PINK

Curent Show

Artisan Gallery * Bon Appetit* Culinary Pleasures
November 7th - December 2nd
Reception: Saturday November 18th 5-8pm. M eet the artists & see the work.

Artisans Gallery • 853 Fourth Street @ Cijos • San Rafael, CA 94901 • (415)-460-5208 • http://www.artisansartgallery.org/

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Upcoming Show:

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THE LAB
PostCARD Show

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, November 30: 6-9pm.
Friday, December 1: 1-8pm.
Saturday & Sunday, December 2-3: 11 am-6pm.

THE LAB
2684 16th st (@ Capp St.) • San francisco, CA. • 415-864-8855
www.thelab.org

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LEARN MORE ABOUT MY WORK

•Pacific Noise•
Pacific Noise is an Internet TV show and guide to art and music events in San Francisco. Every other day they capture some element of the hidden art and music scene in san francisco and broadcast it. Watch Episode 128 to see my work showcased and hear the inverview.
http://www.pacificnoise.com/

Previous Shows

Terror?

Intersection for the ARTS

September 11 - November 11, 2006

Terror? is an international interdisciplinary project investigating how each one of us experiences fear and how it affects our lives. Opening on the 5th Anniversary of 9/11, this ambitious exhibition will include hundreds of works on paper from around the world - creating a cacophony of personal and collective response to some of the most immediate questions and issues of our times. What is terror? Who perpetrates it? How does fear control us, and the world around us? Who are we taught to be afraid of, why? What does fear cost? Where does personal fear intersect with larger societal and political messages of terror?

Intersection for the Arts • 446 Valencia Street (@ 16th) SF. CA. 94103 • (415) 626-2787 •
www.theintersection.org/calendar/program_gallery.php

THE SHOW IN THE NEWS

ArtBusiness.com http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/091106.html
SF Weekly http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2006-10-25/culture/artbeat2.html

SF Station http://www.sfstation.com/terror-at-intersection-for-the-arts-a2226

Clamor Magazine (forthcoming - Spring 2007) http://www.clamormagazine.org/

Afterimage (forthcoming - Spring 2007) http://www.vsw.org/afterimage/index.html

Pop and Politics (forthcoming - in the next couple of days) http://www.popandpolitics.com/

Artist Statement

Sierra Melcher was born in Vermont and raised in a number of cities across the United States. She is thus an avid traveler and a lover of history. She is a certified high school history teacher and has worked in schools in San Francisco. She has studied and practiced art over fifteen years and has recently been privileged to concentrate solely on her artistic pursuits. She has several specialties: painting, drawing and most recently photography.

Her photographs show her unique perspective and keen attention to ordinary details. She sees photography as a way to share her perspective and world view with others, as a way to guide the audience to pay attention to what can often be missed. The natural beauty of the land, the sky and the people who inhabit this world provide endless motivation and inspiration for her in her work as an artist. She sees humanity, even in its most wretched state, as a beautiful thing and she has a way to see the peace and the calm in every image.

Her paintings and sketches explore various themes while she experiments with mixing media, materials and sizes to create an expression. She has a simplistic form and style often understating rather than over stating. It is especially clear through her paintings and drawings that she is an avid fan of history; components of that fascination are evident in virtually every piece she does: be it an Atomic Bomb Series, portraits of historic figures and icons, historic landscapes, portraits of ancestors, or pieces including classic architecture. However she does not prescribe to the use of traditional materials in a traditional way. She mixes and manipulates her materials. She often uses glass and mirrors in her work to create an ethereal effect.

She is still in the blossoming stages as an artist and continues to explore new colors, materials and mediums. She is finding an inner peace from her renewed focus on her artistic expression. In a world that expects so much of us and from us; in a world that demands our constant attention she finds solace in the quiet of her work. It is her work that can quiet her mind and heart; she hopes that it can do the same for its audience.


• 3024 Fulton #1, San Francisco, CA. 94118 •

• E-mail sierramelcher@hotmail.com •
• Phone (415)368-8697 •

Yea, I sond a painting! 48" x 48"

so the following article that accompanies this article is not all about me... it does show a bt of my artwork and it talks about something I am involved in - CouchSurfing.

yea. love it.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20061107/D8L8FQOO0.html