Delightful

Kind Words about Delightful3: A Pop-Up Gallery

2011-09-14T10:24:00.000-07:00

Camille LeFevre for City Pages:

"Local artists and charmers Jennifer Davis and Amy Rice continue their ongoing series of "Delightful" engagements with a pop-up gallery this weekend in downtown St. Paul. (The first "Delightful" was an exhibition at Rosalux in 2006; the second was a collection of collaborative works displayed at the Youngblood Gallery in Atlanta.) For four days, the duo will present their third collaboration: various works on wood and paper, framed and unframed, and in sizes small, medium, and large for our delectation. Note the works in which their influence on each other is evident. Nostalgia and mystery, innocence and dark impulses, found objects and images wistfully re-contexualized, the whimsical and the profound—they're all present in Davis's and Rice's work in original ways that convey reinvention. There will be a public reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, September 16."

Kate Iverson for the651.com:

"This Wednesday, things are going to get a lot more colorful at the Historic Minnesota Building inDowntown St. Paul. Beloved local artists Jennifer Davis and Amy Rice have teamed up to present Delightful: A Pop-Up Gallery, a four-day exhibit featuring works in a variety of mediums and sizes, framed and unframed, on wood and paper. The temporary gallery will be open today through Sunday, with a reception on Friday night. We caught up with Jen Davis, who filled us in on all the details…"

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Holly Becker for Decor8:

"I plan to hit what is a dream pop-up art show for me – one put on right across the street from where The Creative Connection is held, featuring the work of Amy Rice and Jennifer Davis. I adore both of these ladies and everything their hands touch, so the timing couldn’t be more perfect..."

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An interview with Amy Rice for South of Canada: here.

hanging the show

Attending Creative Connection 2011 Conference?

2011-08-31T09:57:00.000-07:00

10 FUN (free/cheap) THINGS TO SEE/EAT/DO within walking distance of the
Creative Connection Conference in St. Paul, MN (Sept 15-17, 2001):

1. Come to our Pop-Up Art Gallery!
We (Jennifer Davis and Amy Rice) are hosting "Delightful 3: A Pop-Up Art Gallery" just one block away during the weekend of the conference.
Wed 9/14, 4-9pm
Thurs 9/15, 8am-6pm
Fri 9/16, 8am- 9pm, Reception 6-9pm
Saturday, September 17, 8am-6pm
(walking map from hotel here)

2. Get wacky at the Annual Meatloaf Supper and Street Dance.
immediately following the season opener of A Prairie Home Companion outside the Fitzgerald Theater. Sat 9/17 Event is Free, supper $5.
(walking map)

3. Have coffee, breakfast and enjoy the colorful sights at St. Paul Farmer's Market.
Sat 6am-1pm
Sun 8am-1pm
(walking map)

4. Rock out at Amsterdam Bar and Hall.
St. Paul's brand new live music venue.
There is a hootenanny on Thurs 9/16!
(walking map)

5. Relax and take a stroll through Mears Park.
This little city park is surrounded by restaurants.
(walking map)

6. Arriving Wed? Eat at the St. Paul Food Truck Court.
Food trucks line up on Kellogg Ave from 11:00am-1:30pm every Wed.
*#foodtruckcourt on Twitter for up to the minute details.
(right across the street> map)

7. Take a self-guided Public Art Tour
using this handy map of 85 sculptures and murals in Downtown St. Paul.

8. Grab some take-out and have a picnic in the middle of the river on Raspberry Island.
(walking map)

9. Visit the Science Museum of Minnesota.
See "Mummies" in the Omnitheater.
(walking map)

10. See the stars and skyline from the rooftop of our State Capitol.
Take a free Quadriga Starlight Tour.
(walking map)

What else would you like to do while you are here?
Post in the comments...

Delightful 3: A Pop-Up Gallery * Sept 14-17, 2011!

2011-08-11T13:51:00.000-07:00

We are so excited to announce our new show:
Delightful 3: A Pop-Up Gallery
Works by Jennifer Davis and Amy Rice

In The Historic Minnesota Building
46 4th Street East in Downtown St. Paul
(map here)

4 Days Only:
Wednesday, September 14, 4-9pm
Thursday, September 15, 8am-6pm
Friday, September 16, 8am- 9pm, Reception 6-9pm
Saturday, September 17, 8am-6pm

This unique one weekend only pop-up gallery in downtown St. Paul will feature works in a variety of mediums by both artists on board, wood and paper, framed and unframed, large works and small.

Over the past several years we (Jennifer Davis and Amy Rice) have continued to make and exhibit art together partly inspired by the creative, contagious energy of our friendship and mutual admiration for each other’s work. It all started in 2006 when we hosted our two person exhibition, "Delightful" at Rosalux Gallery in Minneapolis. In 2008 we exhibited a second collection of collaborative works in "Delightful Too" at Youngblood Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia. Our third installment of "Delightful" is now coming to St. Paul as a pop-up gallery for four days only.

Facebook event page here.
There is ample street parking (meters are $1.75/hr) and a parking ramp in the same building.

