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A Shore Thing- A Sculpture Tribute to New Jersey Coast

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Storm Sandy, Beach, New Jersey, Ortley Beach

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This artist exploration came in to being when the storm Sandy hit the coast of New Jersey and my home town Ortley Beach got wiped off the map! The tragic loss of friends’, homes, lively hoods and businesses, began my trip down memory lane.

2m.Vara_BeachThese events made me think and connect to so many childhood formative experiences. This stimulated the newly created series of paintings and sculpture in retrospective to a people, lifestyle of the beach, ocean and boardwalk.

3m.Vara_Beach

5m.Vara_Beach

Ortley beach, Storm Sandy, art, sculpture, reclaimed

Reclaimed, mixed media, Ortley Beach, sand, Ocean, Beach

Sculpture Sandy storm, Beach residents

The story or line of thought for this piece-
11 years ago my father passed away. His last request was that we as a family make our last trek down the seacoast stopping at all the beaches, light houses, boardwalks and seaside communities, just as we did each year as children when my parents’ beach businesses season closed.
This trip not only ended up being emotional but magical-!
The bottle contents were acquired throughout the trip. The contents carry memories, emotion, and spirit. I assembled and chose them through meditation and chanting prayer. the upward piece is kinetic and moves.

the series has 7 completed pieces and 5 in the works  I will post pictures as I go so please stop back. Thanks

metal sculpture, reclaimed, re purposed art, sculpture, Jersey shore, Ocean, metal sculpture, Storm sandy, art,

Venilia #717

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Venilia #717

metal sculpture, reclaimed, re purposed art, sculpture, Jersey shore, Ocean, metal sculpture, Storm sandy, art,

Venilia #717

metal sculpture, reclaimed, re purposed art, sculpture, Jersey shore, Ocean, metal sculpture, Storm sandy, art,

Venilia #717

Ocean, metal sculpture, Storm sandy, art,

Venilia #717

Renee vara, metal sculpture, re-purposed metal beach chair.
716. Re’ (2013)

 

m.Vara_Re #716 (4)

m.Vara_Re #716 (5)

m.Vara_Re #716 (6)

m.Vara_Re #716 (7)

m.Vara_Re #716 (10)

 

metal and shell sculpture child of the sea

“Child of the sea”.

m.Vara_Umiko #719 (2) m.Vara_Umiko #719 (3) m.Vara_Umiko #719 (4) m.Vara_Umiko #719 (5) m.Vara_Umiko #719 (6) m.Vara_Umiko #719(7)

 

Project ART- aT the tImE uNIoN cENTeR, ALBANY ny

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Just completed in time  for the opening reception- 9′ METAL bEAR SCULPTURE  made from lucky horse shoes and found objects, welded and left in rust.  His name became Ted in the last minuets of install so he could have a tag at the show. He is intended for exterior display and can (by clients choice) hold a lantern (electric) and or a mailbox. Then again he can just be enjoyed as a sculpture with no lantern and no mailbox- straight personality.

metal sculpture bear

the bear can hold a lantern and/or a mailbox or not!

mVara_Ted (6) mVara_Ted (8)

 

Project Art

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Albany Center Gallery is excited to partner with The Times Union for our satellite exhibit to take place at the Times Union Center during The Great Northeast Home Show.

The Opening Reception is February 8, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Saturday 9th -10am to 7pm
Sunday the 10th – 10am to 5pm.

functional metal sculpture art

Functional Table with candle holder for ambiance.

Small entrance fee will be charged. Look forward to seeing you there!

Forget the Game Sunday-“Don’t Know- Don’t Care- NoN Super Bowl Event”

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Forget the Game Sunday-

Come join us this Sunday, Feb.3rd,
Lucas Confectionery 12 Second Street, Troy NY 12180

Kick- off is at NOON for the

“Don’t Know- Don’t Care- NoN Super Bowl Event”

Half time Artist miChelle M. Vara (www.michellevara.com) of Ballard Road Art Studio Gallery located Wilton NY, will be showing metal sculpture at Lucas Confectionery 12 Second Street, Troy NY 12180.

 

metal sculpture couch potato

Enjoy Lucas’s our Non- team tackle championship-caliber wines, cheeses, and meats, carefully chosen from our playbook.

Thinking on Rabindranath’s Tagore writings-

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Rabindranath’s writings – Book: Final Poems
Were translated into English by Wendy Barker & Saranindrath Tagore.

