Events
Art Class: Evening for Educators: Art Moments and Freedom from Perfection (Copy)
I’ll be facilitating an intuitive painting class aka Healing Though Art class geared towards K-12 educators. This event is free to attend.
Take the pressure off your artistic practice by focusing on creating and experimenting, rather than obsessing on the end result! Students (and everyone, really) can get their artistic practices snagged by the ideas of good vs. bad and perfectionism.
Art is an explorative process, and we’ll use special exhibitions Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Realism and Impressionism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Photo-Secession: Painterly Masterworks of Turn-of-the-Century Photography to better understand our own.
Join us as we practice artful moments and discover what happens when you seek non-perfection in the classroom.
Solo Art Exhibition: Perspectives of You
Perspectives of You: What You See Reflects Back On You is my first solo exhibit. I constructed the exhibit to thematically tie into the play Whitelisted, which is being performed concurrently. Come see the play and check out the exhibit. You don’t have to purchase a ticket to the play in order to view the exhibit. The exhibit is located in the Green Room Gallery at Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC) and is free to the public. You can visit the exhibit any time during SLAC’s business hours (M-F from 11am-5pm) or during the evenings and weekend matinees during before or during the show. Doors open 1 hour before the play starts. The majority of the art in the exhibit is on display for the first time and includes several new pieces. All of the art is available for sale with payment plans available for the larger art (caveat: Oceans Apart is not available for sale at this time).
Artist Reception: October 19th from 6:30pm - 7:20pm only.
Art Class: Evening for Educators: Art Moments and Freedom from Perfection
I’ll be facilitating an intuitive painting class aka Healing Though Art class geared towards K-12 educators. This event is free to attend.
Take the pressure off your artistic practice by focusing on creating and experimenting, rather than obsessing on the end result! Students (and everyone, really) can get their artistic practices snagged by the ideas of good vs. bad and perfectionism.
Art is an explorative process, and we’ll use special exhibitions Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Realism and Impressionism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Photo-Secession: Painterly Masterworks of Turn-of-the-Century Photography to better understand our own.
Join us as we practice artful moments and discover what happens when you seek non-perfection in the classroom.
Featured Artist: Street Inspired
The Street Inspired Art Show features art with elements typically associated with graffiti, graphic design, and public art installations. Arts of all ages are featured in the show.
I have 2 pieces featured in this community art show—”worth” and “to love oneself”. The former is making its first public viewing debut! And the latter is on display for the second time. Both art pieces are 1 of 1 original art pieces with no reproductions.
Audience Choice Vote during the gallery stroll on Friday, September 6 from 6pm - 8pm. The public is invited to cast votes at this time only during the first Friday Art Stroll.
For inquiries on purchasing either piece, please email info@papillonskies.com.
Featured Artist: Remember When?
I have a new art piece “Aurora Blue” making its public debut this month!
About the show: It is said that hindsight is 20/20, and for artists memories have the power to transcend mediums and dimensions.
Our memories are potent entities that shape us and impact the lens through which we experience our lives.
“Remember When” showcases nostalgia in all its forms, from personal to collective memory, decades past, and fleeting moments. What do you choose to forget and to remember?
Artist reception during Gallery Stroll on Friday, September 20th | 6pm - 9pm
Urban Arts Gallery hours: Tuesday-Sunday from 12pm - 9pm.
Featured Author: Book Fair
Bestselling author Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S. will be a featured author at Under the Umbrella’s Queer Local Book Bananza. Come to the book fair and meet local authors. Buy a book and get it signed.
Featured Performer: 365 Poetry
I’ll be performing a new song in that I wrote the day of the event!
Featured Artist: Salt Lake Juneteenth
I have 3 art pieces on display for the Juneteenth Art Gallery Pop Up at The Gateway. This Juneteenth Celebration is sponsored by Beloved Community.
Panelist: Black Authors Panel for Juneteenth
I typically take Juneteenth off as a day of reflection and connection.
My ancestors were in Texas on that day and my roots go through Galveston, TX where Major General Gordon Granger road through with the 2.5 years late news.
