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May 1-May 31: Times Square Moment: A Digital Gallery @ One Times Square

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Times Square Moment: A Digital Gallery ]]>Robert Wilson Video Portraits May 2012 Tour]]>May 1, 2012 - May 31, 2012 : nightly at 11:57 pm for 3 minutes]]>]]>New York, NY, May 1, 2012 n RW Work Ltd. announces Robert Wilson Video Portraits to launch Times Square Moment: A Digital Gallery on May 1 at 11:57pm. For a few minutes each night in May, Times Square will turn into a portrait gallery of actors, artists, dancers, writers, athletes and animals displayed on several dozen screens. This series of work from the renowned American artist creates HD video that blends time-based cinematography with the decisive moment of still photography. The official launch of "Times Square Moment: A Digital Gallery" featuring Robert Wilson Video Portraits is Tuesday, May 1 to Thursday, May 31 each day at 11:57 p.m. on multiple screens in Times Square.]]>The video work that will appear on the Times Square digital signs - Robert Wilson Video Portraits - has toured the globe in some of the most prestigious museums, galleries and public spaces. The exhibition's stop at the Crossroads of the World will include video portraits of human and animal subjects that reflect the breadth of Wilson's career. For more information please visit: http://www.robertwilson.com. ]]>To view the complete set of videos currently on world tour: http://www.dissidentusa.com/robert-wilson/subjects/ ]]>Robert Wilson Video Portraits n Times Square Moment: A Digital Gallery is presented by the Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) and curated by the Times Square Arts, a public art program of the Times Square Alliance in association with RW Work Ltd. and Dissident Industries Inc.]]>For more information about Times Square Moment: A Digital Gallery visit: http://timessquarenyc.org/times-square-arts/moment/index.aspx ]]>ABOUT ROBERT WILSON VIDEO PORTRAITS]]>Robert Wilson's Video Portraits opened to rave reviews in 2007 and have continuously toured the globe in some of the most prestigious museums, galleries and public spaces since making it one of the most successful series of video works. The ongoing series of portraits includes subjects that reflect Wilson wide range of practices and include actors, artists, dancers, writers, athletes, peoples of all backgrounds, and animals. The Robert Wilson Video Portraits exhibition in Times Square marks the tours long awaited New York City return.]]>Robert Wilson Video Portraits Exhibition Tour Details http://www.dissidentusa.com/robert-wilson/exhibition-tour/ ]]>Robert Wilson Video Portraits Project Overview http://www.dissidentusa.com/robert-wilson/overview/]]>ABOUT ROBERT WILSON]]>The New York Times described Wilson as "a towering figure in the world of experimental theater and an explorer in the uses of time and space onstage." Susan Sontag added that Wilson's career "has the signature of a major artistic creation. I can't think of any body of work as large or as influential."]]>While known for creating highly acclaimed theatrical pieces, Wilson's work is firmly rooted in the fine arts. His drawings, paintings and sculptures have been presented around the world in hundreds of solo and group showings. Major Wilson exhibitions have appeared at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1991); the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1991); the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston (1991); and the Instituto de Valencia de Arte Moderno (1992). Wilson has created original installations for the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1993); London's Clink Street Vaults (1995), and the Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (1997). Most recently he has created installations at the Guggenheim Museum and the Kunstindustrimuseet in Copenhagen (2000), The Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany (2001) the Galeries Lafayette (2002) and at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie (2003). Wilson was awarded the Golden Lion for sculpture at the Venice Biennale (1993), the third Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize for lifetime achievement (1996), the Premio Europa award from Taormina Arte (1997) and the Prestigious Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres award in France (2002). In a ceremony at the White House, Wilson was presented with the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement (2001). His drawings, prints, videos and sculpture are held in private collections and museums throughout the world. Wilson is the Founding Artistic Director of The Watermill Center (www.watermillcenter.org). ]]>ABOUT DISSIDENT INDUSTRIES]]>]]>Dissident is a creative development + production company that converges at the intersecting realms of visual arts, film, music, sport, emerging technology, and international event installation. Dissident produces the Robert Wilson Video Portraits manages the exhibition tour. (http://www.dissidentusa.com) ]]>]]>ABOUT THE TIMES SQUARE ADVERTISING COALITION AND TIMES SQUARE ARTS]]>]]>The Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) is a trade association comprised of major advertisers, retailers, real estate firms, media companies and other businesses involved in the outdoor sign industry in Times Square, along with organizations representing Broadway and the community. Members of TSAC include: ABC Regional Sports Entertainment Sales, Clear Channel Spectacolor, Daktronics, D3 LED, Digital Domination, Hines Management, Jamestown One Times Square, Lamar Advertising Company, Landmark Sign Electric, Metro Media Technologies, Monster Media, Newmark Knight Frank, North Shore Neon, P.R.omotion!, Sherwood Outdoor, SL Green, The Times Square Alliance, The WOW Factor, Thomson Reuters, YESCO Electronics and Walgreens.]]>http://www.timessquareadcoalition.org/ ]]>Times Square Arts, the public arts program of the Times Square Alliance, presents temporary cutting-edge art and performances in multiple forms and media to the 360,000 to 500,000 daily visitors to New York City's Times Square, making it one of the highest profile public arts programs in the United States. Since its inception, Times Square Arts has featured works by a diverse group of more than four dozen prominent and emerging artists. It is funded by Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Rockefeller Foundation's Cultural Innovation Fund, which works to spur and support cultural innovation in New York City's creative sector. http://www.timessquarenyc.org/ ]]>***]]>]]>MEDIA CONTACTS:]]>]]>TJ Witham ]]>RW Work Ltd. The Watermill Center]]>T: + 1 (212) 253-7484 ext. 22 ]]>tj.witham@watermillcenter.org ]]>F: +1 (212) 967-1703 ]]>tj.witham@watermillcenter.org]]>]]>Gia Storms]]>Times Square Alliance]]>T: +1 (212) 452-5205]]>gstorms@timessquarenyc.org

