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The exterior of the gallery is muralled from ground to roof.The
interior of the art gallery, also designed and curated by Esther
Nash, incorporates color and space with the intent to stir
excitement among the art show attendees.
"The gallery has a lot to do with my personality to make an
impression and to stand out. This comes from my background of
being a fashion designer, athlete, actress and model. Most people
want to blend, but I have always wanted to stand out." Most
galleries display art against white walls. Townhouse gallery
displays art against black walls to increase the focus on the art.
The gallery represents a range of artists from classical fine art to
abstract. From self-taught to those with extensive art education.
One requirement is real talent.
The gallery is a masterpiece in itself, the colors and emotions
come through and you do not need to be an artist to feel the
emotions or mood swings an artist goes through while creating a
work of art.
From efforts made to create the mural collaborations with artists,
curating the exhibits, learning how to and making frames,
performing carpentry, masonry, floor sanding,repair, hosting the
shows and greeting guests has helped me to grow both
personally and professionally.
I feel glad I dedicated over eight years of my time because
although the gallery is still a work in progress I turned a dream
into a reality. I have a lot more to learn about the art world.
I know I did a lot of things wrong, but I tried and no one did it for
me. I read books. I went to the library. I discussed ideas. Yes a
bunch of my ideas were stolen. Experience means everything. I
am grateful for this experience. Now I know not to repeat the
same mistakes.I will try not to be as trusting as i was but it does
not mean i won't try I will try again and continue. Trial and error.
The gallery has exhibited the work of over 500 artists in these
past 8 years. I would say that artists are the most special people
one will ever meet. They have so much to offer, share and say.
Artists are very spiritual, creative, emotional people who help
make the world a better more beautiful place. Townhouse
recognizes artists for the being inspirational and positive with their
art.
This gallery was a creation for my Mother. A gift for her in a way.
Her generation fought for equal rights and the opportunity to go to
school and receive equal pay in the work force. My mother is a
very talented and gifted artist who placed her dreams on hold
because she placed supporting her family first. I wanted to make
one of her dreams come true because I was lucky enough to have
been born with talent and she did not want me to place it on the
side a back burner like she had to.
In my opinion, women give up more then men. Seems to me that
women have more heartache. Women have to be strong and
sacrifice to overcome hardship. Women are under pressure to
marry and then to start a family.
Nothing has ever come easily to me, but all the hard work and
money I invested was worth the outcome because each artist that
was showcased I was so proud of. I was proud of them and for
myself that I was apart of their journey to success that show
meant everything to them and everything to me.
I am a perfectionist- always trying to improve daily and I expect
the same the artists I represented. I believe its important to
challenge yourself and push yourself that much harder. I pushed
them because they had to verbalize there art in artists statement
and describe art and name each work in series. Thats takes a lot
from within and bravery.
There were many obstacles all along, but I learned from early
each think big. maybe you do not have a big bank roll but to not
give up its possible to make things happen with a limited budget. I
am very resourceful, creative and tenacious.
Luckily, I found very creative artists that believed in my vision and
joined me in the creative process. We all sweated, argued, tried to
mediate to make sure the show happened and was on schedule.
The show must always go on. Thats from my acting background. I
Had back and fourth disagreements.
A lot of artists walked out on me because they did not agree with
me and thats ok, there are many art dealers, art agents, art
curators, art directors and they will find the right one to represent
them.
Most of my artists tried to make each group reception better.
I encouraged the artists to learn how to make their own frames
and save money work on cardboard instead of canvas work with
found objects. As an artist anything and everything can be your
canvas- its up to you. It depends if you are a sculptur you can
work with anything, but you need to decide your medium. Not for
someone to tell you how to think. You need to be true to yourself
first.
Being a fashion designer, I placed an emphasis on packaging
because in the fashion industry- packaging is half the battle.
Being an athlete stressed performance and not give up try harder.
As a model -I was taught -appearance is everything.
My mother said something to me as a child that stuck with me. I
will share this with you because I found it to be so helpful. If
someone throws out something its because it is useless. It is
broken. If I can see or find another use for it I am a true artist. I
have always tried to be resourceful, creative, flexible, imaginative,
innovative and have vision and foresight.
Not to take things for granted and make it work even if its nearly
impossible. No wait for someone else, but to do it myself. I have
trusted wrong people been cheated few to many times but I will
bounce back. life is experience and I am experiencing good bad
and the ugly but I have grown and more to go.
I still have issues with throwing out anything so unless I
exhausted all possibilities -I do not give up. I refuse to throw out
something and instead figure out and find a way to salvage it. I
always try to find another purpose so it won't be wasted. This
thinking process I owe to my Mother.
Among many talented artists, seasoned artist Dina Nash and I
have permanent exhibitions at theTownhouse Art Gallery. You are
welcome to purchase the book, donate time or money to our
cause, as well as submit to have your art in a future group shows.
Artist = Artist to me means winner!
The TownHouse Art Gallery is a not for profit 501-C-3 corporation created to provide to all Youth with an opportunity to develop and showcase their art work in a gallery to encourage art both as a career path and as a creative outlet. All types of art mediums presented such as design, fashion, film, photography, video, performance art, sculptur, painting, life drawing, pop art, conceptual art, audio art, and other visual art mediums. The gallery is located at The gallery is 46 4th ave Bklyn ny 11217.
For more information and calendar: www.townhouseartgallery.com
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An interview with Esther Nash
