This Thursday, January 26 from 5:30-7pm come celebrate and support the work of Mikaela Gonzaga and Davina Alejo currently up in the AS220 Youth Gallery. The show features new paintings and drawings by these two very talented young artists from the Visuals Program at AS220 Youth. Please make sure to stop by and check it out! The show will be up ALL FEBRUARY!

Thursday, Jan 26 5:30 - 7:00 PM AS220 Youth Studio - 115 Empire St 2nd Floor

AND, remember that show in the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill is up till Saturday, the 28th. The show includes awesome work from AS220 Youth, UCAP, and the RI Training School so if you haven't checked it out make sure you do!

This fall, AS220 Youth was lucky to receive funding from the NEA, Surdna and a few generous family foundations.

As a result, we're growing!

Former Fabratory Coordinator Jeremy Radtke has been promoted to Assistant Director and we will be hiring a new Media + Technology person.

Jeremy's new responsibilities will include creating new educational and vocational opportunities for youth, to link them to careers in art, design + technology.

Because of this, we are hiring!!!!

CHECK IT OUT!

To mark the start of a new term AS220 Youth's culinary all-stars got together and had a potluck! Every week our cooking group gets together to learn culinary skills and easy recipies to make at home. Everyone's sweet tooth was satisfied with all the kinds of yummy food brought in, like muffins, coconut pudding, and apple crisp crumble.

This past weekend they moved onto something healthier!

Check out these photos from this Saturday when Scott & Berto put together 2 tasty potato creations! Potatoe Leek Soup and Potatoe Latkes

THE EXCHANGE

In his current series, Ben Blanc pursues the relationship between art, design, retail and commerce through an ambitious installation of 200 handmade objects. The exhibition represents the contentious nature of artist, viewer and object vs. designer, consumer, and product. Blanc's work explores how artists and designers imbue their work with value and how that value is marketed to and perceived by the viewer and consumer. This impressive installation becomes a laboratory in which the line between artistic exhibition and retail store are blurred when the worth of each object is challenged as the artist unveils a forced value upon one of the 200 objects on opening night. Over the course of the show, the exhibition will become less of a static installation, and transform into an evolving record of sale and commerce.

Artist Talk at the AS220 Project Space at 93 Mathewson St. on January 19th at 5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.

*Why have you decided to become a mentor with AS220?

I decided to become a mentor with AS220 for various reasons. I respect and love the positive outlet that AS220 provide for youth to embrace their inner creativity, strength, and growth. Once I discovered the unlimited opportunities to be a positive aspect in a young person's life, I couldn't turn down being a mentor for AS220. My values and beliefs definitely coincide with AS220 mentoring program and decided that mentoring with AS220 was the right choice that I made. I absolutely appreciate the support that I receive from the mentoring program staff at AS220.

*What are some things that you love about your mentee?

There are so many things that I love about my mentee besides the fact that our birthdays are 6 days apart! My mentee is such a resilient, bright, open-minded, witty, and kind-spirited young lady. She reminds me of myself at her age because I see the ambitious attitude that I possessed at her age.

She acknowledges her faults but that doesn't get in her way from setting goals and accomplishing them. I love her wittiness because she keeps me abreast on life and how you have to slow down and have a great laugh, cry, or shout every once in a while. When I have discussions with my mentee, I envision her life through her because she definitely have seen and experienced things in which I can only experience through her stories.

I also appreciate my mentee's love for reading. It's very rare that you find a 16 year old who loves to read and summarize what they read.

*How have you found mentoring to assist you in professional growth and development?

I have been a mentor since high school and mentoring have definitely provided me various opportunities throughout my life. Being a mentor assists me in being a better human being, social worker,and all around person. Being a mentor has helped me to have a balance within my life. I had to realize that it wasn't about me all the time. I grew to become more humble, positive, more sociable, and open-minded. These things also assist me in my current occupation by being a better equipped and prepared social worker.

*Any advice for individuals interested in mentoring?

