| MOSELY MO
& RACHEL RAY, BFF
Best Friends
Forever!
A funny
thing happened on the way to the Open Square reception last week.
Just as I
was leaving the phone rang. It was Paul. Paul works for the Rachel Ray Show.
Pat, who with her husband Roy had popped in at my reception at The
Pegasus Gallery in Provincetown a few weeks back and then had invited Maureen
and I to a seafood luau on the beach complete with bonfire the next evening, had
emailed the show thinking that Rachel Ray's set needed a fridgequeen fridge to
make it really cool. Nice thinking!
So Paul
asked me to send some pictures of myself and my fridges and samples of my radio
show (Wednesday mornings from 8-9 AM on Valley
Free Radio, WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM) and other useful information. So I agreed to
do so and went off to the reception and, uncharacteristically for me, did not
mention a word about the phone call to anyone. Okay--one person but that was IT.
But then I thought about it and it hit me that they wanted this stuff
because they were considering having me on the show and I got really nervous.
There aren't even pictures of me on my website
except the one on my
old, set out to pasture, site with me sitting inside a fridge wearing my
double cartridge chemical respirator. I don't like pictures of me. TV involves
cameras.
3 days later Meredith called. Meredith works for the Rachel Ray
show. Meredith was high energy. Meredith asked me about me and my fridges and
other appliances. I guess my narrative lacked that certain Je Ne Sais Wow!
because partway through she cut in and said, "Okay! Thanks so much! We'll keep
you in mind! Just in case, you know, we do a show like that, you know,
something... crafty-like. Thanks!!"
And so there will be no "Mosely Mo
(Mo is short for Mosely Josely which is what I was called growing up) and Rachel
Ray show".
But in the interim I *did* think about what it would be like
to be on the show, IF they would refrain from calling my sculptures *craft*...
I didn't see myself on her couch on the set in NYC with a room at a
fancy hotel with a doorman, but rather sitting in my special garden along the
canal where I make
plaids and we'd be all bundled up because it's getting cold and maybe we'd
have a bonfire. And we'd chat about art and appliances and, just like my hero
Polly in, "I've
Heard the Mermaids Singing", I would make the most astoundingly brilliant
comments about life and art and the Theory of Relativity and then all my friends
would nonchalantly drop by, conveniently wearing their art as sandwhich boards
or sculptures as hats. It'd be just like Pee Wee's Playhouse and everyone would
get on TV! There'd be no end to the parade of artists with art in hand and I'd
introduce them all to Rachel Ray.
I'd say, "Amy
"Bannerqueen" Johnquest! What are you doing here? Gosh! Your "Resurrection
Boy" banner looks fabulous as a dashieki! Rachel, did you know Amy and I are
showing at the NCA
next month? Do come!" And RR (we'd be BFFs by now) would be so chagrined that
she couldn't make the reception with rumored accordian player and wine and
cheese but she'd buy everyone's art because she's a big, rich TV star! And then
that song, "Love is in the air" would come on and we'd all laugh and dance
around the garden in the setting sun and get parting gifts like Swarovsky
Crystal-encrusted Blackberries and Harry Winston diamond friendship rings and
gilded sushi.
So you can see why I'll never be on the Rachel Ray show.
But my version of events was fun while it lasted.
Pictured: Rachel
Ray WOWing the studio audience with my sculpture,
"Narcissivision".
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ARE WE HERE
YET? Works on
Paper and Installation by Larry Slezak
 The Holyoke
Community College
TABER ART GALLERY
presents
ARE WE HERE
YET?
Works on Paper and Installation by LARRY SLEZAK
Oct. 9 -
Nov.2, 2006
Gallery talk/Reception - Wed. Oct.11
11am - 1pm - gallery talk
begins at noon
The Taber Art Gallery is open to the public and is
conveniently accessed through the HCC Campus Library in the Donahue Building.
Hours: Mon. through Thurs. 9am - 6pm
SUBSCRIBER BONUS! Larry invites everyone recieving Mo's newsletter to
his invitational closing party on Thursday Nov. 2nd from 5:30 - 7:30 PM. SAVE
the DATE! (it's the day-o-da-dead) !!!!***
Holyoke Community
College
TABER ART GALLERY
Amy Johnquest, Director
303 Homestead Ave.,
Holyoke, MA 01040
(413) 552-2614
CREATIVE
COCKTAIL HOUR AT REAL ART WAYS Thursday,
October 19, 6-9 pm
 For more
info here is yet
another link!
Six
Artists/One Cause - A Benefit for Cancer Connection Opening
reception Saturday, October 21st and Sunday, October 22 from 12-5PM
 Six
Artists/One Cause - A Benefit for Cancer Connection
(A drop-in
center offering free programs and support services to those living with cancer)
featuring work by Liz
Chalfin, Joyce Silverstone, Lynn
Peterfreund, Julie Rivera, Joan Wiener and Mary Ann Kelly
Gallery
at 19 Forbes, 19 Forbes Ave. Northampton, MA. Opening reception Saturday,
October 21st and Sunday October 22 from 12-5PM.
