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November 1-28, 2009

opening reception

Sunday, November 1, 4-7pm

Great Shows coming up oh so soon in the merry month of November! Paintings dominate at AS220 Empire St. Complex. Emily Lisker's strange, visceral theaterscapes paintings explode in size and color in the new series "Three's a Crowd." Michelle L'Heurex new series "Gender Redux "explores the ambiguity of our identity as well as the ambiguity that exists within the multiple layers of the painted surface. John Bhogal rocks the Youth Gallery on the 2nd floor with "Handle It!" mixed media paintings spanning styles that hit just right. But let us not forget the photographic medium, Russ Pedro presents a series of photographic still lives in the Open Window gallery. The AS220 Project Space presents "Screening My Thoughts" videos and book works by Julia Gandrund. Delicate line & Primordial images twist & dance & open up to the magical beauty of the world, sometimes softly like a whisper.

& like a whisper that turns into monsoon we have a special autumn surprise: we have transformed our little side room exhibition space into a bookshop/reading room/printed ephemera exhibition space. we are looking to feature works by book artists & and makers of printed ephemera of all stripes! November brings us an exquisite project form Chicago, Illinois. The Green Lantern & Caroline Picard present Isolated Fictions: A Group Show featuring the work of Jason Dunda, Deb Sokolow, Nick Butcher & Rebecca Grady

AS220 Main Gallery New Paintings by Emily Lisker and Gender Redux Paintings by Michele L'Heureux

Open Window

Photography by Russ Pedro

Youth Gallery

Handle It ! : new paintings by John Bhogal

AS220 Project Space

Screening My Thoughts: new work by Julia Gandrud

October 4-24, 2009

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

AS220 Main Gallery

Do it! Show it! Sing it! Work it!

AS220 Group Exhibition

Youth Gallery

New Photography by Miguel Rosario and Ray Min

AS220 Project Space

Languages of the Land

New Installation by Holly Ewald

In Place, Everywhere Artist Book exhibit

Welcome to autumn! October is here & we can hardly contain our excitement for the hauntingly enchanting shows this month....

At the Main Gallery we have: Do It! Show It! Sing It! Work It! An AS220 Group Exhibit with work by, staff, residents, volunteers, and other luminaries that shine upon the little valley of AS220! Head on over to the Project Space where artist Holly Ewald, working with Folklorist Michael Bell created a life sized book installation Languages of the Land, A Dialogue with The Downs.
As part of the the installation In Place, Elsewhere: Artists' Book exhibition will be exhibited in the side room of the AS220 Project Space. Artist Holly Ewald and AS220 Gallery Director Neal Walsh invited artists to contribute artists' books on the theme of Place, and the various ways we experience being in place. An artists talk with Holly Ewald and contributing artists is scheduled for Thursday October 15th from 6pm-8pm, at the As220 Project Space. And last but not least, we have new photography by Ray Min & Miguel Rosario in the Youth Gallery. Ray Min's work documents the world of local boxing clubs, while Miguel Rosario explores the life and culture of the Dominican Republic.

So while you're sippin' some cider and rotting your teeth with candy corn, don't forget to check out the AS220 galleries this month!

Hello, Please join us, this Thursday, July 16th from 6-8pm, at the AS220 Project Space at 93 Mathewson St. for a lively conversation with exhibiting artist C.W. Roelle. Learn the wonders of wire, cheese, metal detectors & how to read the newspaper! All for Free!

July 8-25

opening reception Sunday July 12, 4-7pm

Artist Talk with C.W. Roelle, at the AS220 Project Space Thursday July 16th 6-8pm. Free.

AS220 Main Gallery

Group Show with new work by Roberta Sulls, John MCCaughey & Deanna Hope

Open Window

photography by Diego Correal

AS220 Project Space

Not Just Women In White Dresses

new work by C.W. Roelle

Trash Island

new work by Jill Colinan & Kendra Plumley

AS220 Youth Gallery

new work by Tiffany Jet Ng

July! & the galleries are scorching hot, hot, hot, unlike the current state of weather in our fair and molding State of Perpetual Rain, RI. The Galleries at Empire St. features new works across genres: fine crafted printwork of recent Rhode Island College grad John McCaughey; paintings & mixed media sculpted canvas by Deanna Hope, in her first gallery exhibition, & mixed media collages by Roberta Sulls. The Open Window features black and white photographs of daily life in Colombia by Diego Correal. The Youth Gallery features the dynamic mixed media work of Tiffany Jet Ng that explores coming to age as a young woman in our current society.

The AS220 Project Space feature new work by C.W. Roelle, "Not Just Women in White Dresses" and "Trash Island" new work by Kendra Plumely & Jill Colinan. Four Words and exclamation point: Not To Be Missed! Dolls, Bird Cages, and Death's very own CupCakes. Who could ask for more? Well there is more but your going to have to come on down and see for yourself. Gallery is open w-f 1pm-6pm & saturdays noon-4pm or by appointment.

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"

This Saturday Rhode Island artist Ambuja Magaji presents the Exquisite Corpse Video Project from 5:30-8:30pm in the AS220 Performance Space (free!)

The Exquisite Corpse Video Project (ECVP) is a unique video collaboration of 36 artists from 16 countries, inspired by the Surrealist invention, the "Exquisite Corpse". ECVP participants create video art in response to the final ten seconds of the previous member's work. The videos from the ECVP were created by artists who met online, at artreview.com, a networking site for artists, galleries, and collectors. The project was coordinated by Brazilian video‐artist, Kika Nicolela. Local ECVP participant Ambuja Magaji, will present volume one & discuss the project.

