| TODAY YOU
ARE YOURS
Starring in your
everyday show
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link on the left provided by constant contact.
Because I
am overwhelmed this week and racing toward an increasingly
elusive deadline, this is a somewhat rushed newsletter.
It was also a bit delayed as a few submissions came in as
PDFs or with missing images and I had to do my best workaround
and email people to request missing things and so it goes.
But no matter at what hour I call it a wrap, I always read
a few pages before bed. Last night I read a short story
called, "Today I'm Yours" and I have included an excerpt
below which has special relevance for me because of my recent
stay in San Francisco and how the unique circumstances of
that trip made it hard to understand, but also because it
has relevance for all of us as a metaphor for this everyday
life that we star in each and every day.
"In San Francisco I wandered into a maze that was sometimes
people and sometimes empty, sometimes brightly lit and sometimes
so dark I had to grope my way along it with my hands, heartpounding
with fear that I would never find my way out. I quickly
became lost and thought almost everyone I met was lost too.
Sometimes it seemed to me an empty life, but it wasn't really
true. It wasn't empty, it was more that the people and events
in it were difficult to put together in any way that felt
whole."
From, Today
I'm Yours, by Mary Gaitskill, The Best American Short
Stories, 2006.
“IN CONVERSATION”
a lecture by Shona Macdonald and Sandra Matthews
Wednesday,
February 21, 2007, 4:30 pm
 “IN CONVERSATION”
a lecture by Shona Macdonald and Sandra Matthews
Image: Installation at University Gallery, University of Massachusetts
Amherst. Photo: Justin Kemp.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 4:30 pm
University Gallery, Fine Arts Center,
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Painter Shona Macdonald (UMass Art Department faculty)
and photographer/filmmaker Sandra Matthews (Hampshire College
faculty)
will offer their insights on The Impossible Landscape, the
show currently at the University Gallery.
This stimulating talk is a part of our series of public conversations
at the University Gallery that bring together distinguished
faculty from the Five Colleges and from different disciplines
to discuss the works in our exhibitions.
For more information check the University Gallery website
www.umass.edu/fac/universitygallery
or email us at ugallery@acad.umass.edu
free and open to the public; free parking after 5 pm
University Gallery | Fine Arts Center | University of Massachusetts
| 151 Presidents Drive | Amherst, MA 01003 | Voice: 413-545-3670
| Fax: 413-545-2018 |
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
25 AT 2 PM
The Really
Big Show at The Academy of Music
 Don't miss
The Really Big Show! This year Ed Sullivan will be played
by a mysterious
mystery local artist!
The Four Sundays In February series concludes on Sunday, February
25th with our ever-popular The Really Big Show. The
Valley’s AMAZING BannerQueen, Amy Johnquest, becomes the Ed
Man, “goo goo g’joob.”
Sunday, February 25th, 2:00 p.m. at the Academy of Music Theatre
All seats $6 in advance; $8 at the door
Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Upton Massamont Realtors
For more information visit www.northamptonartscouncil.org
Series Sponsors—Northampton Arts Council and the City of Northampton,
Daily Hampshire Gazette, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Lathrop
Communities, Smith College,Hampshire Hospitality Group, WFCR
88.5
Additional support provided by Florence Savings Bank, National
Endowment for the Arts, Bank of America, Community Foundation
of Western Massachusetts, TD BankNorth, Massachusetts Cultural
Council
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KIDSBESTFEST2007
The ninth annual KidsBestFest: The Best of the International
Children's Film Festivals, opens on Monday February 19th
and runs through Saturday, February 24th at the Academy
of Music Theatre in Northampton.
All weekday shows are at 2PM (doors open at 1:30) and all
seats are $3 On Saturday February 24, 2007 we will screen
Brave Cat and Other Stories, a collection of short films
for young people at 10AM (doors open at 9:30) and all seats
are $3.
For something new this year we have YouthFilm, a festival
of films made by local people 18 and under. The doors
open at 12PM and films run all afternoon with commentary
from the filmmakers and actors. All seats are $3 for 18
and over, but free for people18 and under.
