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EDITOR
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Mo Ringey
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Carey Kalimba Scanlon Ascenzo
Lisa Clark
Susan Bergeron-West
Joyce Conlon
Doris Madsen
Sarah Pebworth
Michelle Cotugno
Bruce Barone
June
11, 2007
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PARADING AROUND THE JUST WONDERFUL
 In this crazy, mixed-up, shook-up world it is heartwarming when people do nice things. I wrote in my blog a while ago about everyone
who is helping me get my upcoming show together, thus transforming a
financially stressful situation into a heartwarming tale of a village
raising a show.
Stone Soup Concrete is actually taking most of
a work day off to lend me their truck and their might to deliver my
work for the show because I could not find a way to afford truck and
men rental and the work won't fit in my car, or on my muscles; not even
one item at a time. And it all has to be delivered on one day only so
this was a big project to tackle. Thanks to the Stone Soup Concrete folks, there will be a show. And thanks to Get Set Printing, there are postcards for the show and so I have been rescued.
And now Stone Soup Concrete is doing it again; they are having a fabulous benefit bash
for the children at the Hilltown Cooperative Charter School to raise
money for a school bus. These kids have no school bus currently and
it's hard to ride a pretend bus to field trips and other educational
outings so the SSC folks are buying them a little yellow school bus and
Greascar
is converting it to run on vegetable oil. What a lesson for the kids;
community participation, alternative fuel systems, philanthropy, and
celebration.
Get Set Printing,
one of my favorite local businesses owned and operated by real human
elements of our community, helped out with the postcards for the event.
And there
was a lot of behind the scenes involvement as well by anonymous local
human persons, just like our local human Stone Soup people.
Tickets
are $40 and include sushi, tapas, beer, soda, bands, a silent auction
and a really great time. Yes, all this for $40, plus knowing you helped
buy a bus for a bunch of kids. It's just wonderful.
Register now because tickets are limited. Please see the site for more details and to buy tickets or make a donation.
Your ticket gets you loads of fun and 5 karma chits. Rumored pony rides
are merely rumors but this event promises to be a fabulous ride on the
philanthropy-go-round.
P.S.
This week the new events are scarce but the new calls for artists are
abundant. Scroll down to see the listing of opportunities. It rained
them this week.
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NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS & COSTS
 This ain't no website.
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event submission using the form. Additional 10-15 minutes per
submissions that do not use the form. 5-10 minutes or more extra for
resizing overlarge images.
If you would like to skip the submission form and send me a press release;
I am willing to put in extra time to create a submission for you from a
press release and resize your image for a donation to the newsletter
expenses. Please inquire.
If you miss the deadline for the newsletter that week:
for a larger donation to the newsletter befitting the extra hours to
create a special announcement I will make an addendum for your event
alone. See me.
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NEWSLETTER:
For future reference, and because my website is averaging 4-5 thousand
unique views each month and I want to share that, I reformat and post
each weekly newsletter in the Archives
BLOG: I write a thrice weekly-ish blog; Art & About with Mo, at The Valley Advocate
RADIO: Wednesdays from 8-9 AM at 103.3 FM, Valley Free Radio.
NOTE:
The blog and the radio show are not extensions of this newsletter and
are not further venues for submissions/events although there may be
overlap in some cases. They are separate pursuits about arts in general
and are not calendar, newsletter or event-centric. They are things I do
for fun.
May 28, 2007
TO SUBMIT CONTENT TO THIS WEEKLY MONDAY NEWSLETTER PLEASE USE THE FORM AT THIS LINK
Submissions are due by Sunday at 5 pm for submission the next day. Please size images to be 100k MAX. Proof your work. Send only ONE submission per event. Gather all the information beforehand. Your stitch in time saves nine of mine.
Events run for 2 weeks, in most cases.
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THIS WEEK ON ON VFR: 103.3 FM
MO RADIO---> This Wednesday, June 14, 8-9 AM,
Mike Karmody of Stone Soup Concrete creation. Also, Heidi Coutu from gallery 137 in Indian Orchard.
