Join us at the Garrett Museum of Art, located at 100 S. Randolph Street in Garrett, on SATURDAY, September 21, 2019, from 6PM – 8PM to celebrate the opening of our next exhibition featuring artwork by Indiana artists, Daren Redman, Wayne Gaydos, and Daniel Dienelt.
The Opening Reception is free, open to the public, and all ages are welcome. The show will run from September 21, 2019 through October 20, 2019.
Please note, the Opening Reception for this show will be on SATURDAY at 6PM, not Friday.
Indiana Artisan is the state’s official designation for artwork of the highest caliber. Daren Redman and Wayne Gaydos are both individual artists that have met the criterion of this group and have been designated Indiana Artisans.
Daren Redman’s art medium is the quilt made from hand-dyed fabrics, representing abstract landscapes in the textiles. Nature and her travels are recurring themes in her work. She believes the simple quilt lines calm the boisterous piecing and do not distract from the colors in her compositions.
Daren has been bestowed with the Indiana Governor’s Arts Award in 2016, has been an artist in residence at Grand Canyon National Park, and has been part of numerous group and solo shows in Indiana. Her public art can be seen at Indiana Artisan Gallery in Carmel, Indiana, Brown County Historical Society, and various other venues around the state.
This year her textile work was chosen to hang in downtown Indianapolis by the Arts Council of Indianapolis as the official Indy 500 Welcome Race Fans piece of artwork. Educated at the University of Kentucky and University of Tennessee, her work is of particular importance to the Hoosier state. Daren resides in Nashville, Indiana, which is an historic artist community.
Wayne Gaydos is a luthier – a builder of string instruments. He uses Indiana hardwoods such as maple, cherry, ash, and sycamore for crafting dulcimers, psalteries, harps, and mandolins. Every instrument is natural wood with many coats of hand-rubbed finishes applied to allow the wood’s true colors, grain, and depth of wood to show through.
Wayne is motivated by the sound each instrument makes and that is why he has continued his art for more than 4 decades.
Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Wayne’s father taught him master woodworking. After living 30 years in the west, he moved to Farmland, Indiana 16 years ago. His instruments have won awards at Renaissance Fairs, music festivals, and art shows. His works can be seen at both Indiana Artisan retail stores in French Lick and in Carmel Arts and Design District. Wayne’s work has appeared in shows in Ohio, Utah, New Mexico, and California. His retired professional career was in the computer software business but his love for woodworking has always been his second real career.
Daniel Dienelt is a deaf, multi-disciplinary photographer/artist who resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He employs the use of photographic equipment and unusual mediums to hear, instead of using a hearing aid, to capture environmental and atmospheric sounds.
Daniel has been involved in the art community for over 20 years. Art – for him – is communication to the non-existing world he no longer has. The “Innocence of Transgressions” is a photography series that explores our psychological response to our natural environment and will be shown along with other various works. His work has been in Grand Rapids, Michigan in a site-specific installation at the Urban Institute of Contemporary Art. He has shown at Artlink and various other galleries in Fort Wayne.