Art & Cultural Events List

BOSTON GALLERY EXHIBITION - July 10 - August 18, 2009

2009-07-02T00:29:00.000-07:00

Amanda Means, Steve Miller, Gary Schneider
Deviant Specimens
July 10 - August 18, 2009

opening reception: Friday, July 10th, 6 - 8pm

Howard Yezerski Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition Deviant Specimens, featuring the work of Amanda Means, Steve Miller, and Gary Schneider, whose innovative approaches to botanical photography unveil the hidden lives of plants while provoking us to reflect upon our own experience of beauty, growth and decay. From photogram to silk-screened X-ray to pigmented ink, these works offer a new perspective of the power and vulnerability inherent in nature and in us.

Amanda Means works without a camera, placing the plants themselves in an enlarger and exposing their forms to photographic paper below. The result is a negative image; an intimate, luminous explosion of petals blanched white against a rich blackness. The densest parts of the flowers shine with almost unearthly glamour and the size of the prints accentuate their sensual elegance.

Steve Miller's images are from his recent series, "Health of the Planet." Miller traveled to Brazil and worked with a local hospital to create these high-quality digital X-rays of Amazon plants. Ghostly in their translucent, X-rayed form, the plants are caught like patients under the scrutinizing eye of the X-ray, while bold splashes of opaque, silk-screened paint alternately obscure, tussle with, and highlight their delicacy. The images, carbon prints and acrylic on canvas, marry the organic to the technical and ask the viewer to diagnose both his own state and that of the earth.

Inspired by 18th and 19th century botanical prints, Gary Schneider creates his intimate table-top still-lifes through durational exposure, sweeping a flashlight over plant contours and capturing the images in pigmented ink. Figs, leaves, chestnuts, and roses well voluminously up out of the darkness. They hover above the viewer with a dense, unsettling beauty, somewhere between that of the religious icon and the sci-fi fantastic.

Howard Yezerski Gallery
460 Harrison Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts 02118
www.howardyezerskigallery.com
Tues. - Sat. 10 - 5:30 pm

SOMERVILLE GALLERY EXHIBITION - July 11 - August 9, 2009

2009-07-02T00:23:00.001-07:00

The Nave Gallery
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd
Somerville, MA 02144
www.navegallery.org

Press contact: Susan Berstler
info@navegallery.org

"Physical Digital" at the Nave Gallery in Somerville
Rachel Gargiulo ◊ Ted Ollier ◊ John Pyper ◊ Liz Shepherd
Four artists interpreting ways of turning virtual information into physical
structures.
Exhibit dates: 11 Jul - 9 Aug 2009
Opening Reception 11 Jul · 6-9 pm

Free and open to the public.
High res images available upon request.

ABOUT THE SHOW

(Somerville, MA) Physical Digital features sculptures and works on paper by
Rachel Gargiulo, Ted Ollier, John Pyper, and Liz Shepherd, each of whom
explores unique aspects of the structure and configurations inherent in
living digitally.

Today we find ourselves surrounded by data, meta-data, information,
references, keys, passwords, hyperlinks, applets, status bars,
transactions, and other digital ephemera. While these tools can provide a
bona fide relief this data is often an annoying companion that we are
forced to live with daily. A digital fog, sometimes navigable, sometimes
tiresomely perplexing has descended on our lives.

Gargiulo's "Chronicle I: The Pretenders" details her side of a
collaborative project where she produced a simulated love affair on the
internet. The online correspondence prior to their initial face to face
meeting is documented here. The consequences of this emotional simulation
are not yet evident.

Ollier scrutinizes the information for
which we have developed blind-spots -- the barcode, the scaleless map, the
depiction of compression, the languages that run our computers, and
unintentional digital artifacts. His meticulously accurate depictions
create abstract forms that force us to reconsider what we thought we
already knew.

Pyper explores the fiction, appearance, and ephemera found in the
backgrounds of home video game console games. His objects and prints allow
us to approach objects sought after and navigated through for countless
hours in a new and material way.

Shepherd has developed a visual vocabulary by
digitally drawing with discarded everyday illustrations. Her hushed totems
of travelers made from architectural drawings and her depictions of
hopeless characters acting out dangerous activities derives from digital
manipulations and contextualized images.

BOSTON MOBIUS EVENTS - June 29 - July 6, 2009

2009-07-01T23:10:00.000-07:00

Boston: Exhibit
Photographs by Bob Raymond and
Installation by Wenxiong Lin @Studio Soto
EXHIBIT: June 21st through July 19th, 2009

Studio Soto presents:

this: moment
missives from another world
photographs by Bob Raymond (MAG)
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S T I L L M O V E
installation by Wenxiong Lin

Studio Soto at Thompson Design Group
35 Channel Center Street, corner
gallery hours Fri 4 - 7; Sat 2 - 5; Sun 2 - 5
www.studiosoto.org

Cohasset: Exhibit
Faculty Art Show @Dillon Gallery
June 5th through July 12th, 2009

featuring

"Down the Yangtze"
a collage by Margaret Bellafiore (MAG)

Dillon Gallery @South Shore Art Center in Cohasset
Website: www.ssac.org

money

Address:
South Shore Art Center
119 Ripley road
Cohasset, MA
781 383 2787

Boston: Performance Art
Every day @12 noon: Oct 7, 2007 - Oct 6, 2009
Trinity Church

The Human Cost of War
Joanne Rice (MAG)

http://www.iraqbodycount.org/

matt2
photo: Matt Samolis
About Mobius:
Mobius (est. 1977) is a non-profit, artist-run organization, whose mission is to generate, shape and test experimental art. The members of the organization believe an effective strategy for supporting this art is to establish grounds that build relationships among fellow artists. Mobius is committed to structuring environments that foster projects incorporating a wide range of disciplines. This approach sets in motion situations where the artist's impact can be seen locally, nationally and internationally. Constructing art initiatives outside accepted frameworks and encouraging animated discourse with the public are fundamental to Mobius.

