Sean Samoheyl, artist
Louisa, Virginia

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Sean Samoheyl's Artistry News & Links


Leading a Kid's Workshop at The Arts Center in Orange, VA coming up in October, with a a Halloween theme. [Aug 16, 2006.]

Puppet Show at The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Sean will be giving a puppet show at VCCA for their birthday celebration on September 9. [Aug 16, 2006.]

Piedmont Arts Association. Sean will give a talk and demonstration at the Piedmont Arts Association in Martinsville, VA for the Tri-State Sculptors Conference on September 8. [Aug 16, 2006.]

Atlanta Folk Fest 2006. Sean will be the sole exhibitor and artist for San Angel Folk Art at the Slotin Folk Art Fest in Atlanta, September 18-20. [Aug 16, 2006.]

Work accepted by Cinders Gallery. Sean is excited to report that Cinders Gallery has accepted three of his pieces. Cinders is a great underground gallery featuring alot of emerging contemporary artists. [May 13, 2006.]

Leading a Doll Workshop at The Arts Center in Orange, VA coming up March 4th. [February 15, 2006.]

Appearing in Eyeshot.net. Sean has illustrated a collection of 15 short stories by Rachel Summer Tupelo for eyeshot.net, an online literary journal which publishes about a dozen pieces a year. [February 15, 2006.]

Exhibiting at San Angel Folk Art Gallery in San Antonio, TX. [February 14, 2006.]

Exhibiting at Les Yeux Du Monde in Charlottesville VA. [February 14, 2006.]

Selling hats at Eloise in Charlottesville VA. [February 14, 2006.]

Artist Residency at The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Sean is enjoying a residency at the VCCA's Creative Retreat at Mt San Angelo, Amherst VA until March 3. The center is a prestigious "international working retreat for writers, visual artists and composers..." During this time he plans to focus on stone sculpture. [February 10, 2006.]

Lead an Artist Workshop hosted by The Second Street Gallery described as a "Halloween-themed kids’ Hands On Art workshop at the Friendship Court Community Center for Friendship Court residents." [October 28, 2005.] Dolls from this workshop are on display at the Virginia Community Bank on the Charlottesvillle VA downtown mall. [February 14, 2006.]

Noticed by artist Warren Craghead in his blog D R A W E R posted 2.2.2006 [February 14, 2006.]

Noted in Polymer Clay Daily on 10.28.2005 [February 14, 2006.]

Selling at The American Visionary Museum Eye Shop (Museum Shop) in Baltimore, Maryland. [October 24, 2005.]

Display Ad in the Fall print issue #52 on page 64 of Raw Vision magazine. [October 24, 2005.]

Exhibiting at America Oh Yes! online. [October 18, 2005.]

Exhibiting Monster Dolls at Around Back at Rocky's Place in Dawsonville, Georgia. [October 18, 2005.]

Exhibited at Equus II: An exciting exhibit of nontraditional equine images, curated by Sarah Sargent. October 31 - December 31, 2005 at The Arts Center in Orange in Orange, Virginia. [Updated info February 14, 2006.]

Exhibiting at Orange Hill Art Gallery. Check out Sean's current online exhibit. Orange Hill Art Gallery: "Folk, outsider, self-taught art." [August 30, 2005]

Atlanta Folk Fest 2005. Sean made the rounds and staged some puppet shows at the 2005 Slotin Folk Art Fest in Atlanta. He was pleased to see the favorable review of his work that later appeared on Garth Johnson's Extreme Craft Blog "The freshest breath of freshest air among all of the fakefolk and jaded dealers was Sean Samoheyl, an artist from Virginia." [August 19, 2005.]