Mixed-media paintings and sculpture by Carla E. Reyes.

CLOSING PUBLIC RECEPTION:

Friday, Sept. 23rd, 6:30pm-9:30pm

On View: Thursday, September 1st – Wednesday, September 28th

Viewing Hours: Wednesdays, 10-3pm
Or by appointment – 718.801.2809 / brooklynartstudios@gmail.com

Learn more about Miscommunications

View artwork by Carla E. Reyes: http://www.carlaereyes.com

Miscommunications: Mixed Messages, acrylic and mixed-media on canvas, 24in x 24in, (c) 2009 Carla E. Reyes

Yashar Gallery
276 Greenpoint Avenue, Bldg. 8, Ground Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11222
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America SCORES New York, a holistic after-school program that encourages health through soccer and literacy and self-confidence through poetry among NYC youth, asked top city artists to create a work of art inspired by one of its student’s poems. The works by 19 artists will be featured in Inspired Art, a one-night exhibition and silent auction to be held at midtown Manhattan’s Sky Room on April 27.

Carla will be one of just three artists featured in a mini-documentary about the process, including her meeting with Michael Rocha, the 12-year-old poet whose poem, “The Color Blue,” inspired her work and a visit to her studio at Brooklyn Art Studios in Greenpoint midway through the creative process.

On Wednesday, April 27th, the artists, friends and supporters joined America Scores in admiring the original works and the poems that inspired them during an evening of cocktails, music and a silent auction of the art, 33 stories up at Midtown’s Sky Room.

View more photos from the event!

Learn more about America Scores

Texture Garden: Flora Series is a group of textural, mixed-media, floral paintings by Carla E. Reyes, exploring the cycles of nature and the human desire to capture and possess it. All of the paintings are inspired by actual images of man-made objects that were created from a variety of materials (clay, metal, stone, etc.) depicting a floral motif, set in a natural environment and undergoing the natural and chemical processes of aging and weathering. Carla’s artwork explores the color, texture, and character of natural and man-made surfaces, particularly in a state of change or interaction; which she finds both profound and beautiful. Flowers in particular, are cherished objects of nature that humans seek to preserve, but their seasonal appearance in nature, and short life span in unnatural environments, remind us of the fleeting and precious nature of existence. These works are meant to bring attention to the cycles of life, nature, and change, and the beauty of the processes that take place at any given moment.

The Tryst exhibition will feature works from the Texture Garden: Flora Series, as well as other textural collage paintings from previous bodies of work that explore a natural motif or theme. Organized by Beeswax Arts, the exhibition will be on view from August 3 – September 6, 2011. There will be an public reception with the artist on Thursday, August 4th from 7-9pm.

Tryst Coffeehouse, 2459 18th Street Northwest
Washington D.C., DC 20009
(202) 232-5500

Her complete portfolio can be viewed at: http://www.carlaereyes.com or for more information on the artist and/or the exhibition contact Danielle Lanteigne at beeswaxarts@gmail.com.

The RAANDESK GALLERY OF ART takes the idea of giving art as a gift to a new level with the exclusive ART2Gift ® services and annual exhibition.  They have taken the guess work out of shopping by creating a collection of small, original artworks–paintings, drawings, photographs and mixed media works by their artists that are priced between $35 – $500. This affordable ART2Gift® selection of works is the basis for which Raandesk Gallery provides the ART2Gift® services.

Artwork by Carla E. Reyes  will be on view and available for purchase in this special exhibition which will have an opening reception on November 19, 2010 from 7 – 9 PM.

The exhibition is on view from November 19, 2010—January 7, 2011

Submerged, encaustic on panel, 9in x 12in, (c)2010 Carla E. Reyes

Click link to view and/or purchase more ART2GIFT works by Carla E. Reyes at: Raandesk Gallery of Art

Raandesk Gallery of Art
16 W. 23rd Street
4th Floor
New York, NY 10010

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Brooklyn Art Studios and Yashar Gallery are hosting the 2nd annual Open Studios event on the weekend of October 2nd and 3rd, 2010. Over 70+ artists in two buildings working in a variety of media will open their doors to the public, and Yashar Gallery will present a salon style group exhibition of the artists of BAS. Art, music, refreshments, performances, film screenings…