Founded by Marilyn Arsem in 1977, Mobius is known for incorporating a wide range of the visual, performing, and media arts into innovative live performance, video, installation and intermedia works. Mobius has produced hundreds of original works that have attained critical acclaim in Boston, nationally and internationally. Works created at Mobius have been presented throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Mobius, Inc is funded by the Tanne Foundation; the Nonsequitur Foundation; the Boston Redevelopment Authority; the LEF Foundation; the Boston Cultural Council,a municipal agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; the Oedipus Foundation; and generous private support.

mobius
725 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118
www.mobius.org

DANCING AROUND BOSTON - July 11, 2009

2009-07-01T21:14:00.001-07:00

We can't do anything about the weather, but we can steer you to some great
cyber-events this month.

The Disappearing Woman
Salt of the Earth
The Refractive Kinescope
Virtual Street Corners
Cyber-Publicity for You

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The Disappearing Woman
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Fans of contemporary
dance won't want to miss "The Disappearing Woman," the world premiere of a new dance
work that addresses the anxieties of three women in an increasingly dispersed,
high-speed culture. The piece was created by Nell Breyer and Alissa Cardone-- leaders
in the New England dance community and organizers of Boston Cyberarts' dance
and technology events for the last several Festivals -- along with their
colleagues Lorraine Chapman and Bronwen MacArthur.
The piece is part of
the Summer Stages Dance/Baryshnikov Arts CenterResidency Project 2008. It was
commissioned and developed by Summer Stages Dance, in association with the Baryshnikov
Arts Center, The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, the Regional Dance
Development Initiative of the New England Foundation for the Arts, and Vermont
Performance Lab.
It's happening on July 11 at 7:30 at the ICA,
100 Northern Ave in Boston. For tickets visit www.icaboston.org [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102625484127&s=2873&e=001xsYvKBlcd7eLzuJ5kXZNZzKaDvqSQeEs5X_8Ejk1Ml-g-UjYV-PX6UmLTp_cdPUdfTTAJw6AUPe0yvEBhdz1Tfe18WHh2VewuJBEUmSpXQeldr5z0X-JlQ==]or
call
the ICA box office at 617.478.3103.
(If
you're a dance fan, you should also check out the other events on Summer Stages
Dance's "Meet the Artist" Performance Series, taking place throughout the month
of July. Visit www.summerstagesdance.org [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102625484127&s=2873&e=001xsYvKBlcd7cz0SyZa3w-j79qH-S-3idYQ-euuLPOa6jL-SDydRw6BNgVj8lPS6f6toMiqrcgiCVROnzDE0LSQg_SnBwDEy_AVWM5QgvHKWML64o16WhVYGU5uyVljIAT]for
details.)
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Salt of the Earth
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There's still time to see "Salt of the Earth," a biennial exhibition
organized by the New Art Collective at the Montserrat College of Art. One of
the featured artists is our friend Deb Todd Wheeler, whose work, "Biosphere" is
pictured here.
The exhibition runs through
July 24 at Montserrat College of Art, 23 Essex Street in Beverly. For more information,
click here [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102625484127&s=2873&e=001xsYvKBlcd7e14W8CAMIoY6ujsPSqIjFh0ckecGqykYytTLCAVz902ALjsx0-bSBBvoa_KXVj0lScuG1G_2pVgRZg5rNGKyG-xZXbuBaDRnZ9xQEeBwrl1zr4fYYA3qUG_U0cFN6IQMG7BHzsauno56LsWwaVzfSAc2-htqK01BkrezdQ9LV_k4bg2drzAf_pcxZmhutXqa9X_IAFC3_h7A==].
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The Refractive Kinescope
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The history of silent
cinema, projector devices, and a curiosity about the persistence of vision
are sources of inspiration for "The Refractive Kinescope". This
gallery installation puts the viewer in the belly of a film projector, brought
into motion by model steam locomotives and by the spectators themselves.
The locomotives transport projector bulbs illuminating over 200 celluloid
oversized film frames, selected from the silent films that form a ribbon
spooling between two reels, spanning the entire space. Moving through the
installation, the viewers, like film editors, assemble frames into the scenes.
"The Refractive
Kinescope" is on view through October 18 at the MCLA Gallery 51 Annex @ 65 Main
Street in North Adams. There will also be live dance performances in the
gallery at 6pm on July 30, August 27, and September 24. The installation was commissioned
by Downstreet Art. Kinodance Companycreated the concept; the sculptural
installation is by Dedalus Wainwright and Alla Kovgan with contributions from
Bryan Long and Gideon Weisz; and the performers include Alissa Cardone, Ingrid
Schatz and guest artist Michael Jahoda. For more information, go to www.downstreetart.org
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102625484127&s=2873&e=001xsYvKBlcd7cLZjK3Ln31dx8ytNJ-bdckBqXLzsnPhu98015JkmlQWExH6TPvT4DMn27x0KjoWj2Y73cZWzA0K-ENVhmm1-TZr0VwEFI_6HPlIKffLAM0Og==].
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Virtual Street Corners

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We're delighted to report that "Virtual Street Corners," a
digital media public art project by John Ewing,has been awarded a Challenge
Grant from the Knight Foundation, which supports innovative projects that use
technology to distribute news in local communities.
Beginning in June 2010, storefronts in Coolidge Corner in Brookline,
and Dudley Square in Roxbury will be transformed into large video screens,
providing pedestrians of each neighborhood with a portal into one another's
worlds. Running 24/7, life-size screen images and AV technology will enable
real-time chat between residents of the two neighborhoods. These portals would also
act as media centers for news collection and
dissemination. In this way, the viewing and sharing of news is brought out of
private spheres and into a public forum - a kind of virtual town hall meeting.
The project is being
organized by John Ewing, in collaboration with Carmen Montoya, Kevin Patton,
Christopher Robbins and Minotte Romulus. Those of you who have been following Boston
Cyberarts for awhile will
remember John's earlier project called "Symphony of a City," which premiered at
the 2001 Boston Cyberarts Festival. "Symphony of a City," pictured here, used
headcams, projections and streaming video to paint a portrait of Boston through
the eyes of eight different residents - with results projected on the walls of
Boston's City Hall.
We'll keep you posted
on the progress of "Virtual Street Corners" as the project gets closer.
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Cyber-Publicity for You
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Do you have a cyber event or exhibition coming up this fall? If so, please send
details and an image to press@bostoncyberarts.org [mailto:press@bostoncyberarts.org]
by the 15th of the month preceding your event. We'll be happy to include it in
our monthly eblast, if we have space and if we get your stuff in time.

