April 2011 Archives

May 1 - May 28

Opening Reception May 1 from 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery (115 Empire St)

JustSeeds Artists' Cooperative, a transnational North American artist collective of 26 printmakers engaged in issues of social, political, and environmental justice, bring a traveling exhibition called Resourced! to the Main Gallery. If you've got a sweet tooth for socially-conscious, politically-engaged, radical environmentalists who make art as a means of personal expression and collective activation, YOU'RE IN LUCK.

Joining them are two photographers, Kate Kelley and Jonathan Beller, whose work on the documentary Leh Wi Tok has yielded a collection of photographs of the landscapes and peoples of Sierra Leone. Their exhibition, Resilient, coincides with their new book of the same name, available here. On Wednesday, May 18th there will be screening of Leh Wi Tok  and a talk with the film-makers from 6 p.m.- 8p.m.  at the performance space at 115 Empire St. A suggested $5 donation for entry. 

AS220 Youth Gallery

In the Youth Gallery, Daniel Ledesma presents an exhibition of recent works, using photography to allow us a glimpse into skateboarding and more. 

AS220 Project Space (93 Mathewson St)

In the Project Space, Roger Carl Johanson brings us black and white photographs of life in Italy. He calls the show In Italy. (Johanson will give an Artist Talk on Thursday, May 19th at 6pm. Don't miss it!)

Reading Room (93 Mathewson St)

Artists Holly Ewald, Lisa Perez, and Susannah Strong present new works inspired by research at the Providence Athenaeum Special Collections, in collaboration with the Hive Archive. I have insider information that tells me images of a sinking circus boat might be a play. Their exhibition is called Artists in the Archive, and you're going to want to check it out.

This Friday from 5p.m.-7p.m. at the Providence Athenaeum, Holly, Lisa, and Susannah will be discussing their work and research with Special Collections Librarian Kate Wodehouse. The Salon is free and open to the public. The Providence Athenaeum is located at 251 Benefit St.

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So that's May! Gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays noon to 5 p.m and by appointment. for more info neal@as220.org 

What's that saying about March? In like a lion, out like a slightly-less-ferocious-but-still-dangerous lion? I think the idiom goes something like that, or at least that's what the SNOW and WIND outside seem to be telling me. Fret not, though - the galleries at AS220 are packed and hot like fire this month. Here's the lineup:

At the AS220 Main Gallery (115 Empire St), Doug Lindsay shows The Michael Jordan Series, a group of paintings from the perspective of a child for whom Michael Jordan is an all-powerful superhero. His new book The Skunk Story picks up the life of this child and runs with it, glimpsing into a child's view of life and celebrity. Lindsay's alter ego is joined by Tony Carneiro's own imagined double, Danger Tony.  Through digital collages, screen prints and installations, Carneiro gives an in-depth exploration of 1950's and 1960's pop culture, deconstructing the myths and dreams of the "golden age" of rock and roll.

In the Open Window at the Main Gallery, Nagaraj Seshardi presents a series of new work in photography, capturing vivid scenes of urbanity, nature, and the human experience of each.

Upstairs in the Youth Gallery, Geraldo Jose Figueroa's ink drawings trace the haunting forms of brooding and masked figures.

Over at the Project Space (93 Mathewson St), Kim Kazan's irregular canvases fill the space with masses of unexpectedly cute, unexpected unsettling amorphous little creatures and human figures. Her work is paired with a series of paintings by Melody Tuttle called sacred/profane. The person-sized canvases contain mashed images of palm trees, book spines, beetles, and salsa dancers.

Rounding out the jam-packed month, Sarah Clover curates a fascinating show of artist books in the Reading Room (in the Project Space).  Ranging from hand-crafted picture books to published prose and poetry to delicate pop-up books, the show When Nothing is Sure ~ Everything is Possible offers an uncommon collection of works by a number of artists, including Peggy Clover, Jo Dery, Meredith Stern, Mike Taylor, Alec Thibodeau, and Brian Ziegler. 

So that's April! As you can tell, there's a lot of see in the galleries this month. Come drop by!

Figueroa/Carneiro/Lindsay/Tuttle/Seshardi/Kazan