This month's open house print is from Andrew Oesch, Jori Ketten, and Nick Ferreira. The trio, from Amigos Publishing and the Carpenter Street Storefront, is teaming up to host the Reanimation Library at 186 Carpenter in March and April.

The Reanimation Library is a small, independent Presence Library open to the public. It is a collection of books that have fallen out of routine circulation and been acquired for their visual content. Outdated and discarded, they have been culled from thrift stores, stoop sales, and throw-away piles, and given new life as a resource for artists, writers, cultural archeologists, and other interested parties.

Help print the final layer of handset type on their collaboratively designed poster - detailing related workshops and events at the Carpenter St. Branch of the Library - and/or talk with the three organizers about ways to participate in this two month installation. Take a poster home at the end of the night!

The AS220 Cottage Industries are located at the Mercantile at 131 Washington Street Providence, Rhode Island on the 1st floor. The Printshop's entrance is located at the back of the building on Lucie Way (Martha Street on GPS and computers); the shop's double doors are at the Northwest corner of the building.

After traveling through multiple dimensions Justinian Stanislaus will be landing in Providence, RI at the AS220 Gallery, Sunday, February 5th. Justinian, otherwise known as the Emperor, ruler of the Red Fork Empire, will be exhibiting work from his travels promoting creativity in all of us, aiding in the movement, or if you will, the war against The Dull.

Jayme Allard, a local graphic designer, with a day job in building commissioning, investigated the Red Fork Empire and enlisted the artist in some Q&A. Deciphering the intricacies of Emperor Justinian's world is a difficult task; below Jayme shines a little light on his shadowy realm.

How did the title The Emperor surface? It seems like a powerful name to live up to. Given the size of the Emperor's fist, how big are the shoes you have to fill to be ruler of the Red Fork Empire?

The shoes are just the right size, very comfortable in fact. The Emperor likes comfortable shoes; you really cannot get quality work done without the right shoes. Which is why the Emperor rules the Multi-verse - good comfortable shoes. Well that and omnipotence. Since the beginning of the Multi-Verse, the Emperor has always been the Emperor. To take on the cause of spreading creativity and imagination, either through his Artifacts or speaking to the masses, the Emperor likes his title and sees it fitting.

I understand that there are 5 known Emperors that walk among us, could you reveal them to us? Is the need for the multiple persons to fight against The Dull?

There is 1, otherwise known as Rookfinger, he's the most friendly of us and is seen in public the most due to his curiosity. Then 2, or Booth, he is the most militant of the five. He takes the war against the Dull very seriously. Next is 3, three is very creepy, his manner is that of a spider, or serpentine. As Booth is militant, Tobias is manipulative in the war. Now 4, many names, often is called peanut or Gnat, he is the one who was effected by the Red Fork Event the most. He has all of the Emperors that ever were or will be in his head. So he is rather insane. Which leads to 5, Tobias. He might be morally ambiguous, but Hyde or creature has no morals whatsoever. He will destroy a planet on a whim. It isn't required to be multiple people to fight The Dull, it just happened that way, the result though does inspire singular people to do so.

Could you elaborate and give a glimpse into the world of Victorian science fiction art, otherwise known as steampunk?

You ask ten people what is steampunk and you will get ten different answers. So no one who is into steampunk can say they are an authority. If they do they are not embracing the spirit of it. Steampunk is at its base Victorian Sci Fi, but that is just the tiny start of what it actually is. To me, it is an artistic movement that inspires people who would not normally think of themselves as artists to dive in and be creative. It is an avenue for artists to express their own originality within borders that keep challenging how creative they can be. There are boundaries of what is and what is not steampunk, but that is like starting a discussion of what makes art, art. You really just know it when you see it. One way I like to describe it: Never before has there been a dork, geek, nerd subculture that has fashion shows and tea parties. Steampunk is era-based fiction where steam is the primary energy source. It encompasses almost every artistic medium you can imagine, be it literary, musical, traditional art, or dance. It puts them all under one community that forces those mediums to interact with each other and learn from one another.

Many of your pieces in the Still Theater collection tell a story of their own. What story does your artwork tell as a collection?