For those who are interesting in being a mentor please follow through your commitment to your mentee. Many of the mentees have been disappointed by many people throughout their lives and don't need another disappointment. When you do decide to mentor, commit to being there wholeheartedly.

*What are some things that you love to do with your mentee when meeting with her? *

My mentee and I love to laugh, talk, and discussed the latest books we read or would like to read.

On Thursday December 22, eight young people and faculty went to see the show "In Habitat" of two Providence-based artists, Brian Chippendale and Jungil Hong, at the new Providence Gallery, Buonaccorsi + Agniel. The show mostly consisted of screen prints, collages, and paintings in the signature Providence style of visually-stunning chaos made from neon colors and stark contrasts. However, two of our favorite pieces in the show, "Crater Head in Seventh Row" and "Bird in Row Six" by Jungil Hong were made of slip cast porcelain on wood.

The gallery is in a large space near the Steelyard in the Butcher Block neighborhood and is an exciting addition to the Providence art scene that we look forward to visiting again soon.

Nineteen of our Photographic Memory students have been hard at work producing twently nine amazing photographs for our upcoming show titled " Think, Make, Do" at the Atrium Gallery. Guicin Guzman feels that people are going to be " surprised, amazed and shocked by what AS220 Youth has prepared for the viewers at the Atrium show." " I felt curious to see the result when I worked with Miguel ( Photo Mem staff member) to enlarge my photo for the show. I do like my photograph better as a 16x20" photograph than the 5x7"I had printed in class. I like that I can see more details when it is larger. I also learned that it is hard work to organize and takes will power to hang a show of awesome visual artwork. " Our opening at the Atrium Gallery is on Thursday January 19th from 6-9pm. Come check us out!

Two weeks ago AS220 Youth students and staff had their Fall Showcase!

Last semester was super productive and filled with lots of amazing new students and incredible art work by all of our different programs, Photo Mem, Performance, Fabratory, Writing, and Visuals!

Couldn't be there? Check out the video below:

Thanks Andres!

Sashaly, our intern from Providence's Met School has been working with Photo Mem for the last few weeks on a personal project entitled "The Art in Fashion" about teen fashion in Providence. Using Tumblr, a blog platform used by many teens she is seeking to archive the uniqe-ness of our city and the ways that teens in Providence use fashion to express themselves.

For the next year she will be using her amazing photography skills and her keen eye for individuality to curate an amazing blog and show off this generations view of what fashion means to them.

CHECK OUT HER BLOG HERE

Come join AS220 Youth for the opening of our show THINK.MAKE.DO at the Atrium Gallery! Brought to you by the Rhode Island Council on the Arts!

Check out all the amazing work done by youth in Visuals, Photo Mem, Fabratory and a special performance by 2 LEGIT dance crew!

WORK BY OVER 50 AS220 YOUTH ARTISTS!

THURSDAY JANUARY 19TH 6-8PM

ATRIUM GALLERY 1 CAPITOL HILL PROVIDENCE, RI

hallucination Visor - soldering & mind hacking workshop

Modify welding goggles to project diffuse flickering colors. Hit resonant frequencies of visual cortex and observe complex unstable spatiotemporal patterns. Hack your brain.

• Custom printed circuit board
• Preprogrammed micro-controller : 100+ color light patterns, shuffle, browse, or play in sequence
• Passive components, batteries, switches and LEDs
• Laser cut light diffuser panels with custom quasi-crystal artwork
• Everything you need ( additional materials such a as soldering and glue will be provided )

• Flicker induced geometric visual hallucinations
• Ganzfeld hallucinations
• Other neurological illusions and demonstrations

The hallucination visor displays immersive flickering lights. While completely safe for most people, individuals that suffer from photosensitive epilepsy or flicker induced vertigo should not use this device. The visor is not designed for individuals with a lazy eye or other ophthalmological conditions that interfere with convergence and depth perception.

Ready to hack your mind?

Laser Cut Textiles

Learn how to lasercut textiles! This machine enables entirely new possibilities from easily cutting pattern pieces (within 1' x 2' dimensions) to creating new textures, functional decorations, dimensional objects, and even etching images or text onto fabric! This class will also include sewing tutorials for lasercut textile applications. Different techniques will be demonstrated and experimenting will be encouraged!

