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EDITOR
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Mo Ringey
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Carey Kalimba Scanlon Ascenzo
Lisa Clark
Susan Bergeron-West
Joyce Conlon
Doris Madsen
Sarah Pebworth
Michelle Cotugno
Bruce Barone
June
18, 2007
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WORKING IN THE ALLEY
It's all about the dumpster
 Lately
I have been working in the alley outside my studio. I wondered if I'd
be bored with no radio or a documentary to listen to while I work but
it has proved far more interesting than I might have imagined. The
parade of cars, animals and people has provided quite the show. Most
days I begin at 9 or 10 am and work till 7ish when I lose my light so I
have seen much of what happens in the alley. I am the Sentinel.
I have been using the alley for a month now because of the
toxicity of my vacuum cleaner project. Dean
Nimmer gave me an old Premier Grand Vacuum Cleaner he
found at a flea market. I had put it aside till it called
me to work on it. This is in keeping with my modus operandi
because 99% of all of my projects are things which either
somehow show up at my door or appear next to the dumpster
in the alley. Lately industrial things parade by while I am
working, en route to the dumpster, and I jump up and save
them. I have collected a Champion Striper (to make stripes
on roads) and a Capital Temptrol (to make temperature in Capitals,
I think). I guess my next line will be retired industrial
objects, saved from their final march to the dumpster. I feel
good about that.
I *was* working on a BeautyBox
brand breadbox project but temporarily ruined it due to
over-experimentation and there was the Premier Grand, waving at me and
so it began. The metal base is too nice to touch so I decided to cover
the cloth dust bag with glass. But first I needed to shore it up and so
I began covering it with fiberglass and resin. Yes, I wore my
double-barrelled respirator and layers of gloves. The resin is so
sticky and it wanders so much that I had to change gloves every few
minutes. It felt like being a speed racer of disposable gloves. I went
through two boxes of gloves on the first day.
That first day I
worked in the alley corresponded with the first day of a padlock on the
dumpster nearby. It was a Saturday and I soon learned that Saturdays
are the days that people come to use our dumpster. First a little old
red pickup truck came by with a load of trash. The driver looked upon
me with chagrin, then, seemingly resolved to proceed anyway, he drove
up next to the dumpster. He spied the padlock and sped off. I kinda
felt bad for him. His car wasn't screaming disposable income but then I
thought well, if the landlord has to pay to empty the dumpster too
often we'll end up paying for trash removal and I don't want that so I
stopped feeling sorry for him and kept working. Because of my proximity
to the dumpster people seemed to eye me warily, as if I were the keeper
of the key. I felt misunderstood.
Then a little silver Honda
Civic came by. It looked like a reasonable car. I am guessing that the
driver maybe saw illegal dumping as a cost-cutting measure and not a
survival thing. She saw the lock and did an alamande-left out the back
drive. I felt nothing, really.
THEN came the gleaming,
pearlescent white Lexus SUV with rims like you see in car magazines on
waiting room tables at the oil change place. The woman driving slowed
down as she passed and scrutinized me. I didn't look up but I felt her
gaze. I just kept respirating and fiberglassing. She stopped at the
dumpster and got out and only then did she spy the lock. I felt her ire
from my resiny perch upon my yellow milkcrate. She U-turned and drove
past me and as she did, she rolled down her window and quietly said,
"bitch". I felt unfairly persecuted, alebit softly.
Word seems
to be out now that the dumpster is padlocked so the parade of
trash-bearing vehicles has abated but lately it's the plants and
animals on parade. Squirrels run around overhead on the electrical
wires and go dumpster-diving (My alley has an overhang thingie like a
carport) and often stop and stare for a bit at the vacuum cleaner from
above. I wonder what they are thinking. I pondered squirrellism for a
bit but couldn't get a read on what they might be thinking. They did
seem to be playing a frisky game of tag though so maybe they were
thinking in terms of tag strategy. Flies landed on my sticky resiny
surface by the dozens and thus become a part of the vacuum cleaner bag.