Additional viewings
by appointment through Sunday, October 29th.
call 413.584.7057 to
schedule.
Helena
Dooley and Ruth Kjaer at Gallery A3 opening
reception on Thursday, November 2 from 5-8
 Artists
Helena Dooley and Ruth Kjaer will exhibit their work at Gallery A3 during the
month of November.
Dooley will show small scale installations and
reverse paintings on glass. Kjaer exhibits mixed media paintings from her series
“Classics: Now and Then.”
The exhibit runs from November 2 through
December 2 and there will be an opening reception on Thursday, November 2
from 5-8.
Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 12-6 pm. The
gallery is located at 28 Amity Street in Amherst in the Amherst Cinema Building.
For more information call 413-256-4250.
Image: Carved in Stone, mixed
media painting by Ruth Kjaer
pictured: Carved in Stone, mixed media painting by Ruth
Kjaer
Michael
Ferris Jr. at ATM Gallery October 20 - November 25 Opening
Reception - October 20 6-9pm
 From
Michael Ferris Jr:
Hello Everyone,
My solo show of new
drawings opens on October 20th at ATM gallery.
I hope you can stop by.
Michael ferris Jr.
"As Beautiful As"
October 20 - November
25
Opening Reception - October 20 6-9pm
ATM gallery
619 b
west 27th street
New York, New York
10001
212.375.0349
www.atmgallery.com
Tuesday - Saturday
11-6
Singular
Multiples, Prints by Rachel Gugler and Doris Madsen NOTE--->>>Venue change! Manhan Cafe, 72 Union St.,
Easthampton
 Singular
Multiples, prints by Rachel Gugler and Doris Madsen, is being show at
Manhan Cafe, 72 Union St., Easthampton from October 16 through November
9.
There will be a reception on Sunday October 22 from 2 pm to 4 pm.
Hours of the Cafe are during the week, 6 am to 6 pm and weekends, 7 am to 6 pm
Rachel Gugler is exhibiting pieces that are etchings, intaglio and
drypoint. Her work is reflective and imbued with mood, humor and personality.
Doris Madsen is showing pieces of prickly pears which are primarily
monotypes mixed with some drypoint. Her uses of ink and image are layered and
sometimes transparent creating prints whose colors are subtle and engaging.
Rachel Gugler and Doris Madsen both work as printmakers at Zea
Mays in Florence.
Pictured at left-ish: Doris Madsen
Monotype
Cactus I
2006
Mo Note:
The venue didn't really change, we just had a mix-up. So don't go to Zea Mays
Printmaking Studio. NoNoNo. The reception won't be there.
SOMA
ABODE Terry Rooney
at the A.P.E. October 7 - 30
 SOMA
ABODE
Terry Rooney at the A.P.E. October 7 - 30
Reception Friday
the 13th, 5-8 PM
The house constructions in this exhibit, which embody 20
years of my work, were inspired by the renovation of my house in the Berkshires.
Living through the tearing down and building up, moving from room to room,
living without heat, a roof, not knowing where anything was, made me realize how
very affected I was by the state of my home. Living amid the sawdust and noise
also made me appreciate how women through the ages have been the keepers of the
house, taking care of our homes, nurturing our schildren, cooking cleaning. I
started applying the shape of a a woman's body onto my houses to evoke this
reality. The female breasts, her round belly, her curvy shape soften these
angular structures.
Recent
Paintings by David Bradford @ The Oxbow Gallery October 12 -
October 29, 2006
 Recent
Paintings by David Bradford
October 12 - October 29, 2006
David
Bradford will be exhibiting recent paintings at the Oxbow Gallery at 275
Pleasant St in Northampton.
Hours: Wed-Sun 12-5 ( Fri 12-8)
This
exhibit of David Bradford's paintings consists of work done over the past 2 1/2
years. Many of the paintings are landscapes, some done in Montana where Bradford
paints during the summer. Others are variations of views of Northampton, where
he lives and works during the year, and still others were painted in San
Francisco, overlooking the bay.
Bradford shows regularly at Bowery Gallery
in New York City and has shown at the Blizard Gallery at Springfield College,
Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, and 55 Mercer Gallery in New York City.
He attended Skidmore College and received an MFA from Parsons School of
Design. Bradford writes of his work:
I paint because I want to try to
represent things that I see. I want to paint them according to my feeling and my
imagination. But as soon as I begin, I am confronted by the necessity of using a
pictorial language. This lends a certain focus and direction to the imagination,
and dictates certain decisions. As I continue to work, I struggle to reconcile
the language of painting (spatial sensations, locations, light sensations, color
relations, scale) with the presence, openness, and infinite possibilities of the
reality in front of me. Ultimately, my goal, as Andre Derain once wrote, is "to
give life to a dead surface". Bradford's work can also be viewed at www.bradfordpaintings.com
pictured: Lazy E-L Ranch II 2005, 24"x36", oil on canvas
The Kids
Best Fest, Northampton’s international children’s film festiva
seeking
local talent, aged 18 and under
The Kids
Best Fest, Northampton’s international children’s film festival, is looking to
expand the program for 2007!