ART BY VETERANS BOSTON EXHIBITION - July 25, 2009

2009-06-29T22:59:00.000-07:00

Work by (more than 20) artists and veteran-artists focusing on issues of war and the experience of veterans returning home. The thought provoking imagery, sculpture, video, and photographs in the show offer a platform for dialogue on a subject that is often left untouched. Through a broad range of visual media, the twenty artists comprising The Odysseus Project: Finding Home present their own stories while touching on the larger story of war and its effects on all of humankind. June 12 – July 25, 2009.

Contact:

Art@12
12 Farnsworth St
Boston MA 02210

http://www.nervegarden.com/odysseusproject
RandiHeylek@gmail.com

LYNN ITALIAN OPERA NIGHT - July 15, 2009

2009-06-21T22:53:00.000-07:00

Mass Theatrica presents an Italian Opera Night on Wednesday, July 15, 7:30 PM at LynnArts, The Neal Rantoul Vault Theater, 25 Exchange Street, Lynn, MA.

Come all opera aficionados and newcomers alike! Enjoy some beloved and timeless favorites, including arias and duets from operas by Handel (Giulio Cesare), Mozart (Cosi Fan Tutte), Donizetti (L’Elisir d’Amore and Lucia di Lammermoor), Puccini (Gianni Schicchi, La Boheme and Madama Butterfly) Verdi (Rigoletto), Mascagni, Cilea and more! We bet you will recognize a number of these classics from television, radio and the cinema!

Mass Theatrica is pleased to present sopranos Elizabeth Johnson and Meredith Lavine, mezzos Jacque Eileen Wilson and Angeliki Theoharis, tenors Robert Cameron and Antanas Meilus and baritone James Lambert, accompanied by Bradley Pennington, piano.

Admission is $15, $13 seniors and students. For more information about the program, please contact Mass Theatrica: phone: 508-757-8515, email: masstheatrica@yahoo.com or website www.masstheatrica.org.

BIKE CLUB T-SHIRT ART COMPETITION - July 15, 2009

2009-06-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

Reston Bike Club & ArtSpace Herndon are coordinating an open call for art for the Reston Century T-Shirt Art Competition. There will be prizes awarded along with sales and exhibit opportunities. Please go to their websites for further information and entry application. Entry fee.

Contact:

Robin Carroll
ArtSpace Herndon and the
Herndon Foundation for the Cultural Arts
Box 916
Herndon VA 20172-0916

703-956-6590
http://restonbikeclub.org/restoncentury
robinworld3@verizon.net

BROOKLINE ARTS CENTER PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - June 28, 2009

2009-06-17T05:16:00.000-07:00

Press Contact: Susan Navarre, 617.566.5715, bac@brooklineartscenter.com

3 PHOTOGRAPHERS PRESENT NEW APPROACHES TO PHOTOJOURNALISM AT THE BROOKLINE ARTS CENTER

(Brookline, MA – JUNE 16, 2009) On Sunday, June 28, 2009, at 7:00 p.m., Pat Goeters, Robin Chan and David Gordon will present a program of photo essays at the Brookline Arts Center, exploring the new forms of photojournalism in a world shaped by the Internet and digital photography.

Three Photographers Show Their Stories, an “Art for Everyone” event, is free and open to the public.

“We are exploring what happens to photography when you no longer print copies of the photo,” says exhibiting photographer Pat Goeters. “It’s a very different world.” Goeters is a photographer and writer, as well as a past architect, professor and housing consultant. Robin Chan and David Gordon are both staff photographers for the Community Newspaper Company, and also publish their photography independently on the web.

The Brookline Arts Center is located at 86 Monmouth St., at the corner of St. Mary’s Street. It is convenient to public transportation and wheelchair accessible. For more information, please call 617-566-5715 or visit www.brooklineartscenter.com and www.pat-goeters.com

This program is presented in conjunction with Fleeting Moments: Photography by Pat Goeters, which is on view at the Brookline Arts Center from Monday, June 22 to Friday, August 14, 2009.

Three Photographers Show Their Stories
Pat Goeters, David Gordon, Robin Chan
Sunday, June 28, 7 p.m.

FRESH PON INVASIVE PLANTS IDENTIFICATION - June 17, 2009

2009-06-15T23:34:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, June 17, 6:00 to 7:30 pm, Water Purification Facility

Learn to identify the most common non-native invasive plants that are having a negative impact on our yards, gardens and natural areas. Jessica Korecki from the New England Wild Flower Society will lead this walk on the Reservation using our own weeds as examples.

These events are FREE and open to the public. Children are welcome in the company of an adult. Please register for each event that you plan to attend. Important information on location and parking will be given to you when you register.

E-mail Elizabeth Wylde, events organizer at: friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.comor

Offered by Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation, June 2009

MOBIUS EVENTS IN BOSTON - June 16-22, 2009

2009-06-15T23:32:00.000-07:00

mobius events
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mobius artists group
This Week & Weekend
June 16th-22nd, 2009

Cohasset: Exhibit
Faculty Art Show @Dillon Gallery
June 5th through July 12th, 2009

featuring

"Down the Yangtze"
a collage by Margaret Bellafiore (MAG)

Dillon Gallery @South Shore Art Center in Cohasset
Website: www.ssac.org

money

Address:
South Shore Art Center
119 Ripley road
Cohasset, MA
781 383 2787

WALES, UK: Conference
Living Landscapes Conference
June 18-21, 2009

APPROACHES TO CREATING PERFORMANCES IN THE LANDSCAPE
@ the Living Landscapes Conference
Aberystwyth University, Wales

Marilyn Arsem (MAG) leads three work sessions for practitioners.

