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From June 4 to August 10 in Spuņciems | Exhibition of silk works and paintings by Ilva Ievāne

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 11:18:00 +0000

From June 4 to August 10, an exhibition of Ilva Ievāne's silk works and paintings "Silk flowers in the sea of sun" can be viewed in the creative skills room of Babīte Cultural Education Center branch "Vietvalži" (Sala parish).

Ilva Ievāne is a teacher, artist, designer. Born in 1969 in Stučka (now Aizkraukle). She spent her childhood together with her parents, brother and little sister in Gulbene, but in 1999, together with her family, life continues again in Aizkraukle. Studied at LLU Faculty of Home Economics and Technology - home economics and visual arts, business school "Nimfa" - environmental design.

The artist has been greatly influenced by her family - the flower gardens cherished by her grandmother, the handicrafts made in the winter evenings, in which folk patterns are intertwined. There are beautiful floral motifs in both Ilva Ievāne's paintings and silk and felt scarves.

Source: https://www.marupe.lv/lv/notikumi/no-4-junija-lidz-10-augustam-spunciema-ilvas-ievanes-zida-darbu-un-gleznu-izstade-03-06

Exhibition of Ilva Ievāne's paintings "Peace, light, love"

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 11:10:00 +0000

Fantastic art therapy - fluid art (acrylic pouring)

The origins of Fluid Art come from Mexico in the 1930s, when the Mexican artist Dávids Alfaro Sigueiros discovered this technique in his studio, which he described as "accidental painting". This "accidental" painting technique also influenced other great artists. Sigueiros and his "accidental painting" were an example of what we call acrylic casting today.

In my life, light and its colors, which have life force, play a very important role. Seven colors of the rainbow, seven chakras, energy and human vibrations leading to meditation… The deepest meaning of meditation is inner transformation – to change yourself in order to change the world, to become a better person in order to better serve others. In this way, the most noble goals are set in my life. Meditation is about consciously expanding yourself. It means recognizing or discovering your true self. It is through meditation that I overcome limitation, imperfection and dependence. What do I gain from meditation first and foremost? Peace - nothing else. Peace is the beginning of love. Peace is the fulfillment of truth. Meditation is like a bird's wings - always spread in Peace, Light and Love.

May the variety and flow of color tones lead you to self-discovery, improvement and enrichment of your soul.

Many beautiful moments and memories are associated with Mammammītis and Pappa (that's how all 8 grandchildren called their grandparents) on the Lower Village side.

The smell of baked bread, beautifully decorated cakes, honey frames and the aroma of wax, hemp butter and pea cakes... Hay and potato taluks with rakes and wicker baskets made by Pappa... In the long winter evenings, the looms, spinning carts and bobbins placed in the big room, drawings of ethnographic patterns, colorful for balls of yarn and spools of thread. Summers were unimaginable without Mammammīte's beloved flower beds, where the colorful swords of gladioli, the round and winged balls of dahlias lay in endless rows.

The charming nuances of colors, the beauty of nature and flowers, art and design, the diversity of handicrafts have gradually entered my life. Sons have been brought up, moments spent with grandchildren, more than 30 years of teaching work, so many good and creative children, bright, open-hearted people and art advisors have been met. Many thanks to my parents who have loved and supported me. All this together has shaped my personality and colored my life. In free time, poetry is read, danced, painted, and fragments of flowers decorate silk and felt scarves.

Source: https://nbd.gov.lv/fluid-art-izstade-miera-gaisma-milestiba/

Publication in regional news-paper Liesma

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:47:00 +0000

Appearing on regional television

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:36:00 +0000

Ilva works got attention from Latvian local television channel RE-TV

"Salt on silk forms icicles"

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 17:55:00 +0000

Aizkraukle district newspaper "Staburags" Friday, March 11, 2022

"I paint and feed my soul," says Ilva Ievāne.

This week, Aizkraukle, a teacher and, in her spare time, also an artist, Ilva Ievāne, opened an exhibition of painted silk and felt works at the Staburags Parish Conference House, “I Enter at Home in the Spring.” This is her first exhibition of painted silk in four years. She tells Staburag about her sources of inspiration, as well as the different techniques used.

Created in five years

"That's how I treat myself," is the artist's answer to the question, "What is the source of inspiration for my work?" Each work has a story about why it was created. Since my profession is a teacher of visual arts and home economics, things related to art and handicrafts are a part of life,” says Ilva Ievāne. The exhibition in Staburags shows what has been created in the last five years. Everyday, working in the education system, there are only evenings and days off for art.

Painted silk is not only artistically beautiful, but also practical, such as a scarf, shawl, and what is not on display in the exhibition - silk ties.

The use of felt can also be seen in the Staburag meeting house. They were made five years ago when the artist spent six months in Sweden. "At that time, felt was in vogue and I was able to test my theoretical knowledge in practice - how it fits together with other materials - silk and cotton. Complemented with beads, the created work becomes luxurious, ”says the author of the work.

The painting as a poem comes from inspiration

Every viewer can see something different in abstract silk paintings, depending on the mood of the moment. The artist says her grandchildren see snakes in one of them and stones in another. Some of the works are created by floating paint on silk, and the result depends more on the laws of physics than the artist's hands. There are works in which the contours are concrete, covered with silver.

