Elayna Alexandra » press

Central New York

elayna — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:56:53 +0000

My artwork was featured as part of the Healing Muse Publication in the Special Philanthropy addition of Central New York in 2009.

O&P Almanac

elayna — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:18:23 +0000

I was privileged to be featured in the O&P magazine for Orthotics and Prosthetics. They interviewed me with five questions.

Introspective Art

elayna — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:38:41 +0000

I was very excited to get interviewed at the Goodyear Art in Civic Places exhibition and the woman was very nice and wrote a nice article about my artwork that was published in the West Valley View.

Night Visions III

elayna — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:17:16 +0000

PRESS RELEASE

September 6, 2008

Arizona artist Elayna Alexandra Flodin has had her work Moonlight Stroll, selected for Night Visions III art show in Flagstaff Arizona. This year’s show, celebrating the beauty and mythology of the night sky will coincide with the 50^th Anniversary of International Dark Skies movement that began in Flagstaff in 1958.

Flodin, who recently moved to Arizona, previously showed her work Celebration of Artists in Peoria and, Celebrating the Art of the West presented at West Valley Art Museum and was on of 39 artists selected out of 1600 for the show Embracing our Differences, in Sarasota FL. It was part of project of Coexistence, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization which offers classroom curriculum and educational seminars for school-aged children with an emphasis on diversity. After twenty-two surgeries on her left leg for her disability Pseuedarthrosis, she is familiar with being different.

Her work, Nuclear Dark, a combination of layered x-rays, photography and hand painted pieces made into a digital print is part of Driven an award winning show sponsored by VSA arts, which débuted at the Smithsonian in 2007 that is now on tour around the USA until 2010.

Moonlight Stroll works with similar elements as Flodin’s other prominent work; she has combined an x-ray of her deformed leg with photography that depicts the glow of the moon. This is just the beginning of a new series that Flodin has applied for a grant to fund. The project will focus on unveiling the mystery and magic of the moon’s eight phases, incorporating and uncovering disability, and what lies hidden to great digital prints that will each be hand finished, something Flodin has not done before.

The show Night Visions III will have an opening reception on September 27^th as art of the Festival of Science Celebration and will stay on show until November 6^th. Night Visions is a partnership between the Flagstaff Dark Skis Coalition, Northern Arizona University’s Program in Community and Culture and the Environment, and the Flagstaff Cultural Partners.

For additional information or to interview Flodin, contact her at 623-734-5202 or go to www.elaynaalexandra.com.

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Rise Above, Art projects

elayna — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:03:28 +0000

Rise above art projects and gallery show. I keep tabs on the program I started in Oregon and found out that this nice article was run in the local paper there. The teens were honored with an art show at the Art Center I used to work at and they did a fun Picasso inspired art project.

Cooper Mountain artist earns place in Smithsonian

elayna — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:17:26 +0000

Write up about my participation in the Driven show. Click on the here to read the article.

Rise Above, Art Classes for Homeless youth at Safe Place

elayna — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:30:48 +0000

Classes for Safe Place homeless youth start with the help of Hillsboro Community arts and a grant from Windermere

Hands on Medicine

elayna — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:13:22 +0000

This was a two person show at a medical clinic in East Portland. The show included my digital fine art prints, acrylic work and some sculpture. It was a really fun show because the artwork melded so well with the setting. It felt like the work belonged. Here is the full write up that was in a local paper, and the postcard that I designed for the show. The rabbit in the corner was the other woman’s artwork, she had the children’s exam room, and my artwork was in the other exam rooms, meeting room, and reception area.

Community Art

elayna — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:43:12 +0000

As part of my first show I created an interactive art display giant board which people could draw on and leave their own art. I wanted to move away from a stale exhibit to something that would encourage community members to want to stay, to be involved, to come back and to contribute. It was a huge hit.

here is the full size right up in the paper.