Friday, June 26, 2015
2015 MUSCRAT Kids Maker series - June 27, 2015 @1pm-3pm
The Somerville Arts Council in collaboration with Parts and Crafts presents our final event of our
2015 MUSCRAT Kids Maker series
Come out and check out our Multi Use Somerville Community Roving Art Transport vehicle as she hosts Parts and Crafts for a series of kids maker workshops. Learn more about electronics, woodworking and craft projects with Parks and Crafts staff.
Free
Saturday, June 27th at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Mystic Activity Center parking lot
530 Mystic Ave.
For more info on the series and a google map for location go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/muscrat
2015 MUSCRAT Kids Maker series
Come out and check out our Multi Use Somerville Community Roving Art Transport vehicle as she hosts Parts and Crafts for a series of kids maker workshops. Learn more about electronics, woodworking and craft projects with Parks and Crafts staff.
Free
Saturday, June 27th at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Mystic Activity Center parking lot
530 Mystic Ave.
For more info on the series and a google map for location go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/muscrat
Dancing in the Streets production presenting Weber Dance - June 27th, 2015 @8:30
Hello. Please join the Somerville Arts Council tomorrow for another Dancing in the Streets production presenting
Weber Dance
Saturday, June 27th at 8:30 p.m
@ ARTfarm site, 10 Poplar Street (for google map, see our site)
presenting
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/sacfiles/imce/editor/Weber%20Dance%20Img%203.jpg
Of Looms and Lilies - an artistic investigation of the proliferation of material wealth generated by the industrial revolution and its effect on both our personal and spiritual lives and its wider impact on Climate change. It is also a simple conversation between a nineteenth century factory worker and a contemporary woman. What might they say to one another? What might they learn?
For a full description, bios, and google map to location go to:
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/dancefest/weberdance
Weber Dance
Saturday, June 27th at 8:30 p.m
@ ARTfarm site, 10 Poplar Street (for google map, see our site)
presenting
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/sacfiles/imce/editor/Weber%20Dance%20Img%203.jpg
Of Looms and Lilies - an artistic investigation of the proliferation of material wealth generated by the industrial revolution and its effect on both our personal and spiritual lives and its wider impact on Climate change. It is also a simple conversation between a nineteenth century factory worker and a contemporary woman. What might they say to one another? What might they learn?
For a full description, bios, and google map to location go to:
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/dancefest/weberdance
Survey Without Surveillance Opens this tonight at the Annex - Friday June 26th, 2015
June 26-July 25, 2015
Curated by Arlinda Shtuni
Opening Reception & NSA Listening Party
Friday, June 26
6:00 pm-10:00 pm
Details
Nave Annex, Davis Square
53 Chester St, Somerville
Gallery Hours: Thursdays and Fridays, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm; Saturdays, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
Closed Saturday, July 4
Artists
Nataliya Bregel, Adina Bricklin, Gary Duehr, Julia Dunham, Hasan Elahi, Andrew Hammerand, Jonathan McFadden, Simon Menner, Anders Midtgaard, Ted Ollier, Carlos Rene Pacheco, Larry Poole, Scott Patrick Wiener, Amanda Wild
Curated by Arlinda Shtuni
Opening Reception & NSA Listening Party
Friday, June 26
6:00 pm-10:00 pm
Details
Nave Annex, Davis Square
53 Chester St, Somerville
Gallery Hours: Thursdays and Fridays, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm; Saturdays, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
Closed Saturday, July 4
Artists
Nataliya Bregel, Adina Bricklin, Gary Duehr, Julia Dunham, Hasan Elahi, Andrew Hammerand, Jonathan McFadden, Simon Menner, Anders Midtgaard, Ted Ollier, Carlos Rene Pacheco, Larry Poole, Scott Patrick Wiener, Amanda Wild
Call for graphic designer for Fluff Festival 2015 - DEADLINE July 6, 2015
I am seeking proposals for graphic designs for our upcoming Fluff Festival materials.
The Fluff Festival is a Union Square Main Streets event which is held each September in Union Square in Somerville. You can find more information about the Fluff Festival on the USMS website or the Fluff Facebook page.
We will need the designs for a suite of items, which may include, but not necessarily be limited to, a digital poster, postcards, streetpole banners, buttons, social media icons and promotional items, such as T-shirts, caps and tote bags.
Our theme this year is Fluff X - the X is to signify the fact that the Fluff Festival is 10 years old, but also will include some versions of Xtreme sports/games, and may use the X as marking the spot of Union Square or as X marks Union Square as the crossroads of Somerville. Examples of posters from previous Fluff festivals are below to give you a better idea of the style we are seeking.
While we are only able to pay a small stipend, we will widely acknowledge the work of our designer.
Proposals should include:
examples of former work,
information about experience designing for our full suite of items,
professional references,
your timeline, and
any drafts you might want to submit or propose for this year.
I will be reviewing proposals as they come in, as I am hoping to have the work done as soon as possible, but the cut off date for proposals is Monday, July 6.
If you have any questions, I would be happy to try and answer them any time before Thursday, June 25, when I am leaving for vacation. I return on July 7 and may not have email access while I am away.
Thanks and looking forward to hearing from you.
Esther
Please find attached six Fluff Festival images
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71UGRLdElvbVhaMFlDczFodlJMR2NnQzVmMmRz/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71SU5jQjB4QTVTbUhudFpoRldvNy1lb3lwVDFF/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71YWd3R2pzbVRrVl9vM1RkYlVFMmRzeDdlM19R/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71WHJKS2t1REg5ZThzWl82cXZIU0ZiOFBISXlV/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71REt6SU9VV0otdURZX0VPRGU1dWJxNnZrVHhB/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71c2RaaVRMMGxrNXJOUVZXazJpQTlPbkhNYjlZ/view?usp=sharing
The Fluff Festival is a Union Square Main Streets event which is held each September in Union Square in Somerville. You can find more information about the Fluff Festival on the USMS website or the Fluff Facebook page.
We will need the designs for a suite of items, which may include, but not necessarily be limited to, a digital poster, postcards, streetpole banners, buttons, social media icons and promotional items, such as T-shirts, caps and tote bags.
Our theme this year is Fluff X - the X is to signify the fact that the Fluff Festival is 10 years old, but also will include some versions of Xtreme sports/games, and may use the X as marking the spot of Union Square or as X marks Union Square as the crossroads of Somerville. Examples of posters from previous Fluff festivals are below to give you a better idea of the style we are seeking.
While we are only able to pay a small stipend, we will widely acknowledge the work of our designer.
Proposals should include:
examples of former work,
information about experience designing for our full suite of items,
professional references,
your timeline, and
any drafts you might want to submit or propose for this year.
I will be reviewing proposals as they come in, as I am hoping to have the work done as soon as possible, but the cut off date for proposals is Monday, July 6.
If you have any questions, I would be happy to try and answer them any time before Thursday, June 25, when I am leaving for vacation. I return on July 7 and may not have email access while I am away.
Thanks and looking forward to hearing from you.
Esther
Please find attached six Fluff Festival images
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71UGRLdElvbVhaMFlDczFodlJMR2NnQzVmMmRz/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71SU5jQjB4QTVTbUhudFpoRldvNy1lb3lwVDFF/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71YWd3R2pzbVRrVl9vM1RkYlVFMmRzeDdlM19R/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71WHJKS2t1REg5ZThzWl82cXZIU0ZiOFBISXlV/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71REt6SU9VV0otdURZX0VPRGU1dWJxNnZrVHhB/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxev7BKson71c2RaaVRMMGxrNXJOUVZXazJpQTlPbkhNYjlZ/view?usp=sharing
Thursday, June 25, 2015
ARTfarm community meeting on Weds. July 8th
Please join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 2 Alderman Maryann Heuston, the Somerville Arts Council, and Earthos Institute for an upcoming public meeting in which we will share our progress and vision to date for the former Waste Transfer Station near Brickbottom. As you may know we are in the process of transforming the site into an ARTfarm for Social Innovation.
Last spring we held meetings with the Brickbottom community and this winter we held four core principal meetings—specifically on Arts and Culture, Community Utility, Environment and Sustainability, and Economic Development—with numerous individuals and community organizations participating.
At this meeting on July 8th we will present our progress to date, review the core principals emerged from the meetings, and unveil our final draft schematic drawings and programming vision.
We very much would like your attendance. Provide us with constructive feedback, share your vision and become ambassadors about this exciting endeavor.
Join us:
Weds, July 8th, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Argenziano School, 290 Washington St.
For more information about our work on the site and the community process to date please see: www.somervilleartscouncil.org/artfarm
Last spring we held meetings with the Brickbottom community and this winter we held four core principal meetings—specifically on Arts and Culture, Community Utility, Environment and Sustainability, and Economic Development—with numerous individuals and community organizations participating.
At this meeting on July 8th we will present our progress to date, review the core principals emerged from the meetings, and unveil our final draft schematic drawings and programming vision.
We very much would like your attendance. Provide us with constructive feedback, share your vision and become ambassadors about this exciting endeavor.
Join us:
Weds, July 8th, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Argenziano School, 290 Washington St.
For more information about our work on the site and the community process to date please see: www.somervilleartscouncil.org/artfarm
Join us at CAMP HONK - July 13-17 & July 20-24
This summer, treat yourself to some musical fun, the street band way, at
CAMP HONK
July 13-17 & 20-24,
9am-12pm
The Kennedy School near Porter Square
Somerville Public Schools and the School of HONK are offering a two week morning day camp for anyone who wants to learn the basics and enjoy the delights of playing in a brass street band, like the bands that come to Somerville's annual HONK! Festival.
Our approach is all about having fun playing lively dance music from American and other street band traditions - from Lavoe & Colón's "La Murga De Panama" to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" -- with tunes and arrangements for players at all levels.
Open to anyone, playing brass, woodwinds or percussion, preferably with at least one year’s experience on a chosen instrument. Families are encouraged to apply. Cost for the two weeks is $160 ($80/ wk); family discounts and some scholarships may be available for students who need them.
For more information and to register online, visit
schoolofhonk.org/camphonk
Have questions or want to volunteer as a musician mentor? Drop us a line at schoolofhonk@gmail.com
CAMP HONK
July 13-17 & 20-24,
9am-12pm
The Kennedy School near Porter Square
Somerville Public Schools and the School of HONK are offering a two week morning day camp for anyone who wants to learn the basics and enjoy the delights of playing in a brass street band, like the bands that come to Somerville's annual HONK! Festival.
Our approach is all about having fun playing lively dance music from American and other street band traditions - from Lavoe & Colón's "La Murga De Panama" to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" -- with tunes and arrangements for players at all levels.
Open to anyone, playing brass, woodwinds or percussion, preferably with at least one year’s experience on a chosen instrument. Families are encouraged to apply. Cost for the two weeks is $160 ($80/ wk); family discounts and some scholarships may be available for students who need them.
For more information and to register online, visit
schoolofhonk.org/camphonk
Have questions or want to volunteer as a musician mentor? Drop us a line at schoolofhonk@gmail.com
Be part of a LIVE TV Studio Audience at SCATV - June 29, 2015 @6:30pm
Join the audience of The Somerville Line and Somerville Community Access Television
for another live show on
Monday, June 29 at 7pm (arrive by 6:30pm.)
Your friends and family will be able to view the show two ways. The Somerville Line will air on Somerville Local Cable 3 at 7pm or you can stream the show live at: www.scatvsomerville.org/watch. We will also post the show later online.
**Space is limited, RSVP in advance to ensure your spot in the studio audience. Others can watch live in the "green room."**
The Somerville Line is embarking on a one year milestone. To celebrate this we will be debuting our new theme song for our show. Alesia Lopez will be giving this gift to the show as well as performing some of her other written work. In May appeared on a major network show after writing a song about the show which cares the name of the host.
Craig Lambert will be a part of our audience to talk about his motivation and inspirations in life. Craig who recently is embracing a new career will discuss his new book called Shadow Work. Here is his website:http://craiglambert.net/kudos/ We will all host a Q & A session during the broadcast.
After the show, we will invite our audience to join us for more music and dance.
for another live show on
Monday, June 29 at 7pm (arrive by 6:30pm.)
Your friends and family will be able to view the show two ways. The Somerville Line will air on Somerville Local Cable 3 at 7pm or you can stream the show live at: www.scatvsomerville.org/watch. We will also post the show later online.
**Space is limited, RSVP in advance to ensure your spot in the studio audience. Others can watch live in the "green room."**
The Somerville Line is embarking on a one year milestone. To celebrate this we will be debuting our new theme song for our show. Alesia Lopez will be giving this gift to the show as well as performing some of her other written work. In May appeared on a major network show after writing a song about the show which cares the name of the host.
Craig Lambert will be a part of our audience to talk about his motivation and inspirations in life. Craig who recently is embracing a new career will discuss his new book called Shadow Work. Here is his website:http://craiglambert.net/kudos/ We will all host a Q & A session during the broadcast.
After the show, we will invite our audience to join us for more music and dance.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
FREE pops concert this Sunday at 3:00, rain or shine
Join us this Sunday, 3 p.m., for POPS ON THE LAWN in Sennott Park (at Broadway and Norfolk Street, Cambridge) near Central Square, or in case of rain, indoors at Area IV Youth Center (243 Harvard Street) next to the park. Bring a picnic blanket and kick back for some fun for the whole family. Take a journey from Rossini to John Philip Sousa, from The Planets to Star Wars. Our youngest audience members even get to conduct the orchestra themselves.
Many Somerville residents will be participating in the concert: Violinists Lane Marder and Josh Garstka, violist Kim Etingoff, cellist Nick Pittman, string bassist Dave Shrake, oboist Carolyn Hayes, trumpet player Dan Stringer, and CSO's very special Music Director Cynthia Woods.
More info can be found on our website Cambridge Symphony Orchestra .
Many Somerville residents will be participating in the concert: Violinists Lane Marder and Josh Garstka, violist Kim Etingoff, cellist Nick Pittman, string bassist Dave Shrake, oboist Carolyn Hayes, trumpet player Dan Stringer, and CSO's very special Music Director Cynthia Woods.
More info can be found on our website Cambridge Symphony Orchestra .
Call for Fixers! Fixer Saturdays all summer at the Somerville Tool Library
This summer at the Somerville Tool Library/Parts and Crafts, I'll be running a series called Fixer Saturdays. From 1-3pm each Saturday, we'll invite the public in to work on/tinker with/fix/learn to fix/upcycle a specific kind of item. I am seeking folks with special interests or skills in specific repair areas to advise, volunteer, help, hang out, etc.
July 11: U Mad, Bra? - Bra repair! It's hard to think of an item that can suffer catastrophic failure so soon after purchase. I've recently learned techniques for fixing underwires and I will acquire some basic supplies and tools to repair most typical bra issues.
July 18th: Anachronistic Audio Repair Project #2 - the first AARP was in February and even though the weather was horrible, some great folks showed up. I am looking for people who are interested in repairing non-digital audio equipment like CD players, tape decks, boom boxes & transistor radios.
July 25th: Open Laptop Surgery - this is going to be an event about walking people through basic laptop repairs like replacing a keyboard or screen and helping folks get comfortable with opening up their laptops and seeing what's inside. I'm especially interested in anyone who has experience with Macs - I have the tools to open Apple devices, but it's not something I've done a lot.
Please email me at somervilletoollibrary@gmail.com if you are interested in helping out. Also, I haven't finalized the schedule for August and if there is something you really like to repair and would like to collaborate on an event like this, let me know!
July 11: U Mad, Bra? - Bra repair! It's hard to think of an item that can suffer catastrophic failure so soon after purchase. I've recently learned techniques for fixing underwires and I will acquire some basic supplies and tools to repair most typical bra issues.
