*Elation #1 * by Christina Olszewski
*Elation #2 * by Christina Olszewski
*Elation #3 * by Christina Olszewski
Elation #1-3 collaged mixed media pieces by RI artist Christina Olszewski were hanging in the AS220 Window Gallery in the Bar/Taqueria space. They are no longer there & went missing at Foo Fest. If you have seen them or know of their whereabouts please call Neal at (401)490.6164 or e-mail at neal@as220.org. No questions asked, just please return them to AS220.
Thank You.
While from its inception AS220's mission has been to bring access and enjoyment of the arts to as many people as possible, we have, of late, concocted a method of topping our own best. Artists and patrons, rejoice! Unite! AS220 brings you our most efficacious and hassle-free means of exhibiting, viewing, and purchasing local art to date. Behold, the AS220 FlatFiles! Located in our Mathewson Street Project Space, the FlatFiles may be perused at any time during regular gallery hours and are filled with works on paper of varied mediums. All of these works are for sale on site, as well as through our website at AS220.org/shop. Just as with shows that hang on the walls, all works in the Files are completely unjuried and uncensored. (I'm talking to you, Rhode Island 2D artists!) Making your prints, paintings, photographs, or drawings available for show and sale has never been simpler. Provided your artistic stylings fall within the dimensions of our files, you may submit work to be included in this collection. Ahoy, artists! Contact our gallery director to get on board. Perusers, stop by the gallery, virtually or physically, to bask in the warm glow of talent and beauty that goes by only one name: local art.
Sharon Cutts "Providence"
At the AS220 Project Space at 93 Mathewson St. from 6-8pm. Free!
Sharon's process begins by painting loose canvas with oil paints, blending and shaping color swaths that will become a six-yard long palette.This palette is then subjected to a series of destructive processes, such as shooting it with a 12 gauge shotgun (at a gun club) and sanding, ripping or tearing it. After that, the canvas is cut and stapled and glued in pieces onto a second painted stretched or otherwise stiffened canvas. The whole process is very time-consuming but satisfying, a slow march uphill with the aim of creating a painting that will draw the viewer with unusual textures, bright colors and arresting images.
to learn more & meet the artist in person, come on down Thursday night!
Sarah Samways, "Flock of Seagulls, #5" silver gelatin print
Sunday, August 2, 4-7pm
Featuring new work by 19 on Paper in the Main Gallery and New Collages by Christina Olszewski in the Open Window. In the Youth Gallery is Quiet Riot: New Work by Sarah Samways. Sarah is the fab Youth Gallery Coordinator & this her last hurrah at AS220 before heading off to college in September! Come on down & celebrate Sarah's fine art work & hard work organizing the Youth Gallery! & last but by no means least, at the AS220 Project Space we have paintings by Sharon N. Kahn Cutts and Wendyll Brown.
Sarah Samways, "Malakai's Grand Adventure" mixed media on canvas