Archive for April, 2009

News and Events from Everett Dance Theatre and the Carriage House

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

	NEWS FROM EVERETT DANCE THEATRE & THE CARRIAGE HOUSE STAGE AND SCHOOL


		FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE! May 1 @ 7pm Hilarious Improv Comedy featuring live music from Bertrand Laurence! All Ages Show! Families always welcome!!!Voted 2008 BEST FAMILY FRIENDLY COMEDY NIGHT from the RHODE ISLAND MONTHLY! Get beside yourself with FNL’s interactive scenes and on-the-spot musicals, featuring improvised song, dance, and skits! Performances are intended for audiences of all ages, personality types, and food groups. Friday Night Live unites a diverse cast of veteran Everett artists, young up-and-coming performers, and live guitarist/composer Bertrand Laurence, in the production of fun, funny, creative, and meaningful performances! $5 at the door At The Carriage House (7 Duncan Ave. Providence, RI) For more info call (401) 831-9479 or visit www.everettdancetheatre.org Would you like to sponsor a Friday Night Live show? Please CLICK HERE


		Friday Night Live presents THE OPEN STAGE! May 1, 2009 @ 8pm Friday Night Live proudly presents THE OPEN STAGE, a monthly open forum for young performers featuring house dance troupe Case Closed and hosted by Everett Dance Theatres Sokeo Ros. THE OPEN STAGE will take place each month from 8-10pm, immediately following the Friday Night Live improv comedy show at 7pm. THE OPEN STAGE is produced and run by students of the Carriage House. All proceeds from these performances helps support free programs for underprivileged youth at the school. $5 at the door For more info call (401) 831-9479


		Emerson Movies and Hip Hop Dance 3 Short Films from Justine Jungels Bevilacqua, Carolyn Polansky and Eileen Richardson & 3 Dance Performances by Cased Closed Saturday, May 9th @ 8pm Sunday, May 10th @ 2pm Hide and Seek (2009) by Justine Jungels Bevilacqua Hide and Seek is a short fictional narrative dealing with issues of sexuality and the desire for acceptance. This film features many Carriage House Artists and students including: Anisha Gibbs, in the lead role of Eve; Everett founding member Rachael Jungels as Eves deeply religious mother; and Ari Brisbon, long time Carriage House student and winner of the 2008 Rhode Island State Shakespeare Competition, as Eves friend Brent. Just As I Am (2008) by Carolyn Polansky This documentary looks at the contradictory role Christianity can play in the lives of gay and lesbian people. La Luz del Perdn (The Light of Forgiveness) (2009) by Eileen Richardson La Luz del Perdn is a hand processed film, hand manipulated journey of emotions and a personal documentary that uses abstract imagery to represent the fear of rejection, homosexuality, memories of childhood and the ultimate light found in forgiveness. $5 at the door At The Carriage House (7 Duncan Ave. Providence, RI) For more info call (401) 831-9479

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Brown’s 411 Multi-media arts listserve

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

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Performance: Lively Electronics: A Night of Experimental Digital Performance - Friday,

May 1

Event: Meme Ensemble Circuit Bent Bikestra - Sunday, May 3

Lecture: Nina Katchadourian - Wednesday, May 6

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Details

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Performance: Lively Electronics: A Night of Experimental Digital Performance

Friday, May 1

10pm

Grant Recital Hall

MEME@Brown and Boston Cyberarts Combine Forces For Some Lively Electronics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – MEME@Brown and Boston Cyberarts announce Lively Electronics: A

Night of Experimental Digital Performance.

As part of the 2009 Boston Cyberarts Festival, this night will feature experimental

intermedia performance works by MEME’s Brian Knoth (with movement artist Emily

Beattie) and Lyn Goeringer.

The show will take place Friday, May 1, 2009 at 10:00 PM. It is located at Grant Recital

Hall, Brown University (behind the Orwig Music Bldg on the corner of Hope St and Young

Orchard Ave). The show is free and open to the public and Grant Recital Hall is newly

renovated and accessible.