July 18th: Anachronistic Audio Repair Project #2 - the first AARP was in February and even though the weather was horrible, some great folks showed up. I am looking for people who are interested in repairing non-digital audio equipment like CD players, tape decks, boom boxes & transistor radios.
July 25th: Open Laptop Surgery - this is going to be an event about walking people through basic laptop repairs like replacing a keyboard or screen and helping folks get comfortable with opening up their laptops and seeing what's inside. I'm especially interested in anyone who has experience with Macs - I have the tools to open Apple devices, but it's not something I've done a lot.
Please email me at somervilletoollibrary@gmail.com if you are interested in helping out. Also, I haven't finalized the schedule for August and if there is something you really like to repair and would like to collaborate on an event like this, let me know!
Summer Clay for Kids and Teens at Mudflat - SUMMER 2015
Join us for clay classes this summer! Mudflat offers 2 sessions each summer in July and August.
Classes meet twice each week on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 3 weeks – a total of 6 classes.
Choose a morning or afternoon section - each are 2 hours long.
Tuition: $200/section, includes all materials and firings
10% discount available for 2nd child in same family.
KIDS CLAY, ages 5-11
Learn how to handbuild with slabs and coils and how to work with clay on the potter's wheel.
Session 1: July 7-23 - Tuesdays and Thursdays
Section A: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Section B: 1:00-3:00 pm
Session 2: August 4-20 - Tuesdays and Thursdays
Section C: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Section D: 1:00-3:00 pm
TEEN CLAY, ages 12+
Wheelthrowing and handbuilding for teen students, all skill levels
Session 1: July 7-23 - Tuesdays and Thursdays
Section E: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Session 2: August 4-20 - Tuesdays and Thursdays
Section F: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
To Register, call Mudflat at 617-628-0589 or see www.mudflat.org.
Mudflat is a non-profit clay school and studio offering classes, workshops and artist studios since 1971. Mudflat provides a knowledgeable faculty, an excellent facility and quality equipment in a creative artistic environment. Over 350 adults, teens and children enroll in our classes each semester to learn about clay.
MUDFLAT – 81 Broadway, Somerville MA 02145 – 617-628-0589
Classes meet twice each week on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 3 weeks – a total of 6 classes.
Choose a morning or afternoon section - each are 2 hours long.
Tuition: $200/section, includes all materials and firings
10% discount available for 2nd child in same family.
KIDS CLAY, ages 5-11
Learn how to handbuild with slabs and coils and how to work with clay on the potter's wheel.
Session 1: July 7-23 - Tuesdays and Thursdays
Section A: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Section B: 1:00-3:00 pm
Session 2: August 4-20 - Tuesdays and Thursdays
Section C: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Section D: 1:00-3:00 pm
TEEN CLAY, ages 12+
Wheelthrowing and handbuilding for teen students, all skill levels
Session 1: July 7-23 - Tuesdays and Thursdays
Section E: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Session 2: August 4-20 - Tuesdays and Thursdays
Section F: 10:00 am-12:00 pm
To Register, call Mudflat at 617-628-0589 or see www.mudflat.org.
Mudflat is a non-profit clay school and studio offering classes, workshops and artist studios since 1971. Mudflat provides a knowledgeable faculty, an excellent facility and quality equipment in a creative artistic environment. Over 350 adults, teens and children enroll in our classes each semester to learn about clay.
MUDFLAT – 81 Broadway, Somerville MA 02145 – 617-628-0589
Music at Duck Village
The Duck Village Stage is a new pop up performing arts venue in the Aeronaut Brewing Company's taproom at 14 Tyler Street, Somerville. Duck Village Stage pays homage to the prohibition era Somerville Duck Village neighborhood which is a stone's throw away on the other side of the railroad tracks. We're dedicated to highlighting new and innovative new acts, and recording and archiving the performances. Each Wednesday night we present something new and unique, everything from chamber music to country, free jazz to singer / songwriters, and even some opera, comedy and dance. There's no cover charge.
Wednesday, June 24, 8pm
We the Populace
Fresh, funky R&B stylings with a twist
http://www.wethepopulace.com/music.html
Wednesday, July 1, 7pm
Special performance by New Rep Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Featuring eight actors, ten chairs, and a live percussive score!
http://www.newrep.org/events/a-midsummer-nights-dream-at-aeronaut-brewing-co/
Wednesday, July 8, 8pm
The Noise Floor Sessions
New Singer / Songwriter Showcase featuring:
The Fevertones
Joshua Taylor
Doully Wang
Maxwell Bailey
Jeff Butcher
Max Rose
Are you interested in performing on the Duck Village Stage? Please shoot us an email: duckvillage@aeronautbrewing.com
Randy Winchester
randy@aeronautbrewing.com
617-593-3744
Wednesday, June 24, 8pm
We the Populace
Fresh, funky R&B stylings with a twist
http://www.wethepopulace.com/music.html
Wednesday, July 1, 7pm
Special performance by New Rep Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Featuring eight actors, ten chairs, and a live percussive score!
http://www.newrep.org/events/a-midsummer-nights-dream-at-aeronaut-brewing-co/
Wednesday, July 8, 8pm
The Noise Floor Sessions
New Singer / Songwriter Showcase featuring:
The Fevertones
Joshua Taylor
Doully Wang
Maxwell Bailey
Jeff Butcher
Max Rose
Are you interested in performing on the Duck Village Stage? Please shoot us an email: duckvillage@aeronautbrewing.com
Randy Winchester
randy@aeronautbrewing.com
617-593-3744
JUST FYI: Pollinator Recovery Zone
The Somerville Arts Council awarded a Local Cultural Council Grant to Landscape Architects Anne Vaterlaus and Sarah Carrier in collaboration with Groundwork Somerville. Together, they designed and coordinated the installation of an environmental art piece called the Pollinator Recovery Zone . With the help of the GSW Green Team and community volunteers, 9 cedar posts were installed, supporting 13 wood boxes that are filled with bundles of reeds, each providing habitat for the native leaf cutter and mason bees –super pollinators of the bee world. The last phase of the project will surround the pollinator poles with a flower garden to be installed in Fall of 2015 and Spring of 2016.
Please visit the City’s Urban Agriculture Blog for photos and more information:
http://somervilleurbanag.tumblr.com/post/122173832108/a-pollinator-garden-at-the-south-st-farm-its
Please visit the City’s Urban Agriculture Blog for photos and more information:
http://somervilleurbanag.tumblr.com/post/122173832108/a-pollinator-garden-at-the-south-st-farm-its
Monday, June 22, 2015
Summer Media Classes at SCATV
Summer is here and so are Somerville Community Access Television's next batch of media production classes. There are some great classes to sign up for! If you haven’t already joined as a member, please sign up for an upcoming orientation, online here. You will receive discounted tuition rates. Below are the upcoming classes:
Editing with Adobe Premier: In this four session class you will learn the basics of importing footage, file management, cutting clips, transitions, graphics, and more.Instructor is Farzad Wafapoor and classes run Tuesdays, July 7, 14, 21, 28; 7-9pm.
Basic Studio Production:This class is for members who want to get started producing multi-camera studio programs in the HotSet and main studio. Over four sessions you will learn basic set design, studio lighting, camera operation, audio, and floor directing. Instructor is Miguel Rivas and classes run Wednesdays, July 8, 15, 22, 29; 7–9pm.
Community Event Coverage class: This one-session class will teach students how to video record their events, presentations, meetings, interviews for Web and cablecast. Instructor is Wendy Blom and this class wil run August 3rd from 1-3pm.
Stop Motion Animation: Students of all ages will work in groups to plan, produce, and edit original stop-motion animations using professional animation software and SCATV’s new DSLR cameras. Instructor is Jessica Barnthous and classes run Tuesday: August 4, 11, 18, 25; 7–9pm.
DSLR Filmmaking Classs: This two-session class is for field certified members and non-members with video production experience. The class will cover the use of SCATV’s Canon EOS 70D DSLR cameras with Tascam audio recorders. Learn how to choose video settings, determine depth of field, adjust lighting, and use the “follow focus” add-on. Instructor is Ben Morrow and classes run Tuesdays August 4 & 11; 7-9pm.
Basic Digital Media Production: This four-session class introduces students to all the elements of field video production including video, audio, and lighting. Learn to operate SCATV’s Panasonic video camcorders, the Canon DSLR cameras, and microphones. Instructor is Miguel Rivas and classes run Wednesdays, August 5, 12, 19 and 26; 7-9pm.
Editing with Adobe Premier: In this four session class you will learn the basics of importing footage, file management, cutting clips, transitions, graphics, and more.Instructor is Farzad Wafapoor and classes run Tuesdays, July 7, 14, 21, 28; 7-9pm.
Basic Studio Production:This class is for members who want to get started producing multi-camera studio programs in the HotSet and main studio. Over four sessions you will learn basic set design, studio lighting, camera operation, audio, and floor directing. Instructor is Miguel Rivas and classes run Wednesdays, July 8, 15, 22, 29; 7–9pm.
Community Event Coverage class: This one-session class will teach students how to video record their events, presentations, meetings, interviews for Web and cablecast. Instructor is Wendy Blom and this class wil run August 3rd from 1-3pm.
Stop Motion Animation: Students of all ages will work in groups to plan, produce, and edit original stop-motion animations using professional animation software and SCATV’s new DSLR cameras. Instructor is Jessica Barnthous and classes run Tuesday: August 4, 11, 18, 25; 7–9pm.
DSLR Filmmaking Classs: This two-session class is for field certified members and non-members with video production experience. The class will cover the use of SCATV’s Canon EOS 70D DSLR cameras with Tascam audio recorders. Learn how to choose video settings, determine depth of field, adjust lighting, and use the “follow focus” add-on. Instructor is Ben Morrow and classes run Tuesdays August 4 & 11; 7-9pm.
Basic Digital Media Production: This four-session class introduces students to all the elements of field video production including video, audio, and lighting. Learn to operate SCATV’s Panasonic video camcorders, the Canon DSLR cameras, and microphones. Instructor is Miguel Rivas and classes run Wednesdays, August 5, 12, 19 and 26; 7-9pm.
*MOSAIC*MINGLING*MUNCHING* at MUDFLAT POTTERY SCHOOL
COME MAKE YOUR MARK AS SOMERVILLE ARTISTS!
When: 7pm Wednesday June 24th
Where: Mudflat Studio Gallery Space, 81 Broadway Somerville
What: Contribute your artistic touch to a mosaic project that will be installed in front of the East Somerville Public Library
The This IS EAST Mosaic Project is part of a larger NEA- funded visual place making initiative currently taking place in East Somerville. East Somerville Main Streets and the Somerville Arts Council are collaborating with Mudflat Pottery Studio and various community groups to create a work of art that hopes to celebrate, promote and maintain the identity of East Somerville at a time of change.
When: 7pm Wednesday June 24th
Where: Mudflat Studio Gallery Space, 81 Broadway Somerville
What: Contribute your artistic touch to a mosaic project that will be installed in front of the East Somerville Public Library
The This IS EAST Mosaic Project is part of a larger NEA- funded visual place making initiative currently taking place in East Somerville. East Somerville Main Streets and the Somerville Arts Council are collaborating with Mudflat Pottery Studio and various community groups to create a work of art that hopes to celebrate, promote and maintain the identity of East Somerville at a time of change.
MORE SUMMER CLASSES at ABRAZOS PRESS .. starting soon in early JULY
Abrazos Press is a teaching and Professional print shop in the MILLER ST Studio Building at 11 Miller St. in Somerville, off Beacon St. and near Porter Sq. T.
There are 3 more class offerings this summer. Please refer to the ABRAZOS PRESS WEBSITE for detailed information/ registration. www.abrazospress.com. There are evening classes and a week long intensive in which to explore relief and mixed media printmaking.
Classes are limited to 5
1. PRONTO PLATES : POLYESTER PLATE LITHOGRAPHY
Pronto plates add a variety of possibilities for unusual mark making, photo imagery and
text integration in mixed media printmaking. The plates can be drawn on with sharpie
markers, BIC pens, or painted on with acrylic floor wax. They can be put through laser
printers or photocopy machines. It looks like magic. All will be revealed!
5 Thursday evenings, 6:30-10pm
July 9,16,23, 30,August 6
Cost: $250.00 (pronto plates are about $1.50per plate, and are purchased in class)
2.Print, Wax, Poke and Stitch: new directions for prints-stitched and dimensional
Participants can create prints or work with old ones. We will learn waxing techinques and stitching, sewing and embroidery to add dimension. Prints can be sewn together to make 3-D constructions.
4 Tuesday evenings: 6:30- 10
July 7,14,21,28
$215.00
3. Printmania: A weeklong intensive: everything but the kitchen sink, in one short week!
This course will have woodblock carving and printing techniques,working with stencils and masks,printing layers of color, ink modification, tool sharpening and more. A week long intensive is a great way to immerse oneself in a topic and just GO.
5 days: 9:30-4:30 (with lunch break)
July 20-24
Cost: $450.00 (plus $25.00 wood fee)
Annie Silverman
617-519-8970
www.anniesilverman.com
A confirmation email should be sent to Annie, as well as a $50.00 deposit to hold a place in your class of choice. Checks should be mailed to: ABRAZOS PRESS, 11 Miller St. Somerville, MA 02143, and made out to: Annie Silverman… THANK YOU.
There are 3 more class offerings this summer. Please refer to the ABRAZOS PRESS WEBSITE for detailed information/ registration. www.abrazospress.com. There are evening classes and a week long intensive in which to explore relief and mixed media printmaking.
Classes are limited to 5
1. PRONTO PLATES : POLYESTER PLATE LITHOGRAPHY
Pronto plates add a variety of possibilities for unusual mark making, photo imagery and
text integration in mixed media printmaking. The plates can be drawn on with sharpie
markers, BIC pens, or painted on with acrylic floor wax. They can be put through laser
printers or photocopy machines. It looks like magic. All will be revealed!
5 Thursday evenings, 6:30-10pm
July 9,16,23, 30,August 6
Cost: $250.00 (pronto plates are about $1.50per plate, and are purchased in class)
2.Print, Wax, Poke and Stitch: new directions for prints-stitched and dimensional
Participants can create prints or work with old ones. We will learn waxing techinques and stitching, sewing and embroidery to add dimension. Prints can be sewn together to make 3-D constructions.
4 Tuesday evenings: 6:30- 10
July 7,14,21,28
$215.00
3. Printmania: A weeklong intensive: everything but the kitchen sink, in one short week!
This course will have woodblock carving and printing techniques,working with stencils and masks,printing layers of color, ink modification, tool sharpening and more. A week long intensive is a great way to immerse oneself in a topic and just GO.
5 days: 9:30-4:30 (with lunch break)
July 20-24
Cost: $450.00 (plus $25.00 wood fee)
Annie Silverman
617-519-8970
www.anniesilverman.com
A confirmation email should be sent to Annie, as well as a $50.00 deposit to hold a place in your class of choice. Checks should be mailed to: ABRAZOS PRESS, 11 Miller St. Somerville, MA 02143, and made out to: Annie Silverman… THANK YOU.
Freeing the Voice and the Self: Voice, Movement and Soul w/ Christine Isherwood & Mali Sastri ~ Saturday June 27th 10:30am-4:30pm
Freeing the Voice and the Self:
Voice, Movement and Soul
with Christine Isherwood and Mali Sastri
Saturday, June 27th
10:30am-4:30pm
The voice is the primary instrument. Sitting between the head and the belly it acts as a direct expression of the self, communicating emotions and thoughts, and serving as a bridge between our inner and outer worlds.
