Saturday, July 3, 2010

Gallery Walk coming up July 23- Friday Night 5-9

City Wide Gallery Walk Night coming up July 23- Friday Night from 5-9:00 pm.
The Bradley Art Gallery will have live music from a Chicago band called Paper Thick Walls....who will play from 5-7:30 pm.....We will have food and drink as well!  Come see this awesome band and see and buy lots of very unique original artwork.  The gallery is full of new work to see!  We need your support.....please come and enjoy the festivities and support The Bradley Art Gallery!  Call 608-873-9026 with any questions regarding the Gallery Walk Night.  At the sidebar see utube of Paper Thick Walls or google them to hear their music.  Very nice...indy rock/folk.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

2 new additions to our gallery and other things

Its been a long and exhausting time of it to finally expand our gallery to 2 floors!  Upstairs from the current gallery we will soon be opening The Artisans Workshop ....a part of The Bradley Art Gallery.  Upstairs there will be art classes of ALL kinds...of varying lengths and prices...taught be experienced artists in their medium for both total beginners hoping to learn something brand new...to experts already! 
We will also be offering many other "life enriching workshops...creative writing..languages such as Spanish, Italian and possibly Norwegian!  And many other varied classes...we will be moving our regular yoga classes on Wednesdays upstairs as well.   We have been so excited about it and it almost near the time when we can get upstairs and start arranging the space and getting ready!  More pictures soon!   I saw this podium and loved it...I thought it would be perfect for the "teacher" to stand ...and have a place to hold paperwork etc...to help them be organized....I love it!  Its a beautiful piece isnt it?  I get to pick it up on Tuesday...as well as this beatuiful wood jewelry display case.  I have been eagerly awaiting my new jewerly to come and fill it!  The posters are in the way....but it is a beautiful piece of hickory funriture..and in perfect shape..I am excited to have more room for jewelry here at the gallery!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Syttende Mai at The Bradley Art Gallery! May 14-16 --last weekend

Inna Larson played here during our Syttende Mai Celebration this year 2010 last weekend.  I just had to show you some pictures of her beautiful outfit and instrument. Inna plays traditional Hardanger Fiddle Music and she will be back next year if you missed her!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Syttende Mai King and Queen came to visit the Bradley Art Gallery

Dave and Barb Kalland, the King and Queen of Syttende Mai for 2010 came to the gallery today to visit and wish us a good Syttende Mai Weekend!  Hope you can come to see us this weekend!  We have live music this Friday night---AJ Love playing chicago blues....from 7-10 PM (May 14th)  and on Sunday afternoon (May 16th) there is Inna Larson playing tradional Norwegian Hardanger Fiddle music from 10-11:30 in full costume!  Come and enjoy all the festivities all weekend and please dont forget to come in to The Bradley Art Gallery which is right in the heart of all the festivities!  See you here!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

My new Gallery Birds!!! Yea ...Welcome George and Gracie!

These are my new "gallery birds"!  George and Gracie!  I just got them last night...I think they will love living at the gallery...so much color and noise and people and attention!!! They are attention mongers!  Especially Gracie on the left.  She is a Quaker Parrot and George is a Love Bird.  George could care less... I think...about peoples attention...but Gracie wants to be loved totally!  They are both freaked out today..everything is too new...I am trying to give them their "space" to acclimate...but its so hard...Gracie is so fun!  She hasn't been worked with too much...but Quakers can really be big talkers.  So, we are going to work on talking...so far she has just imitated my laugh...which was hilarious!!  And she gives kisses...but that's all so far.  I have to do some reading about these birds so I can be the very best human friend they could have.  Quakers live to be about 30....Gracie is around 7. The love bird is around 4 yrs old...I don't know how long Love Birds live...I will find this all out...what a fun new journey!!!  Please come and check my new feathered friends out at the gallery!!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

New unique boxes here!

By Chris Allen....each box a truly unique piece of art! Who knows what secret treasures you will put in these boxes???

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Just for Fun! Good odds!

Fun Around Town !___________________________________________________

Tickets 10$ each – You will have a one in 20 chance of winning something with one ticket! Only 200 tickets will be sold! We will draw for the winners the day we sell our 200th ticket. All winners will be posted on the web page and blog as well as contacted. Winners can pick up what you win at the gallery or you can tell the gallery to mail your winning coupon(s) to you…either way is fine. You will have up to 1 year of the date of which we pick the winners to use the coupons.

1st Prize - One night stay at the Naeset –Roe Bed and Breakfast in Stoughton, WI. (Value up to 150.00) Plus- 100.00 Gift Certificate towards dinner at Laz Bistro restaurant in Stoughton. ( Total package value 250.00).

2nd Prize- Stoughton Opera House Gift Certificate for tickets- (Value up to 200.00) Good for any performance(s) that have tickets available.

