TrashyWomen

2009-05-21T10:13:00.001-07:00

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Trashy Women V, Man oh Man Alive!

2009-05-19T17:12:00.000-07:00

WoWo Watchout!

Trashy Women V at Studio 432 (mark these dates down,all you trashy wannabes) from July 18th to August 14 2009
The totally Fabulous Opening Reception is Saturday July 18th from 3 to 8 pm.

More to come, you better believe it!

Call 410-642-5740 for more information...

Trashy Women at West Nottingham!

2009-03-10T06:36:00.001-07:00

Wooo Hoo!
Come meet the Trashy Women at the WNA Opening Reception on Wednesday, March 25 from 5:30 -7:30 pm! Gawk at the garbage, marvel at the mess! See stuff never before seen this side of a dumpster, and plumb your own inner Trashiness!

A little on the Trashy Side

2009-03-09T10:15:00.000-07:00

Trashy Women vs. the Dumpster Divas! Bedazzling Babe-bout scheduled for March 27, 2009!

2009-02-12T07:04:00.000-08:00

Trashy Women take the spotlight in Oxford!!!

2008-10-22T07:47:00.000-07:00

It's here, it's heavenly, it's hot off the press-- Read all about the Trashy Women in the newest issue of the Oxfordonian; a magazine published by the Oxford, PA's Chamber of Commerce---

I was honored to be asked to write about this warm-hearted and generous group --- in part to bring attention to the inventive and economical Trashy Women Workshops that will be offered (thanks to Richard Beards of the Bookplace and the Oxford Arts Alliance) starting February 2009 in the spacious Simon Building at 38 South Third Street as well as the TW exhibition planned for September 2009 in the same space...so peruse these pages and stay tuned for more!

xo
MuddyMaggie

Trashy Women, Coast to Coast!

2008-10-18T19:36:00.000-07:00

Yee ha, the squeaky clean Trashy Women story has been picked up by other papers -- check out

http://www.latimes.com/features/bal-ha.trashy10aug10,3,7079225,full.story

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/bal-ha.trashy10aug10,0,3089532.story

Closer to home, the Trashy Women will be part of Artopoly, the Elkton-wide shopping spree that starts November 14 as well as "It's a Trashy Kind of Christmas" at Studio 432 --- and be sure to snag a copy of the Oxford Chamber of Commerce publication, the Oxfordonian --- the Trashy Women are featured there too!

xo
MuddyMaggie

La La LaLaLa Liriodendron!

2008-08-22T06:44:00.000-07:00

The Trashy Women show is up, up, up! at 502 West Gordon Street in Bel Air MD, otherwise known to all and sundry as the Liriodendron!

The Opening Reception is this Sunday August 24 from 1-3 pm;

Come to that--return for the workshops on September 14 and 21.

In fact, you can visit the Trashy Treasures every single Sunday from 1-4 pm (except Labor Day Weekend) until October 5th...you lucky dog, you!

For more information about the TrashyWomen and their work

please email us: trashywomen@gmail.com

Or visit the Headquarters of the TrashyWomen at Studio 432, the visionary gift shop nestled in the heart of Perryville -- www.studio432.biz

Are you trashy enough to be one of us? Pick up an application at www.backlogpottery.com/trashywomen

You'll be so darn glad you did!

Here comes the Sun! with the Trashy Women in it!

2008-08-12T06:11:00.000-07:00

Intrepid reporter Cassandra Fortin and the suavely elegant photographer Kim Hairston spotlighted the Trashy Women and their upcoming exhibitionon August 24th as well as the September Trashy Women workshops at the Liriodendron Mansion in the August 10th issue of the Baltimore Sun (Harford Section). Wow! I mean, wow!

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/harford/bal-ha.trashy10aug10,0,7410433.story

or you can make do with my scan of the newspaper...here goes

We'll be talking Trash in the best possible way for the next few months, so come to the opening reception at the Liriodendron Mansion at 502 West Gordon Street on August 24, 1-4 pm, or sign up for the workshops on September 14 and/or 21.
See you there!

