ArtSpace/Lima announces the opening of ArtSpace/Pops 2014: A Fine Craft Invitational in The Ellen Nelson Gallery, Sunday, August 3, 2014.

ArtSpace/Pops features all new works by twenty-three area craftsmen and -women in a joint showing which builds on the success of its predecessors. Artists on display work in wood, metal, clay, paper, fabric and various jewelry-oriented combinations of metals and beads. Artists for the show include: Sarah Baechtle, Kay Boiarski, Joseph Bonifas, Bruce Chesser, Ed Corle, Judy Decker, Jack Earl, Melissa Eddings, Anna Fisher, Judith Greavu, Jodi Knoch, Brandon Knott, Kim Leopold, Gregg Luginbuhl, James Mellick, Martha Sackett, Yasue Sakaoka, Luke Sheets, Ralph Stuckman, Kaname Takada, Sumiko Takada, Les Thede and John Thies.  All of the craftspersons in the exhibit are from Ohio and several have been award-winners in earlier ArtSpace shows.

The emphasis of the exhibit is on “fine” crafts: work that exhibits the same imaginative creativity, the same attention to detail and the same understanding of medium as any art must do.

The exhibit will run through September 13, 2014. There will be a reception for the artists on Sunday, August 3 from 2-4 p.m.

ArtSpace/Lima is a not-for-profit arts organization with a mission to promote the arts in northwest Ohio and to provide artists with a venue to present and sell their work.   ArtSpace/Lima is supported in part by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council. For further information on ArtSpace/Pops 2014 or information regarding other ArtSpace/Lima programs, please call Bill Sullivan, Operations Manager, at ArtSpace/Lima 419-222-1721.