May 1-May 12: Perspectives 4 @ 119 Gallery

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Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 12noonn5pm]]>Reception: Friday May 11at 6pm]]>]]>Selected paintings and drawings from the Department of Fine Arts, UMass Lowell. ]]>]]>Curated by Stephen Mishol.]]>]]>Participating artists n Jason Allen, Ashley Carey, Brittini Chandler, Rena Carrillo, Shana Cortez, Alexandria Derderian, Kim Donahue, Matthew Dunn, Alanna Gilbert, Rebecca Gordon, Duy Hoang, Stephen Kinney, Paula Korng, Jennifer Laferriere, Dung Le, Courtney Lemay, Lars Miller, William Oliver, Thomas Osmecki, Channate Phauk, Jensen Poutre, Eileen Ryan, Anna Struna, Jessica Tawczynski, Calvin Thomas, Victoria Valente, Rachel Zelinka]]>]]>

May 3-May 6: Proof of Purchase @ Samson/Gallery

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Hunt through hundreds of original works by artists and Boston personalities, each for sale at the bargain price of $50. The twist? You don't know the identity of the artist until you make the purchase. With all the art priced and sized the same, the piece you fall in love with might be by a current student or by a famous artist. Proceeds benefit SMFA students. Free. Hours: May 3, 7n8:30 pm; May 4 + 5, 11 amn6 pm; May 6, 12n5 pm.]]>]]>Address: 450 Harrison Avenue @ 29 Thayer Street, Boston, MA 02118

May 3-May 27: Emergence @ The Loading Dock Gallery

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Sculptor David Crane and painter JJ Long tackle 'emergence' in their joint show at the Loading Dock Gallery in Lowell May 2-27. Their works celebrate the strength and mystery of form in dialogue with gravity, of potential realizing itself. 'We're looking at metamorphosis,' Long says. 'Forms break through their wooden molds as if they are born from the earth, shedding their bark skin and coming to life.']]>]]>Long, a Melrose native now living in Lowell, paints in oils, laying down layer after layer of color almost as a watercolorist might. The result is smooth, subtle, and depthy. He says that, although his normal style is quite realistic and based on observation, 'The work in this show is heavily surreal, with the focus on something new emerging. I've been dying to paint a series �out of the ordinary', and outside my comfort zone. Sharing this show with David gave me the opportunity.' ]]>]]>Crane, of Westford, creates wooden sculptures that celebrate the organic truths of the wood. 'My work for this show is largely large carved pieces of cherry,' he says. 'The wood came from a great tree in the Hudson River valley. I met the tree over 40 years ago, fallen on a friend's land. My friend sent me sections of the tree and I carved three pieces from it in the 1980's. The rest of the wood has been waiting for my chisels until now.']]>]]>'Respecting the natural grain formation,' Crane continues, 'I work to tease out human forms, both male and female, that the wood suggests.']]>]]>Long added, 'David's sculptures were key in helping me develop my work for this show. The sculptures are so raw and emotional: studying them, I found inspiration for painting emerging, evolving forms.' Long also drew inspiration from the dreamscapes and color palette of Salvador Dali.]]>]]>Emergence shows in the Loading Dock Gallery at Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Avenue, second floor of the A-Mill, from May 2 to 27, 2012. There will be a reception for the artists on Saturday, May 5, from 5 to 7 pm. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 am to 4:30 pm. For further information about the exhibit or the gallery, visit theloadingdockgallery.com or call 978-710-8605.

May 4-May 31: Jeremy Kost, Of an Instance @ 150 11th Avenue, New York, NY

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]]>Hugo Boss in partnership with The Andy Warhol Museum presents:]]>Jeremy Kost, Of an Instance (May 4 n 31, 2012)]]>Open May 6 7 for Frieze]]>150 11th Avenue, New York, NY]]>Hugo Boss in partnership with The Andy Warhol Museum bring together the work of Jeremy Kost and Andy Warhol for the first time in New York.

May 4-Jun 9: Irfan �n�rmen @ C24 Gallery

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Irfan �n�rmen (May 4 - June 9, 2012)]]>Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 6-8pm]]>514 West 24th Street, New York, NY]]>www.c24gallery.com ]]>Turkish artist, Irfan �n�rmen first solo exhibition in North America addresses the impact of commercial media on human experience and its visual representation. ]]>

May 5: First Saturday Open Studios Spring Art Thing @ Western Avenue Studios

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Join the over 200 artists of the Western Avenue Studios for First Saturday Open Studios from 12-5PM. We open our doors on the first Saturday of every month. Visit a variety of artists in their workspaces: painters, photographers, mixed media artists, jewelers, sculptors, fiber artists, potters, glassworkers, and more! Talk to artists about their process and take home art for yourself or a loved one. ]]>]]>The Western Avenue Studios is at 122 Western Ave in historic Lowell, Massachusetts. Parking is free and plentiful! ]]>]]>Special for May: Visit participating studios, collect stickers, and enter for a chance to win a gift certificate as part of Spring Art Thing!

May 5-May 27: outdoor art installation exhibit @ Studios Without Walls 2012

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Brookline's sculpture collaborative Studios Without Walls presents "REAL Art?" ~ an exhibit of temporary sculpture and installation along the Muddy River's Riverway Park, running May 5-27, 2012. Location: Riverway Park is between Netherlands Road and Park Drive with handicapped access through Green-Line Longwood T stop on Chapel Street, Brookline. Image: "Lanterns" by Bette Ann Libby (artist rendering).

May 5: Egleston Square Wake Up the Earth Parade @ Egleston Square

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Celebrate the rebirth of the Egleston Square Wake Up the Earth Parade! Come appreciate the diversity of the neighborhoods in Roxbury through culture, music, theatre, local food, and local artisans while enjoying our neighborhood in bloom. Feel free to bring costumes, banners, and musical instruments. Get ready to dance! The parade will begin at the Egleston Square YMCA, travel down Washington Street and Columbus Avenue, and will join with the Centre Street Wake Up the Earth Parade near Jackson Square. Gather at the Egleston Square YMCA on 3134 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA 02130 at 10:00am. Brought to you by Discover Roxbury, Egleston Square Main Street, and Franklin Park Coalition. For more information and directions: www.franklinparkcoalition.org or 617-442-4141.

