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Greetings arts and craft lovers near and far! Tomorrow is "Shop Iowa" Day and you can still order Gene Sharp prints and notecards from by visiting www.shopiowa.com where crafters and artists from all over our state display their products for sale. It's a great way to support Iowa artists and start your early holiday shopping! Just go to https://www.shopiowa.com/vendor/sharp-art/ to see our selection. Thanks!!
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Here’s another great shop in Elkader supporting Art in the Park! Stop in and enter to win!
We will be raffling off our bag to help support Art in the Park! Total value of this bag is over $130.00.
Raffle tickets will be 1 for $1 or 6 for $5. Stop in to get your tickets.
Check out Shop Iowa for unique and locally sourced items including prints and notecards from Sharp Art!
Shop Iowa brings together art created and displayed across galleries & studios in the state and makes them available for you, ONLINE! On this day, find a piece by a local Iowan that inspires YOU!
Shop all art here: https://www.shopiowa.com/product-category/fine-art/
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You’ll be seeing and hearing a lot about Art in the Park from me as I’m on the committee to help. You can help too!!
Another great event coming in August!
Time is running out to purchase a beautiful Gene Sharp print online this holiday season. Just click on this link to go to our website: sharpartiowa.com
Orders placed by Friday, December 10 will arrive in time for gift giving.
Orders placed after December 10 will not be shipped until 2022.
Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Concluding a great 2021 Art in the Park and getting ready to make 2022 even greater!
A few words from Alan and Lucy:
We share now, with heavy but full hearts, that the Sharp Art Gallery will be permanently closing next Sunday, November 28th. We’ve done what we set out to do - to return the artwork of Gene Sharp to Iowa - and we’ve done a lot more - and it’s time for the next adventure! Don’t worry, Elkader: Lucy (now a private citizen) IS NOT LEAVING! Well, maybe for a few weeks in January, to somewhere warmer …
When, in October of 2018, Alan traveled to Elkader to research what was, at the time, an unlikely plan - to relocate Lucy from Colorado, to open an art gallery featuring the work of her father / his grandfather, Gene Sharp, in the small Iowan town of Gene’s birth - we couldn’t have imagined the life awaiting us. Alan remembers, that very cold October weekend, walking streets he’d known only as a child, when the Sharps and Halls still lived in neighboring homes on Carter Street - realizing, in 2018, that he no longer knew a single (living) soul in Elkader.
How that would soon change! Three years later, Lucy is an Elkader homeowner and Alan, as he is wont to do, eagerly comes and reluctantly goes. From the start, the Driftless area welcomed and embraced us, and continues to do so today.
At the Gallery, from Gene Sharp Midwest features such as “Boats and Shores” and “Barns and Farms,” to his international travels and commercial work; and guest artists (to name just a few of the greats) such as Scott Boylan, Vicky Hubbell, Rabecca Hennessey, Rebecca Kobos and Art Geisert; to a variety of classes that showcased the hidden talents of community members young and young-at-heart, we’ve enjoyed every minute of it.
Wait, no, that’s a lie. There was 2020 … But, while the Gallery doors remained locked, our iPhones took you on tours highlighting the best of the Gallery - videos which remain available for viewing on our website.
Speaking of which: the website sharpartiowa.com will live on indefinitely, where you can view the Gene Sharp collection in brilliant high-resolution, where you can continue to buy prints of your favorite pieces shipped to your homes, and where you can rewatch our amateur videography until the end of time (or the internet,) fondly recalling the quarantine days of, as Alan says in Episode 5, “I googled how to cut your own hair this morning …”
Future plans include improvements to the website and online store, and continued classes - location to be determined - maybe even in Lucy’s giant workshop/garage, which is, itself, now part of the Gene Sharp collection, its exterior newly painted with larger-than-life flowers first penned by Gene himself more than a half a century ago. No, folks, Sharp Art isn’t going anywhere …
But if you’d like to see Gene’s original work one last time, as well as that of our final featured artist - Lucy Sharp! - stop by the Gallery on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Prints, magnets, cards, and art supplies will be half off, and, as always, viewing of the artwork and good conversation is free!
Final hours:
Wednesday, Nov 24, 10 am to 4 pm
Friday, Nov 26, 10 am to 4 pm
Saturday, Nov 27 - 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday - LAST DAY - Nov 28, 11 am to 2 pm
Thank you, Elkader and far, far beyond, for everything!!!