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THIS WEEK ON WRITER'S VOICE with Francesca Rheannon: Writer's Voice on VFR 06/14/07
Time: 8 - 9 am
David Batstone talks about his book NOT FOR SALE, about the
modern Abolition movement, as well as the Not For Sale Campaign. Also, author
and anti-slavery activist Beatrice Fernando talks about her memoir, THE CONTEMPT
OF FATE: THE TALE OF A SRI LANKAN SOLD INTO SERVITUDE, WHO SURVIVED TO TELL IT.
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COLORS FOR A FRIDAY MORNING ON VALLEY FREE RADIO 06/08/07
Time: 10am to 12noon
Colors for a Friday Morning is an electric musical journey presenting a
wide range of musical styles. From the Jazz Standards, the Blues, Motown, R
& B, Doo-Wop, Reggae, Souka, Latin New Song, and African rhythms. Aretha,
Hendrix, Furtado, and Wonder are just a few others that can be heard on Colors
for a Friday Morning. ______________________________
THE MAN IN BLACK IS BACK! JOHNNY CASH NIGHT ON THE NIGHT CLUB, VALLEY FREE RADIO
103.3FM
Title: The Night Club Time: 8pm-10pm
Two hours of top quality music each week - this week, Eddie
and Linda Kennedy pay tribute to the Man in Black, the late great Johnny Cash.
You can e-mail the show at nightclub@valleyfreeradio.org |
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BLUE PLATE SPECIAL: REALISM FROM A BYGONE ERA
June 1 - 30, reception on Saturday, June 16 from 3 - 6 p.m.,
free and open to
the public.
 Gallery 137
BLUE PLATE SPECIAL: REALISM FROM A BYGONE ERA
6/1/2007 - 6/30/2007
Hours: 11 - 3 p.m. Wed - Sat
Featuring iconic images of diners & cafés by regional
artists Mo Ringey, Jeff Neumann, Bill Rohan, and Deborah Rubin in an exhibition
of classic Americana presented in oil, acrylic, assemblage and other mixed
media.
Artists' reception on Saturday, June 16 from 3 - 6 p.m., free and open to
the public.
Gallery Hours: Wed. - Sat. from 11 - 3 p.m. Call (413) 543-6994 or
visit www.Gallery137.org for more information and upcoming event
schedules.
Image: Blueplate Postcard front
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KATHY HIBSHMAN'S FIRST SOLO SHOW!
06/01/07 - 06/29/07 AT Northampton Center for the Arts
 Northampton Center for the Arts
KATHY HIBSHMAN'S FIRST SOLO SHOW!
Kathy Hibshman: Watercolors
06/01/07 - 06/29/07
Time: Gallery Hours
Although this is Kathy Hibshman s first solo exhibition of
paintings, it could be said that she has been enthralled with the creative
process for virtually her entire life. Hibshman's mother painted and worked
with clay. Consequently, she was exposed to numerous artistic opportunities even
as a little girl.
After studying art at Northwestern and Washington Universities, Hibshman
moved to rural Vermont and and founded Kaleidoscope Pottery. However, during the
25 years that she ran her production pottery (in Vermont, and later here in the
Northampton area) she carried a sketch book wherever she went, and recorded a
visual diary of her travels. Many of the works in her current show were inspired
by those sketches.
Although Hibshman worked primarily in black and white in her sketch books,
she became passionate about adding vibrant hues to her paintings after
experiencing the profusion of brilliant colors in the Caribbean on a vacation to
Jamaica in the late 1980 s.
Since selling Kaleidoscope Pottery in the early 1990 s, Hibshman and her
husband, Barry Schechter, have traveled to a number of places that have been
influential in the development of Kathy s artwork. In particular, New Zealand s
incredible scenic beauty and Italy s culture and artistic tradition have had
major impacts on her imagery. She has also been captivated by the big skies
and quality of light in the Tucson, Arizona, area, where she and Barry have
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AMHERST TOWN HALL HOSTS AN ART RECEPTION FOR "THE MOTHER AND THE MONK"
Thursday June 7th 2007. INTAGLIO PRINTS ON FABRIC BY GINEEN COOPER
 Thursday June 7th 2007
Show is up until August
Time: 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
"The Mother and the Monk",a new show opening at the Amherst
Town Hall this Thursday,features work by local artist Gineen Cooper. The opening
is from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and takes place during Amherst's Arts Night Out
Walk.
