2013 Midsummer Show
Kylie Grove Carl Kaplan Jacob Kaplan Emi Travalia Noa Travalia Skylar Willenborg august 4–september 4 september 28
August 4 – September 28, 2013
Young at ArT opening reception thurs 8/8 77–10 10 p.m. meet the artists sat 8/17 11 a.m. –1 p.m.
Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Frank’s
facebook.com/OTWDirtyFranks @OTWDirtyFranks offthewallgallery @gmail.com NE Corner, 13th & Pine Streets
What’s Next Saturday, August 17
Meet the Artists of Young at ArT 11 am‒1 pm
September 30 ‒ November 22
2013 Autumn Invitational Opens Thursday, October 4, 7‒10 pm
Sunday, October 13
Sunday with the Masters Hands-on Workshops, 12‒3 pm
Thursday, October 31 11:59 pm
Submission Deadline for Ninth Annual Juried Exhibition $5 per entry / up to $500 in prizes!
November 23 ‒ December 28
Ninth Annual Juried Exhibition Opens Thursday, December 5, 7‒10 pm
January 5 ‒ February 28
2014 Winter Exhibition Opens Thursday, January 10, 7‒10 pm
On the cover, from top, left to right: Skylar Willenborg s Rocket, Jacob Kaplan s T.A.R.D.I.S., Kylie Grove s Heart of Stars, Carl Kaplan s A Family, Noa Travalia s Sea Turtle, Emi Travalia s Tweety.
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Every single one of us is born an artist. This statement may or may not be supportable. No doubt, someone has done a study. Google the thought and you get a quote from Picasso: Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. He s just the most famous person to have said it. Many artists have conveyed the sentiment, including some realizing why they had perhaps failed.
Your Inner Artist
Children s art is magical and buoyant because it s the essence of creation. Unguided, unfettered, uplifting. Until someone says, You can t draw that, That doesn t make sense, It doesn t look right. The point, early enough, is: there is no wrong way to create. From birth, there is a brain; there are emerging fine motor skills and the tools of creativity; and there are blank spaces to fill with ideas, confluences of color, imagination come to life. Young at Art has two goals: 1) to encourage a small group of artists close to our community, ages 4 to 7, by giving them their first show; and 2) to deliver their art directly to our community, removing the perceived barriers of marketability that would hamper other galleries. Off the Wall Gallery has never been a commercially driven enterprise navigating the world as if the rent is forever due tomorrow. We are instead a gallery of art lovers. This show is humbly dedicated to the art, pure and simple, and to these artists, wonderfully, beautifully naïve. It s about Kylie s love of flowers and rainbows and animals like that lion looking at us kindly. Is it just a stuffed animal? No, Kylie tells us, he s real. It s about Carl s trippy ghost emerging from an abstract work so stealthily, it s scary. It s the red ovals staring out of Jacob s simple line drawing. What are those? Look closer. One hand on your light saber. That s Darth Vader. It s about how Emi, amid mermaids and Tweety Bird, captures the wagging tongues of yelling parents so deftly, it makes every parent think about toning it down the next time there s discipline to be meted out. It s about Noa s passion for color that sings, and her ability to point an iPhone at herself and drain almost all colors from the pixels using refracted sunlight. It s about Skylar s broad pointillism that turns out to be very intentional indeed. In fact, that s a marble run game, don t you know? It s about you. Take it all in. Take nothing for granted. Accept everything as feasible. And love: the work, the dreamers, the endless possibilities. After all, art is love. So everyone is born loving and creating. Then the world gets in the way. Well, not at Off the Wall and Dirty Frank s. Not if we have anything to say about it. Jody Sweitzer Curator
Togo Travalia Manager
Kylie Grove AGE:
6½
GRADE: Going into 1st grade FAVORITE COLORS:
Purple, black, pink and blue FAVORITE THING TO DRAW:
The sun with a face and my whole family COOLEST SUPERHERO:
Batgirl because she is a girl. BEST BEDTIME STORY:
Moosetache FAVORITE TV SHOW:
Big Bang Theory FAVORITE ANIMAL:
Monkey LETTER AND NUMBER OF THE DAY:
K and 134 I WANT TO GROW UP TO BE...
A rock star who paints. WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MAKING ART IS...
It s very fun and I don t like to sit around and be bored.
Above , below and left: My Hand Print, Heart of Stars and Colorful Animals.
Birthday Everybody
unframed work in the 3D space:
framed work on the Wall:
Buttery 30.
The Animals Rule 40.
The Heart I Made 30.
The Bad Guy of the Girl 40.
The Love of a Flower 30.
Birthday Everybody 30.
My Family with an Alien 30.
Colorful Animals 40.
Rainbow 30.
Heart of Stars 30.
Sunny the Dinosaur 30.
My Hand Print 30.
The Animals Rule
Turkey 40.
Carl Kaplan AGE:
4
GRADE: Preschool FAVORITE COLORS:
Blue, gold and red FAVORITE THINGS TO DRAW:
Just coloring or making snowflakes COOLEST SUPERHERO:
Batman because he doesn t have weapons and can fight really good. BEST BEDTIME STORY:
A funny made-up story FAVORITE TV SHOW:
Wild Kratts FAVORITE ANIMAL:
A parrot because it could fly up the stairs and a dog would have to walk. LETTER AND NUMBER OF THE DAY:
T̶because today is Thursday̶and 1 I WANT TO GROW UP TO BE...