Through guided exploration, improvisatory games, and combined vocal and movement exercises, Christine Isherwood and Mali Sastri lead a workshop grounded in the core components of Voice Movement Therapy, aimed to increase vocal flexibility, dexterity, relaxation, confidence and trust in the power of your own, authentic voice. Bringing their combined years of teaching and performing the two provide a safe, supportive environment for exploration and creativity.
For both seasoned professionals and beginners, and anyone in-between who seeks to experience more freedom in their voice, both physically and psychically.
$100 - reduced rate of $75 for repeat participants as well as on a per-need basis.
Space is limited, preregistration required. For more info and to preregister contact Christine (508-685-7445,christine@vmtuk.com) or Mali (781-290-6381, malisastri@gmail.com) and visit vmtuk.com
Christine Isherwood is the Director of the Voice Movement Therapy Training Singing The Psyche and has taught trainings in Europe and the USA. She teaches workshops internationally, and supervises VMT students and practitioners. She has worked with the homeless, and as a mental health counselor, group facilitator and trainer. Christine has lectured and taught at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, and the International School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Canada.
Mali Sastri is a registered Voice Movement Therapy practitioner and has performed as a singer internationally. She is part of the music education program at Tunefoolery, a Boston-based non-profit for musicians in mental health recovery.
THIRD LIFE STUDIO, 33 Union Square, Somerville, MA
(Almost at the heart of Union Square, on the segment of
Somerville Ave. coming into Union Square from Porter Square--
next to G&T Tailoring, three doors away from Somerville Grooves,
across Somerville Ave. from the new East Boston Savings Bank
at the head of Bow Street, and across the intersection from Citizens Bank)
For detailed directions and parking information:
http://www.thirdlifestudio.com/#!directions/cbkx
Voice, Movement and Soul
with Christine Isherwood and Mali Sastri
Saturday, June 27th
10:30am-4:30pm
The voice is the primary instrument. Sitting between the head and the belly it acts as a direct expression of the self, communicating emotions and thoughts, and serving as a bridge between our inner and outer worlds.
Through guided exploration, improvisatory games, and combined vocal and movement exercises, Christine Isherwood and Mali Sastri lead a workshop grounded in the core components of Voice Movement Therapy, aimed to increase vocal flexibility, dexterity, relaxation, confidence and trust in the power of your own, authentic voice. Bringing their combined years of teaching and performing the two provide a safe, supportive environment for exploration and creativity.
For both seasoned professionals and beginners, and anyone in-between who seeks to experience more freedom in their voice, both physically and psychically.
$100 - reduced rate of $75 for repeat participants as well as on a per-need basis.
Space is limited, preregistration required. For more info and to preregister contact Christine (508-685-7445,christine@vmtuk.com) or Mali (781-290-6381, malisastri@gmail.com) and visit vmtuk.com
Christine Isherwood is the Director of the Voice Movement Therapy Training Singing The Psyche and has taught trainings in Europe and the USA. She teaches workshops internationally, and supervises VMT students and practitioners. She has worked with the homeless, and as a mental health counselor, group facilitator and trainer. Christine has lectured and taught at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, and the International School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Canada.
Mali Sastri is a registered Voice Movement Therapy practitioner and has performed as a singer internationally. She is part of the music education program at Tunefoolery, a Boston-based non-profit for musicians in mental health recovery.
THIRD LIFE STUDIO, 33 Union Square, Somerville, MA
(Almost at the heart of Union Square, on the segment of
Somerville Ave. coming into Union Square from Porter Square--
next to G&T Tailoring, three doors away from Somerville Grooves,
across Somerville Ave. from the new East Boston Savings Bank
at the head of Bow Street, and across the intersection from Citizens Bank)
For detailed directions and parking information:
http://www.thirdlifestudio.com/#!directions/cbkx
Friday, June 19, 2015
Bromfield Gallery seeks emerging and established artists - DEADLINE Sept 1, 2015
Call to Artists
Bromfield Gallery seeks emerging and established New England artists to become members. The deadline for submission is Tuesday, September 1 for the free application process, and we plan to accept up to 5 artists this fall.
Bromfield Gallery is one of Boston's premier artist-run galleries. With an emphasis on New England artists, its three gallery spaces show contemporary art in all media, including printmaking, sculpture, painting, and drawing, as well as video, installation, and new media.
To apply, send a link to your website to info@bromfieldgallery.com with this subject line: “Your Name: Membership Submission to Bromfield Gallery for September 1 deadline.”
Finalists will be asked to bring 3-5 pieces from one recent body of work to a monthly meeting.
* * *
Members receive a solo show every two years, in addition to showing work regularly in Gallery III and in our flat files, and being represented on our website. Our exhibitions are reviewed in Art New England and Artscope, among other publications.
Monthly dues are $60 for Associate Members and $100 for Members. Duties include sitting or helping with a reception once a month, assisting with general gallery operations, and serving on ad hoc committees as needed. Bromfield staff includes a Manager, Bookkeeper and Installer.
The gallery is located in Boston's dynamic SOWA district (South of Washington Street) in the South End, home to most of the city's contemporary art galleries, along with high-end furniture and design retail, and an array of fine restaurants. Nearby is the Boston Center for the Arts, which showcases visual art, cultural conferences, and independent theater companies. SOWA comes alive during each month's First Friday opening receptions.
For more information, visit www.bromfieldgallery.com, or email Gary Duehr, Manager, at info@bromfieldgallery.com.
Bromfield Gallery seeks emerging and established New England artists to become members. The deadline for submission is Tuesday, September 1 for the free application process, and we plan to accept up to 5 artists this fall.
Bromfield Gallery is one of Boston's premier artist-run galleries. With an emphasis on New England artists, its three gallery spaces show contemporary art in all media, including printmaking, sculpture, painting, and drawing, as well as video, installation, and new media.
To apply, send a link to your website to info@bromfieldgallery.com with this subject line: “Your Name: Membership Submission to Bromfield Gallery for September 1 deadline.”
Finalists will be asked to bring 3-5 pieces from one recent body of work to a monthly meeting.
* * *
Members receive a solo show every two years, in addition to showing work regularly in Gallery III and in our flat files, and being represented on our website. Our exhibitions are reviewed in Art New England and Artscope, among other publications.
Monthly dues are $60 for Associate Members and $100 for Members. Duties include sitting or helping with a reception once a month, assisting with general gallery operations, and serving on ad hoc committees as needed. Bromfield staff includes a Manager, Bookkeeper and Installer.
The gallery is located in Boston's dynamic SOWA district (South of Washington Street) in the South End, home to most of the city's contemporary art galleries, along with high-end furniture and design retail, and an array of fine restaurants. Nearby is the Boston Center for the Arts, which showcases visual art, cultural conferences, and independent theater companies. SOWA comes alive during each month's First Friday opening receptions.
For more information, visit www.bromfieldgallery.com, or email Gary Duehr, Manager, at info@bromfieldgallery.com.
Storytelling Events this Saturday in Somerville
This Saturday, June 20th there will be two exciting events that involve: storytelling, media & digital technology, identity, nostalgia and sense of place.
In Union Square (12-1pm at SCATV): The first one is hosted by WGBH’s FRONTLINE Records Manager, John Campopiano, who has launched New England Media & Memory Coalition, a regional organization dedicated to fostering discussion and promoting a better understanding of how media and digital and analog technologies intersect with and relate to memory, identity, nostalgia and senses of place. First up will be a visit and presentation by Laurelin Kruse, director and curator of the Mobile Museum of American Artifacts. Laurelin’s presentation will take place at SCATV and will be filmed for posterity (12-1pm, Free).
In Davis Square (3-5pm at Davis Sq. Theatre): Later that afternoon, join us for the Community Vault screening at the Davis Square Theater—an event showcasing archived programs alongside contemporary media contributed by community media centers from around Massachusetts (3-5pm, $7).
These are fun events that you do not want to miss. Please check them out! If you have any questions, please contact Erica Jones at membership@scatvsomerville.org or at 617. 628. 8826.
In Union Square (12-1pm at SCATV): The first one is hosted by WGBH’s FRONTLINE Records Manager, John Campopiano, who has launched New England Media & Memory Coalition, a regional organization dedicated to fostering discussion and promoting a better understanding of how media and digital and analog technologies intersect with and relate to memory, identity, nostalgia and senses of place. First up will be a visit and presentation by Laurelin Kruse, director and curator of the Mobile Museum of American Artifacts. Laurelin’s presentation will take place at SCATV and will be filmed for posterity (12-1pm, Free).
In Davis Square (3-5pm at Davis Sq. Theatre): Later that afternoon, join us for the Community Vault screening at the Davis Square Theater—an event showcasing archived programs alongside contemporary media contributed by community media centers from around Massachusetts (3-5pm, $7).
These are fun events that you do not want to miss. Please check them out! If you have any questions, please contact Erica Jones at membership@scatvsomerville.org or at 617. 628. 8826.
Last two days to see Naked at the Nave Annex
May 21-June 20, 2015
Curated by Brett Henrikson
Nave Gallery Annex, Davis Square
53 Chester St.,Somerville
Artists
Scott Alario
Ambrose & Wether
Jayna Aronovitch
Michael Bach
Daniel Baird-Miller
Madeline B. Carter
Alan Charlesworth
Jeff Enlow
Diane Fenster
Marina Font
Jessica L. Glover
Suzi Grossman
Hiroshi Hayakawa
Brett Henrikson
Soyo Hong
Katty Hoover
Shelbi Schroeder
Rachel Hulin
Rachel Jump
Klaus Kampert
Chris Maliga
Gaspar Marquez
Phyllis and Victor Merriam
Kathryn Oliver
Shelbi Schroeder
Michael Seif
Rachel Stern
Masha Svyatogor
James Walker
Maxim Wakultschik
James Wigger
Bob Wooley
Curated by Brett Henrikson
Nave Gallery Annex, Davis Square
53 Chester St.,Somerville
Artists
Scott Alario
Ambrose & Wether
Jayna Aronovitch
Michael Bach
Daniel Baird-Miller
Madeline B. Carter
Alan Charlesworth
Jeff Enlow
Diane Fenster
Marina Font
Jessica L. Glover
Suzi Grossman
Hiroshi Hayakawa
Brett Henrikson
Soyo Hong
Katty Hoover
Shelbi Schroeder
Rachel Hulin
Rachel Jump
Klaus Kampert
Chris Maliga
Gaspar Marquez
Phyllis and Victor Merriam
Kathryn Oliver
Shelbi Schroeder
Michael Seif
Rachel Stern
Masha Svyatogor
James Walker
Maxim Wakultschik
James Wigger
Bob Wooley
This Sunday - Come join our solstice HONK in the Park
Are you ready for Somerville's First Honk Of The Summer?
WHAT: Solstice Picnic & Dance Party
WHO: School of HONK and YOU
WHEN: June 21, 2-6 pm
WHERE: 7 Hills Park in Davis Square
This Sunday, Somerville will join with hundreds of cities around the world in welcoming the first day of summer -- by making music in the streets. Along with France’s Fête de la Musique, and across the river from Make Music Boston, we’ll celebrate the Somerville way, with our first HONK of the summer.
We invite you to bring an instrument, a picnic, a blanket, maybe a hula hoop or your dancing shoes — and ALL your friends! Come celebrate the longest day of the year, as we play through our School of HONK songbook and welcome all to join in and learn our tunes
To make it even more special, our new School of HONK Dance Troupe will show everyone some powerfully fun dance moves for each of our songs.
We really hope you can come share in our fun.
P.S. This is a permitted outdoor event. But In the unlikely event of afternoon storms, we will take our party to First Church Somerville (89 College Ave).
WHAT: Solstice Picnic & Dance Party
WHO: School of HONK and YOU
WHEN: June 21, 2-6 pm
WHERE: 7 Hills Park in Davis Square
This Sunday, Somerville will join with hundreds of cities around the world in welcoming the first day of summer -- by making music in the streets. Along with France’s Fête de la Musique, and across the river from Make Music Boston, we’ll celebrate the Somerville way, with our first HONK of the summer.
We invite you to bring an instrument, a picnic, a blanket, maybe a hula hoop or your dancing shoes — and ALL your friends! Come celebrate the longest day of the year, as we play through our School of HONK songbook and welcome all to join in and learn our tunes
To make it even more special, our new School of HONK Dance Troupe will show everyone some powerfully fun dance moves for each of our songs.
We really hope you can come share in our fun.
P.S. This is a permitted outdoor event. But In the unlikely event of afternoon storms, we will take our party to First Church Somerville (89 College Ave).
Thursday, June 18, 2015
2015 MUSCRAT Kids Maker series - Saturday June 20 @1-3pm
The Somerville Arts Council in collaboration with Parts and Crafts presents our
2015 MUSCRAT Kids Maker series
Come out and check out our Multi Use Somerville Community Roving Art Transport vehicle as she hosts Parts and Crafts for a series of kids maker workshops. Learn more about electronics, woodworking and craft projects with Parks and Crafts staff.
Free
Saturday, June 20th at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Mystic Activity Center parking lot
530 Mystic Ave.
For more info on the series and a google map for location go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/muscrat
2015 MUSCRAT Kids Maker series
Come out and check out our Multi Use Somerville Community Roving Art Transport vehicle as she hosts Parts and Crafts for a series of kids maker workshops. Learn more about electronics, woodworking and craft projects with Parks and Crafts staff.
Free
Saturday, June 20th at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Mystic Activity Center parking lot
530 Mystic Ave.
For more info on the series and a google map for location go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/muscrat
Traditions in Translation: Two Artists Explore Their Legacies
Fountain Street Fine Art
Traditions in Translation: Two Artists Explore Their Legacies
6/11- 7/11
Reception 6/13, 5-7pm
Gallery talk/Poetry reading 6/27, 4-6pm.
Jaeok Lee and Joel Moskowitz adapt the symbols, rituals and customs of their distant homelands; each creates a personal visual language based on a place that is geographically remote, yet emotionally inescapable.
Fountain Street Fine Art
59 Fountain Street, Framingham, MA
(508) 879.4200
Thu-Sun 11-5 and by appointment
www.fsfaboston.com
Traditions in Translation: Two Artists Explore Their Legacies
6/11- 7/11
Reception 6/13, 5-7pm
Gallery talk/Poetry reading 6/27, 4-6pm.
Jaeok Lee and Joel Moskowitz adapt the symbols, rituals and customs of their distant homelands; each creates a personal visual language based on a place that is geographically remote, yet emotionally inescapable.
Fountain Street Fine Art
59 Fountain Street, Framingham, MA
(508) 879.4200
Thu-Sun 11-5 and by appointment
www.fsfaboston.com
tribute to Jonathan Richman and a benefit for the Somerville Arts Council - Saturday June 20 @8pm
Please join the Somerville Arts Council at a show where local bands will perform 15 minute sets—all Jonathan Richman songs! Hosted by Somervilleʼs Rock nʼ Roll nexus PAʼs Lounge, in Union Square, the bands will perform on two alternating stages, one acoustic and one electric, insuring the bang-bang excitement of non-stop Rock nʼ Roll!
Saturday, June 20th
8 p.m.
PA’s Lounge
345 Somerville Ave.
$8 donation
A big thanks to former board member and rocker Ben Morse for curating, and to all the bands performing:
Asa Brebner (former Modern Lover!)
Earth Heart
John O'Hara
Hot Molasses
ACLU Benefit
Lou Bunk
Hands and Knees
The Last Summers
The Double Stops
Radio On
For more info go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/richman
Saturday, June 20th
8 p.m.
PA’s Lounge
345 Somerville Ave.
$8 donation
A big thanks to former board member and rocker Ben Morse for curating, and to all the bands performing:
Asa Brebner (former Modern Lover!)