Meditations on the themes of spiritual practice,innocence and compassion
are at the center of these of intaglio prints. The artist experiments with
colored inks, fabric, antique wallpaper,handpainting, tinfoil and pvc vinyl as
well as traditional paper. Selections from five different series will be on
display until August. Stay tuned for an artist talk and upcoming art workshops
in the artists studio in Holyoke, Ma. www.gineen.com
Many blessings to all who helped make this possible!
A portion of the proceeds of sales will be given to Zen on Main, a space
for contemplative meditation practice and once-a-month all-day retreats in the
heart of Northampton.All are welcome. Zen on Main, 178 Main St, Noho,MA www.zenonmain.org
Note: thank god i took my own advice! and the form is like a smooth
steamship now....!
thanks MO you are suprimo, supremo
Blessings, Gineen |
PAINTINGS BY LARRY SMITH AND ANNIE ZIRIN
Opening
reception and Amherst Art Walk: June 7, 5-8 pm. Gallery A3, 28 Amity Street,
Amherst.
 PAINTINGS BY LARRY SMITH AND ANNIE ZIRIN
June at Gallery A3
6/7/07 - 6/30/07
Time: 1:00 - 7:00 pm
Larry Smith and Annie Zirin are exhibiting at Gallery A3
throughout June.
Larry Smith's work offers a fresh approach to still-life
painting and the common objects of our everyday lives. He's interested in chance
juxtapositions like the toothbrush left on the TV set or the car keys next to
the bananas. Rather than fitting his works into categories like breakfast piece
or workshop tools, he prefers the ambiguity of objects removed from their
typical context. Ambiguity is also part of his formal painting style, favoring
the use of intuition over any particular method or theory.
Annie Zirin's new
paintings are based on images from New Orleans in the days after Hurricane
Katrina. Zirin s work is lush, colorful and sometimes playful. It s also a clear
expression her questioning and criticism of the government's actions in New
Orleans. She wrote in a recent statement, To me they speak painfully to the
empty promises and disastrous rebuilding efforts that have unfolded over the
last two years policies that have ensured that the culturally vibrant, largely
African-American city we knew before the storm, is now just a memory.
Opening
reception and Amherst Art Walk: June 7, 5-8 pm. Gallery A3, 28 Amity Street,
Amherst. Hours: Wed-Sun, 1-7:00. Phone: 413/256-4250 www.gallerya3.com.
Image:
Here Comes the Flood, acrylic on board, Annie Zirin |
INNOVATIVE PROCESSES:
Reception: June 8th, 5:30-7:30 PM.
PRINTS BY ABBIE HENDRICKSON, CONSTANCE JACOBSON AND JOYCE
SILVERSTONE EXHIBITION AND DEMONSTRATION AT ZEA MAYS PRINTMAKING
INNOVATIVE PROCESSES: PRINTS BY ABBIE HENDRICKSON, CONSTANCE JACOBSON AND JOYCE
SILVERSTONE EXHIBITION AND DEMONSTRATION AT ZEA MAYS PRINTMAKING
05/25/07 - 06/29/07
Reception: June 8th, 5:30-7:30 PM
All three artists included in this exhibition take a very
non-traditional approach to printmaking. Jacobson prints with powdered graphite
suspended in oil, Silverstone on clayboard with alternative plates, inks and
paints, and Hendrickson is highly mix-media, printing on dried tea bags,
including stiching, gesso and more.
The artists will be demonstrating their
unique approaches to printmaking during the reception, FRIDAY JUNE 8TH -
5:30-7:30 PM. Come join us for this opportunity to see the magic!
The exhibition is open Tuesday - Friday, 12-5 and the first and third
weekend of June, 12-5. Zea Mays Printmaking is located at the Arts and Industry
Building, 221 Pine St. #320, Florence, MA. 413.584.1783.
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CLOSING THE GAP: NEW PAINTINGS BY SARAH BLISS
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 5:00-7:00 P.M.