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will kick off
KidsBestFest2007 on Saturday February 17, 2007 with
a 1PM screening of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Admission to the Museum will get you into films as well
as into the galleries: for more information take a look
at www.picturebookart.org.
As in the past, Cate Damon of New Century Theatre will read
the subtitles. It is something for the entire family: the
films are funny, smart and sweet. See northamptonartscouncil.org
for a complete listing. The Valley Advocate is the media
sponsor. KidsBestFest2007 is sponsored by Florence Savings
Bank. Gravity Switch and Faces support YouthFilm.
BEAST WITH
2 BACKS, SATURDAY FEB 24 AT THE ELEVENS 9 PM
China Tour
Homecoming Show
 Mo note:
My regularly scheduled Wednedsays from 8-9 AM Radio
Show on Valley Free Radio is being preempted this week
due to a syndicated homelessness awareness show. BUT, in order
to fulfill my volunteer quota, I am picking up a 9-11 PM
show tonight in which I will be training a new DJ, Tommy
Twilite. We will be interviewing BW2B tonight from 9-10
PM. So read on for more about this duo and tune in tonight
at 9PM at 103.3 FM to listen to our live interview. VFR webstreams
at www.valleyfreeradio.org
Beastwith2Backs settles back into the Valley with their China Tour Homecoming
Show, Saturday, February 24th at The Elevens.
The band has been on tour in China for the last 5 months
and will be unveiling 5 new songs including "Babies Marching,"
"Sickly Sweet" and "Chinese Girl in Braids". They'll also
give away some copies of their just-released debut video,
"Educate Your Body." Opening the show is local keyboard
genius Jeff Bujak ( www.jeffbujak.com)
doing his new progressive keys over electronic beats solo
project. Starting off the night will be Justin and Christine
(from Somebody's Closet) doing an acoustic set.
Bio/Highlights
Beastwith2Backs is a new Dance-Rock duo from Easthampton
featuring guitarist/vocalist Temple and laptop beat-mixer
DJ Swan. They describe their sound as DeepDarkDanceRock
or Gorillaz does the White Stripes. It's ruckus psychedelic
electronic rock.
On stage, Temple plays guitar and sings while DJ Swan mixes
the beats, basslines and orchestral sounds with multi-effects.
The songs are not sequenced or programmed but are constructed
and mixed live on stage, ensuring a fresh spontaneous take
every night.
The duo formed in late 2005 while Temple was on tour in
China as a solo act. In 2006, the band released their debut
album (see review from Boston's The Noise ) and did a national
radio campaign--receiving significant play for "Blacker
the Stone" and "Pharmacy of Self-Esteem".
The band was subsequently hired to compose the soundtrack
for a major documentary film, " Flying Downhill" (the Bode
Miller story). After contributing 18 tracks to the film,
the band continued touring and recorded their new single,
"Educate Your Body." In August 2006, they filmed a music
video for "Educate Your Body" and competed in the Youtube
Underground Contest, receiving more than 4,000 votes in
the first 30 days.
In the last 6 months, the band has received more than 36,000
plays on their myspace page and added nearly 12,000 fans.
The "Educate Your Body" video has been viewed more than
6000 times since it's October 2006 release.
In September 2006, the band launched their 2006 China Tour,
playing in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, and Chengdu.
The band is 100% DIY. All songs are written, recorded, and
produced by the band in their home studio. All tours have
been booked by the band. All artwork has been created by
the band. The music video for "Educate Your Body" was conceived,
arranged, and financed by the band.
www.myspace.com/beastwith2backs
(the new video is here)
www.beastwith2backs.com
(home page)
www.sonicbids.com/beastwith2backs
(for bookers: bio, audio, video, reviews etc) www.flyingdownhill.com
(The Bode Miller movie)
WINTERPILLS
AT THE IRONHORSE MUSIC HALL
Saturday,
February 24, 2007 at 7:00 PM
 The Iron
Horse Music Hall’s 28th Anniversary Party Sat. Feb. 24th with
The Winterpills @ 7:00 PM, Apollo Sunshine @ 10PM
February Birthdays!