This four-day trans-disciplinary conference attends to the manifold and diverse relationships actual and potential between landscape, environment and performance; it draws together artists, practitioners and academics from such fields as geography, archaeology, anthropology, performance, music and dance studies, media studies, museology, cultural and environmental policy, folklore studies, art history.

mobius: Reading
The Tiki Room by Cathy Nolan Vincevic (MAG)
Friday June 19 & Saturday June 20th @ 7:30 pm

Mobius Artist Cathy Nolan Vincevic & mobius present:

The Tiki Room
a reading from Ms. Vincevic's book, @mobius

This event will benefit Mobius with an entry charge of $5.

Award-winning Playwright, Poet, Acclaimed Actor, Nehassaiu de Gannes wrote about the Tiki Room:

"Your memoir is achingly beautiful, exquisitely written, and handled with such deftness and depth, it most certainly demonstrates patient self-reflection, mastery of craft and form as well as a literary tenderness. At times the level of remembered detail, the sensory, the natural world---and your ability to find a language capable of containing your internal landscape, in sentences which flow as naturally as breath, is quite stunning. I am in admiration of your work. I am in admiration of your life."

Cathy Vincevic is a recent graduate of Goddard College where she was awarded a M.A.. She has been a member of Mobius since 1994 and has performed here and abroad.

For more information on Ms. Vincevic and her book please visit:
http://authortree.com/CVincevic

Boston: Opening Reception & Exhibit
Photographs by Bob Raymond and
Installation by Wenxiong Lin @Studio Soto
EXHIBIT: June 21st through July 19th, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday June 21st, 3-7pm

Studio Soto presents:

this: moment
missives from another world

photographs by Bob Raymond (MAG)

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S T I L L M O V E

installation by Wenxiong Lin

Studio Soto at Thompson Design Group
35 Channel Center Street, corner
gallery hours Fri 4 - 7; Sat 2 - 5; Sun 2 - 5
www.studiosoto.org

Boston: Performance Art
Every day @12 noon: Oct 7, 2007 - Oct 6, 2009
Trinity Church

The Human Cost of War
Joanne Rice (MAG)

The Weapons That Kill Civilians - Deaths of Children
and Noncombatants in Iraq, 2003-2008
New England Journal of Medicine, April 16, 2009

to download and read this article, please click here:
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/360/16/1585.pdf

photo: Jane Wang (MAG
Ana's house
photo: Jane Wang

About Mobius:
Mobius (est. 1977) is a non-profit, artist-run organization, whose mission is to generate, shape and test experimental art. The members of the organization believe an effective strategy for supporting this art is to establish grounds that build relationships among fellow artists. Mobius is committed to structuring environments that foster projects incorporating a wide range of disciplines. This approach sets in motion situations where the artist's impact can be seen locally, nationally and internationally. Constructing art initiatives outside accepted frameworks and encouraging animated discourse with the public are fundamental to Mobius.

Founded by Marilyn Arsem in 1977, Mobius is known for incorporating a wide range of the visual, performing, and media arts into innovative live performance, video, installation and intermedia works. Mobius has produced hundreds of original works that have attained critical acclaim in Boston, nationally and internationally. Works created at Mobius have been presented throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

For more on Mobius click HERE.

Mobius, Inc is funded by the Tanne Foundation; the Nonsequitur Foundation; the Boston Redevelopment Authority; the LEF Foundation; the Boston Cultural Council,a municipal agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; the Oedipus Foundation; and generous private support.

mobius
725 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118
www.mobius.org

FRESH POND EVENING WALK IN THE UPPER CAMBRIDGE WATERSHED - June 15, 2009

2009-06-15T01:12:00.000-07:00

Monday, June 15, 2009, 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Water Purification Facility Front Door

Chip Norton, Cambridge Watershed Manager, will lead one of his popular walks through Cambridge-owned land in the upper watershed. This time we will explore property on Route 117 in Lincoln, and will hike the trail network between Twin Pond and Beaver Pond. This will be about a 3-mile hike. We will carpool from the Water Dept. parking lot, leaving promptly at 6 pm, or you can meet us at the parking lot on Rt. 117 at 6:30. RSVP!

These events are FREE and open to the public. Children are welcome in the company of an adult. Please register for each event that you plan to attend. Important information on location and parking will be given to you when you register.

E-mail Elizabeth Wylde, events organizer at: friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.comor

Offered by Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation, June 2009

FRESH POND PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE BIOCONTROL MONITORING - June 14, 2009

2009-06-14T00:08:00.000-07:00

Sunday, June 14, 1:00 to 3:00 pm, Water Purification Facility Front Door

You can participate in Fresh Pond's Purple Loosestrife Biocontrol Project by helping collect plant data from the wetland where we released Galerucella beetles (on May 6) for the third year. No experience is necessary: we will explain the project and give you a training session.

These events are FREE and open to the public. Children are welcome in the company of an adult. Please register for each event that you plan to attend. Important information on location and parking will be given to you when you register.

E-mail Elizabeth Wylde, events organizer at: friendsoffreshpond@yahoo.comor

Offered by Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation, June 2009

BOSTON AREA ARTADIA AWARDS 2009 - June 15, 2009

2009-06-08T22:48:00.000-07:00

APPLY NOW! APPLICATIONS CLOSE MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009

Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is now accepting applications for the Artadia Awards 2009 Boston from all visual artists living and working in metro Boston. Individual artists and collaboratives working in all media and at any point in their career are strongly encouraged to apply. Awardees will be selected in the summer of 2009 through Artadia’s two-tiered jury process.

