Art Notes

Window into nostalgia

Bustling downtown streets, rather than mall corridors, were once the hallmark of Toledo's holiday season. With the exodus of shoppers to the suburbs, so went most of the shops and their cheery holiday windows. Toledo Choose Local  is recapturing that window dressing rapture with Shift Your Shopping Windows, a partnership with area artists and businesses to decorate the windows of the Spitzer Building, downtown at the corner of Madison and N. Huron Streets. The installation is a twist on the nonprofit's Shift Your Shopping campaign, encouraging Toledoans to patronize local businesses for holiday gift purchases. Crystal Phelps, Hannah Lehmann and City Paper's own Jameson Staneluis are among the artists who are upcycling non-traditional goods to create hip holiday displays. "We want to remind people that supporting local business creates thriving communities," says TCL president Kyle Cubbon. The window displays will be on view from Sunday, December 8 through the New Year. Spitzer Building, 520 Madison Ave. toledochooselocal.org

'Tis the season for 'Tis the Secor

The Secor Building, home to thirty-plus artists’  studios, holds its 7th annual 'Tis the Secor holiday event on Saturday, December 7, from 6-11pm. Artists on floors five, six and seven, will open their studios for mingling, music, displaying and selling art in many media. The works of Skott Horn, Kerry Krow, Lauren Pfund, Ivan Kende, Joe Vogt and Nate Masternak among others will be for sale. Not your normal holiday show,  it's more like three floors of holiday art studio parties (byob is encouraged,) Music will be performed by Vintage Mojo, Silent Lions and People Being Human. In addition, Gallery 6, (on the 6th floor), is hosting a reception and exhibition of paintings and sculpture by UT art students organized by art instructors Tom Lingeman and Barbra Miner. Saturday, December 7, 6-11pm. The Secor Building, 425 Jefferson Ave.
419-514-7496. [email protected]

Sylvania celebrates art for the holidays

Fifteen art venues in the Sylvania area are open for the 4th Annual Holiday Art Trail. Galleries,studios and businesses will be offering light snacks and wine tastings, demos and unique art for sale. Check out downtown venues like Treo Restaurant/One2 Lounge for a wine tasting, see prints by Matt Squibb at Interrupt, the jewelry trunk show at Hudson Gallery and the SCAC Pop-Up Gallery on Maplewood. Venture to the Mary Weis & Friends Open House, Lourdes University Art Department Student Exhibit and Sale, ceramic artist, Ann Tubbs’ studio and the Dinnerware Show at American Gallery to name a few. Pick up a trail checklist at any of the venues identified with Holiday Art Trail signage; visit nine of the fifteen locations to be entered into a drawing to win an original print by Jaye Brumbaugh on display at Hudson Gallery.  Friday, December 6, 5-8pm; Saturday, December 7, 11am-3pm. The Sylvania Community Arts Commission. 419-517-0118. SylvaniaArts.org

Window into nostalgia

Bustling downtown streets, rather than mall corridors, were once the hallmark of Toledo's holiday season. With the exodus of shoppers to the suburbs, so went most of the shops and their cheery holiday windows. Toledo Choose Local  is recapturing that window dressing rapture with Shift Your Shopping Windows, a partnership with area artists and businesses to decorate the windows of the Spitzer Building, downtown at the corner of Madison and N. Huron Streets. The installation is a twist on the nonprofit's Shift Your Shopping campaign, encouraging Toledoans to patronize local businesses for holiday gift purchases. Crystal Phelps, Hannah Lehmann and City Paper's own Jameson Staneluis are among the artists who are upcycling non-traditional goods to create hip holiday displays. "We want to remind people that supporting local business creates thriving communities," says TCL president Kyle Cubbon. The window displays will be on view from Sunday, December 8 through the New Year. Spitzer Building, 520 Madison Ave. toledochooselocal.org

'Tis the season for 'Tis the Secor

The Secor Building, home to thirty-plus artists’  studios, holds its 7th annual 'Tis the Secor holiday event on Saturday, December 7, from 6-11pm. Artists on floors five, six and seven, will open their studios for mingling, music, displaying and selling art in many media. The works of Skott Horn, Kerry Krow, Lauren Pfund, Ivan Kende, Joe Vogt and Nate Masternak among others will be for sale. Not your normal holiday show,  it's more like three floors of holiday art studio parties (byob is encouraged,) Music will be performed by Vintage Mojo, Silent Lions and People Being Human. In addition, Gallery 6, (on the 6th floor), is hosting a reception and exhibition of paintings and sculpture by UT art students organized by art instructors Tom Lingeman and Barbra Miner. Saturday, December 7, 6-11pm. The Secor Building, 425 Jefferson Ave.
419-514-7496. [email protected]

Sylvania celebrates art for the holidays

Fifteen art venues in the Sylvania area are open for the 4th Annual Holiday Art Trail. Galleries,studios and businesses will be offering light snacks and wine tastings, demos and unique art for sale. Check out downtown venues like Treo Restaurant/One2 Lounge for a wine tasting, see prints by Matt Squibb at Interrupt, the jewelry trunk show at Hudson Gallery and the SCAC Pop-Up Gallery on Maplewood. Venture to the Mary Weis & Friends Open House, Lourdes University Art Department Student Exhibit and Sale, ceramic artist, Ann Tubbs’ studio and the Dinnerware Show at American Gallery to name a few. Pick up a trail checklist at any of the venues identified with Holiday Art Trail signage; visit nine of the fifteen locations to be entered into a drawing to win an original print by Jaye Brumbaugh on display at Hudson Gallery.  Friday, December 6, 5-8pm; Saturday, December 7, 11am-3pm. The Sylvania Community Arts Commission. 419-517-0118. SylvaniaArts.org