2024 Holiday Open House
Sunday, December 8th, 11am–4pm
Artpost Gallery
216 W. Madison St., South Bend, IN 46601
[email protected]
Stop by Artpost to say hello, meet some local artists, and shop for photographs, holiday/greeting cards, artist books, prints, and other unique gifts.
Participating Artists
- Jim Clemenson | photographs, notebooks, photobooks, cards
- Neal Gwaltney | prints, paintings, bizarre dolls, unique pens, and small sculptures
- Kay Westhues | photographs, holiday cards, photobooks
- Connect 2 Be The Change (11–3pm) | jewerly made from repurposed ammunition
About the Artists
Jim Clemenson
Jim Clemenson is a multidisciplinary creative that finds fulfillment with many mediums, but generally takes a photographic approach with his art and design work. He is not a native of northern Indiana, but has—along with his family—called South Bend home for the last decade.
Jim’s anachronistic series Grandpa’s Toolbox is a compilation of intricate assemblages built from his collection of vintage artifacts…well used trade tools and curiosities that have caught his eye with their interesting form, function, or utility—and present enough patina, rust, or daily use—to tell a story.
Diamond Buckeye, photograph, from the series Grandpa’s Toolbox
Neal Gwaltney
Neal Gwaltney is an Adjunct Professor, Beginning Drawing and Printmaking, at the University of Notre Dame. His work ranges from large oil and charcoal paintings to small, one-of-a-kind sculptural pieces. His dolls and puppets consist of various materials that include but are not limited to celluclay, paperclay, plaster, sculpey, glass, fabrics and textiles, wire etc. etc.
Pincushion whale, paperclay and recycled linen, painted and varnished with acrylics
Kay Westhues
Kay Westhues was raised in Indiana and her art practice has been based in the Midwest for most of her life. She studied art at Rhode Island School of Design, and earned an MS in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University and an MA in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY. Her work includes several long-term photography projects that incorporate video, sound, drawing, and ethnography.
Out of Order, 9″ x 6″, soft cover, perfect bound book, 59 pages.
Self-published in 2024.
Connect 2 Be The Change
(Takisha Jacobs and Loria Perez)
The mission of Connect 2 Be The Change is to decrease gun violence by creating and maintaining a sustainable peer-to-peer environment that encourages youth and young adults in our community to seek healing through therapy, counseling, therapeutic workshops, community service and immersive trips outside the city, that assist them to build new and healthy social, emotional, and behavioral skills.
They will be bringing work made in their “Pop n Heal” Workshops, where participants create jewelry from beads and discarded ammunition.
