Photo by Lois Berger
Helen's
work is represented year round by the following Galleries and shops:
Under
Events
2009
July
Renegade
Gem & Mineral Show
July 3- 5
Sponsored by the
Tombstone
Chamber of Commerce
Old
Tombstone
High School
Gymnasium/Auditorium
[in
the heart of Old Tombstone]
605 E. Fremont St.
,
Tombstone
,
AZ
10:00am-6:00pm
Fr & Sat,
10:00am-3:00pm
Sun
http://www.tombstonechamber.com/
June
7th
Annual
Tombstone
Gem & Mineral Show
June 19-21, 2009
Tombstone
Territories
RV Resort
2111 E. Highway 82,
Huachuca City
,
AZ
10 miles northwest of
Tombstone
, between Hwys 80 and 90
10:00am-6:00pm
Fr & Sat,
10:00am-4:00pm
Sun
www.tombstonegemshow.info
May Chesapeake Gem &
Mineral Society Annual Show
Ruhl
Armory, York Road & I-695, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday
May 23
(previously held at Goucher College)
April
Open Studio Tour 2009
sponsored by the
Tubac
Center
of the Arts
April
18, 19 and April 25, 26
Unique
opportunity to visit
Helen Serras-Herman’s
fully equipped glyptic
arts studio,
the “Gem Art Center”
in Rio Rico
with breath-talking vistas
of the
Tumacacoris
and the entire Santa Cruz Valley
Come
and see her current gem artwork in progress!
For
directions to the studio
please call
520-761-9907
or
March
February
Exhibit Premiere
Tuesday 2/3/2009
New Collection Exhibit "Passion
for Opals"
February 3-22,
2009
Tue-Sun
10:00am 5:00pm
The
Max
Gallery
of Fine Art
3001 E. Skyline Drive
,
Tucson
Meet the Artist::
Tuesday
2/3/
09 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday 2/8/09
12:00
Noon
-
3:00pm
www.themaxgallery.com
Artist's Current Exhibit at:
Rogoways Gallery
#5 Calle Baca,
Tubac
,
AZ
Daily
10:00am 5:00pm
Meet the Artist:
Saturday 2/7/
08 11:00am - 5:00pm
www.rogowaygalleries.com
February 12-15
Tucson
Gem & Mineral
Society TGMS Show
Tucson
Convention Center
Guest Exhibit "Gem Art in Drusy Mineral Oddities
"
Meet the Artist:
Thursday 2/12 & Saturday 2/14,
11:00am - 5:00pm
www.tgms.org
2008
December
Featured Artist Exhibit
Passion for Opals”
Helen’
newest Collection of
Jewelry Art & Gem Sculptures
featuring Australian Opals and Emeralds
Premiere
& Meet the Artist:
Thursday December 11
5:00 - 7:00 PM
during December Gallery Row Artwalk
The
Max Gallery of Fine Art
3001 E. Skyline Drive, Tucson
Gallery Row, Lower Level
Open Daily 10:00am -5:00pm, except Mondays
www.themaxgallery.com/events
November 8- 9
Lake Havasu Gem & Mineral Society Show
Lake Havasu Community Center
Aquatic Center
100 Park Avenue
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
Saturday
& Sunday
9:00am to 5:00pm daily
September
5 – Gem
Sculpture exhibit
"Sylvan God"
October 12
Fall 2008 Members’ Open Exhibit
Tubac Center of the Arts
9 Plaza Road, Tubac AZ 85646
[to
see photos go to Gallery Gem Sculptures # 8
www.tubacarts.org
July
Current Exhibit
Rogoway's
Turquoise
Tortoise Gallery
Fine Art & Contemporary Jewelry Gallery
#
5 Calle Baca, Tubac AZ 85646
http://www.rogowaygalleries.com/
(520) 398-2041
February
Featured Artist Exhibit
“Passion for Opals”
Helen’s newest Collection of Jewelry Art & Gem Sculptures
Tucson Premiere of the
Wearable Sculpture
“Terra Verde - Tribute to Our Beautiful Forests”
as
seen in the “2008 Tucson Show Guide”
“The
Max Gallery of Fine Art”
3001
E. Skyline Drive, Tucson
Gallery
Row, Lower Level
Daily 10:00am -5:00pm, except Mondays
www.themaxgallery.com/events
Meet the Artist:
Thursday
2/7 and Sunday 2/10/08
11:00am
- 5:00pm
February 13-17
Tucson
Gem & Mineral Society
TGMS Show
Tucson
Convention Center
Guest Exhibit “American Gem Art in American Gems”
Meet the Artist:
Feb 13 11:00am - 5:00pm
2009
Introduction
to Gems
May
GIA Alumni Washington DC
Meeting at Holiday Inn Rosslyn, 1900 Ft. Meyers, Arlington, VA 22209
May 28, 2009
For more info please visit the DC GIA Alumni website at www.dcgia.org
Read more about Helen's presentation at
http://dcgia.org/wp-content/uploads/May2009/CominginMay.pdf
Jan
16 Friday
evening 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Rio
Rico Community Center
391 Avenida Coatimundi
Rio Rico, Arizona
(520) 281.7880
This
seminar takes place just before the gem shows
held in Tucson in February and will provide guidance
for which shows are open to the public
and what to look for at each show.
