Shoe-In 2010

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Dreams are the reason we as human beings have accomplished so much. They are the inspiration and vision we turn to during challenging times and it’s in this spirit that Ballet West presents Shoe-In 2010.

The 2010 Shoe-In project includes fourteen one of a kind pointe shoe inspired art pieces by local Utah artists. Shoe-In is a Ballet West Ambassador sponsored project and all proceeds will benefit Ballet West’s educational and artistic programs.

For more information on purchasing any of these incredible works of art or to schedule a time to view the shoes in person, please contact Jessica Turner: 801-869-6964 or jturner@balletwest.org

2010 Shoe In Participants

SOLD	Lenka Konopasek $800 SOLD Bio: I was born in the Czech Republic where I attended the School of Applied Arts in Prague. After immigrating to the United States, I completed BFA degree in painting at the University of Utah and received MFA degree from the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. I attended artist residencies in Vermont Studio Center, Chicago Art Institute and Little Falls, Minnesota. My primary interest is in oil painting but I also like to work in mixed media, printmaking and sculpture. My sculpture, Reflection Tree, has been commissioned as part of Flying Objects public sculpture series for downtown Salt Lake City. I also completed multiple relief and sculpture pieces for the Old Greek Town Trax Station www.lenkakonopasek.com
	Kali Mellus $1,500 Statement: A series of ideas and aspirations flowing through the mind like water. Bio: Kali Mellus began experimenting with resin in 2002 while attending college for a degree in art. What started as a way to create jewelry for herself eventually became a full-time job. In 2005 Mellus was able to quit her day job, began crafting full time and established her brand Bykali. Mellus turns every day objects, such as hardware, leaves, plaster, and tape into pendants, buckles and wearable art. Mellus also created leather belts and bracelets to compliment her pieces. You can find Bykali online at bykali.esty.com and locally at art and craft shows from Park City to Provo. www.bykali.com
SOLD	Sarinda Jones $1,200 SOLD Bio: Sarinda Jones is a kiln-formed glass artist currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. Having had a relationship with art from an early age, Sarinda has worked with several mediums and also studied art history. She studied under Mary White of San Jose State University, glass school coordinator and instructor, in August of 2003, at the Pilchuck Glass School, with an emphasis on kiln-formed glass and casting techniques. Sarinda has worked on several glass pieces, together integrating glass and metal into distinctive sculptures. Her experience in training at Pilchuck Glass School required a significant amount of team working between Sarinda, the staff, and fellow students. Sarinda is an award-winning artist and has shown her work nationally and has been commissioned to create a variety of pieces. These have included window panels, wall pieces and large-scale sculptures and an assortment of other works. She has been a studio artist for the last ten years and recently has national recognition for DNA sculptures being a finalist for NICHE Award of American Craft/Rosen Group in Philadelphia, PA. Also, exhibiting with the American Craft Council in San Francisco in 2009 and in 2010. In 2006 she was an invited artist to the Utah Arts Festival. Sarinda welcomes visitors to Reflective Art Studio by appointment, please call 801-835-8611. www.reflectiveartstudio.com
	Caleb Workman $500 Caleb Workman comes from a humble background. Born in rural Idaho, he spent summers as a youth on his Granddad’s ranch where there wasn't much to do but get lost in his books and sketch pad. Far away from freeways and train yards, miles away from the nearest supermarket, supplies were flown to the ranch by plane. The silence was deafening, yet perfect for nurturing his imagination. When Caleb returned to the city, he would break away to the bookstore to absorb graffiti, skate and Fangoria magazines which heavily influenced his artistic direction.
	Heather Campbell $2,500 The creation process is personal to every Artist, from their unique vision of the world to the actual materials they choose to express themselves. Heather Campbell lives with her husband in a late 1800’s Victorian home along the Logan River in Cache Valley, Utah. The Purple Door studio is located in the old summer kitchen that is separate from the main house which is near the river that runs through her backyard. It is a lovely setting and a wonderful space to inspire her as she practices her art. Campbell comes from a family that has always encouraged creative thought and artistic experimentation. She has spent many years in the Arts and Crafts industry working with oil, watercolor, ceramics, wood and metals. She is fascinated with polymer clay and has enjoyed learning and sharing all she can about this unique art medium. She loves to get lost in the touch, smells, mixing of color and magical transformation of clay. Three dimensional art and mixed media have always been her favorites. Her eclectic taste and passion for antiques and old stuff blend in beautifully with the versatility of polymer clay. All of her jewelry and sculpture pieces are original, one of a kind, unique and intricate. They are inspired by the natural balance of color, texture and design revealed each day in our fascinating world, combined with life experience. www.purpledoorart.com