Some institutions mark their anniversaries on the 0’s and
the 5’s only. But just as every February the New Yorker Magazine
celebrates its birthday with a reproduction of its very first
cover, The Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton also marks
another year every February, as it has since the days when
it was pretty much just a hall, and a very narrow one at that.
When former owner Jordi Herold opened the doors on February
24, 1979, his concept was "the Bohemian cafe, with candles
and wine and cheese and bread boards with little peasant loaves
on them and foreign newspapers and magazines." At the time
the Horse could seat 85 people.
We can fit a few more folks than that in now, and hope to
do so on Saturday 2/24 at 7PM as Winterpills, the fantastic
local band that’s about to supernova, celebrates the release
of their superb second record The Light Divides at the Iron
Horse. The album comes out on 2/27. Area music stalwart Jim
Olsen and his label Signature Sounds made a little history
of its own with Winterpills this week. The Light Divides was
the #1 most added album of this week with 19 adult rock (AAA)
stations across the country adding the album to their playlists.
This is the biggest first week splash in the label’s history.
Mark Schwaber (of Spouse) opens for Winterpills, and Apollo
Sunshine, who were just invited to play this year’s Bonnaroo
Music & Arts Festival play the 10PM show that night.
Chronicling
Our Culture through Cinema Film Festival
Sun., Feb.
18, to Wed., Feb. 21 Revered Documentary Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker
 Revered
Documentary Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker to Introduce Film at
Trinity College Film Festival Four-day Pennebaker Film Festival
features special screenings and an appearance by the filmmaker
on February 21
What: Trinity College’s Cinestudio will host the groundbreaking
work of D.A. Pennebaker, one of the pioneers of cinéma vérite,
at a film festival entitled “Chronicling Our Culture through
Cinema.” On the final night of the wholly student-run festival,
Wednesday, February 21, the director will present one of his
earliest and rarely seen short films and surprise the audience
with the screening of a film of his choosing. Following the
screening, he will engage the audience in a question-answer
session.
SCHEDULE OF SHOWS:
Monday, February 19, 7:30 p.m. The War Room
Tuesday, February 20, 7:30 p.m. Breaking It Up at the
Museum (Short) Don’t Look Back ( Feature)
Wednesday, February 21, 7:30 p.m. D.A. Pennebaker to
introduce final films Baby (Short), Pennebaker’s Pic (Feature)
Where: Cinestudio on the Trinity College campus
Admission for all students with a valid I.D. is FREE!
General admission, $8.
Background: D.A. Pennebaker is one of the most significant
documentary filmmakers in the world. His groundbreaking
work spans over half a century, and covers many of the major
events of our times. As one of the key creators of cinéma
vérité, his fly-on-the-wall style has become the most copied
and utilized form of documentary filmmaking.
For more information see the cinestudio.org
site
Lover of Unreason:
Assia Wevill, Sylvia Plath's Rival and Ted Hughes' s Doomed
Love
Thursday,
February 22 • 7 pm Broadside Bookshop
 Who Was
the Woman Who Replaced Sylvia Plath?
Authors Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev present Lover of Unreason:
Assia Wevill, Sylvia Plath's Rival and Ted Hughes's Doomed
Love.
The beautiful Assia Weevil haunted Ted Hughes' s poetry from
Crow through The Birthday Letters, and lived with him until
her own suicide seven years later.
Assia Wevill emerges as a fascinatingly unconventional figure,
a three-time divorcee and single mother. Drawing on previously
inaccessible diaries and letters, Koren and Negev bring to
light this shadowy woman, whom Hughes called his "true wife."
Thursday, February 22 • 7 pm
Broadside Bookshop
Organist Ian
Watson in Recital February 24 in Deerfield
 Arcadia
Players presents Ian Watson, internationally renowned organist,
harpsichordist, pianist and conductor, in his third annual
recital on the Richards, Fowkes & Co. organ at First Church
of Deerfield, Saturday, February 24, at 8:00 PM.
Watson, who is Arcadia Players’ Artistic Director, will play
works of Johann Sebastian Bach and of Bach’s mentor Dietrich
Buxtehude on the occasion of Buxtehude’s tercentenary.