For eligibility requirements, and to access the web-based application, please visit our website.

www.artadia.org

All applications must be submitted online by Monday, June 15, 2009 at 11:59pm (EST).

Artadia’s mission is to encourage innovative practice and meaningful dialogue across the United States by providing visual artists in specific communities with unrestricted awards and a national network of support. Founded in 1997, Artadia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Artadia Awards are determined through a jury process that employs nationally prominent curators, artists, and critics. Since its founding, Artadia has awarded over $2.0 million to more than 200 artists in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Most recently Artadia launched an artist residency program, which brings Artadia Awardees from each of its program cities to New York for a three-month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn. The program is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Visionary support for Artadia in Boston is provided by the LEF Foundation, two anonymous family foundations, and many generous individuals.

BROOKLINE ARTS CENTER PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION - June 18 - July 17, 2009

2009-06-06T00:35:00.000-07:00

Photo one: Really big show, Bangkok, Thailand, by John Martino
Photo two: Bling, Hanoi, Vietnam, by John Martino

Also available in larger resolution images.

Background information:

Photographs available
Interviews available:
John Martino

For Immediate Release

Press Contact:
Susan Navarre
617.566.5715
bac@brooklineartscenter.com

JOHN MARTINO BRINGS AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
IN HIS BLACK AND WHITE SERIES SHOTS ABROAD
AT THE BROOKLINE ARTS CENTER IN JUNE AND JULY

(Brookline, MA – JUNE 5, 2009) When Boston area photographer John Martino made a trip to San Francisco in 1999, the coastal city inspired him to explore beyond the borders of the United States. Standing at the Pacific shore, he started to plan longer trips: west to Asia and east to Europe.

Shots Abroad: International Photography by John Martino, which is on view at the Brookline Arts Center from Thursday, June 18 to Friday, July 17, 2009, presents a selection of black and white photographs from Martino’s voyages across Asia and Europe. A free opening reception with Martino will be held on Thursday, June 18 from 6:00 – 8:00pm.

“When I am out in the streets photographing, I try to notice the details that imply a larger context,” says Martino. “With the camera, I transform my surroundings into an image that is also a work of fiction. The best photographs bring a magical perspective: they cast spells that charm the viewer into attention.”

“We have shown John Martino’s Boston-based photography in previous shows,” says exhibition curator Susan Navarre. "Now, it’s very exciting to see the connections he made with other cultures during his four-month immersion in the cultures of Asia. And always, John’s stunning black and white prints are filled with the rich hues and detail of traditional photography on film.”

Martino lives near the Brookline Arts Center, in the Fenway neighborhood. He is from the Pittsburgh area and has a Ph.D. in English from West Virginia University. Martino’s work has been collected by the Boston Public Library and the New England School of Photography, and was featured in one-person exhibitions at the Eclipse Gallery, Stairwell Gallery and the Massachusetts State House in Boston; and McQuade Art Gallery, Olin Gallery, Khaki Gallery and Village Art Gallery elsewhere in Massachusetts.

Shots Abroad is on view Monday through Friday from 9:00am – 4:30 pm. The Brookline Arts Center is located at 86 Monmouth St., at the corner of St. Mary’s Street, and is convenient to public transportation and wheelchair accessible. For more information, please call 617-566-5715 or visit www.brooklineartscenter.com

“Shots Abroad” International Photographs by John Martino
June 18 - July 17, 2009
Opening reception: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 6 - 8 p.m.

MOBIUS DRAWING MARATHON - June 28, 2009

2009-06-05T04:23:00.000-07:00

MOBIUS invites you to participate in a DRAWING MARATHON on JUNE 28, 2009

DAWN TO DUSK!!!

www.mobius.org

ALL LEVELS OF ABILITY WELCOME

Contact: margaretbellafiore@verizon.net

Mobius is located at 725 Harrison Avenue in the South End, Boston.

About Mobius:

Mobius (est. 1977) is a non-profit, artist-run organization, whose mission is to generate, shape and test experimental art. The members of the organization believe an effective strategy for supporting this art is to establish grounds that build relationships among fellow artists. Mobius is committed to structuring environments that foster projects incorporating a wide range of disciplines. This approach sets in motion situations where the artist's impact can be seen locally, nationally and internationally. Constructing art initiatives outside accepted frameworks and encouraging animated discourse with the public are fundamental to Mobius.

Founded by Marilyn Arsem in 1977, Mobius is known for incorporating a wide range of the visual, performing, and media arts into innovative live performance, video, installation and intermedia works. Mobius has produced hundreds of original works that have attained critical acclaim in Boston, nationally and internationally. Works created at Mobius have been presented throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Mobius, Inc is funded by the Tanne Foundation; the Nonsequitur Foundation; the Boston Redevelopment Authority; the LEF Foundation; the Boston Cultural Council, a municipal agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; Foundation for Contemporary Arts;
the Oedipus Foundation; and generous private support.

mobius
725 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118
www.mobius.org

Is this a drawing? Ana's house What is a "drawing"?

What happens when you draw for a long sustained period of time???

Find your answers at the marathon! Experiment. Surprise yourself.

Bring drawing tools and something to draw on.

Mobius will provide still and not so still subjects for you to draw all day long! Free parking as it is a Sunday. The space is air conditioned.

Ana's house

Door opens at 8 am and closes at 8 pm.
You are welcome to start drawing at any time.

DONATION TO MOBIUS: $10.00

CAMBRIDGE GALLERY EXHIBITION - June 1-30, 2009

2009-05-31T02:03:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to let you know you about my show at 1369 Coffee Houset in Central Square, Cambridge.. Would you help me again with promoting my event -whether by calendar listing, web link or otherwise.

