Art & Cultural Events List

You are invited to the closing event for Nathalie Miebach's Artist in Research residency!

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 at 7pm

@ the Pozen Center at MassArt
621 Huntington Ave, Boston MA


For a number of years, Nathalie has been making woven sculptures based on locally collected weather data and observations. Using basket weaving as her method of translation, behavioral relationships are explored and revealed between different weather elements. During her Berwick AIR residency, she began to integrate musical notation to further explore the nuance of data translation. Based on a music score she wrote herself using recently collected weather data, she has begun collaborating with professional musicians through direct performance as well as building sculptures that also function as 3 dimensional musical scores.

Nathalie Miebach holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Chinese from Oberlin College and a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Master of Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art. Originally from Germany and France, she has spent many years living and traveling in Southeast Asia and the United States. Recent exhibit highlights include the Sculpture Center 2006 Outstanding Student Sculpture Award at Grounds for Sculpture, the DeCordova Annual Exhibit 2007 and a solo show in April, 2008, at the Nielsen Gallery in Boston. One day she hopes to go to Antarctica to record weather and make sculptures with 24 hour sunlight.

TUESDAY December 30, 2008
Experimental Music/Sound/Art @Mobius
725 Harrison Ave - Boston, MA
8pm - admission: $7
post-performance party 10pm-midnight

Otoacoustic Transmissions

with
Tom Plsek (MAG) - trombone and ...
Jane Wang (MAG) - doublebass and ...
Grant Smith - drumset/percussion and ...
Margaret Bellafiore (MAG) - live painting

where the inner ear meets sferics, whistlers and other VLF radio sounds from outer space

(this is the SNOW DATE for Dec 19th)

About Mobius:
Mobius, founded by Marilyn Arsem in 1977, is known for incorporating a wide range of the visual, performing, and media arts into innovative live performance, video, installation and intermedia works. Mobius has produced hundreds of original works that have attained critical acclaim in Boston, nationally and internationally. Works created at Mobius have been presented throughout the North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Mobius has long been committed to creating artist exchange projects bringing artists from different geographic regions to work together. The international exchange projects with artists from Macedonia, Croatia, Poland, and Taiwan have focused on site-specific and publicly-sited work. Mobius has presented work involving thousands of artists over its 30-year history and is recognized as one of the seminal alternative, artist-run organizations in the U.S.

For more on Mobius click HERE.

Mobius, Inc is funded by the Tanne Foundation; the Nonsequitur Foundation; the Boston Redevelopment Authority; the LEF Foundation; the Boston Cultural Council, a program of the Mayor's office on Arts, Tourism, & Special Events; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; the Oedipus Foundation; and generous private support.

mobius
725 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118
www.mobius.org

John Coplans + Amanda Means

Distilled

January 2 - February 3, 2009

Opening Reception: Friday, January 2, 6 - 8 pm

Howard Yezerski Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition John Coplans + Amanda Means: Distilled opening January 2, 2009. This exhibition of black and white photographs curated by Amanda Means is the first time Coplans and Means have had an exhibition of work together. Working in large format black and white photographs the two photographers capture everyday objects: the human body, fingers, water glasses, leaves and light bulbs and distill them down through attentive observation into a metaphor for something entirely different.

Means who grew up in upstate New York moved as young artist to New York City in the mid-1970's where she was influenced by Abstract Expressionism and in particular the bold simplifications of Franz Kline and Aaron Siskind. Means began making abstract photographs based on man made objects in her surrounding environment such as machinery, signs and
stone monuments. In her current work she has moved away from transforming the objects through abstraction to transforming them through scrutiny. By moving the camera in closely yet showing the entire object as she does in the water glasses Means manages to transform this everyday object in a new way.