May 7: MassArt Spring Sale, May 7 - 12, 2012 @ MassArt (Tower Building Lobby) 621 Huntington Ave Boston MA 02115

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The Annual MassArt Spring Sale is event eagerly awaited each year. This year the sale is being held May 7-12, 2012 , 10am-7pm in the lobby of the Tower Building at MassArt]]>]]>This is a great opportunity to find that perfect gift for Mom! Mother's Day is Sunday, May 13th, so make sure to purchase handmade, quality artwork by students and alumni at this year's MassArt Spring Sale! ]]>]]>Savvy shoppers can pick up unique gifts - from hand-blown glass, ceramics, oil paintings to handmade jewelry, these items and more can be found at the MassArt Spring Sale.

May 10-May 13: Spring Show and Sale 2012 @ 219 Western Ave. Allston, MA 02134

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Spring Show and Sale 2012]]>]]>May 10, Thursday, 3 n 8 pm, Opening Reception #8232;]]>May 11 - 13, Friday n Sunday, 10 am n 7 pm]]>]]>The Ceramics Program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard will present its annual Spring Show and Sale May 10th - 13th at 219 Western Avenue, Allston, MA.]]>]]>The Ceramics Program provides a creative learning environment for Harvard students, staff, and faculty as well as designers, artists, and scholars from the greater Boston and international communities. This spring, more than fifty artists will present an extraordinary selection of ceramic work. From functional dinnerware to sculptural masterpieces, this popular exhibition has something for everyone and attracts several thousand visitors each year.]]>]]>Thanks to generous donations and previous fundraisers, the studio recently constructed two new gas fired kilns which will be on view to the public during the Show and Sale. A silent auction and raffle will be held to raise additional funds to purchase new electric kilns.]]>]]>Free wine cups made by the exhibitors will be available on a first-come, first-served basis during the opening, Thursday, May 10th, 3 - 8 pm. The Spring Show and Sale continues Friday through Sunday, May 11th - 13th, 10 am - 7 pm.]]>]]>The Studio is wheelchair accessible.

May 10: Closing Reception for Amy Goodwin WHAT SHE SAW @ Albright Art

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Please join Albright Art for the closing reception of Amy Goodwin WHAT SHE SAW on May 10th from 6 - 8pm. Come gather with friends, artists and art enthusiasts to celebrate Amy's vibrant paintings.]]>WHAT SHE SAW is a series of works depicting gardens of deliciously vivid roses and dripping paint where the distresses of waking moments melt away. Amy's traditional painting technique is mixed with an interesting collage method in which she paints numerous roses on plastic and stamps them onto the canvas, giving the works texture and depth. Through Amy's floral patterns of brightness and positivity, viewers are able to travel consciously to an unconscious place: the space between reality and dreams.]]>]]>Albright Art]]>32 Main St., Concord, MA]]>(978) 369 - 7300]]>albrightartgallery.com]]>Sun, Mon, Tue 10 - 6]]>Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat 10 - 8]]>

May 10-May 10: FirstWorks presents an evening with 10-time Grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin @ FirstWorks 2012

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One-man orchestra Bobby McFerrin uses his four-octave range and a vast array of vocal techniques to conjure the unmistakable sound of a trumpet in a jazz standard, the cello in a classical composition and the bubbly melody of a pop song. ]]>]]>Best known for his Grammy Award-winning, a capella chartbuster "Don't Worry, Be Happy", McFerrin's artistry extends far beyond this unforgettable hit. Creating spontaneous, beautiful and timeless music that transcends all borders and embraces all cultures, McFerrin is no mere singer n he is music's last true Renaissance man.]]>]]>