The Northampton Arts Council is seeking
local talent, aged 18 and under, to showcase their short films in February as
part of this year’s line-up. In addition to bringing international short and
feature length films to Northampton, this year the Kids Best Fest will include
the talents of our local children and teenagers in the festivities, and give
them the opportunity to display their talents on the big screen at the beautiful
Academy of Music Theatre.
As we work on developing this new and exciting
program, we would like to find out what interest there is for this event among
the young filmmakers of the Pioneer Valley area. Please forward this email to
the teachers, parents, and youth leaders in your community so that they can
share this exciting opportunity with local youth.
Those interested in
participating in Kid Best Fest 2007 can email the Northampton Arts Council by
October 31, 2006 at nacads@comcast.net with their contact information, including
the title and length of the (DVD format) film they would like to submit for
consideration.
We will respond to emails with specific submission
information. Please contact us by phone or email with any questions.
The Academy of Music Theatre and Northampton Arts Council present
Kids Best Fest February 19-24, 2007.
We look forward to
collaborating with the area’s youth to further promote the arts in our
community!
Bob Cilman
Northampton Arts Council
Phone
413.587.1269
nacads@comcast.net
EVENTS AT
THE NCA The month at
the Northampton Center for the Arts
OCTOBER
17 ~~ In the second installment of this year’s Pre-School Performing Arts
Series, The Beautiful Future Band will guide children on a lively musical
journey around the world with joyful songs, games, movement and laughter.
The band performs charming original compositions as well as songs in languages
from other lands. The series is supported by a generous grant from the Xeric
Foundation and is designed to introduce children to the arts. Performances begin
at 10:30 a.m., last 45 minutes and will continue on November 21 with Hoopoe the
Clown and on December 19 with Henry the Juggler. Monthly performances will
continue in the new year.
OCTOBER 20-21 ~~ Suzanne Willett, known as
“the feminazi,” will bring her feminist comedy to the Center for a two-night
stand at 8 p.m. Willett won the Talent of Tampa Bay competition and was a
finalist at California's Funniest Female contest. She has opened for Billy
Gardell, Basile and JJ Walker. She's been on TV and radio and reviewed in major
newspapers. What better place for feminist comedy than Northampton? Willett
suggests: “Search for sexist pigs, hear the Virgin Mary's story, unite with your
older sisters or simply share the pain of suburbia.” Tickets are $20 ($7 for
students with ID) and will be sold at the door.
OCTOBER 22 ~~ Members
of seven area dance companies and schools will present “Just for Kicks,” their
semi-annual benefit performance for the Northampton Center for the Arts at 2
p.m. in the Center’s performance space. The dance concert will feature
Amherst Ballet, Cadance, East Street Ballet, New England Dance Quarters
Performance Group, NEDQ Hip Hop, Pioneer Valley Ballet and Terpsichore Ensemble.
Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12 and will be available at
the door
STEP INTO
SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES Masked Ball
- Friday, October 27, 7:30 PM
 Dance
to the music of the Floyd Patterson Band, the Valley's best party band.
Partake of sumptuous food courtesy of Blue Moon Catering; North
Shore Seafood and Sierra Grille.
Sample the wares at our cash bar
stocked by Four Seasons Wine, Berkshire Brewing Company and Valley Vodka and
featuring the Martini Bar, including—back by popular demand—the "Artini".
Take your chances on the fabulous raffle of exquisite gifts,
products and services that beautify from head to toe, including facial
treatments donated by Aesthetic Laser and Cosmetic Surgery Center and
Northampton Dermatology Associates, and a custom teeth whitening system from Dr.
Martin Wohl, as well as items or services donated by Salon Herdis, Don Muller
Gallery, The Mountain Goat, Laura Radwell Jewelry, Harlow Luggage, Cedar Chest,
Suki All-Natural Personal Care Products, Strada Shoes and J. Rich, not to
mention dance lessons with Beth Duryea and Kent Divoll.
Additional
sponsors are: Northampton Rental Center; The Daily Hampshire Gazette; 93.9 The
River; Faces; Construct Associates, Inc.; Gerard & Ghazey, PC; Landscapes;
Singer Polito Associates, Inc.; Burrows, Weiss & Bloomberg; Whalen
Insurance.
Tickets are $50 per person and include a shot at the raffle;
additional raffle tickets will be available at the door. Proceeds of ball,
raffle tickets and cash bar will benefit our new community arts classroom.
All tickets may picked up at the door but because numbers are
limited, advance reservations are recommended. Call the Center 413.584.7327 to
reserve. No credit cards.
pictured: "Shoes" illustration by Nanny
Vonnegut; graphic design by Alexis Neubert
BE
SCARED This
Halloween Shakespeare & Company conjures up some frightful fun
 Edith
Wharton and Edgar Allan Poe request the pleasure of giving you a really good
scare.
