October 2008 Archives

Hold on to you hats as the chill winds of autumn blow in an amazing amount of new art to feast your eyes and ears on. We have prints from near & far in the Main Gallery exhibit, Sustainable: Visions for a Living Planet, Gulls from the Block go wild in Jon Campbell's exhibition in the Project Space, students from the Jacqueline M. Walsh School of the Performing & Visual Arts strut their stuff & right down the hall from the Youth Gallery in Perishable Theater, witness the unveiling Kathrine Lovell's "In the Still of the Night" . AND from Slovakia, critically acclaimed Hungarian/Slovak artist Ilona Nemeth brings a two day only sound installation that is not to be missed.

November 2-30, 2008 opening reception (free admission) Sunday, November 2, 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery

Sustainable: Visions for a Living Planet Print Show by Just Seeds Visual Arts Cooperative & thirty+ RI Artists

Youth Gallery Jacqueline M. Walsh School of the Performing & Visual Arts Showcase

AS220 Project Space

(Located at 93 Mathewson St.)

Jon Campbell Presents Gulls Gone Wild paintings,sculpture, & jewelry

also in the Project Space: a selection of prints from the AS220 Print Lottery on view & on sale in the sideroom. All prints sold benefit the AS220 Printshop

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Opening Sunday November 2 from 6pm-8pm at Perishable Theater

KATHRINE LOVELL In The Still of The Night

Celebrate the Installation of Kathrine Lovell's painting "In the Still of the Night", commissioned by AS220 and Perishable Theatre

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Internationally known Hungarian/Slovak artist Ilona Nemeth brings:

27m; an Interactive Sound Installation: A corner of Slovakia brought to Providence by

The Sidewalk of Empire Street/AS 220

Friday, November 7, 2008, 1pm-6pm

Saturday, November 8, 2008, noon-4pm

(artist talk & presentation by curator Viera Levitt from noon-1pm)

Internationally celebrated artist Ilona Nemeth, recently written up in the *New York Times *for her provocative survey/installation in Budapest is bringing her art to Providence by way of New York City, where she is a Fulbright scholar. Ms. Nemeth, whose sculptures and installations have been shown in Slovakia, Hungary, The Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, South Korea and New York, will bring her audio piece, 27 meters (30 yards) to the sidewalk outside AS 220 on Empire Street. Originally shown in Brno, Czech Republic in 2004, this piece contains six monologues of different people. For example, both a Czech hairdresser living in the town for 16 years and a randomly chosen Finnish manager who had spent one day in the city, are parts of the project. Visitors can take one of the available headphones and have a 'walk' with some chosen companion from the small Central-European town Dunajska Streda. The length of one of the three audio tracks corresponds to a real route in Ilona's hometown in the Slovak Republic, Dunajska Streda. The sound sequences were recorded at one of the busiest intersection in the town.

This Thursday, October 16th at 6pm. Free and open to the public.

The AS220 Project Space presents Housing + Transportation + Civic Design, projects that chronicle South County architect Troy West's exploration of design issues from 1963 to the present.

On display will be Transportation Projects from the 1995 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Design Grant for Light Rail Transportation for South County to the 1997 Design Studies of Westport, Connecticut Railroad Station Competition, which was awarded First Prize.

Housing Designs include works from the 1984 New American House International Competition (Minneapolis, MN) that garnered First Prize to a 2008 prototype on sustainable/affordable housing (Providence, RI).

Civic Designs include 1998 2-stage Neighborhood Revitalization Design Competition where West's team was awarded First Prize for the Southside Broad Street Design Project (Providence, RI) to the ongoing design transformation project at Dale Carlia (Wakefield, RI) into a safe, sustainable, mixed use extension of Main Street from 2002 to present.

West received his architecture degrees (BArch/MArch) from Carnegie Mellon University and later joined the faculty and founded ARCHITECTURE 2001, the first university based community design center in the country. He is one of the original seven architects selected to form the new School of Architecture at New Jersey Institute of Technology, culminating in 45 years of professional practice and teaching.

Troy West practices architecture and design with his partners Anker West and Claudia Flynn. He is actively involved locally with the Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation, DOT Watch, Inc., the Sierra Club, South County Land Trust, and nationally with Architects, Designers, Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR/NY).

Greg Cook reviews New Obstructions in this weeks Providence Phoenix:

"AS220's exhibit "New Obstructions" is one of those right-on ideas that seem to come so naturally to the institution. In July, AS220 acquired the Mercantile Block on Washington Street, with plans to redevelop it much as they did with the Dreyfus next door. Over the winter they'll begin turning it into studios, offices, and live-work spaces, with an anchor ground floor tenant like the Dreyfus' Local 121..."

Go here for the full article.

For a concise & up to date view of the latest art world affairs in our neck of the woods visit Mr. Cook here.

New Obstructions is on view at 135 Washington St. through October 19th, on Saturdays noon-4pm or by appointment. A closing reception is Friday October 17, 6-9pm.

October 5-26, 2008

opening reception (free admission) Sunday, October 5, 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery New York Visions photo illustrations by William Gonsalves and new works on paper by Michael Kurt

Open Window Memorial Exhibit in Remembrance of Edith Vargas

Youth Gallery Landscapes new work by Kia Davis

AS220 Project Space Transportation+Housing+Civic Design works & projects by Troy West

OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday October 5th 4-7pm

Hours: 1-6pm Wednesday-Friday, Noon-4pm Saturday and by appointment

October 5-26, 2008
In the Main Gallery: New York Visions photo illustrations by William Gonsalves and new works on paper by Michael Kurt

In the Open Window: The work of Edith Vargas

In the Project Space, 93 Mathweson St: Transportation+Housing+Civic Design; works & projects by Troy West