CLOSING THE GAP: NEW PAINTINGS BY SARAH BLISS
The A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton presents exciting new work
by Sarah Bliss: an exhibition of large paintings on paper which combine oil and
acrylic with drawing media.
Opening Reception: Friday, June 8,
5-7 p.m. during Northampton s Arts Night Out.
Bliss, a Montague-based artist with a studio in Greenfield, describes her
paintings as physical records of a quest to close the gap between the lived
experience in the body and the physical manifestation of form through paint.
Starting from the body, she explains, I fall into the materials. A pulse is
activated that is then expanded through the opening of the third eye.
This
seeing-into and seeing-more-than pulses only as long as the mind s chatter is
set aside, and it is fed through a lateral seeing, a sidewise, elliptical,
spacious seeing. It is a tracker's seeing, scanning continuously, unarrested
and open. The seeing happens through not only the eyes, but through the whole
body, and the body reacts and twitches: energy transformed into marks, energy
traveling in a circuit through eye, belly, feet hands.
Concurrent exhibition in Gallery 1: photographs by Kati Koti and paintings
by Ryan McDonnell.
A.P.E. Gallery
3rd Floor, Thornes Marketplace, 150 Main Street
Gallery hours:
Monday through Saturday: 10-5
Sunday: 12-5
For more info:
Lisa Thompson, A.P.E. Gallery
413-586-5553
Note: Thanks so much, Mo, for this gift to the community. It is HUGELY
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"SURFACING" - 20 ALL NEW, THEMATICALLY INTERWOVEN WORKS BY NICK BAXTER
 06/09/07 - 07/08/07
Opening Reception 06/09/07 5-9pm
The fine art gallery space at Off The Map Tattoo Studio in
Easthampton, Massachusetts, will present an exhibition of paintings and
photographs by Nick Baxter entitled Surfacing. The exhibition, which is Nick s
first ever solo showing, opens June 9 and continues through July 8, 2007. It
will feature 20 all new, thematically interwoven works. The opening reception is
from 5 9 pm on June 9, coinciding with the ongoing Art Walk Easthampton event
(www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org)
Baxter, born in 1981 in New Haven Connecticut, has followed a lifelong
passion for creative self-expression. He attended many prestigious art schools
before pursuing a career in tattooing. He continues to develop and pursue his
interest in other fine art mediums such as painting, mixed media collage, and
photography. Tattooing six full years, Baxter has gained international acclaim
in the body art community for his thought-provoking, innovative motifs and has
become widely recognized by others in the tattoo industry for his combination of
fine art and technical tattooing skills. He has shown fine art works in numerous
group exhibitions since 2003, and has been featured in every major tattoo art
magazine.
For more info. and directions to the tattoo studio and its fine art
gallery space, call 413-527-6574, email them through
(frontdesk@offthemaptattoo.com), or view the website at (www.offthemaptattoo.com).
For a comprehensive collection of
Nick s artwork, visit his website at (www.nickbaxter.com)
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EVERY CHILD IS AN ARTIST.
THE PROBLEM IS HOW TO REMAIN AN ARTIST
ONCE WE GROW UP. ~PABLO PICASSO.
 The Elusie Gallery, Old Town Hall, Easthampton, MA
JOY IN ART
06/09/07 - 07/07/07 (oh my! is this bad luck?)
Artists reception June 14, 5-8pm
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an
artist once we grow up (Pablo Picasso): Could it be that individuals with mental
or intellectual challenges are actually able to do so? The question, and
potential controversy, is out. And some possible answers may be attempted while
visiting the Elusie Gallery's latest exhibit: JOY IN ART, featuring original and
limited edition work by Joy Gosselin; and original art by Steven Kennedy, Tony
Sadlowski, Dee Dee Sagan and Deyce Ferrer from the Riverside Arts Workshop.
Joy Gosselin, a resident of Chicopee, MA and 2005 graduate of Chicopee
High School is known for her use of vibrant colors and familiar objects in her
art. In order to bring her love of art to a broader spectrum, she started her
own fine arts business aptly named Joy to the World, in 2005, offering limited
edition prints and art cards reproduced from her original work.