This Halloween Shakespeare & Company conjures up some
frightful fun, with a live reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Pit and The
Pendulum, and a performance of Edith Wharton’s marvelous ghost story, Kerfol -
about an ancient chateau in the wilds of Brittany where guests relive an
ancient, haunting murder.
No one sleeps at Kerfol. Not even the dead.
It’s Wharton at her most imaginative, adapted by Dennis Krausnick,
especially for those who enjoy great writing and good scare.
“The whole
place is a tomb.” Kerfol
Reserve your place at Kerfol noW. We dare
you! Two weekends only. October 19-29, 2pm & 7pm Tickets: 413-637-3353 or
Shakespeare.org Discounts and Group Rates Available Purchase tickets by Oct. 15
and save 20% Mention Code 0901 when ordering tickets Shakespeare &
Company
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The Mount and Shakespeare & Company double dare you to enjoy
Edith Wharton’s eerie side, and save 25% on both.
On the days of the
Kerfol performances, and only through this special arrangement with The Mount,
you can tour Edith Wharton’s estate in the afternoon and take in the Kerfol
performance and live Poe reading in the evening for 25% off the regular ticket
price. Take advantage of this special limited time, autumn special to see where
Edith Wharton lived and wrote, learn about her life and lifestyle, and to stroll
through the gardens and wonderful landscape that inspired her.
Then come
to Founders’ Theatre and enjoy the adaptation of Kerfol, Wharton’s classic ghost
story, and to hear a Company member read Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum.
Don’t miss the special opportunity to spend a few hours of daylight
with Edith Wharton and the dark of night with her and Edgar Allan Poe. Tickets
must be purchased by October 15. Call the Shakespeare & Company Box Office,
413-637-3353 for details, or check them out on line. Mention code 0902 when
ordering tickets.
The Mount in
Lenox
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Call your friends now and make a special day if it. The Mount,
Shakespeare & Company and Asters Restaurant invite you to take part in a
special group package celebrating Edith Wharton’s work. Reservations must be
made for 10 people or more.
Your group will enjoy a 3:00pm tour of The
Mount estate and gardens. Then, after a specially arranged fall dinner at
Aster’s, the chills begin at 7pm in Founders’ Theatre with a spine tingling
reading of The Pit and The Pendulum, followed by a performance of Kerfol. Make
plans, call your friends, office colleagues, book club, professional association
or church group and enjoy this unique, Berkshire autumn day. You don’t want to
visit Kerfol alone!
Tour, Dinner, Live Performance -All inclusive for
$80.00 Reservations must be made by October 15. Details and Tickets at
Shakespeare.org, or call Margit Hotchkiss in our Group Sales Office,
413-637-1199 ext 132. There are a limited number of seats and performance dates
available for the special package rates. Call ahead for reservations and
information. Mention Code 0903 when ordering tickets
CLAY JAZZ AT
THE PEOPLES PINT Wednesday,
October 18th, 2006
 Sarah
Clay (flute/vocals) and Karl Rausch (guitar) are the core of the Clay Jazz
Band. Based in Northampton, Massachusetts, Sarah and Karl often perform as a
duo. When the situation calls for a trio, we add a bass player; add a drummer
for a quartet.
We mostly play jazz standards: Swing, Latin, Bossa Nova,
Ballads and Blues, with an occasional original thrown in just to keep you
guessing.
Can you dance to our music? Oh, yes! Most jazz standards were
written to get you out of your seat and on to the dance floor. But songs also
tell a story – of lost love, new love, hopeless love, glorious love! Telling
those stories and seeing smiles of recognition in the audience is one of the
joys of being a musician.
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
The People's Pint
Third Wednesday
of each Month - 8-10 pm
24 Federal Street
Greenfield MA
01301
413-773-0333
Price: No cover/Tips/CDs for sale
Fresh brewed
beer and ginger ale, excellent pub fare, friendly atmosphere.
Sweet
Shelter: Through the Artists' Hands & Heart project
at the
National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA
Judith
Wolf is one of the artists participating in the Sweet Shelter: Through the
Artists' Hands & Heart project at the National Yiddish Book Center in
Amherst, Massachusetts.
This project consists of fifteen 2 foot by 4
foot panels created by community artists working either in solo or
collaboratively exploring concepts and themes around the holiday of
Sukkot/Sukkes.
Panels will hang at the Center throughout October. All
are welcome to an Artists' Reception on October 25th from 7-9.
The
panels are also presented on line, along with more information, at www.canalidesigns.com/sweetharvest/html/
sweet_shelter.html
LEARNING TO
LISTEN Dance
Theater Work by Robin Prichard
A.P.E. presents Learning to Listen, dance theater work
by Robin Prichard, on October 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. A.P.E. is located at 150 Main
Street, third floor in downtown Northampton. Tickets are $12 general, $8
student, and reservations can be made by calling (413) 586-5553.
