Current Exhibition - 3rd Nature

Mary Stubbs, Nancy White, and Rollin Kocsis combine their creative energy into an exhibition about nature and the environment:  3rd Nature.  The show runs until Sept. 1, 2011.  Gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday from noon until 4:00 PM, and on Saturdays from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.



Coming In September



3rd Nature Exhibition Extended

Gallery Fifty Six will extend the 3rd Nature exhibtion until September 1, 2011.  This show is a combinaton of photography, ceramic sculpture, ceramic vessels, and painted silk wall-hangings.  The work is by Memphis artists Mary Stubbs, Nancy White, and Rollin Kocsis.

The gallery is open Wednesday through  Saturday, from noon until 4 PM

Orpheum Art Auction This Sunday

Looking for something to do this Sunday?  The Orpheum is having their annual Art Auction Sunday the 21st beginning at 2PM with the Silent Auction and the Live to follow at 3PM. Due to the amount of art this year they have expanded it to The Parlor, Lobby and The Pat Halloran Broadway Club. The event is free, please feel free to come down or spread the world to anymore who might be interested.

The Gallery Fifty Six artists who are invovled are:  John Armistead, Art Covington, Emery Franklin, Madison Sherman, Rollin Kocsis, and Jan Hankins.

Click this link to see some of the art on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.10150239861465947.315332.65359815946

This is fun event, and you can get some really great art at good prices, plus you help support the Orpheum and the ARTS in Memphis!

We Need Your 'Yelp'

Gallery Fifty Six has discovered 'YELP'....it's a site where you can review businesses that you have had contact with, from restaurants to beauty shops.  We have recently added Gallery Fifty Six to the list of businesses.

We are inviting you to visit http://www.yelp.com/  and review Gallery Fifty Six.

When you get to the site, key in 'Gallery Fifty Six', or 'art galleries in the search box.  Make sure you have MEMPHIS selected as your city.  Click on the search button and then you can post a review of the gallery, or particular shows we have, or you can comment on an artist's work.  You might have to register so that you can review something, but it's painless.

If you like Gallery Fifty Six, please give us 5 stars!

Sneak Peek

Jan Hankins will present his work in the September exhibition 'Parsimone's Flotsam'.  The subject of his paintings are based on objects that the artist found and picked up over the time along the beaches of Florida, in the Pickwick Forest, from the streets of Memphis, and elsewhere.

How Is It Done?

View this slide show to see how a silk wall-hanging is completed. 
http://photopeach.com/album/vay4sl

The wall hangings presented in this slide show are now on exhibit at Gallery Fifty Six.  Also in the exhibition are the works of ceramist Nancy White and photographer Mary Stubbs.

The exhibition runs through August 27, 2011
Hours: 

 Wed., Thurs., Friday:  noon to 4 PM

Saturday, 11 AM to 4 PM

901-276-1251



Video of '3rd Nature' Reception and Art

Thanks to everyone for coming to the artists' reception for '3rd Nature' - art by Nancy White, Mary Stubbs, and Rollin Kocsis. 

 If you would like to view a slide show of the event, click the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWa4s8Yignc

Photography by Mary Stubbs at Gallery Fifty Six

Mary Stubbs, Memphis photographer, will present a wide collection of her recent black and white images at Gallery Fifty Six's '3rd Nature' exhibition.  The exhibition opens on August 5, 2011 with an artists' reception from 5 to 8 PM.  The public is invited.



Mary Stubbs:  Revealed Through Serendipity.





You Are Invited To The Artists' Reception on Friday, August 5, 2011



Joie de vivre by Rollin Kocsis





3rd Nature will open tomorrow, Friday, August 5th, 2011 at 5:00 PM at Gallery Fifty Six.  The show will include photography by Mary Stubbs, ceramic sculpture by Nancy White, and painted silk wall-hangings by Rollin Kocsis. The theme for this exhibition is nature and the environment.  This is a free public event open to the citizens of Memphis.  If you have not been to an opening at Gallery Fifty Six, now is the time to visit the gallery.