To request special services, accommodations or assistance for this event, please contact

Ashley Lundh [401.863.3234 - Ashley_Lundh@brown.edu] as far in advance of the event as possible.About the Show:

Brian Knoth’s Unless (2009) (with Emily Beattie — movement artist) will be a mysterious

and engaging performance experience with a highly kinetic and immersive combination of

improvised movement, interactive sound design and reactive imagery. Audience

participation will be encouraged. http://brianknoth.com http://emilybeattie.com/ Lyn Goeringer’s Whisper (2009) will be an interactive light, video, and soundperformance-installation environment. Incorporating an interactive light system and

subtle video, movement controlled music and sound emits from small objects on stage

and speakers within the space.

http://www.brianknoth.com/LivelyElectronics http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=76806098674 　==========================

Event: Meme Ensemble Circuit Bent Bikestra

Sunday, May 3

10a

Steinert Building (Corner of Hope and Power)

The bike ride (MEME Ensemble Circuit Bent Bikestra) will be departing Steinert at 10am

on Sunday, and returning to Steinert at 12pm. We would like to invite the entire

community to join us on a two hour circuit bent ride on the East Bay bike path.

People are encouraged to ride along and participate at will.

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Lecture: Nina Katchadourian

Wednesday, May 6

1:15 pm

RISD Design Center Room 212

Nina Katchadourian was born in Stanford, California and grew up spending every summer

on a small island in the Finnish archipelago, where she still spends part of each year. Her

work exists in a wide variety of media including photography, sculpture, video and sound.

Her work has been exhibited domestically and internationally at places such as

PS1/MoMA, the Serpentine Gallery, New Langton Arts, Artists Space, SculptureCenter, and

the Palais de Tokyo. In January 2006 the Turku Art Museum in Turku, Finland featured a

solo show of works made in Finland, and in June 2006 the Tang Museum in Saratoga

Springs exhibited a 10-year survey of her work and published an accompanying

monograph entitled “All Forms of Attraction.” The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

presented a solo show of recent video installation works in July 2008. Katchadourian is

represented by Sara Meltzer gallery in New York and Catharine Clark gallery in San

Francisco.

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For more event listings please visit:

http://brown.edu/Departments/Music/events/ http://brown.edu/Departments/MCM/events/

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Literary_Arts/events.htmhttp://dm.risd.edu

http://www.as220.org http://www.nonevent.org

http://www.turbulence.org/upgrade/ http://www.turbulence.org/

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Upcoming Shows at the Providence Art Club

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Maxwell Mays gallery

Marjory Dalenius and Marcia Truell Newren: Related

     Mixed media assemblage artist Marjory Dalenius and her daughter, glass artist Marcia Newren, showcase a series of sculptures in “Related.” The artists’ work consists of numerous pairs, each of which is similar in topic, differing only in medium and approach. Works are not only related in the physical sense, but also in concept, some even playing off of the ideas of others. The work of these two artists contrasts in technical precisions and yet the ties in perspective, humor and visual translation are unquestionably related.
     Newren holds a master’s degree in archaeology from the University of Colorado. She attended the Pilchuck Glass School and continued her studies at the Corning Glass Museum. Newren worked closely with internationally recognized glass artist Emily Brock during this time. Her work has received numerous awards.
     Mixed media sculptor Dalenius uses found objects, recombined and refigured, to create surprising and often amusing contexts. Marks left by previous use, such as polish and scratches, while referencing former associations, come to enhance the new context she has created. While these double meanings generate irony and puns, there is an undercurrent of this artist’s strong attitude toward re-using materials and reducing the waste society generates. Dalenius attended Cornell University and the Rhode Island School of Design. She is a longtime member and former gallery director of the Providence Art Club.

