In The Harris Family Gallery
The Harris Family Gallery is pleased to feature the Women's Art League of Akron (WAL)
and their "3M Show (and more)" during the run of "Beautiful--The Carole King Musical". I first saw the 3M Show at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Akron. The original show had 72 pieces. The Harris Family Gallery isn't large enough to exhibit that many works of art and many pieces were sold during the time the works were at St. Paul's. There are twenty-six works in this display created by twenty-four artists.
This exhibit is a perfect fit for this production since all the artists are women and their
3M Show focuses on the various depictions of selected photographs in different mediums--- acrylic, oil, watercolor, ceramics, felting. quilting, etc.
Just as Carole King's songwriting evolved and was interpreted by different singers, so have these artists put their own spin on the photographs.
Please read the accompanying information from the WAL which goes into detail about
the 3M Show (and more!).
Most of the artwork is for sale. If you wish to make a purchase, please inquire at the
Box Office. Thank you for supporting the arts!
Marci Paolucci
Gallery Curator
3M SHOW (and more!) **
You might ask how we came to make this collection of artworks. It started with looking for a way to create ceramic artwork for a gallery show. Also, Women’s Art League (WAL) wanted to have everyone participate in a show by making something individually, but together with a group theme. Since ceramic pieces tend to be heavier than photos or paintings, the size was limited to something that would not be too heavy when made from clay. Therefore, the size was restricted to 12 by 12 inches.
A variety of photographs were chosen then cropped to a square size. Then artists chose which photo they would like to recreate in whatever medium they preferred. At first, the plan was to have a painting and ceramic piece for every photo chosen, making the three mediums or 3M. However, the idea expanded to multiple mediums, including charcoal, acrylic, oil, watercolor, clay, pastels, shadow box with polymer clay, faux stained glass, mixed media, colored pencil, felting, collage, digitally altered photos and quilting. Each photo has a pairing with at least two other mediums. Sometimes the creativity was boundless, and an artist created two renditions, in different mediums, of their chosen photo. In other instances, the photo inspired several artists to create a piece using various mediums. This changed the show title to 3M (and more!)
Each set is shown in a group with the photo and the other inspired creations in various mediums. Each ceramic piece started as 12 x 12 inches, however, through the firing process the clay shrinks to a smaller size.
**The pieces shown here at Weathervane may no longer have the complete set remaining as some artwork has been sold. **
We hope you enjoy the creative energy and thoughtfulness put into each piece of work.
WAL members