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Limited Access: collaborative installation at Gallery A3

9/1/2020

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LIMITED ACCESS
Site Specific temporary installation by Valerie Gilman and Rebecca Muller
On View at Gallery A3 in Amherst MA

September 3-  26, 2020
Available for viewing through the windows all day, every day. This work changes dramatically with different lighting- early morning sun, mid day, evening.
Pop-up open-door viewings Friday and Saturdays 4-6 pm and by appointment.
Masks and social distancing required. ​

Artists Forum on Zoom
September 17, thursday, at 7:30 pm


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Befriending the inner critic- 5 simple steps to lift the weight of judgement

7/13/2019

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I dropped "Persephone's Dream: A Prayer for Peace" off at Parkhill Orchard the other day. What a pleasure! Russell met me and gave me a golf cart tour of the place, (including drive by berry sampling- Yumm! I'm going to the market today to get some of those berries!), and showed me where all the sites where new pieces are going to be installed- including my own. And then we looked at the stones he had to mount her on. She is going to look great. The picture here is trying out one of the the stones, but not in its real location.

I have an admission to make. I have a history of having a fear of galleries- a fear of approaching them- like they are the big bad wolf for artists.

I tell you this in the off chance that you know someone who has had a similar fear. Because it has become abundantly clear to me, with experiences like meeting Russell,  that my fear was ill founded, and maybe yours, or your friend's is too.


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New Gallery Representation: Salmon Falls Gallery

11/15/2018

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I am so excited to announce that my work is now represented at Salmon Falls Gallery in Shelburne Falls, MA!

If you have never been there, it is worth the trip. The gallery is beautiful and rich in great art. I was so pleased that when Donna came out to my studio, she chose work of mine that is abstract and my more serious work, including Janus- shown below. 

I am completely inspired by the affirmation. I hope to get some new work to the foundry before my Paradise City show in the spring.
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If you happen to be going to Maine before then end of November, my work is there too! Check out the Green Heron Gallery in Ogunquit. They have more of my figurative bronze work including the Head of Man, shown below
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