This kinda made sense because real shellac (not the man made
equivalent), a sticky substance, is made from the secretions of the lac
insect which is peculiar to Thailand and India. I wonder if the insects
were searching for long lost foreign relatives on my vacuum cleaner
bag. It could be.
And the pollen! For a few days the pollen
was crazy-like. So much so that I might list it in the media as it is
almost a whole layer on the bag. I bet it meshed in nicely with the
fiberglass and added to the tensile strength even.
I have a skunk friend who comes by regularly. He circles the
dumpster and sniffs about. When he gets too close I ask him
to please not get any closer and he actually listens and wanders
away. He has a stripe like a V. It starts as a single point
at his neck and radiates out into two stripes. I *think* it's
the same skunk, although I am most often mistaken in life;
or maybe Holyoke skunks all have this marking. Maybe it's
their gang colors? Maybe it's a she. Maybe it's a mutant skunk.
Maybe it's a rabbit dressed as a skunk. Maybe it is a prophet,
or an alien, or a Scientologist dressed as a skunk. Maybe
it's Tom Cruise! Maybe I imagined it and am going crazy. I
*feel* crazy.
Then came my
little woodchuck friend (pictured). He kept creeping out from under my
car and then scurrying back under. Finally he made a run for the
dumpster, evidently having decided it might be safe to run past me. I
scientifically identified it as a woodchuck because my dog had a
woodchuck toy that looked just like it. It made grunting noises when he
shook it.
There has been a people parade as well; friends come
by to hang out while I work since I am grouting now and the stinky part
is over. People bring cheese and crackers, coffee and muffins. Locals
ride by on their bikes and one woman stops and asks repeatedly to shake
my hand although I gesture to my gloves and decline. And yesterday the
police came by. I saw them watching from where they were parked and
finally they drove up and asked what I was doing and I explained. They
did not think the skunk's markings were gang colors but they did think
the woodchuck was a woodchuck and they liked that the working title of
the vacuum cleaner is, "Jesania Yo" because of the graffiti tag on the
alley wall behind it. They did not try to use the dumpster. I felt
relieved.
So, back to the alley for me now that this newsletter
is done for another week. I have a guest coming later to hang out with
me while I work so I must go sweep up the alley and dust the milkcrates.
Special thanks also to Julian Halpern
who came by yesterday and helped me resolve the metal clip and spring
thingie apparatus that holds the now-heavy bag to the handle of the
vacuum cleaner. I love when helpful people walk by. The police, not
being metal workers, were not able to help with the metal clip and
spring issue but they were nice. ;-)
P.S.
I emailed the Valley Advocate people today to ask about the missing
listings thing as people frequently ask me about that and I have no
idea. My listings don't make it in either. Anyway-scroll down for the
reply.
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ANOTHER STONE SOUP LEGENDARY BASH
Friday, June 22 5PM - ?
 We are organizing a huge benefit event to purchase a school
bus for the Hilltown Community Charter School.
After we purchase the vehicle, Greasecar has donated the conversion kit
to convert it to run on vegetable oil. Overall it is a pretty exciting
endeavor.
When we first approached this project our first challenge
was to determine what kind of event could raise over $17000.00, but then we
remembered that we throw legendary parties and this perhaps could be our ticket!
We've been putting the call out to all our friends, recorded radio spots,
developed websites and printed postcards and posters. Thus far, we've got
commitments for beer, sushi from Moshi Moshi, tapas from Porcupine Hill
Catering, plus music from 3 great local bands: Unit7, Shokazoba, and Dad, Come
Home! We're also holding a silent auction with artwork from several local
artisans in the area like Salmon Studios, Mo Ringey Art, Douglas Thayer
Woodworking, Sally Curcio, & Beth Fischer Stained Glass, just to name a few.
We're even throwing in a few sinks and vanity tops to auction off. We're
charging $40.00 a person for a great evening of food, beer and music and if we
can get more than 450 people to purchase tickets we'll reach our goal.
