NEWS AND EVENTS

10/14/2009 - 944 Magazine article
Featured in the October '09 Art & Architecture issue, the 4th Street Bridge collar with article on Valerie Mitchell, pg 19. www.944.com

10/14/2009 - CERF charm
The release of the 2009 charm for the Craft Emergency Relief Fund designed by Valerie Mitchell will be available at SOFA, Chicago and through www.craftemergency.org. Log on to find out more about this great non profit and to order a charm.

6/17/2008 - new book release of '500 Pendants'
A beautiful book by Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, featuring the art of pendants and the never ending personal interpretations. Curated by owners of Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco. Two photos of Valerie Mitchell jewelry. www.larkbooks.com, www.velvetdavinci.com

HOLIDAY Arts District Artwalk &OPEN STUDIO SALE - Dec. 5 & 6, 2009
Valerie Mitchell's Annual Open Studio in downtown LA arts district will coincide with the Downtown Arts District ARTWALK on Sat, Dec. 5 from noon -6pm. Walk the various studios in our 6 block original arts district, or use shuttle service. Open Studio will continue solo on Sunday, Dec. 6 from 11-4. For more Artwalk info:
www.artsdistrictopenstudiotour.com

Events and work at galleries - 2009
Top Pick of Recent Los Angeles publication on Art and Architecture in 944 Magazine, pg. 18.
www. 944.com

Release of CERF charm 2009, designed by Valerie Mitchell at SOFA, Chicago, www.craftemergency.org

Downtown LA Arts District Art walk, Dec.5, 2009, 12-7pm



Please see News for current show/exhibit schedule.
see Links page for specific web sites:
(please email me your location for other stores/galleries not listed).

Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, CO
Boulder Center for Arts and Crafts, Boulder, CO
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Lake Hill House, Whitefish Bay, WI
Crafts Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
Jewelerswerk Gallerie, Washington, DC
Free Hand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
De Novo, Palo Alto, CA
Tom Mann Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Motto, Cambridge, MA
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Didi Suydam Contemporary, Newport, RI
Illuminee', Santa Cruz, CA
Pomegranate, La Jolla, CA
and others

Cabinet Tree cabinet hardware, etc. available at:
Bauerware, San Francisco, CA
illuminee, Santa Cruz, CA




I-5 Gallery Holiday Market @ The Brewery - Dec. 11-13, 2009
Valerie Mitchell will be showing a selection of works at the premier of Holiday Marketplace in I-5 Gallery at The Brewery Atrium, 2100 N. Main St, Los Angeles. Featuring a group of local artisans with high quality hand made gifts. OPENING Friday evening, 7-10pm, Dec. 11 and sat/sun, from noon-5pm, Dec 12/13. www.i5gallery.com

"Sidewalk" pendant
from the "4th Street Bridge" series. Cement, mica and sterling in a 6x2" handpoured cement display base.

RELATED LINKS

http://proofcenter.944.com/flipbook/?locale=4
link to October09 Art and Archtecture issue of Los Angeles 944 Magazine with article on Valerie Mitchell and 4 th Street Bridge neckcollar, pg 19. also go to 944.com

www.craftemergency.org
THE non profit for craft artists in need. You can contribute by purchasing a charm designed by various artists for CERF. The 2009 charm is designed by Valerie Mitchell, in oxidized silver, and will be available at SOFA, Chicago and through the CERF web site. They are limited in number.

craftinamerica.org
traveling museum show, PBS series and book in which Valerie Mitchell's tiara 'A Walk on the Fourth Street Bridge' is on exhibition and in the book 'Craft in America' by j. lauria and s.fenton.
Currently showing at the Cranbrook Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI until Sept. 14.
Previously at the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock; Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portand, Oregon; Mingei Int'l Museum, San Diego, CA; Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX.

jewelerswerk.com
Jewelerswerk Galerie-fine art jewelry gallery
2000 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20006

www.denovo.com
fine contemporary jewelry gallery in Palo Alto, CA

www.freehandgallery.com
Freehand Gallery
8413 W. Third St.
Los Angeles, CA 90048

www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org
Museum of Contemporary Crafts,
724 Northwest Davis Street
Portland, OR.
Represented in the Gallery.

www.VelvetDaVinci.com
VelvetDaVinci Gallery
2015 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Contemporary Art Jewelry and objects

illuminee.com
Lighting store
402 Ingalls St #23
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831.423.1121

www.craftcouncil.org
American Craft council, home of Craft Magazine and ACC market and public shows.

www.ivahladis.com
Artist, printer, painter and designer. Located at the Brewery Art Colony, Los Angeles. Origins Extinct series of collage wall art including old computer motherboards and drawings of past Los Angeles architecture.

www.telluridegallery.com
Telluride Gallery of Art, Telluride, CO


Obsidian Gallery
St. Phillips Plaza
4320 N. Campbell, Suite 130
Tucson, AZ 85718

www.bellevuearts.org
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, outside of Seattle. Beautiful fine art/craft/design museum and organizers of Art Fair in July. Valerie Mitchell will be in booth Q-29 in 2008 and also represented in the musuem store.

www.boulderartsandcrafts.com
Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery
1421 Pearl Street Mall
Boulder, CO 80302

www.craftalliance.org
Craft Alliance Gallery
6640 Delmar Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63130


www.shawjewelry.com
Art jewelry gallery, fine jewelry, design and fine art painting gallery in northeast harbor, Maine. showing this summer 'Set in Cement', group show with one of a kind work by Valerie Mitchell and others.

www.thomasmann.com
Thomas Mann Gallery I/O
1812 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70130


Didi Suydam Contemporary
One Bannisters Wharf
Newport, RI 02840

michelemercaldo.com
contemporary jewelery, boston, MA