Coplans had an illustrious career in the arts before becoming a photographer in the 1980's. He spent several years as a painter in London before moving to San Francisco in 1960 where he devoted his attention to curating and writing. He was one of the founding editors of ArtForum Magazine and spent time as the Senior Curator at the Pasadena Art Museum as well as the Director of the Akron Art Museum. In 1980 he moved to NYC and went back to making art. It took roughly four years for him to figure out that what he was looking for in terms of art making was literally under his nose. For the next 19 years he re-created himself as an artist through his self- portraits of various part of his aging body, never showing his face. His work is in the collections of many major museums both in this country and in Europe.

Howard Yezerski Gallery
460 Harrison Av
Boston MA

617-262-0550
http://www.howardyezerskigallery.com

Christine Baze was 31 years old - singing her songs, living and loving her life. Then she was diagnosed with cervical cancer and extensive lymphatic invasion. She fought the fight - surgeries, radiation, chemo-therapy and brachy-therapy. And she won.

She started a non-profit organization called Popsmear.org

(now www.theYELLOWUMBRELLA.org) to raise awareness about preventing cervical cancer, and became the founder of The Yellow Umbrella Tour as a way to get the message out to women everywhere, through the thing she loved the most - music.

The last 6 years have been quite a ride. The Yellow Umbrella Tour has made 89 stops around the country, Baze has had over 100 speaking gigs, and more recently she made a tour of Europe and Africa. On January 25, Baze will bring the Yellow Umbrella to LynnArts in Central Square. It will be a multimedia show, with a musical show by Baze, and also musical performances by the Erinn Brown Band and Kirsten & Dave. There will also be an art gallery and refreshments.

Sunday January 25, 2009 6pm until 9pm
in The Neal Rantoul Vault Theater

@ LynnArts Inc.
25 Exchange St Lynn MA 01901

This event includes, but is not limited to, musical performances by Christine Baze, the Erinn Brown Band, Kirsten & Dave, an art gallery, libations, refreshments, debauchery, and general foolishness.

It's Free! Donations will be solicited.

Saturday, December 27, doors open 7:00; show at 7:30 PM
Wednesday, December 31, doors open 7:00; show at 7:30 PM

JimmyTingle 2009

Drawing on 25 years of comedic insight, outrage, and commentary, "Jimmy Tingle in Concert" returns to "Arlington's Show Place of Entertainment" offering "the gift of laughter" for 90 minutes each night performing with passion, intellect and creativity.

This show will be a combination of his newest material mixed in with relevant and timely material from previous shows including:

* Uncommon Sense
* Promised Land
* American Dream
* Jimmy Tingle for President

The event will be pure Tingle: Topical, Timeless, & Funny !!!!!!!!!

As a member of the Jimmy Tingle Email list you are entitled to $5.00 off each holiday performance.

REGENT THEATRE
7 MEDFORD STREET
ARLINGTON, MA 02474 US
phone: 781-646-4849
Price: $25.00

FRIDAY December 19, 2008
Experimental Music/Sound @Mobius
725 Harrison Ave - Boston, MA
8pm - admission: $7

Otoacoustic Transmissions

with
Tom Plsek (MAG) - trombone and ...
Jane Wang (MAG) - doublebass and ...
Grant Smith - drumset/percussion and ...

where the inner ear meets sferics, whistlers and other VLF radio sounds from outer space

experimental dance/movement
WIP @mobius

THURSDAY December 18, 2008
Experimental Dance/Movement Works In Progress @Mobius
725 Harrison Ave - Boston, MA
8pm - suggested donation: $5

with
Jennifer Hicks' company CHIMERAlab
Jimena Bermejo-Black and Allison Ross
Ellen Godena, Max Lord, Burns Maxey

Debut of what is planned to be an ongoing series focussed on experimental dance/movement works in progress.

The concept behind this series is loosely based on/inspired by previous Mobius WIP evenings and on Movement Research's Open Performance Series at the Dance Theater Workshop in New York City.

Each evening in the series will be divided into two parts.

The first part/hour will consist of three or more presentations of pieces in development by various artists in the dance/movement fields.