Alie is so beautiful, I had to put her back here in color!

Trashy Women IV Opening a Smash Hit!

2008-06-29T09:20:00.000-07:00

Crowds of people, great food and wine, many Trashy artworks off the walls and into new homes...and nearly $200 raised by the "Beauty from Ashes" Reception Raffle for Wendy Osborne! Thank you, one and all!

New friends and old gathered at Studio 432 for the June 28th opening reception --- but fear not! the show continues until July 31, with new Trashy Women Work to be admired and yes, purchased off each tasteful wall of the gallery on 432 Aiken Avenue in Perryville MD. And that's not even mentioning the upcoming and economical Trashy Classes on the 12th, 19th and 26th!
But wait, there's more! Follow the Trashy Women to see their new show over the river and through the woods to Harford County when we open Trashy Women IV Redux at the Liriodendron Mansion in Bel Air --- that's Sunday August 24 from 1-4 pm. The show runs through October 6th, so see you there!

Trashy Women on the Eastern Shore!

2008-06-25T18:33:00.001-07:00

Woo Hoo! no flies on the TWs!

Go to http://greenfamilies.info/ where Trashy Woman Maggie Creshkoff tells all --- learn the hardcore details of the Trashy Women's past in an interview with reporter Sarah Pearce.

Trashy Women IV is Here!!!

2008-06-25T07:59:00.000-07:00

Opening Reception this Saturday, June 28 from 3-9 pm at the fabulous Studio 432 at 432 Aiken Avenue in Perryville, MD.

Come down and talk some trash with the Trashy Women!

Phone Studio 432 at 1-410-642-6749,
Email us at trashywomen@gmail.com

Or visit the website at www.studio432.biz and find all about the Trashy Women and their Trashy Classes for July 2008.

See you soon, sailor!

Trashy Women and Studio 432 in the Baltimore Sun

2008-06-23T21:30:00.000-07:00

Yes indeedy do, under "Best Bet" for the weekend in the Harford Section!

Come see Eyet's own special brand of entomological ornamentation for yourself, up close and real personal at the Opening Reception for Trashy Women IV on Saturday, June 28 2008, from 3 to 9 pm.

See you there!

Trashy Women IV Classes for 2008

2008-06-23T20:16:00.000-07:00

The Trashy Women Classes

@ Studio 432

Oooh, oooh ---Sign up now! The Trashy Women Classes are filling up fast!

And why wouldn't they? at only $20 each and with all materials included they're an absolute steal!

Each class is from 1-3 pm in air conditioned comfort at Studio 432 in Perryville. Call 410-642-6749 or email trashywomen@gmail.com to register.

July 12--- You Can't Tell a Book by its Cover

Bibliophiles, beware! during this intensive immersion in the book arts, printmaker Sarah Lamb shows how transform a book into a narrative sculpture.

July 19 --- Junky Jewelry

Sue Eyet transforms gift cards and game pieces into personal statements of adornment...and so will you!

July 26 --- Plastic Fantastic

Maggie Creshkoff brings you colorful detergent bottles to create the best smelling trashy art objects you can imagine...tasteful on any number of levels.

So come and hog out with us at Studio 432 this summer! Really wallow in it --join the Trashy Women and embrace that wretched refuse!

Trashy Women IV gives you more, more, more!

2008-05-21T05:16:00.001-07:00

Trashy Women IV Doubles the Pleasure, Doubles the Fun!

Perryville, MD - --Now hear this, now hear this —the Trashy Women are cleaning up on both sides of the Susquehanna this summer! Oooh and ahh at what eight Divas of the Dumpster have done from June 28 through July 31 at Studio 432, 432 Aiken Avenue in Perryville MD (www.studio432.biz ) and at the Liriodendron Mansion in Bel Air MD from August 24-October 5 (http://www.liriodendron.com/ )

Scrabble tiles, kitchen appliances, cement mixers, bangles and buttons…recycling takes a whole new direction when this gorgeous gaggle of garbage gals get a hold of it. Studio 432 hours are Wednesday through Sunday 11 am to 5 pm, and the opening reception is on Saturday June 28 from 3 to 9 pm. The Liriodendron is open on Sundays from1-4 pm and the fabulous opening reception is Sunday August 24^th...come one, come all!

