On Saturday December 13th from 1 to 4 PM join us in the galleries and studio at 23rd Street for NIAD’s yearly Holiday Spectacular event!
Visit our current exhibition, And yet, we must rejoice!, get your holiday shopping done, bring a photo or have your own portrait drawn by NIAD artist Rebecca Jantzen, and make art with us at our free, family-friendly workshops:
Felting a Picture with local artist Maya Djiji @mayadjiji
Stupendous Sock Creatures with NIAD facilitator Kieren Dutcher @kierendutcher
We’ll have tasty treats and groovy tunes offered by the NIAD facilitator and DJ Liam Golden 🐎
Image descriptions in comments.
Once upon a time I made a clay boat that exploded in the kiln then I glued it back together and made velvet sails and ceramic eyes and it floated in Glenn’s frog pond and then in Lithia park. This was in 2021 :) it was called ~djijis dream boat~
#plates
4 the lower grand radio craft fair !!
Just a little sneak peak…. I got more comin #🤪
Sometimes you gotta get in the zone and release some energy and just make a whole lotta PLATEs
Come thru Nov 2nd!!! Sunday!!
@lowergrandradio thank u for putting this together 😇
Wow where to I begin…..
‼️‼️new weaving alert‼️‼️
I made this at the @tanglehaven residency in Troy New York and I was the second person to ever be a resident there ! I was in Troy for 3 weeks by myself in a big ass old ass brick building making a weaving and gosh what a blessing it was…… this is the largest tapestry weaving I have made ! And if it weren’t for being at this residency this could have easily taken me half a year to make. I kid you not… I wove probably 5-9 hours a day everyday!!
All this to say, thank you very very much @juulers_row for being such a sweetheart and welcoming me to Troy. Thank you to all of my friends who called me while I was there and thank you to everyone for being curious what I made !!
Weaving is such a special practice that makes me feel super 🥸art smart🥸 as I go thru the process, starting with measuring and counting, then using a warping board, then threading the loom and tying on. It’s such an old practice that somehow feels so familiar to me?? Like maybe I did this shit in a past life who knows.
Within this thread of photos and videos and process pictures I have included a full length video of how long it would take me to get ONE row done, it took nearly 3 minutes. Weaving is a true freaking labor of love.
Many different symbols and motifs I have included in my weaving, this was the first time I went into a weaving without having it fully planned beforehand which was a trip! The apple is an apple bell toy I included a video of how it sounds !!
Oh! Also the night I cut the weaving off the loom I was packing it up in my bag to leave the next day and there was a lady bug crawling on it :) how special
Oh my gosh and also….. if any gallery wants to put this in a freaking exhibition HIT ME UP hahahaha hehhehehe hohooho 😈
Thanks for listening everyone :)
Photos taken by @pleasereciprocate of when Mariana and I built the castle and installed!!!! It took us 3 days to build…… 2 day to glaze…… and was filled with 50% love 20% goofs 30% exhaustion !!
Mariana and I made this baby as a true collaboration, i had never made a piece like this with another person and it came out better then I could have ever expected. Shout out to @dana_t_h for lettting us use her studio, art like this cannot happen without the help of others!!
Tomorrow will be your final day to view it at @yourmoodprojects from 6-9 🫶🏼🫣🫶🏼
🏰 THIS CASTLE ISN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE TWO OF US 🏰
A show by Maya Djiji and Mariana Varela
Curated by Selby Sohn
Opening: Saturday, JUNE 21 6:30-9:00 PM
At @yourmoodprojects (follow directions on the website)
Acoustic music set by @kuromytheband
MUSIC AT 8:00 PM 🎸🎶😛
Immerse yourself in the magic world of ceramics and stained glass.
The show will run from 6-21 to 7-19
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New studio visit & interview with two thirds of the curatorial team behind The Green Show: @mayadjiji & @4_oz , up now on our website!
For this one, @brandonjosephbaker paid a visit to Maya & Lucia's shared East Bay studio where we got an inside peak into the makings of The Green Show, as well as tons of Maya & Lucia's other projects and in-the-works art pieces.
You can read the whole interview by visiting the Moth Belly Media branch of our website where the article can be found under "Studio Visits & Articles."
The Green Show is also only on view for a little over one more week, and officially ends next weekend on Saturday, May 10th. We'll be open for tonight's Thursday, May 1st, @sffirstthursday Art Walk, and the rest of the week during our normal business hours of Fridays and Saturdays from 1-6pm (or by appointment).
Thanks to all of the artists, to the curators, and to everyone who has come and visited this wonderful exhibit!!!
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We're very pleased to introduce Lucia Aguilar (@4_oz ) and Maya Djiji (@mayadjiji ), who together make up two thirds of the curatorial team behind our next exhibit "The Green Show" opening tomorrow, Thursday, April 3rd!
In conjunction with the exhibit, @brandonjosephbaker paid a visit to Lucia and Maya's East Bay studio and got a first hand look into some of the makings of the near 50 artist group show as well as some of their other recent projects and works-in-progress.
The opening will take place tomorrow from 6-10pm as part of the @sffirstthursday Art Walk, and will then remain on view until Mid May. For any and all inquiries about this exhibit and the work available, please email us at [email protected]
🎥: @brandonjosephbaker
made a little video for 💚GREEN SHOW💚 which will be NEXT WEEK on THURSDAY at @mothbellygallery !!!! Be there and be GREEN or else you will be BLUE!!!
Video filmed and directed by lucia, joe, and I. Edited by me!