	Sallie Shatz $1,500 Mosaic of dreams, snippets of thought that fulfill our life through our imagination. Sallie Dean Shatz, has worked for BBC, Amnesty International, Index on Censorship, Sports Illustrated, and a variety of magazines and companies in the sports world and magazines and newspapers in Lebanon, England, Germany, Australia, Israel/Palestine and the Unites States. She has worked for many non-government organizations in the Middle East and Central Asia. Her work has been exhibited on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, in Beirut, Lebanon sponsored by UNESCO and Amnesty International in Jerusalem and an exhibit that toured Spain through AL-LIQUINDOI for over a year. Shatz has also been a member of Mountain Rescue-Aspen for 16 years where she is a rescue leader, the only woman to have served as a training officer. www.salliedeanshatz.com
SOLD	Bobbi Lewin $800 SOLD All my life I’ve been making things and drawing pictures. I work in mixed media because there are just too many pretty colors and textures to choose one path only. I like to approach art from a sense of play and to explore the line between art and craft. I believe that any person who sets out to create something that expresses a part of their self is an artist. I work primarily in 2D; creating these hummingbirds tapped into a different part of me. I had to think about the process in such a different way than 2 dimensional pieces. Working in 3D required some more abstract thinking; you have to carefully think through and plan all the stages. I also grew familiar with my work in a different way; constructing the birds, especially as I sewed the wings, felt like a live creature was forming in my hands. My work has been shown at Art Access Gallery, UAF, and Brolly Arts H20 event.
SOLD	John Paul Espinosa $300 SOLD Bio: John Espinosa is a photographer and video cinematographer specializing in portraiture. Artistic Statement: A beautiful day at the beach in Hawaii turned into tragedy when a young woman was pulled into the ocean by a strong undertow. As she struggled to return to the surface she was slammed repeatedly into the nearby rocks. The force of the waves and current were so great that her back was broken and she was left helpless. After being pulled to shore by friends she lay motionless without feeling in her legs for hours before help could arrive. This piece is a portrait of a girl who beat death and would not accept paralysis. It has been a little over a year since her spine was crushed against the rocks. Although she was confined to bed for much of that time she never gave up or gave in. She was and is a painter, designer and dancer. She is an inspiration.
	Jenny Sandberg $150 Jenny Sandberg was born and raised in Syracuse, Utah. She is employed as a structural maintenance inspector/sheet metal mechanic for C-130 aircraft at Hill Air Force Base, and attends Weber State University, majoring in Environmental Geoscience and Technical Writing. Took art classes regularly as a means to relax while taking difficult science classes and discovered a renewed lifelong passion for the arts, and has since completed a minor in visual art, emphasizing on sculpture and jewelry design/metalsmithing. She hopes to complete her Bachelor’s Degree by early 2011. Proudly resides in Ogden, and found out about the Shoe-In project while looking to fulfill another interest in learning ballet by taking classes at Ballet West. She hopes to develop a hobby of art into an additional career.
SOLD	Visual Art Institute $300 SOLD The Visual Art Institute, now in its 32nd year, remains true to its mission: to foster and preserve the creative voices of youth by assisting them in exploring their imagination and artistic abilities through in-depth training, independent study, and experimentation in all aspects of visual art. VAI is a non-profit, after-school art program for children and teens that centers on critical thinking and conceptual development. 30% of our students are on tuition assistance, and nearly all of our seniors that graduate from the program receive college scholarships based on portfolio review to continue their higher arts education. We also run a contemporary art center, GARFO, out of our Sugarhouse location. For this project, each age group and our staff worked on one painting: elementary, junior high/high school, and our staff/faculty. Each group used the pointe shoes as the tool to make the painting. www.visualartinstitute.org
SOLD	Judy Rogers $500 SOLD One of four loyal siblings Mother of three handsome children Teacher of two fascinating subjects One work still in progress

SOLD

Lenka Konopasek

$800 SOLD

Bio: I was born in the Czech Republic where I attended the School of Applied Arts in Prague. After immigrating to the United States, I completed BFA degree in painting at the University of Utah and received MFA degree from the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. I attended artist residencies in Vermont Studio Center, Chicago Art Institute and Little Falls, Minnesota.

