Rosie's Creative & Art-Filled Journey

Steven Skaggs' Workshop in Michigan

2009-05-24T09:42:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the participants calligraphy pieces. What a wonderful week we spent together....sharing, caring, laughing and doing art. It all went too fast and Skaggs is one of those teachers that you can never forget!

The Amazing Beauty of Spring

2009-04-29T18:43:00.000-07:00

Surround area of Farmersville, Ohio

Rosie with Honorable Mention Ribbon

2009-03-25T09:50:00.000-07:00

Town & Country Fine Art Center is the gallery that is exhibiting the
Western Ohio Watercolor Society's show until April 5, 2009.
Leonard Williams won Best of Show and I received an Honorable Mention. (If you look close you can see me hanging up my ribbon).

Western Ohio Watercolor Society's Award Ceremony

2009-03-25T09:46:00.000-07:00

Larry Hawkins and
Sharon Stolzenberger are preparing
to give out the awards at the
member's exhibition.

David Smith stands with his painting (top left of David).
David does watercolor and ink.

2009-03-14T02:58:00.000-07:00

ENCOUNTERING ART AND SPIRIT

I am getting my workshops underway for 2009. If you want to come and play, be inspired and have fun for a day or more, these workshops are for you. My workshops are designed to implement creative ways of encountering the soul’s inner journey through art. Painting, poetry and collage will be explored in these experiential workshops. Other components, such as music, meditation and sharing, are fashioned to enhance the creative process and play a significant role, as we examine different ways of self-expression. The spirituality and art workshops are adapted according to individual groups and length of days. Emphasis is more on process than an end result, although a finished project is oftentimes achieved. For further information, contact Rosie at rehuart@aol.com.

No artistic experience necessary.

Western Ohio Watercolor Society

2009-02-07T17:35:00.000-08:00

Karen Benedetti and Mike Elsass demonstrate walking through FEAR in a demonstration at the WOWS monthly meeting. They created and destroyed each other's creation by painting over each other's painting strokes. I think the audience was more fearful than Karen and Mike.

'Funky' Valentine Book/Card

2009-01-24T13:43:00.000-08:00

These are some 'funky' valentine book/cards I made for my grandchildren. I will be teaching a mini workshop at We Care Arts in February so I was practicing on what to teach. These books were so much fun to make.

Visceral Grand Opening

2009-01-18T10:30:00.001-08:00

Meet the Artists

Donna Rogers, Trish McKinney, Joanne Adair and myself were a part of the wonderful celebration at Visceral's Grand Gallery Opening. We celebrated with chatter, gourmet appetizers, champaign and art all around. The gallery's hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10-9 pm and located at 65 W. Franklin St., Centerville, OH. CHECK IT OUT

Cannery First Friday

2009-01-03T12:33:00.000-08:00

Charlynn Knight, artist on left from Charleston, S. C., was here visiting during the holidays and decided to buy one of my art pieces. It is the square canvas in between us titled Whisper. I have a new friend and not because she bought my art. She's a real sweetheart.

2009-01-03T12:15:00.000-08:00

From L to R Rosie Huart, Trish McKinnkey, Charlynn Knight and Karen Benedetti.

2009-01-03T12:13:00.000-08:00

Rees Marlett is demonstrating oil on canvas Friday night at the Cannery.

Connecting Art and Spirit Class

2008-11-19T16:48:00.000-08:00

Here are a few of my students that took a six-week course titled Connecting Art and Spirit at the 501 Gallery in the Oregon District. Poetry, music and painting were a part of this course.

Middletown Art Center Opening

2008-11-19T16:42:00.001-08:00

Here's a look at the 'fabulous five' on the evening of their opening exhibition at the Middletown Art Center. The show can be
seen until December 17, 2008. It is titled Connecting
Vision with Inspiration. Seated from left to right, Karen Benedetti,
Rosie Huart, Trish McKinney, Kathleen Bertolone and Sharon
Stolzenberger.

Riffe Gallery in Columbus, Ohio

2008-11-19T16:26:00.000-08:00

"Soar" (selected for the
OWS traveling show 2008-09)

This is the beautiful interior of the Riffe Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, where I had a piece chosen for the 31st Ohio Watercolor Society's exhibition in November. The piece titled "Soar" was selected along with my friend Leonard Williams' piece to be in a traveling show throughout Ohio for the next coming year.