Her work has been displayed at several venues including the Chicopee
Public Library and The Elms College. Last year Joy showed some of her work at
the A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton as part of "The Artistic Abilities Exhibition
of Visual Art" sponsered by Best Buddies Massachusetts.
The Riverside Art Workshop is a program run at Riverside Industries by
local artists Cailin Gibbons, Denise Herzog, Justin Kim and Cyndy Sperry and
funded by the State Departement of Mental Retardation. The work on display at
the Elusie Gallery is the result of a nine month pilot workshop.
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SAVE THE VIOLIN!
TRADITIONAL JEWISH MUSIC CONCERT, Fundraiser to Repair 1731
Violin
SAVE THE VIOLIN!
TRADITIONAL JEWISH MUSIC CONCERT,
Fundraiser to Repair 1731
Violin 06/15/07
Time: 7 pm
On Friday, June 15, 2007 at 7 pm, Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh and
Jazer Jiles Schwartz will perform Jewish music from the Eastern European, Gypsy,
and Klezmer traditions. The concert will be held in the Recital Hall at the
Northampton Community Music Center and hopes to raise funds to repair the 1731
violin owned by Yaeko Miranda Elmaleh.
While not the first collaboration between the two artists, this concert s
mission is unique in that it seeks to raise funds to repair Yaeko Miranda
Elmaleh s 1731 violin, which is currently unplayable due to a need for
age-related maintenance. Ms. Miranda Elmaleh has been playing it for 16 years
and praises its sweet and warm sound. The violin is an antique instrument
discovered in a pawn shop many years ago, she explains, and the quality of its
sound superbly complements the rich melodies of the music I play.
Yaeko Miranda (violin) graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music
with a Bachelor of Music. Yaeko has numerous competitions to her credit,
including first prize in the Arlington Philharmonic Concerto Competition and
second prize in the Brockton Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. She was
also a finalist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra concerto competition. Yaeko
tours with the internationally acclaimed "Klezmer Conservatory Band." She has
studied with Fudeko Takahashi, Michele Auclair, Ran Blake, and Hankus Netsky and
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KATIE KOTI AND RYAN MCDONNELL
TWO YOUNG AND CHALLENGING EMERGENT ARTISTS
THAT PRESENT A TANTALIZING PAIRING OF TALENTS THIS JUNE IN GALLERY ONE OF THE
A.P.E. ARTS SPACE.
KATIE KOTI AND RYAN MCDONNELL ARE TWO YOUNG AND CHALLENGING EMERGENT ARTISTS
THAT PRESENT A TANTALIZING PAIRING OF TALENTS THIS JUNE IN GALLERY ONE OF THE
A.P.E. ARTS SPACE.
New Work by Katie Koti and Ryan McDonnell
06/08/07 - 07/07/07
Time: M-Sat.10-5, Sun.12-5
Katie Koti presents two photographic suites, In the Light of Day and What
was Lost Along the Way that are visual extractions she has explored from the
common world. Koti s use of an abstract approach in the way the camera is
placed and the distance from which the subject is examined, allows her to
transform the simple into the profound and the mundane into beautiful. Her use
of extreme textural details exposes beauty in struggle and light in sadness.
Ryan McDonnell creates a wall sized painting that is reminiscent of
Jean-Michel
Basquiat, but with a spiritual twist. Ryan pursues his painting process
as monks do in the rituals of sand painting, only McDonnell's ecstatic gestures
and drips leave a permanent document in the layered painterly surfaces, a
perfect compliment with Koti's precise surfaces. The process of art making is
truthfully shamanistic to him, and sensitive viewers will sense this.
Image: KaieKoti.jpg
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THE ARTISAN GALLERY IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE NEW CERAMIC WORK OF STEPHANIE CRAIG AND TODD LEECH.
May 28-July 8, 2007
 TRANSFORMATIONS: The Compelling Ceramic Art of Stephanie Craig and Todd Leech
05/28/07 - 07/08/07
Time: Mon-Wed 10-6
Stephanie and Todd bring everything to their work.
