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News from CJ Hurley Century Arts
Winter 2017
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Dear clients, colleagues, supporters, and friends,
Greetings and good wishes! Unless you follow our studio on Facebook, then it's been a while since you've heard from us. Our move to Pennsylvania was a bigger undertaking than we could have ever imagined, but we have emerged from the process and are settling in nicely-both at home and in our new studio. We want to give a huge and heartfelt Thank You
to all of you around the country who have supported and encouraged us during this major life transition and effort to be closer to our parents. We were overjoyed by the positive feedback and messages of understanding you sent us after our announcement last spring. Our families are also grateful for all of your positive wishes and encouraging sendoffs. We are finding that we made the right choices and are enjoying the opportunity to spend quality time with our parents. We are grateful to all of you on the west coast who have continued working with us from our remote location with all of your projects.
We look forward to seeing many of our clients and colleagues from around the country later this month at the Grove Park Inn Arts & Crafts Conference!
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Our New Studios
 Our studios are now in the historic National Transit Building. We're not organized enough to share photos of our work-spaces yet (next issue), but you'll enjoy seeing the entry to our building.
The Arts Oil City office is located on the first floor and the second floor is dedicated to artist studios. There is a vibrant arts and music community here. We don't know how many professional artists and craftspeople work in our community, but we do know that the arts relocation program has attracted approximately 50 professional artists from around the country over the past 10 years.
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 By our Own Hands: The Roycrofters Continue the Handcraft Tradition of the Arts & Crafts Movement
An exhibit featuring the art and craft of a group of Roycroft Renaisanace Artisans.
Guest curated by CJ Hurley and Barbara Pierce
On Exhibit: March 3, 2017 - April 7, 2017
We were honored to be asked by local arts organization, Art Inside, to curate an exhibit on the Roycroft Arts & Crafts Colony and introduce the wonderful legacy of the Roycrofters to our community. We've been hard at work putting together an exhibit that we and our fellow Roycroft artisans can be proud of. We'll be sharing more information about this with you soon but if you're interested you can learn more here.
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New Greeting Card: The Copse
If you haven't checked out our greeting cards in a while, we have developed a new card from CJ's recent watercolor painting, The Copse.
This painting of an early winter scene features a small cluster of buildings set against a copse of trees under a moonlit night sky. It also features an illuminated title plate that complements the composition.
The back of the card reads:
On a quiet moonlit night, near a farm nestled
under the shadows of a copse of mighty trees,
an early November snow melts to reveal the grass,
still green, that lies beneath.
Original Image: Watercolor and India ink on handmade paper
2016 © CJ Hurley
$1250.00
Hand-crafted oak frame by Roycroft Master Artisan,
Thomas Pafk
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Recent Projects!
We are grateful to have Portland and other West Coast clients keeping us busy with their projects through our transition!
 As soon as we got our studio up and running in the summer Barbara stayed busy with a wide range of fun exterior color consultations in and around Portland.
Thank you to the great painting contractors in our network for supporting our decision to move and for continuing to send color consultations our way! We are truly grateful!
 We have a couple of ongoing projects that we've been very excited to work on. A special shout out to our friend and long time client, Craig Kuhns for his continued support and work on the restoration of his family home, the 1880's Joseph Jacobberger [1869-1930] designed, Risley House.
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CJ evaluating the restoration efforts on
Craig's Arts & Crafts Settle |
 Joan and Angelo Spada are incredible stewards of old buildings and we have long admired their commitment to their small community of St. Paul, Oregon. We are proud to be helping them realize a long time dream of saving a 1902 one room Schoolhouse they bought several decades ago.
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CJ at the drafting table working on custom design for a special entry tile
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Our work on this project with them entails interior and exterior color, lighting, tile design and more for the schoolhouse and a newly constructed traditional Barn adapted for mixed use. David Hoffer is a master at carrying out these designs with aplomb.
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Bathroom Tile Specs
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We have been, and are, very lucky to have loyal clients and great friends in Portland and the Pacific Northwest. We want our clients in Portland, the Pacific Northwest, and California, to know that we continue to retain our business relationships there, and are still dedicated to your projects. Do not hesitate to call us if you're in need our services, as we are accustomed to working long distance.
To everyone who inquired about getting a project on our schedule prior to our move, please know that we do have you on our project board! We will soon be starting new projects and will be in touch about scheduling. If your project requires that we be onsite, we will keep you posted of our travel plans.
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We have been so very warmly welcomed into our new community, and must give thanks and appreciation to all of you here in Venango County for your support. 