We first ran "Laser Cut Textiles" back in October right before halloween, and it was a huge hit. We are very excited to be offering again and part of our regular programming.

Part 1 of 2 - January 21st, 12-6PM
Part 2 of 2 - January 22nd, 12-6PM
Instructor - Jenine Bressner

Sign up Online - Laser Cut Textiles

JANUARY 8-28, 2012 opening reception (free & open to the public) Sunday, January 8 , 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery

New Paintings by Lauren Scotto & Janet Van Horne

Open Window

New Paintings by Carolina Arentsen

Youth Gallery

New work by Davina Alejo & Staci Braxton

AS220 Project Space (93 Mathewson St.)

The Exchange

New Work by Ben Blanc

artist talk January 19th at 5:30 p.m.

This Saturday ring in the New Years with AS220 and Bright Night! As always Bright Night has organized tons of events at a handful of downtown venues http://www.brightnight.org/schedule.html and AS220 is among them once again. Between 6pm-10pm, 115 Empire St will host Bright Night performances including: comedy by Nick Albanese and Matt the Knife, performances by Mentalist Rory Raven, and a poetry slam. Bright Night passes are $20 and include admission to the long list of New Years Happenings - including our very own New Year's Party that kicks off at 10:30pm. No Bright Night Pass? Admission is just $5 to welcome 2012 at AS220 amidst the classic celebratory sounds of a brass band, Extraordinary Rendition Band. Classic punk and pop, dance-inspiring sounds from Ravi Shavi and 1980's era Synth-Pop inspired The Kolour Kult join ERB. This evenings bill comes with a guarantee you will be psyched when the big 12:00 arrives!

Shows On View January 8th-28th
Opening Reception: Sunday, January 8, 2012, 4-7pm
Always Free & Open to the Public
AS220 Project Space (93 Mathewson St) - New Installation by Ben Blanc
Artist Talk with Ben Blanc at the Project Space Gallery January 19th 5:30pm
AS220 Open Window (115 Empire St) - New Work by Carolina Arentsen
Main Gallery (115 Empire St) - New Work by Janet Van Horne and Paintings by Lauren Scotto
Youth Gallery (115 Empire St Floor 2) Drawings and Paintings by AS220 Youth Members Mikaela Gonzaga and Davina Alejo

AS220 Youth will also be showing work off-site at the Atrium Gallery, One Capital Hill from January 9th-27th. Reception: January 19th 6-8:30pm.
Think, May, Do.: A multimedia exhibition of AS220 Youth Members’ work

Saturday, December 31, 2011
6-10pm / $15 before Dec.30th or $20 day of
Purchase Yours Now!
New Years Eve with Bright Night, an artist-run arts oriented New Year's Eve Celebration in the tradition of First Night Providence
Bright Night at AS220:
6pm: Nick Albanese- Comedy You Can't Refuse
7pm: Rory Raven- Mentalist
7:30pm: Matt The Knife- comedy magic for adults
8pm: Rory Raven- Mentalist
8:30pm: Matt The Knife - comedy magic for adults
9pm: Bright Night Poetry Slam
At 10:30pm, AS220's New Year's Party Kicks Off!
The Full Bright Night Schedule
Live Music and More at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Saturday, December 31, 2011
10:30pm / $5 or FREE with Bright Night Pass
AS220's New Years Eve Party with:
The Kolour Kult, Ravi Shavi, Extraordinary Rendition Band
Live Music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Sunday, January 1, 2012
8pm / $8
The Empire Revue Presents: The Hangover Show
sketch comedy, improv, musical interludes, burlesque, magic, and general devilment
At the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Tuesday, January 3, 2012
6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Open drawing session with a live model
At the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Tuesday, January 3, 2012
9:30pm / $6
Weekends, Sweet Tooth, In Heat, Gila Monster, and Mincemeat or Tenspeed
Live music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Tuesday, January 3, 2012
6-9pm / $75
Digital Photo Editing
Workshop: Session 1 of 2
At AS220 Photo at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
6:30-8pm / $13
Modern Dance Intermediate/Advanced Level with Olase Freeman & Katie McNamara - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
9pm / $6
The Custodians and more TBA
Live Music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
7-10pm / $100
Intermediate B&W Darkroom
Workshop: Session 1 of 3
At AS220 Photo at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington St #207