Intriguing, inventive and economical Trashy Women classes will be offered nearly every Saturday throughout July at Studio 432; call 410-642-6749 or visit the website for details. Or, gosh darn it, email us at trashywomen@gmail.com

April ain't so cruel --- Studio 432 welcomes spring with poetry and classes!

2008-03-30T14:02:00.000-07:00

Trashy Women Sue Eyet and Maggie Creshkoff are among the instructors for the wealth of classes offered at Studio 432 for April --- the list is included below for your perusing pleasure. Sign up quick, the spaces fill fast...

Classes at Studio 432

Tin Can Man

Funny, fabulous, frivolous too--they're made from tin cans without any glue. Students will learn to think "outside the can" as they invent fastening techniques and design body parts. Warning: Participants may experience the uncontrollable urge to dumpster dive after this class.

Instructor: Maggie Creshkoff Dates/Times: April 9th 6:30-8:30 pm or April 12, 1-3 pm

Tuition: $30 & Materials fee $15

Plastic Fantastic

Upcycle those used gift cards from trash into treasure! Open your mind, free up your fingers...Students will design and create a framed memo board using layers of plastic gift card fragments. Instruction will focus on creating unique elements and personalized patterns through the use of image, text and color.

Instructor: Sue Eyet Dates/Time: April 11th, 6-10 pm Tuition $50 & Materials fee $15

Art to Share

Make just one and keep it for you...Want to trade? you get to make two! Artist Trading Cards are miniature works of art (2.5 x 3.5 inches) designed to swap with other artists or be given as gifts. Participants will create at least two projects using techniques that include stamping, collage and paper quilting.

Instructor: Katelyn Thomas Date/Time: April 12th 9-11 am Tuition $30 & Materials fee $10

Bedazzling Beadwork

Magical, vanishing stitches capture the beads that surround a glass cabochon. Students will design and create a seed bead embroidered brooch using gemstones and glass. Instruction will concentrate on layout, construction and finishing techniques. This class is a great foundation for beginners who love seed beads but haven't a clue as to what to do with them.

Instructor: Marianne Donovan Dates/Times April 13th 2-4 pm and April 20th 9-11 am (2 2-hour sessions)

Tuition $50 & Materials fee $15

Earrings 1 and Earrings 2

They're daring, delicious, delightful too...make one or two pairs, oooooh, lucky you! Students will create headpins for lever back pieced earrings, then craft a a pair of freshwater pearl ear bobs with ready made headpins. hand-made lampwork beads will also be available for purchase to upgrade your designs.

Instructor: Mary Ann McNeely Dates/Times: April 16th 9-11am or April 19th 9-11 am

Tuition $30 & Materials fee $15

Shimmering Silver, Sparkling Glass

Treat yourself to a Toggle Bracelet! Students will learn bead placement and design along with basic jewelry techniques as they complete their very own wearable art made of sterling silver and glass beads. Hand-made lampwork bead, created by the instructor, will also be available for purchase.

Instructor: Mary Ann McNeely Dates/Times April 16th, or April 19th, 1-3 pm, or April 24th* 6-8 pm

Tuition $30 & Materials fee $25 (* Mad for Martinis night! Additional $10 material fee)

House for Rent: "Cheep"

This real estate is literally for the birds! Make a delightful destination for the wee winged ones. Using traditional methods and natural materials, students will complete an environmentally friendly wren house. This amazing class expands basic basketry into gorgeous garden art. The project is designed with the proper ornithological specifications, and will be the envy of birds and bird-lovers alike.