May 11: Strata -- Quayola Solo Exhibition + Opening Reception @ bitforms gallery

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Quayola]]>]]>Strata: May 11 n June 16, 2012, bitforms gallery nyc]]>]]>Opening Reception: Friday, May 11, 6:00 n 8:30 PM]]>]]>Gallery Hours: Tue n Sat, 11:00 AM n 6:00 PM]]>]]>]]>bitforms gallery is pleased to announce its first solo exhibition by the London-based artist Quayola. On view will be two video installations, Strata #4 and Topologies, the second of which is a New York premiere.]]>]]>Regarded in Europe for his enigmatic video installations, Quayola creates hybrid spaces of animated painting and sculpture. Informed by his experiences growing up in Rome, and spiritually detaching from the city's rich tradition in architecture, the work is rooted in geometry and the iconography of perfection.]]>]]>Quayola's installations dwell on the objective details of his subjects: light, form, shape and color. Glorious representations are built, as he temporally treats familiar symbols of the baroque and renaissance periods. Crafting a peculiar distance from his subjects, Quayola's process wanders through the surface of an object, pushing beyond its picture plane.]]>]]>In works such as Topologies the viewer is dislocated in time. Painted surfaces of two pieces in the Museo del Prado collection, Las Meninas (1656) by Vel�zquez and The Immaculate Conception(1767) by Tiepolo, transform into animated movement. Produced in high definition for a commission by the British Film Institute and onedotzero, this video installation interrupts our expectations of space, re-imagining the calculation behind such masterpieces.]]>]]>The Topologies installation boldly challenges, yet still submits to, the art object's myth of perfection and aura, hanging in a church or museum. Transporting this beauty into a virtual realm, Quayola rigorously investigates the surface details of each object. Pure geometry and abstraction take over, as he reframes his subjects using a computational method of triangulation. In the format of a diptych, Vel�zquez is positioned on the left and Tiepolo on the right. In each panel, hundreds of thousands of polygons and points comprise a wire frame core that mathematically contorts and regenerates, driven by a soundscape that visually is determined.]]>]]>In speaking about the synaesthetic quality of his compositions, Kandinsky is a reference point that Quayola often cites. 'Time is an inseparable quality of my primary experience with an object,' he says. "Also as I work, I start to become incredibly fascinated by the underlying shapes. Great paintings and architecture of the past are powerful icons of perfection and beauty. They are somehow, almost, things which couldn't have been made by man.']]>]]>Original masterpieces and collections become raw canvas in Quayola's work, as he anchors this exploration in a conversation about archives, collage, intellectual property and the appreciation of an object. In an age of the Google Art Project, which offers unprecedented access to the literal surface of a painting, Quayola handles the time we spend looking at art as a plastic artifact, something to be sculpted and suspended. The gaze is a place where the logic of a picture unfolds, seemingly excavated from beneath the image.]]>]]>Especially in Strata series, Quayola locates this practice within the archaeological process of layering or stratification. Displayed on a 50' flat screen, Strata #4 was originally commissioned as a multi-channel immersive video-installation, which debuted in October 2011 at the Palais de Beaux Arts in Lille, France. The subjects of this work are four grand altarpieces by Anton Van Dyke and Peter Paul Ruebens in the museum's Flemish collection: Van Dyck's Christ on the Cross (1628) and Rubens' Martyrdom of St. Catherine (1615), The Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene(1619) and The Descent from the Cross (1617).]]>]]>"Strata #4 is a study of the relationship between classical figuration and abstraction," says Quayola. "It is based on universal rules of beauty and perfection. The movement on-screen creates a dialog between two eras, two dimensions."]]>]]>The gallery exhibition also includes a selection of drawings. Related to Quayola's process of geometric interpretations, they depict subjects appearing in the Strata #4 and Topologies video installations.]]>]]>]]>]]>Concurrent and recent exhibitions featuring Quayola]]>]]>Matter. Touring exhibition, featuring a special Audemars-Piguet commission celebrating the Royal Oak 40th anniversary. Dates this Fall in Beijing, Singapore and Dubai.]]>Jun 6-10, 2012: Palais de Tokyo, Paris]]>Mar 21-24, 2012: Park Avenue Armory, New York]]>]]>Quayola - Topologies, Strata and Natures, curated by Paul Young.]]>Mar 19 - May 8, 2012: Young Projects Gallery, Los Angeles CA]]>]]>In the Blink of An Eye n Media and Movement, group exhibition]]>Mar 8 n Aug 10, 2012: National Media Museum, Bradford UK]]>]]>The Creator's Project featuring Strata #4, Topologies and Natures]]>Mar 16-18, 2012: San Francisco]]>Oct 15-16, 2011: Brooklyn, New York]]>Oct 7-10, 2011: Seoul, Korea]]>Jul 29-31, 2011: S�o Paulo]]>Jun 9-11, 2011: Paris, France]]>]]>Biography]]>]]>Quayola (b. 1982, Rome) creates hybrid spaces of animated painting and sculpture. Regarded for his enigmatic video installations and based in the UK, he was trained at the University of the Arts London. Engaging a practice of audio-visual performance, drawing, photography and software programming, Quayola explores a fine boundary located between the real and artificial.]]>]]>The very first solo exhibitions of Quayola's work opened at bitforms gallery in May 2012 in New York and at Young Projects Gallery in March 2012 in Los Angeles. Past displays have included a 54th Venice Biennale project at the Italian Cultural Institute in London and group exhibitions at the Victoria Albert Museum, London; the British Film Institute, London; Ga�t� Lyrique, Paris; Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille; Grand Theatre, Bordeaux; Church of Saint Eustache, Paris; Forum des Image, Paris; Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires;]]>]]>Park Avenue Armory, New York; EMPAC Centre, New York; Yota Space, St. Petersburg; MIS, S�o Paulo; Casa Franca, Rio de Janeiro; and BAC Center d'Art Contemporain, Geneva; as well as festivals such as Sonar, Barcelona; STRP, Eindoven; Cimatics, Brussels; onedotzero, London; Elekra, Montreal; and the Clermont Ferrand Film Festival, among others.]]>]]>Video interview with the artist: www.vice.com/the-creators-project/tcp_quayola]]>]]>For images and more information on the exhibition, please visit: www.bitforms.com]]>]]>Directions to bitforms gallery: Nearest subway is the C/E to 23rd St in Chelsea]]>]]>bitforms gallery is devoted to emerging and established artists who embrace new media and contemporary art practice.

May 11-May 12: SMFA Sidewalk Sale @ School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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SMFA's popular Sidewalk Sale is back May 11 + 12. Shop creative and original works by over 50 artists including paintings, jewelry, drawings, T-shirts, ceramics, prints and much more. 10% of all proceeds are given to a local organization chosen by students-this year, they selected Mobius, a non-profit, artist-run organization. Hours: 10 amn5 pm both days. Free.

May 12-May 12: Artrageous!26 Auction @ Montserrat College of Art Event

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Experience Montserrat College of Art! ]]>Saturday, May 12 � 6 n 11 pm � 300 Jubilee Drive, Peabody]]>]]>All proceeds benefit financial aid for students.]]>]]>Montserrat hosts its annual art auction each year to raise much-needed scholarship. Artrageous! supports 90% of our students who are in need of aid to attend college. The auction is the college's single biggest event and is an important way for the college to reach out to the community and the public.]]>]]>Featured Artist: Olivia Parker, Photographer]]>]]>Honorary Chair: Bill Howard, CEO, Beverly Cooperative Bank]]>]]>Co-Chairs: Liz Dellicker Amy Bowen]]>]]>Lead sponsor: Windover Construction Inc.]]>]]>Host: Brookwood Financial Partners, LLC]]>]]>Raffle Sponsor: Gladstone, Manchester