Thursday, January 5, 2012
8pm / $4
Free Speech at AS220 featuring: Providence Poetry Slam
Open mic and poetry feature at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Thursday, January 5, 2012
7-10pm / $75
Medium Format Photography
Workshop: Session 1 of 2
At AS220 Photo at the Mercantile, 131 Washington St #207 & the Paul Krot Community Darkroom, 115 Empire St, Floor 2

Thursday, January 5, 2012
7:30pm / $20 Tickets at Door, $15 Students & Seniors
The Wilbury Group Presents: Exit the King
A poignant comedy-drama written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Rebecca Noon
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Thursday, January 5, 2012
10-11pm / $5
Improv Jones
The finest improv performers of Rhode Island and Southern New England create fantastic improvised worlds of delight every Thursday & Saturday evening
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Friday, January 6, 2012, 7:30pm
7:30pm / $20 Tickets at Door, $15 Students & Seniors
The Wilbury Group Presents: Exit the King
A poignant comedy-drama written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Rebecca Noon
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Friday, January 6, 2012
9pm / $6
Killiney Woods, Bad Art, Chris Rice, and Great Western States
Live music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Friday, January 6, 2012
10-11:30pm / $7
Live Bait: True Stories from Real People
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Saturday, January 7, 2012
4-7pm / FREE
Live Irish Traditional Music
At Foo(d) and The Bar at AS220, 115 Empire Street

Saturday, January 7, 2012
7:30pm / $20 Tickets at Door, $15 Students & Seniors
The Wilbury Group Presents: Exit the King
A poignant comedy-drama written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Rebecca Noon
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Saturday, January 7, 2012
9pm / $6
Fall & Bounce, Anthony Mattera, Sgt Baker & the Clones, and Celadour
Live music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Saturday, January 7, 2012
10-11pm / $5
Improv Jones
The finest improv performers of Rhode Island and Southern New England create fantastic improvised worlds of delight every Thursday & Saturday evening
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Saturday, January 7, 2012
12-4pm / $75
Photographing Artwork
Workshop: Session 1 of 2
At AS220 Photo at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington St #207

Saturday, January 7, 2012
10am-2pm / $120
Introduction to Letterpress Printing
Workshop: Session 1 of 3
At the AS220 Printshop at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street

Sunday, January 8, 2012
10am-Noon / $13
American Tribal Belly Dance with Neylan - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Sunday, January 8, 2012
12:30-2pm / $13
Ballet Intermediate Level with Stephanie Lyon Albanese - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Sunday, January 8, 2012
2pm / Pay What You Can! (other performances $20 admission)
The Wilbury Group Presents: Exit the King
A poignant comedy-drama written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Rebecca Noon
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Sunday, January 8, 2012
4-7pm / FREE
Opening Reception for shows on view January 8-28
AS220 Project Space (93 Mathewson St) - New Installation by Ben Blanc
AS220 Open Window (115 Empire St) - New Work by Carolina Arentsen
Main Gallery (115 Empire St) - New Work by Janet Van Horne and Paintings by Lauren Scotto

Sunday, January 8, 2012
6-8pm / $5
Songwriters in the Round - Acoustic songwriters' showcase
A Rotating host: Ryan Fitzsimmons , Jan Luby, Jim Tata, or Jacob Haller and 3 guest songwriters perform new songs on the evening's theme
Live Music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Sunday, January 8, 2012
7:30pm / $20 Tickets at Door, $15 Students & Seniors
The Wilbury Group Presents: Exit the King
A poignant comedy-drama written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Rebecca Noon
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Monday, January 9, 2012
6-10pm / $150
Intermediate Silkscreen: Repeating Patterns
Workshop: Session 1 of 3
At the AS220 Printshop at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street