My primary interest is in oil painting but I also like to work in mixed media, printmaking and sculpture. My sculpture, Reflection Tree, has been commissioned as part of Flying Objects public sculpture series for downtown Salt Lake City. I also completed multiple relief and sculpture pieces for the Old Greek Town Trax Station

www.lenkakonopasek.com

Kali Mellus

$1,500

Statement: A series of ideas and aspirations flowing through the mind like water.

Bio: Kali Mellus began experimenting with resin in 2002 while attending college for a degree in art. What started as a way to create jewelry for herself eventually became a full-time job. In 2005 Mellus was able to quit her day job, began crafting full time and established her brand Bykali. Mellus turns every day objects, such as hardware, leaves, plaster, and tape into pendants, buckles and wearable art. Mellus also created leather belts and bracelets to compliment her pieces. You can find Bykali online at bykali.esty.com and locally at art and craft shows from Park City to Provo.

www.bykali.com

SOLD

Sarinda Jones

$1,200 SOLD

Bio: Sarinda Jones is a kiln-formed glass artist currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. Having had a relationship with art from an early age, Sarinda has worked with several mediums and also studied art history. She studied under Mary White of San Jose State University, glass school coordinator and instructor, in August of 2003, at the Pilchuck Glass School, with an emphasis on kiln-formed glass and casting techniques.

Sarinda has worked on several glass pieces, together integrating glass and metal into distinctive sculptures. Her experience in training at Pilchuck Glass School required a significant amount of team working between Sarinda, the staff, and fellow students.

Sarinda is an award-winning artist and has shown her work nationally and has been commissioned to create a variety of pieces. These have included window panels, wall pieces and large-scale sculptures and an assortment of other works. She has been a studio artist for the last ten years and recently has national recognition for DNA sculptures being a finalist for NICHE Award of American Craft/Rosen Group in Philadelphia, PA. Also, exhibiting with the American Craft Council in San Francisco in 2009 and in 2010. In 2006 she was an invited artist to the Utah Arts Festival. Sarinda welcomes visitors to Reflective Art Studio by appointment, please call 801-835-8611.

www.reflectiveartstudio.com

Caleb Workman

$500

Caleb Workman comes from a humble background. Born in rural Idaho, he spent summers as a youth on his Granddad’s ranch where there wasn't much to do but get lost in his books and sketch pad. Far away from freeways and train yards, miles away from the nearest supermarket, supplies were flown to the ranch by plane.

The silence was deafening, yet perfect for nurturing his imagination. When Caleb returned to the city, he would break away to the bookstore to absorb graffiti, skate and Fangoria magazines which heavily influenced his artistic direction.

Heather Campbell

$2,500

The creation process is personal to every Artist, from their unique vision of the world to the actual materials they choose to express themselves. Heather Campbell lives with her husband in a late 1800’s Victorian home along the Logan River in Cache Valley, Utah. The Purple Door studio is located in the old summer kitchen that is separate from the main house which is near the river that runs through her backyard. It is a lovely setting and a wonderful space to inspire her as she practices her art.

Campbell comes from a family that has always encouraged creative thought and artistic experimentation. She has spent many years in the Arts and Crafts industry working with oil, watercolor, ceramics, wood and metals. She is fascinated with polymer clay and has enjoyed learning and sharing all she can about this unique art medium. She loves to get lost in the touch, smells, mixing of color and magical transformation of clay. Three dimensional art and mixed media have always been her favorites. Her eclectic taste and passion for antiques and old stuff blend in beautifully with the versatility of polymer clay. All of her jewelry and sculpture pieces are original, one of a kind, unique and intricate. They are inspired by the natural balance of color, texture and design revealed each day in our fascinating world, combined with life experience.

www.purpledoorart.com

Sallie Shatz

$1,500

Mosaic of dreams, snippets of thought that fulfill our life through our imagination.

