Ancient Stories Retold in Exotic Sculptures, Jewelry and Wall Hangings – Luann Udell is Sharon Arts’ Featured Artist throughout May at Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries – Special Trunk Show and Sale on May 8th from 10am to 6pm – public welcome!

Peterborough, NH- - -  “When I visit a museum, I gaze eagerly upon the exhibits
of ancient artifacts—pottery shards, bone tools, textile fragments too tattered
and worn to identify. Tenderly mounted under temples of glass, carefully labeled
for display, they seem to speak to us in whispers of a time forgotten, of a
people lost to us in antiquity.” The words are those of Luann Udell, the
featured artist for May at the Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries.

Bears and horses echoing the ancient walls of Lascaux; sea stones and shells,
fossil fish, smooth river stones; ivory talismans, birds bringing songs from the
corners of the earth and more are the stuff of Udell’s art. Inspired by tribal
and prehistoric images that take us back to the dawns of another time, she
painstakingly shapes fiber, polymer and mixed media into jewelry, sculptures,
and wall hangings that retell the ancient stories, stories she believes have
much to teach us today.

A nationally exhibited artist, Udell holds a B.A. in art history and an M.A. in
education from the University of Michigan. She credits her art history courses
with introducing her to the art of many world cultures that now influence her
work, which has appeared in many books, newspapers and magazines across the
country. Working from a renovated attached antique barn studio in Keene, NH.,
she is also a published writer, with a book, various articles, a magazine column
and a blog to her credit. Udell is a double-juried member of the prestigious
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen in fabric and non-metal jewelry.

“I believe we all have a place in this world, and a purpose,” she states. “Mine
is to tell my story through my art. By telling that story, I hope to encourage
others to tell their own stories, and find their own place in the world.” Luann
Udell’s work will be on exhibit at the Sharon Arts Center’s Downtown Galleries
in Depot Square, Peterborough through the month of May. Further information may
be obtained at 603-924-2787, on Udell’s website at www.luannudell.com and on the
Sharon Arts website, www.sharonarts.org.
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SPECIAL EVENT: TRUNK SHOW AND SALE ON SATURDAY, MAY 8TH- MEET THE ARTIST:* Luann
Udell will be at the Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries from 10 am – 6 pm to give a
demonstration of her artistic technique and to meet people in the community. A
special selection of her jewelry will be available for sale during the event.

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*About Sharon Arts*
The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to support and
serve artists and craftspeople, to engage the community in the artistic process,
and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through
education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as
through special programs and events.

The Downtown Galleries in Depot Square (Fine Craft Gallery & Store, Juried
Artist Gallery and Exhibition Gallery) are open Monday - Thursday 10am to 5pm,
Friday 10am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, and Sundays 11am to 4pm.  (The
Exhibition Gallery is open year round). The Sharon Arts School of Art & Craft in
Sharon, NH, offers a wide variety of art classes and programs. The School
offices are open Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm.
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Sharon Arts Center is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on
the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts through the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act, The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation,the Gilbert-Verney
Peterborough, NH- - -  “When I visit a museum, I gaze eagerly upon the exhibits

of ancient artifacts—pottery shards, bone tools, textile fragments too tattered

and worn to identify. Tenderly mounted under temples of glass, carefully labeled

for display, they seem to speak to us in whispers of a time forgotten, of a

people lost to us in antiquity.” The words are those of Luann Udell, the

featured artist for May at the Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries.

Bears and horses echoing the ancient walls of Lascaux; sea stones and shells,

fossil fish, smooth river stones; ivory talismans, birds bringing songs from the

corners of the earth and more are the stuff of Udell’s art. Inspired by tribal

and prehistoric images that take us back to the dawns of another time, she

painstakingly shapes fiber, polymer and mixed media into jewelry, sculptures,

and wall hangings that retell the ancient stories, stories she believes have

much to teach us today.

A nationally exhibited artist, Udell holds a B.A. in art history and an M.A. in

education from the University of Michigan. She credits her art history courses

with introducing her to the art of many world cultures that now influence her

work, which has appeared in many books, newspapers and magazines across the

country. Working from a renovated attached antique barn studio in Keene, NH.,

she is also a published writer, with a book, various articles, a magazine column

and a blog to her credit. Udell is a double-juried member of the prestigious

League of New Hampshire Craftsmen in fabric and non-metal jewelry.

“I believe we all have a place in this world, and a purpose,” she states. “Mine

is to tell my story through my art. By telling that story, I hope to encourage

others to tell their own stories, and find their own place in the world.” Luann

Udell’s work will be on exhibit at the Sharon Arts Center’s Downtown Galleries

in Depot Square, Peterborough through the month of May. Further information may

be obtained at 603-924-2787, on Udell’s website at www.luannudell.com and on the

Sharon Arts website, www.sharonarts.org.

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SPECIAL EVENT: TRUNK SHOW AND SALE ON SATURDAY, MAY 8TH- MEET THE ARTIST:* Luann

Udell will be at the Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries from 10 am – 6 pm to give a

demonstration of her artistic technique and to meet people in the community. A

special selection of her jewelry will be available for sale during the event.

#    #    #

*About Sharon Arts*

The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-profit organization, is to support and

serve artists and craftspeople, to engage the community in the artistic process,

and to foster the relationship between artists and the community through

education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as

through special programs and events.

The Downtown Galleries in Depot Square (Fine Craft Gallery & Store, Juried

Artist Gallery and Exhibition Gallery) are open Monday - Thursday 10am to 5pm,

Friday 10am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, and Sundays 11am to 4pm.  (The

Exhibition Gallery is open year round). The Sharon Arts School of Art & Craft in

Sharon, NH, offers a wide variety of art classes and programs. The School

offices are open Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm.

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Sharon Arts Center is sponsored in part by the New Hampshire State Council on

the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts through the American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act, The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation,the Gilbert-Verney

Charitable Foundation, and art lovers like you!/

Charitable Foundation, and art lovers like you!/