Monday, January 9, 20122012
6-10pm / $120
Intro to Intaglio Printing
Workshop: Session 1 of 3
At the AS220 Printshop at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Open drawing session with a live model
At the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
9:30pm / $6
Cattle Drums, Masthead and more TBA
Live music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
6:30-8pm / $13
Modern Dance Intermediate/Advanced Level with Olase Freeman & Katie McNamara - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
9pm / $6
Bog of The Infidel, Mortum, Crypter, Witch King, and Obsidian Tongue
Live music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Thursday, January 12, 2012
7:30pm / $20 Tickets at Door, $15 Students & Seniors
The Wilbury Group Presents: Exit the King
A poignant comedy-drama written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Rebecca Noon
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Thursday, January 12, 2012
8:30pm / $6
ACCO -The AS220 Criss Cross Orchestra
Dance Party! A crossing or combination of powerful traditional native African, American, Caribbean, Cuban, Latin American and European musical styles, and includes some of the tonality, improvisations, and other musical dynamics found in Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, and Hip Hop.
Live music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Thursday, January 12, 2012
10-11pm / $5
Improv Jones
The finest improv performers of Rhode Island and Southern New England create fantastic improvised worlds of delight every Thursday & Saturday evening
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Friday, January 13, 2012
7:30pm / $20 Tickets at Door, $15 Students & Seniors
The Wilbury Group Presents: Exit the King
A poignant comedy-drama written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Rebecca Noon
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Friday, January 13, 2012
10:30pm-1am / $5
The Wilbury Group Presents: Exit the King
A poignant comedy-drama written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Rebecca Noon
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Saturday, January 14, 2012
9pm / $6
Sounds Like Funeral Music, The Famous Winters, Woodsy Pride, and Zachary Cale
Live Music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Sunday, January 15, 2012
10am-Noon / $13
American Tribal Belly Dance with Neylan - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Sunday, January 15, 2012
12:30-2pm / $13
Ballet Intermediate Level with Stephanie Lyon Albanese - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Sunday, January 15, 2012
2pm / Pay What You Can! (other performances $20 admission)
The Wilbury Group Presents: Exit the King
A poignant comedy-drama written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Rebecca Noon
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Sunday, January 15, 2012
7:30pm / $20 Tickets at Door, $15 Students & Seniors
The Wilbury Group Presents: Exit the King
A poignant comedy-drama written by Eugene Ionesco and directed by Rebecca Noon
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Sunday, January 15, 2012
9pm / $6
Button up (NJ), Burning Bridges (NH), and Cedros
Live Music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
6-8:30 pm / $6
Life Drawing - Open drawing session with a live model
At the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
5:30-8:30pm / FREE
Providence Geeks' Presents: The Geek Dinner
Rhode Island's digital innovators connect, collaborate, and create
http://www.providencegeeks.com
At the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
6-10pm / $225
Book Production in the Printshop
Workshop: Session 1 of 7
At the AS220 Printshop at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
6:30-8pm / $13
Modern Dance Intermediate/Advanced Level with Olase Freeman & Katie McNamara - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
9pm / $5
Thee Source ov Fawnation, Them, There, Mongrel, and TBA
Live Music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Thursday January 19, 2012
5:30pm / FREE
Artist talk by Ben Blanc - January's exhibiting artist at the Project Space
At AS220's Project Space Gallery, 93 Mathewson St

Thursday, January 19, 2012
5-8pm / FREE
Fun a Day's Artist Meet & Greet
A one-a-day community art challenge during the month of January, culminating in a show and weekend long art party in February. To participate, sign up here.