They
explore, and probe, and sift through the mountain of evidence that we
are but a small part of the natural world. They acknowledge we are only
here for a limited duration. They encounter and respond to the natural
world on a very personal level. Memories, growth, and disintegration
are transformed by the alchemy of intellect, emotion and technical
virtuosity into works of compelling beauty. If the success of a work of
art can lie in its ability to arrest the internal chatter of the viewer
then this work succeeds. If great art achieves a beautiful complexity
and allows for a peaceful contemplation of the larger world - then this
group of works is a success on every level.
For more information contact:
Chuck Stern, Curator
413.586.1942
The Artisan Gallery
162 Main Street
Northampton, MA 01060
Hours:
Mon-Wed 10-6
Thur-Sat 10-9
Sun 12-5
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FIRST FRIDAYS - FEATURING JAZZ GUITARIST, DAVID ROSENTHAL
June 1, 7-9 PM. At Gallery 137, 137 Main Street, Indian Orchard.
 Gallery 137
FIRST FRIDAYS - FEATURING JAZZ GUITARIST, DAVID ROSENTHAL
First Fridays monthly series
Start Date: 6/1/2007
Time: 7 - 9 p.m.
An Award-winning guitarist, Longmeadow native David Rosenthal
has had the opportunity to perform with some of the biggest names in jazz,
including Hank Jones, Barry Harris, Jon Hendricks, Oscar Peterson, and more.
At
just 18, he has also sold out shows at The Iron Horse in Northampton and played
extensively around the country, including his performances at the 2005 and 2006
Grammy Awards.
Call (413) 543-6994 or visit www.Gallery137.org for more information and upcoming event
schedules.
Also visit www.davidrosenthal.com for more information on this amazing
performer. Open to the public, suggested donation of $5.
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8TH ANNUAL RESIDENT ART SHOW
Reception 4-5 pm on
June 3
8TH ANNUAL RESIDENT ART SHOW
Title: Residents Gallery Art Show
6/03/2007 - 6/28/2007
Time: On Going
Come meet the eleven artists at opening reception 4-5 pm on
June 3. Paintings in variety of mediums by Tiyo Asai, Ed Chandless, Annabelle
Coelen, Lisa Colt, Margery Cornwall, Gerry LoGalbo, Jody Mills, Barbara Snoek,
Diedrick Snoek, Marjorie Tauer, and Howard Sacks.
Note: This jpeg is a water color entitled "Monhegan Row Boats" by Ed
Chandless.
mtauer70@yahoo.com
Marjorie Tauer
Lathrop Easthampton Art Gallery
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"That Special Place"
"Flowers", A series of paintings by Pacifico A.Palumbo
"That Special Place"
Green Emporium Gallerypresents "Flowers"A series of paintings byPacifico A.Palumbo
"April Showers
Bring May Flowers."Fiore, Fleurs, Flor, Flowers. No matter
how we say it, we all love them.
Artist Pacifico A. Palumbo presents a
collection of his latest "Floral
Paintings" May 31st.- June
30th.
Opening reception Thursday May 31st.6 p.m.- 8
p.m.
Preview Show: www.pacificopalumbofineart.com
Florals
Green Emporium Gallery On the
common Colrain Ma. 4 Main Rd. Colrain Ma.info @greenemporium.com.
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AFTER-HOURS AT CUP AND TOP CAFE!
THE ART SALON
 AFTER-HOURS AT CUP AND TOP CAFE!Title: THE ART SALON
Start Date: Ongoing
End Date: Summer schedule TBA
Time: Sundays 5:30pm & Tuesdays 7:00pm
Description: For Beginners, Non-Artists, and Pros alike!
Hosted and Facilitated by Northampton artist Dana Wilde.
Creative drawing and writing exercises help you access your creativity,
express yourself, and generate some ART in a fun, exploratory environment. Great
for folks who feel creatively-challenged, and for artists who want to get
unstuck, come out of isolation, or try on a whole new art-form!
Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to sign-in, get refreshments, and settle
in. We start on time.