Earth Heart
John O'Hara
Hot Molasses
ACLU Benefit
Lou Bunk
Hands and Knees
The Last Summers
The Double Stops
Radio On
For more info go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/richman
Reminder: This Saturday: Make Big Photos! Open House: Sat, June 20, 9am to 1pm
A reminder that I'll be holding an Open House this Saturday from 9-1 at my studio at 6 Vernon Street. Everyone is invited to come and make some big photographs. No RSVP or invitation necessary - just drop by.
Here's the basic info:
Want to see what your photos look like really big?
On Saturday, June 20, from 9am to 1pm, I'm holding an Open House in my studio at 6 Vernon St in Somerville, 2nd floor. You can drop by, no reservation or RSVP necessary, and make a big print or two. My Epson 9890 can print any size up to 48" x 96". (Attached is a jpg of the printer.)
Just bring your jpgs on a thumbdrive, about 150 dpi at print size. (I can also enlarge smaller jpgs.) We'll pop it into my Mac and make a print on the Epson 9890. I'll have some 24" wide Epson Luster photo paper loaded up and ready to go.
The only charge is $25 per print, up to 24" x 36". One print takes about 5 minutes. If you want to try something larger, it's $5 a square foot.
I hope you can drop by, and email me at gduehr@comcast.net if you have questions.
Best,
Gary Duehr
www.garyduehr.com
p.s. I also rent my Epson by the hour. Here are the details:
I have an Epson 9890 printer at my studio on the second floor of 6 Vernon Street, Somerville. It's available for rent by the hour, which includes me as operator and Photoshop expert. We can proof together, and you can get exactly the prints you want. It prints from letter size up to 44"x96" on media including watercolor paper, canvas, vinyl, transparent film, plexiglas and aluminum. The 9890 uses archival pigment ink, rated up to 200 years before fading.
The rental is $75 an hour, with a two-hour minimum. The charge for prints is $6 s/f for ink, based on the size of the image (not media). Typically an artist can make 5-10 prints in a couple hours, for about $200. I will be there to help with preparing the images and working with the printer. Images should be brought in on a CD or thumbdrive - ideally final print size at 150 dpi. You can save them as hi-res jpgs. But I can help enlarge images and get them ready. (Don't bring in Raw images because they may not open.)
You can bring in your own media, either photo paper or other such as plain Somerset Velvet watercolor paper (which takes the ink really well). Other suitable papers include Stonehenge and some Arches, though not Rives BFK. (I also have a variety of media you can use at $6 s/f .) During your rental time, you may make any number of prints at any size.
Useful sites for paper:
lexjet.com
redriverpaper.com
Maximum paper thickness: 1.5mm (1/16")
Here's the basic info:
Want to see what your photos look like really big?
On Saturday, June 20, from 9am to 1pm, I'm holding an Open House in my studio at 6 Vernon St in Somerville, 2nd floor. You can drop by, no reservation or RSVP necessary, and make a big print or two. My Epson 9890 can print any size up to 48" x 96". (Attached is a jpg of the printer.)
Just bring your jpgs on a thumbdrive, about 150 dpi at print size. (I can also enlarge smaller jpgs.) We'll pop it into my Mac and make a print on the Epson 9890. I'll have some 24" wide Epson Luster photo paper loaded up and ready to go.
The only charge is $25 per print, up to 24" x 36". One print takes about 5 minutes. If you want to try something larger, it's $5 a square foot.
I hope you can drop by, and email me at gduehr@comcast.net if you have questions.
Best,
Gary Duehr
www.garyduehr.com
p.s. I also rent my Epson by the hour. Here are the details:
I have an Epson 9890 printer at my studio on the second floor of 6 Vernon Street, Somerville. It's available for rent by the hour, which includes me as operator and Photoshop expert. We can proof together, and you can get exactly the prints you want. It prints from letter size up to 44"x96" on media including watercolor paper, canvas, vinyl, transparent film, plexiglas and aluminum. The 9890 uses archival pigment ink, rated up to 200 years before fading.
The rental is $75 an hour, with a two-hour minimum. The charge for prints is $6 s/f for ink, based on the size of the image (not media). Typically an artist can make 5-10 prints in a couple hours, for about $200. I will be there to help with preparing the images and working with the printer. Images should be brought in on a CD or thumbdrive - ideally final print size at 150 dpi. You can save them as hi-res jpgs. But I can help enlarge images and get them ready. (Don't bring in Raw images because they may not open.)
You can bring in your own media, either photo paper or other such as plain Somerset Velvet watercolor paper (which takes the ink really well). Other suitable papers include Stonehenge and some Arches, though not Rives BFK. (I also have a variety of media you can use at $6 s/f .) During your rental time, you may make any number of prints at any size.
Useful sites for paper:
lexjet.com
redriverpaper.com
Maximum paper thickness: 1.5mm (1/16")
EgoArt Performs at Tufts - Friday and Saturday, June 19-20
Somerville dance company EgoArt,Inc. premiers The Opposites Game - an evening of new dances - this Friday and Saturday, June 19-20.
Tickets and info at: http://egoartinc.com/#newssectioncontent
The inaugural performance of the Tufts University Dance Faculty Series. Choreographer Nicole Pierce and her award winning contemporary dance company EgoArt, Inc. explore opposing states of being in "The Opposites Game" - a one-act work that explores opposing themes in four distinct chapters: Hot v. Cold, Agitated v. Tranquil, Tense v. Slack and Together v. Alone.
Noted for rigorous movement, skillful choreography and profound musicality, EgoArt, Inc. blends modern dance, ballet, athleticism and subtle idiosyncracies that result in a unique and provocative dance language. Artistic Director Nicole Pierce founded EgoArt, Inc. in 1999 and has created over 30 dance works for company that have been performed throughout New England and New York City. Pierce has been called an "unrestrained talent" by Thea Singer (Boston Globe) and her work has been hailed as "expansive, muscular movement etched with vivid detail" by Karen Campbell, also writing in the Boston Globe.
Tickets and info at: http://egoartinc.com/#newssectioncontent
The inaugural performance of the Tufts University Dance Faculty Series. Choreographer Nicole Pierce and her award winning contemporary dance company EgoArt, Inc. explore opposing states of being in "The Opposites Game" - a one-act work that explores opposing themes in four distinct chapters: Hot v. Cold, Agitated v. Tranquil, Tense v. Slack and Together v. Alone.
Noted for rigorous movement, skillful choreography and profound musicality, EgoArt, Inc. blends modern dance, ballet, athleticism and subtle idiosyncracies that result in a unique and provocative dance language. Artistic Director Nicole Pierce founded EgoArt, Inc. in 1999 and has created over 30 dance works for company that have been performed throughout New England and New York City. Pierce has been called an "unrestrained talent" by Thea Singer (Boston Globe) and her work has been hailed as "expansive, muscular movement etched with vivid detail" by Karen Campbell, also writing in the Boston Globe.
Saturday's Joe's Jazz and Blues Festival 2015 - Saturday June 20 @noon-6pm
Join the Somerville Arts Council for this Saturday’s Joe's Jazz and Blues Festival 2015
A great mix of blues and jazz under the lovely trees of Powderhouse Park.
Saturday, June 20th
12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Powderhouse Park
(for GPS use 4 Liberty Ave.)
Free
Line-up includes:
12:00: Somerville High School Jazz Band
12:45: The Busted Jug Band
1:45: Somerville Symphony Orkestar
2:45: The Makanda Project
3:45: Peter Ward and Electric Blues
4:45: Either/Orchestra with Teshome Mitiku
For full descriptions of each group go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/jazzblues/2015
A great mix of blues and jazz under the lovely trees of Powderhouse Park.
Saturday, June 20th
12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Powderhouse Park
(for GPS use 4 Liberty Ave.)
Free
Line-up includes:
12:00: Somerville High School Jazz Band
12:45: The Busted Jug Band
1:45: Somerville Symphony Orkestar
2:45: The Makanda Project
3:45: Peter Ward and Electric Blues
4:45: Either/Orchestra with Teshome Mitiku
For full descriptions of each group go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/jazzblues/2015
Another Dancing in the Street series performance with The Team (directed by Michelle Marroquin) - June 19th @8:30
Business Casual and Mammals Dancing
Friday, June 19th, 8:30pm
Conway Park Basketball Court
Free
The Team is an ensemble of visual and performing artists who make original art using the body, sound and objects. Exploring contemporary issues and gender inequality to create humorous fables with a wry wit. The Team offers a raw, live, and thought-provoking experience of performance art.
For full description go here: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/dancefest/theteam
Friday, June 19th, 8:30pm
Conway Park Basketball Court
Free
The Team is an ensemble of visual and performing artists who make original art using the body, sound and objects. Exploring contemporary issues and gender inequality to create humorous fables with a wry wit. The Team offers a raw, live, and thought-provoking experience of performance art.
For full description go here: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/dancefest/theteam
Ibbetson Street Press #37 Release Party and Potluck - Wed June 24, 2015 @6pm
Event: Ibbetson Street Press #37 Release Party and Potluck
Wednesday June 24, 2015
6:00 PM until 8:45 PM
Ibbetson Street Press invites you to a poetry reading and pot luck in celebration of their latest release, Ibbetson Street #37, Spring/Summer Issue, 2015.
Ibbetson Street has been publishing continuously for sixteen years and is a highly regarded small press. Its award-winning literary magazine was founded by the well known poet Doug Holder who is still the "maestro" of Ibbetson Street today. Each issue contains sixty poems and an interview or book review(s). There are also poems from eight to ten nationally recognized, major poets. Although the latest issue contains poetry from all over the country, this reading will include poets from Eastern Massachusetts only.
The potluck begins at 6:00 pm, and the poetry reading begins at 7:00.
This event is free and all are welcome!
Location: Central Library, 79 Highland Avenue
Click here to go to the Somerville Public Library calendar.
Wednesday June 24, 2015
6:00 PM until 8:45 PM
Ibbetson Street Press invites you to a poetry reading and pot luck in celebration of their latest release, Ibbetson Street #37, Spring/Summer Issue, 2015.
Ibbetson Street has been publishing continuously for sixteen years and is a highly regarded small press. Its award-winning literary magazine was founded by the well known poet Doug Holder who is still the "maestro" of Ibbetson Street today. Each issue contains sixty poems and an interview or book review(s). There are also poems from eight to ten nationally recognized, major poets. Although the latest issue contains poetry from all over the country, this reading will include poets from Eastern Massachusetts only.
The potluck begins at 6:00 pm, and the poetry reading begins at 7:00.
This event is free and all are welcome!
Location: Central Library, 79 Highland Avenue
Click here to go to the Somerville Public Library calendar.
Strange Interlude - Nave Music Series this Friday - June 19 @8pm
Nave Music Series presents:
Strange Interlude: Berio Folk Songs
with:
Zoe Kemmerling, viola
Kristen Dye, flute
Friday, June 19, 8pm
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, Massachusetts 02144
performing works by:
LUCIANO BERIO
TORU TAKEMITSU
DAN LEWIS
STRANGE INTERLUDE:
Tahanee Aluwihare, voice
Lily Press, harp
Joanne Wheeler, flute
Mary Joy Patchett, clarinet, saxophone
Eve Boltax, viola Simon Linn-Gerstein, cello
lilypressharpist.com/strangeinterlude
simonthecellist.com/strangeinterlude
tahaneealuwihare.com
patchtax.com
equilibriumconcertseries.org/zoe-kemmerling
sites.google.com/site/kristendyeflutist/biography
Admission, unless noted otherwise, is by suggested donation of $10 - $15. Please support the arts!
ADDRESS & DIRECTIONS:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA 02144
http://navegallery.org/wp/ visit-nave-gallery/
MBTA:
From Davis Square take Bus 87 or 88 - Clarendon Hill. Exit at Broadway and Curtis St. and walk 3 (short) blocks north on Curtis Street. We are on the corner of Curtis Street and Powderhouse Blvd.
PARKING:
Available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School after 5:00 and on weekends. Lot is located on Raymond St. Turn at intersection of Powderhouse & Curtis onto Curtis, then take the first left onto Raymond. Lot is located about 1 block down. Street parking is also available one block away on Packard Avenue from Powderhouse up the hill to the Tufts University campus.
Strange Interlude: Berio Folk Songs
with:
Zoe Kemmerling, viola
Kristen Dye, flute
Friday, June 19, 8pm
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, Massachusetts 02144
performing works by:
LUCIANO BERIO
TORU TAKEMITSU
DAN LEWIS
STRANGE INTERLUDE:
Tahanee Aluwihare, voice
Lily Press, harp
Joanne Wheeler, flute
Mary Joy Patchett, clarinet, saxophone
Eve Boltax, viola Simon Linn-Gerstein, cello
lilypressharpist.com/strangeinterlude
simonthecellist.com/strangeinterlude
tahaneealuwihare.com
patchtax.com
equilibriumconcertseries.org/zoe-kemmerling
sites.google.com/site/kristendyeflutist/biography
Admission, unless noted otherwise, is by suggested donation of $10 - $15. Please support the arts!
ADDRESS & DIRECTIONS:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA 02144
http://navegallery.org/wp/ visit-nave-gallery/
MBTA:
From Davis Square take Bus 87 or 88 - Clarendon Hill. Exit at Broadway and Curtis St. and walk 3 (short) blocks north on Curtis Street. We are on the corner of Curtis Street and Powderhouse Blvd.
PARKING:
Available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School after 5:00 and on weekends. Lot is located on Raymond St. Turn at intersection of Powderhouse & Curtis onto Curtis, then take the first left onto Raymond. Lot is located about 1 block down. Street parking is also available one block away on Packard Avenue from Powderhouse up the hill to the Tufts University campus.
June Skillshare This Monday - June 22, 2015
The Center for the Arts at the Armory and Somerville Skillshare's monthly workshops are coming up this Monday, June 22!
We have two exciting workshops planned:
Picnic Perfect with Crystal, 7-8pm
This workshop will highlight the Boston area’s most picnicable places based on their accessibility to snack supplies, ease of travel, along with discussing a must pack list for the best picnic spread, and how to add the finishing touches to picnic styling while keeping things portable and practical. Each guest will leave with their own “how to picnic perfect” guide and the planning skills to enjoy the summer sun. Led by Crystal of missfete.com.
Stylize Your Space, Chair Edition with Anita, 8-9pm
During this class, we will be exploring several different techniques for up-cycling your wooden furniture. With a hands-on focus, members of the class will take part in refurbishing the chairs in The Amory Cafe. With your work on display and some new tricks in your pocket, this class will give you the confidence and motivation to stylize your space.
As usual, the workshops will take place in the Café at the Center for the Arts at the Armory and are free- see you all there!
Questions? Contact us! Email education@artsatthearmory.org or call (617) 718-2191.
We have two exciting workshops planned:
Picnic Perfect with Crystal, 7-8pm
This workshop will highlight the Boston area’s most picnicable places based on their accessibility to snack supplies, ease of travel, along with discussing a must pack list for the best picnic spread, and how to add the finishing touches to picnic styling while keeping things portable and practical. Each guest will leave with their own “how to picnic perfect” guide and the planning skills to enjoy the summer sun. Led by Crystal of missfete.com.
Stylize Your Space, Chair Edition with Anita, 8-9pm
During this class, we will be exploring several different techniques for up-cycling your wooden furniture. With a hands-on focus, members of the class will take part in refurbishing the chairs in The Amory Cafe. With your work on display and some new tricks in your pocket, this class will give you the confidence and motivation to stylize your space.
As usual, the workshops will take place in the Café at the Center for the Arts at the Armory and are free- see you all there!
Questions? Contact us! Email education@artsatthearmory.org or call (617) 718-2191.