Thursday, January 19, 2012
8:30pm / $4
Free Speech at AS220 featuring: The Encyclopedia Show
A monthly variety show featuring local and touring artists and experts from every discipline using their talents to create a verbal encyclopedia entry
At the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Thursday, January 19, 2012
10-11pm / $5
Improv Jones
The finest improv performers of Rhode Island and Southern New England create fantastic improvised worlds of delight every Thursday & Saturday evening
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Friday, January 20, 2012
9pm / $6
RISA'S Songwriter in The Round Anniversary Show
A superb and regularly occurring event at AS220 celebrates its longevity!
Live Music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Friday, January 20, 2012
10pm-Midnight / $7
Blood From a Turnip - Puppet Salon
Hosted every on every third Friday of the month Dave Higgins & Vanessa Gilbert's long running, late night salon provides a wide range of short-form puppet shows.
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Saturday, January 21, 2012
4-7pm / FREE
Live Irish Traditional Music
At Foo(d) and The Bar at AS220, 115 Empire Street

Saturday, January 21, 2012
9pm / $6
Taina Asili y la Banda Rebelde and more TBA
At the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Saturday, January 21, 2012
12-6pm / $90
Laser Cut Textiles
Workshop: Session 1 of 2
At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington St

Saturday, January 21, 2012
10-11pm / $5
Improv Jones
The finest improv performers of Rhode Island and Southern New England create fantastic improvised worlds of delight every Thursday & Saturday evening
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Sunday, January 22, 2012
10am-Noon / $13
American Tribal Belly Dance with Neylan - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Sunday, January 22, 2012
12:30-2pm / $13
Ballet Intermediate Level with Stephanie Lyon Albanese - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Sunday, January 22, 2012
5:15-7pm / FREE
Providence Poetry Slam Writers' Workshop
A low-pressure setting for writers of all genres to meet and share work

Sunday, January 22, 2012
6:30-8:30pm / FREE
Women in Games SIG of Rhode Island Panel Discussion
The Women in Games group is a network for women working in or aspiring to work in the games industry, and their allies.
At the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Saturday, January 22, 2012
9:30pm / $6
The Blue Letter, and more TBA
Live Music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Open drawing session with a live model
At the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
7-10pm / $50
Design Tools: Inkscape
Inkscape is an open source (i.e. FREE) SVG vector graphics editor (similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X) with wide ranging uses, from graphic design to creating 3-D objects at AS220's Fab Lab.
One Session Workshop
At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
9:30pm / $6
Vudu Sister, Muse en Lystrala, and more TBA
Live Music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
6:30-8pm / $13
Modern Dance Intermediate/Advanced Level with Olase Freeman & Katie McNamara - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
7-10pm / $40
Alternative Photo Process Vol. 2: Van Dyke Brown Printing
One Session Workshop
At the Paul Krot Darkroom, 115 Empire St, Floor 2

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Bands TBA - Live Music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Thursday, January 26, 2012
7-10pm / $70
Intro to the Laser Cutter
One Session Workshop
At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street

Thursday, January 26, 2012
6-10pm / $25
Hot Foil Stamping - Learn to use dies and foil to embed jazzy metallic elements in your printed materials!
One Session Workshop
At the AS220 Printshop at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street

Thursday, January 26, 2012
9pm / $6

KONG, Justin Marra, and more TBA
Live Music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Thursday, January 26, 2012
10-11pm / $5
Improv Jones
The finest improv performers of Rhode Island and Southern New England create fantastic improvised worlds of delight every Thursday & Saturday evening
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Friday, January 27, 2012
9pm / $6
Soul Control, Give, Mouth Of Flowers, Collision, Sweet Jesus
Live music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Friday, January 27, 2012
6-10pm / $25
Experiments in Monoprints and Monotypes
One Session Workshop
At the AS220 Printshop at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street

Friday, January 27, 2012
10:30pm-1am / $5
Improv Jones
The finest improv performers of Rhode Island and Southern New England create fantastic improvised worlds of delight every Thursday & Saturday evening
At 95 Empire's Black Box Theater, 95 Empire St, Floor 1

Saturday, January 28, 2012
4-7pm / FREE
Live Irish Traditional Music
At Foo(d) and The Bar at AS220, 115 Empire Street