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DANDIE IN THE UNDERWORLD IS IN SEARCH OF LOCAL INDIE/DIY CRAFTERS
AND ARTISTS
call for indie crafters
DANDIE IN THE UNDERWORLD IS IN SEARCH OF LOCAL INDIE/DIY CRAFTERS
AND ARTISTS
call for indie crafters
Start Date: now
End Date: ongoing
Time: 24/7
Dandie in the Underworld is opening very soon and we need you.
We re a small boutique and art space hidden in an alley of downtown
Northampton, MA selling crafty- type goods from local artists (western mass
peeps). The boutique is entirely decorated with recycled goods, things we found
and have given new life. We re giving back to the community by providing an
outlet for all of the local underground crafters and we hope you want to be a
part of it.
Art meets function here. Everything is unique, no two pieces are the same.
But we re not a gallery. We re not looking for fine-art, it s all about those
funky/cutesy things you make. Anything from hand-knit scarves, bags, wallets,
jewelry, cards, clothes, pins....whatever you do, we want. It doesn t have to be
traditional, and the less traditional the better. Nothing is too out there for
us. This is the opportunity for all of you with that knack for creating stuff to
have it showcased in our boutique.
If you re as excited as we are and want some more info or have stuff you
want to sell please email marisa at marisa@marisafilippone.com or give a call
(ask for rosa) at 413.387.6778.
We need your goods soon so hurry!
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CALLS FOR ARTISTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
 IT'S TIME TO PUT ON YOUR THINKING "CUP" AND SHOW US YOUR BRA! Show Us Your BRA! 2007 Call to "Bratistes" DUE-09/23/07
The Breast Form Fund Presents: SHOW US YOUR BRA! 2007 - CALL TO ARTISTS
THE CONTEST
All Bratistes are invited to create and name up to two 3-dimensional,
not necessarily functional, human-sized or miniature BRAS made from
nonperishable materials. Prizes will be awarded to top bra creations in both
categories. The deadline for submissions is September 23, 2007 at 2 pm. Entry
form and details are available at www.showusyourbra.org or 413-584-6673.
THE AUCTION & GALA
October 13, 2007
7 pm, Northampton Center for the Arts, 17 New South St, Northampton, Mass.
Silent and live auction of bra creations plus delicious food & drink
and lively music, $30 donation, tickets are available on line at www.showusyourbra.org
THE CALENDAR
The 2008 Calendar of prize-winning bras will be available at the auction,
online at www.showusyourbra.org and in stores November 2007.
All proceeds from this fabulous three-part fundraising event benefit the
Breast Form Fund, a nonprofit organization that provides post-mastectomy
prostheses and bras to uninsured and underinsured women, helping breast cancer
survivors look and feel beautiful. www.thebreastformfund.org
Our generous sponsors are Baystate Regional Cancer Program s Comprehensive
Breast Center, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Florence Savings Bank, The Lathrop
Community, State Street Wines and Spirits, The Valley Advocate, Whole Foods,
WRNX and Marcus Printing.
NORTHAMPTON ARTS COUNCIL WILL PRESENT SELF REFLECTION, A JURIED EXHIBITION OF
SELF-PORTRAITS BY ARTISTS LIVING AND WORKING IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
Title: Self Reflection
Start Date: 10/02/07
End Date: 10/31/07
Time: reception TBA
Self Reflection will provide an opportunity and venue for
artists from throughout our region to draw attention to who is making art, where
they are working, how they see themselves, and how their work mirrors our
society.
All 2 and 3 dimensional media including painting, mixed media,
photography, sculpture, printmaking, digital, and video and performing arts will
be considered for Self Reflection. The Hosmer Gallery offers a variety of
display options and we hope to exhibit a wide range of work.
Information and call for entry forms are available at
northamptonartscouncil.org and the Hosmer Gallery. Applications are due August
15, 2007.
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NORTHAMPTON ARTS COUNCIL WILL PRESENT SELF REFLECTION, A JURIED EXHIBITION OF
SELF-PORTRAITS BY ARTISTS LIVING AND WORKING IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
Self Reflection
Self Reflection will provide an opportunity and venue for
artists from throughout our region to draw attention to who is making art, where
they are working, how they see themselves, and how their work mirrors our
society.
