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We’ve got big news! We just launched two new call for arts on the blog – check out the details and apply here!
A MYSTERIOUS SNAIL MAIL SWAP
PANDORA’S BOX: This chest is filled with secrets, creepy crawlies, magical talismans, baubles, spells, spirits, poisons, potions, amulets, demons, dark and deadly items.
THE TOMB: This chest is filled with treasures, artifacts, maps, codes, ancient relics, weapons, items for the afterlife, lore, and relics from days gone by.
About once a year, Light Grey hosts a themed call for artists where each artist makes an edition of a work. Once at the gallery, we distribute one of each artist’s work into amazing packages containing ONE OF EACH OF THE ARTWORKS IN THE ENTIRE COLLECTION. Every participant gets the whole stash and gets to open a magical box full of mysterious goodies at home!!
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Just a few more days to sign-up for this weekend’s course!
Join us Saturday morning for a lecture and conversation with guest artist @jessicaroux as we discuss her recent book about the art of flower language, the Victorian Era, memento mori, and symbolism of the day!
Check out all of the details here: https://shop.lightgreyartlab.com/collections/light-grey-workshops
And a special discount code for followers: FLORAL20 for 20% off this class :)
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Join us tomorrow morning for a special guest lecture with artist Teagan White teaganwhite.com(last registration 3/13 at 10am CST)
Teagan White is an artist and outsider naturalist devoted to the flora and fauna of a planet in decline. Their delicate gouache and watercolor paintings and intricate line drawings lament the fraught relationship between humans and the rest of the Earth, and explore the tenderness and brutality that coexist in all of Nature.
Teagan’s work is influenced by years of living in the bleak Midwest and Great Lakes region, burying roadkill, traveling by bike, and working with wildlife. They recently relocated to the Pacific Northwest, where savage coasts lined with dead seabirds and mossy old growth forests are creeping into their paintings.
The workshop is about the connection between one’s muse, and the eternal quest for connection to our creative inspirations in authentic, inspiring, and respectful ways. We hope to see you online :)
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Join Light Grey Art Lab and guest speaker Jessica Roux, Author / Illustrator of Floriography, An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers, for an insightful workshop that wanders through the Victorian Era’s mysterious, romantic, ornamental, and symbolic icons.
The Mysterious Symbols of the Victorian Era <- check out the details here!
The Victorian Era inspires thoughts of dark fabrics, top hats, corsets , and bustles, strict codes of courtship and romance, of arsenic-laced wallpapers with ornate patterns, of days when mediumship and alternative forms of spirituality spurred some of the most intriguing esoteric communities and how death was memorialized in photos, memento-mori, and monuments to the lost. And amongst all of these aspects of living, a language of symbols pervaded every aspect of life – from love to loss, hope to despair.
In this course, we will cover some of our favorite Victorian symbols and their connection to the time, and speak with author/illustrator Jessica Roux about the stories behind her new book, Floriography, An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers.
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We are incredibly excited to announce a big series of online Young Mystics Classes coming to Light Grey Art Lab!
Join us for the first class Botanical Symbols of the Tarot and Their Origin Storieswith Guest Speaker, Kevin Jay Stanton, Creator of the Botanica Tarot
Saturday, March 6 @ 11am - 12:30pm CST
From ancient artwork to modern times, humankind has relied on a symbolic shorthand featuring flowers, leaves, and plant life to represent our pain, our passions, and our power. This online workshop brings forth a variety of sources for some of the flora that has been surrounding us for millennia and sheds light on its usage in the modern context of the Tarot we know and love. We will be discussing stories, symbols, and science behind why we have identified them to represent our human qualities.
Find out more details and follow along here: https://shop.lightgreyartlab.com/collections/light-grey-workshops
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Over the last few weeks, we have been working hard to put together a brand new series of interactive online courses for tarot readers of all experience, plant lovers, and makers alike. Keep an eye out on our Young Mystics Classes over the next week or so – a new class will be listed almost every day!
If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to connect with other creatives, tarot readers, or dive into something new, these classes may be for you! Participants will learn about a variety of topics such as secret symbols of the tarot, regional mythology, ancient history, herbalism, the metaphysical and beyond! Classes will include interactive discussions, Q&A’s with special guests, and lectures by Light Grey Art Lab.
Young Mystics Classes and Guest Lectures will be found here!
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COSMOS is back at Light Grey Art Lab!
COSMOS Tarot & Oracle Deck brings life to the night sky, depicting all 88 modern constellations, as well as planets, zodiacal symbols, and astral bodies through a series of 78 tarot cards and 22 oracle cards.
You can find the project and all of the artists involved here.
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I’m going to Iceland! Next August I’ll be traveling with a team of other creatives as a part of @lightgreyartlab Iceland Residency Program. Check out Light Grey Art Lab’s website for more info about their creative travel programs and to read all the team bios! #teamvatn #lgal #lightgreyicelandresidency #lightgreyartlab #travel #illustration #timelapsedrawing #ipad #procreateapp (at Light Grey Art Lab)
Finishing up a new piece for the 5th Anniversary exhibition @lightgreyartlab in March! This will be a part of the local artist showcase at their grand reopening. In the midst of grad school craziness I took the opportunity to try a more stream-of-consciousness approach to stitching and I didn’t totally hate it. Come see the other side of this embroidery in person on March 3rd! #embroidery #stiches #illustration #mplsart #lightgreyartlab #lightgreylocal #twincities #makemcad #mcad #mcadmfa #acolorstory (at MFA at MCAD)
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Last summer I went with Light Grey Art Lab and a group of amazing artists to spend a week long residency in Iceland. It was a really amazing experience and I’d recommend checking out any of their residency programs to anyone. This piece is for LGAL’s new exhibition, Immersion, about the group’s experience of Iceland.
You can check out the rest of the art here:http://lightgreyartlab.com/immersion
You can purchase art and prints from the show here:https://lightgreyartlab.myshopify.com/collections/immersion-an-iceland-residency-exhibition
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The Bard’s Curse
The following is the curse engraved on William Shakespeare’s tomb:
“Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare,
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blessed be the man that spares these stones,
And cursed be he that moves my bones.”
This is my piece I did for Pandora’s Box exhibition at @lightgreyartlab ! The exhibition is a large art swap including over 60 artists. Each artist receives an edition of each piece in the show. They have the exhibition up now so if you are in town you should definitely check it out or check it out online.
✨OMNIUM RERUM PRINCIPIA PARVA SUNT✨ - The beginnings of all things are small. ️
This is my piece I did for The Tomb exhibition at @lightgreyartlab !
The La’uña
My piece for Light Grey Art Lab’s show WORLD ROULETTE.
LGAL also has a Kickstarter for the World Roulette book! The show and book are packed with incredible illustrations and it’s an honor be a part of this collection.
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My piece for Light Grey Art Lab’s Fortune Show opening tonight, Dec. 2nd
It is Hand-printed and foiled artwork
Printed on Black 100# French Paper
This piece is based on the folklore of the Celtic Goddess Epona. The horseshoe gains its luck from its similarity in shape to the crescent moon.
Hope you enjoy!
http://shop.lightgreyartlab.com/collections/fortune-luck-and-auspicious-times
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