Time is flying by.........

The time has been flying by!  I apologize for underestimating the time it would take to finish my rewards. There have been a few obstacles that have taken me by surprise and have pushed back my timeline. Thank you for your patience and understanding.  



Alicia working on rewards.
Photo by: Paul Franz

 Rewards Update: 

Coasters:
I had the last bunch of coasters cut this week after  having some problems with the wood splitting in the previous batch.  I am sanding them now and will seal and paint them over the next two weeks.  I have just 6 more sets to do.

 5x7 works on paper:
The paper has been cut to size and 75% of the xerox transfers are done.  The next step has been to seal them with clear gesso which I hope to be finished with this weekend.  Once they are all processed, (about 50 of them!) I will start with the color flourishes and send them out as I finish them. 

The 8x10's and eye portraits:
I am estimating that the coasters will need 2 weeks and that the 50, 5x7 paintings will take a little over a month to paint. Then I will be on to the 8x10's and the eye portraits. I will update you as I get closer to working on them.  My goal is to complete this project during the spring.

Thanks again for your wonderful support and patience!  I look forward to completing the rewards and sending you a beautiful token of my appreciation. 

Italy Exhibition of the Collaborative Omnia Scroll

THE OMNIA SCROLL EXHIBITION II 2013
2.3.13 – 16.3.13
ArT Studio
Via calnova 9/a
San dona di piave
VENEZIA

EVERYTHING IS ALIVE
EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTED.

The Omnia Scroll Exhibition II 2013, following the launch of the Annual International Collective Art Exhibition and Collaborative Arts Scroll in 2012, the second exhibition will be curated by Penelope Oakley and Paolo Doga.

Artists exhibiting original work along side the scroll at Art Studio are:
Tatiana Carapostol, James Eddy, Alexander Osipov, Jamie McCartney,Katy Holford, Alberto Martinez , Carmelo Di Certo, Penelope Oakley,Federico Sirini, Rudolf Lichtenegger, Ivana Vavreckova, Jenny Lynne Sessions, Rachael Linton, Lynne Ridden, Stuart Griggs, Iain Dub, Svetlana Belenkin

Also joining The Omnia Scroll Exhibition in Venice
with more art creating the scroll panels:

Joe MacGowan, Gary Iles, Natalia Bucio,
Sue Taylor, Maria Gorino, Alicia Hunsicker,
James Gill, Claudia Vázquez.

The existing panels from the first exhibition works from the 12 exhibiting artists from that show along with those exhibiting in San Dona di Piave will be exhibited alongside the original works of the above artists.

Beginning in the UK in 2012 this global arts collaboration and exhibition will be touring the world annually. Connecting new artists, exhibitors, galleries and the public alike.
Artists will exhibit their original artworks and each work exhibited will form part of the collaborative work thus creating “The Omnia Scroll” an ever increasing, continually growing work of art, images transferred onto silk fabric cotton canvas panels which will be connected and embroidered with gold thread.

The Omnia Scroll and Exhibitions explore the interconnectedness of all things (Latin for all things is Omnia), with each other and our planet.

The theme of the exhibition to promote positive connections and explore the visual interpretations of each artist, in doing so increasing connections to a wider audience and to each other.

From each original exhibited artwork, a print of which will be transferred onto fabric panels, each artwork creating and becoming a piece of a whole new one, “The Omnia Scroll” will be exhibited alongside the originals. As each exhibition takes place and grows so does The Omnia Scroll, one piece of art, many artists creations, continually evolving.

Two thousand years ago, “Omnia vivunt, omnia inter se conexa.” Everything is alive; everything is interconnected!” Cicero, Roman Philosopher.

The Omnia Scroll now consists of 36 different artists amazing art & 4 panels so far of the Scroll being the growing collaborative work...artists from all around the world.

The Omnia Scroll

"EVERYTHING IS ALIVE, EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTED."



Particle Collision #6 of the Beautiful Tangle series 

I am pleased to announce that my painting “Particle Collision # 6 of the Beautiful Tangle series will be incorporated into the Omnia Scroll.


 ”The Omnia Scroll" is an ever increasing, continually growing work of art which explores the interconnectedness of all things (Omnia latin all things). The curator Penelope Oakley, is inspired by and fascinated with ancient wisdoms, science, quantum physics, philosophy and spirituality. Embracing the untangible mysteries and invisible connections that merge, from the undiscovered depths of our oceans, of nature, the stars with each other and ourselves. The theme of the exhibition is to promote positive connections and explore the visual interpretations of each artist, in doing so increasing connections to a wider audience and to each other.

