Exhibition Dates: November 5 – December 20, 2009

Joe Casey, My Family, watercolor on paper, 17" x 19"

Joe Casey, Country Bridge, watercolor on paper, 14" x 22"

Unknown as an artist to the South Bend community for most of his life, Joe Casey’s (1900-1987) lovely oil and watercolor paintings of childhood memories and scenic landscapes now reside in many private collections in South Bend and Chicago. Entirely self-taught, Joe loved to paint idyllic, rural Missouri farm scenes and wooded fishing spots, as well as portraits of his family.

His work was first exhibited at the Colfax Cultural Center in 1991, and since then his work has been included in Outsider art exhibits at the South Bend Museum of Art, and the Judith Racht Gallery in Harbert, Michigan. For more info on Joe’s work, see www.joecasey.org.

Joe Casey: Somewhere in America, oil on canvex, 22" x 28"

Exhibition Dates: November 5 – December 20, 2009

This special exhibit for the holiday season features handmade crafts and functional art from Artpost owner Kay Westhues’ family, many whom are craftspersons and artists living in the Bloomington Indiana area. Artists who will be exhibiting include:

• Betty Westhues (Country Loom): handmade dolls and rugs
• Walt Schmidt (Hickory Tree Studio): pottery and hand-crafted wood furniture
• Sue Westhues: gourd art
• Sarah Westhues-Owen: handmade dolls, toys and baby bibs
• Tansy Troup: retro-style aprons
• Ruby Troup: studio furniture

Betty Westhues lives near Bloomington IN, and has been weaving since 1975, first making colorful rag rugs and moving to tapestry rugs in 1985. Recently she acquired a turn-of-the-century ‘Legare’ sock-knitting machine, which she uses to create handmade socks, knitted dolls and sock monkeys.
	Sock monkeys and baby-safe dolls
Walt Schmidt is best known as a potter who creates functional stoneware ceramics, but also makes handcrafted wood furniture and forged ironwork at his studio located in the hills near Bloomington. Each piece of pottery is handcrafted of indigenous Indiana stoneware clay, and all wood is local.
	Square vase, chair (walnut, hickory and beaver wood), and beverage service
Sue Westhues, also from the Bloomington area, creates art and utilitarian pieces from gourds. Her work has been featured on the Carol Duval Show on the Home Gardening Channel, and has been included in two books on gourd art: Making Gourd Musical Instruments and Making Gourd Dolls & Spirit Figures, by Jim Widess and Ginger Summit (Sterling Publishing). Sue also teaches gourd drum making through the Indiana Gourd Society.
	Gourd birds and drum
Sarah Westhues-Owen is a musician, mom, and crafter who lives near Marshall, North Carolina. Her beautiful handmade dolls and toys are one-of-a-kind and completely safe for babies and small children.
	Flannel dog, 6 ” doll, and Waldorf-style baby doll
Tansy Troup is a seamstress and quilter who owns A Stitch In Time, an alterations shop in Bloomington. She will be showing her newest creations: vintage-look aprons.
. Ruby Troup recently graduated from Herron School of Design with a major in Furniture Design. Her unique furniture pieces are hand-carved or molded organic forms that can stand alone as a piece of art, or used functionally.
Table (bent laminated plywood, poplar, milk paint, Danish oil) and wall form (poplar, milk paint, Danish oil)

View photos of the opening reception on Flickr.

October 1- November 1

Untitled, 48" x98", mixed media

Our inaugural exhibit is this wonderful show of works on paper by Jake Webster. The “Words Matter” series was inspired by his students at the Elkhart County Juvenile Detention Center located in Goshen. Come check out our new space, browse our gallery bookstore, and support our local artists! Jake is a sculptor, mixed media artist and spoken word performer and his studio is located in Elkhart IN. To see more of Jake’s work visit www.jakewebster.org.