June 2009 Archives

Come this Tuesday at 3:30 when the Broad Street Band will be having a listening party in the performance space. As we enter week 4, our sound is slowly being formed as people bring in their own beats and samples of favorite summer jams. Check out some of the beats played.

Also we are still looking for some brave souls to fill out our horn section... interested?

Kate Tessa Lee and Agata Michalowska: books of journeys (imagined and real)

TONIGHT

Friday, June 26th

Artist in Residence room

115 Empire Street, floor 3

7-9 PM

Please come join the current Artist in Residence, Kate Tessa Lee and an AS220 Resident and artist, Agata Michalowska for the viewing of their recent print project. The artists created two symbolic travel journals based on factual and imagined journeys. Personal photographs, historical maps and other records of voyages, serve as a basis for creating a subjective mapping of travels that have taken place or are yet to happen. The project utilized the techniques of Intaglio and Chine Collé. The two books are filled with metaphors and symbols- a cartography of personal landscapes. Both books will be on display Friday night together with the source materials that they were derived from.

July 27th-31st from 9am to 1pm ($100.00) For children age 7-9 years old

Create colorful explorations of your scariest monster friend, or your coolest imaginary creature through the versatile medium of printmaking. While learning the process of making multiple-layered images with collage and unconventional mark making tools students will be encouraged to experiment with printmaking techniques. An emphasis will be placed on color and shape exploration and through stencils and relief in order to bring their monster creations to life. At the end of the course the students will compile their monster prints into an accordion style book to share with their family and friends. The class time will provide a full session for students to challenge their imagination as well as absorb new methods of image making.

Please send a packed lunch for your child each day. We will finish up the day by sharing our work with one another over lunch. Class size is limited to 6 students. All supply costs are included in the price of the workshop. If you have any questions please email morgan@as220.org. Sign Up here, on our online store!

The AS220 Community Printshop is located at 95 Mathewson Street in Providence, Rhode Island on the 2nd floor. To enter the building buzz 210!

Keeseh Studio is an amazing community resource that focuses on design and wood fabrication. Similar to your own Community Printshop, they offer workshops, shop access and a great group of folks who share a passion. They are celebrating tonight a one year anniversary, Friday the 19th, and also sharing their new CNC machine.

Ben Watkins, "Division Series #2"

Artists' Talk with Nick Hollighbaugh & Ben Watkins Thursday June 18th from 6pm-8pm at the AS220 Project Space

The AS220 Project Space presents the fine art and craftmanship of Nick Holligbaugh & Ben Watkins. Nick and Ben, in their distinct ways, make meticulously crafted sculptures and paintings that blur boundaries and style. Ben and Nick will talk in-depth about their techniques and creative processes this Thursday, June 18th from 6pm-8pm at the AS220 Project Space. The talk is free and open to the public.

The AS220 Project Space is located at 93 Mathewson Street, in Providence, RI. For more information please contact Gallery Director Neal T. Walsh at 401.490.6164 or neal@as220.org

read the review of their exhibit here.

Nick Holligbaugh, "Lineage"

Wednesday, June 24
7:00 - 8:30 PM
AS220 Labs
115 Empire St., 2nd floor

Come down to AS220 Labs and join the Pd club for it's first meeting!

Pd (Pure Data) is a graphical programming language and open source project with a large and growing user base. Pd is widely used by artists to create interactive computer music and multimedia works, and to some extent is interoperable with its commercial cousin Max/MSP.

The Pd club will be a periodic, informal gathering (a "patching circle") where Providence-area "patchers" can work together, exchange ideas, trouble-shoot, and learn from one-another. The club is open to all, from beginners to experts. Artists, students, teachers, programmers, hobbyists, and the "just-curious" are welcome. The only requirements are that you like a challenge and have a laptop.

On the agenda for the first meeting will be an introduction to Pd by Shawn Greenlee. Shawn will cover the basics of patching, working with sound, and handling communication with Arduino boards and MIDI devices.

Before the meeting adjourns, we'll get beginners up and running and determine the summer schedule for meetings.

What to bring: your laptop with Pd-extended installed. Pd-extended is available (for free) at http://puredata.info/downloads

More about Pd from the Pure Data portal.

By popular demand, an introductory-level class based on the Arduino microcontroller system will return to the Labs on Tueasdays beginning June 23rd. This is a thorough introduction to this open source development platform for creating your own interactive object(s). No previous programming or electronics experience necessary.

4 weeks, Tuesdays in June
June 23rd, 30th, July 7th, July 14th
Instructor: John Duksta 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!

It's official. This past weekend we hosted Zack Hoeken of Makerbot Industries and NYC Resistor and built a Makerbot with the help of about a dozen workshop-goers over the two days. Reprappers Bruce and Nick Wattendorf arranged the whole event; Nick is shown in the photo above, working on the Makerbot with Zack. The Makerbot we built is #48 in the lineage of Makerbots.

Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets! We sold a total of 107 tickets, and received a $100 match from board member Brian Jepson (thanks Brian!). The raffle closed at midnight last night, at which point Arley-Rose pulled a name from the glass jar. Drumroll please... and the winner is...

Rebecca Stern of Tempe Arizona.

Congratulations Rebecca!

Check here for a full list of everyone who bought tickets and threw their names in the hat. The current batch of Makerbot kits is sold out, but we will be trying to get an order for the AS220 Labs bot in the July batch.

Celebrate with us while seeing the fantastic work produced in our youth photography program called Photographic Memory. Come see photographs from Alan Martinez, Anthony Villavicencio, Arline Gould, Benito Rios, Courtney Mitchell, Kia Davis, Kourtnie Aileru and students from the RI Training School at Tazza this Monday June 15th from 7-10pm! Not for nuthin, but this is "Photo Mem's" first public show outside of AS220.

Take a chance on winning this homebrew CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) three dimensional printer! The Cupcake CNC is truly the cutest rapid prototyping machine ever. This piece of equipment will be the one built from a kit at the 3D printing Summit on June12-14th at AS220.

We'll even give you a training and some plastic to start with. The winner will be selected on June 14th, 2009.

Our goal is to raise enough money to buy a second Cupcake kit that can live at AS220 Labs. The maximum number of tickets sold will be 150. Oh, and we'll ship anywhere in North America.

Buy a ticket at the AS220 Shop.