This March 2013, OS will be exhibited at Art Studio Gallery in Venice, Italy and in the UK at the Brighton Jubilee Library for the month of May, one of the busiest times in the art scene in Brighton coinciding with the Brighton Festival.  Further venues include Mexico, Brazil, USA, Japan, Dubai for forthcoming years.  Tate Modern, The V&A Museum London, The Science Museum to name but a few…this is just the beginning!

The first exhibition in Venice, Italy includes sculpture, photography, paintings, mixed media, digital Art, Poetry from 16 artists exhibiting originals & with 8 new artists joining the Collaborative Omnia Scroll which now has a total of 27 artists included in this growing collaborative artwork

Looking forward to this new venture and will post photos and updates as they happen!
 

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Lost in Transit

Beautiful Tangle Series #4, Alicia Hunsicker, 2013

The Boundless newsletter with photos and stories was emailed out through Mail Chimp on Jan., 7th.  Most of you have seen it now but from the feedback I have received some of the emails ended up in spam and junk folders. I have followed up with sending the link to those connected to me on FB but there are some of you who I am not connected to yet.  As this is one of the rewards I promised my backers I am posting a link here for those of you who want to see how my journey went and enjoy the stunning photos taken in the Alps.

When clicking on the link it will take you to the Mail Chimp site where it is posted.  For those of you who were backers and did not receive the email please take a moment to subscribe to the Newsletter list (upper left corner). For those of you who were not backers and want to receive future newsletters feel free to do the same!

Boundless: An Artist Residency and Journey to CERN

Beautiful Tangle Series Now Showing

Beautiful Tangle Series, 5"x 7" mixed media on board, Alicia Hunsicker, 2013

I have started a new series of Beautiful Tangle paintings (shown here)  inspired by my journey to CERN and interest in particle collisions.  The first five are being shown at Gallery in the Woods in the Winter Show where I am one of 4 featured artists.  The show will be up until the end of February. Gallery in the Woods is located on Main St. in Brattleboro, VT.

Boundless Newsletter has been sent

Boundless backers.....Check your in-boxes

Austrian Countryside photo by Alicia Hunsicker

The newsletter with photos and stories from my Austrian Residency and CERN journey has been sent out.  

Included are also updates from the studio, an exhibition announcement, and Kickstarter reward updates.  I have received lots of great feedback from some of you who have had the chance to read it already. I hope that those of you I haven't heard from get a chance to read it soon... enjoy!  xo~Alicia

Particle Collision Paintings: Winter Show and Studio Notes:

I have completed 5 new small paintings (5” x 7”) that will be exhibited at Gallery in the Woods, Brattleboro, VT. in the Winter Show which opens Friday, Jan. 4^th, 2013 from 5 to 8 pm. 

These new pieces were inspired by my visit at CERN and will be the basis of the 5x7 kickstarter rewards that will be finished toward the end of Jan. and early Feb.

The wands and postcards have been sent. The coasters are prepped and being painted in the studio now.  I will be sending them out as I finish them so those of you who pledged for them you can expect them in the mail sometime this coming month.   

There are a few of you who still need to send me your mailing address. If you haven't done so yet please do. I would like to be able to thank you with a reward.

I am finishing up the newsletter with stories and photos from the Boundless journey and will be sending out that in early Jan. as well.

I have been thinking about the coming year and wondering what it will bring…last year was full of challenges and rewards.  Anything is Possible! Wishing you all a Happy New Year!            xo~ Alicia 

Boundless Article in Life & Times

Particle Collision #2, 35" x 38", mixed media on paper,
Alicia Hunsicker, 2012

This is Particle Collision #2, The second painting I completed during my residency in Austria. It is featured today in the Recorder article "Boundless" written by David Rainville. The article is available on-line at: http://www.recorder.com/lifetimes/

 

My Sincerest Thanks



Particle Collision #1, 35"x38" Alicia Hunsicker, Austria, 2012

The Boundless project was a great success for both my artistic and personal growth.
It was a challenging and rewarding journey that most assuredly has changed the way I see the world.