May 12-May 13: 5th Annual NARS Open Studios @ NARS Foundation

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The New York Art Residency Studios (NARS) Foundation is delighted to announce its 5th Annual Open Studios. Join us for a festive weekend and get a glimpse into the private studios and working artist environment at the NARS studios, located along the New York Harbor in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. As the arts initiative in South Brooklyn continues to rapidly evolve and thrive, Open Studios offers an opportunity for our unique community to open their doors and showcase their work and diverse practices and mediums. Six artists from Season I 2012 of the International Artist Residency Program will also be inviting visitors into their studios to present what they have been working on during their three and six month terms.]]>]]>NARS Foundation Sunset Park Studios]]>MAY 12, 2012 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM]]>MAY 13, 2012 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM]]>88 35th Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn NY, 11232]]>D, N, R to 36th Street in Brooklyn n only 2 express stops from Manhattan]]>]]>Shuttle Service between Manhattan and Sunset Park:]]>Pick up location: New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002]]>2 PM / 4 PM / 6 PM]]>Return Drop off from NARS Foundation:]]>3 PM / 5 PM / 7 PM]]>]]>Participating NARS Studio Artists:]]>Austin Adams, Jose Arenas, Patricia Ayres, Gennadi Barbush, Jean Boggs, Michael Paul Britto, Michael Brown, Dorothea Buschell, Richard Castellana, Jacqueline Cedar, Cathleen P. Cueto II, Justin Davis, Michael Ensminger, Carlota Figueras, Betty Hart, Cosme Herrera, Griselda Healy, Aaron Hillebrand, Mikhail Iliatov, Rachel Kahn, Marat Kharisov, Kyung Han Kim, Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos, Ellen Coleman Izzo, Roberta Lawson, Marisa Manso, Nyeema Morgan, Anatoly Mikhailov, Rose Nestler, Tempest NeuCollins, Marcie Paper, Jin-kang Park , Dean Russo, Mason Saltarrelli, Steev Scott, Chinatsu Seya, Michael Solomon, Francesco Paola Strada, Masaki Takizawa, Elizabeth Velazquez, Kate Wattson, Elizabeth Townsend West, Natalia Yovane]]>]]>International Residency Artists 2012 Season I:]]>Santina Amato, Suzanne Goldenberg, Tang-Wei Hsu, Hisao Ihara, Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen, Anna Tihanyi, Cullen Washington Jr.]]>]]>Music: DJ Edwin Peralta, PIANO Norman Zamcheck]]>]]>Performance: Yumi Kurosawa (Koto, Percussion, Computer Sound) 6:00pm in Parlor Room]]>]]>On view in the NARS Gallery: Objects in Motion, 2012 Season I International Residency Artist Exhibition, May 12 - June 17]]>]]>Featuring work by: Santina Amato, Suzanne Goldenberg, Tang-Wei Hsu, Hisao Ihara, Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen, Anna Tihanyi, Cullen Washington Jr.]]>]]>For further information, please contact us at www.narsfoundation.org, info@narsfoundation.org or 718-768-2765. To view a complete registry of NARS Artists, visit http://narsfoundation.org/artists.php]]>]]>The 5th Annual NARS Open Studio Event 2012 is made possible by the generous support of our donors and sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery, Maria's Bistro and Kunjip Restaurant.

May 12-Jun 17: NARS International Artist Residency 2012 Season I Exhibition @ NARS Foundation Studios

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Objects in Motion]]>May 12- June 17]]>Artist Talk: June 9, 4:00PM]]>]]>New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation is excited to present Objects in Motion, an exhibition featuring the NARS International Artist Residency Program Season I 2012 participants: Santina Amato, Suzanne Goldenberg, Tang-Wei Hsu, Hisao Ihara, Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen, Anna Tihanyi and Cullen Washington, Jr. Opening concurrently with NARS fifth annual Open Studios weekend, the exhibition will showcase a group of seven international artists whose work explores mobility across cultural, physical, and imagined spheres. Some pieces consider portability and adapt to the impermanence of tangible materiality. Others reference the state of flux of our sociopolitical practices while some disperse through a more ethereal or geometric space. Each piece is imbued with a quality of motion and rhythm, stimulating circulation around parameters both concrete and abstract while embracing movement across diverse terrains.]]>]]>Open Studios Weekend]]>May 12: 1:00-8:00 PM]]>May 13: 1:00-5:00 PM]]>]]>NARS Foundation Sunset Park Studios]]>88 35th Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn NY, 11232]]>D, N, R to 36th Street in Brooklyn n only 2 express stops from Manhattan]]>]]>SHUTTLE SERVICE between Manhattan and Sunset Park:]]>Pick up location: acrosss from New Museum, 235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002]]>2 PM / 4 PM / 6 PM ]]>Return Drop off leaves from NARS Foundation:]]>3 PM / 5 PM / 7 PM]]>]]>PUBLIC PROGRAMS: SATURDAY, May 12th]]>]]>Family and Kids Workshop: 3:00PM, Studio 404 (4th FL)]]>Collagraph Printing and Crayon Rubbing with Ellen Coleman Izzo]]>]]>Music: 1:00 - 8:00pm]]>DJ Edwin Peralta PIANO Norman Zamcheck]]>]]>Performance: 6:00pm, Parlor room]]>Yumi Kurosawa (Koto, Percussion, Computer Sound)]]>]]>International Residency Artists 2012 Season I:]]>Santina Amato, Suzanne Goldenberg, Tang-Wei Hsu, Hisao Ihara, Jacqueline Hoang Nguyen, Anna Tihanyi, Cullen ]]>Washington Jr.

May 17-Jun 22: ART Exhibit - Risky Business @ lindagermain

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Risky Business - Artist Professional Toolbox (7) ]]>May 17 - June 22, 2012]]>Risky Business: artist's professional toolbox (7), a multi-media art exhibit, at Art at 12 Gallery, 12 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA from May 17 - June 22, 2012. Reception with the artists on Thursday, May 17, 2012, 5PM to 8PM.]]>]]>Aren't artists always taking risks? Of course. But you have to be a bold and courageous risk-taker to aspire to turn your relative passion into a career. Enrolled in the Greater Boston Arts and Business Council's Artist's Professional Tool Box program, now in it's seventh year, these nineteen artists work to take their art and their businesses to a new level.]]>]]>The exhibit includes photography, painting, mixed media, installation, wire work, jewelry, video and sculpture. ]]>]]>Exhibiting artists: Lisa Barthelson, Steven Bogart, Lisa Bohnwagner, Jalysa Belmer, Tim de Christopher, Dawna Davis, Linda Germain, Betsy Gould, Phoebe Grip, Sirarpi Heghinian-Walzer, Jenn Houle, Sarah Kariko, Lynne Klemmer, Heather Lenz, Colette Lucas, Lynda Schlosberg, Katha Seidman, Kathleen Volp, Audrina Warren.]]>]]>Gallery Location and contact information]]> Art at 12 Gallery ]]>12 Farnsworth St. ]]>Boston, MA 02210 ]]>gallery@fortpointarts.org ]]>Call for more information 617 423-1100]]>Gallery website - http://www.fortpointarts.org/exhibitions/art-at-12/ ]]>Gallery Hours]]>Monday-Friday 11am-6pm, ]]>Saturday Sunday 10am-5pm ]]>

May 18-May 18: La Parca Summer 2012 Launch Party @ Gallery321@Washington Street Art Center, 321 Washington Street, Somerville, MA

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Beginning at 8 p.m. at Gallery 321, La Parca (http://laparca.com) is hosting its launch party for their Spring line of shirts, sweatshirts, and hats. Megan Mary Creamer is producing this event, and coordinating with La Parca (Edward, Edmund, and Steve.)]]>Music from Porn Theatre Ushers, Immigrants, White Pages. DJ sets by Mister Jason, Farmer Ted, and various local DJs and MCs will begin at 9 p.m.

