The Orphanage

08/20/2023

Tomorrow!!!

07/19/2023

This is the big summer event.

Artist if you do wheatpaste:

Or did them when you were younger you can send in a wheatpaste print, drawing and the team here will paste it up for you on the building in the poster below. The Orphanage Gallery is helping find some art for this massive event. You can also participate in person if you want. For some of my hooligan friend who live far away and are busy like me the mail option is the way to go.

As we're making a vat of wheatpaste for this event. I know some of you who now work in fine art did this very thing when you were younger so relive your youth and message me I send you the address and other details. The works must be all audiences friendly as our area is open to the public.

With mutli panel pieces please include a diagram for easy of installation.

Now accepting wheatpastes for this event hosted by Brick City Artworks that will be here soon

07/07/2023

Tonight
11 Americans at The Orphanage Gallery
Bill Montana At Us and Them
New Friday we will be at The Artist reception and the closing of The Kentucky Folk Art Center Museum
Then that Saturday it's Minnie Adkins Day.

Busy, busy, busy week for art. See you at one of the upcoming events

06/21/2023

The 11 Americans show opens July 7 and runs through August 20, 2023.

Here is a special preview of the show from the installation phase.

05/07/2023

The Orphanage Gallery scedule update.

Up now at the gallery
Daniel Wells

June
Solar Pyrography Billy Keith

July and August
Eleven Americans featuring works by Stuart Fineman , Alan Greenberg , Jeffrey Cortland Jones , Stephen Wright , Tom D Duimstra , Michael Peoples, David T Miller, Bill Montana, Beverly Ra******rg of Chicago, yoella Razili from Los Angeles and Clair Murphy.
(List subject to change should one of the 11 artist nor be able to show we will add someone in there place). As of right now this is a Blockbuster line up.

September and October
Scott Gibbs
Note this show will have ongoing changes of the works. It will be organic and change through out the two months.

November
Bill Montana
New work.

Photo is a piece donated to the Little Art Gallery at Front Street by Daniel Wells who is currently on view at The Orphanage Gallery

02/20/2023

Up next

10/06/2022

Opens tomorrow

08/29/2022

Based on calculations the Green Chain has broken 50 feet. It has 154 links of 70 caps each and used 10780 Heineken beer caps were used in its construction.

This is one of only two or three bottle cap chains of this length made in the last hundred years. The other known example that was shown in the 1990s at the Blockbuster show was thought to be 50 feet. That vintage was big but the length is not confirmed. Either way it worth counting as it's one of only two very large known examples.

This one is made from caps from the same beer company which is unique.

The Green Chain is massive and museum scale. The reason I mention this is that I have searched many museum archives and collections and have not found another bottle cap chain in any of the collection archives. Which is very interesting as some of these museums have examples of bottle cap work in there collections but no chains and none in the 50 foot range.

If you attempt making one this big please note progress is slow and it is pure madness. Is is also heavier than one would think.

If this chain was laid out like a snake in a single row of caps it would measure 179.6 feet. As a chain this one is a bit over 50 feet.

08/18/2022