Buxtehude’s fame was such that both Handel and the 20-year-old
Bach undertook the journey to Lubeck, Germany, to hear his
choral works and fabled organ improvisations. On Watson’s
program are a Magnificat and a series of chorale preludes
by Buxtehude, framed by two works of Bach’s: the early Prelude
and Fugue in C minor and the great Fantasia and Fugue in G
minor.
The organ installed in 2002 at First Church of Deerfield is
especially well suited to Baroque music. Bruce Fowkes, Ralph
Richards, and their associates build organs on the model of
historic northern European instruments such as those on which
Buxtehude and Bach performed. The Deerfield organ, their Opus
13, is an instrument that allows an organist to convey the
brilliant sonority, drama and spirit of these composers’ works
for “the king of instruments.”
Throughout his distinguished international career Ian Watson
has been immersed in Baroque and eighteenth-century performance
and style. Based for some years in London, he has been the
leading keyboard player with many major English ensembles
including the English Baroque Soloists and the Academy of
St. Martin in the Fields. On his most recent European tour,
in Fall 2006, he conducted the Dalarna Sinfonietta from Sweden
in works of Bach and Mozart. Watson was appointed organist
of St. Margaret’s, Westminster Abbey, at the age of 19; after
ten years there he held several other positions in historic
London churches and is now Music Director of St. Paul’s Cathedral
in Worcester and Director of the Worcester Festival.
Also known as a most engaging speaker, Watson will give a
pre-concert talk at 7:10 PM. A gala reception will follow
his recital in Deerfield Academy’s Caswell Library. The organ
concert is sponsored by Deerfield Academy.
The two remaining programs in Arcadia Players’ 18th season
will feature music of Henry Purcell, March 3 at Hills Chapel,
Smith College, Northampton, and March 4 at Providence Place,
Holyoke, and Bach cantatas in one performance on Saturday,
April 21, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Northampton.
Pre-ordered individual tickets to Ian Watson’s recital
are $22 for general admission, $43 for preferred seating and
$10 for students. Ticket prices at the door are $25 general,
$ 45 preferred, and $10 student and 5 minute RUSH tickets.
The concert is partially funded by the MCC’s Local Cultural
Councils throughout the Pioneer Valley including Agawam, Deerfield,
Erving, Granby, Hadley, Northfield, Plainfield, Whately, and
Williamsburg.
Image: The only surviving portrait of Buxtehude, from a 1674
painting by Johannes Voorhout.
"Of All the
People In All the World" at MASS MoCA Feb 10-25 only
You can't
see this--875,000,000 grains of rice--anywhere else!
 MASS MoCA
is the only East Coast venue for a project called Of All the
People In All the World coming to North Adams Feb 10-25.
We’ll have 16 tons of rice--875,000,000 grains, one grain
for each person in the Americas--installed in our 10,000 square
foot theater space all sorted into piles representing a range
of human statistics. You’ll find for instance a pile representing
the number of people living in gated communities side by side
with a pile representing all the people in prison–-they’re
almost the same size.
A team of performers from the UK artists’ collective Stan’s
Cafe will sort and re-sort the rice into different piles to
represent different statistics during the installation. They’ll
be talking to visitors as they come through the installation.
MASS MoCA is the ONLY venue to use this much rice and the
only place to see this installation east of the Rockies. It
is really a once in a lifetime opportunity. We're open 11
to 5 everyday plus 7 to 10 PM on weekends (2/16-17 and 2/23-24)
Don't miss it!
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the British Council, the
Appelbaum-Kahn Foundation, the National Endowment for the
Arts, and the Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire.
Tickets are just $5 for this special exhibition. SAVE! Gallery
admission + OATP $12.50 Visit again and again with a multi-day
pass $20
Learn more about Of
All the People in All the World
FEBRUARY EVENTS
AT THE NCA
Painting workshops
with Bob Markey in February
 The Northampton
Center for the Arts is on the third floor at 17 New South
Street in the Sullivan Building of the Old School Commons.
Its office and galleries are open Tuesday through Friday from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For lots more about ongoing programs, renting the space, etc.,
visit our Web site or call (413)-584-7327.