Job Opportunity: Marketing Manager at The Umbrella
Job Opportunity: Marketing Manager
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
Concord, MA
Position Summary
The Marketing Manager (MM) will set marketing strategies for the organization in close conjunction with our program team and Executive Director. Responsibilities include developing and carrying out strategies to increase public engagement in our programs; sell tickets, class registrations, and increase attendance and visibility for all events. The MM is also responsible for brand management, handling media relations, designing and sending print and email marketing communications including our monthly e-newsletter, managing social media, and overseeing the website content. As the lead marketing voice, this position will have an important role on projects and with special events in the community to advance the visibility and awareness of The Umbrella to the general public, our friends, our donors, the media, and other organizations.
Responsibilities
With input from Executive Director, Director of Development, and Program Directors, develop a strategic marketing plan for The Umbrella and its programs and events to grow our audiences, increase earned income, and increase visibility.
Develop and maintain a calendar and timeline of all marketing initiatives.
Function as a strong voice to advance the visibility and awareness of The Umbrella.
Write and distribute weekly and monthly media advisories and news releases. Maintain media lists/work with volunteers to ensure list is up to date and expanded as appropriate.
Design, prepare, set up, send, and oversee schedule for email marketing and correspondence. Work with local and mail order printers on pricing, schedule, and quality of materials.
Design, prepare, set up, and send monthly e-newsletter. Set content parameters and plan for year.
With staff input and assistance, define and carry out social media plan.
Analyze and review data and trends both internally and externally. Make appropriate changes and updates to our marketing strategies and programs based on review of data.
Oversee website content. Function as back up to make changes and edits on the website.
Ensure we post events and programs on key websites, blogs, etc. in a timely fashion.
Assist with planning and production of special events especially our annual fundraiser.
Manage the development of forms, coupons, advertisements, posters, flyers and marketing collateral pieces as needed. Outsource where appropriate and with budget approval.
Ensure that consistency is used in all Umbrella materials. Review catalogues and brochures to ensure standards are met.
Assist as needed with development and production of Umbrella catalogues and brochures.
Oversee photographing or videoing of occasional special events or programs. Submit requests to Volunteer Coordinator for photographers or hire photographer for events as needed and with budget approval. Oversee cataloging of photos so they are easy to access.
Develop and manage marketing budget
Required Knowledge and Skills
Love and passion for the arts and The Umbrella
Proactive self-starter with initiative, drive, common sense and flexibility
3 years’ experience in marketing and/or sales
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including working with the public and working with a strong office team.
Proven track record and excellent writing and copyediting skills. Experience writing press releases.
Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, InDesign, Mail Chimp or comparable Email Marketing product, and working knowledge of Drupal are required.
Ability to understand HTML at a basic level
Excellent knowledge of social media and ability to write social media strategy and plan.
Strong attention to detail including strong analytical skills to review market analysis data including google analytics.
Effective project management skills and ability to multi-task.
Discretion and good judgment required including ability to maintain strict confidentiality especially as it relates to dealing with sensitive information.
Periodic weekend or evening work required
Education
Bachelor’s degree required.
Physical Requirements
Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
Must be able to move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery such as copier/printer, etc.
Frequently move equipment such as sandwich boards weighing up to 30 pounds to building entrance or take to other locations especially during the spring when we hold many programs and events
To Apply
Email your cover letter and resume to Jerry Wedge, Executive Director, at jerry@theumbrellaarts.org.
The Umbrella Community Arts Center
Concord, MA
Position Summary
The Marketing Manager (MM) will set marketing strategies for the organization in close conjunction with our program team and Executive Director. Responsibilities include developing and carrying out strategies to increase public engagement in our programs; sell tickets, class registrations, and increase attendance and visibility for all events. The MM is also responsible for brand management, handling media relations, designing and sending print and email marketing communications including our monthly e-newsletter, managing social media, and overseeing the website content. As the lead marketing voice, this position will have an important role on projects and with special events in the community to advance the visibility and awareness of The Umbrella to the general public, our friends, our donors, the media, and other organizations.
Responsibilities
With input from Executive Director, Director of Development, and Program Directors, develop a strategic marketing plan for The Umbrella and its programs and events to grow our audiences, increase earned income, and increase visibility.
Develop and maintain a calendar and timeline of all marketing initiatives.
Function as a strong voice to advance the visibility and awareness of The Umbrella.
Write and distribute weekly and monthly media advisories and news releases. Maintain media lists/work with volunteers to ensure list is up to date and expanded as appropriate.
Design, prepare, set up, send, and oversee schedule for email marketing and correspondence. Work with local and mail order printers on pricing, schedule, and quality of materials.
Design, prepare, set up, and send monthly e-newsletter. Set content parameters and plan for year.
With staff input and assistance, define and carry out social media plan.
Analyze and review data and trends both internally and externally. Make appropriate changes and updates to our marketing strategies and programs based on review of data.
Oversee website content. Function as back up to make changes and edits on the website.
Ensure we post events and programs on key websites, blogs, etc. in a timely fashion.
Assist with planning and production of special events especially our annual fundraiser.
Manage the development of forms, coupons, advertisements, posters, flyers and marketing collateral pieces as needed. Outsource where appropriate and with budget approval.
Ensure that consistency is used in all Umbrella materials. Review catalogues and brochures to ensure standards are met.
Assist as needed with development and production of Umbrella catalogues and brochures.
Oversee photographing or videoing of occasional special events or programs. Submit requests to Volunteer Coordinator for photographers or hire photographer for events as needed and with budget approval. Oversee cataloging of photos so they are easy to access.
Develop and manage marketing budget
Required Knowledge and Skills
Love and passion for the arts and The Umbrella
Proactive self-starter with initiative, drive, common sense and flexibility
3 years’ experience in marketing and/or sales
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including working with the public and working with a strong office team.
Proven track record and excellent writing and copyediting skills. Experience writing press releases.
Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, InDesign, Mail Chimp or comparable Email Marketing product, and working knowledge of Drupal are required.
Ability to understand HTML at a basic level
Excellent knowledge of social media and ability to write social media strategy and plan.
Strong attention to detail including strong analytical skills to review market analysis data including google analytics.
Effective project management skills and ability to multi-task.
Discretion and good judgment required including ability to maintain strict confidentiality especially as it relates to dealing with sensitive information.
Periodic weekend or evening work required
Education
Bachelor’s degree required.
Physical Requirements
Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
Must be able to move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery such as copier/printer, etc.
Frequently move equipment such as sandwich boards weighing up to 30 pounds to building entrance or take to other locations especially during the spring when we hold many programs and events
To Apply
Email your cover letter and resume to Jerry Wedge, Executive Director, at jerry@theumbrellaarts.org.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Journeys in Sound event this Sunday afternoon - June 21, 2015 @4pm
Sunday, June 21, 2015
4pm
Arts at the Armory Cafe 191 Highland Ave. Somerville
Journeys in Sound presents
A Saxophone Solstice
feat. Sylvie Leys 4tet & Gaia Petrelli Wilmer Choro Quartet
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The date is summer solstice, as well as Father's Day, and to celebrate, two excellent saxophonists, one from France and one from Brazil will lead quartets to celebrate the start of the summer , a "saxophone solstice" if you will.
This will be French born saxophonist Sylvie Leys' second performance with Journeys in Sound. Last year she debuted with Otobus Trio which included two great musicians from Turkey, vocalist Burcu Güleç and pianist Eren Başbuğ. This time Sylvie will lead a 4tet. She has lately been under a heavy jazz influence, but there is still a taste of her folkloric background in her compositions. Between Parisian waltzes, East-European flavors and deep blues, the 4tet wish to make you travel all around the world.
Sylvie Leys 4tet are Sylvie Leys (tenor sax), Julian Velasco (vibraphone), Sahil Warsi (double bass), & Gustavo Hernandez (cajon).
4pm
Arts at the Armory Cafe 191 Highland Ave. Somerville
Journeys in Sound presents
A Saxophone Solstice
feat. Sylvie Leys 4tet & Gaia Petrelli Wilmer Choro Quartet
Inline image
The date is summer solstice, as well as Father's Day, and to celebrate, two excellent saxophonists, one from France and one from Brazil will lead quartets to celebrate the start of the summer , a "saxophone solstice" if you will.
This will be French born saxophonist Sylvie Leys' second performance with Journeys in Sound. Last year she debuted with Otobus Trio which included two great musicians from Turkey, vocalist Burcu Güleç and pianist Eren Başbuğ. This time Sylvie will lead a 4tet. She has lately been under a heavy jazz influence, but there is still a taste of her folkloric background in her compositions. Between Parisian waltzes, East-European flavors and deep blues, the 4tet wish to make you travel all around the world.
Sylvie Leys 4tet are Sylvie Leys (tenor sax), Julian Velasco (vibraphone), Sahil Warsi (double bass), & Gustavo Hernandez (cajon).
Call to Somerville Poets, Writers, and Artists for interview!
Hi I am Doug Holder for The Somerville Times. I want to interview poets, writers and artists who live or work in Somerville for my column in The Somerville Times. I meet people at my unofficial office in the back of the Bloc 11 Cafe on Bow Street in Union Square. Over the past decade I have interviewed hundreds of people and they have appeared in my column Off the Shelf in The Somerville Times, as well as on my blog Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene http://dougholder.blogspot.com The paper is online and print and at many location throughout the " Paris of New England." If you have an interesting story, body of work--then I would like to speak to you. Most weekday mornings around 8 to 10AM work best for me. Hope to hear from you!
Somerville's OPENAIR Circus starts its 30th summer season
Somerville's OPENAIR Circus will be starting classes for its 30th summer program next week! We'll be running classes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 4:30-7:30 (see www.openaircircus.org/schedule.asp for details) from June 23 - July 23. Our rehearsals will be the last week of July with performances July 31 at 7pm, August 1 at 2pm and 7pm, and August 2 at 2pm.
Our registration fees remain $20/child or $30/family for the whole program. You can register online (www.openaircircus.org) or register when you come to classes.
We also have a couple additional events coming up:
-We'll be making stilts on June 28 (contact us for further details at peter_jehlen@openaircircus.org)
-We'll be holding our pancake breakfast on July 11 at First Church Somerville from 9:30-11am (see www.openaircircus.org/pancake1.asp for further details)
Our registration fees remain $20/child or $30/family for the whole program. You can register online (www.openaircircus.org) or register when you come to classes.
We also have a couple additional events coming up:
-We'll be making stilts on June 28 (contact us for further details at peter_jehlen@openaircircus.org)
-We'll be holding our pancake breakfast on July 11 at First Church Somerville from 9:30-11am (see www.openaircircus.org/pancake1.asp for further details)
Arts Discovery Camp Schedule
The Center for the Arts at the Armory's Arts Discovery Camp will run from August 3rd-7th from 9:00-4:00pm for children ages 5-10. Arts Discover Camp is a sliding-scale arts education program that offers multi-disciplinary artistic workshops encouraging campers to investigate different art media through a wide variety of topics each day. Please check out the camp schedule for workshop descriptions! To register, please download and fill out the form attached to this email and email it back to education@artsatthearmory.org or drop it off in person at the Armory.
Questions? Contact us! Email education@artsatthearmory.org or call (617) 718-2191.
Questions? Contact us! Email education@artsatthearmory.org or call (617) 718-2191.
Community Vault Video Screening at Davis Square Theatre - 6/20 at 3pm
Mark your calendars for an afternoon adventure into the Community Vault, a special theatrical experience of the best archive and contemporary videos produced by community TV stations and local filmmakers. We have unearthed footage, both familiar and weird, retro dance parties of the 1990's, to narrative shorts from the 2000's. It is truly a mosaic of ordinary local people over time. Please join us for this unique screening! Note: There are some adult themes and language but no nudity or violence. Refreshments are available for purchase.
Event Location: The event is this Saturday, June 20th at 3pm at Davis Square Theatre (Old Jimmy Tingle Theatre, 225 Elm Street, Somerville, MA). Get your tickets by Friday and save some money! All proceeds will go towards the SCATV Youth Media Fund.
Not sure what Community Vault is?
Check out this short news video explaining it further!
http://communityvault.weebly.com/blog
We hope to see you at the event -- Cheers!
Somerville Community Access TV
Event Location: The event is this Saturday, June 20th at 3pm at Davis Square Theatre (Old Jimmy Tingle Theatre, 225 Elm Street, Somerville, MA). Get your tickets by Friday and save some money! All proceeds will go towards the SCATV Youth Media Fund.
Not sure what Community Vault is?
Check out this short news video explaining it further!
http://communityvault.weebly.com/blog
We hope to see you at the event -- Cheers!
Somerville Community Access TV
Composers Saxophone Quartet at The Green Room - Saturday June 20th at 8pm
Saturday, June 20, is looking like a great day for jazz in Somerville. The SAC's Joe's Jazz & Blues Festival line-up looks incredible! For those looking to keep it going and move inside at the end of the day, I am delighted to present The Composers Saxophone Quartet at The Green Room (62 Bow St, Union Square) at 8pm that evening.
The quartet features Kathy Olson on baritone sax, Allan Chase on alto and soprano sax, Rick Stone on alto, and Sean Berry (who will appear with the great Makanda Project at Joe's earlier in the day) on tenor. So glad to have this foursome of stellar reeds players for the first show under the new Mandorla Music Series moniker (this is the series known until now as Jazz at The Green Room).
Leader Kathy Olson says, "Playing with other saxes without a rhythm section is like nothing else. You can hear everyone’s sound so clearly and the nuances are not missed. It’s like a living, breathing organism we bring to life as a group. The mission of the CSQ is to make the best of this special instrumentation. We perform original compositions and/or arrangements by our favorite local composers as well as by members of the ensemble. For jazz musicians it’s a different challenge to write something that will support an improvising soloist without a standard rhythm section."
Tix are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Advance tix and more info about the series are at www.mandorlamusic.net.
The quartet features Kathy Olson on baritone sax, Allan Chase on alto and soprano sax, Rick Stone on alto, and Sean Berry (who will appear with the great Makanda Project at Joe's earlier in the day) on tenor. So glad to have this foursome of stellar reeds players for the first show under the new Mandorla Music Series moniker (this is the series known until now as Jazz at The Green Room).
Leader Kathy Olson says, "Playing with other saxes without a rhythm section is like nothing else. You can hear everyone’s sound so clearly and the nuances are not missed. It’s like a living, breathing organism we bring to life as a group. The mission of the CSQ is to make the best of this special instrumentation. We perform original compositions and/or arrangements by our favorite local composers as well as by members of the ensemble. For jazz musicians it’s a different challenge to write something that will support an improvising soloist without a standard rhythm section."
Tix are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Advance tix and more info about the series are at www.mandorlamusic.net.
Free puppet show!! - Thurs. June 18 at 6pm
Puppet Showplace Theater presents: Puppet Playtime- “BUGS!”
Location: Capuano (Glen Street) Park
150 Glen Street, Somerville
Date: Thursday, June 18 at 6pm
Puppet Playtime is an interactive performance experience for very young children (and their grown-ups!) Join two friendly performers and their furry pal Bella Monster for
stories and songs all about bugs and life in the garden. This performance includes familiar favorites such as “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider” and The Hungry Caterpillar” as well
as original songs such as “I’ve Got a Leg Up on You!” Recommended for ages 2 - 5.
To view details about the full series visit:
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/puppet/2015
About the Series
As the summer event season approaches, the Somerville Arts Council is launching yet another city wide 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 as part of the This is East programming--an event 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 May & June, we’ll hit the streets, courtyards and parks, showcasing local, national, and international performing companies. Great for kids and adults and 100% free.
Location: Capuano (Glen Street) Park
150 Glen Street, Somerville
Date: Thursday, June 18 at 6pm
Puppet Playtime is an interactive performance experience for very young children (and their grown-ups!) Join two friendly performers and their furry pal Bella Monster for
stories and songs all about bugs and life in the garden. This performance includes familiar favorites such as “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider” and The Hungry Caterpillar” as well
as original songs such as “I’ve Got a Leg Up on You!” Recommended for ages 2 - 5.