You won't want to miss this legendary event!!
See you there!
The Stone Soup Team (Mike, Mike, Jeanine, Tom, Kelly,
Craig, Andy, Matt, Heather and Donna)
Stone Soup Concrete
221 Pine Street
Florence, MA 01062
1 413 582 0783 Phone
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THIS WEEK ON ON VFR: 103.3 FM
WEBSITE
MO RADIO---> This Wednesday, June 18, 8-9 AM,
Mark Brown, of BossBrownArt and whose work can be seen everywhere you turn, is my co-host this week.
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THIS WEEK ON WRITER'S VOICE with Francesca Rheannon: THURSDAY 06/21/07
Time: 8-9a
Description: Sophie Freud, granddaughter of Sigmund Freud and author of a
new memoir: Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family and Jackie Sheehan, local
author of the new novel Lost and Found, talk with Writers Voice host Francesca
Rheannon. Jackie Sheehan's book, already a publishing success, gives us mystery
and friendship as we follow the wag of a dog's tale. Sophie Freud tells of the
courage, suffering and achievements of a famous family through a century's
tumultous events. ______________________________
COLORS FOR A FRIDAY MORNING ON VALLEY FREE RADIO06/08/07
Time: 10am to 12noon
Colors for a Friday Morning is an electric musical journey presenting a
wide range of musical styles. From the Jazz Standards, the Blues, Motown, R
& B, Doo-Wop, Reggae, Souka, Latin New Song, and African rhythms. Aretha,
Hendrix, Furtado, and Wonder are just a few others that can be heard on Colors
for a Friday Morning.
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THE MAN IN BLACK IS BACK! JOHNNY CASH NIGHT ON THE NIGHT CLUB, VALLEY FREE RADIO
103.3FM
Title: The Night Club Time: 8pm-10pm
Two hours of top quality music each week - this week, Eddie
and Linda Kennedy pay tribute to the Man in Black, the late great Johnny Cash.
You can e-mail the show at nightclub@valleyfreeradio.org
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LIVE INTERVIEW WITH GREG PALAST TUESDAY, JUNE 19TH ON SWIMMING WITH SHARKS FROM
NOON TO ONE AT WXOJ LP VALLEY FREE RADIO, 103.3
Greg Palast,author of the New York Times bestseller "The Best
Democracy Money Can Buy," will talk with Alan Vogel about his new Book, "ARMED
MADHOUSE:from Baghdad to New Orleans- sordid secrets and strange tales of a
white house gone wild."
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EVERY CHILD IS AN ARTIST.
THE PROBLEM IS HOW TO REMAIN AN ARTIST
ONCE WE GROW UP. ~PABLO PICASSO.
 The Elusie Gallery, Old Town Hall, Easthampton, MA
JOY IN ART
06/09/07 - 07/07/07 (oh my! is this bad luck?)
Artists reception June 14, 5-8pm
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an
artist once we grow up (Pablo Picasso): Could it be that individuals with mental
or intellectual challenges are actually able to do so? The question, and
potential controversy, is out. And some possible answers may be attempted while
visiting the Elusie Gallery's latest exhibit: JOY IN ART, featuring original and
limited edition work by Joy Gosselin; and original art by Steven Kennedy, Tony
Sadlowski, Dee Dee Sagan and Deyce Ferrer from the Riverside Arts Workshop.
Joy Gosselin, a resident of Chicopee, MA and 2005 graduate of Chicopee
High School is known for her use of vibrant colors and familiar objects in her
art. In order to bring her love of art to a broader spectrum, she started her
own fine arts business aptly named Joy to the World, in 2005, offering limited
edition prints and art cards reproduced from her original work.
Her work has been displayed at several venues including the Chicopee
Public Library and The Elms College. Last year Joy showed some of her work at
the A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton as part of "The Artistic Abilities Exhibition
of Visual Art" sponsered by Best Buddies Massachusetts.