Boundless: Artist Residency in Austria and Journey to CERN

Sept. 26, 2012 – October 14, 2012

Places visited:

Geneva, Switzerland
Mallnitz, Austria
Lyon, France

Activities of Note:

Switzerland by train
CERN
D. Fleiss East West artist Residency and Symposium, Mallnitz, Austria
Exhibitions at BIOS National Park Museum, Mallnitz, Austria and ARTour Brussels, Belgium
Day trips to Grossglockner and Raggaschlucht in Austria.

City tour of Lyon, France which included Roman ruins.

This was inspirational, educational, challenging, supportive and most of all joyous adventure.  It was a wonderful few weeks of art, travel, new friends & cuisine. The paintings I created while at the residency were well received and have continued to open new directions for me as an artist. The image above: Particle Collision #1 is now in the collection of the D. Fleiss East West Foundation.  Austria was amazingly beautiful and I hope to go back someday.
 

This journey wouldn’t have been possible without the generous support of my Kickstarter project backers and the wonderful friends and fans that helped me get the word out about my project.  Without your pledges, posts, and encouragement I wouldn’t have had such a successful project.

Thank you so much!
Love and Blessings to all, xo ~Alicia

Natalie Abrams Artworks

Karin Bartimole

Barb & Peter Wozniak
Aunt Jean

Penny and Brian Adams

Sandy Hunsicker

E. J. Barnes

Gary Simpson

Brenda Cirioni

William York

Susan Brown

Alli Berman

Betsy Lewis, The Walkabout Woman

Anonymous

Lilly Pereira

Deb Zucowska

Tracey Fournier

Denise

Mira Bartok

Dara Herman Zierlein

John Polak

Shanna Galloway

Janet Masucci

Rosemary Carstens

Sylvia Brallier

Peggy Twardowski

Briana Taylor

Jenny Ruhl

Jocelyn Almy-Testa

  Lauri Denyer

  Karl Jacobs

  Ariel E Churnin

Joyce Conlon

  Pamela Saturday

Andrea McCann Filipkowski

Marlene Rye

  Danita Thomas

Sean Patrick Hill

Blake Brasher

'nlitn! media group

Dyan and Jared

Michelle Manley

Nancy Natale

Sarah Bliss

Lisa M Hyatt

Terry  Jarrard-Dimond

Pam Beachell

  Sugati

Maggie Nowinski

Shutao Liao

K Lenore Siner

Annie Bissett

Allison Alaoui

Sharmon Davidson

Zeren Earls

Ryan

Merry Lein

Travis English

Pam Farrell

  Christine

K Lea Rosen

Susan Barocas

Gloria

Chantal Hardy

Bronwen Hodgkinson

Linda Marcille

Dyan Marie, Bloordale BIA +BIG: Bloor Improvement Group

Kassandra LaPrade

Mitch Fillmore

Nina Rossi of Nina's Nook, Turners Falls

Christina Roney

Carolyn Asbury

Eric

Terry Jenoure

Trace Meek

Lee Cauley

Wendy Mooney

David Vincent Aquino

Danielle Graham

Janet Morgan

Howard Mcginn

Suzanne Harding

Mary Lombard

Catherine Loughman

Cornelia Reid

Chris Bluelamb Toubeau

Jason Mark

Julie Deyo

Laura T. Garcia

Jennifer Paris

Jaime Hyatt

Daniel A. Brown

Suzy S.

Carol Yamada

Penelope Oakley

Benjamin Ostiguy

Jen Tenczar

Anne Seuthe

Bonnie Clark, Marketing Consultant, Gypsy Wolf Marketing LLC

Stephanie Woerner

Lisa West

Dave

Hope and Feathers Framing

Brian Tamulonis

Tami Goodrich

Laurie M Goddard

Brian, Kathy and Declan Fitzpatrick

Richelle Hanson

Tony Maroulis

Jeff

Johniene Papandreas

Rhonda Lee Wainshilbaum
Ralph Lowen

Ginny Rockwood

Virginia M. Duarte

Jenni Allard

Meredith Munn

Crystall Stillman

Cecilia Tustinski
Deborah Garner
Karen Loomis
Paula and Karen Sayward
Pam Stone

Tish Grier

Priscilla Dodge

Chris Johnson

Charlene and Mike Forgue

Janet Richards

Rita Owczarski

Astrid Heimer
Simone Alter-Muri
Peggy Olchen

Kelly Stazny

Jim Rosazza

Tracey Physioc Brockett
Tess Gadwa and family

Special thanks to:

Dorothea Fleiss and the D. Fliess East West Foundation

Mike and Ben Hunsicker

Fran Beallor

Dan Levin
Ben Brau, UMass Physics Dept.

