasbord of dots to feast your eyes upon when Artisans on Taylor brings together Tom DeGroot, Zach Hixson, Counsel Langley, and Eric Olson, four abstract painters whose work captures and encodes nothing less than the stuff of life. . . . Watch video below!




APRIL

: : SOLVENTS CD/BOOK RELEASE PARTY!! April 7th, 6 - 8PM

Manresa Castle: a collaboration of audio and visual works
by Solvents & Heidi Tucker

Original prints by Heidi Tucker on display all April



MARCH



: : Assemblage artist Michael deMeng shares his Secrets of Rusty Things . . . .

JANUARY & FEBRUARY

: : HEARTBREAKER: JANUARY - FEBRUARY 15TH

Ever lost in love?! Betrayal, jealousy, unrequited, love/lust, unattainable, unapproachable, unresponsive objects of love/lust, tainted, tortured, led-on, let down
. . . . it’s a HEARTBREAKER.

HEARTBREAKER is AOT'S first group exhibition. Conceived of by painter Counsel Langley and co-curated by Langley and gallery owner Teresa Verraes-Landis, HEARTBREAKER brings together paintings, prints, photography, jewelry, and sculpture by more than twenty-five artists . . . .

DECEMBER

: : TRUNK SHOW X 2: beads. fibres. jewels. chocolate.

2006 CLEARANCE/2007 RELEASE
Premier AOT Artists: Lynne Hoppe, Jackie Pallister, Katherine Van Kleeck, Lisa & Tony Blackwell and Rachel's Chocolates

: : New paintings by local favorite Jacqueline Chisick
and the visual art of world-renowned violist Emanual Vardi
are displayed through the end of December.

NOVEMBER

: : PT Leader Features AOT artist:

Emanuel and Lenore Vardi add musical, artistic talent to Port Townsend's ever-vital arts community

By Kathie Meyer, Leader staff writer

When a California violinist visiting Artisans on Taylor heard that Emanuel Vardi, the world-class viola virtuoso, lives in Port Townsend, his jaw dropped with admiration. Between Emanuel and his wife, Lenore, also a violinist and violist of acclaim, the two have earned great respect in not just the musical world but as visual artists too. . . . READ THE ARTICLE

: : Jim Ball: Paintings
Sofia Christine: Icons
Opening Reception and PT Art Walk
Saturday, November the 4th, 5pm to 8pm

. . . . Jim Ball presents large-scale abstract paintings. His magnificent acrylic based works are made rich with layers of royal colors and mixed mediums, including shining gold leaf . . . .

OCTOBER

: : Saturday the 7th saw the Armed in Eden Artists' Reception. One of our best parties yet. All in attendence were radiant! Thanks to Audioeins DJ Alan Brock-Richmond for keeping the atmosphere sparkling. Congratulations to Lisa and Jeane for a powerful show that has launch a thousand conversations.


: : Armed in Eden -October 1 through Halloween

Lisa Johnson: Assemblage
Jeane Myers: Deconstructed Paintings

Check out Lisa's work in video below!



: : We are celebrating the unveiling our new exhibition space! Come by and see the hole we punched in the wall expanding the gallery and transforming the feel of the space.