The second part of the evening, in itself a work in progress and experimental in nature, will seek to find ways of processing what was seen/heard and facilitate discussion / feedback which will hopefully be beneficial and intriguing to both the audience and the artists/performers.

For this debut evening, three artists selected by Jane Wang (MAG) will be presenting their works in progress: Jennifer Hicks (former MAG), Jimena Bermejo-Black, and Ellen Godena. For the 2nd part of the evening, Mobius will be reconfigured into a pseudo-bar with tables and chairs, wine and cheese (and non-alcoholic offerings) to facilitate informal discussion/conversation about the three works presented.

Jennifer Hicks will be presenting her piece Sand Dobbies with her newly formed company CHIMERAlab: Jennifer Hicks, Allison Ross, Laura Fortune, Julia Marx. Jessica Newman. Sound for the piece will be by composer/theorist Michael Gardiner.

Sand Dobbies
Deep nature of the sea and shore is the inspiration for the dance.
We move from metaphors, colliding worlds and open to a river of thoughts and feelings.
We move from the elements, from emptiness, from strength and from turmoil.
We move from poetry and from dreams.

This work is a section of a larger work that will be presented at Green Street Studio on January 24th/25th 2009.

www.fragilecreep.com
Michael Gardiner bio

Jimena Bermejo-Black and Alli Ross

Jimena and Alli explore partnering through minimal movement and sound. The dancers' vocal sounds will be intertwined with an original music composition created by Jimena Bermejo and David Thacker.

Jimena Bermejo-Black Bio
Jimena Bermejo-Black Bio on LCTC website
Alli Ross Bio

Musician Max Lord, movement artist Ellen Godena, and visual artist Burns Maxey perform an improvised work merging the obscure sounds of the midi marimba lumina amid a movement landscape littered with goat-like creatures and robotic puppets.

Max Lord: www.wiresounds.com
Burns Maxey: www.burnsmaxey.com
Ellen Godena: www.oceanbody.com

About Mobius:
Mobius, founded by Marilyn Arsem in 1977, is known for incorporating a wide range of the visual, performing, and media arts into innovative live performance, video, installation and intermedia works. Mobius has produced hundreds of original works that have attained critical acclaim in Boston, nationally and internationally. Works created at Mobius have been presented throughout the North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Mobius has long been committed to creating artist exchange projects bringing artists from different geographic regions to work together. The international exchange projects with artists from Macedonia, Croatia, Poland, and Taiwan have focused on site-specific and publicly-sited work. Mobius has presented work involving thousands of artists over its 30-year history and is recognized as one of the seminal alternative, artist-run organizations in the U.S.

For more on Mobius click HERE.

Mobius, Inc is funded by the Tanne Foundation; the Nonsequitur Foundation; the Boston Redevelopment Authority; the LEF Foundation; the Boston Cultural Council, a program of the Mayor's office on Arts, Tourism, & Special Events; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; the Oedipus Foundation; and generous private support.

mobius
725 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118
www.mobius.org

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Good art hunting: MIT physics teacher tests art knowledge in hallway contest
--by Lisa Damtoft
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Prof. Walter Lewin's art contest board

Cambridge, MA… Stroll down the sixth-floor hallway of the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research in Building 37 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and you'll see images of the Milky Way in molecular clouds, the Folded-port InfraRed Echellette spectrometer and simulations of cold dark matter caustics. Walk a little farther, and you'll see a Rembrandt, a Hockney, a Picasso and many more reproductions by famous artists ranging from Giotto to Judd. This unexpected burst of art in an enclave of science and technology is the brainstorm of MIT physics professor and art lover Walter Lewin.

For six years, Lewin has used the board as a platform to run a weekly art quiz to pique curiosity and invite involvement by colleagues and students. Every Sunday he posts a printout of an artwork; participants then use a little cardboard ballot box to submit their best guess as to who the artist is. The following weekend, Lewin posts the answer and starts the process all over again. At the end of each year, he awards art books to the three participants who got the most answers right.

