Apr 21, 2009

Indian Orchard Mills open house

The Artists at Indian Orchard Mills are pleased to announce their Spring Art Show, Sale and Open Studios event. This year’s event will take place on May 1 from 6 to 10 p.m. and May 2 from noon to 4 p.m. The event includes a gallery reception displaying all new works from this talented group of over 50 artists in the Dane Gallery.

After viewing the new gallery show and enjoying some refreshments, guests are invited to wander through the Indian Orchard Mills complex and meet the artists as they open their studios to the public. The suggested donation is $2 per adult, with children welcome free of charge.

Things are really starting to heat up at Indian Orchard Mills. “There are no signs of a slow down here,” owner Charles Brush said. Everywhere you look the artists are busy preparing new work, cleaning their studios and freshening the place up in anticipation of the Spring Open Studios event. In recent years this annual show has attracted thousands of guests who are interested in visual arts. People come to the mill to socialize with old friends and meet new ones; to find that perfect piece of original art or maybe commission an artist to create a piece around their own ideas.

“There is so much to see, and such a variety of mediums,” Judy Webber, one of the mangers of the event, said. “Be sure to wear comfortable shoes because, to truly see the show, you’ll want to be here for at least a couple hours.”

This spring, Karoun Charkoudian and Rachel Saloio have joined the artist community.

Charkoudian left her career as a petroleum geologist in Houston to follow her passions in photography and yoga. Pursuing her art from within, Charkoudian combines her philosophy of art with that of yoga: while yoga awakens the sense of beauty within each of us, her photographs reveal a beauty that we are surrounded by in our day to day living.

A young artist from Ludlow, Saloio attended the Art Institute of Boston and volunteers at a local Art Gallery. She is using her studio at the mill to explore new techniques and different mediums in the fine arts field.

Join the artists at Indian Orchard Mills and see what the commotion is all about. Light appetizers will be served. The Dane Gallery and the Indian Orchard Mills are located at 34 Front St., Indian Orchard. For more information call 543-3321 or log on to Indian Orchard Mills.

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