Instructor: Donna Moltrup Dates/Times April 17th, 6-9:30 pm or April 26th, 1-5 pm

Tuition $40 & Materials fee: $15

Games People Play

Students will combine dominoes or dice with scrabble and scraps to create fun and funky wearable art; fragments of jewelry and minute found objects will be incorporated to create amulets of personal meaning and power. Wire wrap techniques and cold connections are just some of the techniques covered...step back into time and rediscover your inner child.

Instructor: Sue Eyet Date/Time April 18th 6-10 pm Tuition $50 & Materials fee $15

Chunky Little Fat Books

Layer upon layer, the pages grow fat. Ephemera? Embellishments? Sure, you can add that! In this class students will create a 4x4 fat book containing six pages. These wonderful little pages are like a tiny art gallery in themselves, and will take scrapbooking fans to the next level with vintage paper goods, re-purposed objects and mixed media techniques.

Instructor: Katelyn Thomas Date/Time April 20th 1-5 pm Tuition $50 & Materials fee $10

Preserving the Past

Gather together all the fragments of your family's history to create an heirloom artwork. Using a variety of ephemera, canvas and mixed media techniques, students will complete a unique piece of wall art. Three-dimensional objects such as buttons, postage stamps, lace and letters will enhance your design.

Instructor: Katelyn Thomas Date/Time April 23rd 6-9 pm Tuition $40 & Materials fee $10

Big Beautiful Bodacious Baskets

Fanny baskets, buttocks baskets, bosom baskets...this one super-sexy style of basket was created throughout the mountain regions of the Appalachians. Develop the skills to complete a ribbed basket using rattan and sea grass.Techniques will focus on basket construction with attention to overall shape as well as creating free-form designs with color and texture. These bodacious baskets pay homage to the past while having a cool, contemporary spin.

Instructor: Sue Eyet Dates/Times April 25th and May 2nd, 6-9 pm Tuituion $70 and Materials fee $30

In the Key of B (for Beautiful)

Make music in the air with these wonderful windchimes! Sugar bowls, creamers or teapots "serve" as the focal point for a garden whimsey like no other. Students will create strands of keys and beads to make the music. The class will focus on bead patterns, color combinations and assembly techniques. Pre-drilled, copper wire setups (focal points) will be included in the materials fee. Vintage beads are provided.

Instructor: Sue Eyet Date/Time April 27th 1-5 pm Tuition $50 and Materials fee $35 +...

Materials fee will vary according to the size and complexity of the windchime made.

Magnificent Monograms

Pick a letter, any letter, and make it your own! Using multi media collage and stamping techniques students will complete a stylized monogram wall art project that incorporates fragments of personal meaning.Early registration required to order choice of letter.

Instructor: Katelyn Thomas Date/Time April 30th 6-8 pm Tuition $30 & Materials fee $10

A Tree for All Season opens at the EAC

2008-02-08T06:23:00.000-08:00

Yes, yes, Trashy Fans, many Trashy Women and Trashy Women-in-waiting are showing their stuff at the Elkton Arts Center.

That's at 135 East Main Street in Elkton, home of the Cecil County Arts Council, the 30year+ supporter of the arts in Cecil County. Log onto www.cecilcountyartscouncil.org
and see what totally cool stuff they offer!

And come to the opening tonight of "A Tree for all Seasons" ---it runs from 5-7 pm at the above address. There will be music and snickysnacks and swellzo art-type people...you'll have such a good time that you'll want join the CCAC, just to be part of the art action crowd in the county!

See you there, artists and art fans! As Mondrian would have said: Be there, or be square!

http://muddymaggie.blogspot.com/

We're seeing (simply) Red!

2008-02-07T16:57:00.000-08:00

Trashy Woman Sue Eyet of Studio 432 will be strutting her stuff at Bulle Rock this Saturday from 11-2. Woohoo!
"Simply Red" is a healthy heart event for the ladies, sponsored by Upper Chesapeake Health...now, my doctor says that the best medicine is a strong dose of retail therapy, best filled through the kind and able hands of Studio Sue!!!