The Riverside Art Workshop is a program run at Riverside Industries by
local artists Cailin Gibbons, Denise Herzog, Justin Kim and Cyndy Sperry and
funded by the State Departement of Mental Retardation. The work on display at
the Elusie Gallery is the result of a nine month pilot workshop.
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DISCUSSION WITH ANNIE ZIRIN AND LARRY SMITH
Thursday, June 21 - Conversations with Artists
DISCUSSION WITH ANNIE ZIRIN AND LARRY SMITH
Conversations with Artists 6/21/07
Time: 7:30 pm
Painters Larry Smith and Annie Zirin talk about their work at
Conversations with Artists, an informal discussion at Gallery A3. The event
is free and open to the public.
The artists are exhibiting through the end of June at Gallery A3. Annie
Zirin is showing paintings from her Katrina series and Larry Smith his group of
still-life paintings. Normal gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 1-7:00
pm.
Gallery A3 is at 28 Amity Street, Amherst in the Amherst Cinema Building.
Phone 413-256-4250.
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ART + FOOD + GOSSIP
Cultural Collaborations & Conversations
Easthampton Cultural Council & Easthampton City Arts
ART + FOOD + GOSSIP
Cultural Collaborations & Conversations
6/28/07
Time: 6pm
Thursday, June 28 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the Blue
Moon Grocery and Café, Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street
We are inviting as many artists and cultural groups as we can to come
together for an evening of discussion and refreshments.
The agenda is flexible to permit a wide-ranging discussion. There have
been many new developments in Easthampton's cultural world over the last several
years as well as the continuation of long standing individual artists and art
groups.
The agenda will include the following:
Opportunity to catch up: up-dates on where each group is now, future
plans and challenges being faced
Collaborative projects and priorities
Are there areas of widespread agreement about direction(s) beneficial to
expanding economic opportunities for artists and cultural establishments and/or
increasing the role that cultural activity plays in the life of our community?
Interest in on-going quarterly evening meetings at different locations in
town
Open forum-brainstorming
In order to plan refreshments for this evening, it would be helpful to
have a general idea of how many people plan to attend.
Please call 529-1438 or email info@easthamptoncityarts.com to RSVP by
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BLUE PLATE SPECIAL: REALISM FROM A BYGONE ERA
June 1 - 30, reception on Saturday, June 16 from 3 - 6 p.m.,
free and open to
the public.
 Gallery 137
BLUE PLATE SPECIAL: REALISM FROM A BYGONE ERA
6/1/2007 - 6/30/2007
Hours: 11 - 3 p.m. Wed - Sat
Featuring iconic images of diners & cafés by regional
artists Mo Ringey, Jeff Neumann, Bill Rohan, and Deborah Rubin in an exhibition
of classic Americana presented in oil, acrylic, assemblage and other mixed
media.
Artists' reception on Saturday, June 16 from 3 - 6 p.m., free and open to
the public.
Gallery Hours: Wed. - Sat. from 11 - 3 p.m. Call (413) 543-6994 or
visit www.Gallery137.org for more information and upcoming event
schedules.
Image: Blueplate Postcard front
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KATHY HIBSHMAN'S FIRST SOLO SHOW!
06/01/07 - 06/29/07 AT Northampton Center for the Arts
 Northampton Center for the Arts
KATHY HIBSHMAN'S FIRST SOLO SHOW!
Kathy Hibshman: Watercolors
06/01/07 - 06/29/07
Time: Gallery Hours
Although this is Kathy Hibshman s first solo exhibition of
paintings, it could be said that she has been enthralled with the creative
process for virtually her entire life. Hibshman's mother painted and worked
with clay. Consequently, she was exposed to numerous artistic opportunities even
as a little girl.
After studying art at Northwestern and Washington Universities, Hibshman
moved to rural Vermont and and founded Kaleidoscope Pottery. However, during the
25 years that she ran her production pottery (in Vermont, and later here in the
Northampton area) she carried a sketch book wherever she went, and recorded a
visual diary of her travels. Many of the works in her current show were inspired
by those sketches.