I found this so stimulating to think on-
The first intimation of this profound philosophical change in Rabindranath’s thinking can be traced to On My Birthday 20; here, he creates a remarkable image of language in process of losing its power of signification and sharply criticizes the view that language can uncover the nature of Being:

# 350 Intimation Metal sculpture detail.

# 350 Intimation
Metal sculpture detail.

Today I imagine the words of countless
Languages to be suddenly fetterless-
After long incarceration
In the fortress of grammar, suddenly up in rebellion.
Maddened by stamp-stamping
Of unmitigated regimented drilling.
They have jumped the constrains of sentence
To seek free expression in a world rid of intelligence,
Snapping the chains of sense in sarcasm
And ridicule of literary decorum.

New Metal Sculpture Series

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Currently there are newly 12 finished pieces of sculpture using recycled metal.
The largest one as of now is 3 foot.
I have many more drawings & ideas to solidify.
I have started collecting parts to expand the langue and dialog.
I spent a week taking the sculpture to different sites and photographing them.
The backgrounds I put them in were very interesting.
The process was an enhancement of my photographic skills and I got to look at the work from a new perspective. I have really enjoyed the focus and time spent. working Man Metal Sculpture

Solo Show- Borgia Gallery, Elms College Chicopee, Massachusetts

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PRESS RELEASE
Art Show in Mass for Elms College

Elms College Contact: Nancy Farrell
Director of Institutional Marketing
Telephone: 413-265-2589
October 23, 2012

For Immediate Release:

Elms College Borgia Gallery to Feature miChelle M. Vara’s “inVoices” Art Exhibit

The exhibit is open 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily

from October 28 through November 16.

 

(Chicopee, Massachusetts)—The Borgia Gallery at Elms College will feature the work of miChelle m. Vara, titled inVoices, from October 28 through November 16, 2012. The artist’s reception will be held 12-2 p.m., November 16 in the gallery, located on the second floor of Mary Dooley College Center on the Elms College campus.

“I used an eclectic approach to abstract minimalism,” Vara said. “This work pushes the scope of dimension, and the finished pieces offer a visual smorgasbord that is as endless as my interests. Though metal and paint, I encompass the function and aesthetics of sculpture, to entice and challenge personal vibrations in a stimulating and fun manner.”

During the past 30 years, Vara’s work has won numerous awards and has been commissioned by a wide variety of museums, corporate, individual, and municipal clients.

Display will include newly completed works of jewelry, wall hangings and sculpture.
The exhibit will be on display 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily. The Borgia Gallery is located on the second floor of the Mary Dooley College Center on the Elms College campus.

Elms College is a co-educational, Catholic college offering a liberal arts curriculum that gives students multiple perspectives on life. Founded in 1928 by the Sisters of St. Joseph, Elms College has a tradition of educating reflective, principled, and creative learners, who are rooted in faith, educated in mind, compassionate in heart, responsive to civic and social obligations, and capable of adjusting to change without compromising principle.

 

Schacht Fine Arts, Sage College Troy Campus- Oct 9th and beyond

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metal sculpture and paint of michelle vara Ballard Road art Studio
1. SAGE College, Schacht Fine Arts Center TI, Division St. Troy NY

-Art Show runs October 1 to Oct 19, 2012- Free and Open to the Public.

Oct 9th, 3:30pm- Artist talk is at the Dinosaur Barbeque with lunch, Troy NY                               -Pre Registration Required

-Oct 9th, 6pm- Open Gallery with Artist in attendance, in conjunction with MoHu Campus events.
-War of the Worlds, showing – $10 Adults, $8 students and seniors,
Further information 518-244-4505            www/sage.edu/theatre

2. Ballard Road Art Studio and Gallery
-Open for the MoHu events throughout the tour dates and by appointment.
Gallery displaying functional and Aesthetic sculpture and paint of artist miChelle Vara with 40 year portfolio of diverse clients throughout the country.michelle Vara artist solo Show

Remembering 911

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Remembering 911- My heart and thoughts are with all who suffer the events past.
I have a master key from the World Trade Center shared by a local family to which I will incorporate in 911 monument sculpture upcoming. The 911- monument “Respectful Remembrances” made by me is open at The Wilton Fire Company on Ballard Rd, 6-9 pm tonight. Wishing all peace!~

911 metal sculpture

Industrial Nation -metal sculpture stands 18′

Sculpture for 9-11
Sculpture incorporates -I Beam from the World Trade Center. Sculpture is on permanent display- Wilton NY Fire Department, Open to the public daily.

911 Metal Sculpture