FEBRUARY
ARTS
Paintings by Robert Markey, which combine the visual
and the conceptual, will be showing in the Northampton Center
for the Arts gallery from February 1-28.
Markey says his work “often speaks about hope, about humor
and about the human condition: what it is and what it could
be. Much of my earlier work was visually brutal, showing
the suffering that one group of people cause to another.
My later work pushes this brutality beneath the surface,
showing more the beauty and hope that is possible.”
Markey, who lives in Ashfield, was born in New York in 1947.
He earned his B.S. in physics from M.I.T in 1969 and his
M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts
in 1982. Until 1980, his main focus was music, including
performances on classical guitar and sitar. In 1981, he
began to work in the visual arts and also to study Tae Kwon
Do. For the past 25 years, those two disciplines have been
at the center of his life.
On February 18 and 25, Markey will offer workshops from
2 to 5 p.m., "Abstract Painting: A Deeper Understanding
of the Painting Process." The workshops will be inaugural
events in the Center’s newly renovated arts space.
The cost is $80 per session with 30% to benefit the Center.
Participants may sign up for one or both sessions. Says
Markey, "the workshop is about understanding and seeing
what makes a painting work...We will look at the process
of creating a painting and what pushes a painting to be
more interesting and how to know when a painting is finished."
This is a hands-on class. Participants will be working in
acrylic on medium- to large-sized panels or canvases and
will find the workshop relevant, whether their work is abstract
or representational.
A LOT OF LOVE
TO THE FOLLOWING FOR MAKING THIS NEWSLETTER POSSIBLE:
The following
people have made generous donations toward the costs of this
newsletter
 Special thanks
to the following for donations to this newsletter and in the
name of my late co-host, Jamoka (1998-2006). He loves us now
from another place.
Pics
from the Jamoka memorial Bonfire thing, by Jon
Whitney.
If I somehow missed anyone please let me know. I get scatterbrained
lately.
SARAH PEBWORTH
DEBIN BRUCE
SUSAN BERGERON-WEST
CHARLES STERN
JANET FRAIDSTERN
MAUREEN DENNING AND CHARLES ENOS
LARRY SLEZAK
TERRY ROONEY
ANNE BURTON
DEAN NIMMER
BILL MYERS
KATHLEEN TRESTKA
ANITA HUNT
KATHY SERVICE & TIM DECHRISTOPHER
DAVID SMITH
JEFF MACK
LYNN PETERFREUND
BRADLEY FOX
KAREN AXELROD
AACO (AMERICAN ARTS COLLECTIVE ORGANIZATION), In memory
of our artists friends who were victims of AIDS and in honor
of Aids Awareness Day, December 1st
KELSEY FLYNN
LYN HORAN
HILARY PRICE & KERRY LABOUNTY
BRONWEN HODGKINSON
BRIANA TAYLOR
DORIS MADSEN
BETSY DAWN WILLIAMS
MARY WITT
JOAN AXELROD-CONTRADA
MAUREEN DENNING AND CHARLES (Donation made to Humane Society
in Jamoka's name)
DARYL LAFLEUR
WEDNESDAY NELENA SOROKIN
LINDA BATCHELOR
FREE, FREE!
TICKETS FOR ARTEXPO 2007 IN NYC
March 1
- March 5, 2007
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 W. 34th Street
New York City, New York 10001
Click here for a free ticket.
Click here
for more details.
Art Competition
for The Artist's Magazine
May 1 Deadline
24th Annual
Art Competition The 2007 art competition is now open!
Enter to win in five categories: still life, landscape, portrait
and figure, animal art or experimental. Check out 24th
Annual Art Competition for details.
DWIGHT SMITH'S
MOVIE PICKS
Riding Alone
for Thousands of Miles [Qian li zou dan qi] (2005)
 Riding
Alone for Thousands of Miles [Qian li zou dan qi] (2005)
Directed by Yimou Zhang
Written by Yimou Zhang & Jingzhi Zou
Starring Ken Takakura as Gou-ichi Takata, Shinobu Terajima
as Rie Takata, Jiamin Li as Li Jiamin.