Although Hibshman worked primarily in black and white in her sketch books,
she became passionate about adding vibrant hues to her paintings after
experiencing the profusion of brilliant colors in the Caribbean on a vacation to
Jamaica in the late 1980 s.
Since selling Kaleidoscope Pottery in the early 1990 s, Hibshman and her
husband, Barry Schechter, have traveled to a number of places that have been
influential in the development of Kathy s artwork. In particular, New Zealand s
incredible scenic beauty and Italy s culture and artistic tradition have had
major impacts on her imagery. She has also been captivated by the big skies
and quality of light in the Tucson, Arizona, area, where she and Barry have
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AMHERST TOWN HALL HOSTS AN ART RECEPTION FOR "THE MOTHER AND THE MONK"
Thursday June 7th 2007. INTAGLIO PRINTS ON FABRIC BY GINEEN COOPER
 Thursday June 7th 2007
Show is up until August
Time: 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
"The Mother and the Monk",a new show opening at the Amherst
Town Hall this Thursday,features work by local artist Gineen Cooper. The opening
is from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and takes place during Amherst's Arts Night Out
Walk.
Meditations on the themes of spiritual practice,innocence and compassion
are at the center of these of intaglio prints. The artist experiments with
colored inks, fabric, antique wallpaper,handpainting, tinfoil and pvc vinyl as
well as traditional paper. Selections from five different series will be on
display until August. Stay tuned for an artist talk and upcoming art workshops
in the artists studio in Holyoke, Ma. www.gineen.com
Many blessings to all who helped make this possible!
A portion of the proceeds of sales will be given to Zen on Main, a space
for contemplative meditation practice and once-a-month all-day retreats in the
heart of Northampton.All are welcome. Zen on Main, 178 Main St, Noho,MA www.zenonmain.org
Note: thank god i took my own advice! and the form is like a smooth
steamship now....!
thanks MO you are suprimo, supremo
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PAINTINGS BY LARRY SMITH AND ANNIE ZIRIN
Opening
reception and Amherst Art Walk: June 7, 5-8 pm. Gallery A3, 28 Amity Street,
Amherst.
 PAINTINGS BY LARRY SMITH AND ANNIE ZIRIN
June at Gallery A3
6/7/07 - 6/30/07
Time: 1:00 - 7:00 pm
Larry Smith and Annie Zirin are exhibiting at Gallery A3
throughout June.
Larry Smith's work offers a fresh approach to still-life
painting and the common objects of our everyday lives. He's interested in chance
juxtapositions like the toothbrush left on the TV set or the car keys next to
the bananas. Rather than fitting his works into categories like breakfast piece
or workshop tools, he prefers the ambiguity of objects removed from their
typical context. Ambiguity is also part of his formal painting style, favoring
the use of intuition over any particular method or theory.
Annie Zirin's new
paintings are based on images from New Orleans in the days after Hurricane
Katrina. Zirin s work is lush, colorful and sometimes playful. It s also a clear
expression her questioning and criticism of the government's actions in New
Orleans. She wrote in a recent statement, To me they speak painfully to the
empty promises and disastrous rebuilding efforts that have unfolded over the
last two years policies that have ensured that the culturally vibrant, largely
African-American city we knew before the storm, is now just a memory.
Opening
reception and Amherst Art Walk: June 7, 5-8 pm. Gallery A3, 28 Amity Street,
Amherst. Hours: Wed-Sun, 1-7:00. Phone: 413/256-4250 www.gallerya3.com.
Image:
Here Comes the Flood, acrylic on board, Annie Zirin |
INNOVATIVE PROCESSES:
Reception: June 8th, 5:30-7:30 PM.