This introductory course is a treasure trove
of knowledge on the properties, values, mining,
and lore of natural gemstone materials used
for jewelry and carvings.
We
will discuss many gem varieties, such as Quartz,
Agates, Chalcedonies, Jaspers, Lapis,
Garnet, Jade, Pearls and Opals.
We
will also take a look at some of the
wonderful American gemstones,
such as Turquoise from Arizona,
Sunstone from Oregon
and Sapphires from Montana.
Come and see some beautiful photos of these materials
during
the PowerPoint Slide presentation,
examine some of the natural rough materials firsthand,
finished stones at the display table,
learn where they come from
and why they are so valuable!
2008
24 September Gem
Carving, Inspiration & Skills
Museum of Asian Art
Old Palace of St. Michael & George
Corfu, Greece
Acclaimed Southern Arizona gem sculptor
and jewelry artist Helen Serras-Herman
is invited to Greece to give a unique presentation
of her award-winning work.
The seminar, titled “Gem Carving,
Inspiration & Skills”,
will take place September 24, on the island of Corfu,
one of the Ionian Islands off the west coast of Greece.
Organized by local gemologists and jewelers, and
sponsored by the governor of Corfu, the event will take place
at the Museum
of Asiatic Art, the only museum
of its kind in Greece, housed in the
Palace of St. Michael and St. George,
built by the English in 1824.
Helen
will share her journey from classical Sculpture
to Gem Sculpture, her influences and sources for imagination.
She will talk about the Fine
Art of Gem Sculpture,
a complex art form that combines Sculpture, Lapidary,
Gemology and Jewelry to which she has devoted her artistic life. hich
was built by the English in 1824.
January 13
“Introduction
to Gems”
Rio Rico Community Center
391 Avenida Coatimundi
Rio Rico, AZ 86648
Sunday 2- 4 pm
http://www.residentsofriorico.com/communitycenter.html
Past Shows, Exhibits, Lectures
Past Shows
2007
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Jan 20- Feb 28 |
Featured Artist exhibit
The Max Gallery of Fine Art
3001 E. Skyline Drive
Suite 127
Tucson, AZ
Opening reception January 20, 2007
5-9
PM
"Meet
the Artist": Friday 2/2, Saturday 2/3
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
The
Max Gallery of Fine Art
is in the
Tucson
Foothills,
across from the new Mall
"La Encantada",
Skyline Drive and Campbell in
Fine Art Gallery Row, upper
level
For
more information, please visit:
http://www.themaxgallery.com/events.html
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March 5- April 8
|
"Atelier: Sculpture & Photography"
Group exhibit & Sale
Tubac Center of The Arts
Tubac, AZ
http://www.tubacarts.org/
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October
6
|
Re-opening
celebration of the
Los Reyes Gallery’s
new
location in
Tubac, Arizona
Meet
the Artist- Helen Serras-Herman
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November
3- 4
|
Opal
and Gem Show
sponsored by the American Opal Society,
Clarion
Hotel
Anaheim, CA
http://www.opalsociety.org/
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December
13
|
“Holiday
Jewels”
Feature presentation
Max
Gallery of Fine Art
Tucson, Arizona
in
conjunction with the
“December Fine Art Gallery Row Artwalk”.
“Meet the Artist”- Helen Serras-Herman.