More information here.

JUNE 7-27, 2009

opening reception Sunday, June 7, 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery New Paintings by Nate Ventura

The Fossil Fools Project and other serigraphs

by Leslie Friedman

Open Window Dolls Freak Me Out

photography by Christine Manory

Youth Gallery New Works by Alex Boberg

AS220 Project Space @ 93 Mathewson St.

New Work by Nick Hollibaugh & Ben Watkins

Hello & Happy June! Spring is here and we are racing towards a super fine action packed summer & the AS220 Galleries are humming with excitement! At Empire St. we have eye poppin' , collage serigraphs by Leslie Friedman from her new series, The Fossil Fools Projects, social commentary in the vein of Corita Kent. Equally concerned with social commentary , but a bit more towards the Lenny Bruce end of the spectrum, comes the mixed media collages & paintings by Nathan Ventura. Nathan uses found materials, and innovative mediums like bleach, to create sweet, wry, scatological, twisted little works. Christine Manory 's exhibit in the Open Window, Dolls Freak Me Out, provides a baker's dozen of photographs on the reason why. In the Youth Gallery , Alex Bomberg is rockin' with work that spans the range of materials and style: paintings, chalk drawing to the awesome "wallface". The AS220 Project Space features the fine art and craftmanship of Nick Holligbaugh & Ben Watkins. Nick and Ben, in their own distinct ways, make meticulously crafted sculptures and paintings that blur boundaries and style. They will be talking about the magic they make Thursday June 18th from 6pm-8pm at the AS220 Project Space.

& there is more!

Visiting Artist-in-Residence William Buzzel will be exhibiting Liberal Arts new paintings about the Providence Library system, in AS220's Street Exhibition Space, at 115 Empire St. Will has be working away over the last month creating a new body of work the delves into the Providence Public Library's long history & evolution. Read more here & meet Will at Sunday's Gallery Reception from 4pm-7pm.

Will Buzzel's "Western Canons"

Happy May Day!

Artists of the World, Unite and Takeover!

This month in the Galleries we have a dynamic line up of exhibitions ranging from the psychedelic color spectrum of prismacolor markers to the dark rainbow colors of the psyche to rituals of love and mourning, experiments in line & an installation simply called Doll Cave. Opening reception is on Sunday May 3, 4-7pm, light refreshments will be served.

And on Thursday, May 21, artist Liz Collins will give an artist talk in the AS220 Project Space, from 5:30-8pm, free!

May 3-23, 2009

opening reception

Sunday, May 3, 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery

Jessica

New works by Jim Shelton & Joanna Roux

New Paintings by K. Lenore Siner

Open Window

*New Psychedelic PrismaColors * by Aaron Marks

Youth Gallery

Senior Show: Nine For '09
with Bethany Araujo,Daniel Boccato, Jonilka Calcano, Eliezer DeFaria, Ben Kicic, Mariah LaMontagne, Philip Marchese, Chris Masse and Rose Percy

AS220 Project Space @ 93 Mathewson St.

Veins/ New Life: special pieces and garment up-cycling by Liz Collins

The Peaks and Valleys Series by Emily Quillen

Rhode Island stone carver Laura Travis will host an artist talk amidst the carvings and assemblage pieces that comprise her current exhibition, "Bridges and Doors", at the AS220 Project Space, 93 Matthewson St, Providence. The informal conversation will begin around 6 pm and the gallery will be open 5:30 until 8, the event is free and open to the public. The show will run until April 25.

A special highlight of this exhibition and the discussion is a selection of work from the artist group she helped found, An Droichead/The Bridge. The alliance was formed twelve years ago to set new standards in contemporary visual art and design which is based in artifact. The group has sponsored numerous exhibitions and forms the core of the art faculty at the heralded summer classes hosted annually in Goderich, Ontario.

Laura has exhibited in Baltimore, Toronto, New Bedford and Providence and teaches stone carving workshops internationally during the summers, including at the Young Artist program at RISD and at her own studio near the ocean. Her work is informed by stonework from Ireland and other Celtic historical and traditional material, including the music, with which she has been involved for over twenty five years as a radio show host, writer and dancer.

In 2007, Laura spearheaded an effort to salvage the limestone facing left when the Providence Police and Fire Headquarters was demolished. With much assistance from area artists, The Steelyard and AS220, the effort succeeded. Laura's students at Hope Arts High School have recently completed some work in this limestone, currently on display at AS220's Youth Gallery. Laura has taught Visual Art in the Providence Schools since 1989, holds an MFA in Sculpture from Maryland Institute, and was 2007's RI Art Educator of the Year (Secondary Level). She recently completed her National Board Certification.

For more information, please call 401-490-6164 or see the artist's web site at campus.digication.org/lauratravis

April 5-25, 2009

opening reception (free admission)

Sunday, April 5, 4-7pm

AS220 Main Gallery

Migrations New Paintings by Kim Yigit
& New Paintings by Claudia Crevier

Open Window

New Work by Holly Gaboriault

Youth Gallery

An Exhibition of artwork by students of Hope High School

AS220 Project Space @ 93 Mathewson St.

Bridges and Doors

New Work by Laura Travis

New Beginnings/affection & intention

New Photographs by McKenzie Burrus-Granger

l to r: Burrus-Granger/Travis/Yigit/Crevier