Believe it or not, it’s Holiday Show prep time!

Umm ya, that’s right – it’s Sept. 26 and time to rev up the holiday artwork engine.

This year, not only will I be making work for our 3rd ever annual Hanna-Hooly Holiday Open Studio Party & Art Show, but I’ll also be participating in a group holiday art show at Gallery 360 in Minneapolis which opens on Nov. 10th (that’s like 44 days from today – yikes!)

Holiday tree ornaments, fabric, batting, stitching ©Ayn Hanna

I’m going have some of my new LineScape Series of works in the exhibit.  Participating artists are also making some small holiday items/ornaments, so I’m making some holiday “tree” ornaments for the show as well.

Holiday ornaments in progress ©Ayn Hanna

The Main Attraction

While I’ll be exhibiting in the group show at Gallery 360, my partner Barbara Gilhooly will be having a solo show of her new work in the large gallery space there.  Her new work includes carved paintings of cityscapes and bridges, as well as some “city cutouts” – painted and cutout forms which will “stand” all around the perimeter of the gallery floor:

Cutout City forms (painted wood, wood "tabs") ©Barbara Gilhooly (used with permission of the artist)

I know I’m a bit biased, but, hey these are really fantastic pieces!  She plans to have about 100 of these “cutouts” ready for the show.  You should see our living room – looks like a world city has emerged through the floor.  Imagine the gallery space with paintings lining the walls and this cutout city lining the perimeter of the gallery floor!

"City Cutouts" (painted wood, wood "tabs") ©Barbara Gilhooly (used with permission of the artist)

"City Cutouts" (painted wood, wood "tabs") ©Barbara Gilhooly (used with permission of the artist)

If you’re in or near Minneapolis/St. Paul, you can see the show in person – it will be up Nov 10 through Jan 18.  And we’ll be there for the opening on Nov 10, so I’m looking forward to seeing all our friends in the MN area then!