Dr. Steve Goldfarb, CERN

Laurette Wittner
Judith Motzkin
Kristin Nicholas

Glendon Mellow

Helga and The Hotel Kartnerhof, Mallnitz

Artscope Magazine

Paulina Amador, SuperConsciousness Magazine

Mary Sherman and the TransCultural Exchange
David Rainville, Trish Crapo, and The Recorder

Jennifer Holloway and The Sentinel

I carefully compiled this list from my records.  If for some reason I mistakenly left your name out please let me know so that I may add you in. 

Kickstarter Success!

I have been so busy making plans and getting ready to go to Austria and Switzerland I have not had a moment to blog about the success of my kickstarter project.
I am so thankful to everyone who pledged support to my project.  This is going to be an amazing trip that will inspire me for a very long time!

Dave Rainville of the Greenfield Recorder wrote a nice follow up article about the Residency and the kickstarter compaign.  I will post it if I can find it online.

This is Mallnitz, Austria where I will be living during my residency with the D. Fleiss East West Artists Foundation.  It is the kind of village that they call a "Pearl of the Alps."

Artist Spotlight on the Pagan Sphinx

This just came out yesterday!


Gina Duarte writer of the Pagan Sphinx writes:

“Please visit my blog, The Pagan Sphinx to read my post on Western Massachusetts artist and my friend Alicia Hunsicker. She is a woman of great artistic gifts and keen intellect.
I wish her well in her current fundraising efforts to attend a residency program she as invited to participate in. The residency is in Austria and will include a visit to CERN - The European Organization for Nuclear Research. What does the Higgs Boson Particle have to do with art? Read my article! Best luck, Alicia!”

Half Way There!

Thank you to all my Boundless Backers!
(and future ones too!)


I am a little over the half way mark on my kickstarter campaign for my project Boundless.
13 days left to be exact with an ending date of August 28th.

I am thrilled with the generous support I have received so far!
A big thank you for the special surprise donation I received from Rainer, Washington!

I still need to raise quite a bit more but I am hopeful that it will all work out. Please consider being a backer and getting a great reward in return. I am offering lots of custom made art especially for my backers, eye portraits, hand carved maple burl wands, workshops, and paintings etc.
Check it out…I bet there is something for you!


A successful Kickstarter campaign is usually the result of it being seen by many people, so even if you aren't interested in doing any of the pledges it would be great if you would share this link with friends and family, on facebook and any other social media you are involved with.

Thank you!  :o)

Pledges and Rewards

Besides original art created especially for my backers these are some of the rewards I am offering.
A lot of time and effort went into selecting them, and will also go into making them for this project.

The coasters recently sold out! I have added a few more sets and only one set is left at this moment.

I am trying to come up with an alternate reward for that pledge amount but I am not having any brilliant ideas….yet!



Please consider backing my project and joining me on this journey. Even the smallest pledge can make a world of difference.

Getting Stitched on the Farm



Leyden Glen sheep and neighborhood view photo by Kristen Nicholas

My neighbor Kristin who writes the blog Getting Stitched on the Farm

recently wrote a nice piece about me and the open studio sale that I did last weekend.

I want to thank her for the great post and extra support her followers have added to my kickstarter project: Boundless.

It’s wonderful to live in a neighborhood filled with artists, farms, and small business entrepreneurs. Kristin is not only a wonderful artist, illustrator, and knitwear designer. She also runs a farm with her husband Mark and just across the road is the Lamb shack!
We are big fans of Leyden Glen Lamb’s sweet sausage!

I have recently experimented with a traditional sheppard’s pie recipe by adding the lamb sausage and ground lamb together (instead of Hamburg) topping it with caramelized onions, and then adding the corn and mashed potatoes (I add cream cheese to them!) It has become a family favorite!

Open Studio Success and Stat Trends

This is a photo taken outside my studio door on Sunday, the day of my open studio. I have written an update about it on my kickstarter project page. Click on the link to read about the great day we had.




I also wanted to share with you this fun Stat feature that will keep you updated on the progress of my project: Boundless! Currently I am 31% funded with 18 days to go. Here is the stat page link on kicktraq.



Please consider backing my project and joining me on this journey. A small pledge can make a world of difference.