Brooklyn Art Studios and Yashar Gallery
2010 OPEN STUDIOS

Saturday, October 2nd, 12-6pm
Sunday, October 3rd, 12-6pm

B.A.S. – 276 Greenpoint Avenue

Bldg. 8 – Ground Floor + Building 1 – 3rd Floor, Greenpoint, Brooklyn

**Visit Carla E. Reyes – Painter + Mixed-Media Artist

@ Bldg.1, 3rd flr, 1302C**

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(G train to Greenpoint Avenue)

Mixed-Media Floral Art by Carla E. Reyes

On view: June 3 – June 24, 2010

Mention of “Flower Power” typically conjures up images of lithe, long haired hippies donning tie-dyed frocks and peace signs.  However, not unlike this term–born during a decade defined by social upheaval and transformation – Carla E. Reyes’ “Flower Power” alludes to a more substantial process and practice.  A confident, self-motivated, and passionate creator, Reyes has the uncanny ability to transform an everyday motif (such as a flower) into a commanding presence through the experimentation, rigor and touch of whimsy inherent to her creative process.  Typically grounded in her curiosity and appreciation of the natural world, her work encompasses an earthy, tactile and sensual quality that engages the mind–as it tries to decipher her process and materials–and the senses–as they compel the viewer to wholly engage with the physicality of the piece.  As a skilled manipulator of materials who effortlessly blends natural materials and man-made objects, Carla complicates this so-called contradiction by creating a fluent exchange of textures, associations and perceptions.  So much so, that the man-made and natural often become intertwined or simply, indecipherable.

I was made well aware of this tricky exchange on my last visit to the artist’s studio following the “Flower Power” debut at Yashar Gallery in June 2010.  Utterly beguiled by her luscious surfaces and general command of the materials, I was surprised to learn that the images of the flowers depicted had actually been culled from an extensive portfolio of images the artist retrieved from the Internet.  The expressive, robust and, at times, fanciful images I had assumed were solely fueled by semi-romanticized visions of the natural world were actually artful reinterpretations of digital renderings (themselves at least once removed from any “natural” or, at least, original source).  The artist’s diverse collection of floral imagery, in fact, ranged from the inoffensive “garden-variety” to the macabre displays that accompany neglected gravesites and obscure, unidentified locations.  In effect, the viewer’s association with fall, rust, tarnish, moss, sunlight and mist, for example, were prompted by Reyes’ clever handling of a trite dichotomy called into question by the complexity of her process.

Although perusing this catalogue does not compare to a visit to the artist’s studio (you’ll often find her steeped in paints yet eager to discuss her latest projects over refreshments), I warmly invite you to reinvigorate your senses by learning more about Carla’s work, process and ebullient spirit in these upcoming pages.

***The full color exhibition catalogue including essay by Independent Curator, Krista Saunders (G-Train Salon, NURTUREart) to be released fall 2010, stay tuned…

Read the exhibition press release.

@Brooklyn Art Studios, 276 Greenpoint Ave, Bldg 1, Ground Flr, Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Carla is proud to be a contributing artist for a wonderful non-profit organization that provides artistic bedroom makeovers for young people with disabilities. Carla has participated in three bedroom makeovers; the most recent, and most ambitious, took place over the weekend of June 25-27th, for a special boy named Jesus German. The Yankee baseball inspired room, the wonderful volunteers, Jesus and his family, were all featured on NY1, as they awarded Blissful Bedrooms founders as NY1 “New Yorkers of the Week.”-

Watch the segment on NY1: http://www.ny1.com/content/121524/nyers-of-the-week–volunteers-give-city-children-a-room-full-of-dreams?ap=1&MP4-

Learn more about/donate to Blissful Bedrooms: http://www.blissfulbedrooms.org/contributing_artists.html

Feel the Art blogger Julia Michal came to Yashar Gallery and Brooklyn Art Studios for a private tour of the Flower Power! Mixed-Media Art by Carla E. Reyes exhibition and the artist’s studio, and published this nifty Q+A piece – enjoy!

Feel the Art – Artist Talk: Carla Reyes

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