New Jewelry!

Yes, we are finally carrying jewelry here at the gallery! We have 3 jewelry artists now - Meghan McLeod, Alexandra Speer and Simi Suri - all are completely different from each other but all are equally beautiful in their own unique way.

From happy chic to light and dainty, we have it all! Meghan crafts her pieces from unique beads and accessories, Simi travels the world in order to find the most interesting and beautifully handcrafted necklaces, bracelets and earrings, and Alexandra toils away in her studio here at the gallery perfecting her skills as a jeweler, making each beautiful piece by hand.

From sterling silver to beaded beauties, and handcrafted works straight from India - they are each a great gift for early Christmas shopping or a must have for you right now. Come and see for yourself!

October Happenings!

Opening Friday, October 2nd with a Meet the Artist Reception from 7-9pm, Green Rice Gallery welcomes Artist Kate Vasseur’s new show entitled “The Fifth Season”. Kate’s work brings to life a variety of media, from watercolors on wooden panels and canvases to jewelry and sculpture created from repurposed objects. Her paintings have been described as modern landscapes that draw emotion from places we all seem to have been before. Kate’s quest for the unique, functional and purely aesthetic serves as her artistic inspiration. “The Fifth Season” will run from October 2nd through November 1st.

Also, Jonathan K. Rice and Scott Douglass, editors of Iodine Poetry Journal and Main Street Rag, will host a Poetry Reading at Green Rice Gallery on Friday, October 16th, from 7 - 9pm. Local Poets whose work is appearing in the current issues of these magazines will be featured readers. This will be the second time that Iodine has hosted a Reading here, so if you missed out last year, we're giving you a second chance!

Grand Studio Opening!

GRAND STUDIO OPENING TODAY!! Stop by the gallery and have a look at our brand new studios. Featured artist Susan Nuttall will be painting, and Dwight Hartsell will be doing a wood-turning demonstration. Everything in the gallery is 10% off for today only! We hope to see you soon!

Crawl Night!

Stop by Green Rice Gallery tonight as we celebrate the opening of "A Brighter Day", Teresa Hollmeyer's colorful mosaic show. We are so excited to have these beautiful mosaics through August 30th.Come walk through our brand new artist studios! There's lots of exciting new pieces from so many talented artists. So join us for snacks and drinks as you crawl through NoDa!

Teresa Hollmeyer's "A Brighter Day"

Please join us at Green Rice Gallery next Friday for the first Gallery Crawl of August 2009, which will officially open Teresa Hollmeyer's "A Brighter Day" mosaic collection. The show will run from August 7th through August 30th.



Teresa, a self-taught mosaicist, has been creating all types of mosaics for thirteen years. She learns something new with each finished piece. Her love for the outdoors is represented in her work and she finds new inspiration around every corner of life.

August Studio Sale!

Well it's official, Paul Hastings has gone crazy! He has decided that for the entire month of August he will take 25% off of anything in his studio space! From landscapes to surreal images, his oil paintings vary in size and subject matter but ALL of them are incredibly beautiful.

Paul waited years and years to become an artist, and one day, after studying the works of the old masters, he decided to pick up a brush and become a master of art himself. His oil paintings are equal parts memories, plein air sketches, imagination and travels. Paul now works daily in his studio here at Green Rice as a professional artist and considers himself living proof that pursuing your passion leads to fulfillment of your dreams. Stop by his studio to see him at work on a new piece today, and don't forget to take advantage of his sale during the month of August!

New Studios Are Finally Open!

How do you fight back in a recession? You expand! At least that is what Green Rice Gallery is doing! During the weekend of July 4th, gallery owner Carla Garrison went to work on building 7 new studio spaces in her newly acquired 1,100 square feet of gallery space here at 451 E. 36th St. The spaces will be open to the public and inhabited by working artists who can use the space to create and display their newest works. Viewers are encouraged to stop by and meet the newest additions to Green Rice Gallery on August 1st, otherwise known as move-in day!

One of the incoming artists is Holt McLean, whose space will be used for creating, displaying and even teaching! Beginning August 31st, Holt’s School of Fine Art will open for youth art classes. McLean taught youth art classes from 2002 – 2005 in California before moving to North Carolina, and she taught urban youth in 2005 at the NoDa School of the Arts. For more information or to register early, contact Holt at art@holtmclean.com or visit her website at www.holtmclean.com.

Green Rice also welcomes sculptor Marilyn Overton, abstract artist Rick Babusci, photographer Rachel Barker, mural painter Adela Jurca, as well as painters Leah Edwards, Ivory Medina and Pete Brown. Some of the artists have already begun readying their spaces and look forward to being settled in by the end of the month. The official grand studio opening will be held during the Charlotte Literary Festival in NoDa on Saturday, September 5th. The gallery will offer a 10% discount on any piece of art for one day only, so be sure to stop by, visit the new artists, and find a great deal on a beautiful work of art by a local artist!