Love, Lucy and Alan of the Sharp Art Gallery, Elkader, Iowa
Someone special will receive one of these creative cards painted with on Saturday!
Come relax with us tomorrow when we create zen wrapped rocks with .
1:00 or 3:30 pm. A couple seats still open!
There are some lovely items from Art in the Park artists and you can bid on them at the Silent Auction today (until 7pm) and Saturday 10:00 - 4:00pm at the Sharp Art Gallery!
Did you get your own copy of "How the Big Bad Wolf Got His Comeuppance" by local author Lisa Wilke Pope and illustrator Arthur Geisert? They're signed and available at Sharp Art for $17.95! We're open Friday and Saturday 10-4 so stop by and get yours.
Don't miss this opportunity to meet illustrator Arthur Geisert and author Lisa Wilke Pope on Saturday, October 23 when Arthur is holding a book signing for his newest book, "How the Big Bad Wolf Got His Comeuppance" Noon-5pm, 116 N Main St, Elkader.
Sharp Art Gallery, across the street from Art Geisert's, is exhibiting the complete original drawings for the next book in the trilogy, "Turkey River Trolls"! There are scenes of places in Elkader you'll instantly recognize and love. This book is expected be published in 2023.
Sharp Art is open 10-5p on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. See you this weekend!
60 people entered our drawing for a Gene Sharp print during Witches Night Out and Arthur Geisert, Elkader's children's book illustrator, drew the winning name. Congrats to Peggy J!
Arthur is holding a book signing for his newest book,"How the Big Bad Wolf Got His Comeuppance" on Saturday, Oct 23 Noon-5pm, 116 N Main St, Elkader. Sharp Art Gallery is exhibiting original drawings for the next book in the trilogy, "Turkey River Trolls"!
See you Saturday!
Drop in this weekend if you’re out and about in Elkader!
It’s FINALLY here...Witches Night Out (and Warlocks too) in Elkader! Enter to win a small Gene Sharp print of your choice, get a beer koozie with any purchase and enter Elkader Chamber of Commerce drawing — and grab some candy!
From the first of October, it’s soon Halloween, but here at Sharp Art there’s a lot in between! Check out our website (sharpartiowa.com) calendar of events for what to do!
Stop by tonight because it's October 1st - First Friday - and enjoy the photography of featured artist Jeanette Muller! We're open until 7pm.
Visit us at 129 N. Main Street in Elkader.
The Gallery will be open from 11 to 4ish! Stop in and enjoy the art and if you're working on a project (painting, knitting, crafting, etc.) bring it in this afternoon and hang out! Check out our art supplies!
Visit Sharp Art Gallery today to see the beautiful nature photography of Jeanette Muller. She is our September guest artist and has framed photos and notecards for sale!
New cool magnets at Sharp Art Gallery and we're open! Stop in to visit and craft with me!
Sharp Art Gallery is excited to share Jeanette Muller's photos with you! She's a Clayton County Iowa native and loves wildlife and photography. We're open today until 5, Friday 12-5 and Saturday 10-4.
These chairs will be part of the silent auction at this weekend in Elkader. Now on display at We're open until 5:00 today!
Working on another chair for Elkader silent auction, August 21-22. Stop in Sharp art Gallery and get an artists preview.
I’m painting a chair for the silent auction. Stop in and be creative with me!
We’re open Thursday and Friday 12-5 and Saturday 11-4. Check out the great art on display!
Stop by the Sharp Art Gallery today until 7pm and get a preview of some of the artists who will exhibit at Art in the Park August 21-22. And while you're in Elkader stop in our other unique shops and galleries like The Collective Elkader Grab some dinner and a drink at one of our excellent restaurants! Fennellys' Irish Pub, Schera's Restaurant and Bar , Deb's Brewtopia TD'S Sports Bar
It’s First Friday in Elkader August 6 so hope you’ll join us!
By Willis Patenaude, Times-Register
Wow! August already! and Friday is First Friday in Elkader! Sharp Art is featuring several artists from Art in the Park so stop by between 5-7pm or any time during Gallery hours!
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It’s FINALLY here...Witches Night Out (and Warlocks too) in Elkader! Enter to win a small Gene Sharp print of your choice, get a beer koozie with any purchase and enter Elkader Chamber of Commerce drawing — and grab some candy! #MeetMeInElkader #ShopSmall #witchesnightout
I’m painting a chair for the #artinthepark silent auction. Stop in and be creative with me!
