Margaret Craig at Burning Bones Press

Burning Bones Press 1518 Yale St #1, Houston, TX, United States

Artist Margaret Craig will be the first Burning Bones Press artist-in-residence for 2014, January 6-10. She will conclude her week in Houston with a pop-up exhibit at the studio. Come meet her and learn more about her innovative printmaking processes.

FLATBED Contemporary Print Fair: FEBRUARY 14 – 15

Flatbed Press 2832 East Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, Austin, TX, United States

The FLATBED CONTEMPORARY PRINT FAIR, working in conjunction with PRINT Austin 2014 will provide a venue for printmakers and print publishers to showcase work to the public and give printmaking demonstrations. Printmakers, print publishers and university print programs from the state of Texas will be on hand to apply to represent their work and programs through a print fair format.

Essential Elements (Reception) – Curated by J. Salvador Lopez

Oak Cliff Cultural Center 223 West Jefferson Boulevard, Dallas, TX, United States

The Oak Cliff Cultural Center is proud to present “Essential Elements,” a collection of figurative and abstract works created by 7 artists currently residing in Texas.

Common Descent

Central Booking 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY, United States

Common Descent
April 17 - June , 2014

Opening Reception:
Thursday, April 17, 6-8pm

Curator:
Maddy Rosenberg

JUNCTION: SW School of Art in Rockport: Gallery Talk and Reception

Rockport Center for the Arts 902 Navigation Circle, Rockport, TX, United States

Rockport Center for the Arts presents an exhibition of faculty members from the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio — bringing together a diverse selection of ideas and practices that drive the Southwest School of Art’s new Bachelor of Fine Arts academic program.

The Great Trash Reef

Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum 116 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX, United States

Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum announces “The Great Trash Reef ” an installation by San Antonio, TX-based artist Margaret Craig, from January 2 through February 15, 2015. An Opening Reception will take place Friday, February 2 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, and is open and free to the public.

REM Gallery Opening Reception for Margaret Craig’s Ocean Harvest

REM Gallery 219 E Park Ave, San Antonio, TX, United States

My art concerns contemplation of the ways we affect the plants and animals around us, and, sometimes how we may be affected by them. The excessive process I use in my work evokes a quality of human over manipulation. My intent is to create work that will engender thought about the relationship between humans and their surroundings.

Nature on the Edge

Bihl Haus Arts 2803 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, TX, United States

This exhibition showcases recent works by . . . artists who have become fascinated with the environmental changes that are taking place and altering our relationship to the natural world. While some focus on the organic process of change itself, others are intrigued by hybrids and mutants, new or variant forms of life and culture that have emerged or that can be imagined as the environment continues to evolve and time moves forward.~David S. Ruben

Forme Naturali (Natural Forms)

Artisti di Tierra Vivente Studio (Terra Vivente Art Studio) 82034 Guardia Sanframondi BN, Guardia Sanframondi, Campania, Italy

The “Natural Forms” exhibition features the work of four international artists. The artists participating in the July residency at Terra Vivente Art Studio are: Margaret Craig, a sculptor and printmaker from Texas, USA, who presents a project using recycled plastic bottles and transforming them into delicate organic forms; Ingrid Tremblay, a French-Canadian from Montreal, who works with natural forms, sculpted locally found tuff, and made plaster molds of local plant life; Crystal Davis, a poet from Tasmania, Australia, who brought her vintage typewriter with her to write on leaves and other natural material, and also made videos of her investigations during the residency; Rachael Bower, an artist from Texas, USA, inspired by the plant and animal life present in Guardia, worked with drawing and painting on paper.