When October Goes…
It has been an intense couple of months…
we flew to NYC for the Affordable Art Fair…met some really wonderful collectors, talked to over 10000 people, (literally), came back for the final art tours, filmed with PBS, started in on creating a short film narratively documenting Far Beyond the Walls. Then we closed the Far Beyond the Walls exhibitions in the Nevada State Prison, uninstalled the 7 exhibitions and 2 group shows and cleaned all installation evidence from prison walls.
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR NYC views of BOOTH E18
Melhop Gallery º7077 Booth E18 at Affordable Art Fair NYC. Paintings by our special guest Chicago based artist Richard Glick. Inquire
Melhop Gallery º7077 Booth E18 at Affordable Art Fair NYC. Paintings by special guest artist Richard Glick. Keyboard Fantasies embroideries by Stewart Francis Easton and Common Threads #3, monotype dress print with embroidered body by Frances Melhop. Inquire
Keyboard Fantasies embroideries by Stewart Francis Easton. Wool on linen, 17.25” x 17.25” on stretchers framed. Inquire
These are the last 2 embroideries in the series of Keyboard Fantasies that are still available
Keyboard Fantasies #4 and #1, embroideries by Stewart Francis Easton. Wool on linen, 17.25” x 17.25” on stretcher framed. Inquire
is officially closed but we are continuing the project with an online exclusive on Artsy who featured Melhop Gallery this week!
Imprints & Abstractions by Jennifer Garza-Cuen installation view
Exercise yard at Nevada State Maximum Security Prison
A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTICIPATING ARTISTS, TO PRESIDENT OF THE NSPPS, MAURICE WHITE AND THE WHOLE NSPPS TEAM WHO BELIEVED IN THE PROJECT FROM THE START AND ARE AWESOME COLLABORATORS TO WORK WITH.
TO HEROIC VOLUNTEERS LIKE JOE KINSLEY WHO HAVE HELPED TO GET THE SHOW OFF THE GROUND - THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
We would also like to thank the Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities for their project and grant support! Thank you also to the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts for their grant in support of the project! Thank you especially to Bobbie Ann Howell, the grant wrangler at Nevada Humanities, who has been endlessly patient with us as we navigate the whole process.
This has been the biggest project we have ever embarked on and it was a huge success. Conversations are in motion!
P2P Prisoners to Paperdolls series by Glynn Cartledge. Oil on canvas.
Other World installation by Giampiero Assumma. CLA Naples, Italy 2012, 23" x 23" and CLA Naples, Italy 2009, 27" x 17". Photographs printed on Canson Platine Fiber Rag. Edition of 7
Off Record installation of impossible escape plans in the barber cell by Lisa Jarrett. Size variable, mesh and woven hair, 2024
Installation view of Red Buddha, LSD Blotter Art by Kevin Barron in the Maximum Security Housing.
Poetry by Shaun Griffin from “No Charity in the Wilderness”
Roman de Salvo! Corner Colonies, ceramic sculptures, 2024
Imprints & Abstractions exhibition of Ruined Polaroids by Jennifer Garza-Cuen. Archival pigment on Silk, 40” x 32” edition of 1 + 1 AP
Doll Trailer 3 by Ashley Brock 2023
Height 58”, width 48”, depth 10”
Lumber, stretcher bar, mdf, wood panelling, acrylic paint, LED lights, floral fabric, and artificial grass.