Before Yimou Zhang began directing films at 37 he was a renowned
cinematographer working with directors such as Chen Kaige
so something common to all of his films that I’ve seen is
the breathtaking imagery and this film is no exception. Filmed
in China’s Yunnan province, not only the most culturally diverse
but the most geographically stunning areas of China, one is
confronted with frame after frame of spectacular beauty. This
is as much a piece of work from the artist Yimou as the filmmaker
Yimou. He was told that he could do anything that he wanted
wherever he wanted with whomever he wanted and this is what
he did. A simple story of a father coming to terms with his
love for his son with whom he has become estranged. The only
professional actor is Ken Takakura with the remainder of the
cast predominately amateur. You would hardly know it. For
one, Takakura is such a master that he is able to carry the
entire film on his shoulders but all the other actors are
so perfectly typecast that their lack of experience is well
concealed. There is one scene where the residents of Stone
Village hold a banquet in honor of Takakura’s character Takata
who is visiting and it borders on the surreal as the table
lined with villagers winds it’s way through the village seemingly
without end. Yimou Zhang is a great artist of cinema and I
am always delighted to see one of his films and look forward
to seeing Curse of the Golden Flower where it appears that
China untied it’s purse strings for their favorite son and
stars one of Yimou’s preferred actresses, and mine, Gong Li.
I am very curious to see what this filmmaker who is accustomed
to small intimate sets does with such a monumental production
Arts &
Health Care Workshop
Wednesday,
February 28, 3:30 pm—5:30 pm
Next Arts
& Health Care Workshop Scheduled for Worcester
Mark Your Calendars: Statewide Schedule of Workshops
State Senator Brian Joyce (D-Milton) and State Representative
Eric Turkington (D-Falmouth), Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee
on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development, announced today
the schedule for informational workshops on the new Health
Care Law and its affect on artists and non-profit cultural
organizations.
In partnership with the Joint Committee, the new Arts Health
Care Coalition will present information and answer questions
about the new law from health care experts with representatives
of the state. The workshop is tailored to answer the questions
and specific needs of artists, self-employed people and non-profit
cultural organizations and their employees.
You can also visit the new Arts & Health Care Web Site
for easy, user-friendly information:
www.artshealthcarecoalition.org
Worcester—Feb. 28, Wednesday, 3:30—5:30 pm, employers and human resource
managers
6:30—8:30 pm, general audience
Mass College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Auditorium 1
19 Foster Street Worcester, MA 01608-1715
Berkshires—March 3, Saturday 10:30 am—12:30 pm, employers
and human resource managers
1:30—3:30 pm, general audience
Unicorn Theatre
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Rt. 7 & Rt. 102
Stockbridge, MA
Lynn/North Shore—March 7, Wednesday 6:30 pm—8:30 pm Lynn
Arts
25 Exchange Street Lynn, MA 01901
Boston—March 14, Wednesday
3:00—5:00 pm, employers and human resource managers
6:30—8:30 pm, general audience
Calderwood Pavilion
Boston Center for the Arts
527 Tremont Street Boston, MA
New Bedford—March 28, Wednesday
6:30 pm—8:30 pm
New Bedford Whaling Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill New Bedford, MA 02740-6398
All workshops are free and open to the public.
The Arts Health Care Coalition was formed by the Massachusetts
Cultural Council; Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts,
Sciences, and Humanities (MAASH); the Artists Foundation
and ArtistLink to address health care issues in the cultural
community.
RESOURCES
FOR ARTISTS
STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE NOW IN EASTHAMPTON
- The Blue Guitar Gallery in Easthampton is
a shared workspace and gallery. It is 410 sq. ft.
on the inside, and there's also a small space 120
sq. ft., carpeted available. $200 month includes
utilities and the right to a private or shared show
twice a year. There's also a nice hall and reception
area for hanging work. Since I need to keep the
walls clean for showing, I'm looking for artists
who work on easels or tables, not too messy. It's
on the ground floor, at 186 D Northampton Street
(Rte. 10), just over the line from Northampton.
