Art & Cultural Events List

Next Tuesday, July 30 at 9am, Groundwork Somerville is hosting the ribbon cutting for the South Street Farm, Somerville's first urban farm! The site features a beautiful wrought iron gate designed and welded by the High School metal shop, and supported by the Somerville Arts Council Local Cultural Council grant. Other features are the EcoShed, a rainwater harvesting surface with a bicycle powered pump, as well as farm fresh snacks prepared by our Green Team youth. The entire site is conceived, designed and maintained by the Green Team.

We hope you can make it! The event will feature some brief remarks by the youth and by the Mayor, followed by demos and a chance to pedal the bike pump!

http://www.groundworksomerville.org/2013/07/18/eco-shed-ribbon-cutting

Outside the Lines Studio is holding our last community art workshop for ARTBEAT!!

Thursday, July 18th
2:30pm to 7:00pm

We are looking for artists to help put together a Macro Microbe!!

There will be sewing, painting, building and composing of a colossal microbe structure.

Please email us at :
outsidethelinesartcommittee@gmail.com if you're interested

Somerville Artist Volunteer Needed

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From: Michelle Nicholasen
Date: July 11, 2013, 6:29:59 AM EDT
To: prospect-hill-neighbors@googlegroups.com
Subject: [Prospect Hill Neighbors] Artist Volunteers Needed for String Camp

Hello Neighbors,

Somerville public school's annual String Camp is looking for a creative person who can help make a banner for them to use at ArtBeat, and also serve as a backdrop for their summer concert on July 26th.

Since 1993, String Camp has taught children how to play string instruments and perform in an orchestra in a 2-week intensive program.

The banner/backdrop would really brighten up the concert that takes place in the Kennedy School cafeteria on a stage in front of a blank white wall. There are several orchestras playing, from brand new beginners to seasoned musicians, including chamber music and improvisation.

The banner can be simple, perhaps the name of the group and a mixture of flowers and musical notes....and easy-to-paint idea. We have funding for the art supplies.

Please let me know if you would like to volunteer your creative vision to this piece. We can have student participation for painting after String Camp at 12:30 next week, if needed.

Contact me if you have the creative itch...

Michelle Nicholasen
nicholasen@uname.net

# posted by ADL : 12:48 PM

Can't wait to see you at the Opening! :)

Utilitarian Hang-Ups,
an exhibition of some of my original oil paintings,
will be running from July 1st-25th.
Hope to see everyone at the Opening Reception on
Tuesday, July 9th from 6-8pm.
It's at the SCATV Art Gallery, 90 Union Square in Somerville, MA.

Due to popular demand and a long weekend of merriment, the deadline for "Entering Somerville" has been extended to Friday, July 12.

Get them in!

Entering Somerville
Deadline: July 12, 2013
August 10-31, 2013
Nave Gallery Annex, Davis Square
Juried by: Ted Ollier, and Brian and Steven Beaucher of WardMaps and Boston Coasters

The Nave Gallery Annex in Davis Square seeks art inspired by or created from the people, events and geography taking place in the 4.2 sq miles that make up the City of Somerville, MA.

Entries are being accepted in all media including installation and video.

617-259-8386

~20-unit Condo building in Teele Sq seeking 2D art to hang in main ground-level lobby for 2-3 months. Great opportunity for new/emerging artists to have some extra pieces, ~ 6-10 in all, on view in a private safe area, where people passing by on the street can also sneak a peek. Will of course have sale and contact info available for all residents.

If you are interested, please contact Kelvy Bird at contact@kelvybird.com. Thanks!

Joy Street Artists present Second SatARTdays - a new low-key Open Studios event the second Saturday of every month.

WHEN: Saturday, July 13, 2013, from 12 Noon to 6 PM.

WHERE: 86 Joy Street, Somerville, MA 02143

Join us the second Saturday of every month. Artists will be sharing their processes and doing demonstrations. Come see our blossoming art community. Feel free to ask us how we do what we do.

Phantomaton July 10-July 28, 2013
Curated by: Joe Keinberger & Skunk

Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 10, 6-9 pm
Address: Nave Gallery Annex, Davis Square, 53 Chester St, Somerville
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm; Saturday, 2-8 pm; Sunday, 2-6 pm.