OUR WONDERFUL SPONSORS:
Rob Clapp, Summit Reality and the Historic Minnesota Building.
The Minnesota Building is a testament to the start of the local Art Deco / Modern movement of the 1930's. Designed & constructed as an office building between the years 1928-1929, the building stands as a prominent structure on the Saint Paul skyline.
&
Black Dog Coffee & Wine Bar
The Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar in Saint Paul's Lowertown features the finest locally-roasted espresso and gourmet coffees, a select and creative wine list, a variety of locally brewed beers, and just the right tasty treats to go with them! The Black Dog offers free wireless Internet and features organic and/or locally grown produce whenever possible.

We hope to see you there!

Delightful Too Nice Review

2007-07-13T12:11:00.000-07:00

From Atlanta's Creative Loafing:
Delightful Too: Mutual admiration

Minneapolis artists Amy Rice and Jennifer Davis

BY FELICIA FEASTER

Published 07.11.07

Delightful Too, the Young Blood Gallery exhibition of work by Minneapolis artists Amy Rice and Jennifer Davis, is infused with a friendly, two-peas-in-a-pod vibe. Like best friends sitting down to paint each others' toenails or to read racy excerpts from Harold Robbins novels, there is a charming sense of play and intimacy in this collaborative exhibition of two women who share a fascination with vintage advertisements, girl culture, birds and bunnies, sprinkle cupcakes, retro colors, and a snarky take on the past.

Favoring juicy hues of peach, melon, sea-foam green and salmon pink, Rice and Davis also share an obvious delight in riffing on each others' creations. Almost every work in the show offers a nod to the other artist, with one of Rice's artworks invariably "inspired by" one of Davis' and vice versa. The way the artists play off of each other's work evokes the bonds that often form in female friendships with their similar rhythms of back-and forth admiration and borrowing.

Rice's work is the more graphic and visibly street-art-inspired of the two. Rice works with spray paint, acrylics and the fat, black borders of stencils. Her paintings blend the look of ads from 1940s women's magazines; an irreverent, female take on street art; and a touch of Henry Darger kink. Though her clunkier technique and more garish palette can often compare unfavorably with Davis', at its best Rice's work offers poignant evocations of both the look and the emotional texture of the past. Her re-creation of the kind of barter system practiced in childhood in the self-explanatory "You Can Hold the Bunny If I Can Wear the Mask" is a good example of the artist's loaded content.

Davis tends to work on a smaller scale, using collage, painting and drawing to create surreal little vignettes. A popular motif is human bodies with animal heads and a visual style that seems to borrow from the 1970s at some moments and the '40s at others. A typically satisfying mix of color and content is the creepy "Birthday Party," in which Davis' bright, chirpy color palette extends to the seasick hues of the children's faces.

Davis' work is fascinatingly rich in both its cultural borrowings and its air of decadence mixed with preciousness.

Delightful Too. Through July 27. Young Blood Gallery, 629 Glenwood Ave. Wed. and Fri., noon-6 p.m.; Thurs., noon-7 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. 404-627-0393. www.youngbloodgallery.com.

picture within a picture

2007-06-20T06:08:00.000-07:00

"Forecast" by Amy Rice
"Girl with Poster with Elephant with Owl" by Jennifer Davis (Inspired by "Forecast" by Amy Rice)

pink boots

2007-06-18T08:46:00.000-07:00

Hot by Amy Rice
Boots by Jennifer Davis (Inspired by Hot by Amy Rice)

row and rake

2007-06-18T07:39:00.001-07:00

Paper Boat by Amy Rice
(Inspired by Tidy by Jennifer Davis)
and
Tidy by Jennifer Davis

dancing

2007-06-18T07:07:00.001-07:00

Game by Jennifer Davis
Masked Dance by Amy Rice (Inspired by Game by Jennifer Davis)

off to atlanta!

2007-06-17T13:45:00.001-07:00

We are shipping our collaborative efforts to Youngblood Gallery in Atlanta, GA tomorrow.

Compassion by Amy Rice
Let Go by Jennifer Davis (inspired by Compassion by Amy Rice)

three girls

2007-06-10T19:05:00.001-07:00

Birthday Party Pony by Amy Rice
Favorite Bird by Jennifer Davis (Inspired by Birthday Party Pony by Amy Rice)

gocco print collaboration

2007-06-09T09:02:00.000-07:00

gocco prints by Amy Rice
hand painted/collaged by Jennifer Davis

masks

2007-06-08T14:01:00.000-07:00

crow mask
by Amy Rice

reunion
Inspired by "crow mask" by Amy Rice
by Jennifer Davis

pretty dressy.

2007-06-05T06:36:00.001-07:00

make a wish
by amy rice

dress
by jennifer davis
(inspired by "make a wish" by amy rice)

yeah, girl!

2007-06-02T12:30:00.000-07:00

"wind" by jennifer davis inspired by "bunny" by amy rice.

We love birthdays

2007-05-26T21:26:00.000-07:00

Birthday Cupcake by Amy Rice, inspired by Birthday by Jennifer Davis.

