What a Party!!!

We want to thank the wonderful folks at Yoga One for choosing Green Rice as the place to celebrate their event! The up and coming Salivate Catering Company, owned by Sally Wright, provided beautiful table settings and the most delicious food you can imagine! We highly recommend contacting Salivate for your next event. They were professional, sweet as can be, and they really know how to decorate! Their prosciutto wrapped pear with just a hint of cheese was to die for!

A field of pink balloons floated across the floor as attendees mingled in the candlelit ambiance. The featured art of Katherine Blackwell made for the perfect backdrop as you can see from the photos, but don't forget to stop in tonight to see her incredible paintings in person! Tonight is the perfect night for a gallery crawl, and we just happen to be hosting one!!! Stop by and say "hi", we're here til at least 9pm!

Just in time for Spring!!!

Our resident mosaic artist Teresa Hollmeyer stopped in yesterday and dropped off a whole new bright and colorful series of glass mosiac pieces. We have kissing fishies, small gift priced multi-colored hearts, a gorgeous peacock, her oh-so-popular coneflowers, and so much more! They are perfect for this time of year when the sun shines through your window to catch the colors in her beautiful glass mosaics.

Come and check out her studio in the gallery, once you see how amazing they look here, just imagine what they will look like in your home! Ranging in price from $60-$650 they are perfect for any budget.

Working Artist Studios Now Available at Green Rice Gallery!

Green Rice Gallery in the heart of NoDa has 12 working Artist Studios, and two have just become available! Our Artist Studios are open to the public during normal Gallery hours. Our clients are invited to tour the gallery as well as the studios, meet with our resident artists, and purchase artwork. Studio Artists have 24 hour access to their studio. Artists are expected to use their studios to produce, display, and sell their art. All work must be available for sale to the public. Green Rice provides a Gallery Representative on duty during normal business hours, so Artists need not be present in order for their work to be sold. Acceptable studio media are fine arts such as painting, sculpting, mixed media etc. Applicants and media are subject to Gallery approval.

For More Information Contact:
Carla Garrison, Gallery Owner
art@green-rice.com
704.344.0300 (office)

Uptown Magazine Guide to the Galleries

Hey everyone, check out the fantastic write up in Charlotte's Uptown Magazine's Guide to the Galleries issue online at http://uptownclt.com/2010/02/guide-to-the-galleries/5/. You can find information on any Gallery in and around Charlotte, including our favorite...US! We just love getting good press, but it's no fun unless we share it with all of you! Thanks for making us feel special Uptown Magazine!

There is also a great article called "Why Care About Art" that we recommend EVERYONE read - just follow this link http://uptownclt.com/2010/02/why-care-about-art/.

And last but not least, under "Bodies of Work", Katherine Blackwell's "melty people" paintings are featured! Here's the link to see the entire article: http://uptownclt.com/2010/02/bodies-of-work/. Katherine will be our featured guest Artist for the entire month of April 2010. Her opening reception will be on Friday, April 2nd from 7-9pm.

Queen of Hearts

In October of 2009, Green Rice Gallery owner Carla Garrison and Artist Paul Hastings sat down over a few glasses of wine at NoDa’s Dolce Vita for a brainstorming session. The purpose of this meeting of artistic minds was to come up with the perfect donation for what they believe to be one of the most important fundraisers here in Charlotte; the American Heart Association’s Annual Heart Ball Auction. After numerous ideas about what might excite the bidders, they came to the most obvious conclusion…the city of Charlotte itself!

Although the two artists have slightly different styles, their close friendship and similar tastes (as well as a passionate love for painting) provided them with the perfect combination of talents to create a unique and colorful version of the Charlotte skyline. Paul and Carla decided that the skyline must be on a large canvas, and Paul’s handy creative side led him to construct a frame for the canvas out of a recycled door. He built rounded sides and affixed them to the door, then stretched a canvas tightly over the frame. The duo then prepared the canvas and began to paint the perfect Carolina blue sky, a color so beautiful that Paul could “almost lick the palette knife like it was frosting!”.

Next came the fluffiest clouds for the most beautiful day, and then on to the buildings which formed a near perfect triangle; the sturdiest and strongest form according to the old masters of the Renaissance period. Paul blocked in the building colors, exaggerated to create a dynamic effect, while Carla provided the tiniest of details, bringing the piece together for a finished product. As the piece came to a close, they discussed how on earth to sign the piece cohesively. After some wise words from a fellow artist, they signed the piece as Garrison & Hastings, Inc., on a building in the lower left corner. The big reveal came during a volunteer’s meeting at Ruth’s Chris on February 2nd. The piece, titled “Queen of Hearts” will be included in the silent auction at the Heart Ball on February 13th at the Civic Center. The painting is approximately 80” x 32” and is oil on canvas.

Carla Garrison is the owner of the Green Rice Gallery in Charlotte’s Historic Arts District known as NoDa, and Paul Hastings is an Artist featured in the Red Sky Gallery. The duo met two years ago at Green Rice when Paul moved his studio into the gallery, they became fast friends and artistic soul mates immediately. They plan to work together on many more collaborative works of art. As Paul states, “we never came to blows, nobody got hurt, so I guess we make a pretty good pair!”, and Carla responded with, “well, he brought me snacks, so of course it worked out!”.

1st Juried Art Competition at Green Rice TONIGHT!!!

Tonight from 7-9pm we are proud to present the Opening Reception & Awards Presentation of North to South: 1st Annual Juried Artwork Competition sponsored by Green Rice! We put the call out to any and all artists throughout the Carolinas to submit their work, and out of hundreds of submissions, we selected only 50 for the show. Tonight, our Judge Tom Stanley, Chair of the Department of Fine Arts at Winthrop University, will announce the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Best in Show winners at 8pm! Don't miss your chance to meet the artists and finally discover who the winners of this year's North to South are!

Weddings with Green Rice!

On Sunday, March 14th from 12 to 3pm, Green Rice Gallery will be hosting "Weddings with Green Rice", a collection of Charlotte's best wedding products and services. We invite all brides-to-be, friends and family to join us! We want you to be able to taste different flavors of cake, see a variety of floral arrangements, get to know your photographer, try on gowns, and much more in a beautiful gallery setting. We are so excited for this opportunity to show you and your guests this "marriage" of the best local wedding vendors in Charlotte!