Confident Color

2008-10-19T17:43:00.000-07:00

A group of Dayton, Ohio, artists, stand behind Nita Leland at her book signing event at Books & Company last week. A lot of the artists brought their Confident Color books and exchanged autographs on pages where their art was included in Nita's book. Standing from left to right are Rosie Huart, Leonard Williams, Trish McKinney, Marilyn Hart, Sharon Stoltzenberger and Karen Benedetti, all members of the Ohio Watercolor Society.

Closure of Italy Workshop in Florence

2008-10-07T18:35:00.000-07:00

Each morning there was a word chosen for the six days. The words were awareness, stillness, reverence, listen, transformation and gratitude. In the evening a candle was lit and we gathered in a circle to talk about how we experienced the word for the day. It was always enlightening, endearing and heartfelt.

By the end of the week we had encountered each other in many ways. We ate together, prayed together, meditated together, did art together, toured together and left Italy with hearts transformed. We saw others with different eyes, because they were mirrors to ourselves. We closed the circle of travel by giving to each one the gift of words. On watercolor paper we each wrote a characteristic trait that we recognized in another and knowing that these were our own gifts as well. Some of mine that were given were reflective, inviting, sensitive, love, light, serene, rock and teacher. What I gave to others were grounded, centered, eager, yearning, contemplative, vivacious, generous spirit, heart of love, gracious, thoughtful, quiet and knowledgeable.

"The stranger at the heart of my journey is me--transformed. I have come all this way to find this new person. At the center of my wanderings, the world is strange, wonderful and new. Al that I see and touch now is new. With a rush of recognition, I lovingly accept and embrace my new self." The Way of the Traveler by Joseph Dispenza

Painting the Essence of Italy Workshop

2008-10-07T14:03:00.001-07:00

Here is part of the afternoon poetry painting class. After our walking tour in Florence and seeing the Galleria dell' Accademia where David is, we did an Ekphrastic poem, whereby, the picture seen in a museum is written in words of our making. Another day we did an exercise, whereby we had a conversation with a meaningful object that we encountered in our morning session and incorporated these words into our painting. We also did some Haiku and Formula poetry. At the end of the week we collated our painting poetry pages and compiled them into a Japanese stab-bound book.

Villa Grounds

2008-10-07T13:19:00.000-07:00

Here we are trying to capture the essence of Tuscany with our cameras. A camera can only capture a portion of the magnificent scenes.

The apartment we stayed was in back of the villa. There were 10 of us with several private bedrooms and 4 baths. The kitchen was quaint and several participants prepared the evening meal and we all sat around the dining room table to share the events of the day.

The five day workshop was truly an awesome experience for both students and Trish and I as teachers. The mornings were devoted to plein aire painting on the beautiful villa's property with Trish and in the afternoon I taught creative writing and painting on the porch of our apartment. The panoramic view was
an experience etched in my memory.

Siena, Street Scenes and Duomo

2008-10-07T04:14:00.000-07:00

We took a bus ride to Siena and I took several pics of street scenes and the duomo. It seems each city has a duomo. Siena's duoma was truly beautiful with its many altars and stained glass.

Our First 24 Hours in Italy

2008-10-05T16:33:00.000-07:00

With great anticipation we see a little portion of Italy from the air.

Upon arrival at Florence's airport we take a wild taxi ride through the narrow streets of the city. Little did we know that most of the drivers on these narrow streets are a little on the wild side. We stayed at a quaint bed and breakfast called Tourist House Ghiberti. I found out the famous artist Lorenzo Ghiberti who did the bronze Baptistry doors had his workshop in the basement of our b&b.
The famous Florence duomo was a few blocks from our B&B. On our afternoon walk the first day we ate pizza, gelato, shopped at Lorenzo Market and visited the Uffizi Museum, which houses so much Renaissance art. There was a nice misty rain while we walked the cobblestones and visited the inside market where we had lunch. The market is where the Floretines shop for groceries.

Duomo Florence by Day

Duomo Florence by Night

A little Italian pizza cafe where we snacked the first day.

Jennifer hiding amidst the colored pasta.

Inside the meat market our eyes fell upon this Italian cutie.

We celebrated our first day in Florence with a 5-course dinner from a famous restaurant called Latini's. Amy knew someone from work who recommended it. It cost 40 euros each. The rest of the time we ate more reasonable. It was the best meal we had.

