Choleena DiTullio

Fundraiser launched

choleena — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:55:45 +0000

Hug-A-Dog Fundraiser. If you love dogs and you love bookmarks, check out my fundraiser! This edition supports Catahoula Rescue (where I got my adorable pooch).

Please consider supporting the fundraiser and giving a better life to many dogs.

Bookmarks make a great gift!

Upcoming group show

choleena — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:06:57 +0000

RUN! at Cube Gallery
Show duration: Tuesday May 22nd, 2012 to Sunday June 3rd, 2012
Vernissage: Thursday, May 24th, 2012 — 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Please vote for me! Public-curated show in Times Square, New York.

choleena — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:14:27 +0000

Please help me win a place in the New York City: Art Takes Times Square show. It’s a 40-story show this summer on the billboards of Times Square.

All you have to do is vote by clicking “collect me” on their Artists Wanted page.

Thank you.

Art Ottawa East Arts Council

choleena — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:44:39 +0000

Yours truly is the latest member of the Art Ottawa East Arts Council…

“Artitecture” adds the look of a stained-glass window to your wall; without needing a Contractor!

choleena — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:06:37 +0000

Artitecture is made up of four (4) individual pieces that come together (in any configuration) to add the appearance of a stained glass window to your wall. It's light-weight being made of wood, hand-made paper and small mirrors.

SOLD! Maritime Town Hall adds to their public art collection

choleena — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:54:50 +0000

I’m thrilled to announce that the Town of Sackville in New Brunswick has added art of mine to their collection. “Adirondack Fish” (above) is an 11-foot-wide acrylic triptych that was launched at the grand opening of their new town hall on March 15th, 2012. The new municipal building houses town hall staff, local fire department and RCMP all under one roof.

My art not only compliments the area’s water-side locale but their commitment to environmental stewardship as well. While the town’s new facility boasts energy-efficient technologies such as ground source heating and daylight sensing light fixtures, “Adirondack Fish” completely recycles every component of an old Adirondack chair (even the fish’s teeth are nails).

Read further: Sackville Tribune Post’s “Doors open at new town hall” by Katie Tower

Charm bracelet with recycled materials

choleena — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:31:36 +0000

What a fun project this was. A client on Prince Edward Island ordered a custom-designed bracelet specifying the colours and the style, leaving the rest up to me! I’d never made a charm bracelet quite like it before. You can see that it has my hand-rolled paper beads and some interesting recycled items such as Chess pieces! It was a grand success with it being approved immediately.

Should you be interested in something personalized like this, get in touch. It would be a pleasure to craft it for you. You can be confident that you will be the only person in the world with your bracelet! Budget between $60-100, depending on number of charms and materials used. To personalize it further, you could add a small photo-frame charm with a photo of a special person inserted.

Easter Earrings & Bookmarks LAUNCHED!

choleena — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:12:53 +0000

$16 Hand-made, rolled-paper beads that recycle old magazines and provide you with an environmentally-friendly and thoughtful gift. No two alike. Contact me to reserve your unique bookmark or custom-order a specific colour/magazine page! Just $1.41 shipping/handling. All prices tax-free. Bulk orders share the single shipping fee.

The full collection of earrings. The full collection of bookmarks.

Smithsonian Institute’s “X-Ray Vision: fish inside out”

choleena — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:46:23 +0000

It really doesn’t get much cooler than this for a fish-lover!

The Smithsonian Institute has put together a travelling show of X-rays of some of their fish collection. There are many interesting shots but for me, the coolest ones are those that show a skeleton within a skeleton — you can actually see what that fish ate for dinner.

All 40 enlarged photos on Flicker
Tour Itinerary – book your visit today!

“Celestial Bodies” Necklaces launched

choleena — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:07:55 +0000

Celestial Bodies is a series which evokes the image of planets moving endlessly through the vacuum of space around their primary. In this sense, your head is the sun around which the planets of the piece revolve. Each necklace is carefully balanced and has had its pieces chosen specifically to evoke other-worldly images. Most elements found in each piece have been carefully selected from a 30-year collection of vintage jewelry, up-cycled for these new creations. No two are identical, making you the only person in the universe with this unique and wearable art. View the whole collection.