Name of the Art-show: Cambridge, my hometown

Cost : Free

Location: 1369 Coffee House
Central Square
757 Mass Ave.
Cambridige, MA 02139

Dates: During the month of June, 2009

I have always been proud to call Cambridge - the little city with a big heart - my hometown. The reasons for this are many: its historical traditions, striving towards political and social justice, its cultural innovations and creation of scientific ideas and - not least - its beauty.

Here are my two Web-sites:
http://www.bioling.org/lale/index.htm
http://web.me.com/laleart

Please don't hesitate to contact me, if you have further questions..

Thank you very much for all your help,
Lale Berke-Jenkins

JIMMY TINGLE EVENTS - June 14 - July 18, 2009

2009-05-30T00:42:00.001-07:00

Hi Folks!

If you're looking for something truly unique for a Father's Day gift, may I suggest a great night of "Boston Comedy at its Best."

June 14th will be the funniest show you could possibly see in 2009 when many of the best comics ever to come out of Boston including Steve Wright, Steve Sweeney, Mike Donovan, Kenny Rogerson, Tony V, Jimmy Smith, Bob Seibel, Brian Powers, Jonathan Katz, Mike Bent, Rich Ceisler, Tom Gilmore, Bill Braudis and more roll into the Ahavath Torah Congregation in Stoughton, MA for one night only.

I REALLY look forward to hosting this extraordinary event for two extraordinary causes.

Proceeds form the show benefit the college scholarship fund of Carly Lazarus the daughter of our Late Great Friend and Brilliant Comic Bob Lazarus, who lost his heroic battle with Leukemia January 4th, 2009, on his 53rd Birthday.

Proceeds will also benefit Bob's Synagogue Ahavath Torah Congregation in Stoughton, which was a great source of comfort, support and inspiration to Bob and his family during the difficult months of his illness.

We urge you to order tickets as soon as possible if you would like to attend. All services charges are included in the cost of the tickets when ordering on line or by phone with a credit card.

BEER & WINE WILL BE AVAILABLE

Enjoy!
JT

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-----ONE NIGHT ONLY-----
Bob Lazarus Memorial Comedy Show
Sunday, June 14th, 2008 7:00pm
Ahavath Torah Congregation
1179 Central Street, Stoughton, MA 02072

Featuring comedians Steve Wright, Jimmy Tingle, Steve Sweeney, Mike Donovan, Tony V, Rich Ceisler, Jonathan Katz, Ken Rogerson, Bill Campbell, Jimmy Smith, Bill Braudis, Mike Bent, Brian Powers and others.

Proceeds of the show will benefit the Carly Lazarus College Fund and Stoughton's Ahavath Torah Congregation, of which Bob was an active member.

Tickets are on sale now. Click here to purchase online or
call 866-811-4111 to order by phone
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Featured Upcoming Events

Saturday, June 13th, 2009 8:00 PM
JIMMY TINGLE IN CONCERT: A LAUGHTER STIMULUS PLAN
Regent Theatre
Arlington, MA

Sunday, June 14th, 2009 7:00PM
Bob Lazarus Memorial Comedy Show
Ahavath Torah Congregation
Stoughton, MA

Saturday, June 20th, 2009 8:00 PM
Tupelo Music Hall
Londonderry, NH

Saturday, July 18th, 2009 7:00 PM
Iron Horse Music Hall
Northampton, MA

LYNN ART GALLERY EXHIBITION - June 15 - July 17, 2009

2009-05-30T00:39:00.000-07:00

Contact:
Susan Halter, Executive Director, LynnArts, Inc., swhalter@lynnarts.org, 781-598-5244

*Please see image of work by Sand T attached.
Image caption: Lightscape, made of epoxy resin and graphite on acrylic glass panel, dimension 11"x11"x2.25".
For more high resolution jpeg images, please contact exhibiting artist Sand T at st@sandtworks.com

SAND T
new works
TOUCH ME NOT
Willow Community Gallery in LynnArts, Inc.
June 15 - July 17, 2009.
Reception: Saturday, June 27, 2-4pm

(LYNN, MA) - Unless there are specific instructions otherwise, it’s a common museum and gallery policy that viewer’s are not to touch artworks in order to protect them from damage.

Malden artist Sand T has chosen “TOUCH ME NOT” as the exhibition theme because her work pushes the “no touching” policy to new heights of temptation. The glistening, shining surfaces of her paintings give them an appearance of being wet with beaded water. The physical properties of the paintings fill viewers with an almost irresistible urge to touch them.

However, if the artwork is touched, it is easily scratched and residues from oils and salts from fingertips and hands are left behind. This will cause major damage to the surfaces over time.

In response to this dilemma, the artist has created a special piece of artwork entitled “PLEASE DO TOUCH” as part of the collection in this exhibit. Sand T says she “hopes this particular piece gratifies the 100 touch receptors in each of your fingertips, and the other works touch your sense of sight and artistic sensibility.

Viewers will have a chance to see 10 new pieces from Sand T’s latest collection in this solo exhibit at the Willow Community Gallery at LynnARTS from June 15 through July 17, 2009. The public is cordially invited to a reception with the artist scheduled for Saturday, June 27, from 2-4pm.

SAND T’s new works on acrylic glass panel using epoxy resin and graphite create a meditative visual experience with basic elements of dot, line, color, surface and light. They suggest abstract concepts such as time, concentration, and the meditative energies of motion.

Simplicity, repetition, and structure inspire the unifying theme of this exhibition. This is achieved through lines drawn with graphite, dots formed by resin droplets, monochromatic color scheme, square panels and light.

These newly created works will join another 90 pieces of the series in an exhibition at the Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah at University Sains Malaysia in Penang, Malaysian for the month of December in 2009.

Sand T was awarded FIRST PLACE by Nick Capasso, Senior Curator of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park of Lincoln, MA for works from this series submitted to a juried show at Clark University in November 2007.

Sand T has exhibited her work in solo shows in Malaysia and the United States. She has participated in group shows in the United States, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. Her work resides in public and private art collections worldwide, including Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and The United States.