Saturday, January 28, 2012
7pm / $9
Providence Community Library (PCL) Fundraiser featuring performances by Alec K Redfearn & the Eyesores, The Throttles, Maria Monk, and more TBA
A great show to benefit the nine library branches under the Providence Community Libraries
Live music at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Saturday, January 28, 2012
10am-6pm / $80
One Day Silkscreen Intensive
One Session Workshop
At the AS220 Printshop at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street

Sunday, January 29, 2012
10am-Noon / $13
American Tribal Belly Dance with Neylan - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Sunday, January 29, 2012
12:30-2pm / $13
Ballet Intermediate Level with Stephanie Lyon Albanese - Weekly Drop In Class
At 95 Empire's Dance Studio, 95 Empire St, Floor 3

Sunday, January 29, 2012
1-4pm / Free
Open Photography Discussion & Crit Group
At AS220 Photo at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington St #207

Sunday, January 29, 2012
9pm / $6
The Coincidental Hour - A night of eclectically curated eccentricity, an untraditional cabaret
Master of ceremonies Ric Royer will be your guide through striking and uncanny occurrences of fun noise, weird films, "performance", different comedy, word shows, and something to dance to.
At the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Monday, January 30, 2012
6-10pm / $25
Book Structures & Bookbinding Technique
One Session Workshop
At the AS220 Printshop at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street

Tuesday, January 31, 2012
6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Open drawing session with a live model
At the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

Tuesday, January 31, 2012
9pm / FREE
couscous@as220 - A movable feast of poetry and performance with participants from the community, institutions, and out-of-town hosted by Mairead Byrne
Live music, poetry, and more at the AS220 Performance Space, 115 Empire Street

AS220 Youth would like to introduce you to our newest staff member in the performance program, Justin!

Justin Case is a musical composer, producer, arranger, and DJ. He has been producing since 2000 and Djing since the age of 15. Justin has produced instrumentals for many recording artists around the world. Teaching himself about music production, Justin has over 60 independent placements to date, including placements with Chachi Carvalho, Audio McSwagger, Lee Wilson, and Stars & Murph.

Check out this track!

Here is a link to more of his work:

JUSTINCASE

AS220's Artistic Director has deployed his Mobile Urban Gentrification Unit to Burnside Park today. Stop by and visit.

Exhibiting artist Li Jun Lai will give an artist talk this Thursday at 5:30 at the AS220 Project Space at 93 Mathewson St. Her new exhibition, " RED, YWL, GRN," is a site-specific installation of paintings and drawings that explore the very temporal and temporary experience that seeing is.

From the Li Jun's artist statement:

"Observe, see, take notes, gather different types of information, at multiple scales, of different durations. Different kinds of seeing - looking, glancing, contemplating, foveal and peripheral vision, walking around, going into, looking down, looking up, stepping back afar, peering in closely, from different perspectives. Visual processing - multiple and simultaneous pathways that the brain uses to make sense of sensory stimuli, to construct images and meaning .."

This Wednesday, December 14th from 7- 10 PM at the AS220 Labs (on Lucie Way next to the AS220 Printshop), Labs Keymember, Jenine Bressner will be hosting a screening of Handmade Nation, Faythe Levine's documentary about contemporary DIY craft in the U.S. Locals also featured in this film are The Dirt Palace, and Deb Dormody of general awesomeness (If'n Books and Marks and Craftland.)

The movie is one hour long and will be preceded by a slideshow about FAB7, the fascinating international digital fabrication conference that took place this past August in Peru. The screening will be followed by a conversation about the importance of DIY, and how Fab Labs are facilitating that all over the world!

A couple weeks back photographer Pete Brook came to AS220 Youth to talk about his prison photography project. Tim Matsui also came along to get footage of Pete during his time at AS220 Youth. Tim is putting together a documentary together about Pete Brook and his project.

While Tim was hanging out in Music Lab on the 2nd floor, he bumped into MC Jamale Fisher. Jamale has been actively participating in the performance program for about a year now. Jamale spit an accapella version of a song he's been working on titled "What If".

