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In preparation for my November show at #1975Gallery I will be posting a drawing a week to help with supplies. Here is the first! $75 (cash or paypal) goes to the first to claim. 6x9 inches, watercolor paper and collaged elements from Rochester adventures. #nesting1975 #sundaydrawing #sarahcrutherford #collage

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"The Adorned" 2013. Acrylic, Stain, Woodburning on Wood panel.  Adornments by Interstellar Love Craft.  Writing by Kelly Bayer. 

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Here is one more to share.  There are no words for how grateful I am for the talented artists who visited us last summer for Wall\Therapy and for Rosanna Bach who beautifully captured this moment.  

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2013 was a beautiful year of art making, but I was not as diligent about sharing as I should have been.  In an attempt to rectify, here is one link for which I am proud.  Thank you~

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"The Adorned". Writing by Kelly Bayer. 

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"Wings of Progress".  Ink, paper, blueprint scraps from original tower.  

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2013. RES.  Red Hook, Brooklyn.

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Process Photos (Part 1) by http://www.hannahbetts.com

Thanks again to the beautiful and talented Hannah Betts, I have these process photos to share with you (final shots coming soon) from my mural in this year’s Wall\Therapy project. For more on the festival, visit http://www.wall-therapy.com.

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RECONSTRUCTED: My Hands, Our History~

Coming off a busy month wrapping up the mural project at Highland Hospital, I am pleased to announce my newest endeavor.  Curated by Sarah Johnson of Leisure Art at Porter Mills in Beverly, MA, "Reconstructed: My Hands, Our History" is a joint show with the talented Brian Thomas.  

"Both Thomas and Rutherford offer the viewer an intimate journey into the past, while at the same time consider future ideas and generations through installations, delicately cut paper, softly lit viewing spaces, and an appreciation for re-purposing." (Johnson)

Opening Thursday, January 3rd 5-9pm.  Porter Mills is located at 95 Rantoul Street in Beverly, MA.

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Here is the second batch of progress photos.  This has been an incredible opportunity thus far and will hopefully wrap up in mid-December.  More photos to come over the next few weeks!  (All photos by Hannah Betts.)

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PROGRESS SHOTS: 7 Flights of stairs (28 walls). In Collaboration with Lea Rizzo. All photos by Hannah Betts. Highland Hospital - Rochester, NY.  Two months in - at least one more month to go.

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Still sifting though the final photos from our installation "SPYGLASS", but here are a few more beautiful process ones from Hannah Betts.

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It's official!  Check out our Facebook event for more information.  Thanks to Erich Lehman for the beautiful design and Hannah Betts for the photo.  We are so excited to be kicking off the yet to be renovated home of 1975.  

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More beautiful process photos by Hannah Betts. 

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Dearest Rochester, One of my favorite parts of living here is exploring your many abandoned places, filled with vestiges of worlds past. Hand written cards, lenses buried underneath the mossy ground, machine operating manuals, rusty levers... It is all treasure to me, caked in fifty or more years of dirt. The decay, the natural world inhabiting these once mighty man-made structures - it is the past and the future. Much love, s.

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Installation underway!

Enjoy these lovely photos (taken by Hannah Betts) after our first day of working in the new space.  In case you can’t figure it out by the images, we are installing our show at 89 Charlotte Street (the previous location for the Little Bakery), located behind Restaurant 2Vine.  The building is a gem of location and we couldn’t be more thrilled that the fine owners are allowing us this venue.  Also, a special thanks to Todd Thomsen for making the trip to help us get started!

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Spyglass

Dearest art viewers,

I am writing to announce a new art installation entitled "Spyglass" which will be held in May, 2012 (Location TBA).  The intent of this exhibit is to create an impermanent space with multiple viewpoints and overlap of exterior and interior space.  I am working with architect Brandon Colaprete on this project and am excited to explore our interactions of 2 and 3 dimensional spaces. 

One of the difficult parts of working with impermanence is the question of funds.  Nothing from this exhibit will be for sale: it is purely about the experience, a unique world built to be experienced for a short duration.  That said, as a way for us to pay the expense of producing the installation we are asking for $40 donations.  As a gift for this donation, you will receive a crow (as shown above) at the conclusion of the exhibit as a vestige of our deconstructed world.  

Spyglass Crow Donation can be made through PAYPAL or by visiting me at THE YARDS collaborative art space in the Public Market (Tuesday/ Thursday or Saturday 10am-2pm).

Thank you for your consideration and for the amazing support I have already felt within this project.  I will continue to post to this blog as the project progresses, both in thought and photographs.  

Much love,

s.