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The Ocean Springs Art House
Co-op and Gallery
"The Art House"
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The Art House is
an artist co-op in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Housed in a small, cozy
cottage with a colorful history, it showcases The Art House features
paintings in a variety of mediums (oils, acrylics, watercolor, and mixed
media), photography, collages, decorative gourds, wall hangings, hand-crafted
jewelry, pottery, wood turning, stained glass, bookmarks, and note cards
depicting original art. There are numerous browse bins containing a
variety of art at very reasonable prices. The Art House is
a wonderful place to pick up a gift for any special occasion or for
your own home. Interior Designers frequent the Art House to look for
art for client's homes.
The Gallery consists
of seven rooms:
Members
Linda Hill works on a collage technique in the Studio while working as hostess.
The hanging art
is rotated every four months, ensuring that new art is displayed throughout
the year. In addition, whenever art sells, it is quickly replaced with
something new.
Featured
Artist Room
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Each month a different
member artist is the Featured Artist.
Picnic Area and Sculpture Garden
The large backyard, shaded
with trees and a huge bamboo cluster, has picnic tables where visitors
can bring a bag lunch or have a cool drink and a snack before or after
touring the gallery. Tucked here and there are whimsical sculptures
created from junk found in the yard,and at home by the original artists.
The founding artists all made the yard sculptures outside with "objects"
they found in the yard and things they had at home.
The Magic Carpet Sculpture
Membership in the Art House: Members of the Art House Co-op must be members of the Ocean Springs Art Association for six months before making application to join the Art House. Upon application, a prospective member must submit representative samples of their work to the Standards Committee. If the work is acceptable, and there is an opening, the new member is invited to join. If they are not selected, they are encouraged to reapply at a later time. Membership fees, which help to pay rent, utilities and publicity costs, are assessed three times a year. |
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| 921 Cash Alley | Ocean Springs, MS 39564 |
Ph. 228-875-9285
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| Hours: 10:00 - 4:30 Monday - Saturday |
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Notice: All art depicted on this site is copyrighted by the artists and may not be downloaded, copied, duplicated, or used in any manner without permission from the artist. All photographs are the property of the photographer or the webmaster and may not be downloaded, copied, duplicated, or used in any manner without permission from the artist Page contents © 2007 -
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