“CHARACTERS & CURIOSITIES”

New Works by Elizabeth Foster

Scrimshaw, Sailor of the Deep

Scrimshaw, Sailor of the Deep

“Characters & Curiosities” showcases Elizabeth Foster’s newest work of woodland creatures and dreamlike images.

As a painter and a storyteller, she likes to bring child-like imagination to each piece by using elements of folk art, surrealism, and folklore.  Themes of hope, perseverance, the importance chasing your dreams, and a sense of humor emerge through each character she creates.  Every painting tells a story, and celebrates the endless possibilities of a wide open imagination.

Elizabeth Foster was born into a family of painters, musicians and creative thinkers.  Whenever she was bored as a child, someone would always say, “Go make something!”  The result of such an upbringing is a painter / songwriter who is never bored.

Click here to see the artwork from the show!

THIS WEEKEND! Jewelry Trunk Show with Leah McIntyre!

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Leah McIntyre was raised in Franklin, Tennessee, but has found a home in East Nashville to express herself creatively. A lifelong obsession with jewelry has served her well, and has been the inspiration for her eclectic, modern style.  Using hammered mixed metals, imperfect shapes, and sparkly gemstones, Leah forges lovely pieces that you will want to wear again and again.

 

PLEASE JOIN US THIS WEEKEND AT

ART & INVENTION GALLERY

11:00am – 9:00pm

1106 Woodland Street / East Nashville / 615.226.2070

 

And don’t forget, this Saturday is Second Saturday in 5 Points, so plan to visit all our neighbors, too, and make an evening out of it!

 

 

 

MAKE YOUR OWN VALENTINES!

Join us at Art & Invention Gallery to create a

Valentines masterpiece for the one(s) you love. 

Decorate a card or wooden heart! 

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You supply the time, we will supply the materials!

$6.00 per Card    –    $10.00 per Wooden Heart

  • Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, Noon – 5:00 pm
  • Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, Noon – 5:00 pm
  • Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, Noon – 5:00 pm
  • Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, Noon – 5:00 pm
  • Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Reservations a MUST for groups of 5 or more!

BOOK A PRIVATE EVENING WORKSHOP WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!!! 

Have a Party!

Call us to sign up!  615.226.2070

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A Good Time Was Had By All!

Thank you to everyone who came out for Victoria Schwab’s Book Signing!

We had a blast and sold about 1.8 million books (not a bad night!).

The good news for those of you who couldn’t make it out this evening is that we still have the other .2 million books left for you to pick up at your leisure…all of which have been signed by the author!

Come see usThe Archived at Art & Invention to get your copy!

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT FOR VICTORIA SCHWAB’S LAUNCH PARTY AND BOOK SIGNING!

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT for East Nashville’s own Victoria Schwab’s Launch Party & Book Signing!

Come meet the author and get yourself a copy of her book, THE ARCHIVED!

…Or just come by for a glass of champagne and a few nibbles. We’d love to see you!

Victoria Schwab will be signing books from 5pm – 7pm this evening.

(If you can’t come by during this time frame, and would still like an autographed copy of her book, call me at the gallery and I will get a book personalized for you to pick up later! 615.226.2070)

How does it get any better than that?

Launch Party & Book Signing for Nashville Author Victoria Schwab at Art & Invention Gallery!

Please join us at the Launch Party & Book Signing for

THE ARCHIVED by Nashville author Victoria Schwab.

Meet the author, enjoy a glass of champagne, and be the first on your block to read her latest book!

The Archived

 

 

 

 

 

WHEN:Friday, February 1, 2013

WHAT TIME: 5:00pm – 7:00pm

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.
Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.
In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hard-won redemption.

Victoria Schwab

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Victoria Schwab is a lover of fairy tales, and folklore, and books that make her wonder if the world is really as it seems. She writes about doors, and places between, and the cracks where reality slips into something darker, stranger, and invariably more interesting.

 

Victoria’s first young adult novel, THE NEAR WITCH, a dark original fairy tale, debuted with Disney *Hyperion in August 2011, and is now out in paperback.

Her current young adult book, THE ARCHIVED, is the first book in a supernatural series about a world where the dead are shelved like books, is also with Disney*Hyperion.

Victoria’s first adult novel, VICIOUS, about two brilliant and highly disturbed pre-med students who set out to generate their own superpowers and end up mortal enemies, will be out in hardcover from Tor in September, 2013.