Learning to Listen consists of several dance works by local
choreographer Robin Prichard that have premiered throughout the world in cities
as varied as New York, Miami, and Sydney, Australia.
This Northampton
performance will be the works' Massachusetts premiere. With Learning to Listen,
Ms. Prichard says she hopes to warmly invite the audience in, to leave them
gasping with laughter and sorrow, and to sneak in sideways a little
philosophical epiphany along the way. Her goal is to create a concert that is
both philosophically and viscerally challenging, using the full range of emotion
from humor to pathos to impact the
audience.
TRES SPECIAL
THANKS TO VERY SPECIAL BFFs
 This week
more wonderful things happened. I got donations from a few subscribers which is
why I could afford a little french and a whole lot of links in this
newsletter.
Special
thanks to Bruce Barone, Easthampton Photographer and Owner of Studio19 who was
recently the Official Photographer at The Miss Junior Teen America Pageant in
Hartford, CT at which young women from as far awy as Hawaii and Washington
competed, and who has a newsletter
AND whose hobbies include extreme
ironing among other things.
Special thanks to Silas
Kopf who is a master of wood marquetry and who recently showed new work
depicting Mr. Peanut and Betty Boop In flagrante delicto (Latin: "while
the crime is blazing"), pictured.
Bushels of thanks to Lyn
Horan who has work up now at KW
Home on Cottage Street in Easthampton which is beautiful and which you can
buy.
And truckloads of thanks to Mary Averill for whom I have no link,
sadly. But maybe she'll have a show soon that we can all attend?
EASTMONT ART
FUND CALL TO ARTISTS Save
Echodale Farm
The
Eastmont Art Fund is inviting artists to submit artwork for a juried
competition/exhibition that will benefit the Pascommuck Conservation Trust’s
crucial campaign to Save Echodale Farm in Easthampton, MA.
Theme:
“Land Visions”
Eligibility: artists working or living in the
Pioneer Valley.
Media: any two-dimensional art created within the last
2 years, 1 piece only.
Submission fee: $20.
Jury awards and
reception on Nov. 18th.
The winning artwork selected by the jury will be
published as a limited edition giclee print. All selected submissions will be
for sale during the exhibition/fundraiser held in Easthampton from Nov. 18th
through Dec. 31st.
Net proceeds from the sale of the prints and from all
the original artwork sold will benefit the Save Echodale Farm
campaign.
Commission to artists on all art and giclee sales.
Application deadline is Sept. 30th, deadline for submission of artwork is
Oct. 31st. For more information and to request an application form, please
call Jill Lewis at 413-527-3738, or e-mail eastmontartfund@charter.net. To learn
more about the campaign, please visit the Pascommuck Conservation Trust website
at www.pctland.org
SUBMITTING
ITEMS FOR THIS NEWSLETTER It's really
fun and easy! and FREE!
 TO MAKE
SUBMISSIONS YOU MUSTreview the submissions
guidelines link. I am going to have to reject submissions with images too
large, PDFs, missing text and from non-subscribers.
This newsletter is a
community of support. If you send me a submission but don't subscribe it's like
you are saying you want people to know about and attend your event but have no
interest in anyone else's events. We are all in this together.
And it
takes a lot longer when I have to work on each submission to make it fit in the
newsletter.
Feedback to the new guidelines from Frank
Ward:, "Under that tough exterior of "follow the guidlines, you idiot" is an
artist/bodhisattva taking care of the artist community while taking care of
business."
DWIGHT
SMITH'S MOVIE PICS
 The
Shipping News (2001) by Lasse Hallström
based on the novel by E.
Annie Proulx, screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs, starring Kevin Spacey,
Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett also starring Pete Postlethwaite,
Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Jason Behr, and Gordon Pinsent.
A man makes a
journey to self-discovery when he returns to his ancestral home on the coast of
Newfoundland. After the death of his estranged wife, Quoyle's (Kevin Spacey)
fortunes begin to change when his long lost Aunt Agnis (Judi Dench) convinces
him to head north with his daughter Bunny. He relocates to the small coastal
village of Killick-Claw. Quoyle lands a job as a reporter for the local
newspaper, The Gammy Bird. He reports on the shipping news as he simultaneously
attempts to adjust to his new life and surroundings. In the course of his new
career, he confronts private demons, discovers dark family mysteries and finds
love with a lonely single mother (Julianne Moore) who has a secret of her own.
If you haven’t seen this film, I urge you to. I don’t know exactly why I
didn’t see it at the time. Thought it would be boring. But it is a truly
wonderful film with great writing and direction and personally I think it’s one
of the best Spacey and Dench films I’ve seen.
Mo
Note: Dwight Smith is a dear friend of mine busy working on his novel in
Montreal. I am hoping that one day soon he'll share sneak preview excerpts with
us in this newsletter. And then he can visit us on his book tour!
I am
starting to see a theme in his movie pics relevant to his novel as I have been
privy to frequent drafts and I am looking forward to the finished
opus.