All 2 and 3 dimensional media including painting, mixed media,
photography, sculpture, printmaking, digital, and video and performing arts will
be considered for Self Reflection. The Hosmer Gallery offers a variety of
display options and we hope to exhibit a wide range of work.
Information and call for entry forms are available at
northamptonartscouncil.org and the Hosmer Gallery. Applications are due August
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Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Artist-in-Residency program
Because Exceptional Talent Deserves to be
Supported--
Are you ready for your
residency?
UPCOMING APPLICATION DEADLINES:
July 2008 - December
2008
Deadline for Application:
September 30, 2007
January 2009 -
June 2009
Deadline for Application:
February 28,
2008
Few programs exist either on the national or
international level where the sole mission is to support the creativity of
artists. From the beginning, the art-making process has been the highest
priority at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, where both the atmosphere
and environment offer ideal situations for creative growth and experimentation.
We address the practical aspects of this mission by providing well-equipped
studio spaces, living accommodations and monthly stipends. Located in two urban
warehouses totaling 110,000 square feet, our facilities are designed to foster
creativity and the productive exchange of ideas. Artists from around the world
come to the Bemis Center to work in this supportive community and confront new
challenges.
Applications available at www.bemiscenter.org
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CALL FOR MOSAIC ART
due 6/30/07
THE SOMERVILLE MUSEUM WILL
HOST the ART OF MOSAIC IN NEW ENGLAND
SEPTEMBER 6 - OCTOBER 6, 2007-- ONLINE APPLICATION AND INFORMATION
BELOW
The Art of Mosaic
LINK
CALADAN GALLERY presents: TRAVELS-- A JURIED EXHIBITION about PLACES
We are tapping into the broad experiences of our
travels, be they around the
corner, to distances known and unknown, internal or
external. We are
documenting the journey from here to there. Pollen travels, light travels, and so
do
we. Our
journeys are simple and complex, can be both exhilarating and
disturbing, purposeful, or not. We absorb beauty, information, and pure
reaction to
experience.
We watch the seeds of the great Oak tree travel and replicate
itself. The
bee travels to replicate life. We
travel to understand our world.
Or simply to enjoy it. We are seeking art that reflects the
journey.
Participating artists will be selected by the Caladan
Gallery staff, with one
or more artists being awarded a solo exhibition. Artists working in
painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography,
digital, textiles, mixed
media, and installation are eligible. Video work cannot be accommodated at
this
time.
Caladan Gallery presents timely and relevant virtual
exhibitions that are
unique in concept and presentation. The exhibitions are very carefully
juried
and considered, each accepted artist tending to work
within the parameters of
the intentions of the concept for any particular
month. We also have affordable
membership opportunities. We are artist-friendly, keeping our fees
and
commissions as low as possible, doing extensive
listings and fresh press releases
monthly.
Dialogues between over 10,000 UNIQUE visitors each month and many
artists have found expansive opportunities as a result
of their exposure on the
Gallery Site.
Many artists have had the opportunity to exhibit at our physical
sister gallery in Lawrence, Massachusetts, as
well. We have been online
since October of 2003, and have been extremely
fortunate to create an exciting,
diverse, and active meeting place for artists and
viewers alike, creating a warm
and positive virtual atmosphere. Visit the Gallery Site at
www.caladangallery.com <http://www.caladangallery.com/>
to see the current and past exhibitsand for more information!
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CALL FOR ENTRIES - ARTISTS' BOOK EXHIBITION
ZEA MAYS PRINTMAKING
BookMarks ZMP deadline for entries 7/16/07
Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA is very excited to host the 4th Annual
Artists Book Exhibition, entitled BookMarks ZMP. The Exhibition runs Sept 11
- Oct 26, 2007 and we are currently seeking submissions.
This year s exhibition will be presented in conjunction with the
Museums10 BookMarks celebration, a region-wide year of exhibitions and
programs dedicated to the book. We are honored to have Ruth R. Rogers who is
the Special Collections Librarian at Wellesley College as this year s juror. We
invite you to submit your best work for her review.
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Due June 15,
2007WORKS ON PAPER~~CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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