Green Street Company - Artist Display

Dear Friends,

Many of you are familiar with our online store at http://www.greenstreetcompanyfolkart.com/. But, in addition to selling our products on-line, we also participate in a number of arts and crafts shows and Black memorabilia shows throughout the year. Most of our folk art shows are located in the Northeastern and Southeastern United States. I bring this point up to illustrate the point that many up and coming artists hear a lot about the benefits of selling their art work online. In addition crafts and/or art shows are the best way to get your artwork noticed. In fact, nothing beats direct sales. In fact, people that view your art work in person are more likely to buy your products on the internet. So don't be afraid to apply to art shows to test the market and your ideas. For example, The Sunshine Artist magazine s a great resource to indentify art shows and markets that will best stuit your business.

When applying for shows be sure to pay careful attention to the applicant direction. For example, many art shows require artists to not only submit photos of their artwork; they also request photos of the arits displays. Below is a display of the Green Street Company's contemporary folk art display.

As always I encourage all to explore your inner artist.

Best,





Michelle L. Edwards

Green Street Company Artist/Blogger

Dear Friends,

The Green Street Company would like to wish everyone a great holiday season. This year we’ve reached some exciting milestones. We’ve participated and have been successful in a number of new art and crafts show this year. Our website business at (http:www.greenstreetcompanyfolkart.com and http://www.greenstreetfolkart.etsy.com) continues to be a success.

In addition, we’ve successfully completed our second (2010) line of Green Street season’s greeting cards and have issued our second line of American folk art T-shirt that features 5 new original designs. In the future we would like to expand our designs to be included on a series of cups, calendars, and bags. Again, thank you all for your support throughout the years and this holiday season.
Season’s Greetings,


Michelle L. Edwards
Green Street Company Artist and Blogger

Metro/Urban Chic Designs for Summer

Dear Friends,

Thanks for stopping by and checking up on the Green Street Company Folk Art Talk happenings. We are looking forward to the upcoming summer months. Drawing inspiration from the bright color pallet which define summer, our line of contemporary art work is infusing this fresh and exciting warm color pallet in our metro/urban chic designs. Below are a few examples of the work that you will see from contemporary folk artist Michelle Edwards.

Enjoy,

Green Street Company Blogger

Artist: Michelle L. Edwards. Mixed Media

NEW...Wearable Artwork by Michelle Edwards

Dear Friends,

We just wanted to announce a new line of wearable art by Green Street Company Folk Artist, Michelle Edwards!

These uniquely designed contemporary art necklaces/chokers were designed by African American folk artist Michelle L. Edwards. Michelle’s contemporary folk art incorporates images associated with both country lifestyles and contemporary subject matters. She loves and embraces eccentricity and quirks in objects, people, and occurrences in our daily lives. Integrating a brighter color pallet and incorporating whimsical design elements, her contemporary folk art pays homage to city life, humorous situations, and favorite pastimes.

Michelle’s new line of contemporary fashion accessories, including beaded necklaces, chokers, and bracelets. As you can see, these wearable art pieces were created on a number of different materials, including various metals, beads, wood, and paper Mache. Each of the domino pendants includes artwork from the Green Street Company’s original Americana and contemporary folk art designs. For example, the print featured on the Inspire pendant is from an original acrylic Americana folk art painting, entitled The First Day of School, created by Michelle’s mother Sheila Edwards.

The two Diva pendants contain miniature examples of Michelle’s vibrant contemporary folk art prints. Michelle’s domino pendants and African beaded jewelry makes the perfect beaded accessory ideal for beaded curios, artifacts or gifts. The based of each necklace/choker is sterling silver plated. If you are looking to stand out in the crowd...you definitely want to own one of these original designs!

Thanks Again for reading our blog,

Michelle L. Edwards

Green Street Company Artist/Blogger

Hello Friends,

I hope everyone is starting the New Year with a great beginning. Now that the holiday season is officially over we would like to introduce you all to our 2010 collection of one-of-a-kind handmade dolls.

Artist: Sheila Edwards

We sure enjoyed creating these beautiful dolls. Soon we will be updating our main website where a few of these dolls will be available online for purchase.

In other news...despite the fact that we are in the middle of winter, we at the Green Street Company are trying to keep the cold winter weather behind us. In preperation for the upcoming spring we've been busy designing new and vibrant decorative arts for the spring. A few of these pieces already featured on our main website (http://www.greenstreetcompanyfolkart.com/) and in our etsy shop (http://www.greenstreetfolkart.etsy.com/nstreetfolkart.etsy.com/)

Artist: Sheila Edwards

Artist: Michael Edwards

Artist: Sheila Edwards

We are also have plans to create new line of 2010 folk art prints and we hope to introduce a new lines of items, which include mugs, t-shirts, calenders, and magnets/

Artist: Michelle Edwards

Thanks for keeping up with our blog.

Sincerely,

Michelle Edwards
Artist/Green Street Company Blogger