A SPECIAL
POETIC BONUS FROM DWIGHT SMITH
 HELD
OVER!--As a bonus, this week I offer an translation of Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s
(Mashkini’s husband) filmscript Love’s Turn.
This film was
eventually forbidden in Iran. The link is to Words Without Borders who, for
anyone who doesn’t know who they are, are this incredible group of people
providing access to poets and writers from all parts of the planet. Support them
if you can.
Love’s Turn by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
www.wordswithoutborders.org/
article.php?lab=LovesTurn
Translated from the Persian by Zjaleh
Hajibashi
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE: Nawbat-i asheqi (Love's
Turn), a 1990 film by Makhmalbaf, provoked an intense public debate about movie
morality, specifically women’s control of their own
sexuality.
THIS
NEWSLETTER IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY THE NORTHAMPTON ARTS COUNCIL
 September
20, 2006
The second BJ Goodwin Memorial Fund award was granted this month to
Mo Ringey, publisher of Mo’s Better Living Through Art: Arts & Culture Email
Newsletter. The Board of Directors of the Northampton Arts Council, Inc, on the
recommendation of the BJ Goodwin Memorial Fund committee, voted to award Mo
Ringey $500 towards the publishing of a weekly email newsletter featuring local
arts events, exhibitions, performances and readings. This unique web-based
project originally started as a newsletter to a small group of friends and now
serves hundreds of people interested in arts and culture happening in the
Pioneer Valley and beyond. With this BJ Goodwin Memorial Fund award from the
Northampton Arts Council, Inc., Mo Ringey will have the opportunity to continue
to offer this important resource to the region. To view or sign up for this free
weekly newsletter visit http://www.fridgequeen.com/newsletters.htm
STUDIO
OPPORTUNITIES
A NEW & UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN HOLYOKEThis is an excellent
opportunity to get in at the beginning and create a space. Excellent especially
for a business needing large piles of space. The overall space is 160,000 square
feet. OMG! The building is on Appleton Street, next door to the police
station and across the street from Heritage state park (imagine lunch breaks
riding the merry-go-round
in the park!) with space to rent. It is situated right on the canal.
Parking is an issue however so the owner, Ralph Thompson, is going to take half
of the first floor and create indoor parking. The roof has a spectacular view
and he will be making that into a huge roof deck, from which you can see the
park and merry-go-round, city hall, sunsets and more! He is willing to discuss
any modifications. The ground floor is level with the driveway for easy
loading/unloading. The upper floors are perfect for artist studios. And, the
police are right next door. Check out pictures
here. Ralph is a really nice guy who recently went rock hunting in China
with our Kevin
Downey. And Kevin's a really nice guy so it's all logical and therefor
valid. It exists.
4 STUDIO SPACES TO BE AVAILABLE IN HOLYOKE BUILDING
There are
possibly 4 WORK ONLY spaces becoming available in the first floor of a cozy mill
building in Holyoke. They are 1280 sq ft for $586/month. They have really high
cielings, a loading dock, common area and bathroom. For more info contact
DAS048@aol.com
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CALLS FOR
ARTISTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Call for Artists: After Urban
Video Art & Architecture event
Deadline for applications: December 01, 2006Location:
University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA - USA email:
artexpo@lucacurci.com more details: www.lucacurci.com/artexpo
International ArtExpo is selecting all interesting video/short.films to
include in the next 2006 Exhibitions: After Urban - University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA - USA (February 2007). The deadline for
applications is December 01, 2006. The number of works with you can
participate is unlimited. All works must be on DVD (PAL or NTSC), no matter what
the original source medium. The duration may be any, with a preference given to
a max lenght of 15 minutes. If you are interested, send your video submissions
(Name/Surname, City/Country, Film title, Running time, Brief film synopsis) with
a CV/biography, videography and an introduction about the piece to: arch.
Luca Curci via Casamassima, 75 70010 - Capurso (Bari) -
Italy International ArtExpo is a not for profit organization that
provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from
different cultures and countries. We depend on the support of you. ArtExpo is
grateful to all of the institutions, corporations, and individuals who support
our efforts. We work with a number of national and international galleries as
well as publishers, museums, curators and writers from all over the world. We
help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation,
magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well
as various curatorial projects. Participation open to: professional
artists, architects and designers, associate groups and studios.