These are the artifacts, inventions, and windows into untold dimensions from the existence of a god like being that doesn't exist except in the minds of those who have imagination.

What else would you like the Citizens of Providence, and surrounding, to recognize about the Emperor and his Empire?

All shall know of the Red Fork Empire. Do not let The Dull infest your life, if you believe that you are not creative and have no imagination you are wrong. Recognize the creative genius of the Emperor and help his cause, either with contributions to own an Artifact from the Emperor (he also takes commissions), or by creating your own.
Keep up the Fight.

Learn More about Emperor Justinian Stanislaus and the Red Fork Empire on his site.
(You can spend hours on there!)

Please join us for a 4-7pm public reception in the galleries in honor of February's exhibiting artists: Emperor Justinian Stanislaus of the Red Fork Empire, Agata Michalowska, Robert Mariani, Ivy M McDonald, and AS220 Youth Members, Mikaela Gonzaga & and Davina Alejo.

dom: New Work by Agata Michalowska
At the AS220 Project Space, 93 Mathewson St
On View February 5-25, 2012

Neal Walsh, AS220 Gallery Director interviewed Agata on the occasion of her Project Space exhibit "dom", which opens this Sunday, February 5th.

You are a printmaker by training, but you tend to stretch the borders of what is traditionally thought of as "printmaking." Can you discuss your process and the role of printmaking in your work?

Printmaking has been and always will be at the core of my practice. Even when I do not work with print, the processes I am drawn to are of similar character-precise, repetitive, requiring a lot of patience and focus. When I was at RISD printmaking provided a framework within which I could find my own aesthetic and conceptual language. It was the base off of which I could dive into other media. I quickly became dissatisfied with the 2-D image and started treating the Intaglio copper plates as objects rather than carriers of an image. The prints became a record of my physical interactions with the plate. I experimented with etching through copper plates, cutting into them and changing their surface with molten glass.

I have been fascinated with sculpture and installation but only recently started working on a bigger scale. I still have a lot to learn but enjoy the challenge and feel a great need for working with space as an environment. Learning is an inspiring process. I dislike being bored and when something becomes too familiar and "safe" I move on. New ideas drive me.

Who influences your work and current thoughts about art making? Is there a single artist or person that played a pivotal role in your development as an artist?

Working on the "dom" exhibition I kept thinking about Joseph Beuys - the raw materials that he used that were heavy with meaning and the environments that often told a story. I did not understand his work until I saw his objects in person. They had a strong presence and all belonged to one narrative. I felt immersed in his world.

Amongst other artists whose work I often go back to are Rachel Whiteread, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Gabriel Orozco, Ann Hamilton, Rebecca Horn, Wolfgang Tillmans, David Ireland, Alexander Brodsky, Lee Ufan, Miroslaw Balka, and Olafur Eliasson to name a few. I'm also drawn to minimalism and the Japanese aesthetic. I enjoy work that is simple, beautiful, and conceptually engaging.

Memory, time, history, and the fragile border they share seems to play an important role in your work. Can you discuss these ideas in relation to your art? I imagine the reason for this is deeply personal, in the sense that you are living in two different cultures with different languages and customs; though modernity has arguably decreased the distances between them.

This is a very broad subject. Yes, time has a very important role in my work. The sense of the passage of time, the subjectivity of it, the remembrance of the past, aging and the loss of memory... I am also fascinated with history and the way human beings shape it and are shaped by it. Objects seem to be silent witnesses to our hectic lives. They tell the story long after the people who owned them have died. I often look at artifacts and books from past centuries and try to imagine the lives of the people who touched them.

In the "dom" exhibition I am digging into my own past and my memories of growing up in Poland. I have been thinking about the concept of a home- what it is and what it can be, how it is created, can it exist in more than one place. For the past eight years I have lived in the USA, I speak, write and think in English. But every year when I go back to Warsaw my mind shifts into another language and another way of thinking. This duality is strange and fascinating at the same time. For a while I felt as if I lived in two parallel worlds. Now they are starting to blend as my life shifts. I know I will always be in between, traveling between the continents, cultures, languages and points of view.

Everything in "dom" is based in the personal mythology. Most of the materials were collected in Poland and have a very specific meaning and a story. The curtain that hangs in the gallery window belonged to my grandmother who passed away four years ago. It hung in her apartment long after she was gone. I took it down this year.