PRINTS BY ABBIE HENDRICKSON, CONSTANCE JACOBSON AND JOYCE
SILVERSTONE EXHIBITION AND DEMONSTRATION AT ZEA MAYS PRINTMAKING
INNOVATIVE PROCESSES: PRINTS BY ABBIE HENDRICKSON, CONSTANCE JACOBSON AND JOYCE
SILVERSTONE EXHIBITION AND DEMONSTRATION AT ZEA MAYS PRINTMAKING
05/25/07 - 06/29/07
Reception: June 8th, 5:30-7:30 PM
All three artists included in this exhibition take a very
non-traditional approach to printmaking. Jacobson prints with powdered graphite
suspended in oil, Silverstone on clayboard with alternative plates, inks and
paints, and Hendrickson is highly mix-media, printing on dried tea bags,
including stiching, gesso and more.
The artists will be demonstrating their
unique approaches to printmaking during the reception, FRIDAY JUNE 8TH -
5:30-7:30 PM. Come join us for this opportunity to see the magic!
The exhibition is open Tuesday - Friday, 12-5 and the first and third
weekend of June, 12-5. Zea Mays Printmaking is located at the Arts and Industry
Building, 221 Pine St. #320, Florence, MA. 413.584.1783.
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AFTER-HOURS AT CUP AND TOP CAFE!
THE ART SALON
 AFTER-HOURS AT CUP AND TOP CAFE!Title: THE ART SALON
Start Date: Ongoing
End Date: Summer schedule TBA
Time: Sundays 5:30pm & Tuesdays 7:00pm
Description: For Beginners, Non-Artists, and Pros alike!
Hosted and Facilitated by Northampton artist Dana Wilde.
Creative drawing and writing exercises help you access your creativity,
express yourself, and generate some ART in a fun, exploratory environment. Great
for folks who feel creatively-challenged, and for artists who want to get
unstuck, come out of isolation, or try on a whole new art-form!
Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to sign-in, get refreshments, and settle
in. We start on time.
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CLOSING THE GAP: NEW PAINTINGS BY SARAH BLISS
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 5:00-7:00 P.M.
CLOSING THE GAP: NEW PAINTINGS BY SARAH BLISS
The A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton presents exciting new work
by Sarah Bliss: an exhibition of large paintings on paper which combine oil and
acrylic with drawing media.
Opening Reception: Friday, June 8,
5-7 p.m. during Northampton s Arts Night Out.
Bliss, a Montague-based artist with a studio in Greenfield, describes her
paintings as physical records of a quest to close the gap between the lived
experience in the body and the physical manifestation of form through paint.
Starting from the body, she explains, I fall into the materials. A pulse is
activated that is then expanded through the opening of the third eye.
This
seeing-into and seeing-more-than pulses only as long as the mind s chatter is
set aside, and it is fed through a lateral seeing, a sidewise, elliptical,
spacious seeing. It is a tracker's seeing, scanning continuously, unarrested
and open. The seeing happens through not only the eyes, but through the whole
body, and the body reacts and twitches: energy transformed into marks, energy
traveling in a circuit through eye, belly, feet hands.
Concurrent exhibition in Gallery 1: photographs by Kati Koti and paintings
by Ryan McDonnell.
A.P.E. Gallery
3rd Floor, Thornes Marketplace, 150 Main Street
Gallery hours:
Monday through Saturday: 10-5
Sunday: 12-5
For more info:
Lisa Thompson, A.P.E. Gallery
413-586-5553
Note: Thanks so much, Mo, for this gift to the community. It is HUGELY
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"SURFACING" - 20 ALL NEW, THEMATICALLY INTERWOVEN WORKS BY NICK BAXTER
 06/09/07 - 07/08/07
Opening Reception 06/09/07 5-9pm
The fine art gallery space at Off The Map Tattoo Studio in
Easthampton, Massachusetts, will present an exhibition of paintings and
photographs by Nick Baxter entitled Surfacing. The exhibition, which is Nick s
first ever solo showing, opens June 9 and continues through July 8, 2007. It
will feature 20 all new, thematically interwoven works. The opening reception is
from 5 9 pm on June 9, coinciding with the ongoing Art Walk Easthampton event
(www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org)
Baxter, born in 1981 in New Haven Connecticut, has followed a lifelong
passion for creative self-expression. He attended many prestigious art schools
before pursuing a career in tattooing. He continues to develop and pursue his
interest in other fine art mediums such as painting, mixed media collage, and
photography. Tattooing six full years, Baxter has gained international acclaim
in the body art community for his thought-provoking, innovative motifs and has
become widely recognized by others in the tattoo industry for his combination of
fine art and technical tattooing skills. He has shown fine art works in numerous
group exhibitions since 2003, and has been featured in every major tattoo art
magazine.