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2007 MASTER ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 11
(application deadline: October 20, 2006) Steve Badanes,
architect Kyle Gann, composer Marie Ponsot, poet APRIL 16 - MAY
6 (application deadline: January 12, 2007) Robert Dick,
composer/flutist Alice Notley, poet TBA (Visual Artist) MAY 14 -
JUNE 3 (application deadline: February 9, 2007) Michael Burkard,
poet Stephen Jaffe, composer Thomas Struth, visual artist JULY
23 - AUGUST 12 (application deadline: March 16, 2007) Cornelius
Eady, playwright/poet Maria Elena Gonzalez, visual artist Denis Smalley,
composer OCTOBER 15 - NOVEMBER 4 (application deadline: May 25, 2007)
Paul Pfeiffer, visual artist Sarah Skaggs, choreographer Gioia
Timpanelli,
storyteller/author --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"ACA allows artists from different disciplines the opportunity to interact
in a supportive space with time for artistic production as well as isolated
studio time. It is a rare bird in the American cultural landscape." Laura Owens
(ACA Master Artist, 2006) "My three weeks at ACA were a chance to focus
in a positive atmosphere amongst a diverse group of people - all energetic and
enthusiastic about making work and sharing ideas. The collaborative
possibilities with Associates from other disciplines, the technical support of
the staff, the fantastic natural environment, made my residency an unforgettable
experience." Xana Kudrjavcev-DeMilner (Associate Artist, 2006) Since
1982, Atlantic Center's residency program has provided artists from all artistic
disciplines with spaces to live, work, and collaborate during three-week
residencies. Located just four miles from the east coast beaches of central
Florida, the pine and palmetto wooded environment contains award-winning studios
that include a resource library, painting studio, sculpture studio, music
studio, dance studio, black box theater, writer's studio, and digital computer
lab. Each residency session includes three master artists of different
disciplines. The master artists each personally select a group of associates -
talented, emerging artists - through an application process administered by ACA.
During the residency, artists participate in informal sessions with their group,
collaborate on projects, and work independently on their own projects. The
relaxed atmosphere and unstructured program provide considerable time for
artistic regeneration and creation. Atlantic Center for the Arts provides
housing (private room/bath with work desk), weekday meals (provided by ACA chef)
and 24 hour access to shared studio space. financial Aid is available to
qualified applicants. For more information on how to apply, please
telephone (386) 427-6975 or (800) 393-6975 (domestic US only) or visit www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org
or email us at program@atlanticcenterforthearts.org *All applications
must be postmarked by the application deadline date. *Photo: Eric White
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ October 21, 2006 CALL FOR ARTISTS:
Studio Montclair presents "Discoveries", the Tenth Annual Open Juried
Exhibition at the new, 3,000 square foot George Segal Gallery of Montclair State
University, Montclair, NJ from January 15 to February 16, 2007. $25 entry fee
for three images in either slide or CD format. All mediums, including videos and
installations, will be accepted. Internationally known art critic, curator and
historian, Phyllis Tuchman will jury the exhibition. Cash awards. SASE for
prospectus to: Studio Montclair, 108 Orange Road, Montclair NJ 07042 OR download
from our website: www.studiomontclair.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
October 30, 2006 26th Annual EXPO Juried Competition. All media
except crafts. Awards: 6-8 person exhibit, March 1 - March 31, 2007. Juror:
Alexandra Schwartz, Curatorial Asst, Dept. Of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of
Modern Art, New York. Deadline: November 10, 2006. Fee: $35/6 slides or CD. For
a prospectus send SASE to: EXPO, B. J. Spoke Gallery, 299 Main St, Huntington NY
11743. Call: 631-549-5106, download from: www.bjspokegallery.com, or email:
info@bjspokegallery.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nov 01,
2006 SCULPTURE ARTIST RESIDENCY Full access to college's ceramic and
sculpture facilities, including wood kiln, down and updraft kilns,
foundry-bronze casting, welding and forging equipment, stone and wood carving
equipment, outside sculpture courtyard to work in, storage for equipment and on
campus housing. No more than 3 entries/artist. Sales encouraged for all loaned
sculptures. 20% commission. Please send written proposals (detailed description
of artwork, including what it is made of; complete installation instructions of
artwork, including what machinery, physical assistance and materials are needed;
and list of materials and tools if needed); creation/installation schedule;
complete budget that includes travel costs, detailed installation costs, etc.;
images of existing (slides, digital prints, or jpegs)/proposed artwork (images
of previous work along with drawings of proposed artwork); resume/CV; artist
statement; and SASE for returns to: Nita Kehoe-Gadway, Central Wyoming College,
2660 Peck Av, Riverton WY 82501 OR 307-855-2211 OR
http://cwc.edu/community_friends/outward_westward OR
nkehoe@cwc.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nov 06, 2006
POETRY PRIZES Seeking previously unpublished lyric poems in English
celebrating the human spirit for awards ranging from $1,000-$25,0000. Open to
all writers and poets, published or unpublished, under 40 on Nov 6, 2006. Submit
2 copies of up to 3 poems; only 1 may be more than 30 lines and all poems
printed on separate sheets. No returns. Entry fee (checks made out to Dorothy
Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund). Please send entries with name and address
clearly marked on each page of 1 copy only; index card with name, address, and
titles of poems; and SASE for results, to: Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg, Poetry
Prizes, Box 2306, Orinda CA 94563 OR
http://www.DorothyPrizes.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jan
13, 2007 MASTER ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM Seeking artists for residency,
May 15 - Jun 4, 2007. For more info, please contact: Atlantic Center, 1414 Art
Center Av, New Smyrna Beach FL 32168 OR 800-393-6975 OR
http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org OR
program@atlanticcenterforthearts.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ONGOING
A nice offer from Joe Blumenthal of Downtown Sounds
who generously would like to have artists display their work there. (Downtown
Sounds, 21 Pleasant St., Northampton, next to the Pleasant St. Theater)
The window is quite large, and has three panels, each one about 6' X 6',
and is about 24" deep. It is exposed to intense sunlight in the morning; the
heat of the sun plus the narrowness of the window make it inappropriate to
display most musical instruments.
