Out and About...
Sometimes we like to get out and go - to sell our gourds at art fairs and gourd festivals, to give demonstrations or teach a class, or even take a class ourselves because there is always something new to learn. Here are some pictures of where we've been.
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Within Radius Art Festival 2015, Riverside CA
This was our first year at Within Radius. Held at Trinity Lutheran Church, the music was great, the food delicious, and the crowd was friendlly and appreciative. |
Wuertz Gourd Festival 2013, Casa Grande AZ
Another fun year at Wuertz - super friendly people and fun entertainment. We taught 2 classes this year - our students are all so talented. Thanks everyone who made this show a success.
Summer Arts at Dos Lagos
June 1-30, 2012 The Shops at Dos Lagos Art Gallery, 2780 Cabot Dr., Corona This is a juried art show.
The Arts Colony "The Great Outdoors" Show
June 23 - August 13, 2012 at The Arts Colony at Heritage Park, 510 W. Foothill Pkwy., Corona
Rockin' Art Walk and Sale
Saturday August 18, 2012 from 3 - 8 PM at the Shops at Dos Lagos, Corona.
Corona Art Association AOY ShowMarch 27-April 28
Corona Art Association Gallery, 522 Corona Mall, Corona |
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We taught a class the day before the vendor booths opened. Our students were awesome and we all had a great time.
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We had so much fun at our booth - met so many nice people and sold lots of gourds!
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Wuertz Gourd Festival, 2012Our second trip to Casa Grande - this time we taught a class on Thursday and manned our own booth Friday through Sunday.
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Welburn Gourd Festival, 2011We had our own booth at the Last and Final Gourd Festival at Welburn Farm. Laurie and family friends manned the busy booth while Mary assisted the customers in the Welburn booth.
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Our booth - If you look closely, you can see Laurie to the left
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Mary at our booth
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The stages of gourd art creation
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Mary demonstrating use of the mini jigsaw
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Talking about ways to clean the inside of the gourd
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Modeling my face mask.
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Corona Art Association Demonstration, 2011
I am the only gourd artist in our local art association. The other artists always had questions about gourd art materials and techniques, so I welcomed the opportunity show them first hand how I work.
Guess which one is Mary?
Photo courtesy of Bill Dalgleish
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Mary Gehley, Michael Mazgai, Cathi Calhoun, r. mike nichols
Photo courtesy of Bill Dalgleish
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Artist of the Year Show, 2011Corona Art Association artist of the year, r. mike nichols, shared his show with the 2nd (Cathi) and 3rd (Mary and Michael tied) place artists. What an honor - thanks for sharing, mike!!
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El Cerrito Library Demonstration, 2011The neighborhood library invited me to introduce gourds and their uses to the children and their parents. The children were so much fun, and especially enjoyed scrubbing gourds and trying out the gourd musical instruments.
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Wuertz Festival, AZ 2011We traveled to Casa Grande, AZ, to the Wuertz Gourd Festival where Mary spent her time demonstrating Gourdmaster products in the Welburn Booth and Laurie enjoyed seeing the sights.
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Mary demonstrating at the Welburn Farm booth
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Laurie enjoying the sights at the festival
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Fontana Arts Festival
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Fontana Arts Festival
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Fontana Art in the Park
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City of Fontana Art Events, 2011
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Redlands Art Association Mini Show, 2010I was honored to have my art accepted into this juried show for art work 14.5" and under.
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Mary at the RAA Gallery Multi-Media Mini Show Reception
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Our mini display at the Art and Flower Show
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Art & Flower Show
The Crossings, Corona 2011
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Mary
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Extreme Arts, 2008Held at the Corona Public Library, this event highlighted a wide variety of artistic media. We were able to introduce people to gourds and the gourd art process.
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Laurie
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Mary and Laurie in our booth
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Cal Poly Pumpkin Festival, 2007Here we celebrated autumn at the annual Pumpkin Festival at the Pomona campus of Cal Poly. This is a fun family event held every year. For more information, click here.
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Laurie made a rainstick and learned how to create wax resist coloring using a kitska.
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Mary learned how to do coiling with pine needles.
Vendor booths
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Leiser Gourd Festival, 2007We traveled to Knights Landing, near Sacramento, CA, to visit the gourd festival at Leiser Farm. Laurie took a class learning how to make rainsticks decorated with wax resist coloring. Mary took a class in pine needle coiling. See more about Leiser Farm here.
Bins of gourds
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Mary in our booth
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Corona Lemon Festival, 2007Once known as the "Lemon Capital of the World,"
Corona is proud of it's citrus heritage. We had a great time showing and selling our gourds while celebrating local history with our hometown friends and neighbors. |
Sawdust Winter Fantasy, Laguna Beach, 2007What a great time we had for 4 weekends in beautiful Laguna Beach, CA. Joining over 175 artists and fine craftspeople, we sold our gourds and demonstrated each day in our booth. For more information about the Sawdust Festivals, see their website here
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