3rd Prize- 100.00 gift certificate to The Bradley Art Gallery

Additional Prizes:

4. The Pour House Gift Certificate in Stoughton, WI. (Value up to 50.00).

5. Cheeser’s in Stoughton Gift Certificate . (Value up to 60.00)

6. Gift Certificate for Stoughton Floral. (Value 60.00)

7. Movie Tickets for Cinema 5 Café in Stoughton. (Value 48.00)

8. Fosdahls in Stoughton Gift Certificate. (Value 50.00)

9. Nordic Nook in Stoughton Gift Certificate . (Value 50.00)

9. Corner Stone Spa in Stoughton gift certificate (Value 55.oo)

Call 608-873-9026 to order tickets….or come in to The Bradley Art Gallery- 183. W Main St. Stoughton, WI 53589.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Local artist Barbara Grant brought in her new series!

Barbara brought in her new painting series entitled " Stormy weather" shown above. Barbara resides in Whitewater and is available often to speak with and discuss her work. Come on in and read about each piece. In Barbara's work there are stories to tell. Her paintings are impactful and full of emotion.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Ann Teliczan's work to be at The Bradley Art Gallery ongoing...starting end of March!

About the Artist

As a young child Ann Teliczan moved from her birthplace in Los Angeles to a little farming community nestled against the western slopes of the Cascade mountains near the Canadian border. Her earliest memories are of being just as fascinated by the smallest detail in a wildflower as she was in the beauty of a worn out old shack or weathered tombstone. Ann saw beauty in overcast rainy days, a battle between brilliantly green grass and the ever hazy overcast world that would frequently envelop her family for weeks. She lived in a world of contrasts and contradictions.

Teliczan studied illustration, graphic design and photography as a student at William James College, a liberal arts college that emphasized philosophical thinking. There, she began exploring expressing herself with illustrations and hand colored black and white photography. Today Ann's creative energy marries the realism of digital captures, use of painting techniques and high tech archival printing methods on watercolor paper and canvas.

Ann's work will be in the gallery as of the end of March. There will be a special opening with Ann attending all day on April 24th from 10-6. Come and meet Ann and enjoy the festivities of our Annual Spring Fling Event. There will be live music and refreshments as well! The Event runs both Sat and Sun April 24-25th 10-6 with Live Music and refreshments both days. Ann will be here only on Saturday however! Mark your calendars! More on this event soon!

New Artist coming next week! Brian McCormick

Madison watercolor artist, Brian McCormick will be exhibiting here beginngin March 11th. "I think of my watercolor landscapes as intimate. They are not of big skies or distant views but reflect the narrow valleys and abrupt hills of the Driftless Region of Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa: an area untouched by the leveling "drift" of the Ice Age glaciers. My response to the region is a closer focus and more of an emphasis on the flat picture plane instead of perspective. The paintings are also intimate in their focus on the patterns found in the landscapes: the repetition of the forms and color of leaf, flower, stem, branch and tree trunk. My interest in pattern has limited my use of the traditional large areas of watercolor washes-instead I use smaller broken areas of paint that reflect the individual mark of the brush and that create a pattern. I'm drawn to the somber colors and the starker, less appreciated season of late fall when the glory of the brilliant foliage is gone or long past its peak, or winter with its austere color schemes and high contrasts. I work in two formats: square and "triple-square"(one by three units.) I believe these more rigid formats draw more attention to the shape of the painting and help to create a tension between the painting as a referential image and the painting as an object. "

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

New Yoga Class Starting up 3/10

Only 4 Spots Left! SIGN UP TODAY FOR NEW 6 Week Beginners Yoga 3/10-4/14! FEATURING: Spring Holistic Detox Program! Simply email me: anneadametz@gmail.com Class @ The Bradley Art Gallery
183 W Main St. Stoughton, WI 53589 6:30pm 6 weeks: $80 or drop in for $14 Please: Bring a mat, blanket, strap & water

Thursday, February 11, 2010

New Artist Jeff Sterns -Featured Artist Feb 12

GALLERY WALK NIGHT FRIDAY FEB 12 5-8 PM. FEATURED ARTIST: JEFF STERNS OIL PAINTER OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SCENES. WINE AND CHEESE SERVED. COME AND MEET JEFF. BE HAPPY BUY ART!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Partnering with The Yahara River Grocery Cooperative

The Bradley Art Gallery is partnering with The Yahara River Grocery Co-op here in downtown Stoughton! We are featuring one of our artists Bruce Fortney( from the Blue Mounds Area) at the co-op! The Bradley Art Gallery will donate 10% of all sales from the paintings shown on display there until April1 to the co-op! Co-op address and hours:
229 East Main Street, Stoughton, WI 53589 Phone: 608-877-0947

HOURS Monday to Saturday– 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Yoga coming to the Bradley Art Gallery! Jan 20!! Sign up NOW!!

Yoga Starting at The Bradley Art Gallery!!
Anne Adametz of Organic Healthcare will be leading Yoga for 6 week sessions starting Jan 20th! Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 PM. Yoga in a beautiful setting among inspiring artwork!
Pre- registration is required- Limit 15 people
80.00 for a 6 week session. Please call The Bradley Art Gallery or Anne at 608-577-YOGA for questions or to register.
Participants are asked to bring their own mat and a blanket. Also helpful is a belt strap or similar stretch device.