For
more information:
www.themaxgallery.com
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February 8-11
"Gem
Art in Australian Boulder Opal"
Guest Exhibit
Display case at
Tucson Gem & Mineral Society
(TGMS) Show, Tucson Convention Center, Tucson AZ
http://www.tgms.org
"Meet
the Artist": Thursday 2/8 and Sunday 2/11
Past
Exhibits
2004
February 12-15 Exhibit
Display case at Tucson Gem & Mineral Society
(TGMS) Show, Tucson Convention Center, Tucson AZ
(for more past Exhibits, see Exhibits in About
the Artist )
Past Lectures
2007
February
1
Gem Carving, Inspiration and Skills
Thursday 2/1/07 9:00 - 10:00
American Gem Trade Association (AGTA)
www.agta.org
2007 Conference
Tucson Convention Center
Greenlee
room
Tucson, AZ
Lecturer: Helen Serras-Herman, Gem Art Center
With the quality of overseas mass-produced carvings better than ever,
it is crucial tounderstand and communicate the time, effort and creativity
behind theone-of-a-kind artwork. This session offers a deep appreciation of the
artist's commitments in the creation of each piece of Gem Art
leading to a better understanding of the pricing of this rare and unique
form.
Helen Serras-Herman was inducted in 2003
into the National Lapidary Hall of
Fame.
Trade professionals of all types can benefit from this session,
including appraisers, gemologists, jewelers, retail shop owners,
gallery owners, journalists, carvers, lapidaries and aspiring artists !
Includes detailed handout, PowerPoint.
November
1
“Gem Carving, Inspiration and
Skills”
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County
http://www.nhm.org/gmc/upcoming.htm
Lecture held at the
Page Museum,
5801 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
November
3, 4
“Gem Carving, Inspiration and
Skills"
Nov 3 2:00 PM
"Passion for
Opals"
Nov 4 11:00 AM
40th Annual
Opal & Gem Show
American Opal
Society
"Passion
for Opals"
|
Helen’s
unique artwork is inspired by people and mythology, especially from the
ancient Greek mythology, and often takes the symbolic shape of gods,
nymphs or fantastical creatures. Sharing her husband’s “Passion
for Opals”, Helen features
several types of Opal in her artwork, from beautiful Black Opals
to amazing Matrix Opals.
In
this lecture, created especially for the “2007
American Opal Society Show”, Helen will feature the following 4
pieces of her Gem Art and will discuss the inspiration and creative
process:
- “Echoes” (see under Gallery, Sculptured Gem Jewelry
#13)
- “The Omphalos of Earth” (see under Premiere #4)
- “Paccha Mama” (Mother Earth)
(see under Premiere #1)
- “Terra Verde- Tribute to the
Beauty of our Forests”
Helen’s newest Wearable Gem Sculpture,
"Terra Verde,"
to premiere at the
“2007 American Opal
Society Show” features natural Emerald Crystals in
matrix, Sterling Silver cast drape and Black Crystal Opals for the
sculptural base, and a removable pendant-pin of Carved Koroit Matrix
Opal set in 18KT yellow gold and Sterling Silver with Colombian
Emeralds.
The pendant is interchangeable on an
18KT yellow gold and Sterling Silver 22” long strand of Emerald
beads and Black, Bronze, Gold & Silver-color Fresh-water
Cultured Pearls Dimensions: 5.5” H x 4 ¼” W x 3.5” D
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2005
February 4, 2005, 3:00 PM Clarion Hotel
(Airport) Tucson, AZ
Criteria for Evaluating a Gemstone Carving
National
Association of Jewelry Appraisers (NAJA)
23rd Winter Conference
Tucson, AZ
http://www.najaappraisers.com/html/conferences.html
This seminar will serve as a guide to understanding
the complexities of the creation of a gem carving,
from the underlying harmony of the composition,
to the important factors of workmanship techniques
and the procedures involved.
Helen Serras-Herman, an artist with over 20 years
experience in unique gem sculpture work,
including freestanding sculptures and jewelry art,
will discuss the way gem materials are utilized and
the time involved in creating these works.
Helen will walk you through her bold, contemporary,
mostly figurative work on hard gemstones and
will offer you an insight into the Gem Art world
that may help you in appraising, buying,
and selling one-of-a-kind pieces.
Slide presentation and handout included.
(for more past lectures, see Lectures page in
the Artist )
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