To view details about the full series visit:
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/puppet/2015
About the Series
As the summer event season approaches, the Somerville Arts Council is launching yet another city wide 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 as part of the This is East programming--an event 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 May & June, we’ll hit the streets, courtyards and parks, showcasing local, national, and international performing companies. Great for kids and adults and 100% free.
Friday, June 12, 2015
SAC and the Inside-OUT gallery featured June exhibit- Where Do We Come From
Where do we come from
-works by Rachel Eng and Kyle Macado
This month’s exhibit Where Do We Come From conceptualizes abstract notions surrounding questions which we are unable to rationalize, revealed through aninfinite reflection into the imagination.
About the Artists:
Rachel Eng
Rjeng.studio@gmail.com
www.racheljeng.com
Kyle Macado
Kyle.machado@gmail.com
SOMERVILLE, MA- As humans, we can choose to seek answers to the unknown or unattainable facts of life. We can place faith and trust in particular answers to questions we are unable to rationalize. Our thoughts can be fluid and subtle, shifting like waves breaking far out in the ocean. It can be unsettling and mysterious to allow one’s mind to not have a definite reasoning for something from the past or in the future. But there is a beauty in the boundlessness of the human mind; our imaginations are infinite, our neurons creating endless connections as long as we allow them to grow.
Two artists have created separate window installations in Davis Square, bound by the connected theme of limitlessness. Eng, who has a background in ceramics, has constructed a mirrored space with a lustrous ceramic landscape of microfauna and organisms that are familiar but foreign to our world. The installation changes at night to become an infinite realm of their limitless growth. Machado who studied English at Tufts University has created a space with a clear delineation of inside and out, using text that subtly reveals itself with each passerby.
This project was made possible with support from a grant from the Somerville Arts
Council and Mass Cultural Council.
-works by Rachel Eng and Kyle Macado
This month’s exhibit Where Do We Come From conceptualizes abstract notions surrounding questions which we are unable to rationalize, revealed through aninfinite reflection into the imagination.
About the Artists:
Rachel Eng
Rjeng.studio@gmail.com
www.racheljeng.com
Kyle Macado
Kyle.machado@gmail.com
SOMERVILLE, MA- As humans, we can choose to seek answers to the unknown or unattainable facts of life. We can place faith and trust in particular answers to questions we are unable to rationalize. Our thoughts can be fluid and subtle, shifting like waves breaking far out in the ocean. It can be unsettling and mysterious to allow one’s mind to not have a definite reasoning for something from the past or in the future. But there is a beauty in the boundlessness of the human mind; our imaginations are infinite, our neurons creating endless connections as long as we allow them to grow.
Two artists have created separate window installations in Davis Square, bound by the connected theme of limitlessness. Eng, who has a background in ceramics, has constructed a mirrored space with a lustrous ceramic landscape of microfauna and organisms that are familiar but foreign to our world. The installation changes at night to become an infinite realm of their limitless growth. Machado who studied English at Tufts University has created a space with a clear delineation of inside and out, using text that subtly reveals itself with each passerby.
This project was made possible with support from a grant from the Somerville Arts
Council and Mass Cultural Council.
The Opposite of People Theater Company Presents Ordinary Days: July 30-Aug 1 @8pm and Aug 1-2 @2pm
The Opposite of People, a new theater company in the greater Boston area, presents Ordinary Days. Performing July 30 - August 1 at 8pm and August 1 - 2 at 2pm at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA.
From one of musical theatre's most exciting new composers, Adam Gwon, comes Ordinary Days, a refreshingly honest and funny musical about making real connections in New York City.
Ordinary Days tells the story of four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love, a cab, and a lost notebook. Through a score of vibrant and memorable songs, Ordinary Days captures with stinging clarity that uneasy moment in youth when doubts begin to cloud hopes for a future of unlimited possibility, and the connections that, knowingly or not, help you find your way.
Ordinary Days stars Somerville resident Cristhian Mancinas-Garcia as Jason and is produced by Somerville resident Kristie Norris.
The Opposite of People (TOP) is a newly established theater company that is dedicated to bringing accessible, unconventional theater and little known shows to the Boston-area community.
Tickets are available for all performances through Brown Paper Tickets: http://theoppositeofpeople.brownpapertickets.com or on our website http://theoppositeofpeople.org
From one of musical theatre's most exciting new composers, Adam Gwon, comes Ordinary Days, a refreshingly honest and funny musical about making real connections in New York City.
Ordinary Days tells the story of four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love, a cab, and a lost notebook. Through a score of vibrant and memorable songs, Ordinary Days captures with stinging clarity that uneasy moment in youth when doubts begin to cloud hopes for a future of unlimited possibility, and the connections that, knowingly or not, help you find your way.
Ordinary Days stars Somerville resident Cristhian Mancinas-Garcia as Jason and is produced by Somerville resident Kristie Norris.
The Opposite of People (TOP) is a newly established theater company that is dedicated to bringing accessible, unconventional theater and little known shows to the Boston-area community.
Tickets are available for all performances through Brown Paper Tickets: http://theoppositeofpeople.brownpapertickets.com or on our website http://theoppositeofpeople.org
2015 MUSCRAT Kids Maker series - June 13, 2015 1-3pm
The Somerville Arts Council in collaboration with Parts and Crafts presents our 2015 MUSCRAT Kids Maker series
Come out and check out our Multi Use Somerville Community Roving Art Transport vehicle as she hosts Parts and Crafts for a series of kids maker workshops. Learn more about electronics, woodworking and craft projects with Parks and Crafts staff.
Free
Saturday, June 13th at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Foss Park parking lot
corner of Broadway and McGrath Highway
For more info on the series and a google map for location go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/muscrat
Come out and check out our Multi Use Somerville Community Roving Art Transport vehicle as she hosts Parts and Crafts for a series of kids maker workshops. Learn more about electronics, woodworking and craft projects with Parks and Crafts staff.
Free
Saturday, June 13th at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Foss Park parking lot
corner of Broadway and McGrath Highway
For more info on the series and a google map for location go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/muscrat
The Somerville Arts Council is please to present Jean Appolon Expressions - June 13, 2015 8:30pm
The Somerville Arts Council is please to annouce our fourth Dancing in the Streets production, presenting:
Jean Appolon Expressions
Saturday, June 13th 8:30 pm
7 Hills Park, Davis Square
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/dancefest/Jeanappolonexpressions
ANGAJE - A full-length production, set to the music of Haitian legend Toto Bissainthe and live percussion. ANGAJE is inspired by the struggle against homophobia and the power of Haitian folkloric culture in the fight for justice.
Original choreography by: Jean Appolon
Dance performance by: JAE dancers Melissa Alexis, Eboni Baptiste, Isabelle Morse and Meghan Riling
Live music by: JAE percussionists Joel Augustin, Juju, Emmanuel “Q” Lerbout and Jean Marseille
Costume design by: Jean Appolon
Jean Appolon Expressions is based in Boston and directed by Jean Appolon. JAE’s Haitian contemporary dance company combines Modern technique, Haitian folkloric dance and live traditional drumming, bringing a new artistic vernacular to its audiences.
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/sacfiles/imce/editor/Jean%20Appolon%20Expressions%20Img%202.JPG
2015 funding for the performance series is generously provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, with flooring support from the Boston Dance Alliance. The professional development component was supported by the Somerville Arts Council.
Jean Appolon Expressions
Saturday, June 13th 8:30 pm
7 Hills Park, Davis Square
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/dancefest/Jeanappolonexpressions
ANGAJE - A full-length production, set to the music of Haitian legend Toto Bissainthe and live percussion. ANGAJE is inspired by the struggle against homophobia and the power of Haitian folkloric culture in the fight for justice.
Original choreography by: Jean Appolon
Dance performance by: JAE dancers Melissa Alexis, Eboni Baptiste, Isabelle Morse and Meghan Riling
Live music by: JAE percussionists Joel Augustin, Juju, Emmanuel “Q” Lerbout and Jean Marseille
Costume design by: Jean Appolon
Jean Appolon Expressions is based in Boston and directed by Jean Appolon. JAE’s Haitian contemporary dance company combines Modern technique, Haitian folkloric dance and live traditional drumming, bringing a new artistic vernacular to its audiences.
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/sacfiles/imce/editor/Jean%20Appolon%20Expressions%20Img%202.JPG
2015 funding for the performance series is generously provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, with flooring support from the Boston Dance Alliance. The professional development component was supported by the Somerville Arts Council.
Open Kitchens: This Sunday! June 14, 2015 noon-2pm
Cactus Juice, Acarajé and Esponjado de Maracuya, oh my!
Tickets selling fast so grab yours soon.
Nibble Open Kitchens
Sunday, June 14th, Noon-2pm
Kitchen Inc., 201 Somerville Ave.
Advanced online tickets: $15; tickets at the door: $20
Ticket good for 6 different small plates - You won’t leave hungry!
Join the Somerville Arts Council and Kitchen Inc. for an afternoon tasting and pop-up global food market. As the culminating project for our 8-week long Nibble Entrepreneurship Program (NEP), each of our 7 participants will test out their business idea/culinary product at our Nibble Open Kitchens Event.
Each student will operate his or her own table food stand or table, passing out samples and selling items to go - in the style of an indoor farmers market, or local bazaar. Guests will enjoy a taste of each student’s product, and be able to give feedback on our student’s culinary concepts and presentation. Sample your way around the world, and support the culinary aspirations of our culinary entrepreneurs in Union Square!
NEP Students & the global fare they will be offering!
Ysora Lopez– Venezuelan Arepas
Madhu Nene– Chivda + Indian-Spiced Tea
Luiza Miranda – Traditional Brazilian Acarajé
Nimco de Wall- Sudanese Black Salat
Robson Lemos – Brazilian Tapioca Couscous
Estela Calzada – Mexican Mole + Cactus Juice
Monica Cordona – Torta Envinada + Esponjado de Maracuya
Tickets selling fast so grab yours soon.
Nibble Open Kitchens
Sunday, June 14th, Noon-2pm
Kitchen Inc., 201 Somerville Ave.
Advanced online tickets: $15; tickets at the door: $20
Ticket good for 6 different small plates - You won’t leave hungry!
Join the Somerville Arts Council and Kitchen Inc. for an afternoon tasting and pop-up global food market. As the culminating project for our 8-week long Nibble Entrepreneurship Program (NEP), each of our 7 participants will test out their business idea/culinary product at our Nibble Open Kitchens Event.
Each student will operate his or her own table food stand or table, passing out samples and selling items to go - in the style of an indoor farmers market, or local bazaar. Guests will enjoy a taste of each student’s product, and be able to give feedback on our student’s culinary concepts and presentation. Sample your way around the world, and support the culinary aspirations of our culinary entrepreneurs in Union Square!
NEP Students & the global fare they will be offering!
Ysora Lopez– Venezuelan Arepas
Madhu Nene– Chivda + Indian-Spiced Tea
Luiza Miranda – Traditional Brazilian Acarajé
Nimco de Wall- Sudanese Black Salat
Robson Lemos – Brazilian Tapioca Couscous
Estela Calzada – Mexican Mole + Cactus Juice
Monica Cordona – Torta Envinada + Esponjado de Maracuya
A Community Singing Workshop for Women with Susan Robbins @ Third Life Studio - Tuesday, June 16, 2015 7-9:15pm
Come celebrate the approaching longest day in song! Bring your friends to share in this
special communal musical evening, as we sing easily learnable rounds and chants honoring
the cycles and spirit of our Earth. No special musical experience is necessary; I look
forward to singing with you as we approach this day of full light!
Please forward to friends who might want to come sing; my apologies if you receive
this email more than once.
TUESDAY, June 16th
Time: 7-9:15 pm
Cost: $30
Where: Third Life Studio, Union Square, Somerville, MA
www.thirdlifestudio.com
(Girls 12 and older who love to sing are welcome!)
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED; further details provided upon registration.
_______________________________________________________________________
TO REGISTER:
1) So that I can add your name to the list, please email a response with your
intention to come sing to srlibana@gmail.com
2) ALSO fill out the registration form found at the bottom of this email and return at
your earliest convenience with the $30 workshop fee to hold your place in the circle!
Advance payment is truly appreciated. Please make checks payable to Susan Robbins
(not Libana) and mail to:
Susan Robbins, Libana, Inc., P.O.Box 400530, Cambridge, MA 02140
For more information email srlibana@gmail.com
special communal musical evening, as we sing easily learnable rounds and chants honoring
the cycles and spirit of our Earth. No special musical experience is necessary; I look
forward to singing with you as we approach this day of full light!
Please forward to friends who might want to come sing; my apologies if you receive
this email more than once.
TUESDAY, June 16th
Time: 7-9:15 pm
Cost: $30
Where: Third Life Studio, Union Square, Somerville, MA
www.thirdlifestudio.com
(Girls 12 and older who love to sing are welcome!)
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED; further details provided upon registration.
_______________________________________________________________________
TO REGISTER:
1) So that I can add your name to the list, please email a response with your
intention to come sing to srlibana@gmail.com
2) ALSO fill out the registration form found at the bottom of this email and return at
your earliest convenience with the $30 workshop fee to hold your place in the circle!
Advance payment is truly appreciated. Please make checks payable to Susan Robbins
(not Libana) and mail to:
Susan Robbins, Libana, Inc., P.O.Box 400530, Cambridge, MA 02140
For more information email srlibana@gmail.com
SqueezeBox Slam returns to Davis Square! - Saturday, June 13 noon-6pm
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, June 13, noon-6 pm
LOCATION:
Seven Hills Park at Davis Square
ADMISSION FEE:
FREE
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Somerville Squeezebox Slam is a celebration of accordions, button boxes and other free reed instruments that we’ve come to know and love. Accordionists of all sizes, shapes, skill levels and musical genres are invited to stroll around the neighborhoods of Somerville, sharing their melodious sounds, and like pied pipers from an alternative fairy tale, beckon all to come and follow them as they head to Davis Square for a concert of some of New England’s finest squeezebox players. So dust off your grandfather’s squeezebox that’s been sitting in the attic and join us for an afternoon of pumping the bellows!
Presented by the Nave Gallery and the Somerville Arts Council; produced by Michael McLaughlin.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
12:00-3:00 pm: Accordion Anarchy
Local accordionists: Bring your boxes, band together, or find your own corner and play throughout Davis Square. There are no rules!
3:00 pm: Lady Kielbasia will get the concert rolling with a group play along, “The Big Squeeze.”
3:15 pm: Ralph Tufo and the Squeezebox Stompers
3:45 pm: Sonny Barbato
4:15 pm: Balkan Fields
4:45 pm: Jinta-la-Mvata
Saturday, June 13, noon-6 pm
LOCATION:
Seven Hills Park at Davis Square
ADMISSION FEE:
FREE
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Somerville Squeezebox Slam is a celebration of accordions, button boxes and other free reed instruments that we’ve come to know and love. Accordionists of all sizes, shapes, skill levels and musical genres are invited to stroll around the neighborhoods of Somerville, sharing their melodious sounds, and like pied pipers from an alternative fairy tale, beckon all to come and follow them as they head to Davis Square for a concert of some of New England’s finest squeezebox players. So dust off your grandfather’s squeezebox that’s been sitting in the attic and join us for an afternoon of pumping the bellows!
Presented by the Nave Gallery and the Somerville Arts Council; produced by Michael McLaughlin.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
12:00-3:00 pm: Accordion Anarchy
Local accordionists: Bring your boxes, band together, or find your own corner and play throughout Davis Square. There are no rules!