For more info. and directions to the tattoo studio and its fine art
gallery space, call 413-527-6574, email them through
(frontdesk@offthemaptattoo.com), or view the website at (www.offthemaptattoo.com).
For a comprehensive collection of
Nick s artwork, visit his website at (www.nickbaxter.com)
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KATIE KOTI AND RYAN MCDONNELL
TWO YOUNG AND CHALLENGING EMERGENT ARTISTS
THAT PRESENT A TANTALIZING PAIRING OF TALENTS THIS JUNE IN GALLERY ONE OF THE
A.P.E. ARTS SPACE.
KATIE KOTI AND RYAN MCDONNELL ARE TWO YOUNG AND CHALLENGING EMERGENT ARTISTS
THAT PRESENT A TANTALIZING PAIRING OF TALENTS THIS JUNE IN GALLERY ONE OF THE
A.P.E. ARTS SPACE.
New Work by Katie Koti and Ryan McDonnell
06/08/07 - 07/07/07
Time: M-Sat.10-5, Sun.12-5
Katie Koti presents two photographic suites, In the Light of Day and What
was Lost Along the Way that are visual extractions she has explored from the
common world. Koti s use of an abstract approach in the way the camera is
placed and the distance from which the subject is examined, allows her to
transform the simple into the profound and the mundane into beautiful. Her use
of extreme textural details exposes beauty in struggle and light in sadness.
Ryan McDonnell creates a wall sized painting that is reminiscent of
Jean-Michel
Basquiat, but with a spiritual twist. Ryan pursues his painting process
as monks do in the rituals of sand painting, only McDonnell's ecstatic gestures
and drips leave a permanent document in the layered painterly surfaces, a
perfect compliment with Koti's precise surfaces. The process of art making is
truthfully shamanistic to him, and sensitive viewers will sense this.
Image: KaieKoti.jpg
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THE ARTISAN GALLERY IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE NEW CERAMIC WORK OF STEPHANIE CRAIG AND TODD LEECH.
May 28-July 8, 2007
 TRANSFORMATIONS: The Compelling Ceramic Art of Stephanie Craig and Todd Leech
05/28/07 - 07/08/07
Time: Mon-Wed 10-6
Stephanie and Todd bring everything to their work.
They
explore, and probe, and sift through the mountain of evidence that we
are but a small part of the natural world. They acknowledge we are only
here for a limited duration. They encounter and respond to the natural
world on a very personal level. Memories, growth, and disintegration
are transformed by the alchemy of intellect, emotion and technical
virtuosity into works of compelling beauty. If the success of a work of
art can lie in its ability to arrest the internal chatter of the viewer
then this work succeeds. If great art achieves a beautiful complexity
and allows for a peaceful contemplation of the larger world - then this
group of works is a success on every level.
For more information contact:
Chuck Stern, Curator
413.586.1942
The Artisan Gallery
162 Main Street
Northampton, MA 01060
Hours:
Mon-Wed 10-6
Thur-Sat 10-9
Sun 12-5
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FIRST FRIDAYS - FEATURING JAZZ GUITARIST, DAVID ROSENTHAL
June 1, 7-9 PM. At Gallery 137, 137 Main Street, Indian Orchard.
 Gallery 137
FIRST FRIDAYS - FEATURING JAZZ GUITARIST, DAVID ROSENTHAL
First Fridays monthly series
Start Date: 6/1/2007
Time: 7 - 9 p.m.