Sallie Dean Shatz, has worked for BBC, Amnesty International, Index on Censorship, Sports Illustrated, and a variety of magazines and companies in the sports world and magazines and newspapers in Lebanon, England, Germany, Australia, Israel/Palestine and the Unites States. She has worked for many non-government organizations in the Middle East and Central Asia. Her work has been exhibited on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, in Beirut, Lebanon sponsored by UNESCO and Amnesty International in Jerusalem and an exhibit that toured Spain through AL-LIQUINDOI for over a year. Shatz has also been a member of Mountain Rescue-Aspen for 16 years where she is a rescue leader, the only woman to have served as a training officer.

www.salliedeanshatz.com

SOLD

Bobbi Lewin

$800 SOLD

All my life I’ve been making things and drawing pictures. I work in mixed media because there are just too many pretty colors and textures to choose one path only. I like to approach art from a sense of play and to explore the line between art and craft. I believe that any person who sets out to create something that expresses a part of their self is an artist.

I work primarily in 2D; creating these hummingbirds tapped into a different part of me. I had to think about the process in such a different way than 2 dimensional pieces. Working in 3D required some more abstract thinking; you have to carefully think through and plan all the stages. I also grew familiar with my work in a different way; constructing the birds, especially as I sewed the wings, felt like a live creature was forming in my hands.

My work has been shown at Art Access Gallery, UAF, and Brolly Arts H20 event.

SOLD

John Paul Espinosa

$300 SOLD

Bio: John Espinosa is a photographer and video cinematographer specializing in portraiture.

Artistic Statement: A beautiful day at the beach in Hawaii turned into tragedy when a young woman was pulled into the ocean by a strong undertow. As she struggled to return to the surface she was slammed repeatedly into the nearby rocks. The force of the waves and current were so great that her back was broken and she was left helpless. After being pulled to shore by friends she lay motionless without feeling in her legs for hours before help could arrive.
This piece is a portrait of a girl who beat death and would not accept paralysis.

It has been a little over a year since her spine was crushed against the rocks. Although she was confined to bed for much of that time she never gave up or gave in. She was and is a painter, designer and dancer. She is an inspiration.

Jenny Sandberg

$150

Jenny Sandberg was born and raised in Syracuse, Utah. She is employed as a structural maintenance inspector/sheet metal mechanic for C-130 aircraft at Hill Air Force Base, and attends Weber State University, majoring in Environmental Geoscience and Technical Writing. Took art classes regularly as a means to relax while taking difficult science classes and discovered a renewed lifelong passion for the arts, and has since completed a minor in visual art, emphasizing on sculpture and jewelry design/metalsmithing. She hopes to complete her Bachelor’s Degree by early 2011. Proudly resides in Ogden, and found out about the Shoe-In project while looking to fulfill another interest in learning ballet by taking classes at Ballet West. She hopes to develop a hobby of art into an additional career.

SOLD

Visual Art Institute

$300 SOLD

The Visual Art Institute, now in its 32nd year, remains true to its mission: to foster and preserve the creative voices of youth by assisting them in exploring their imagination and artistic abilities through in-depth training, independent study, and experimentation in all aspects of visual art.

VAI is a non-profit, after-school art program for children and teens that centers on critical thinking and conceptual development. 30% of our students are on tuition assistance, and nearly all of our seniors that graduate from the program receive college scholarships based on portfolio review to continue their higher arts education. We also run a contemporary art center, GARFO, out of our Sugarhouse location. For this project, each age group and our staff worked on one painting: elementary, junior high/high school, and our staff/faculty. Each group used the pointe shoes as the tool to make the painting.

www.visualartinstitute.org

SOLD

Judy Rogers

$500 SOLD

One of four loyal siblings
Mother of three handsome children
Teacher of two fascinating subjects
One work still in progress

Primary links

Shoe-In 2010

2010 Shoe In Participants

SOLD

Lenka Konopasek

Kali Mellus

SOLD

Sarinda Jones

Caleb Workman

Heather Campbell

Sallie Shatz

SOLD

Bobbi Lewin

SOLD

John Paul Espinosa

Jenny Sandberg

SOLD

Visual Art Institute

SOLD

Judy Rogers