double whammy december

in just seven days, on friday, december 4th, nahcotta will be simultaneously celebrating two exhibitions commencing on both coasts of the u.s.. yes, it's a fabulously fantastic double art whammy.

on the east side, in portsmouth, we've got our group show december, featuring this gorgeous bunch: michael winters, tim beavis, jennifer davis, shannon rankin, bonnie goldstein, and cheryle st. onge.

on the west side, eta la ii regales the silver lake 'hood of los angeles with its 26 artists from the PST zone: amanda blake, benjamin schlitter, charles adler, david lloyd, hugh d’andrade, jess fogel, joe ryckebosch, joey remmers, karen kang, kate bingaman-burt, katja leibenath, lisa congdon, lynn milosz, marisa haedike, mati mcdonough, matt adrian, matte stephens, ned evans, rachel robertson, rebecca hahn, ryan berkley, sarajo frieden, susie ghahremani, ute zaunbauer, valerie pensworth, and walt hall. this is just a portion of the tiny art pile-up that's been arriving in venice, california all week.


you've no excuse! whether you're right or you're left, you've got awesome art to check out and super fun openings to attend next friday. rest up and recover from turkey overload and black friday madness and put on your partypants, 'cos nahcotta's got your dance card filled, so to speak.

oh, if you're an FB'er, you can keep yourself in the eta la ii loop via this link or this one.

happy friday to you all!

december

our upcoming show, called december, is abbie's first curatorial foray here at nahcotta. i love the pieces that she chose and i'm so looking forward to seeing all of this stunning work on our walls. for a preview of some of the images click here. we'll be adding more as they come in. the artists in the show are: tim beavis, jennifer davis, bonney goldstein, shannon rankin, cheryle st. onge, and michael winters (who, incidentally designed this beautiful postcard).

eta la 2!

we are so excited that the enormous tiny art show is about to head back to los angeles! once again, the living room will be our host and the show will be up from december 4th through january 15th. join us in person or online!

new book by rose umerlik

rose umerlik's new books are in! she signed them all and they are looking so beautiful. order your copy here or get in touch with us at the gallery.

the opening last friday was fantastic! thanks to all of you who came by - you were such an inspiring crowd! m. winters took this photo of rose in front of her painting, yellow surrounds.

eat.shop.guide!

we just found out that we'll be in the new england edition of the eat.shop.guide due out this fall and we couldn't be more thrilled! these guides are beautifully designed and feature only independent businesses. in their words:

not to get all gushy, but here at the eat.shop guides, we have loving feelings for one-of-a-kind, worth going out of the way to visit, independently owned local businesses. though it’s a uniquely american sentiment to think bigger is better, we believe smaller is special—and we’ve dedicated an entire series of city guides to this premise.

they emailed us an image of our page. here it is!

where did october go?

with the flora and fauna show soon coming to a close, i'm aware that it's been an awfully long time since i updated the blog. it's been an incredibly nice month being surrounded by such lovely art by julia rothman and jennifer judd-mcgee. good thing we have an equally incredible show coming up next. gorgeous big paintings by rose umerlik will grace our walls next week and we are really excited!

abbie and i attended a reception last night to celebrate the finalists for the piscataqua region grant, of which rose was one, and quite a few people walked up to rose's paintings and gasped. truth. she makes paintings that absolutely wow me and i feel so grateful to be filling the walls at nahcotta with her work. there will also be a book available of her work...more on that later.

join us next friday, november 6th, from 5-8pm, and see for yourself!

flora and fauna opening friday night!

join us tomorrow night (friday) from 5-8pm for the opening of jennifer judd-mcgee and julia rothmans' show flora and fauna at nahcotta. their work may be seen online here and here.

check out the window drawing that these incredibly talented women did yesterday! we feel so incredibly lucky to work with such creative and inspiring artists!