(Bristol, RI) Master printmaker and painter, Eric Goldberg of Mansfield, CT, will speak on Saturday afternoon, May 17th at 2pm at Gallery 297, 297 Hope Street in Bristol, RI on the formation of the Boston Printmakers’ Miniature Print Traveling Exhibit and about the various techniques used by the 71 printmakers. The exhibit will be on view at Gallery 297 through Saturday, May 31st. This program is open free to the public…just bring a folding chair, stool or cushion and enjoy a casual afternoon of art and light refreshments.

Mr. Goldberg studied at Parsons School of Design (NYC), The New School for Social Research (NYC), received his BFA from New York University and his graduate degree from New Mexico University in painting and printmaking. His artwork is held in many corporate, public and private collections, including General Electric and the Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts. In 2003 he retired after twenty years as chair of a college Fine Arts/Design department to pursue his painting and printmaking full-time. His paintings range in size from murals to works that could be described as almost miniatures. Goldberg’s prints are primarily etchings and usually contain a wide range of aquatints, which he hand-burnishes much in the way one would work a mezzotint. His subject matter ranges from still life to landscape to portrait. Critics and reviewers have described his paintings and prints as “meditative, contemplative and uplifting”.

The campaign featured two spots. Entitled “No Excuses,” it was created by William Smith, Director; Miraj Berry, Writer/Composer; and George T. Marshall, Producer. The spots featured the talents of Richard Donnelly and Phyliis Kaye of Trinity Repertory Company. They aired in July and August 2007 on WJAR TV.

This marks the third time PSA’s produced by RIIFF have gone on to be nominated for Emmy Awards. There has been one win. All spots were directed by William Smyth.

The 31st Boston / New England Emmy Awards will take place on Saturday, May 10th, 2008 at the Boston Marriott Hotel, Copley Place, Grand Ballroom, 110 Huntington Avenue, Boston

Hera Gallery will host an evening of dialogue regarding immigrations effect upon artists, and the responsibility of artists to facilitate awareness of the topic of immigration. Gallery member, John Kotula, will conduct this discussion; also contributing to this event will be Ana Flores, Judith Tannenbaum, and Zaljka Himbele.

The panelists and audience will discuss artists and immigration in the context of Hera’s exhibition Crossing Borders/Cruzando Fronteras. How does the process of immigration affect the artist? How does the immigrant artist affect his new culture? How can the artist create civic engagement and dialog?

The presentation of this panel discussion received generous support from Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.

The Price Of Sugar film screening

Saturday, May 10th, 6:30 - 8:30

Hera Gallery will be hosting the Providence Latin American Film Festival’s screening of The Price of Sugar. The Providence Latin American Film Festival is a non-profit pan-cultural organization, to promote Latin-American culture and more specifically to provide Latin American film directors with an opportunity to exhibit in New England.

Director, Jose Torrealba, has selected the film The Price of Sugar to show at Hera Gallery. This film follows Father Christopher Hartley as he organizes some of this hemisphere’s poorest people to fight for their basic human rights. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate from and at what human cost they are produced.

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