Red Cats by Jennfier Davis, inspired by Birthday Cupcake by Amy Rice.

Delightful 2 in Carpal Tunnel Mag

2007-04-21T11:52:00.000-07:00

We are taking Delightful on the Road!
Delightful 2
At Young Blood Gallery
Opening July 5th, 2007.

Read about it in Carpal Tunnel Mag

Delightful in Pulse

2006-08-30T18:07:00.000-07:00

Delightful in The Onion, Minneapolis Star Tribune

2006-08-22T06:14:00.000-07:00

read blurb in Star Tribune here

Delightful in City Pages

2006-08-16T11:28:00.000-07:00

What do you call two isolated artists working together? They don't know, either.
Los Lonely Girls
by Molly Priesmeyer
August 16, 2006

Read it here

Birds in Skirts

2006-08-16T03:57:00.001-07:00

Songbirds
by Jennifer Davis
(Inspired by "Compassion" by Amy Rice)
9x12"
acrylic/collage/graphite
$395

Bird Song Remix
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "Songbirds" by Jennifer Davis)
Spray Paint and Acrylic
28” x 31”

Singing for the Sun
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "Songbirds" by Jennifer Davis)
Spray Paint and Acrylic on Metal
14” x 20”

didn't want to be saved

2006-08-11T12:39:00.000-07:00

didn't want to be saved
by Jennifer Davis
Acrylic/Collage/Graphite
$250

Noisy Birds and a Bunny

2006-08-11T12:34:00.000-07:00

Unsolicited Assistance
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "didn't want to be saved" by Jennifer Davis)
Spray Paint and Acrylic
24” x 24”
2006
sold

Noisy
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "didn't want to be saved" by Jennifer Davis)
Spray Paint and Acrylic
36” x 12
2006
390.

Bunny
by Jennifer Davis
(Made with Amy Rice's handcut "Unsolicited Assistance" stencil)
$550
Spray Paint/Acrylic/Collage/Ink
Jennifer Davis

Noise
by Jennifer Davis
(Made with Amy Rice's handcut "Unsolicited Assistance" stencil)
12x8.5"
acrylic/spray paint/collage
$350

3 Cups

2006-08-11T12:19:00.000-07:00

3 Cups
by Amy Rice
mixed media on metal
19"x26"
340.

Deliberate

2006-08-11T12:17:00.000-07:00

Deliberate
by Jennifer Davis
(Inspired by "3 Cups" by Amy Rice)
Acrylic/Collage/Graphite/Ink
$350

Failure of the RSVP, Feeding the Habit, PartyGirl, Tipsy

2006-08-11T12:10:00.000-07:00

Failure of the RSVP
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "Deliberate" by Jennifer Davis)
Spray Paint and Acrylic
24” x 24”
390.

Feeding the Habit
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "Deliberate" by Jennifer Davis)
Spray Paint and Acrylic
18” x 36
sold

Party Girl
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "Deliberate" by Jennifer Davis)
Mixed Media
9” x 16”
240.

Tipsy
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "Deliberate" by Jennifer Davis)
Spray Paint and Acrylic
9” x 20”
240.

Sheep

2006-08-11T12:04:00.000-07:00

Sheep
by Amy Rice

Sheep With Stripes

2006-08-11T12:02:00.000-07:00

Sheep With Stripes
by Jennfier Davis
(Inspired by "Sheep" by Amy Rice)
Acrylic/Collage/Graphite
$425

Don’t Follow Leaders, In Crowd

2006-08-11T12:00:00.000-07:00

Don’t Follow Leaders
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "Sheep with Stripes" by Jennifer Davis)
Mixed Media
10” x 21”
240.

In Crowd
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "Sheep with Stripes" by Jennifer Davis)
Spray Paint and Acrylic
24” x 24”
390.

fishbowl

2006-08-11T11:58:00.000-07:00

fishbowl
by Jennifer Davis
acrylic/collage
$150

Ambitious

2006-08-11T11:51:00.000-07:00

Ambitious
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "fishbowl" by Jennfier Davis)
Spray Paint and Acrylic
24” x 24”
390.

Synchronized Swimming (Fishy Folk Dance)
by Amy Rice
(Inspired by "fishbowl" by Jennfier Davis)
Spray Paint and Acrylic
25”x 19”
340.

Delightful in Minnesota Monthly Magazine

2006-08-09T11:42:00.000-07:00

Delightful at Rosalux Gallery

2006-08-09T11:37:00.000-07:00

Rosalux Gallery is proud to announce the upcoming exhibition, "Delightful: Recent Work by Jennifer Davis and Amy Rice."
Opening reception with the artists: Thursday, August 17th from 7-11pm
This event is sponsored by the Birchwood Cafe
Show runs: August 15-Sept. 2nd
Rosalux Gallery is located at 1011 Washington Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN
Regular hours: Tuesday – Thursday, noon – 8pm, Friday – Sunday, noon – 5pm Admission is FREE
http://www.rosaluxgallery.com