September at the Gallery
By Pat Kerns Alliance Art Gallery welcomes guest artist Josh McCurdy for the month of September. This popular area artist is known for his amazing pottery, especially his creative pumpkins but he is highlighting his textured, glazed pots along with a few of his jack-o-lantern creatures for his time at the gallery.
Josh is a rural Vandalia, MO native who graduated from Mark Twain High School where he now teaches art at the Junior High and High Schools. This extremely busy and talented artist is well known for his sculptural pots and is returning to exploring more of his earlier methods of glazed pots. This new father has also recently started teaching private classes at his pottery studio just outside of his rural Frankford home.
Josh graduated from Culver Stockton College in Canton, MO and has previously taught art at Canton schools as well as Highland Schools.
Gallery artist Connie Stephens is the September Spotlight artist and is featuring her photographs of Route 66. Connie has had a very long fascination of this road but never more so than during this 100 th anniversary. One of Connie’s pieces was accepted into a special exhibit at the Spiva Gallery in Joplin MO.
Connie has made the trip on many miles of this famous road many times over many years, she is fascinating to talk with about the highlights of this historic road. Her photographs will be complete with information about many of the photos. Connie is constantly exploring new photographic methods and techniques never completely satisfied, often taking online classes to learn and improve her work.
Both of these artists will be available for you to talk with at the September Second Saturday event on September 12 th from 4:00 to 7:00. Connie will be giving away one of her photographs for the drawing that evening. People can sign up to be eligible to win anytime the giveaway during that day at the gallery. You do not have to be present to win.
See these artists works along with all of the 19 gallery artists throughout the month of September at 121 N Main Street in Downtown Hannibal and join in the Art Walk on Second Saturday. Join in on the the conversations and refreshments starting at 4:00.