May 19-Jul 9: New Threads: An American Quilt Story at the Currier @ Currier Museum of Art

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Public Opening Reception]]>Saturday, May 19 from 11 am-2 pm]]>Join us to celebrate the Currier's two-year long outreach initiative with Rubia Inc.'s Sewing Confidence class, a program where women from new immigrant and refugee families from Burundi, Rwanda and the Congo receive education and resources to foster sustainable business endeavors. The exhibition will feature artwork made of African fabrics, in addition to a collaborative project that tells the story of the women's journey from the difficulties of their own countries to the challenges and successes of their new lives in America. The reception will feature African dance and music, food and an art activity for children and adults. Exhibition will be on view in the Community Gallery through July 9.]]>]]>

May 19-Jun 2: Medium Without Measure @ School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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"MEDIUM WITHOUT MEASURE" is a multi-media exhibition celebrating 2012 graduates of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston featuring 2011n12 award recipients, works from artists across programs, plus undergrads in the Senior Thesis Program. Taking place throughout the School, this exhibition includes film screenings, performances, concerts and more. Opening reception: May 19, 5n7 pm. Free.]]>]]>Hours: MonnSat, 10 amn5 pm; Thurs, 10 amn8 pm. Closed Sundays and holidays]]>Address: 230 The Fenway, Boston MA 02115]]>

May 19: Franklin Park Kite Bike Festival @ Franklin Park Playstead

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Come fly a kite for this longstanding Franklin Park tradition that you may remember from your childhood! The first 50 people will receive a free kite, there'll be plenty of others for purchase. Boston Bikes will have free bike 'rentals' and helmets for all size riders so you can explore the park on wheels or join a guided tour. Keep your fingers crossed for a windy, gorgeous spring day! On the Franklin Park Playstead between White Stadium and the back of the Zoo. Brought to you by Discover Roxbury the Franklin Park Coalition. For more information and directions: www.franklinparkcoalition.org or 617-442-4141.

May 20-May 20: Distinguished Artist Concert at the Currier Museum of Art @ Currier Museum of Art

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Pianist Sergey Schepkin and the Walden Chamber Players String Trio ]]>Sunday, May 20 at 2 pm]]>This concert is not to be missed! Three members of the Walden Chamber Players plus international star pianist, Russian-American Sergey Schepkin will perform Mozart's elegant Quartet in E flat for piano and strings and Serenade in D major op. 8 by Ludwig van Beethoven. After intermission, Mr. Schepkin will perform one of his signature pieces, Moussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition.' This brilliant work depicts the experience of visiting a museum exhibit and describes the paintings in a series of colorful vignettes. Tickets $10 for Currier members, $20 for non-members. Reserve your seat online at CURRIER.ORG or call 603.669.6144 x108.]]>]]>

May 20-Jun 2: Fresh Paint 2012: Painting Boston's Neighborhoods @ Copley Society of Art

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Paint Day]]>Sunday, May 20, 9:00am-4:00pm]]>View Copley Society artist members at work creating their "fresh" canvases around the city. Artists' party will be held from 4:00pm - 6:00pm.]]>]]>Fresh Paint Gala]]>Saturday, June 2, 6:30pm-8:30pm]]>Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, live music, and auctions of more than 80 freshly painted works of art. Festive cocktail attire encouraged!]]>]]>Fresh Paint is the cornerstone event of the Copley Society of Art. First held in 1988, this two week-long event begins on Sunday, May 20th when more than 50 artists will set out to the streets of Boston to paint scenes of the city. By the end of the day, the artists arrive at the gallery having completed their "fresh" creations. Pieces are famed, hung, and displayed in the gallery for two weeks, until the final gala event on June 2nd, from 6.30 - 8.30 at the Copley Society of Art, when all of the pieces will be auctioned for sale. ]]>]]>Click HERE to purchase gala tickets.
Tickets will be held at the gallery. ]]>1 Gala Admission Ticket: $125]]>1 Gala Members' Ticket: $100]]>1 Gala Circle Members' Ticket: $75]]>]]>]]>Interested in becoming a Fresh Paint sponsor?
Individual sponsorship opportunities for Fresh Paint will include name on gala program and website.]]>Platinum Sponsor: $1,000 (includes 12 gala tickets)]]>Silver Sponsor: $500 (includes 6 gala tickets)]]>Bronze Sponsor: $300 (includes 4 gala tickets)]]>]]>Copley Society of Art 158 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116]]>p:: 617.536.5049 f:: 617.267.9396 e:: info@copleysociety.org w:: copleysociety.org]]>Gallery Hours :: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 Sunday 12-5 Monday by appointment

May 24: You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown @ Arts After Hours

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You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown]]>Based on The Comic Strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz]]>Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner]]>Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer]]>Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa ]]> ]]>LynnArts, Rantoul Black Box Theatre]]>25 Exchange Street]]>Lynn, MA 01901]]>]]>$25 Adults / $20 Students Seniors]]>]]>May 24, 25, 26, 31 June 1,2, 7,8 at 7:30PM]]>May 26, 27, June 2, 3, 9 at 3PM]]>]]>A great time for the whole family, come experience a musical comedy about a day in the life of Charlie Brown. The trials and tribulations of friendship and love in the style of a favorite timeless comic strip. ]]>]]>'None of the cast is actually six years old. And they don't really look like Charles Schulz' �Peanuts' cartoon characters. But this doesn't seem to make that much difference once we are into the play, because what they are saying to each other is with the openness of that early childhood time, and the obvious fact is that they are all really quite fond of each other.' -Clark Gesner, composer 'You're a Good Man Charlie Brown']]>]]>]]>CAST]]>]]>Charlie Brown - Nick Raponi]]>Lucy van Pelt - Kerry Rosen-Moe]]>Linus van Pelt - David Lucey]]>Schroeder - Kirk Hornberger]]>Snoopy - Alex Mangos]]>Sally Brown - Channa Gilbert