Studio 432, Home of the Trashy Women!

2008-02-02T06:30:00.000-08:00

Well, TWs, it's up, it's finally up!

www.studio432.biz is up in all its Technicolor glory...

and Studio 432/Earthly Passion is making the donation to the Stancill Wulkow Endowed Scholarship Fund of Cecil College--- it's a scholarship for a single female head of household pursuing her education---it helps pay for classes, books and child care. The only stipulation is that the student take one art course!

(this fund was started by the wonderful clay pit people there in Perryville; doing good works from the ground up, as it were)

It's a perfect fit for the Trashy Women, I'm thinking --- and I would like to propose that each of the Trashy Women make something (either one thing or a product line) for the Trashy Women IV show and have the proceeds of the sale of that item dedicated to the Fund.

That way we could make (as a Trashy Women group) an annual donation to the Fund.

I'll talk about more at the February meeting ---2-17-08, don't forget your nametags!

xo to all

Maggie

Trashy Women, Ho!

2008-01-28T05:25:00.001-08:00

The tectonic troupe* of Trashy Women met Sunday the 27th for a stimulating session: we welcomed new member Mindy Jarusek, planned and plotted for upcoming shows**, formed committees right and left, and traded treasures like nobody's business...pictured here are Jamie, Donna and Heidi, the fabulous fiber females!

I'll send out the assignments for next month's meeting...until then, happy scrounging!

xo

Maggie

*think plate smashing and shifting

**Trashy Women IV
June 28-July 31 2008 at Studio 432 in Perryville, MD

August 24-October 5 at Liriodendron Mansion in Bel Air, MD

2008-01-26T17:43:00.001-08:00

Welcome, Mindy, button babe and newest Trashy Woman!

The Trashy Women Troupe has hit the New Year hard, with two shows scheduled for the summer, and one in the works for '09!

Studio 432 Goddess Sue Eyet is steamin' as she works on her new website, soon to be revealed at www.studio432.biz.

Maggie Creshkoff will be showing in Ocean City Arts Center for the month of February with six others in "Repurposed Art"

And more news a-coming, just as soon as I larn it.

xoxox

MuddyMaggie

Bazaart Has Heart!

2007-11-25T07:03:00.000-08:00

Trashy Women Sue Eyet and Maggie Creshkoff took their TW treasures to the American Visionary Art Museum this week.
On Friday evening and Saturday November 23-24 hundreds of men, women and children gawked and gasped and Wowed in wonder at the marvels; there were armfuls of cards passed out for the Open House at Studio 432 first weekend in December, and gosh all hemlocks, we'll see you there...

xo

Maggie

Treasure in the Trash, Diamonds in the Dumpster!

2007-10-22T09:19:00.001-07:00

Hats! I got hats for all, I got teeny weeny chairs for Sue, crayons for Jo...cripes, there wasn't much I missed in the Racine dumpster for all the Trashy Women!

Meeting November 4th at Maggie's Farm, Time still TBA but let me know if you prefer morning or afternoon.

xo to all

Maggie

A Perfect Day for Trashy Women

2007-10-19T20:02:00.000-07:00

Saturday October 20 is not only the day for the fabulous (and I sincerely hope dry) Apple Butter Making Festival at Fair Hill, right off Rte 273 from 10-5, but it's the day for the Winterthur Auction at Bayview Auction House on Rte 274 in Cecil County...and you know what that means, right?
It means that Sunday October 21 is the absolutely perfect day for the Trashy Women to go dumpster diving!
Yes yes yes, Jim and Donna and Elisha encourage us to come and pick up what was not sold --- they hate waste as much as we do, so dear Trashy Women, go do it!

xo

Maggie

Our Beloved Sponsor

2007-10-09T19:51:00.000-07:00

So girls, Jim Racine has agreed (sorta reluctantly) to be our official TrashyWomen sponsor ---which is to say he will let us pick the dumpster!

Well, heck, sounds good to me.

xo
maggie