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"Cleave" by Peter Lutz, 2010, styrofoam and piano wire.

No, not the last days of summer, we have at least 26 official days of summer left, but only FOUR more day of our current exhibitions at AS220. Currently on view at the AS220 Main Gallery is Brooke Goldstein's brilliant "Coloring Book" series of drawings and prints, "Traveling Asia" photographs by Scott Baker, and new paintings by Joshua Harriman.

Peter Lutz's exhibition, "Staring at the Sun" is at the AS220 Project Space. Peter is giving an artist talk on Friday, August 27 at 5:30 pm followed by a closing reception. The AS220 Project Space is located at 93 Mathewson St. Talk and reception are free.

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UPCOMING!

In September...AS220 Printapolloza!!!! All manner of print wonders from around the world! September 3-25, 2010, opening reception Sunday, September 12, 4-7pm. PRINTLOTTERY on Saturday September 25, 7-10pm!

In the Main Gallery
AS220's Community PrintShop's 2nd Biennial Print Lottery!!!

Youth Gallery

Prints & T-shirts from the AS220 Youth Studios!

AS220 Project Space (93 Mathewson St.)

Welcome Back to the Twentieth Century! New Prints by Dan Wood

and in the reading room;

DWRI + TS = Three years of collaborative prints by Dan Wood and Tiny Showcase

Dan Wood will give an artist talk on Thursday September 16th at 6pm with Shea'la Finch of Tiny Showcase and artist Alec Thibodeau. Dan will talk about his current work and his collaborative projects with Tiny Showcase and with Alec, and the magical wonders of Providence Printmaking!

Speaking of magical printmaking,The AS220 Community Printshop is proud to announce the newest print from the Editions Project, Hex Drawing by Providence artist Pippi Zornoza. To celebrate the occasion and chat about her latest work Pippi and Guggenheim Curator Lauren Hinkson, will have a public conversation on Friday September 17th, at the AS220 Performance Space from 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm, free!

"Inauguration" by Dan Wood, 2010, 4 color letterpress

Featuring: AK Press, Lucy Parsons Center, Wooden Shoe, PM Press, North East Federation of Anarchist Communists, Anarchist Black Cross, Just Seeds, Farmacy Herbs and much more!

Natasha Maria Brooks-Sperduti has built a Wheel of Fortune for this year's Foo Fest & is looking for YOUR art work to divine the future! Details here!

Brook Goldstein, "Heart in a bottle in Joy" from the series Coloring Book currently on view at the AS220 Main Gallery.

Josh Harriman, " Horse with a Ghost" on exhibit in the Open Window at Empire St.

Peter Lutz, "Cleave" from the current show Staring at the Sun at the AS220 Project Space.

Scott Baker, "Floating Market Place" from current exhibit Traveling Asia on view in the AS220 Main Gallery.

What: RISCA will present a brief information session on RISCA's Professional Arts Development (PAD) Grant. The grant application is currently open with a deadline of Friday, August 6. Learn about this funding opportunity for individual artists who are working to sustain and grow their arts businesses.

When: Wednesday, July 21 at 4 PM

Where: The AS220 Project Space, 93 Mathewson St, Providence

To view the grant guidelines go to http://www.arts.ri.gov/grants/guidelines/pad.php

To RSVP for the information session, please email cristina@arts.ri.gov

If you cannot attend this information session, but would like more information on the grant application, please call or email Cristina.

Cristina M. Di Chiera Director Individual Artists Programs Rhode Island State Council on the Arts One Capitol Hill 3rd Floor Providence, RI 02908 (401)222-3881

Thursday July 15th 6 - 8pm at the AS220 Project Space. free!

"... A surgeon can open the abdomen and reach deep inside. Will he find a soul? He'll chase it forever behind the folds of intestine and fat. He'll arrive at the muscles of the back; he'll reach right through to the other side, but the coquettish soul will not be captured. Sew the belly back up, and the person lives, is animated, makes supper, goes to the bathroom. Where was the soul hiding when the body lay gravely open like a cookbook on a kitchen table?"

Sunday, July 11, 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery

New Work by Holly Gaboriault & Bijan Shadravan

Open Window

New Work By Kevin Cunningham

AS220 Project Space (93 Mathewson St.)

Cultivar : new work by Jennifer Raimondi

the reading room:

Dirt Palace Presents Selections from S.S.C.O.W.L.

Youth Gallery

New Work by Manny Tobagh

ARTIST TALK with Jennifer Raimondi Thursday July 15th, 6-8pm AS220 Project Space.

"Mask 1" by Holly Gaboriault

The end is near, time to be buried deep in the cool cradle of the ocean, to surf on forever more, till we wash aground July's new exhibits. Saturday is the last day of our current exhibit with Janice Causey, MaryLou Butler, Kevin Cunnigham, Serena Elston, Meredith Younger and Madolin Maxey & friends. Coming in July:

July 2-24, 2010

opening reception (free admission)

Sunday, July 11, 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery

New Work by Holly Gaboriault & Bijan Shadravan

Open Window

New Work By Latoya Lewis

AS220 Project Space (93 Mathewson St.)

Cultivar

new work by Jennifer Raimondi

in the Reading Room:

Dirt Palace Presents Selections from S.S.C.O.W.L.

Youth Gallery

New Work by Manny Tobagh

ARTIST TALK with Jennifer Raimondi Thursday July 15th, 6-8pm AS220 Project Space.

Thursday June 17, 6-8pm AS220 Project Space, FREE.

Come chat with [Meredith Younger] and Serena Elston about their current installation at the AS220 Project Space and other fine topics such as the burial rituals of the formerly departed, mystery organs of the chest cavity, medieval construction methodology, incendiary devices and their application, subversive tattoos in the films of Jean Vigo, Two Story yurts and their impact on the future of Psychogeography and the fine art of home brewed beer.

The Three Books: Artist's Books based on artifacts from the Special Collections of the Providence Public Library

Monday, June 21 - Monday, July 19, 2010 Opening Reception June 21, 5:30-8:30pm

Artist Talk 6pm, Barnard Room, 3rd floor

Providence Public Library Special Collections 150 Empire Street Providence RI 02903

The Three Books exhibition will present three artist's books conceived and made by Agata Michalowska. Each of the books is based on a different artifact from the Special Collections of the Providence Public Library.

The project is composed of The Book of Time, The Book of Senses and The Book of Passing. The first speaks of the passage of time, and is based on Edmond Halley's Astronomical Tables with Precepts from 1752. It touches upon the human need to systematize the world and the invention of the abstract notion of time. The second is a celebration of the sense of touch, its reference being the French embossed book for the blind Notice Historique sur l'Instruction des Jeunes Aveugles (Sébastien Guillié, 1819). The book was created using a Braille writing kit found at the library. The pages are filled with a texture that codes an intimate text. The third is a meditation on mortality inspired by the nineteenth century portraits found in the glass negatives collection. The artist created photographic prints in which the subjects seem to emerge from deep shadow, the depths of time and memory. They are an evidence of a world that no longer exists.

The books were crafted at the AS220 Community Printshop and AS220 Paul Krot Community Darkroom. Each book is an edition of three. One set of the books will be donated to the Special Collections and available to view by any visitor to the collections.