FEATURED ARTISTS EXHIBIT: At various times throughout the year Domaci Gallery will be featuring a specific artist's work. The opening reception will kick off a month long display of the featured artist's work. At the opening the public will get a chance to meet the artist and ask questions about their work.


Robert LaLonde and Patty Smith
Domaci Gallery Featured Artists Event

Saturday, June 19 from 6-10pm
Sunday June 20 from 11am-4pm

Robert William LaLonde III was born in Pontiac, Michigan in 1967. His fascination with metal began at an early age while viewing the Armor collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from Northern Michigan University in 1996, and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Metalsmithing from Arizona State University, in 1999. Currently, Robert is a professor at Northern Michigan University’s School of Art and Design in Marquette, Michigan. He has taught Art History, Art Theory, Jewelry and Sculpture at NMU since 2001. His views on the re-use of discarded material has culminated into this new body of work. Robert’s new technique transforms recycled decorative cookie tins and steel-cans into man-made precious stones (cabochons), that are then set into sterling silver rings, bracelets and neckpieces. These new recycled gems, which he has termed Tincanite, are extremely colorful and contain patterns and imagery that are truly one-of-a-kind.


Patty Smith a native of northern Michigan holds both a BFA from Northern Michigan University and a MFA from Arizona State University in Jewelry/Metalsmithing. Currently she is an Instructor of Visual Art at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Smith’s recent metalwork and jewelry are inspired by the Great Lakes region, industrial mechanisms and geology. This body of work is a direct result of time spent on Lake Superior, the Straights of Mackinaw and Lake Michigan. Her metalwork and jewelry has been exhibited in museums, galleries and art fairs regionally and nationally.

 

Classes:
-Recycled Tin Jewelry
-Wire Wrapped Lake Stone Jewelry
-Beaded Jewelry
-Tile Making
-Pottery
-More Classes T.B.A.

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