LynnArts is a private non-profit dedicated to enriching the lives of Lynn residents and the Greater North Shore Community by offering cultural and educational programming that fosters an appreciation of, and access to, the visual and performing arts.

“TOUCH ME NOT” exhibition is on view from June 15 through July 17. Galleries at LynnArts are open on Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 10 am- 4 pm, Thursday, 10 am -7 pm. For more information please contact Susan Halter at swhalter@lynnarts.org , call 781-598-5244 or visit website www.lynnarts.org

LynnArts, Inc. is located at 25 Exchange Street, Lynn, 01901. For directions to LynnArts Inc. Click here for printable (.pdf) directions 2 hour street parking adjacent to and in front of LynnArts. There is additional parking in a lot in the rear of the building.

LYNN ART AUCTION - June 6, 2009

2009-05-29T01:49:00.000-07:00

RED HOT Revelry
LynnArts Annual Art Auction on June 6
3rd Thursdays logo
Saturday, June 6
7-10 pm
at LynnArts
25 Exchange Street
Lynn, MA 01901
www.lynnarts.org

Buy tickets and preview the art auction here!

Lynn, MA - On Saturday, June 6 LynnArts hosts RED HOT Revelry, our annual art auction and fundraiser. Each year the auction provides a wonderful opportunity to collect the work of North Shore artists and support the growth of the North Shore arts & culture community. This year, in addition to the original fine art and silent auction items which will be available for purchase, Red Hot Revelers can enjoy an evening of carnival themed fun. Try making a hole-in-one on the "Lynn Greenway," playing the ring toss, showing off your aim at the bean bag throw, or testing your luck with the lollipop raffle. You won't want to miss viewing the collection of vintage carnival banners painted by masters like Snap Wyatt that will be on display(courtesy of Dave Waller), or the opportunity to pose on a bucking shark in front of High Rock Tower. Guests are sure to enjoy this evening of festivities all in support of LynnArts programming.

As always our popular art auction will feature original artwork from area artists including: Jocelyn Almy-Testa, Donna Baldassari, Jennifer "Jeff" Bowie, Elaine Caliri Daly, Marilyn Cloran,Rick Cloran, Frank Costantino, Joanne Desmond, Rob Farris, Leslie Fahn Rosenberg, Jeff Fioravanti, Jake Fried, Marcia Hermann, Megan Holst, Liz Mitsuye Horwitz, Bridget Jourgensen, Gaspar LaFata, Elizabeth Lamb, Michael Milczarek, Steve Negron, Jean Noyes, David Parsons, Peter Pizzi, Barry Ridlon, Barbara Rafferty, Sand T and Martha Wakefield. The artists have donated work ranging from painting to jewelry, to hand crafted dollhouses.

This year we will also offer the "Wall of Miniatures" painted by many of the same artists listed above. This is a great opportunity to start your collection in an affordable and accessible way!

RED HOT Revelry wouldn't be possible without the generous support of our sponsors: Eastern Bank, The Hall Company, St. Jean's Credit Union, Community Credit Union, Edison Reality LLC, and John's Oil Company.

Proceeds from the event support the programs and services administered through LynnArts, including: vacation week classes for youth, year round gallery exhibitions, the Meet Me Downtown Festival of the Arts, and Third Thursdays. To learn more about LynnArts visit our website www.lynnarts.org.

Regular tickets are $25 and member tickets are $20. Light hors d'oeuvres and cash bar.

Please contact Cynthia Woo at (781) 598-5244 to learn more about how you can support LynnArts!

BOSTON GALLERY EXHIBITION - May 26 - June 30, 2009

2009-05-27T23:36:00.000-07:00

Unintended Consequences
Morgan Bulkeley
Catherine Kehoe
Donald Shambroom

May 26 - June 30, 2009

Opening Reception:
Friday, June 5th, 6-8pm

Left: detail, Kehoe, Green Peonies, oil on panel, 8 x 8"
Middle: detail, Bulkeley, Bee #3, guache on arches paper, 10 x 7"
Right: detail, Shambroom, Jerusalem Artichoke, 2008, oil on linen, 42 x 40"

Morgan Bulkeley is known for his paintings, sculpture and wood - carvings. Thematically his work deals with our, often, dysfunctional relationship with nature and with one another. Looking at one of Bulkeley's pieces the viewer is initially seduced by what appears to be a bright happy world. On closer inspection we discover that under this bright veneer of color and surface things are not going so well. Limbs litter the landscape along with beer cans, packs of gum, candy and cigarettes. A bear like creature stares out at us with a portion of a human torso in its mouth. Bulkeley makes work that encourages us to ponder the human condition while at the same time captivating us with his wit, whimsy and hand.

Catherine Kehoe, who is known for her self-portraits, treats her still-lifes with the same intensity, capturing diverse textures and effects with startling economy. There is a poignant melancholy in Kehoe's work that speaks to the passage of time and memory as well as endurance and strength. A highly accomplished draftsman Kehoe combines her drawing ability with a similar mastery of the palette knife. Using knife and brush she is able to construct compelling "portraits of flowers from planes of color".

Donald Shambroom makes large scale paintings of plants at unusual, often unnoticed points in their life cycle, in spring or early fall, before or after they have flowered. He is moved by the notion of animated things coming from the inanimate, as poppies growing from the trenches of war. The paintings begin with the study of these plants, followed by their sometimes, rapid re-animation in paint, and a reinvention of their gestures, color and light. Their growth is both exuberant and unpredictable. The results are paintings that are at the same time beautiful and provocative.

