June 4th: In Celebration of Limestone Quarries and Carvers

June 4th: In Celebration of Limestone Quarries and Carvers
Opening Reception: Friday, June 4th, 5-8 PM On Display:  June 4th - July 31st   Limestone is the heart of Bloomington. The availability of the finely grained Oolitic Limestone of the Salem Formation has been our bedrock economic, aesthetic, and structural resource for centuries. June is Bloomington’s Limestone Month and in July the Indiana Limestone Symposium will host its 25th Anniver...
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May 7th: Transitions: A Grateful Farewell

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By Mary Hambly In the summer of 1988, Mary Hambly arrived in Bloomington to begin her Master of Fine Arts program in Studio Art/Textiles at IU. Having obtained her degree, Hambly then infused herself into many facets of the Bloomington arts scene for the next three decades. Mary’s spent 5 years as Adjunct Art Instructor at Ivy Tech State College, Vincennes University and IUPUI-Columbus a...
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March: Vessels, maybe not Vessels

March: Vessels, maybe not Vessels
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On Display: March 7th - 28th Vessels — do they hold? house? protect? conceal? Vessels may be the most ubiquitous and useful objects in human history. They are important both because they hold and because they can assign meaning to the contents that they hold as well as to the being using them. This iterative web of meaning has forever inspired artisans to explore the potentials of a vessel’s...
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February: Love Drops

February: Love Drops
On Display: February 5th - 28th Share the love with a gift from the heart. Hand-made cards, jewelry, glass hearts, special boxes and much more! We welcome you to come to the gallery to find the valentine spirit in the air with gifts of art and crafts that will exude love to those you give them to.    
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December: 2020: The Year of Silver Linings!

On Display: November 16th - January 24th As we near the end of an almost inconceivable year, we at By Hand Gallery are wishing for all of you and yours and all of us and ours to find 2020’s silver linings — in both the grand and the small ways, the nuance of the ordinary and the richness of the beautiful, and most importantly — the joys of each other. Here’s to celebrating friendship and experi...
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October: A Change in Light

October: A Change in Light
By Tom Rhea On Display:  October 3rd - November 11th A Change in Light:  As a continuation of his interest in painting the limestone architecture in Indiana, Tom began a series of paintings from his last trip to Florence, Rome, and Puglia (on the Adriatic coast of Italy). Puglia contains some of the oldest continually inhabited settlements in the world, like Matera carved out of and into t...
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September: Taking Flight

September: Taking Flight
By Joanne Shank On Display: September 1st - 28th Taking Flight: Combines two of Joanne’s styles of painting – her love of painting birds and her fascination of creating imaginary landscapes. Artist Statement: “Nature has always been my source of inspiration, whether it is with the colors in abstracts or watercolor paintings of local birds and vegetation. My wa...
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May 28th: Re-opening to the public!!!

Re-Opening: Thursday, May 28th, 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM Hours of Operation: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM As we prepare to re-open to the public, changes are being made in the gallery to ensure the safety of our staff, artists, and patrons.  Please note the following changes for your next visit: Masks will be required while in the common area of the ...
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COVID-19 UPATE

COVID-19 UPATE
Announcement from your friendly neighborhood By Hand Gallery: Pending any new developments in regard to the COVID-19 virus, we are still open for business. Proper sanitation rituals are being performed regularly throughout the day. For anyone self-isolating during this unprecedented time we have a few options to enable you to continue enjoying our gallery just like you have...
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March 6th: The Language of Pattern

March 6th: The Language of Pattern
By Mary Hambly Pattern is an underlying structure that organizes surfaces or structures in a consistent, regular manner.Pattern can be described as a repeating unit of shape or form, but it can also be thought of as the "skeleton" that organizes the parts of a composition. Opening Reception: Friday, March 6th, 5-8 PM On Display: March 6th - April 25th
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