I see "dom" as distilled memory, an essence of what my senses recorded over time. Working on it was very intuitive. I knew what materials I wanted to use and allowed the form to develop from them. Throughout the duration of the exhibition I will add new objects, take away some, move things around. I would like to treat the gallery as a temporary home where the space changes as time goes by. This exhibition is also a testing ground, the first of a series of projects revolving around a similar set of ideas. It's a whole new body of work.

Please join us for a 4-7pm public reception in the galleries for February's exhibiting artists: Agata Michalowska, Robert Mariani, Emperor Justinian Stanislaus of the Red Fork Empire, Ivy M McDonald, and AS220 Youth Members, Mikaela Gonzaga & and Davina Alejo.
And..Join us February 16th at 5:30pm at the Project Space for a free artist talk by Agata!

This could be your front door! Applications Due February 9, 2012 at 5pm

The space is 245 sq feet, and is all yours for just $350 per month. Kitchen/hang-out space and bathrooms are share among the hall's residents. This is a positive cooperative community on the building's 3rd floor, home to 11 other artists, writers, performers...and a 12th TBA.

More Info, Application, Guidelines, etc

Hand deliver, email, or mail applications: AS220 attn: Susan Clausen, 95 Mathewson Street #204 Providence, RI 02903

FEBRUARY 5-25 2012

opening reception (free & open to the public)

Sunday, February 5 , 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery

Interplay New Paintings by Robert Mariani &

Still Theater New Work by Emperor Justinian Stanislaus of the Red Fork Empire

Open Window

New Paintings by Ivy M. McDonald

Youth Gallery

New work by Mikaela Gonzaga and Davina Alejo

AS220 Project Space (93 Mathewson St.)

dom

New Work by Agata Michalowska

artist talk February16th at 5:30 p.m.

"Wolf" by Mikaela Gonzaga in the AS220 Youth Gallery, Floor 2 at 111 Empire St.

Last year, AS220 Youth began to offer week-long intensives so youth could get their computer skills up quickly, Building on that idea, we will be offering 4 week-long intensives during the week of February school vacation (Feb. 20-24).

Visuals will offer screenprinting at the RITS.

Performance will be training youth on Studio Engineering.

The Fabratory will put youth through the paces so they can get the IC3 computer certification.

And Photo will be traveling around Rhode Island creating camera obscuras.

*For more info on the intensives, email studio director, Anne at anne@as220.org *

Recently our students in the Training School have explored the use of photography and collage to create crazy self portraits........that look nothing like them. Inspired by the rich history of artists creating interpretive self portraits that do not reflect their physical image each student used photos of themselves, images of animals and comic book characters to create these multilayered images. Currently nine of these images are gracing the cafeteria gallery at the training school, and we will be excited to show them in a location near you soon, enjoy!

On Thursday the 19th a diverse crowd gathered at One Capitol Hill to view artwork created by the students of AS220 Youth that was on display at the 2nd Annual Youth Exibit at the Atrium Gallery. There were over 80 works of art on display from photographs to paintings to character illustrations. There was also a performance by Angie Daluz who's voice brought down the house. The AS220 Youth dance crew Too Legit made an appearance and cut the rug with their amazing moves. Students from the creative writing program at AS220 also performed their poetry from memory sans microphone. At the end of the evening all of the students that had their art displayed at the gallery and their mentors received were excited to receive citations from Governor Chaefee congratulating them on the work that they have done. It was a friendly and spontaneous environment were everyone laughed and enjoyed the artwork that our programs have been working to produce for the last six months.

If you haven't had time to go to the Atrium Gallery this week is your last chance! The show comes down this Thursday!

Atrium Gallery,

One Capitol Hill

Check out these images!

Hot of the presses!!!!

TD Charitable Foundation has made a generous donation to AS220 Youth to support the transitional services we offer youth exiting the Training School. We will use the funds to offer paid internships in art, design and technology at AS220.

Participants will be responsible for completing portfolio projects, a resume, and an artist statement. The portfolios will reflect an increase in creative skills - and in self-confidence!

Thank you, TD.

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!