A guitar teacher so I can teach people to play the guitar. WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MAKING ART IS...
I just like to.
Ghost
Above, clockwise: Small-Headed Man, detail of the small head and Rainbow Guy.
A Family 40. Ghost 40. Rainbow Guy 40. Small-Headed Man 40. A Family
Jacob Kaplan AGE:
7
GRADE: Going into 2nd grade FAVORITE COLOR:
Golden red FAVORITE THINGS TO DRAW:
Angry Birds and Doctor Who COOLEST SUPERHERO:
The Doctor because he has a time machine. BEST BEDTIME STORIES:
Puppet stories my dad makes up FAVORITE TV SHOWS:
Doctor Who and Wild Kratts FAVORITE ANIMAL:
An ant, I guess, but I really don t have a favorite. LETTER AND NUMBERS OF THE DAY:
T and 8 or 1 I WANT TO GROW UP TO BE...
I haven t decided yet. WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MAKING ART IS...
I just like to do it.
T.A.R.D.I.S.
Above and below: Darth Vader and Ninja.
Darth Vader 40.
Smile 40.
Ninja 40.
T.A.R.D.I.S. 30.
Installation in the 3D space, a collaboration with his brother, Carl:
Giant Snowake NFS
Giant Snowake
Emi Travalia AGE:
5
GRADE: Going into Kindergarten FAVORITE COLORS:
Pink and green FAVORITE THINGS TO DRAW:
Butterflies, mermaids, things I see, people I know COOLEST SUPERHERO:
Batman BEST BEDTIME STORIES:
Elephant & Piggie books, Eloise books FAVORITE TV SHOW/MOVIES:
Curious George, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story, any Gene Kelly musical FAVORITE ANIMALS:
Giraffes, unicorns and horses, kitties and puppies LETTER AND NUMBER OF THE DAY:
A and 1 I WANT TO GROW UP TO BE...
A painter and a builder. WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MAKING ART IS...
Drawing makes me feel like I am a real artist. It makes me feel like I can do anything.
Above , below and left: Girl with an Angry Headache, My Mommy Meryl and My Derby Horse.
Left to right: Alana the Mermaid and Ariel.
Alana the Mermaid 40.
My Mommy Meryl 40.
Ariel 40.
The Princess Sword 50.
Girl with an Angry Headache 40.
Superman 40.
iDance 50. for set of six 10. each
Tweety 40.
My Derby Horse 40.
Yelling Parents 40. unframed work in the 3D space:
The Princess Sword
Dinosaur Story 30.
Noa Travalia AGE:
5
GRADE: Going into Kindergarten FAVORITE COLORS:
Green, blue and black FAVORITE THINGS TO DRAW:
People, lots of colors that can also be people or animals COOLEST SUPERHERO:
Batman BEST BEDTIME STORIES:
Cat the Cat or just about any book by Mo Willems FAVORITE TV SHOW/MOVIES:
SpongeBob SquarePants, Tangled, Toy Story 3 FAVORITE ANIMALS:
Unicorns, lions and tigers (including Tigger) LETTER AND/OR NUMBER OF THE DAY:
A and 1 I WANT TO GROW UP TO BE...
A builder, a doctor or a superhero artist. WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MAKING ART IS...
I love painting. I love colors.
Sea Turtle
Above and below: Submarine Green and Noa.
Noa 30. Scream 50. Sea Turtle 40. Submarine Green 40.
Scream
Skylar Willenborg AGE:
5½
GRADE: Going into Kindergarten FAVORITE COLORS:
Orange and blue, together FAVORITE THING TO DRAW:
Marble runs, tornadoes, water slides and, most recently, lagoons COOLEST SUPERHERO: Photo courtesy of Al Stegeman
Spider-Man
BEST BEDTIME STORIES:
Winnie the Pooh, Just So Stories, The Secret Garden FAVORITE TV SHOW/MOVIES:
Shaun the Sheep, Cars, Metropolis FAVORITE ANIMALS:
Wolves (my middle name is Wolfgang!)̶mine are named Lemmie and Wolfie. I also love Zipper, my dog, and Pecos Bill, the fish. NUMBER OF THE DAY:
17 I WANT TO GROW UP TO BE...
A baseball or basketball player, or a sports announcer. WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MAKING ART IS...
The story.
Above, below and left: Rocket, Green Spiral and Tornado #3: Pizza Man.
Marble Run #8: Black Hamsters
Green Spiral 40.
Rocket 30.
Heart 40.
Thalia 40.
Monster 30.
Tornado #3: Pizza Man 40.
Marble Run #8: Black Hamsters 40.
Thalia
Announcing new dates* dates for our last two shows of ‘13...
Autumn Invitational * – Sep 30 nov 22
[NEW WORK FROM OUR AWARD-
WINNING, TOP SELLING ARTISTS]
TBD
Our Ninth Annual Juried Exhibition
$5 per entry / up to $500 in prizes Theme announced on Labor Day Entries on disc by October 31* facebook.com/OTWDirtyFranks @OTWDirtyFranks offthewallgallery @gmail.com