Leaving for Italy

2008-09-29T15:04:00.000-07:00

Here are my two daughters, Amy and Jennifer, seated together and my artist friend Trish McKinney. We're on our way to Florence for 3 days and then off to the villa where Trish and I will be teaching a workshop.

Preview of My Exhibition at Visceral Gallery

2008-09-12T06:06:00.001-07:00

Here are a few pics of my art at Visceral Gallery. Urban Nights is tonight and the city will come alive with art and celebration.

Sinclair Community College's Faculty Exhibit

2008-09-12T06:01:00.000-07:00

This exhibition showcases Sinclair's faculty talent. It is a beautiful setting on the 4th floor of Building 16. The show will be up until October 9th. One of my favorite people (Willie) who works at Sinclair's is standing looking at my art.

Senior Citizen Class

2008-09-12T05:29:00.000-07:00

Sinclair Community College's Life Long Learning class started this week at Lohrey. It was a slow start; however, I have one eager beaver that loves to do art. I placed an object in a brown paper bag and she drew it without looking at the object by placing her hand in the bag and just feeling the object. This exercise involves keen concentration, awareness and perception.

Art Encounters in 24 Hours

2008-09-06T17:51:00.000-07:00

At the Guild of the Golden Quill, a calligraphers organization, an outstanding metal award was given to Barbara Rich for having exemplified commitment and many volunteer hours for compiling a member's calligraphy cookbook last year. At the guild meeting I gave a lecture and demo of my experience at the International Calligraphy Conference held in Naperville, IL, this summer.

Here are a few pics of owner, George Bussinger, and long-time employee, Leslie Walton of McCallister's Art Supply in Dayton. George, at one time, was a participating member of the calligrapher's guild and the guild decided to give George a gift certificate at one of Dayton's finest steak houses as a token of gratitude for the many years he served the guild. Truly, it is a bittersweet time even though artists are getting 70% off art supplies.

Visceral Gallery, a new gallery in the Oregon District, celebrated 1st Friday by featuring artist Trish McKinney. Trish does transparent watercolor and mixed media. At present, she is president of Town & Country Fine Art Gallery. Trish is a very dear friend of mine and we will soon be teaching a workshop in Florence, Italy.

Connecting Art and Spirit

2008-09-01T17:12:00.000-07:00

Beginning in October I will be teaching a 6-wk. course on creativity and art. This mixed media class will be on Saturday afternoons from 12-2, and will incorporate poetry, painting, creative writing, music and collage. The end project will be a journal book of each person's creative art pages. The classes will be held at Loretta Puncer's gallery in the Oregon District, downtown Dayton. If you are interested, you can leave your email in the comment section and I will get in touch with you.

An Evening Out with the Girls

2008-08-29T16:10:00.000-07:00

Jacquelynn Buck is a photographer and member of our gallery Town & Country Fine Art Center in Kettering, Ohio. She is also a public health educator. Right now she is exhibiting her talent in a show at Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC) in downtown Dayton until September 5, 2008. Her program last night was an encounter with one's beauty that is particularly not visible in a physical way. Jackie took a picture of willing participants and printed the picture on the spot. Then we proceeded to gather the text and, with the use of markers and stamps, we enhanced the image with artful play. I volunteered to be a participant and was delightfully surprised at the many sayings that were so appropriate for me and what text spoke to me. I felt personally that I can use my collage as a vehicle to affirm my own inner beauty. These artful collages will be on display until next week at DVAC. Jackie's thoughtful project is helping women see that beauty is not just about how one looks, but the inner beauty that often is dictated by outside influences. I believe Jackie is on to marrying the two loves of her life....photography and health.

Coffee Table Book

2008-08-26T03:59:00.000-07:00

This summer I had a coffee table book published with my artwork titled "Connecting Art and Spirit." The photographer, Jacquelynn Buck, did the page and layout work with her very creative and artistic eye. The collaboration of text and design was created by both our creative spirits. The coffee table book website is below.

Rosie-Huart-Coffee-Table-Book

What Artists Are Saying

2008-08-24T05:18:00.000-07:00

You can go to this website for information about Nita Leland, her new book soon to be released called Confident Color and what it means to artists being included in her book.