Jun 2-Sep 9: Transcending Nature: Paintings by Eric Aho @ Currier Museum of Art

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Manchester, NH nThis summer, visitors to the Currier Museum of Art will have the rare opportunity to see an artist who has developed a fresh visual vocabulary all his own, as Eric Aho responds to the world around him and re-interprets the artistic traditions of landscape subjects and abstract painting.]]> ]]>The Currier Museum of Art will be the first American museum to present a survey exhibition of Eric Aho's work. The exhibition features 30 paintings by the Vermont-based artist (born 1966.) His earlier works on view include dramatic, plein air paintings of landscapes influenced by such artists as Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, John Constable and Frederic Church. Aho's most recent paintings are abstract monumental compositions n some as large as eight feet by nine feet. ]]> ]]>Aho's latest abstract paintings capture the lived, remembered, and imagined experience of being outdoors. Through the unexpected use of color, vigorous paint handling and surprising compositions, his paintings make palpable the immediacy of nature and the intangibles of light and movement. ]]> ]]>Both the Currier Museum and its associated Art Center are involved in presenting Transcending Nature. Andrew Spahr, the museum's director of collections and exhibitions, and Bruce McColl, painter and director of the Currier Art Center are co-curating the show. Aho is also conducting a two-day Master Class in June at the Art Center.]]> ]]>'In his most recent work, Eric brings two painting cultures together n one rooted in the depictive landscape, and the other in the abstract,' said Bruce McColl. Adding, 'He subverts old traditions and uses a more painterly, expressive approach.']]> ]]>After studying at the Central School of Art and Design in London, Aho received his BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art. He has also studied at the Institute of Art and Design in Lahti, Finland, with support from a Fulbright Fellowship and a grant from the American Scandinavian Foundation. Aho's paintings have been shown internationally in Ireland, South Africa, Cuba, Japan, Norway and Finland. Aho exhibits regularly in New York City where he is represented by DC Moore Gallery. His work is in the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Springfield Art Museum, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ]]> ]]>This special exhibition is supported by the Fleisher Family Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation.]]> ]]>The Currier Museum of Art is located at 150 Ash Street, Manchester, NH. For more information, visit www.currier.org or call 603.669.6144 x108.]]>###]]> ]]> ]]>

Jun 8-Jun 30: SKIN: New Work by Chris Spuglio and Stephanie Arnett @ Stephanie Arnett

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In SKIN, Atlantic Works veteran Chris Spuglio and newcomer Stephanie Arnett explore the types of identities we choose for ourselves and the ways in which we personalize a blank human canvas with our life experiences. ]]>]]>Chris Spuglio's new body of work explores the artistic and technical field of professional tattooing, from traditional to new school design. After a lifetime of painting on traditional surfaces, he now paints on bodies.]]>]]>According to Stephanie Arnett, 'As we become more accustomed to lives integrated with technology, we place more importance on finding ways of differentiating ourselves on the web. My background as a photographer has ]]>made me no stranger to the wild world of promoting oneself online. For this show, I've stretched my image-making beyond the bounds of the traditional photographic process, working with both the concept of curated surfaces and ]]>with new surfaces for printing techniques.']]>]]>Exhibition dates: June 8n30, 2012]]>Opening: Friday, June 8, 6n8pm]]>Third Thursday reception: Thursday, June 21, 6n8pm]]>Gallery Hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 2n6pm]]>]]>ATLANTIC WORKS GALLERY is East Boston's Collaborative Space for Art and Ideas. ]]>Established in 2003, it is a member-operated gallery located on the top floor of 80 Border Street ]]>on the waterfront. It is T-accessible (Maverick stop on the Blue Line) and there is usually ample ]]>parking. For detailed directions, information about members, future shows, etc., please see ]]>atlanticsworks.org.]]>]]>Press contact: For more information or to schedule a private press viewing, ]]>please call Chris Spuglio at 978-430-9873 or email at cspuglio@comcast.net.

Jun 9-Sep 9: Contemporary Connections: Crist Riklin Opens June 9 at the Currier Museum of Art @ Currier Museum of Art

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Manchester, NH n Museum visitors will be absorbed in an imaginary landscape of dazzling color and light when they enter Cristi Rinklin's new environmental artwork created specifically for the Currier Museum of Art. Boston-based artist Rinklin combines hand-painting and digital technologies for this immersive installation inspired by a floor-to-ceiling wall of windows in the Currier's Putnam Gallery. The museum's collection of 19th century New England landscape paintings also inspired Rinklin's project, titled 'Diluvial.' ]]>]]>Billowing cloud and meandering waterfall forms in blue, green and purple will wrap across the large expanse of windows and nearby walls, surrounding visitors in an awesome spectacle of nature's destructive forces. Light will pour through the window, and much like stained glass, will project colored imagery into the gallery. Nearby walls n completely covered in patterns that evoke historic wallpaper n continue the immersive effect and transport visitors to a world beyond the confines of the architecture. ]]>]]>'Diluvial' refers to the Great Biblical Flood, which through the mid-19th century, was believed to have shaped the American landscape, imbuing it with spiritual significance. In Rinklin's installation, she reinterprets the beauty and horror of sublime landscape paintings from this time in the context of our contemporary culture and technology-saturated environment.]]>]]>Rinklin's preliminary sketches and studies for her installation will be on view in the museum's Discovery Gallery. Visitors will be able to see the artist's hand-worked paintings that she scanned and combined in the computer to create the window screen composition and learn more about her inspiration from historic artworks.]]>]]>The Currier's Contemporary Connections series features new work by early- and mid-career artists from New England, made in direct response to the museum's collection and architecture. These projects offer visitors expanded perspectives on contemporary art making and invite visitors to experience dynamic linkages between past and present art practices and cultural history.]]>]]>On view June 9 through September 9, this exhibition is sponsored by Laconia Savings Bank and supported by the Gloria Wilcher Exhibition Fund and a research and publication grant from the College of the Holy Cross. Additional support provided by ICL Imaging.]]>]]>Rinklin is Associate Professor of Visual Art at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA and exhibits internationally. In 2010, she was awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship for Drawing. She is represented by Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston.]]>]]>The Currier Museum of Art is located at 150 Ash Street, Manchester, NH. Open every day except Tuesday. Museum admission: adults $10; seniors $9; students $8; children age 17 and under are always admitted free. More information: www.currier.org or call 603.669.6144 x108.]]>]]>