A few years ago, Elizabeth Kubicki, an assistant in the Microsystems Technology Laboratories, was walking down the hall when the riotous gallery of thumbtacked images caught her eye.

Intrigued, she started playing the quiz, becoming a detective of sorts in the process. How to figure out the creator of an unknown piece? First, she estimates the piece's time period, then turns to her art books and the web to determine the most important artists from that era. "I examine the art piece for specific elements significant to a particular artist -- brush stroke, color, manner and favorite shapes," she said.

Her participation in the quiz has not only resulted in several sumptuous art books as prizes from Lewin, but she also says she has learned profound lessons about the creative process. "Art is a never-ending progress of inner expression," she says. "It's an inevitable journey from superior cave paintings at Lascaux from 32,000 years ago to the new dialectic of Mark Rothko's Orange and Yellow, 1956.

Lewin developed his passion for art as a child in his native Holland through his parents' art collection and visits to the Gemeente Museum in The Hague. While at MIT years later, he met renowned Dutch computer artist Peter Struycken.

"My parents had several of his works in their collection," Lewin said. "Peter and I became close friends. He made me 'see' art; before I knew him, I only 'looked at' art. I learned how to appreciate and evaluate the pioneering contributions in art."

Lewin collaborated with Struycken on the latter's art during the late 1970s; the physicist's increasing expertise in art history led to an invitation from the Beuymans Museum in Rotterdam to give the first Mondrian Lecture to a crowd of 900 in Amsterdam in 1979. He has even started an art collection of his own, now totaling about 125 pieces.

"Art is still pivotal in my life," says Lewin. "I can't even imagine what my life would be without it. An appreciation for art and, above all, knowledge of art enriches your life and broadens your horizons."

Kubicki agrees. "Art is mirroring our life, art is exercising our freedom and art is implementing our intellect."

How many would you know?

Contact:
Lynn Heinemann, MIT Office of the Arts
(617) 253-5351, email heine@media.mit.edu

Hello-

I would like to invite you to First Friday Open Studios this Friday, Dec. 5th, from 5-9 pm., at 450 Harrison Ave., Studio 227, Boston, MA. And to all of you who stopped by for Open Studios in November, many thanks; I always enjoy visiting with you!

Also this month, you can see my prints of Jane Hesser's photos ( http://www.hesserstudios.com ) in the wonderful exhibit "Entangled" at the Trustman Gallery at Simmons College. ( http://www.simmons.edu/trustman/current.shtml ) Jane's photo is also the cover of the current Artscope magazine. Typical of my work with my clients, Jane and I collaborated closely preparing the prints for this exhibit.

In June, Mobius Artist Group member Margaret Bellafiore travelled on a Whiting Foundation Fellowship to Arles, France. Inspired by her trip, her students from Bridgewater State College present:

Homage to Van Gogh

Saturday, December 6, 2008
Reception 4-6pm
with Andrew Holmes Jazz Band

at mobius
725 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA


About Mobius:
Mobius, founded by Marilyn Arsem in 1977, is known for incorporating a wide range of the visual, performing, and media arts into innovative live performance, video, installation and intermedia works. Mobius has produced hundreds of original works that have attained critical acclaim in Boston, nationally and internationally. Works created at Mobius have been presented throughout the North and South America, Europe and Asia.

Mobius has long been committed to creating artist exchange projects bringing artists from different geographic regions to work together. The international exchange projects with artists from Macedonia, Croatia, Poland, and Taiwan have focused on site-specific and publicly-sited work. Mobius has presented work involving thousands of artists over its 30-year history and is recognized as one of the seminal alternative, artist-run organizations in the U.S.

For more on Mobius click HERE.