Directions Facebook event page Exhibition details

Artists: Torey Akers, Joshua Baptista, Dagan Barrett, Michela Carlson, Joanne Desmond, Kris Hatch, Pauline Lim, Nita Penfold, Pawel Przewlocki, Maria Shik

Phantomaton, a play off of "phantom" and "automaton," explores the world of man and creation through the influences alchemy to biotechnology and whatever lies in between. Curated by painter Joe Keinberger and sculptor Skunk, the show includes works from both artists who have created an alternate world of rabbits and robots and scarcely-there beings.

A new comedic web series in development, LoveFail.com, follows a twenty-something single woman who, after a recent long-term relationship break-up, embarks on the daunting world of online dating.

The pilot episode, written and produced by Julia Price Baron and filmed by Eric Phillips-Horst of Meerkat Media Collective, can be viewed at:

LoveFail Pilot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb-ws5mEhJM

Any donations to help support the season’s remaining episodes (and receive great rewards) are very much appreciated! To read about the independent project and/or support it, please visit the Kickstarter site:

Kickstarter Site:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/742269631/lovefailcom-a-web-series-about-online-dating

Film Series: Masters of Photography: Edward Steichen / Andre Kertesz

Monday, July 8th, 2013
6:30pm-7:30pm
at The West End Museum
Cost: Free

Widely regarded as the most influential photographer of the 20th century, Eduard
Steichen worked in every aspect of the art - fashion, industrial, nature, combat,
portrait, table-top. As a leading museum curator created the famous "Family of Man"
photo exhibition. This film was made in 1964. In every branch of photography to
which he set his hand Steichen became a master.

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Archival Talk: "Images from the West End Museum"

Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
6:30pm-8:00pm
at The West End Museum
Cost: $10 Non-members/$5 Members

The museum's archive committee a slideshow of hundreds of West End photographs taken
prior to urban renewal, as well as during its destruction.

Read more & register on our website >> [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BL7-oiNPsP1NIXWLHFcZTv_Ov6wsPHrEIKdyHl8lL4U82r_uzO0nx7EHaT0VwQRD_FYDKeCcZrkcGgFE5vfywtNFLpMexNJOqvbFkRckFNkWgM0THG7FXzl4R9Bl1m8zuhU8aS14meIMO_8SkfKricoRSLpsjlvOGgjfYgegHe6v2G3Kt6fDj72TQrvmDEoqkxUAQAy6xPlbfQe9-W5PDCTlKx3K6ecE8KQV4O1UFa3lcPPd_jMpXEGq9d5WyOG5g-5Ckf8klvfml2C63BZTpIFxLFYHzLgVCLcBWwTbiYDMBXuxWk_zPYobFFKCTLpVIMSZF-tSnGYzzs63W2AocqtRzT9UviZlceANiG0-fWo=]

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Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
6:30pm-7:30pm
at The West End Museum
Cost: Free

Photographer, painter, filmmaker, poet, essayist, philosopher Man Ray was an extraordinary
man with extraordinary talents. One of the primary leaders of the American modernist
movement, he single-handedly pioneered some of the 20th century s most important
arts innovations. Narrated by Stockard Channing, the film traces Ray s remarkable
legacy from his humble beginnings in New York City to his distinctive achievements
in Paris and, finally, to his impact upon future generations across the spectrum
of creative arts.

Read more & register on our website >> [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BL7-oiNPsP1Md6YL1_Ac_RP61GHi4aeVCL5eroeMgvM9-gxkTttCOONCfQzRtykM2fDv9i6rI87HCx27OxSn7zy5SwhtusKNBsc63qwGBdsDj4Igs8Jrl8Xmw6dOjBpyD0eRl8g50KndushGVhEsXVyS73ZogI56WRSrdmFhzI3ZwSAf5oHQfdO-1XjSAnjKWbC_YFOgHCeUGLLNahxPv3nxm2GzuCZmrxS0hYqFPM_6E3DHOLeY_KgatlcZR-LSyf5gQdXRmYVhg1DhSJeB90QdzVRftH9k6GQ4UoYvN9QehdvuyoJdLgED-DqOhH-JluF0JWT0GG9g-KETp2_pkUScDn_aCXkbb6WpeNmLfnk=]