Dodge House Gallery

Alice K. Miles and B. Turek Robinson: Encore

          In “Encore,” RISD alumni and artists Alice K. Miles and B. Turek Robinson reunite for an exhibition of recent watercolors and monoprints.
     Miles uses tonal colors and simple shapes to create a series of dreamy, atmospheric landscapes. Her love of art was fostered at an early age and enriched by her professors at Rhode Island School of Design. Her passion eventually translated into a full-time career.
     A longtime Providence antique dealer and fine art restorer, Miles has completed commissions for museums, universities, state buildings and private collectors. Her restoration work is visible in many public spaces, including the chambers and hallways of Providence City Hall, where she restored a series of paintings depicting the city’s early mayors.
     Robinson also recognizes RISD with fostering her passion for the arts, in particular her first year instructor Edna Lawrence. Robinson credits her mentor with instilling in her a love and respect for nature. From Lawrence, Robinson said she learned how to observe, explore and appreciate nature. This series of detailed colored pencil drawings are dedicated to her memory.
     Robinson graduated RISD with a bachelor’s in illustration. Since that time her work has been published in the Boston Globe, Yankee Magazine and numerous novels and medical journals.

Moitié gallery

Ruth J. Emers: New Works

          Ruth Emers began her studies at Brown University where she received a degree in fine arts in 1972. She was awarded a fellowship to Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass., in 2002 and was elected to The Copley Society of Boston the same year. Her semi-abstract sculptures have won awards from the Cambridge Art Association, Warwick Museum and Providence Art Club. She is a member of the Providence Art Club, New England Sculptors Association, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and The Copley Society. Her sculpture studio is located in Pawtucket.

Founded in 1880 to stimulate the appreciation of art in the community, the Club has long been a place for artists and art patrons to congregate, create, display and circulate works of art. Located along Thomas Street, in the shadow of the First Baptist Church, the Providence Art Club is a picturesque procession of historic houses, home to studios, galleries and the clubhouse. Through its public programs, its art instruction classes for members and its active exhibition schedule, the Providence Art Club continues a tradition of sponsoring and supporting the visual arts in Providence and throughout Rhode Island.                                                                All exhibitions are free and open to the publiC

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News from the Society of Arts and Crafts

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

The Society of Arts and Crafts
E-Newsletter MAY 2009

Current Exhibition
American Enamels
May 1 to July 26, 2009
Opening reception on Friday, May 1, 6-8 pm

American Enamels presents a glimpse into the innovative nature of the current American enamel-scene. Selected artists explore and exploit the properties and processes of enamel in an effort to make work that conveys their formal and conceptual concerns. Exhibited work will include jewelry, vessels, sculpture and a site-specific installation by Kate Bauman. Exhibiting artists: Kate Bauman, Katy Bergman Cassell, Harlan Butt, Jessica Calderwood, Lisa Crowder, Angela Gerhard, Charity Hall, April Higashi, Maya Kini, Brooke Marks-Swanson, Sharon Massey, June Schwarcz, Marjorie Simon and Brandon Wallace.

See also our Made In America series of programs, presented by The Society of Arts and Crafts, Fuller Craft Museum and The North Bennet Street School. Click here for a complete schedule of events. A selection of pieces from the exhibition can be viewed at: http://shop.societyofcrafts.org.

Image: Sharon Massey, Ring Series, silver, copper, enamel, each approx. 2″x1″x1″

Can’t get to Newbury Street - visit us online!

Check out our online store where you can shop 24/7 for handmade work by America’s finest craft artists. Discover that perfect object for your home or purchase amazing gifts for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and other special occasions. New work is added every week!Image: Amy Nguyen, Stitched Chiffon Wrap, Hand dyed shibori scarf, Aprox 61″ x 17″

Colorful polka dot cup with oversized saucer.

Retail Gallery · In the Window:
Dwo Wen Chen, Ceramic Artist

Dwo Wen Chen’s stoneware reflects his background in painting and the inspiration he finds in natural forms. His pottery is hand-rolled and wheel-thrown. “I want there to be an earthiness to the shape and texture of my work that allows the idiosyncrasies of the craft to come through.”Image: Bean Bag Cup and Saucer, Hand Thrown stoneware, 6″ x 7″ x 6″

Maine Craft Tour!
Friday, July 24 - Sunday, July, 26

This is your chance to see all that Maine has to offer in craft! Details are being finalized, but we expect the schedule to include visits to: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts; Dow Studio; Turtle Gallery; the studios of fiber artist Lissa Hunter and furniture maker Matt Hutton; and a private collection.