An Award-winning guitarist, Longmeadow native David Rosenthal
has had the opportunity to perform with some of the biggest names in jazz,
including Hank Jones, Barry Harris, Jon Hendricks, Oscar Peterson, and more.
At
just 18, he has also sold out shows at The Iron Horse in Northampton and played
extensively around the country, including his performances at the 2005 and 2006
Grammy Awards.
Call (413) 543-6994 or visit www.Gallery137.org for more information and upcoming event
schedules.
Also visit www.davidrosenthal.com for more information on this amazing
performer. Open to the public, suggested donation of $5.
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8TH ANNUAL RESIDENT ART SHOW
Reception 4-5 pm on
June 3
8TH ANNUAL RESIDENT ART SHOW
Title: Residents Gallery Art Show
6/03/2007 - 6/28/2007
Time: On Going
Come meet the eleven artists at opening reception 4-5 pm on
June 3. Paintings in variety of mediums by Tiyo Asai, Ed Chandless, Annabelle
Coelen, Lisa Colt, Margery Cornwall, Gerry LoGalbo, Jody Mills, Barbara Snoek,
Diedrick Snoek, Marjorie Tauer, and Howard Sacks.
Note: This jpeg is a water color entitled "Monhegan Row Boats" by Ed
Chandless. mtauer70@yahoo.com
Marjorie Tauer
Lathrop Easthampton Art Gallery |
LISTINGS IN THE VALLEY ADVOCATE
In response to all the inquiries
People
frequently ask me why their event listing didn't make it into the
Valley Advocate. I guess it would seem that because I currently
have a blog on their site that I might have some insight. I might have
thought that too except that I am me and I know otherwise. My own
events (ones that I am in) rarely make it into the free listings
section so I have long wondered if I have that merde touch because as
you can bet, my appreciation for and understanding of how things should
be formatted is pretty well thought. But because I keep hearing more
and more how upset people are (me too) when events are submitted in
time and perfectly formatted yet don't make it in, I wrote to the
Valley Advocate to ask why. Here is Tom Sturm's (listing editor person)
reply;
P.S. I agree with not
accepting attached text or PDFs. If one of us has to open the
attachment and paste all the text into an email I agree that it should
be the person who benefits from having the text included in the
listings. And PDFs mean a LOT of work for the person posting your event
which is why I refuse to accept them. It would mean buying acrobat
which I cannot afford and it would also mean an extra hour to compile
your listing. But I remain dissappointed that my last few shows went
unlisted.
To Submit Listings
Include a brief description of the event or artist, date, price, time,
venue address and phone number, preferably in the format of our listings.
Incomplete submissions will not be listed; due to space constraints, inclusion
in the calendar is not guaranteed. Deadline is Thursday, 5:00 p.m. two weeks
prior to the issue date in which the listing would appear. Space does not permit
listing advance notices. To be considered for more extensive write-up, please
include artwork (300 dpi high quality digital images, photos or slides). We
prefer e-mail and fax submissions. We do not accept text attachments. The
address for regular mail is: Listings Editor, Valley Advocate, 116 Pleasant St.
Suite 335, Easthampton, MA 01027.
E-mail:
listings@valleyadvocate.com ˆ Fax: 413-529-2844
Also remember the following:
- if your listing misses the deadline, it will be deleted.
- if your listing is only presented as some .pdf, word file or other form
of text attachment, it will be deleted.
- if your event is outside our area of coverage (generally the 413 area
code, with some few exceptions in Hartford and Brattleboro), it will be
deleted.
- if your event is any sort of ongoing 'class,' yoga, writing workshop,
yard sale or church supper, they will most likely be deleted (there are just far
too many of these coming in).
- if your event is being held at a private residence, it will be
deleted.
- if your event costs more than $40, it will be deleted.
Finally, on Mondays, as often as not, the editor-in-chief will come by and
tell me to hack three columns out of the listings, arbitrarily, because of space
limitations. Since Art show listings tend to go on the longest and hence have
more of a chance to make it into the next week's issue as opposed to one-time
events, these are typically the first to be hacked.
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