Tim was blown away. He liked the song so much that he asked Jamale if he would mind recording the track in the next hour just so he could use it as background music in his upcoming Pete Brook documentary.

This a snippet of a longer track that will be on the new MC Writing

Mixtape which is set to drop December 15 2011.

Last night marked the first workshop of "Build Your Own Audio Amplifier" at the AS220 Labs, an introductory soldering and construction class based around Elliot Clapp's Dirtbomb Amp Design. The workshop provides students with a kit, complete with a circuit board, components, and an enclosure - all of which are assembled by the students.

The kit was entirely design and developed by Labs Keymember, Elliot Clapp. Using both the Milling Machine to prototype the electronics and the Laser Cutter to design the acrylic enclosure. The kit will be developed more and available for sale soon on our online store, and of course there will be more workshop offerings based around the kit, so stay tuned

What can you do with it?

• Use it as a mini-amplifier (2 Watts) for practicing at home or on the go
• Use it as a pre-amplifier and plug it into a speaker cabinet
• Use it in-between your instrument and amplifier, it's also an overdrive pedal!

Check out more photos from the workshop...

This all-day workshop, a collaborative effort of the AS220 Lab and Printshop, will introduce the laser cutter as a printmaking tool to experienced and neophyte printmakers. James Rutter, Lab Manager, will spend the morning showing participants how the laser cutter and a software program can be used to prepare acrylic, wood, metal, and other matrix for relief and intaglio printing. After lunch, we will move next door to the Printshop to devote the afternoon to printing the prepared images on the etching press under the guidance of Leigh Waldron-Taylor. This is a great opportunity to learn what the laser cutter can do for you in your work. The Lab will provide acrylic plates. The Printshop will provide printing ink, but participants must bring paper. Registrants will receive a detailed information sheet prior to class. Questions can be directed to Leigh@as220.org, or James@as220.org

$90.00, Sunday, January 15th, 10am-6pm Register for this class

Meet Nick Carter, not the Backstreet Boy! The REAL Nick Carter is the new Visuals part-time staff member. Nick graduated from Brown University last year and enjoys painting, drawing, glass blowing, circles, weird patterns, grey sweatshirts and he is also a musician. He might be an extraterrestrial, but we are still investigating. If you have not met him yet, stop by Visuals and say hello!

AS220 Youth recently finished a mural for Andera, a local online software company. Guest artist Josh Baptista, Gianna and Gaby worked with a group of Young people (Luis, Solomon, Davina, Carlos, and Anthony) to design and paint this beautiful mural! We will soon have a slideshow of the project, but for now check out some pictures below and be on the lookout for more!!

Last Tuesday the photo mem class participated in an awesome event celebrating Providence's 375th birthday. We set up a photo booth; we took pictures of people attending the event. We photographed families, couples, kids, individuals and the the fabulous Walter Miller pictured here. We then printed the photos out on the spot with our gnarly printer. It was really fun and it gave photo mem students an opportunity to work on a real world project with real world expectations. The photo mem photographers were Miguel, Sharon, Mike, James, Sashalee, Gicy and Scott. Join us Saturday Dec 10th from 12-4pm at the Olneyville Winter Festival to have your own portrait taken by our ferociously good team.

On thursday December 1st Photo Mem had it's first crit, or critique. Even though these crits were studio-wide, you could say it was a great success for Photo Mem students. This was the first critique for many new students at AS220.

The critique's started off on a good note beginning with Jordan and ending with Jamie. We had RISD Student's Scott and Keith. This critique gave photomem students the opportunity to see what its like to be in an actual critique. It also helped students see what they really wanted to focus on in later class time.

DECEMBER 4-24, 2011

opening reception (free & open to the public)

Sunday, December 4 , 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery

No Banks

New Paintings by Nick McKnight & Carl Dimitri

Open Window

Diversity

New Paintings by Nix-on

Youth Gallery

New work from the AS220 Youth Studio!

AS220 Project Space

RED, YLW, GRN,

New Work by Li Jun Lai

artist talk December 15th at 5:30 p.m.