PARKING for Gallery Fifty Six

Visitors may park in front of the building at 2256 Central, or they may park on the two side streets - New York Street or Philadelphia Street.  Parking is also available across the street at Lee Pruitt Designer, or at Market Central, which is 1/2 block from the gallery. Remember not to leave any valuables in your car.

COME ON IT, IT'S COOOOOOOOL INSIDE.

Beyond The Pond

Nature is a wonderful thing, as expressed in this silk wall-hanging by Rollin Kocsis

View this piece and many other nature-themed art at Gallery Fifty Six's 3rd Nature Exhibition, featuring the work of Nancy White, Mary Stubbs, and Rollin Kocsis

The opening reception is Friday, August 5th, from 5 to 8 PM

This event is free and open to the public.



Coming This Friday: 3RD NATURE

Want to find out more about the upcoming exhibition at Gallery Fifty Six?  CLICK HERE

Get Out, Quick!



'Get Out Quick' copyright Nancy White


University of Memphis ceramics professor Nancy White will exhibit her recent creations in a show titled "3rd Nature".  The exhibition opens on August 5, 2011, with an artist's reception from 5 to 8 PM.  The show's theme is nature and the environment, with work by Nancy White, Mary Stubbs, and Rollin Kocsis.  The reception is free and open to the public at 2256 Central Ave., Memphis, TN  38104





Only Three Days Left!

'Metes and Bounds', an exhibition of work by Bryan Blankenship, will close this Saturday, July 30, 2011.  Seven of his works have sold, but there are still many works to select from.  If you are planning on coming to see his show Saturday, please come early,  because the patrons who have purchased his work will be coming to pick up their originals that day. 

We open at 11:00 on Saturday.

Coming: August 5, 2011

Nancy White, Mary Stubbs, and Rollin Kocsis come together to celebrate nature

and the environment.  Nancy White will present ceramic sculpture, Mary Stubbs will display

black and white 'mirrored' photographs, and Rollin Kocsis will show

dye-painted silk and cotton wall-hangings.  This will truly be an

original collection of work.

You are invited to the artists' reception on August 5, 2011, from 5 to 8 PM



Mary Stubbs Coming To '56

Memphian Mary Stubbs will be part of the August exhibit:  3rd Nature.  She will present creative black and white photographs that are unlike anything you have seen.  Along with Mary will be artists Nancy White and Rollin Kocsis. 

'It Appeared So Simple' copyright Mary Stubbs



Only 4 Days Left

There are only 4 more days to view the work by Bryan Blankenship at Gallery Fifty Six.  We will be open tomorrow, Saturday, July 23 from 11 am to 4 pm.  The gallery will be open next week, Wednesday through Saturday.  Bryan's show will come down around 3:00 PM on Saturday.  We hope you will be able to view this creative exhibition.

Read The Review

Frederick Koeppel, of the Commercial Appeal, has written a review of Bryan Blankenship's current exhibition.  Please click the link below to take you to the Go Memphis web site.
(note: slow-loading page)

http://www.gomemphis.com/news/2011/jul/21/art-review-art-from-sky-high-perspective/

'Joie de vivre' - part of August Exhibition: 3rd Nature

Coming in August: 3rd Nature - an exhibition by Nancy White, Mary Stubbs, and Rollin Kocsis



'Joie de vivre' by Rollin Kocsis, a work in progress.





Argentine Artist Mariana De Marchi

Gallery Fity Six has a wide assortment of monoprints and linocuts by Argentine artist, Mariana De Marchi. We have pieces that are framed and unframed, and they are very reasonably priced.  Currently, Mariana is teaching private lessons as well as creating paintings and prints for upcoming exhibitios.

Mariana De Marchi works on a portrait.

Mariana also creates hand-painted boxes that she sells from her Argentine studio.  If you would like to have a painted box, you can order one at Gallery Fifty Six.  The artist will personally sign it for you.  (Shipping costs from Argentina will be added to the price of the box.  Please call 901-276-1251 for details.)

Hand-painted boxes by Mariana De Marchi are available through Gallery Fifty Six