3:00 pm: Lady Kielbasia will get the concert rolling with a group play along, “The Big Squeeze.”
3:15 pm: Ralph Tufo and the Squeezebox Stompers
3:45 pm: Sonny Barbato
4:15 pm: Balkan Fields
4:45 pm: Jinta-la-Mvata
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
OPENING RECEPTION HackCycle at Nave Gallery - Thursday June 11, 2015 6-9pm
Melissa Glick is both curator and featured artist in the upcoming show HackCycle at the Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd Somerville MA. Opening Reception is Thurs. June 11 from 6 - 9 pm. Gallery hours are weekends June 13- July 12 - 5 pm. Closed 4th July weekend. Ms. Glick will be offering a free workshop at the gallery on Sunday, June 28th at 2 pm. RSVP to info@navegallery.org.
Make Big Photos! Open House: Sat, June 20, 9am to 1pm
Want to see what your photos look like really big?
On Saturday, June 20, from 9am to 1pm, I'm holding an Open House in my studio at 6 Vernon St in Somerville, 2nd floor. You can drop by, no reservation or RSVP necessary, and make a big print or two. My Epson 9890 can print any size up to 48" x 96".
Just bring your jpgs on a thumbdrive, about 150 dpi at print size. (I can also enlarge smaller jpgs.) We'll pop it into my Mac and make a print on the Epson 9890. I'll have some 24" wide Epson Luster photo paper loaded up and ready to go.
The only charge is $25 per print, up to 24" x 36". One print takes about 5 minutes. If you want to try something larger, it's $5 a square foot.
I hope you can drop by, and email me at gduehr@comcast.net if you have questions.
Best,
Gary Duehr
www.garyduehr.com
p.s. I also rent my Epson by the hour. Here are the details:
I have an Epson 9890 printer at my studio on the second floor of 6 Vernon Street, Somerville. It's available for rent by the hour, which includes me as operator and Photoshop expert. We can proof together, and you can get exactly the prints you want. It prints from letter size up to 44"x96" on media including watercolor paper, canvas, vinyl, transparent film, plexiglas and aluminum. The 9890 uses archival pigment ink, rated up to 200 years before fading.
The rental is $75 an hour, with a two-hour minimum. The charge for prints is $6 s/f for ink, based on the size of the image (not media). Typically an artist can make 5-10 prints in a couple hours, for about $200. I will be there to help with preparing the images and working with the printer. Images should be brought in on a CD or thumbdrive - ideally final print size at 150 dpi. You can save them as hi-res jpgs. But I can help enlarge images and get them ready. (Don't bring in Raw images because they may not open.)
You can bring in your own media, either photo paper or other such as plain Somerset Velvet watercolor paper (which takes the ink really well). Other suitable papers include Stonehenge and some Arches, though not Rives BFK. (I also have a variety of media you can use at $6 s/f .) During your rental time, you may make any number of prints at any size.
Useful sites for paper:
lexjet.com
redriverpaper.com
Maximum paper thickness: 1.5mm (1/16")
On Saturday, June 20, from 9am to 1pm, I'm holding an Open House in my studio at 6 Vernon St in Somerville, 2nd floor. You can drop by, no reservation or RSVP necessary, and make a big print or two. My Epson 9890 can print any size up to 48" x 96".
Just bring your jpgs on a thumbdrive, about 150 dpi at print size. (I can also enlarge smaller jpgs.) We'll pop it into my Mac and make a print on the Epson 9890. I'll have some 24" wide Epson Luster photo paper loaded up and ready to go.
The only charge is $25 per print, up to 24" x 36". One print takes about 5 minutes. If you want to try something larger, it's $5 a square foot.
I hope you can drop by, and email me at gduehr@comcast.net if you have questions.
Best,
Gary Duehr
www.garyduehr.com
p.s. I also rent my Epson by the hour. Here are the details:
I have an Epson 9890 printer at my studio on the second floor of 6 Vernon Street, Somerville. It's available for rent by the hour, which includes me as operator and Photoshop expert. We can proof together, and you can get exactly the prints you want. It prints from letter size up to 44"x96" on media including watercolor paper, canvas, vinyl, transparent film, plexiglas and aluminum. The 9890 uses archival pigment ink, rated up to 200 years before fading.
The rental is $75 an hour, with a two-hour minimum. The charge for prints is $6 s/f for ink, based on the size of the image (not media). Typically an artist can make 5-10 prints in a couple hours, for about $200. I will be there to help with preparing the images and working with the printer. Images should be brought in on a CD or thumbdrive - ideally final print size at 150 dpi. You can save them as hi-res jpgs. But I can help enlarge images and get them ready. (Don't bring in Raw images because they may not open.)
You can bring in your own media, either photo paper or other such as plain Somerset Velvet watercolor paper (which takes the ink really well). Other suitable papers include Stonehenge and some Arches, though not Rives BFK. (I also have a variety of media you can use at $6 s/f .) During your rental time, you may make any number of prints at any size.
Useful sites for paper:
lexjet.com
redriverpaper.com
Maximum paper thickness: 1.5mm (1/16")
Begin Again and Again: A Poetry Workshop with Somerville's Poet Laureate Nicole Terez Dutton - June 22, 2015 7-9pm
Begin Again and Again: A Poetry Workshop with Somerville's Poet Laureate Nicole Terez Dutton
Monday June 22, 2015
7:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Come participate in a workshop with Somerville's Poet Laureate, Nicole Terez Dutton. We'll discuss ways to approach poems from new angles and will consider some prompts and possibilities for fresh work. Bring new poem ideas, old drafts that need inspiration or just the desire to get a poem started. This program is free and open to beginners and more experienced writers alike.
Nicole Terez Dutton has been teaching creative writing for 9 years. Her first book, If One Of Us Should Fall, was awarded the Cave Canem Poetry Prize.
Location: Central Library, 79 Highland Avenue
Monday June 22, 2015
7:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Come participate in a workshop with Somerville's Poet Laureate, Nicole Terez Dutton. We'll discuss ways to approach poems from new angles and will consider some prompts and possibilities for fresh work. Bring new poem ideas, old drafts that need inspiration or just the desire to get a poem started. This program is free and open to beginners and more experienced writers alike.
Nicole Terez Dutton has been teaching creative writing for 9 years. Her first book, If One Of Us Should Fall, was awarded the Cave Canem Poetry Prize.
Location: Central Library, 79 Highland Avenue
Ibbetson Street Press #37 Release Party and Potluck (at Somerville Public Library) June 24 6PM
Ibbetson Street Press #37 Release Party and Potluck
Wednesday June 24, 2015
6:00 PM until 8:45 PM
Ibbetson Street Press invites you to a poetry reading and pot luck in celebration of their latest release, Ibbetson Street #37, Spring/Summer Issue, 2015.
Ibbetson Street has been publishing continuously for sixteen years and is a highly regarded small press. Its award-winning literary magazine was founded by the well known poet Doug Holder who is still the "maestro" of Ibbetson Street today. Each issue contains sixty poems and an interview or book review(s). There are also poems from eight to ten nationally recognized, major poets. Although the latest issue contains poetry from all over the country, this reading will include poets from Eastern Massachusetts only.
The potluck begins at 6:00 pm, and the poetry reading begins at 7:00.
This event is free and all are welcome!
Location: Central Library, 79 Highland Avenue
Wednesday June 24, 2015
6:00 PM until 8:45 PM
Ibbetson Street Press invites you to a poetry reading and pot luck in celebration of their latest release, Ibbetson Street #37, Spring/Summer Issue, 2015.
Ibbetson Street has been publishing continuously for sixteen years and is a highly regarded small press. Its award-winning literary magazine was founded by the well known poet Doug Holder who is still the "maestro" of Ibbetson Street today. Each issue contains sixty poems and an interview or book review(s). There are also poems from eight to ten nationally recognized, major poets. Although the latest issue contains poetry from all over the country, this reading will include poets from Eastern Massachusetts only.
The potluck begins at 6:00 pm, and the poetry reading begins at 7:00.
This event is free and all are welcome!
Location: Central Library, 79 Highland Avenue
Mask Making Workshop led by James Fox @ Beautiful Stuff - Fridays 6-8PM
I am starting a mask making workshop for adults.
The workshop is on friday nights 6-8pm at The Beautiful Stuff Project. 137 Broadway, East Somerville.
The workshop begins Friday June 12. Cost is $100 for 6 sessions.
e-mail jamesholtonfox@gmail.com to register
The workshop is on friday nights 6-8pm at The Beautiful Stuff Project. 137 Broadway, East Somerville.
The workshop begins Friday June 12. Cost is $100 for 6 sessions.
e-mail jamesholtonfox@gmail.com to register
SAC and Earthworm Pie Puppet Theater present "Live Story Hive", Thursday June 11 @ 6pm
Earthworm Pie Puppet Theater
presents "Live Story Hive"
Location:
Chuckie Harris Park
3-17 Cross Street, East Somerville
Earthworm Pie will present 3 folk tales with environmental themes from around the world. These may include: An Abenaki Story from Maine “Gluscap and the Game Bag,” which shares a sympathetic but cautionary tale about using up too many of the Earth’s resources so that future generations will have none, “Gekko, gekko, gekko,” is an ecological Indonesian story about how everything is connected, and “Platypus, Pick a side!” is an Australian story about how all living things need each other and none is better than another. (Other stories with similar themes may
be exchanged instead of one of these depending on the size and type of audience.) This kind of puppetry asks audience members to done simple masks, hats and props to become the puppets and perform the action and music of the story while the narrator narrates.
website info: http://karipercival.com/spectacleandsculpture/
About the Series
As the summer event season approaches, the Somerville Arts Council is launching yet another city wide 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 as part of the This is East programming--an event 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 May & June, we’ll hit the streets, courtyards and parks, showcasing local, national, and international performing companies. Great for kids and adults and 100% free.
To view details about the full series visit:
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/puppet/2015
presents "Live Story Hive"
Location:
Chuckie Harris Park
3-17 Cross Street, East Somerville
Earthworm Pie will present 3 folk tales with environmental themes from around the world. These may include: An Abenaki Story from Maine “Gluscap and the Game Bag,” which shares a sympathetic but cautionary tale about using up too many of the Earth’s resources so that future generations will have none, “Gekko, gekko, gekko,” is an ecological Indonesian story about how everything is connected, and “Platypus, Pick a side!” is an Australian story about how all living things need each other and none is better than another. (Other stories with similar themes may
be exchanged instead of one of these depending on the size and type of audience.) This kind of puppetry asks audience members to done simple masks, hats and props to become the puppets and perform the action and music of the story while the narrator narrates.
website info: http://karipercival.com/spectacleandsculpture/
About the Series
As the summer event season approaches, the Somerville Arts Council is launching yet another city wide 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 as part of the This is East programming--an event 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 May & June, we’ll hit the streets, courtyards and parks, showcasing local, national, and international performing companies. Great for kids and adults and 100% free.
To view details about the full series visit:
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/puppet/2015
Book Launch: Portrait of an Artist as a Young Poseur: 1974 to 1983 By Doug Holder July 9, 2015 7PM
Doug Holder will read from his lyrical memoir of Boston in the 1970s and early 1980s, Portrait of an Artist as a Young Poseur ( Big Table Publishing) The reading will take place at the Newton Writing and Publishing Center in Newton, Mass at 7PM. Sam Cornish, first Poet Laureate of Boston wrote of Holder:
“Doug Holder is a poet of the old city, the city of our fathers, of the 1950s and later. Mr. Holder writes poems like notes in a diary. I found myself struck by their economy, wit, and urban melancholy... He has a voice unlike that of any of his contemporaries. Holder is a poet of the street and coffeehouses, an observer of the everyday. He writes of old Marxists, security guards and his relationship to his deceased father—themes of the common life. I am drawn to these poems as I am to the poetry of Philip Levine and the prose of James T. Farrell. But Holder’s poetry is deeper than that. He sees the world not for what it is, but on his own terms. He is living in the poem rather than in poetry.”
Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene http://dougholder.blogspot.com
Doug Holder CV http://dougholderresume.blogspot.com
Ibbetson Street Press http://ibbetsonpress.com
Ibbetson Street Online Bookstore http://lulu.com/ibbetsonpress
Poet to Poet/Writer to Writer http://poettopoetwritertowriter.blogspot.com
Doug Holder's Column in The Somerville Times ( Online and Print) http://www.thesomervilletimes.com/community-arts
“Doug Holder is a poet of the old city, the city of our fathers, of the 1950s and later. Mr. Holder writes poems like notes in a diary. I found myself struck by their economy, wit, and urban melancholy... He has a voice unlike that of any of his contemporaries. Holder is a poet of the street and coffeehouses, an observer of the everyday. He writes of old Marxists, security guards and his relationship to his deceased father—themes of the common life. I am drawn to these poems as I am to the poetry of Philip Levine and the prose of James T. Farrell. But Holder’s poetry is deeper than that. He sees the world not for what it is, but on his own terms. He is living in the poem rather than in poetry.”
Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene http://dougholder.blogspot.com
Doug Holder CV http://dougholderresume.blogspot.com
Ibbetson Street Press http://ibbetsonpress.com
Ibbetson Street Online Bookstore http://lulu.com/ibbetsonpress
Poet to Poet/Writer to Writer http://poettopoetwritertowriter.blogspot.com
Doug Holder's Column in The Somerville Times ( Online and Print) http://www.thesomervilletimes.com/community-arts
Cervena Barva Press Announces A Book Launch For "A World Less Perfect for Dying In" by Ralph Pennel - June 13, 2015
Červená Barva Press Announces A Book Launch For
"A World Less Perfect for Dying In" by Ralph Pennel.
Saturday, June 13th, 2015
2:00PM
Ralph will read from his new book and sign copies.
Refreshments served.
Arts at the Armory
Cervena Barva Press /Basement, B8
191 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA
Come join us to celebrate this publication!
Ralph Pennel is the author of A World Less Perfect for Dying In, (by Cervena Barva Press, 2015). His writing has appeared in The Cape Rock, Ropes, Open to Interpretation, Ibbetson Street, The Smoking Poet, Unbound Press, Monologues From the Road and various other journals in the U.S. and abroad. Ralph teaches poetry at Bentley University and literature at Bunker Hill Community College. He has been a guest lecturer at Emerson College and served as the judge for the 2013 WLP Dean’s Prize for Emerson. Ralph also teaches workshops at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and for Student Day of Poetry run byMassPoetry.org. He is a founding editor and the fiction editor for the online literary magazine, Midway Journal (www.midwayjournal.com), published out of St. Paul, Minnesota. Ralph Pennel lives and writes in Somerville, Massachusetts, and was a finalist for the Poet Laureate of Somerville in 2014.
"A World Less Perfect for Dying In" by Ralph Pennel.
Saturday, June 13th, 2015
2:00PM
Ralph will read from his new book and sign copies.
Refreshments served.
Arts at the Armory
Cervena Barva Press /Basement, B8
191 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA
Come join us to celebrate this publication!
Ralph Pennel is the author of A World Less Perfect for Dying In, (by Cervena Barva Press, 2015). His writing has appeared in The Cape Rock, Ropes, Open to Interpretation, Ibbetson Street, The Smoking Poet, Unbound Press, Monologues From the Road and various other journals in the U.S. and abroad. Ralph teaches poetry at Bentley University and literature at Bunker Hill Community College. He has been a guest lecturer at Emerson College and served as the judge for the 2013 WLP Dean’s Prize for Emerson. Ralph also teaches workshops at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and for Student Day of Poetry run byMassPoetry.org. He is a founding editor and the fiction editor for the online literary magazine, Midway Journal (www.midwayjournal.com), published out of St. Paul, Minnesota. Ralph Pennel lives and writes in Somerville, Massachusetts, and was a finalist for the Poet Laureate of Somerville in 2014.