It's opposite the post office. The grand opening
will be March 10, during Art Walk Easthampton!
Contact Christie Svane at csvane@comcast.net, 413-247-9454,
www.theblueguitar.org
" A.R.T.S. Anonymous is a 12 step recovery
group for artists of all kinds and at all levels.
We meet every Monday from 6:30 to 8pm in Room 230
at Wright Hall on the Smith College campus. No dues
or fees. For more information call 413.527.5215
or visit their website, http://artsanonymous.org/."
Northampton Playwright's Lab at Forbes Library
Northampton Playwrights' Lab is a group for playwrights
of all levels of experience and everyone is welcome.
Participants can sign up to bring their work-in
progress (short plays, one-acts, and full-length)
to be read aloud by other lab members or actors.
Members will offer one another constructive feedback,
support, and criticism in the development of new
plays. The group does occasional public performances.
The NPL meets regularly on the second and fourth
Wednesday of the month. The next meeting will take
place on Wednesday, February 14th at 6:30 in the
Watson Room. For further information, please contact
Meryl Cohn: msbehavior@aol.com
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NOTE: I cull this information from many sources
and it is really time consuming to add it and format
each line of text. So I apologize if at times there
is expired information here. Some weeks I don't
have time to get to this section. I feel like it's
more important to use the time I have to post your
event. Thanks for your understanding.~Mo
Sublime Climate: a call for artists and scientists
As this call for submissions goes to press, the
National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
(NOAA) announced 2006 was the warmest year on record
for the U.S. The Cambridge School of Weston will
open its doors to The Garthwaite Center for Science
and Art, a sustainable science building and art
gallery, in the fall of 2007.
For the building's first exhibition season, we are
reaching out to artists and scientists alike who
explore issues and themes related to global warming.
The exhibition will run from November 2007 through
the first week of February 2008. Further details
will be announced.
All media will be considered; however, large work
may not be able to be accommodated. In addition
to exhibiting works of contemporary art and science,
we also invite proposals from individuals who would
be willing to partake in a symposium on global warming,
or otherwise are willing to work with our students
in some capacity.
Submissions should include examples of work via
slides or digital media, a resume, along with any
appropriate written proposal or documentation. Please
include a S.A.S.E., for the eventual return of materials,
and contact information. Send all materials to Todd
Bartel, The Cambridge School of Weston, 45 Georgian
Road, Weston, MA, 02493. The deadline for submissions
is April 30, 2007. For questions please contact
tbartel@csw.org
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Call for Entries - Juried Monotype Exhibition
The Gallery at Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
is very excited to host our first Juried Monotype
Exhibition, April 6-May 18. The exhibition will
include monotype prints produced without the use
of solvents in any aspect of the process. We invite
you to submit your best recent work for this show
(up to 10 prints), which will be juried by Curator,
Nicholas J. Capasso from the DeCordova Museum and
Sculpture Park. Entry deadline: February 14th.
For a prospectus go to: http://www.zeamaysprintmaking.com/juried
monotype prospectus.htm
questions? email liz@zeamaysprintmaking.com
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Deadline September 1, 2007 INTERNATIONAL
ARTISTS RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Seeking visual artists, writers, and composers for
2-, 4-, 6-, and 8-wk-long residencies, Jan 1 - Jun
15, 2008. Free housing and studio space and a $100/wk
stipend. For application and complete guidelines
please contact: Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for
the Arts, 801 3rd Corso, Nebraska City NE 68410
OR 402-874-9600 OR http://www.KHNCenterfortheArts.org
OR info@KHNCenterfortheArts.org
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Deadline Februray 15, 2007. Bazaar Productions/The
Berkshire Fringe is now accepting submissions of
dynamic works of theater, dance and mutli-media
performance for its 2007 season. The third annual
festival held in Great Barrington, MA will present
21 days of original performances, free workshops,
and artist discussions by and with emerging artists
from across the United States. The Berkshire Fringe
provides a unique opportunity for emerging and early-career
artists from around the country to present work
in a fresh and exciting atmosphere.