Art-to-Art Palette Back Porch Section

"Words That Echo, Whisper and Resonate"

2008-08-24T01:55:00.000-07:00

September 12th will be an opening exhibition at Visceral Gallery in the Oregon District. I am really getting excited about this upcoming show and will be showing a lot of my new work with handmade paper and calligraphy. It will be held in conjunction with the City of Dayton's Urban Nights and I am the featured artist.

Selected art piece in a soon to be released book: Confident Color

2008-08-23T04:26:00.000-07:00

Nita Leland has written a new book called Confident Color. It will soon be released and our gallery at Town & Country will be having an opening exhibition and book signing event. I have a piece of artwork in her book titled Spirit Symphony. This is my fourth inclusion in Nita's artbooks over the years. More about the event will come later, but in the meantime be prepared to have her book in your library. Nita is a well-known artist and author who travels extensively doing workshops, lecturing, jurying and book signings.

Spirit Symphony
Mixed Media
40"x32"

28th International Calligraphy Conference

2008-07-26T16:49:00.000-07:00

Brody's Calligraphy with Cola Nib

What a busy week in Naperville, IL. About 400 people gathered from around the world and experienced their love of calligraphy (beautiful handwriting). From paper, nibs, inks, watercolor, brushes and various tools of the trade we sculpted paper, painted papers and canvas, created books and made numerous friends.

I took a class with Belgium artist Brody Neuenschwander called Developing Meaning. He asked us to write about a significant event in our life in the last few years. I wrote about my friend Bud who went into a diabetic coma at age 35 and died. Bud had asked me to do his eulogy. I addressed the church congregation gathered for his funeral with two poems I had written. My mission was to be his voice. So in class we had to address our writing with 6 points of interest...private, public, desire, fear, knowledge and understanding. We did several exercises in expressive calligraphy and then put the pages into a book format. The class was very intense and emotional for many of us.

Black Book Cover and Pages Done in Brody's Class

Cover edge made with a folded transparency on open page edge with the poem copied onto it. The transparency was stitched with gold thread and threads weaving throughout the book. The spine was covered with handmade paper.

The pages were sumi'e ink and handmade paper collaged onto the surface.

Busy in the Papermaking Studio

2008-07-26T16:39:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of the participants in the papermaking class I taught this summer to the Ohio Educators sponsored by the Dayton Art Institute.

Papermaking Studio Pictures

2008-07-26T16:26:00.000-07:00

3rd Day of Papermaking

2008-07-16T12:20:00.000-07:00

This truly has been an awesome experience. So many wonderful people in this workshop. I feel so happy to have met them and to have had their word of mouth input and written evaluation about who I am and what I do. It was very validating to me as a person and an artist.

One of the neatest things we did today as a group before we left was to individually contribute something to the vat of paper pulp that symbolized each person and in a few words signified their gift to one another ie., thankfulness, students/careers, being out of the box, youthfulness, spontaneity, family and the extended family, sparkle, naturalness and creativity. One contributed letters (macaroni letters)to the vat for knowledge which she garnished through this experience and which will expand. Another participant gave the gift of shredded money because no one can repay the knowledge that was shared these last 3 days. Mine was a deep gratitude for the blessings bestowed upon us all, as I sprinkled glitter onto the altar of pulp.

We were all together seemingly to make paper; however, there is always a higher consciousness that comes through that elevates one's thinking, doing and being. I felt it.

Friday I'll be leaving for Chicago to attend the 28th International Calligraphy Conference. I will need a few days to regain my energy and be ready for my next creative adventure.

Japanese Papermaking

2008-07-15T13:25:00.000-07:00

Today was the 2nd day of the Japanese papermaking class I am teaching at a local high school in Dayton. The group is mostly Ohio educators who take classes sponsored by the Dayton Art Institute during summer months each year. Being that most of them are art teachers, they are very creative and responsive to what I had to teach them about the paper process. A lot of them would like to do papermaking with their students, as well as personally becoming more involved with their own art.

Yesterday we spent the morning doing introductions and becoming familiar with supplies, tools and equipment for western papermaking. They were introduced to cotton rag, unbleached abaca, kozo, pigments, retention aid and formation aid and then we spent the day doing both western and eastern papermaking. Making paper from abaca was an introduction to Japanese papermaking because of adding the formation aid to the fiber.