Fee: $700 per person — $675 for current SAC members. Fee includes transportation (from Boston) and meals. For more information (including options for accommodations) or to register for the tour, please contact Nancy Galluzzo at 617-266-1810 or ngalluzzo@societyofcrafts.org.

Image: Main staircase at Haystack

Upcoming Exhibitions
POP Craft
August 8 - October 18, 2009
Opening reception on Friday, September 11 from 6-8pm

Pop Art, a movement most closely associated with 1960s America, brings to mind Andy Warhol and his silk-screened Campbell soup cans and Marilyn Monroe portraits or Roy Lichtenstein and his paintings influenced by the techniques and subject matter of comic strips. Pop Art draws from and comments upon popular culture: its icons, commerce and follies. Rarely shy, Pop Art is typically bold and brash and sometimes political.
POP Craft seeks to discover and present the ways in which the lessons of Pop Art have been absorbed and filtered by contemporary artists working in ceramics, fiber, glass, metal and/or wood. Exhibiting artists include: Rick Beck, Shannon Goff, Arthur Hash, Margaux Lange, Peter Morgan, Ianna Nova Frisby, Erica Rosenfeld, Justin Rothshank, Sean Scully, Karen Shapiro and Connie Verrusio.

From Minimal to Bling: Contemporary Studio Jewelry
November 2009 - January 2010

Image: Karen Shapiro, Campbell’s Tomato Soup, ceramic, 15″ x 8.5″ in diameter.

CRAFTBOSTON Holiday 2009

Save The Date The Society of Arts and Crafts is pleased to announce the second annual CRAFTBOSTON Holiday December 11-13, 2009 at The Cyclorama at The Boston Center for the Arts!Our annual Spring show will continue to take place at the Seaport World Trade Center from April 9-11, 2010.

For more information visit www.craftboston.org or contact Sarah Cunningham at show@craftboston.org.

Image: Cecilia Frittelli & Richard Lockwood, Silk Tie and Men’s Tweed blazer

Eternity Brooch, rawhide, plastic sterling & n

Opportunities for Artists

The ART JEWELRY FORUM announces the call for entries for its ninth annual EMERGING ARTIST AWARD of $5,000 to acknowledge promise, individuality and innovation, and to advance the artist’s career. Deadline for submitting your entry is June 14, 2009. For more information: ArtJewelryForum.orgImage: 2008 Emerging Artist Winner - Masumi Kataoka, Eternity Brooch, rawhide, plastic sterling & nickel, 2008

Fuller Craft Museum
On View in May

Craft in America - Expanding Traditions (through May 25)
The Sixth Sense: Contemporary Jewelry from Korea
Days of Spring - Memories of Intimate Connections:
Wood Sculptures by Christian Burchard
Sources of Knowledge: Teaching Artists at Fuller Craft Museum
Machiko Agano: Structured Space
For more information: www.fullercraft.org

Image: Machiko Agano installation.

The SAC's brownstone within the context of Newbury St.

The Society of Arts and Crafts is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and from grants and donations from friends like you! Please forward (see link below) this email to your friends interested in Craft.

The Society of Arts and Crafts
175 Newbury Street · Boston, MA 02116
(617) 266.1810
Our hours are Tuesday-Saturday: 10-6,
Sunday, closed · Monday by appointment.

http://www.societyofcrafts.org http://www.craftboston.org

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Become a member and enjoy special member discounts and benefits.

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News from Gallery Z

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

April 29th, 2009

Issue: 102

Greetings From Gallery Z!

This week is an exciting week of firsts at Gallery Z.

Gallery Z is re-launching its Art, Food, & Wine to Create Awareness for a Cause event. On Thursday, April 30, from 5pm to 7pm, Gallery Z will partner with our Public Art Window organization, Armenian Children’s Milk Fund, to host a fund-raising event to elevate public consciousness on different issues and causes. This event will feature food from Restaurant 242 and wine from Gasbarro’s Wines of Historic Federal Hill.

