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Date:  March 13th through April 20th  

Opening Reception : Saturday

March 15th 4 to 7 pm 

Place:   Summer Wind Gallery  45 Main St. Isleton  

Contact: Karen Franscioni

916-777-6906 or summerwind@citlink.net 

EVENT SUMMARY FOR CALENDAR:  

Show featuring new work by:

Karen Franscioni

Kristi Halva

Cindy Muckensturm

Ross Peters

Kathleen Stevans

Nancy Tillisch  

March 13th through April 20th at Summer Wind Gallery, 45 Main St. in Isleton.

Open Thursday - Sunday  

Noon  to 5 pm.

For more information call

Karen Franscioni at

916-777-6906 or by email at: 

summerwind@citlink.net 

March 13th through April 20th at Summer Wind Gallery, 45 Main St. in Isleton.

Open Thursday - Sunday Noon  to 5 pm.

Kristi Halva  

Kristi Halva is a 37 year old artist who resides in Stockton CA.  She has been involved with the arts since her days in high school.  As a student at Lincoln High she had numerous opportunities to work with Bill Pugh and many other great teachers in a multimedia approach to art work.  As a student Kristi was involved in all that the college had to offer ranging from Art History to Stage Makeup.  

Kristi became interested in stained glass mosaic art about 5 years ago. Since that time she has been commissioned to do many art projects in the Stockton area for private collectors, as well as custom work for commercial business' and fundraising activities.  

Kristi has recently studied under the direction of Laurel True, a well known mosaic artist, at the Institute of Mosaic Arts in Oakland, California.

Kristi's most recent study has been with the architectural application of mosaic art work.

Kristi's favorite part of working with stained glass in the mosaic application is all the beautiful colors and textures of the glass. She also feels that every piece is a discovery for her in how the glass reflects the light and how when a completed project is grouted the different views of nature seem to come right off the board in a 3 dimensional way.

A word or two about our exhibiting artists...  

Nancy Tillisch is stepping outside of her usual genre of pearls and gemstones for her beautiful beaded jewelry and is working with glass beads to create one of a kind adornments for neck, wrist and ears.  

Kathleen Stevans is painting away on all kinds of glass. Her ever popular word water glasses will be here as well as some new pieces. 

Cindy Muckensturm has been having a blast experimenting with this and that. She has created some wonderful wall vases, plaques and platters.

Wall Vase By Cindy Muckensturm

For this show Ross Peters has been working with floral images, as most of you know this seems to be an on going theme with him. Think California Poppies and Daffodils.

Kristi Halva's mosaic work is nothing short of spectacular. She indeed has captured a bit of magic in each of her stained glass mosaics.

Stepping out side of the traditional flat stained glass panels, Karen Franscioni is working in the abstract and has created pieces that are abstract in nature, more sculptural, and somewhat functional.