After cooking the kozo yesterday during class, the first thing we did in the morning was rinse, clean and hand beat the fiber in preparation for the Japanese method. I introduced them to the sugeta (su=screen and geta=the mould). In the late 80's while in Japan I purchased a beautiful sugeta made from mahogany with the su made from bamboo splints and silk threads. In 1989 I paid $500 for this beautiful tool.

This afternoon we talked about several books that I love: Washi: the World of Japanese Paper by Sukey Hughes, Plants for Papermaking by Helen Hulbert, Japanese Papermaking by Timothy Barrett, one book called Paper with pictures of different artists and their art pieces. I showed them the only magazine for papermakers in the U.S. called Hand Papermaking. We talked about printing on kozo with an ink jet printer, a book cover made from iris leaves, and shifu which is hand spun paper. I had samples of this and how the process is done plus 2 yards of beautiful fabric where paper is the weft when it was on the loom. At that time in Japan I had taken a 3-day workshop in a Japanese artist's home. I will download some pictures from the class today soon.

I asked my granddaughter, Erin, if she would like to read a story to the class this morning. The story reading came about after I had a short discussion with a participant yesterday about a student of hers that died from an accident recently. It was evident to me how this teacher cared deeply for him, as I watched the tears flow from her eyes. She had tried to help him on a project he wanted to do for his mother and there was a lot of difficulty in what he wanted to achieve, so it was never brought to fruition. No matter what happened, I believe this teacher helped him more than what she realizes because of her caring and commitment not just for him, but for all her students. It made me think of a wonderful book titled The Dot by Reynolds. Erin read the child's story to the class of teachers and I shared that we, especially who are teachers, leave impressions on our students that we may never realize in this lifetime. I wanted, especially for this class participant, to believe she had an impact on this individual. I suggested she might make a ceramic piece in honor of him and present it to his mother. Their project may not have turned out, but I believe she gave more to him than she is aware. She helped him make his 'Dot' in life. I asked that she keep me posted in the continuation of this story.

Cityfolk Festival/2nd Day

2008-07-05T18:40:00.000-07:00

There were a lot more people that came into my exhibition space today. The weather was great after the dreary day yesterday. I saw a lot of people I knew and met new people that were interested in an upcoming 3-day papermaking workshop at C-J the week after next. We had another panel discussion today and I talked about my personal experience while visiting Japan. After the discussion people came over to the exhibit to see how paper was made and became familiar with the tools used and what I do with paper....books, jewelry, clothing, art pieces and calligraphy. The artpiece titled "The Messenger" was used in Cityfolk's brochure.

I received a commission to do a Dard Hunter quote...."If man has achieved a high degree of development, it is due in large part to the inventions of paper and printing than to any other factor." Dard Hunter was a historian of papermaking and in the 1930's traveled worldwide to do research. There is a paper museum in Chillicothe, Ohio, dedicated to his love of handmade paper. There is also an international organization, known as the Friends of Dard Hunter, with a diverse membership whose interest centers around handmade paper and arts and crafts. They have an upcoming paper conference in Kaoilu-Kona, Hawaii, in October, 2008.

After a few days rest, I will be preparing for my next upcoming papermaking workshop, sponsored by the Dayton Art Institute. We will be working with cotton, kozo and unbleached abacca.

Cityfolk Festival

2008-07-04T21:28:00.000-07:00

It poured down rain today after I set up my display for the festival inside the Wright State University center building in downtown Dayton. The theme was "Rips, Clips and Creases: The Art of Paper." It looked like the rain was to be an all day affair, but after a few hours it stopped, but the sun never did shine. I demonstrated Japanese papermaking, talked about the process and discussed the international handmade paper conference I attended in Japan in the late 80's.

I was part of a panel discussion later in the afternoon with Yasue Sakaoka, a Japanese artist living in Columbus, Ohio. She discussed her interest in origami and I shared how I began my papermaking path. I displayed a walnut dyed paper garment I had made and talked about my experience of a shifu workshop (spun paper)which I attended while in Japan.

I was very impressed with all the volunteers that helped in making this function the popular event that it is every year.

My Journey with Erin Today

2008-07-02T11:18:00.000-07:00

Today is my fun-filled day with my granddaughter, Erin. She has helped me set up my blog. She is a lot smarter than her grandmother when it comes to this technical stuff. Yea for her!!! This should be fun. My main reason for setting up a blog is because of my upcoming trip to Tuscany. Our workshop date is scheduled Sept. 21-28, 2008. We still have 2 spots available. Wanna come?