Tomorrow we will open a special one-week-only exhibition of artwork that will showcase the talents of the senior art students at the University of Rhode Island. The 2008-2009 Senior Seminar Class at the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Fine Art represents a talented and diverse group of young artists. Gallery Z has worked closely with URI Fine Art faculty to have an exhibition that is timed for the end of these students’ academic careers and the beginning of their professional ones. This exhibition has been co-curated by URI Fine Art Department faculty and established Gallery Z artists Brian O’Malley and Bob Dilworth.

Facing new challenges and limited resources this academic year, the Fine Arts Center Galleries at the University of Rhode Island are now forced to try to survive without any funding. Gallery Z has decided that it is important to support the fine art students at URI by providing them with an accessible space to showcase their artwork in Providence since the closing of the URI galleries in the summer of 2008.

The opening reception for this special exhibition will be combined with our Art, Food, & Wine event this month on Thursday evening from 5pm to 9pm.

Our next exhibition to come in May is a solo exhibition of Photo Constructives by Lawrence Sykes. For more information on “Ancient Timeless Shores: Photo-Constructives” by Lawrence Sykes, visit us online at http://www.galleryzprov.com/exhibits-u.html

About Gallery Z

Located on Providence’s Historic Atwells Avenue (Exit 21 from Interstate 95) since 2001, Gallery Z offers an eclectic collection of works by 20th-21st century Armenian, American, international, and Rhode Island artists. Opening receptions are held on the third Thursday of each month. Owner and photographer Bérge Ara Zobian, spearheading efforts to raise public interest in the arts, dedicates an entire front window to the public forum.

Also, Gallery Z is a TAX FREE ZONE. For more information, click here.
And, as always, all exhibits are free and open to the public.The gallery can be found on the World Wide Web at
Please feel free to contact the gallery at galleryzprov@aol.com.

Gallery Hours:
Tues & Wed 12-6pm
Thurs-Sat 12-8pm
By appointment and by chance

MEMBER - Gallery Night Providence
MEMBER - PWCVB, Providence Warwick Convention Visitors Bureau
MEMBER - Federal Hill Commerce Association
MEMBER - Americans for the Arts

Directions to Gallery Z:From the North:
Take 95 South to Exit 21. At the end of the exit ramp, take a right onto Atwells Avenue.

From the South:
Take 95 North to exit 21. At the second set of lights take a left onto Atwells Avenue.

Gallery Z is located on your right at 259 Atwells Avenue.

In This Issue

This Week at Gallery Z

Exhibitions at Gallery Z

April Public Art Window

Current Show:

“Three Generations + 1: The Elibekians”

Show Dates:
April 1st, 2009 to April 25th, 2009

Opening Reception:
Thursday,
April 16th, 2009, 5pm to 9pm

Artists’ Reception:
Saturday,
April 25th, 2009, 2pm to 5pm

April Public Art Window: Armenian Children’s Milk Fund

With the month of April, Gallery Z welcomes Armenian Children’s Milk Fund to our Public Art Window.

The Armenian Children’s Milk Fund
has been sending life- saving soy-based infant formula and dry powdered milk to Armenia since 1989. The European Federation of the Red Cross has commended ACMF for the benefits ACMF’s sustaining nutritional programs provide to Armenia’s next generation, and for the dedication ACMF brings to its work. ACMF is a volunteer organization formed by a diverse group of caring individuals. Its headquarters are Belmont, MA. ACMF volunteers and supporters come from across the United States.

259 Atwells Avenue - Providence, Rhode Island 02903 - tel (401) 454-8844 - fax (401) 751-3295

Gallery Z: A Fine Art Gallery | 259 Atwells Avenue | Providence | RI | 02903

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Upcoming Shows at the Providence Art Club

Marjory Dalenius and Marcia Truell Newren: Related

Dodge House Gallery

Alice K. Miles and B. Turek Robinson: Encore

Ruth J. Emers: New Works

News from the Society of Arts and Crafts

News from Gallery Z