Oswego State Downtown’s Tyler Art Gallery is now exhibiting Kristina Hutch Matthews: Exploring the Impossible. The show will run from February 4 - March 12, 2011. This is my first solo show, and it features 14 pen and ink drawings that are most striking in their display of ‘realistic surrealism.’ If you are in the area, please stop by and check it out!

Kristina will be the featured artist at the Thousand Islands Arts Center in Clayton, NY in their annual show Along the River’s Edge, which opens July 8, 2010. The show will run through September 2010. Kristina will have several of her original works depicting life on the St. Lawrence River on display, and for sale. Please stop by and take a look if you are in the area!

The RepARTee Gallery and Penfield Arts Center are well on their way to becoming the creative hub I had hoped they would become…. If you are in the area, stop by and see “Variations on a Theme,” the wonderful show we have hanging here now!

Also, I’ve got several “works in progress” on my easel in my studio upstairs; and if you are interested in classes (for adults OR children), check out our website at www.penfieldartscenter.com!

We’re located at 2131 Five Mile Line Rd., in the Penfield 4-corners.

The RepARTee Gallery will host the RepARTee Alliance’s fifth annual holiday gift sale on Saturday, December 5 from 10 a.m  to 5 p.m. and Sunday, December 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

We will be featuring our usual assortment of decorative art and accessories, hand painted china and ornaments, hand-crafted jewelry, purses and scarves, hand-painted furniture, textiles, stockings, photography, prints and cards, holiday decorations and wreaths, and much, much more!

Catalogues for courses at the Penfield Arts center will also be available that day, and we will open registration for our January classes. 

The RepARTee Gallery is located at 2131 Five Mile Line Rd, in Penfield, NY. Parking is available across the street, and on Motts Lane.

It’s been a busy summer and early Fall, but our renovations are finally complete! The RepARTee Gallery will be opening with our first invitational show on October 17 from 5 - 8 p.m. We’re located at 2131 Five Mile Line Rd., in the old historic library building. The show is free and open to the public, so spread the word! We’ll be showcasing the artwork of 50 accomplished local artists in a wide variety of mediums.

My studio is located on the second floor, so be sure to stop by and say hello if you visit the gallery during our open hours, Wednesday through Saturday, 1 - 5 p.m!

My parents and I are currently in the process of renovating and converting the old historic library building located at 2131 Five Mile Line Road in Penfield into a new arts and cultural center, in which we plan to include an art gallery, art classes for adults and children, artist studios, and possibly, (once we have enough foot traffic) a coffee shop for artists to congregate and share ideas. At the moment, a picture framing business is considering renting space in the building and there is the possibility that we will have an art supply store sharing space in the building at some point, as well.

What I am envisioning is, basically, an ‘artist’s “hub” where creative people can mingle and a variety of artists, local art clubs, and art-related businesses can enjoy a symbiotic relationship. As artists and long-time residents of Penfield, my family and I are excited about the idea of fostering an interest and greater appreciation for the arts, as well as giving some new vitality to an old landmark in Penfield, which has been neglected and under-utilized for some time now.

We will be holding a brainstorming/informational meeting Thursday, June 18 at 7 p.m. Please contact me at 764-3493 if you are interested in attending. For anyone interested in teaching a class, I will have course proposal forms available. We are looking for instructors for a wide variety of classes –  from drawing and painting classes, to knitting classes/clubs, to book clubs and spirituality discussion groups….. Meditation classes, dream discussion groups…. anything that opens the mind and gets new energy bubbling!

I am honored to be one of three featured artists at the Century Club, 566 East Avenue, in Rochester, NY for the month of May. The show will feature eight of my large pen and ink drawings.

On May 24th, the Rochester Art Supply Invitational Art Show opens at the High Falls Gallery in Brown’s Race, Rochester. One of my full-sized original pen and ink pieces, “Banded Together” will be on exhibit in this show, which runs through July 5th.

“Wishes Adrift,” one of my original pen and ink pieces (see portrait gallery), was selected for exhibition in the Rochester Art Club’s Spring Show at the Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester (located at 277 N. Goodman St). The show runs from April 3 - April 24th, Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

This month, my work can be seen at the South Bristol Cultural Center in Bristol, NY and at Gallery 821 in Shoen Place, in Pittsford, NY. The show at Gallery 821 runs March 13 through April 3. Prints and cards will be available, in addition to some original work. If you’re in the area, check it out!

Two of my pen and ink drawings, Destiny Encapsulated and Metamorphosis, will be on display at the Pittsford Barnes and Noble through the month of February in the Penfield Art Association’s juried Winter Show (in the upstairs Community Room). If you’re in the area, check it out!