Mobius, Inc is funded by the Tanne Foundation; the Nonsequitur Foundation; the Boston Redevelopment Authority; the LEF Foundation; the Boston Cultural Council, a municipal agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; Foundation for Contemporary Arts;
the Oedipus Foundation; and generous private support.

mobius
725 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118
www.mobius.org

Third Thursdays in Lynn
Ice sculpting
Fire Juggling
The lighting of the Downtown Christmas Tree
Caroling and holiday shopping at LynnArts
In the Square from 5-7:30 pm
Thursday, December 4
Free

Vienna Boys Choir
Tuesday, December 9th 7:30 p.m.
Lynn Memorial Auditorium
Tickets available at Lynn City Hall, by calling 781-581-2971 and through ticketmaster.com. Tickets $45.50 and $55.50.

Special opening of the Fabulous Holiday Show and Sale for Lynn residents
Enjoy hot cider, great gifts and the musical accompaniment of the Wild Pitch Quartet.
For more info, call LynnArts at 781-598-5244, or visit http://www.lynnarts.org/
Saturday, December 13, 2-4 pm
25 Exchange St., Lynn
Free

The Little Gallery Under the Stairs presents some 50 Mixed Media works by SAND T
Refreshment and Holiday treats will be served. For more info, call 617-281-1935 or visit http://www.galleryunderthestairs.com
Saturday, December 13, 2-4 pm
25 Exchange St., Lynn
Free

Mass Theatrcia presents a Holiday Concert, featuring the music of the Special K’s
Sunday, December 14 at 4pm
Neal Rantoul Theatre at LynnArts
25 Exchange St., Lynn
Admission $15, $13 for seniors and students, $8 for children 12 and under

(BROOKLINE, MA – November 18, 2008) The Brookline Arts Center will hold its annual Jazz Brunch on Sunday, December 14, 2008, from 10 a.m. to noon. The featured musician will be jazz guitarist Tom Pendergast of Cambridge, Massachusetts. At the Jazz Brunch, the arts center will honor seven women who have dedicated many hours of work and leadership to the expansion of the visual arts in Brookline.

According to Crafts Showcase Director Isabella Frost, “In recent years, Brookline has been experiencing a “renaissance” of contemporary local art, due in great extent to hardworking women like these. They translate their passion for the visual arts into exciting projects that encourage the public to make art a vital part of their lives. We are honored to bring them all together in a fun, festive celebration of our Brookline community.”

Among the women will be honored at the Jazz Brunch are artists Jean Stringham, who curates monthly exhibitions of art at the Brookline Senior Center, and Gwen Ossenfort, who directed and expanded Brookline Artists’ Open Studios from 2002 to 2008. Jeweler Melissa Finelli has been mentoring her students and fellow faculty at the Brookline Arts Center, while also expanding her Melle Finelli line of jewelry to nationwide prominence.

Designer Gail Rice has been creating the varied designs of the annual Crafts Showcase fundraisers at the Brookline Arts Center for over twenty years, and volunteer Ruth Ann Feinberg has supervised the sales and customer service for the nationally-known exhibition, which presents work by over 100 artists.

Betsy DeWitt was formerly the Executive Director of the Brookline Community Foundation, where she spearheaded projects to strengthen local nonprofits and encourage local artists; now, as a Selectman for the Town of Brookline, DeWitt is organizing a town-wide celebration of art and working to develop public art. Business leader Mary Lynn Pergantis, owner of Party Favors in Brookline, is both a dedicated amateur artist and a supporter of local artists, as when she provided work space to the young Brookline artist Christina Powell.

The Jazz Brunch takes place as part of the 34th annual Crafts Showcase fundraising sale of fine arts and crafts, on view at the Brookline Arts Center from December 3 - 21, 2008. Tickets for the Jazz Brunch and Art Treasures awards are $35. To purchase tickets, please call 617-566-5715. Money raised at the Jazz Brunch and the Crafts Showcase will support art classes and cultural programs at the Brookline Arts Center.

