A and A Studios is made up of two artists who met by chance,fell madly inlove with eachother and over the the last five years.....A and A evolved.!!!!!! My name is April and I am the primary designer of most of the jewelry posted,as of now. There are a few Andrew designs,quite a few that have andy's influence(his background originates doing breathtaking floral design)and many jeweled pieces from In the clouds gallery all have gems from his superb collection.!!!!!!My background was and still is a very mixed-media dimensional artist who a long time ago started a handpainted Tee shirt Biz/then decided jewelry by a drawer/painter would be way more fun!!!!!I fell in love with making the jewelry/the gems buying them,finding them,the colors,mixing the textures,then mineral mixing with high end gems on and on .....I loved when Andy and I work on a design together or a concept....we both have an incredible love for nature ;my art pieces are emotional lanscapes ...finally a little about us!!!!! more to come!!!!
Here is resume' info about APRIL :
2008-Recipient of the ASPLUNDH FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP !!at Abington Arts Center for an intermediate
jewelry-metals class,this winter.
Acceptepted into JOAN SHEPPS,PHILA PA!!!!! for jewelry,shadow boxes and twice a year-large dimen-
sional paintings to hang in the window!!!!!!!(this is a great store to be with just for the jewelry-however
her window is one of the best in center city phila.!!!!!!!)
2007-Voted by international company-Beadworks.com as BEST JEWELRY DESIGNER IN PHILA.!!!!!!! Iwas fea-
tured on their web site for a month,with a link to our web site /allquite exciting.The piece selected was
PISAY COMIN' TO THE USA !!! and can be seen in our IN THE CLOUDS GALLERY.
Accepted into exhibition at Phila.CITY HALL .The construction was named "livin' in da city...".
Showed new work at THE LANGMAN GALLERYS holiday invitational in Willow Grove,Pa
Created new line for THE LITTLE NOOKS pre-season show in Chestnut Hill,Pa
2006-MASKS-an exhibition at Phila.City Hall,juriedby Jonas dos Santos(internationally known performance artist
My piece"SACRED IMAGE' was given a place of honor next to the Mayors door for three months!!!!!!
SUZANNE SPLANN BOUTIQUE on Madison Ave in Manhattan,N.Y.
2005-Designed the breast cancer survivor bracelets for The Womens Auxilliary (B.R.A.C.) at EINSTEIN HOSPI-
TAL.A and A consigned them with every store/gallery/boutique,etc in order to donate 20%back.They are
still available and can be seen on our website(I'll find out where and get back to you!)
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I KNOW THIS IS HARD TO READ SO FAR ... HERE IS MORE TRADITIONAL RES. FORMAT
FELLOWSHIPS- THE RAGDALE FOUNDATION,LAKE FORREST,IL.1997,96,95,94
THE VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS-1995
ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS,NEW SMYNA,FL.-AN ASSOCIATE FELLOWSHIP
TO CREATE AN ON SITE SET DESIGN FOR "EIKO AND KOMA"/HANDMADE PAPER!!!!
1995
BYRDCLIFF ART COLONY,WOODSTOCK,N.Y.-1992
THE MILLAY ARTS COLONY,AUSTERLITZ,N.Y.-1985,81,80
YADDO,SARATOGA SPRINGS,N.Y.-1981
AWARDS-2007-BEADWORKS,INC-VOTED BEST JEWELRY DESIGNER IN PHILA/FEATURED ON THEIR
WEBSITE FOR MONTH,ETC
THE ELLEN LEE WALKER AMELIA SKULPTURE PRIZE AT THE WOODMERE MUSEUM
1986-FOR A DIMENSIONAL ,MIXED MEDIA PAINTING
1985-THE ARTS AND HERITAGE AWARD ,ATLANTIC CITY HALL A.C.,N.J.
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