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May 2009 Archives
Remember the Photo Booth at the bus station where you took goofy pics of you and/or your friend/BFF or whatever its called now-a-days? Well there is no reason to inhale bus fumes for the sake of that treasured photo strip when you can get the same darned thang at Photo Lottery. You heard right, for a limited time only , from 6-9ish o-clock May 30th at Photo Lottery you can get a photo strip for $10. The AS220 Darkroom's co-founder Pam Murray is opening her photo studio and making it a Photo Booth for Ya'll. See her on the second floor, with fabulous Photo Lottery photography on the walls to boot. As always, the Photo Lottery is free to attend, but only people who buy tickets will win artwork. Check out our online gallery at www.as220.org/photolottery to see more donated artwork and buy a ticket online. Tickets are also available at the AS220 Bar and the night of Photo Lottery, which is TOMORROW YO.
www.as220.org/photolottery
Growing up on the mean sidewalks of suburban/rural Massachusetts in the 1980's art meant a lot to me. It was a way out of where I found myself. While I have never imitated Keith Haring's art it was known to me as beacon of a life I could attain, if I could get myself outta Podunk Mass. My Mom used to sing in community choral groups and after a performance she and my Dad told me of a new " gay cancer " that the conductor had. This was before AIDS had a name. As I matured and got my semi bad self into Boston I felt a chill in the art scene. It seemed that sex, drugs and rock and roll had taken a chill pill, as AIDS was affecting the art community just a few short generational years ahead of me. Keith Haring was one who left us so young. Yet in this photo he is doing his thing, with the exuberance that made a kid hundreds of miles away think there is a life I want. Every photograph is a moment in time, and a moment of someone's life. It makes me so happy to see Stewart Martin's photo of Keith Haring.
Changing gears to Photo Lottery speak, this and 149 other photographs can be seen and won on May 30th , at the AS220 Darkroom's Photo Lottery of course. Tickets can be bought online ( www.AS220.org/photolottery) or at the AS220 Bar, and of course at the night of the show. During the show we will gladly accept checks and cash but are not geared for credit cards. To see other great images, including original photos of Deborah Harry circa 1977 ( I saw her on SOLID GOLD Yo! ) and fab photos of the one and only Tom Waits. Check out our growning online gallery at www.AS220.org/photolottery.
Monday, June 1st - Saturday, June 27th 2009
Opening Reception June 1st, 6-8pm
Lectures begin at 6:30 PM
Providence Public Library
Special Collections Exhibition Hall
150 Empire Street
Providence RI 02903
Over one thousand glass plate negatives have long lain forgotten in the Special Collections of the Providence Public Library. Now a select handful of them will be hand printed and revealed to the public eye, possibly for the very first time. The project was conceived and curated by Agata Michalowska and was brought to bear through a close collaboration with local photographers working out of the AS220 Paul Krot Community Darkrooms. Around two dozen plates will be printed and exhibited along with a selection of glass negatives. The plates represent a wide range of topics including portraits of wealthy Rhode Island families, interiors of textile factories, and landscapes of New England. These glass negatives constitute a cabinet of wonders and a glimpse of a world long past.
You still have time to make that tshirt you've been meaning to. This Sunday from 1-5pm in the Printshop over at the Dreyfus building you can learn the basics of screen printing.
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I've known of Mona Kuhn's work for some time now, through my friend Marlaine Noel who has turned me on to many great photographers. However when trying to describe her work I looked for help from google and found the phrase " Nude but not Naked" jump out as the only English in a German article about Mona's photography. It seemed fitting, as does this text from a review on her web site " The Naturist community portrayed by Mona Kuhn- Brazilian born artist living in California- is shown through skillful photographic compositions made of precise points of focus and arranging of poses, planes, lines and tones. The languages of bodies and faces, though, also convey a distinct sense of nudity as a natural condition, not as a source of allusion. We feel that the affective relations, not the sensual ones, are what really matter".