Honored and excited to participate on this panel and celebrate to weave their legacy into my responses.
Featured Poet: Pride Fest
My set will include a mix of banned book readings from some childhood and early adulthood favorties along withmy original poetry.
Keynote Speaker at Queer Spectra Arts Festival
The theme of this year’s festival is “grounded”. This to me has been perfect for this season of my life, and I can’t wait to explore the topic further with you during my keynote!
Breakout by 365 Poetry
I’ll be performing poetry and an original song. This year I’m allowing myself to step into a dream I had as a teenager—performing as a singer/songwriter. My stretch goal this year was to learn to write songs and perform at least twice this year and one of the songs I played had to be something I’d written. Well, this night I will have achieved my goal early. Join me in celebrating! I’m looking forward to exceeding this goal and writing more songs this year and getting more comfortable playing guitar and singing in front of people.
Shades of Expression Exhibition
Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S. of Papillon Skies is a featured artist in Urban Arts Gallery's "Shades of Expression" Exhibition honoring diversity during Black History Month 2024.
Visions Exhibition at The Leonardo Museum
Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S. of Papillon Skies is a featured visual artist at The Leonardo Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah for their 2024 Black History Month Exhibition. Andrea has created a new series for this exhibition to take patrons on an intimate journey that connects the past to the present—starting with ancestory and family history represented in “healing scars” and “Generations”. This is the first and likely the only time “Generations” will be on display for public viewing. These two pieces will be on display to the public for the first time. “The so…” is featured in this series and was originally created for the 2023 NBA All-Star Games.
Featured Poet: National Association of Black Storytellers 41st Annual Conference and Festival
Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S. of Papillon Skies will be a featured poet performing a revision of her poetry set from Sankofa This Journey: Go Back and Get It. She will perform alongside other members of the Utah Black Artists Collective. The theme of NABS 41st Annual Conference and Festival is Telling our stories from the mountaintops.
Featured Artist: Rainbow Renaissance Exhibit at The Leonardo Museum
Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S. of Papillon Skies will be a featured as a visual artist in The Leonardo’s 2023 Pride Art Exhibit titled Rainbow Renaissance: A Celebration and Exploration of Gender in the LGBTQ+ Community. Her colorful piece “Here and Queer” will be on display.
PTC Loge Gallery: Featured Artist
Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S. of Papillon Skies is a featured artist in the Loge Gallery at Pioneer Theater Company in SLC, UT. Her art will hang from May 12-27 during the production run of The Prom. The Loge Gallery will be open during show dates before, during, and after the shows. Shows are Monday-Thursday, 7:00pm; Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm; and Saturday, 2:00pm.
Strength in Shades Market
Papillon Skies will be featured in the Strength in Shades Market on Saturday, 5/6/23 at Publik Coffee in SLC. Come check out the latest art and books by bestselling author Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S.
Featured Poet: 365 Poetry
Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S. of Papillon Skies is a featured poet at 365 Poetry on April 29, 2023. Location: Urban Arts Gallery in Salt Lake City, UT.
Strength in Shades Market
Papillon Skies will be featured in the Strength in Shades Market on Saturday, 4/15/23 at Publik Coffee in SLC.
Sankofa This Journey: Go Back and Get It
Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S. of Papillon Skies is a featured artist and poet in the mixed media production Sankofa This Journey: Go Back and Get It. This production is in partnership with the Utah Black Artists Collective and Salt Lake Acting Company.
Featured Artist: Black & White Community Show
Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S. of Papillon Skies is featured in Ogden's 2023 "Black & White" Community Show. The pop up art gallery is inside the Grand Lobby at Union Station in Ogden, UT. Dates and Times: March 10 to May 6 every Wednesday through Saturday from 12pm to 4pm.
Featured Artist: NBA All-Star Games
Andrea G. Hardeman, M.S. of Papillon Skies will be 1 of 2 artists featured in the NBA All-Stars Players’ Lounge to create a welcoming ambiance for the players and their families as the visit the lounge.