Jun 9-Jun 30: visions:snoisiv. Paintings by Spiridoula Politis, Bartosz Majczak, and Mauro Reategui Perez @ Gallery321@Washington Street Art Center

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OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, June 9, from 6-10 p.m.]]>ON VIEW: June 9-30, Saturdays 12-4 p.m., and by appointment]]>]]>"[visionary art] attempts to show what lies beyond the boundary of our sight. Through dream, trance, or other altered states, the artist attempts to see the unseen - attaining a visionary state that transcends our regular modes of perception. The task awaiting [the artist], thereafter, is to communicate [the] vision in a form recognizable to 'everyday sight'." L. Caruana]]>]]>Join Spiridoula Politis, Bartosz Majczak, and Mauro Reategui Perez as they share their experiences through visionary art. �After travelling to the Amazon jungle of Peru to study plant medicine, Spiridoula brings her memories of her transformational work with a shaman into contemporary mixed media paintings using color, pattern, and mark making. For Spiridoula, "the act of creation is a bridge to the Divine. These paintings are my version of a Yantra. I can recreate and meditate upon that deeply transformative experience I sought (and was granted) during the process of making these paintings."]]>]]>While in Peru, she met Mauro Reategui Perez, a painter from Pucallpa working in the style of Pablo Amaringo, his teacher and mentor. He creates lush, magical landscapes of the jungle and of the spirits within, and has graciously accepted our invitation to exhibit in the United States for the first time. ]]>]]>Bartosz Majczak (bartomon), spirit brother of Spiridoula, brings with him printed compositions about the meta-metaphorical language of circular and spherical topologies. "Geometry is the method and medium by which we come to know anything, everything, non-things and nothing," he says of the inspiration behind these works. "It is the one powerful key to unlocking whole brain function - the holy grail that resolves all apparent divisions and dissolves all artifice."]]>]]>www.spiridoula.com]]>www.bartomon.com]]>

Jun 21-Jul 22: Rock River Artists Open Studio Tour @ South Newfane Vermont

12-5-21T01:00:00-01:00

Twenty Years Old, Brand Spanking New]]>The Rock River Artists' Open Studio Weekend will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this July in South Newfane. This year, they welcome a new member, potter Rob Cartelli. Flood waters served as the Rock River Welcome Wagon a week after he moved in, but his house survived and his garage will soon be a new studio for his functional porcelain tableware. He is attracted to subtle, soft geometry in his pots which are clear glazed with finely etched lines delineating space underneath. He likens the effect to the look of work fresh from the wheel, with the illusion of being malleable or soft.]]>]]>Rob has good company. Just up the road, Raku artist Richard Foye who mixes the raku method of firing with 12th century Persian glaze recipes to create classic shapes glazed in coppers, silver, gold and bismuth.]]>]]>Matt Tell throws wood fired pots, citing the 'awesome power of the fire that alters and enhances the pieces in the kiln. Wood firings are unique events, each one different and full of unintended surprises.']]>]]>Wood workers Dan DeWalt and Rob Cramp highlight some of the different paths that artists in wood may follow. Cramp, who received his training at the North Bennet street School in Boston, builds antique reproductions as well as custom built pieces. DeWalt is increasingly interested in creating furniture from found elements that connect with him. His newest pieces feature detritus from Irene, the Vermont woods and the Maine coast.]]>]]>The paintings of Roger Sandes, Georgie, and Caryn King are distinctive to each artist. King's meticulous portraits of animals give the viewer a sense of each animal's being that is rarely enjoyed by the non-farmer. Georgie is a plein air artist, her works are deliberate mosaics of complex color and shapes. Sandes' large, iconic canvasses incorporate symbols of life and fertility, integrating elements of modern art and folk art.]]>]]>Roger's wife Mary Welsh uses found paper materials to create collages depicting 'what we all take for granted n houses, rooms and their contents.']]>]]>Ellen Darrow's collages are created from her old two dimensional artwork, torn and reassembled to create something entirely new. Darrow has also created a a body of work of incised and painted pottery.]]>]]>Walking up Timson Hill, you'll soon spot the forge of metal artist Rich Gillis. He finds inspiration in the natural world for the designs and patterns.]]>]]>Across the way, Lauri Richardson builds mosaics from the shattered remains of china and pottery. As she says, 'I will never exhaust the metaphors possible with mosaic, through color, sheen and texture, not tire of the embedded memories that recycled tessarae evoke.']]>]]>Print maker Kim Hartman-Colligan uses color and form to create a surface that becomes an environment, laying down layers of color and modifying the form and shape with each layer.]]>]]>Photographer Chris Triebert is also referencing nature, but without taking any actual photographs She currently is working with direct contact of objects and forms onto paper negatives, creating what she calls shadowgraphs, highlighting elements and forms that would normally be hidden in a landscape.]]>]]>Just downriver along Baker Brook, Deidre Scherer creates stunning fabric portraits. As she puts it, 'Fabric stirs our sense of touch n we are wrapped in clothe from birth through death. By combining the techniques of piecing layering and machine-sewing, I create a lively surface that intimately engages the viewer.']]>]]>The 20th anniversary Rock River Artist group show and Open Studio Tour will be on July 21 and 22. Visitors will not only see everyone's curated work at the Old School House in South Newfane, they will also get to visit most of the studios and homes where the artists draw their inspiration and work together to create community.