March 2009 Archives

Nationally renowned, self-taught artist Ray Materson will be giving a public presentation at BSS this Thursday at 4:30. Come and see the best sock art around town!

April 5-25, 2009

opening reception (free admission)

Sunday, April 5, 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery

Migrations New Paintings by Kim Yigit
& New Paintings by Claudia Crevier

Open Window

New Work by Holly Gaboriault

Youth Gallery

An Exhibition of artwork by students of Hope High School

AS220 Project Space @ 93 Mathewson St.

Bridges and Doors

New Work by Laura Travis

New Beginnings/affection & intention

New Photographs by McKenzie Burrus-Granger

l to r: Burrus-Granger/Travis/Yigit/Crevier

This workshop will introduce you to the basics of the Arduino microcontroller system. The goal is to introduce you to its open source development platform and get you started with the creation of your own interactive object(s). No previous programming or electronics experience necessary.

4 weeks, Tuesdays in May, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
May 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
Instructor: Lutz Hamel
Workshop cost: $100 + $100 materials fee = $200
Materials fee includes an Arduino and all components needed for the class. In the AS220 Labs space, 2nd floor, 115 Empire Street, Providence

Sign up here!

This Saturday ,March 28th from 7-10pm, Francesca Lohmann, will open up her studio to share the work of her month long residency at AS220. All are welcome.

Thought I would share this great essay written by local typeface designer Jeremy Mickel on his experience designing his first font, Router. You may recognize this font as the primary font used in the printed AS220 calendar, as well as other AS220 materials such as our website and other ephemera.

Check out his article on the ilovetypography blog!

For more info about Jeremy, check out the ever-amazing Design Office website

BSS Mixtape

So the BSS Mixtape is in the making. Eight more songs/ tracks are needed before its completion. If you sing, rap, spit poetry or make beats, we need your help! Hit up Plan B to schedule a time to record your track or talk about what you would like to put on the mixtape. We have studio slots on Mondays and Tuesday between 3:00pm and 7:00pm.

planbizil@hotmail.com

Performance Program DVD

Another project we have been working on is a performance program DVD. This 5 minute promtional tool will have clips of every workshop that our Performance Program offers at BSS and also exclusive footage from Elementary Showcase, our monthly hip hop open mic. If you wold like to get involoved in the making of this DVD, hit up either Anjel or Plan B.

planbizil@hotmail.com or anjel@as220.org

Elementary Showcase

So the last Elementary Showcase was dope! We had amazng performances by G-Hearder, KIT, RIP, Artablaze and also the break dancers from upstairs. For the next Elementary Showcase, which is happening on April 9th from 5:30pm- 9:30pm, we need a ton of promotion. Every Friday from 3:30-5:30pm, street team goes out into the community to pass out flyers and also get everyone exicted about the open mic. If you are interested in learning a thing or two about promtions or would like to help out, please contact Anjel.

Performance Program Fundraiser

On May 16, 2009 from 9:00pm - 12:30am, we will be holding our first Peformance Program Fundraiser of the year. There will be performances by Mary Bee, Chachi, WHO DEM?, KIT, Inkwell and other BSS youth from our performance workshops. If you would like to get involved with the creation of this event, you are more than welcome to attend our weekly fundraiser meetings that will be happening every Thursday at 3:00pm in the Delgado Studio.

New Stuff

YES!!! Our new computers are finally set up which means the pre-production room is on and poppin! Big UPS to G-Tech for blessing us with this new totally cool equiptment.

Performance Meetings

If you would like to get more involved with the Performance Program at BSS, feel free to pop in our weekly performance meeting that happens every Wednesday at BSS from 4:00pm-5:00pm.

Peace and chicken grease homies!!!

<---Anjel and Plan B--->

When: Wednesday March 25th, 5:30pm to 7pm
Where: AS220 Performance Space

The real fun in electronics is when you can use a circuit to make things go. Come learn some basics of electric motors, including DC motors, AC motors, servos, and steppers with Tom Sgouros (www.sgouros.com). Guest appearance by Judy the robot.

This session is free if you want to come and listen. You'll have to pay for materials if you want to complete the kit and take things home with you. Some sample motors will be available, which can also be purchased cheaply.

April is International Laser Month at AS220 Labs!

Announcing Laser cutter workshops: Learn how to use this tool to cut or etch wood, plastics, papers or textiles! Every Tuesday 5:30pm to 9pm, beginning April 7th.

Each workshop is limited to 5 people. Register now at the online shop.

Please note that an earlier version of this article (and...ahem...some of the posters) said every Thursday beginning April 7th. Well, April 7th (2009) is a Tuesday! So...the dates in the shop signup are correct; they're on Tuesdays! Sorry for the confusion; I'm an idiot.

Catch AS220's Arley-Rose Torsone tonight at 6pm at New Urban Arts. She wants to make the world a better place through graphic design. Although her pieces may not be Nobel Peace Prize Winners themselves, however, she believes that her graphics are small steps towards a greater good. With a firm belief that "A wise person makes more opportunities than they find," she is thoroughly invested in her work at AS220 as the in-house graphic designer and manager of the Design Providence Cottage Industry, where she also teaches design classes to the amazing young people of Broad Street Studio. Since her graduation from Parsons the New School for Design and moving to Providence in 2004, she has dedicated her professional career to designing for causes which have socially-responsible roots and sustainable practices. She believes that "good design is not just about profit or beauty, but creating social value" (Patrick Butler).

New Urban Arts Series: Conversations on Creative Practice is made possible through generous support of The Rhode Island Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. This event is organized by New Urban Arts Mentoring Fellows, Andrew Oesch and Peter Hocking.

The Patricia W. Edwards Memorial Art Fund was established 20 years ago to further the education of Rhode Island high school students studying painting and/or drawing. Awards will be given to students to take art lessons in two-dimensional art at Rhode Island nonprofit institutions (e.g., Rhode Island School of Design's Young Artist Program, AS220, etc.)

A simple two page application and 3-5 pieces of art work will get you in the running to take a workshop of your choice paid for by the scholarship from the Rhode Island Foundation.

You can use the scholarship here at AS220 in the Printshop, Labs, Darkroom or Design Providence. To see workshops we offer check out our online shop.