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Coming Later in July

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July 20, 2013 - Walking Tour: Lost Boston: The Vanished West End [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BL7-oiNPsP3jfaI2yt-yUtpNTGtk6B6VQcmWazD0bGp0S13EZE6ZJdfRlHC69MJui4Y4Jan2hEnaYcOs_9tHhBpTY_NYYbJgkPYTCXoV6Oj4C4Kcw-FPrxSGSFL3Vdq3VlQBzf8_oAZYH7x9IIBfoJ9x5sdMBGSmyQxGkb8fSCvho7eP5ZVGTbArhP324tpZOQRbvWaj9SC5CLSF1HrdHJ5FjeaoGFNAZLzW-lBeb0r6maEYQM5rhOIldRvhX_dVb00TGRy2qrdaPgxdbIbE3eiW0b-pBQWFoF6_WxrZPgPlpc2TXl4jWdTc9uEhAmrcUiyYOylLfebDoiOJ0f8ILUi4yCyXRMZQBUP_-48p4Jc=]
10:00 am -11:30 am

This tour will introduce attendees to the story of Boston's lost neighborhood, The
West End.We will visit surviving landmarks of the West End and learn about the people
of the West End, the debate over the destruction of the neighborhood and the fate
of those who lived there.

July 12, 2013 - The Photography of Jules Aarons Exhibition Tour [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BL7-oiNPsP3q6zMGcig1ifPB7gIqXatlEn4M43Q3Sv4rhp1lwBiw4Cxe8mUCTuLPrG6GTwp2iJ7uNMnH6Dvg-_WQCRCR9clKcf_u_sAPNOnA374w2F8IvdO7z9L8OE-ih1Vrl9Iq9znO1G4NZkCz0ZmvxCh6rnAa6RarnDxDMujqkYgJPnK5-Qc0nk7Yld-jnW8ylLgbiC1LA-OXocuNl7xjbtsIVCOciCZhr77ZHYhBnIy0Wlf_e-tWrwvGaVLOc62cLEBsm9_XoojWVAZLPI9wvQoAS2a3IQ10AAmqn7AAqvhXkSPBuSSSAD-1porIjuLKDUr9rvKDEHQLcwIjx9-tIVzZcujuVQZFgfvOsvh3VaRtPTSan97QOc1CCTtpStlElRG-U9E=]
6:30 pm

For the complete story of Aarons and his work, sign up for one of our exhibition
tours with Arlette and Gus Kayafas. Arlette is the guest-curator of the exhibition,
and the founder and director of Gallery Kayafas in Boston's South End. Both were
personal friends of Jules Aarons and will be happy to discuss him and his techniques
in depth.

July 23, 2013 - American Photography: A Century of Images [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BL7-oiNPsP1eus2JHKPjZj8V1Hx2NhLzRAPXuxDvqQyIolJRfJAmhUqIIKVbsFsUxOzc4J4tXUrVen4kNzIsRXQGd-MYvj95WWW68sTH4YWoPdwWespi6u6EynCCLPNNL1laXxXX_iOawB-AmYlNx4qChLYd1zwbn7ICv_3aQ3VMQ-mB9quLy4HaS7KDHEERHyjsSTZFMaECa6BTMTYRfcAGG_LQ4BMXq7jX8S5l6owDSBV8zxABgcpkbWr3WZ33usDC8Db3Jd0hJjj-zaT07cahkQNlCNU1yOLfNDyIM8aUOVKzhqTjm3B1AWvu-rsmmYJSmvJoIhpxO3EtYuD2AwNZz5LTaw2oyygYsUymjMorWi9-RHKW0g==]
6:30 pm

American Photography captures the images of a century of change and the role the
camera has played both in creating and documenting it. Dramatic and intimate stories
trace photography's profound effect on American life.

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The West End Museum
http://thewestendmuseum.org [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001BL7-oiNPsP2O4Yf1s-27JWwKsMcNzNvqCOq_QRb6-a20YkgN7x2DqrFTrw8lcuogbbZBXpa9Np4W4tLBychnwrZvDqVHqB-hR4uH9hZGD5N3DNJX6yP8RI_mKRq_KFnMGbVS6GFtlXWhMRxjHhru0srz_VdjOAdRGy5DuyhbmhS5nznBOmhOknuJI2FpMOil-hoCkMsqwh0zdmB-eOJlZdoh_ExG2FV8bDRpVejOCPraZeMAd6xGxefmIQlYq5g1AhkCmEHxAZy43FwQzTAHn6AtDKmkCLTT]
150 Staniford Street, Suite 7, Boston, MA 02114, (617)-416-0718
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OUTSIDE THE LINES STUDIO NEEDS THE HELP OF SOMERVILLE VOLUNTEERS!

