Delightful
An ongoing series of artworks and exhibitions by Jennifer Davis and Amy Rice
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Kind Words about Delightful3: A Pop-Up Gallery
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Attending Creative Connection 2011 Conference?
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...
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Delightful 3: A Pop-Up Gallery * Sept 14-17, 2011!
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!
Friday, July 13, 2007
Delightful Too Nice Review
From Atlanta's Creative Loafing:
Delightful Too: Mutual admiration
Minneapolis artists Amy Rice and Jennifer Davis
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.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
picture within a picture
Monday, June 18, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
off to atlanta!
Sunday, June 10, 2007
three girls
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Friday, June 08, 2007
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
We love birthdays
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Delightful 2 in Carpal Tunnel Mag
Delightful 2
At Young Blood Gallery
Opening July 5th, 2007.
Read about it in Carpal Tunnel Mag
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Delightful in City Pages
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
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”
Friday, August 11, 2006
Noisy Birds and a Bunny
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
Failure of the RSVP, Feeding the Habit, PartyGirl, Tipsy
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.
Don’t Follow Leaders, In Crowd
Ambitious
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Delightful at Rosalux Gallery
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