Mary Michael Shelley
Folk Art Americana Painted Wood Carvings
Specializing in one of a kind and original art work.
News and Updates, last updated March 2, 2008
Upcoming Shows:
Folkfest, Doylestown, Pa - at the Mercer Museum. May 10-11. 2008
Coming right up! Ithaca Farmers’ Market, Summer 2008!
See me carve in my outdoor summer studio at the Ithaca Farmers' Market, booth #56. It's a Farmers' Market and far more. I carve at the market every summer Saturday, May through September, 9 AM to 3 PM. Take a boat tour of the lake, listen to live music, eat exotic food. Plan a trip to the beautiful Fingerlakes area of central New York and visit our market. Utne Reader (fall 2002) noted the market as one of the"sixty best places in America to hang out." The Farmers' Market website is: http://www.ithacamarket.com
Online article published in the January 2008 edition of Word Catalyst Magazine.
Work in Galleries. You can also find my work at:
The Heritage Shop at Fenimore Art Museum (Cooperstown, NY),
Riverbank Arts (Stockton, NJ),
The Duff Lindsay Gallery (Columbus, Ohio),
Sea Hag Soap and Art Mercantile (Brackney, Pa, near Binghamton, NY)
Frank Miele Gallery (NYC, NY).
Belle Melange (Ithaca, NY)
Slide Talk. Wednesday April 2, 2008 (7 PM) I did a slide talk at the Arnot Art Museum, Elimira, NY for the Elmira Regional Art Society. I like doing slide talks and presentations on my work. Ask me to do a presentation for your organization.
GREATER ITHACA ART TRAIL 2008. 2008 Open Studio Weekend dates are October 11-12 and October 18-19. Arttrail is a self guided tour of 50 Ithaca and Tompkins County, NY artists' studios. All artists have their studios open at the same time on the open studio weekends. or you can make an appointment to see an artist studio at other times in the year. The Greater Ithaca Arttrail website is www.arttrail.com.
New Inspiration. I'm currently working on a "Guard Dog" series. Protective dogs, people sleeping/dreaming. The stars and moon up overhead. While I'm inspired I like to do several pieces about the same theme, each one different, but with the same feeling. So many ideas, not enough time. Check out the bottom of my website home page to see some text describing this new series.
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Tell me if you see my work! Please let me know if, where and when you see a mention, review or picture of my work. Lots of times I never would know that my work has been on display unless someone tells me that they saw it. Thanks, Isabel, for telling me this summer that there was an article in The New York Times (July 30, 2007) about the New World of Coca-Cola Museum, with a picture of the bottle I did for Coca Cola shown from the back. And then, recently, a call from Martha saying "did you know your bottle is promininently displayed in the lobby of the museum?" The answer is "No I had no idea until you told me." So thanks.
Why the Waitress on my stationary and Website?: She's really me. She serves food with a smile on her face, even though her feet hurt. Artists serve food too, a different kind of food. For your information, my first job was as a waitress. In the 34 years I've been carving/painting I've made perhaps 200 pictures of diners.