The Fireplace Restaurant of Brookline has generously donated food and beverages for the Jazz Brunch. The programs of the Brookline Arts Center are supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. For more information, visit www.brooklineartscenter.com .

About the Brookline Arts Center: A neighborhood arts center located in a historic former fire station, the Brookline Arts Center has provided quality art education and programming for adults and children since its founding by Brookline residents in 1964. The Brookline Arts Center is located at 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline, at St. Mary’s Street. This property, which is listed in the State Register of Historic Places, has received a matching grant from the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund through the Massachusetts Historical Commission, Secretary of the Commonwealth, William Francis Galvin, Chairman. It is one block from the MBTA green line and close to bus lines CT#2 and #47 from Cambridge and Roxbury.

Don’t miss the LynnArts, Inc.

Fabulous Holiday Show & Sale

Running from now to January 6 (closed December 24, 25, 31, and Jan 1)

Showcasing the work of over 60 artists from Greater Boston.

There’s something for everyone! Including:

Paintings

Photographs

Jewelry

Hand Made Scarves

Tree ornaments

Hand Made Cards

Christmas Stockings

And much more!

Holiday sale hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 10-5, Thursday 10-7, Saturday 10-4

In the Galleries at LynnArts, 25 Exchange St., Lynn

For more information and directions conact LynnArts at 781-598-5244,

Or visit our website: www.lynnarts.org

Give the gift of art this holiday season!

The next Boston Cyberarts Festival is just a few months away, and we need your support! Right now we're working hard to pull together the very best of cutting-edge digital art, music, dance, electronic literature and more for the 2009 Festival. We've also introduced some ongoing services that we hope you like, including our monthly updates on cyber-events taking place around the area and our new social network where you can meet others who share your interest in cyberart.

We know that the community understands and appreciates the value of the Festival. Here's a sample of some of the coverage of past Festivals:

"Cyberarts ... is the most distinctive sector of Boston-area art these days ... It's when all art is electric, when interactive is the watchword, when the future is now." - Boston Globe

"The biennial Boston Cyberarts Festival ... has given Boston a front-row seat on new developments." - Boston Phoenix

"The Boston Cyberarts Festival ... has become one of the biggest art events in the city - and, we might add, one of the most entertaining. Where else do people from such disparate backgrounds - think super-nerdy techies, flamboyant artists, and hip electronic musicians - mingle?" - Improper Bostonian

"When artists engage with technology or the ideas inspired by new media, they often fold those ideas back into their explorations of more traditional media, creating hybrids that are inspired both by the past and the present." - Big Red & Shiny

The 2009 Festival marks our tenth anniversary, and we're very excited to be reaching this important milestone - but we need your help to make it happen. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution in any amount to Boston Cyberarts, and help us ensure that the 2009 Festival can continue our great tradition.

In the current tough economic climate, it's more important than ever to invest in those organizations that can contribute to the economy, support talented artists, and improve the quality of life for all of us. Please click here to make a contribution, or snail-mail a check to the address below. And, if you do it before December 31, you'll get the benefit of a deduction on your income taxes! Sounds like a win-win all around, don't you think?

Thanks for your support, and we look forward to seeing you at the next Festival!

George Fifield, Director

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Join our Social Network

social networkJoin the conversation! Boston Cyberarts has recently launched our very own conversational network, where folks who are interested in cyberart can meet other like-minded people. The roster of friends has been growing, and you need to be part of it! Let us know what you're thinking. What projects are you working on? What events and exhibitions have you seen recently that you'd like to recommend to others? Go to our website to get started.

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We extend a grateful thanks to our sponsors

Massachusetts Cultural Council, John & Abigail Adams Arts Fund
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Phoenix Media Communications Group
LEF Foundation

And many other generous institutions and individuals.

If you're interested in becoming a sponsor of the next Boston Cyberarts Festival, contact George Fifield ad 617.524.2109 or email george@bostoncyberarts.org.