Founded in 2003 by a cohort of Berkshire natives
and graduates of Simon's Rock College, Bazaar Productions,
Inc (Sara Kathryn Katzoff, Timothy Ryan Olson and
Peter Wise) aims to fill a growing need in the community
for exciting new work at affordable ticket prices.
The Berkshire Fringe continues to grow into a bustling
community and has featured more than two dozen new
works and events that have blended genres, represented
new styles, and delved into traditions underrepresented
in the mainstream.
In 2007 the festival will take place during July
and August and will invite six companies or individuals
to participate. Performers from all backgrounds
and disciplines are strongly encouraged to apply.
Bazaar Productions is also dedicated to focusing
funds and resources to create an exemplary experience
for all participating artists. The festival is scheduled
so that performers can see each other's work, can
participate in each other's workshops and can share
ideas and experiences. These initiatives establish
a center for artistic exchange while providing accessible,
affordable and unparalleled cultural enrichment
to the community.
Perspective or interested applicants may visit www.berkshirefringe.org
for more information and to obtain an application.
Inquiries can be answered by e-mailing co-artistic
director Sara Katzoff at sara(at)berkshirefringe.org
or calling the offices of Bazaar Productions at
(413) 320-4175. The deadline for applications
is Februray 15, 2007. All applications must be received
by February 15, 2007.
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DEADLINE FEBRUARY 24, 2007
“Sixth Annual Women in History Month Juried Photo
Exhibit” March 1 – March 30
WHO: All Pioneer Valley Women (all ages) residents
eligible.
WHAT: Juried Photo Contest
THEME: Environmental Portraiture. “An environmental
portrait supplies enough details with props and
choice of background to share with and present to
the viewer something about the lifestyle of the
person. In an environmental portrait, the subject
is photographed at home, at the office, or on location,
whichever best portrays the person's story. Far
from the posed safe studio portrait with a seamless
background, an environmental portrait positions
the subject amid everyday objects of her life. Tell
her story! She can live anywhere!
WHERE: Robert Floyd Photo Gallery, Southampton,
MA (Rt. 10)
WHEN: Submission deadline Saturday, FEB 24, 5:00
pm
WHY: $350 cash prize for first place. Cash and merchant
awards for 2nd and 3rd place.
24 images selected for exhibit. Also, the 3 winning
entries will remain on exhibit, another month, through
April 29. Exhibit heavily publicized with name of
exhibitors to all media outlets.
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Sep 01, 2007 INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS RESIDENCY
PROGRAM
Seeking visual artists, writers, and composers for
2-, 4-, 6-, and 8-wk-long residencies, Jan 1 - Jun
15, 2008. Free housing and studio space and a $100/wk
stipend. For application and complete guidelines
please contact: Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for
the Arts, 801 3rd Corso, Nebraska City NE 68410
OR 402-874-9600 OR http://www.KHNCenterfortheArts.org
OR info@KHNCenterfortheArts.org
Deadline - Ongoing *Three Rivers Community College
Reviewing Work for Exhibitions, CT Three Rivers
Community College in Norwich Connecticut is accepting
portfolios to review for 1-to-2 month exhibitions.
No fee. For consideration, sent 10-20 slides, resume,
statement, and return postage to: Sandra Jeknavorian,
Instructor of Art, Three Rivers Community College,
Thames Valley Campus, 574 New London Turnpike, Norwich
CT, 06360 / SJeknavorian@trcc.commnet.edu
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Ongoing GALLERY A3 SEEKING NEW MEMBERS-
SUBMIT ONLINE FOR ART WALK EASTHAMPTON
Art Walk Easthampton, a monthly, self-guided walking
tour of arts and culture, has added a proposal page
to its website where visual, music and performance
artists can outline what they would like to show
or perform if given the opportunity.
All the locations that participate in Art Walk Easthampton
can view the submissions for possible inclusion
in an upcoming event. The talent describes the work,
provides images, identifies the types of venues
they would like to be in, the dates they are available
and provides contact information. If there's a match
between the submission and the venue's interest,
the venue contacts the talent directly to handle
booking arrangements.
The proposal form is available at www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org
and is open to all local and regional artists.
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ONGOING
An 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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