Upcoming Events for the Week of October 5th
Elements
When: October 02-October 29, 2009
Where:Montserrat College of Art Gallery
23 Essex Street
Beverly, MA 01915
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why:”California-based sculptor Margaret Realica will be on view at Frame 301 during the month of October. Inspired by the transformative effect of contrasting elements, these sculptures repreent both modern technology and nostalgic imagert. These works are grounded in their ultra-modern characteristics: steel rods, gears and electrical parts, complemented by porcelain elements, in which Realica pursues the purest of organic forms.”
Making Connections: Contemporary Cuban Printmakers
When: October 02- November 22, 2009
Where:Laconia Gallery
433 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why:” These prints offer humor, pain, honesty, truth. They show the ingenuity and dedication of 93 contemporary Cuban artists making outstanding art under difficult conditions. Continuing its history of international collaboration, the Boston Printmakers is proud to celebrate the richness of Cuban culture in conjunction with exhibitions at the Fuller Craft Museum and the Massachusetts College of Art. “
Pixilerations [v.6]
When:September 24- October 11, 2009
Where:RISD’s Sol Koffler Gallery
169 Weybosset St.
Providence RI
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why:”Now in its sixth year, Pixilerations returns to showcase the work of an international array of cutting-edge new-media artists, animating Providence with interactive gallery installations, surround-sound electronic media concerts, experimental nightclub jams, special guest artist talks and video art screenings.”
This Comes from Within
When: October 05-October 16, 2009
Where:Medicine Wheel Productions
110 K St # 9
Boston, MA 02127
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why:”Upon entering the gallery one is stuck by the power and emotion of the piece. You enter this dark world through a membrane of tulle and find yourself at the base of a glowing, larger than life dress of eggshell and papier-mâché. As your eyes adjust, the rest of the fecund environment reveals itself”
H.E.A.P. HQ
When: October 05-October 16, 2009
Where:Godine Gallery
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
621 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why:”H.E.A.P. HQ will acquire, archive, assemble and arrange every free object that can be found on Craigslist, in dumpsters, and on curbs for the duration of the two week exhibition. We intend to visualize the immense waste of our material wonderland by accumulating the often transient and invisible byproducts of the consumer world. This process-based installation will evolve each day and culminate in a closing reception in which each item will be reposted on Craigslist and offered free to the public.”
Mothers Expressing: Sharing the Work
When: October 6th - October 31st, 2009
Where: Axiom Gallery
141 Green Street
Boston MA, 02130
How: Official Website
Cost: Free
What/Why:”Mothers Expressing: Sharing the Work is a creative process made visual. Nita Sturiale and Amber Davis Tourlentes share many things: the love of young motherhood, the sweat of taking care of others, and an indignation for the low value this job earns in the culture. This binds them to the histories and futures of caretakers everywhere. This exhibit is an introduction to their collaboration as well as an invitation to re-value the work and beauty of feeding, nurturing, cleaning, teaching, and scolding. Mothers Expressing: Sharing the Work presents photographic work by both artists, launches their social networking efforts, and invites you to sit down and talk to an expert about the work of caretaking.
Mothers Expressing: Sharing the Work asks how can online communities and social educational networking provide resources for “working” mothers as well as make the labor of raising children visible and valued; how can photography illuminate and build momentum; where can these discussions and interactions between care providers grow; and how can political action overcome differences in socio-economics, education and ethnic diversity?”