The works are made at the level of the senses, not with a practical approach, just as the poet created the poem. "If I say to myself - I'm painting now - nothing works. There are days when a smooth painting is made after a painting. There are also times when you have to place an order and the work comes through torment at the last minute. Silk is mostly painted in daylight, not under artificial lighting, so night is not the best time to work, ” says Ilva.

Sharing various secrets of the painting technique, Ilva Ievāne shows a work that uses paraffin, which fills the area on the silk, preventing paint from entering it. Paraffin waxed in other works is broken or crushed. As a result, cracks form, in which paint is absorbed. The marble effect is created by tying the fabric and then treating it with paint. Long vertical lines on the silk can be created using the batik technique, and the exhibition creates a work in which the trees that make up the forest can be unequivocally recognized. Fuzzy, ice-flower-like areas of color occur when salt is added to wet paint.

The light and bright spring exhibition in Staburags Parish Conference House can be seen until April 18. Works can also be purchased.

/Imants Kaziļuns/

An exhibition of Ilva Ievāne's paintings can be seen at BKC

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:19:00 +0000

From Saturday, January 29, the exhibition of Ilva Ievāne's paintings "In Peace, Light and Love" will be on display at the Bauska Culture Center (BKC), Pauls Kristiāna Lībiete informed the portal.

Link: https://bauskasdzive.lv/bkc-aplukojama-ilvas-ievanes-gleznu-izstade/?fbclid=IwAR0mmNexblzhGc-AIHioO6WSYSA_aR94a6YM55GuiBI71wc9WYb7cuzf5F0

Exhibition of Ilva Ievāne's paintings "In Peace, Light and Love" at Bauska Culture Center

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 10:58:00 +0000

From January 29 to March 3, the Bauska Culture Center will host an exhibition of Ilva Ievāne's paintings "In Peace, Light and Love", during which visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy the artist's work in acrylic casting (casting / floating with acrylic paints).

Link to publication:
https://kultura.bauska.lv/bauskas-kulturas-centra-skatama-ilvas-ievanes-gleznu-izstade-miera-gaisma-un-milestiba

In peace, light and love

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 10:25:00 +0000

Fantastic art therapy - this is what the author says about the technique of casting and floating the paint in which Ilva Ievāne's paintings are created.

Photo from personal album.

An exhibition of works by the artist Ilva Ievāne from Aizkraukle, “In Peace, Light and Love”, has been opened in Riga, in the Art Room of the Lido Training Center, and can be viewed every day from 11 am to 9 pm.

The works on display in the exhibition are made in a “fluid art” technique, which could be called casting or floating with acrylic paints. "Light and the colors in it that have life force play a big role in my life. Seven colors of the rainbow, seven chakras, energy and human vibrations that lead to meditation.

The deepest meaning of meditation is inner transformation - to change oneself to change the world, to become a better person to better serve others. In this way, the most noble goals in my life are pursued.

Meditation means conscious self-expansion. It means recognizing or revealing one's true self. It is through meditation that I overcome limitations, imperfections and addictions. What do I get from meditation first and foremost? Peace - nothing else. Peace is the beginning of love. Peace is the fulfillment of truth.

Meditation is like a bird's wings - always spread out in peace, light and love, ”the author of the works describes the works and feelings shown in the exhibition. Ilva Ievāne is an artist, designer and teacher who enjoys reading poetry, dancing folk dances and painting, and her flower silk and felt scarves decorate her flower fragments.

https://staburags.lv/miera-gaisma-un-milestiba/

Opening of Ilva Ieva's silk painting exhibition "Through the Colors of the Rainbow" 02.06.2016

Sun, 23 May 2021 07:31:00 +0000

Exhibition of professional painting - competition "WINTER STORIES"

Sun, 23 May 2021 07:25:00 +0000

From December 1, the annual professional painting exhibition “Winter Stories” will be on view at the Riga Culture and Recreation Center “Imanta”, this time as a painting exhibition - a competition.

Professional artists have submitted their works for jury and audience evaluation: Gita Palma, Aivis Pīzelis, Uldis Zuters, Evija Freidenfelde, Aina Putniņa, Arta Lindmane, Ilva Ievāne, Laine Kainaize, Guntars Sviķis, Aija Bāliņa, Ludmila Kolomenska, Aleksandrs Ņeberekutins, Līvija Brigita Pavlovska, Taiga Kalvišķe Vecumnieks, Dzintars Adienis, Rita Blaževiča, Voldemārs Kokorevičs, Agnese Krastenberga and Ingrīda Ivane.

The exposition, which is located in the three exhibition rooms on the two floors of the IMANTA Culture Center, features watercolors, oil and acrylic paintings, as well as works created in mixed media. The works of the exhibition will be judged by a professional jury, but the spectators of the exhibition can express their evaluation by voting during the visit to the exhibition until January 19, 2018.

The award ceremony will take place at the Riga Culture and Recreation Center “Imanta” on January 21, 2018 at 12.00, when three jury prizes and one spectator sympathy prize will be presented. The event is supported by the Education, Culture and Sports Department of the Riga City Council. The exhibition will be open until January 31, 2018. Free entrance.