First Fridays Art Reception with Amberlee Joy Art

Sage Bird Turns 2 the first weekend in September, so we are starting our celebration with an art gallery with our very own Amberlee Carlson!

Stop by The North Wing in September to see Amberlee Carlson's exhibition, "Floral Expressions."

Visit the taproom in September Wednesday-Friday 4-11, Saturday 11-11, or Sunday 11-9pm to grab a glass of cider and explore the gallery.

FIRST FRIDAY OPENING DETAILS -Friday 9/2, Art Opening & Artist Reception 5-8pm (taproom open 4-11pm) -Friday 9/2, Live Jazz 7-9pm with Gabe Ravel & Friends -Charcuterie fixin's available complimentary in the North Wing

ARTIST STATEMENT Amberlee Carlson found her way to Harrisonburg through JMU where she earned her bachelor's in English with minors in art & secondary education. After graduating, her & Zach were married, she started her teaching career at Montevideo Middle School, and they bought a house to begin planting roots in the town they fell in love with.

6 years after graduating and getting married, Zach and Amberlee opened Sage Bird Ciderworks, and Amberlee has just retired from teaching to go full-time working in events & marketing with Sage Bird.

Throughout the last 7 years, Amberlee has transformed her passion for words into art through hand-lettering & watercolor. During the pandemic, she spent most mornings painting and exploring abstract shapes, brush technique, and painting just to paint. This exhibition is what has come from those quiet mornings of painting. She aims to capture the looseness of shapes, the flow of colors, and the balance of subtle/bold, thick/thin, loose/tight; how shapes can come together to create meaning out of nothing.