Howard Yezerski Gallery
460 Harrison Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts 02118
Tues.- Sat. 10 - 5:30pm
www.howardyezerskigallery.com

BOSTON GALLERY EXHIBITION - May 30 - July 3, 2009

2009-05-27T23:34:00.000-07:00

Success and Happiness:
New Work by AIR Alumni, Kelly Sherman

Barbara Krakow Gallery
10 Newbury St, 5th Floor
Boston, MA
617-262-4490

Exhibition: May 30th to July 3rd
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 30th, 3-5 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 20th, 2pm

K. Sherman/Success and Happiness

SOMERVILLE GALLERY EXHIBITION - June 5-6, 2009

2009-05-15T23:18:00.001-07:00

Nave Gallery, P.O. Box 43600, Somerville, MA 02143
mfiorenza@navegallery.org - www.artsomerville.org

For Immediate Release:
Contact: Michelle Fiorenza
The Nave Gallery
617-625-4823

Surprise the Tender Alphabet: image meets text
Curated by Ann Forbush and Jenny Lawton Grassl
June 5 ? June 28th

Surprise the Tender Alphabet: image meets text, features the following work of thirteen artists from the New England area, Louise Berliner, Jeanne Borofsky, Miss Lyn Cardinal, Abigail Child, David Curcio, Kay Dolezal, Ann Forbush, Fran Forman, Jenny Lawton Grassl, Melanie Hedlund, Trish Elwood O'Day, Heather Townsend, and James Zall These artists are painters, printmakers, photographers, sculptors and performance artists who embrace text or language in their artwork. Legible writing and poetry appear in some works while others offer more ambiguous or subliminal messages. Their alphabet takes many forms, from intimate handwriting scrawled in a diary to disintegrating messages found on the street; allowing the fusion of words and images to seduce, comfort or incite.

This exhibit opens on Friday, June 5th, 2009. There will be an artist reception held on Saturday, June 6th, 2009 from 3-5 p.m. For further information please contact Michelle Fiorenza at mfiorenza@artsomerville.org or visit our website at
http://www.artsomerville.org/

Parking: Available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School after 5:00 p.m. and on weekends. The lot is located on Raymond Street. At the intersection of Powderhouse and Curtis Street turn right onto Curtis and take the first left onto Raymond. The lot is located about 1 block down on the left.

MBTA: From Davis Square take Bus 88 - Clarendon Hill Highland Avenue. Exit at Broadway and Curtis St. and walk 3 blocks north on Curtis Street. Turn right onto Powderhouse Blvd. and the gallery will be immediately on your left.

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENT - May 30, 2009

2009-05-15T08:22:00.000-07:00

Saturday, May 30 - 9am-1pm
Somerville: Parking lot next to Dilboy Field
off Route 16/Alewife Brook (Across from Gulf gas station)

Free for residents from Somerville, Cambridge, Arlington & Belmont.

Businesses must pre-register by May 27 and will be invoiced for items ($7 per computer monitor / TV and $5 for each additional item. Commercial loads that do not register by May 27, will be turned away. To register, call 603-422-7711 or email tfatcheric@crtprocessing.com.

Please check the lists below to see what is and is not accepted. Stay in your vehicle. Items will be removed for you.

YES

* Computer Monitors (flat panels OK)
* Television Sets** (all sizes)
* Personal Computers
* Printers / Scanners / Fax machines
* Calculators
* Cell phones
* Electronic Scales
* Keyboards & Mice
* Microwaves
* Radios
* Stereos
* Telephones
* Toasters
* Vacuums

** Visit www.dtv2009.gov or call 1-888-CALL-FCC for a $40 coupon toward a TV converter box so that you can keep your TV after the digital TV transition on June 12th.

NO

* No White Goods (ex. Air Conditioners, Dehumidifiers, Refrigerators)
* No Batteries
* No Car Parts
* No Chemicals
* No Light Bulbs
* No Hazardous Waste
* No Metal Waste
* No Mercury Items
* No Tires

If you cannot make the event, check to see how residents can recycle computers/TVs, cell phones, or other household electronics.

More details: http://cambridgema.gov/theworks/news/electronicsevent.htm

ARTISTS & DESIGNERS WANTED - May 31, 2009

2009-05-13T12:27:00.000-07:00

Images are power. In this dynamic era compelling design can move millions and transcendent art can inspire a generation. From cave paintings of early man to today's industrial designers, art & design has uniquely shaped the world around us, each in its own distinct way. This contest is designed to answer the age old question: What shapes our world more, art or design? Opportunities will be created for everyone who participates and we are awarding over $11,000 in prizes. Every participant gets: 1) An online portfolio and international exposure, 2) A $70 "Thank You" package with gear and discounts to help further your work.

Details:

http://www.artistswanted.org/?art_deadlines

SUMMER COURSES AT LYNNARTS

2009-05-12T11:39:00.001-07:00

Contact: Cynthia Woo
781-598-5244
cynthiawoo@lynnarts.org

LynnArts Kids Summer Art Explorers Program 2009
for ages 6-12

John Avakian

Student work from April 2009 Art Explorers

ART EXPLORERS PROGRAM
LynnArts Art Explorers returns this summer with four weeks of exciting programs! Explorers will experience a broad range of
visual and performing art forms through hands-on-activities and discussions. Each week encourages creativity with projects that relate to a broader theme. Visual Art activities may include painting, multi-media sculpture, print-making and more. In
performing arts classes, explorers discover forms of expression through movement, acting, script-writing and story-telling. On
the last day of class, friends and family are invited to the
explorers' self-curated exhibit and performance! Performance, exhibition and reception at 2:30 on Fridays.

April and February Vacation weeks both filled up! Sign-up early
to ensure a spot in the program.

SUMMER DATES
All Programs 9 AM- 3 PM, Monday - Friday

WEEK 1: July 6-July 10 Art Lab! We'll explore the connections between art and science.

WEEK 2: July 13-17 Passport to Art. Travel the globe with
projects from cultures around the world.

WEEK 3: August 3-August 7 3...2...1 Blast Off! Projects inspired by the
sun, stars, planets and space.

WEEK 4: August 10-August 14 It's a zoo in here! Animals in art.

Program runs Monday-Friday. $150 for the first week/ $125 for each additional week. All programs include supervised lunch & breaks.
Students must bring their own snacks and lunch.
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR ALL PROGRAMS: Call 781.598.5244