However, the sunlight doesn't hurt
most artwork since it's only exposed for a month to six weeks. I normally pay
$150 to the artist who installs the window, and work out a consignment agreement
for the store to take a percentage of the price if the art is for sale and we
manage to sell some of it.
The artwork can be freestanding, lean against
a wall at the back of the window that's about three feet high, or (if it's not
heavy) be hung from the ceiling.
It's great when the art can have a musical
theme, but it's not necessary. Because of its highly visible commercial
location, the work should have a mainstream appeal and not have themes which
could be offensive. Small pieces don't work well since the window is so large.
If one of your readers is interested in displaying in this context,
please have them contact me via email: musician@downtownsounds.com, or via phone
at 413- 586-0998.
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ONGOING.
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs + Image
Registry The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is the largest
public funder of arts and culture in the country. The Percent for Art artist
slide registry is an up-to-date and important component of the Program. The
registry is consulted by the architects, panelists, and City agencies for each
project. The Percent for Art staff prepares a slide presentation from the
registry for each panel meeting. The registry is open to any professional visual
artist residing in the United States. Deadline: On-going Information: www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/html/panyc/
slide_reg.shtml
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LAST CALL
FOR CLASSES AT ZEA MAYS PRINTMAKING
We still have a few openings in this wonderful workshop coming up in
the next couple of weeks - if you're interested, call or email the studio at
413.584.1783 or liz@zeamaysprintmaking.com. Pictures of work, information
about the guest artists and much more information is available on our website:
www.zeamaysprintmaking.com
Register now, they won't be offered again for quite some time!
Printing with Plastic
with Meredith Broberg
October 28-29, 2006,
10-5, $250 includes materialsCombine Rembrandt's techniques with
Dupont's plastics to make prints which are expressive and inexpensive! Instead
of traditional copper plates, we'll use thin sheets of plastic to explore
drypoint and collotype. Drypoint involves scratching lines directly into the
plate, whether fine detail or big gestures. Collotype prints are made from
textural plates, with lots of possibilities for rich, painterly images. Both
processes are relatively direct and fast, which makes it easy to work
spontaneously and intuitively. Since drypoint is linear and collotype is tonal,
these techniques combine especially well. It can be very freeing to work with
materials that are easy to use and inexpensive--come explore the possibilities!
This workshop is suitable for anyone new to printmaking and to printmakers
interested in loosening up and widening their working process.
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and local.masslive.com, which I am very fond of (see intro). Post
yourself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Presenting
Organization, Thank you for contacting WFCR regarding changes to our Arts
Calendar. Until recently, competition for limited broadcast time forced us to
choose a few events for the onair Arts Calendar from among the many submitted
each week; the majority of events did not enjoy the advantages of onair
promotion. In order to correct this disparity, we have expanded and enhanced our
online Arts Calendar, and streamlined the submissions process so that qualifying
groups retain full control over how their events are presented to the
public. The WFCR Online Arts Calendar is a comprehensive listing of
events in our listening area. As a local presenting organization, you can now
submit your events quickly and easily online using the "submit event" section of
the Arts Calendar at http://www.WFCR.org/. All events that meet our criteria
will go live within 48 hours of submission. Follow these instructions to add
your events to our online WFCR Arts Calendar. Using your web browser,
visit WFCR's home page at http://www.WFCR.org/ and click on the "Events" tab at
the top of the page. Click "Submit Event," on the right-hand column of the
resulting Events page, and enter your information. Listings must be approved by
WFCR, so don't expect your submission to appear immediately. A few
hints: Make sure you select the proper category for your event. Enter
the event at least two weeks prior to event date. Include your contact
information in case we have questions. Fill out all information as
completely as possible. Listings with missing information are less likely to be
posted. Check the drop-down boxes when entering venue information; your
venue may already be online. Please note: Submissions that do not meet
our guidelines will not be posted. Arts, cultural, and entertainment events will
likely be accepted. Public lectures and presentations will also be considered.
We will approve submissions only from non-profit organizations, and only if they
meet our criteria. WFCR reserves the right to decline or remove any
submission. The WFCR Arts Calendar will give your events the coverage
they deserve on a timely basis. It is among the most heavily visited sections of
the WFCR.org website. If you have questions about the WFCR Arts Calendar, or if
you would like a walk-through of the submission process, please contact me at
413-545-1684 or jorge@wfcr.org. Thanks, and good luck with your events!
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