Once again we are lucky to have a photo donated by Mona, and 149 others. See her work and the entire show this Saturday from 6-9pm. You can see more work and buy tickets at our Photo Lottery website www.as220.org/photolottery and the AS220 Bar
All jokiness aside , Jock Sturges donated this photograph with an image size of 40x50". We have been fortunate to have Jock donate photos to three of our four Photo Lotteries.
The online site "Fine Art Photography Gallery Forum" says of Jock's work, " Jock Sturges sensual black-and-white photographs ( and in our case color ) have been featured in museums throughout the world. His subjects include women, men and children who live in communities where nudity is part of the accepted lifestyle. Jock usually spends weeks or months with his subjects , and they feel like his collaborators. Sturges accomplishes in his open-ended projects the continuing investigation into the engagement between public and private life, between tack and frankness, childhood and adolescence, male and female, artist and model . These stately images reflect self-revelation, trust, admiration, and the inevitable passage from adolescence to adulthood. " Check out some of the other work donated to Photo Lottery at www.as220.org/photolottery.
Tickets that are guaranteed to win art work can be purchased for $100 at the Photo Lottery web site, the AS220 Bar or by good ole check. The Photo Lottery is always free to come to, and is happening this Saturday May 30 from 6-9pm! Contact Scott Lapham at 401-225-8490 for more info.
Way back in 2007 a 16 year old Jesse McFadden donated a great print to the Photo Lottery. Two years later he is not only donating but volunteering 75hrs of his senior teenage years to making the 2009 Photo Lottery a success. He knows all our dark behind the scenes secrets and has seen all the donated art work coming in. His sophisticated taste has chosen his top 5 favorites from which he hopes to win one with his Photo Lottery ticket. They are............
Corliss Steam Engine ( taken in 1876 and printed in 2009 from the original glass negatives in the AS220 Darkroom!)
Peter Gemei ( either of his two donated photos)
Henry Horenstein
Denny Moers
Bill Gallery
He hopes not to win photos by
Himself ( we will not allow that to happen with any artist who donates & buys a ticket.)
His Father George McFadden
His Uncle Stephen McFadden
Check out our growing web gallery of Photo Lottery donations, where most of Jesse's favs can be seen. Find your own favs and buy a ticket online at our website, at the AS220 Bar or by arranging a check drop off by calling Scott Lapham @ 401-225-8490!
Check us out at www.as220.org/photolottery
This Foo Fest performer was rated as one of the hottest bachelorettes in Providence! Regulars at AS220 during the evenings are probably quite familiar with her soothing voice....even if they have never seem her perform. C'mon its easy--email cheryl@as220.org with your answers
Vein Dress by Liz Collins/ photo by Greg Cook
This Thursday, May 21, at 7pm artist & designer Liz Collins will talk about her current exhibition and past projects at the AS220 Project Space, 93 Mathewson St. The event is free and open to the public
Liz Collins is recognized internationally for her use of machine knitting to create ground breaking clothing, textiles, and installations. After five years as an independent designer of ready-to-wear collections in New York, in the fall of 2003 Collins returned to her alma mater, Rhode Island School of Design (BFA'91/ MFA'99), as an Assistant Professor in the Textile Department. In addition to teaching,Collins currently designs knitwear and collaborates with other designers, producing signature knit pieces and collections for them. In the spring of 2005, a new facet of Collins' work emerged: a series of performance-based installations called "KNITTING NATION", that employ uniformed machine knitters to create a multi-sensory experience that examines the relationship of humans to manufacturing and the process of machine knitting. Collins is a 2006 United States Artists Target Fellow in Crafts and Traditional Arts and a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Her work was included in the celebrated exhibition "Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting" at the Museum of Arts and Design in 2007, "Evolution/Revolution" at the RISD Museum of Art in 2008, and can be seen the books Fashioning Fabrics, by Sandy Black and Elyssa da Cruz, Knitknit: Presenting 27 Innovative Knitters and Their Projects, by Sabrina Gschwandtner, and Designing a Knitwear Collection:From Inspiration to Finished Garment, by Lisa Donofrio and Marylin Heffernen.