The theme of this year's Art Beat in Davis Square is MICRO.
Outside the Lines Studio is making a macro MICROBE display to house and showcase the many small microbes we are also making. We need help with the construction of the macro microbe as well as the rest of the finishing touches.

Volunteer Sessions:

Thursday:

June 27th,
July 11th,
and
July 18th

PLEASE CONTACT US NOW IF YOU WANT TO HELP!

email: outsidethelinesartcommittee@gmail.com

At Outside the Lines Studios, we need some help from community artists of Somerville to help us construct a Macro Microbe. The project is for a display for Art Beat in Davis Square on July 20th. We are using mixed media and could use a wide range of artists!

Please contact us at outsidethelinesartcommittee@gmail.com if to want to help!

Workshops are being held on Thursday July 11th and 18th from 2:30pm to 7pm

Great Small Works Traveling Toy Theater Festival presents
Barbara Steinitz and Björn Kollin (from Berlin) & Facto Teatro (from Mexico City)

Tuesday, July 2, 6:30pm and 7:15pm
Connexion, 149 Broadway

Join the Somerville Arts Council, East Somerville Main Streets, and Great Small Work for "It's Tuesday" festivities.

During the countdown to the first Gulf War in 1990, a group of puppeteers was looking for a direct and immediate way to respond to current events. So they began a serial drama using texts and images quickly cut from the daily newspaper. This ultimately led to the founding of Great Small Works, and the reinvention of the Victorian era performance style called "Toy Theater." In July, Great Small Works (based out of New York City) and the Somerville Arts Council will present two international performing companies--Barbara Steinitz and Bjorn Kollin (from Berlin) and Facto Teatro (from Mexico City), to introduce Toy Theater to east Somerville.

Barbara Steinitz and Björn Kollin: "Schnurzpiepegal" (Like Master, Like Dog) at 6:30pm
A picture book written and illustrated by Ms. Steinitz is brought to life by puppets, performed out of a suitcase, with live music created and played on an array of instruments by Mr. Kollin. The story goes something like this… It's often said that dog owners look like their dogs—but there are some exceptions. Take Leonora, who loves operas more than anything and shares a happy life with her dog Fidelio, who doesn't look like her at all. Two blocks from their home lives another odd couple, Joshua and his dog Pistachia, who share a passion for home made chocolates. In the street people wrinkle their noses and laugh about Leonora and Joshua who don't match with their dogs at all. This is a humorous love story about outsiders who overcome their loneliness and people's prejudices by accepting themselves.

Facto Teatro: "Don Chico Con Alas" (Don Chico with Wings) at 7:15pm
Based on a story by the Mexican writer Eraclio Zepeda, Facto Teatro's Don Chico lives in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico. To go from one village to another he must come down the mountain, cross the jungle, then the river and up the opposite hill. He decides he needs to fly and builds a pair of wings, to reach the sky before national holidays. A story of ingenuity, creativity, surrealism and human adventure, which tells us that, for some, the sky is the limit. Created and performed by Alejandro Benítez, Mauricio Martínez and Antonio Cerezo.

website info :
Great Small Works http://www.greatsmallworks.org/
Facto Teatro http://factoteatro.blogspot.com/

About the Series

As the summer event season approaches, the Somerville Arts Council is launching yet another decentralized event series that will take place throughout Somerville. Events such as PorchFEST, Dancing in the Streets, and Puppet Palooza allows the community to participate, interact, and engage in non-traditional ways while cultivating the idea of Somerville as a cultural arts incubator without walls.

Puppet Palooza is a collaboration between the Somerville Arts Council and East Somerville Main Streets

--a series designed to bring the art of puppetry to east Somerville in unexpected places. Join us in East Somerville for a three-part puppetry extravaganza. This June and July, we'll hit the streets, courtyards and parks, showcasing local, national, and international performing companies. Great for kids and adults and 100% free

This exhibition will be on display in the Private Room at Panopticon Gallery from September 12th to January 14th, 2014 and is open to U.S. photographers only. Selected artwork will be featured in an online gallery on our site, and Jim Fitts will select artists to interview and feature on PhotoWeenie.com. In addition, there will be three Jurors' Selection Awards announced at the Opening Reception on Thursday, September 12th. Entry fee.

Details:

http://www.panopticongallery.com/exhibitions/press/call2013.pdf