US2 Seeks Local Artists For Headquarters Wall Feature - NEW DEADLINE June 22, 2015
Union Square Station Associates (US2)
Seeks Local Artists For Headquarters Wall Feature
Somerville, MA --- Union Square Station Associates (US2), the City of Somerville’s master developer partner for Union Square’s revitalization, today announced that it is seeking proposals from Somerville-based artists to design and install wall art inside the new US2 headquarters and coworking space which will soon open at 31 Union Square, the former home of Elegant Furniture.
“We want the new coworking space to reflect the vibrancy, diversity and potential that is Union Square,” said Greg Karczewski, president of US2. “Who better than someone steeped in Union Square’s arts culture to help bring that sense of community inside the walls of Union Square’s newest work space.”
In its Call for Submission, US2 says, “submissions may include murals, 2D wall art, and interactive features or exhibits.” The budget for the project is $2,000, offering a nice potential payday to one of Somerville’s many creative professionals.
Applications can be found at the US2 website at http://www.us2unionsquare.info/blog/2015/5/26/call-for-submissions and must be received no later than June 15 at 5:00pm. Applicants are instructed to email all information to Becca@US2UnionSquare.com.
US2 previously announced their new 2,500 square foot ground floor space will be staffed by a full-time US2 representative who will be available to field questions and provide general information about the Union Square revitalization. The space will serve as a headquarters, meeting space and a central hub for the recruitment of commercial tenants to fill space in the new development area and in the entire square.
ABOUT US2:
Union Square Station Associates (US2) is the City of Somerville’s master developer partner for the state-approved Union Square Revitalization Project that includes over 15 acres of redevelopment near the future Union Square MBTA Green Line Station. US2 is collaborating with the community to create a vital and viable redevelopment plan for Union Square that realizes the community objectives as laid out in Somerville’s long term plan, SomerVision. These objectives include making Union Square into a destination for employers, creating public green space, achieving housing goals with a range of affordability, and preserving the historical character and authenticity that everybody loves today.
For more information on US2, visit www.us2unionsquare.com
Follow us: Twitter @us2unionsquare
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/us2unionsquare
Seeks Local Artists For Headquarters Wall Feature
Somerville, MA --- Union Square Station Associates (US2), the City of Somerville’s master developer partner for Union Square’s revitalization, today announced that it is seeking proposals from Somerville-based artists to design and install wall art inside the new US2 headquarters and coworking space which will soon open at 31 Union Square, the former home of Elegant Furniture.
“We want the new coworking space to reflect the vibrancy, diversity and potential that is Union Square,” said Greg Karczewski, president of US2. “Who better than someone steeped in Union Square’s arts culture to help bring that sense of community inside the walls of Union Square’s newest work space.”
In its Call for Submission, US2 says, “submissions may include murals, 2D wall art, and interactive features or exhibits.” The budget for the project is $2,000, offering a nice potential payday to one of Somerville’s many creative professionals.
Applications can be found at the US2 website at http://www.us2unionsquare.info/blog/2015/5/26/call-for-submissions and must be received no later than June 15 at 5:00pm. Applicants are instructed to email all information to Becca@US2UnionSquare.com.
US2 previously announced their new 2,500 square foot ground floor space will be staffed by a full-time US2 representative who will be available to field questions and provide general information about the Union Square revitalization. The space will serve as a headquarters, meeting space and a central hub for the recruitment of commercial tenants to fill space in the new development area and in the entire square.
ABOUT US2:
Union Square Station Associates (US2) is the City of Somerville’s master developer partner for the state-approved Union Square Revitalization Project that includes over 15 acres of redevelopment near the future Union Square MBTA Green Line Station. US2 is collaborating with the community to create a vital and viable redevelopment plan for Union Square that realizes the community objectives as laid out in Somerville’s long term plan, SomerVision. These objectives include making Union Square into a destination for employers, creating public green space, achieving housing goals with a range of affordability, and preserving the historical character and authenticity that everybody loves today.
For more information on US2, visit www.us2unionsquare.com
Follow us: Twitter @us2unionsquare
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/us2unionsquare
Singer/ Songwriter Alisa Amador in concert next Saturday, June 13 at Third Life Studio!
A Night of Music with
Alisa Amador, Singer/ Songwriter
Saturday, June 13 @ 7:30pm
$10 at door, students $7
Alisa Amador writes and arranges songs on guitar and ukulele, although her roots lie in latin music. At 17, she started performing solo concerts across Massachusetts. At 18, she is performing throughout New England. Her originals speak of her own life experience – from poignant and heartfelt to longing, wonder, and joy. With a voice likened to Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, and Laura Marling, this one-woman band is sure to please.
For free music downloads, her new music video and more:
visit her facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AlisaAmadorMusic
or band camp: http://alisaamadormusic.bandcamp.com/
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THIRD LIFE STUDIO, 33 Union Square, Somerville, MA
(Almost at the heart of Union Square, on the segment of
Somerville Ave. coming into Union Square from Porter Square--
next to G&T Tailoring, three doors away from Somerville Grooves,
across Somerville Ave. from the new East Boston Savings Bank
at the head of Bow Street, and across the intersection from Citizens Bank)
For detailed directions and parking information:
http://www.thirdlifestudio.com/#!directions/cbkx
Alisa Amador, Singer/ Songwriter
Saturday, June 13 @ 7:30pm
$10 at door, students $7
Alisa Amador writes and arranges songs on guitar and ukulele, although her roots lie in latin music. At 17, she started performing solo concerts across Massachusetts. At 18, she is performing throughout New England. Her originals speak of her own life experience – from poignant and heartfelt to longing, wonder, and joy. With a voice likened to Joni Mitchell, Norah Jones, and Laura Marling, this one-woman band is sure to please.
For free music downloads, her new music video and more:
visit her facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AlisaAmadorMusic
or band camp: http://alisaamadormusic.bandcamp.com/
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THIRD LIFE STUDIO, 33 Union Square, Somerville, MA
(Almost at the heart of Union Square, on the segment of
Somerville Ave. coming into Union Square from Porter Square--
next to G&T Tailoring, three doors away from Somerville Grooves,
across Somerville Ave. from the new East Boston Savings Bank
at the head of Bow Street, and across the intersection from Citizens Bank)
For detailed directions and parking information:
http://www.thirdlifestudio.com/#!directions/cbkx
Bees, Chickens, and Koi Fish in the Urban Backyard - June 10, 2015 7-9 PM
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
7-9 PM
Tufts Administration Building
167 Holland Street, Somerville, 02144
Second floor, wheelchair accessible
Do you have an interest in raising bees or chickens in your garden, or adding koi fish to your backyard pond? Join the friendly gardeners of the Somerville Garden Club at their June meeting for three demonstrations regarding these subjects. Club members will share their expertise and experiences keeping bees, raising chickens, or tending pond koi fish. Each of the three demonstrations will be offered in twenty-minute segments, giving participants the opportunity to enjoy all three. There will be time for questions and discussion within each demonstration. Parking is available on site and the building is a short walk from the Davis Red Line T station.
The Somerville Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of every month. Meetings are free and the public is invited to attend. Each meeting opens with club announcements, followed by a horticultural question-and-answer session, a lecture and/or demonstration, and concludes with a raffle of donated plants and garden-related items. It is not necessary to be a Somerville resident to attend a meeting or join the club; one third of our membership comes from local communities. To learn more about the Somerville Garden Club please visit somervillegardenclub.org.
7-9 PM
Tufts Administration Building
167 Holland Street, Somerville, 02144
Second floor, wheelchair accessible
Do you have an interest in raising bees or chickens in your garden, or adding koi fish to your backyard pond? Join the friendly gardeners of the Somerville Garden Club at their June meeting for three demonstrations regarding these subjects. Club members will share their expertise and experiences keeping bees, raising chickens, or tending pond koi fish. Each of the three demonstrations will be offered in twenty-minute segments, giving participants the opportunity to enjoy all three. There will be time for questions and discussion within each demonstration. Parking is available on site and the building is a short walk from the Davis Red Line T station.
The Somerville Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of every month. Meetings are free and the public is invited to attend. Each meeting opens with club announcements, followed by a horticultural question-and-answer session, a lecture and/or demonstration, and concludes with a raffle of donated plants and garden-related items. It is not necessary to be a Somerville resident to attend a meeting or join the club; one third of our membership comes from local communities. To learn more about the Somerville Garden Club please visit somervillegardenclub.org.
Call for Entries: "Here Then Gone" at Floating Gallery - DEADLINE July 10, 2015
The Floating Gallery in Boston, MA, seeks photography on the theme "Here Then Gone" for an exhibition August 1 - 31, 2015. The deadline is July 10. The entry fee is $30 for up to three images. The show will be curated by the Floating Gallery director, Gary Duehr. Artists are encouraged to explore imaginative interpretations of the theme: existential, metaphoric, photographic, historical.
For the exhibition, selected artists will be asked to email 16x20 hires jpgs. The Floating Gallery will make high-quality prints on Epson Luster photo paper, which will be displayed without frames. No commission will be taken on sales.
The Floating Gallery mounts exhibitions in temporary, alternative spaces around the city. "Here Then Gone" will be displayed in the Inside Out Gallery, located in the store windows of a CVS in Davis Square, Somerville, which is sponsored by the Somerville Arts Council.
http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/insideout
How to Enter
1. Use this link to pay the $30 entry fee via PayPal or credit card. Include the confirmation # in your emailed submission. http://www.garyduehr.com/AA_Contact.html
2. Email up to 3 jpgs to Gary Duehr, Director, at gary@garyduehr.com. Jpgs may be condensed using medium quality, and the longest side should be no bigger than 1200 dpi. Label each image: "LastName_Title.jpg."
3. In the email's subject line, include your name and the PayPal confirmation #: "Your Name: Submission for Here Then Gone, PayPal confirmation number xxxxxxxxxxxxx."
4. In the body of the email, for each image list the title, year and price. Include your contact info and website, if you have one. An attached statement or bio is optional.
Questions? Email Gary Duehr at gary@garyduehr.com.
For the exhibition, selected artists will be asked to email 16x20 hires jpgs. The Floating Gallery will make high-quality prints on Epson Luster photo paper, which will be displayed without frames. No commission will be taken on sales.
The Floating Gallery mounts exhibitions in temporary, alternative spaces around the city. "Here Then Gone" will be displayed in the Inside Out Gallery, located in the store windows of a CVS in Davis Square, Somerville, which is sponsored by the Somerville Arts Council.
http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/insideout
How to Enter
1. Use this link to pay the $30 entry fee via PayPal or credit card. Include the confirmation # in your emailed submission. http://www.garyduehr.com/AA_Contact.html
2. Email up to 3 jpgs to Gary Duehr, Director, at gary@garyduehr.com. Jpgs may be condensed using medium quality, and the longest side should be no bigger than 1200 dpi. Label each image: "LastName_Title.jpg."
3. In the email's subject line, include your name and the PayPal confirmation #: "Your Name: Submission for Here Then Gone, PayPal confirmation number xxxxxxxxxxxxx."
4. In the body of the email, for each image list the title, year and price. Include your contact info and website, if you have one. An attached statement or bio is optional.
Questions? Email Gary Duehr at gary@garyduehr.com.
Historic Somerville 2015 Local History Lecture Series - Sunday, June 14, 2-3PM
Sunday, June 14, 2-3PM
Kelly Conway, Curator of the Corning Glass Museum
The Art Glass of the Union Glass Company, Somerville, 1893-1927
Located in Somerville, Massachusetts, the Union Glass Company made a wide range of glass over the years, including pressed, mold-blown and free-blown objects in colorless, iridescent, silvered and many colored varieties. This lecture focuses on Union Glass Company’s development of art glass from 1893 to 1927. The majority of known catalogs, correspondence and identified glass relates to this period, including a large range of materials represented in the Corning Museum of Glass.
Kelly Conway is the Curator of American Glass at the Corning Museum of Glass. She lectures extensively on the history of glass and is currently working on a book about American history interpreted through the glass collection at CMOG. Fortunately for Somerville, the history of the Union Glass Company has been a longstanding interest of Ms. Conway and was the subject of her master’s thesis.
The lecture will be held at:
The Somerville Museum
One Westwood Road
Somerville, MA 02143
General admission: $8.00; free to members of Historic Somerville
Reception to follow
For more information contact:
e-mail: info@historicsomerville.org
web site: www.historicsomerville.org
tel: 617-666-9810
Buy your ticket in advance and guarantee yourself a seat for this great lecture. Go to: http://www.historicsomerville.org/lecture_and_event_tickets
Kelly Conway, Curator of the Corning Glass Museum
The Art Glass of the Union Glass Company, Somerville, 1893-1927
Located in Somerville, Massachusetts, the Union Glass Company made a wide range of glass over the years, including pressed, mold-blown and free-blown objects in colorless, iridescent, silvered and many colored varieties. This lecture focuses on Union Glass Company’s development of art glass from 1893 to 1927. The majority of known catalogs, correspondence and identified glass relates to this period, including a large range of materials represented in the Corning Museum of Glass.
Kelly Conway is the Curator of American Glass at the Corning Museum of Glass. She lectures extensively on the history of glass and is currently working on a book about American history interpreted through the glass collection at CMOG. Fortunately for Somerville, the history of the Union Glass Company has been a longstanding interest of Ms. Conway and was the subject of her master’s thesis.
The lecture will be held at:
The Somerville Museum
One Westwood Road
Somerville, MA 02143
General admission: $8.00; free to members of Historic Somerville
Reception to follow
For more information contact:
e-mail: info@historicsomerville.org
web site: www.historicsomerville.org
tel: 617-666-9810
Buy your ticket in advance and guarantee yourself a seat for this great lecture. Go to: http://www.historicsomerville.org/lecture_and_event_tickets
Correction: Cervena Barva Press Reading Series Special Event, Friday June 26th not the 25th as previously listed
Cervena Barva Press Reading Series Special Event
Friday, June 26th, 2015
7:00PM
Reader: William Walsh / Q & A to follow
Admission: $3.00
Reception and refreshments
Arts at the Armory
Cervena Barva Press, Basement, B8
191 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA
William Walsh is a southern narrative poet in the tradition of James Dickey, David Bottoms, and Fred Chappell, whose most recent collection of poems, Lost In the White Ruins, was published in fall 2014. He is the author of five other books: Speak So I Shall Know Thee: Interviews with Southern Writers, The Ordinary Life of a Sculptor, The Conscience of My Other Being, Under the Rock Umbrella: Contemporary American Poets from 1951-1977, and David Bottoms: Critical Essays and Interviews.
It’s been said of this award-winning poet that he has “perfected the art of the run-on line, [which] demonstrates how the run-on forces the reader to entertain rival impressions at the same time.” As well, “his sense of loneliness comes across admirably as a Skeeter Davis song, [and] so does his obstinate faith in love. . . . Walsh seems to find redemption and comic-relief in his loses, like Arlo Guthrie’s self-portrait as the haphazard free-spirited protagonist. . . in his home-grown rough-hewn voice. Charging out of Walsh’s folksy chatter comes some locution as if grabbed quickly out of the Muse’s own inattentive hands. . . . Under all the masks and disguises, we are made aware that Walsh knows exactly who he is and what he is doing.”
His work has appeared in AWP Chronicle, Cimarron Review, Five Points, Flannery O’Connor Review, The Georgia Review, James Dickey Review, The Kenyon Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, North American Review, Poetry Daily, Poets & Writers, Rattle, Shenandoah, Slant, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. His interviews have been published in over fifty journals. They include, among others, Czeslaw Milosz, Joseph Brodsky, A.R. Ammons, Doris Betts, Pat Conroy, Harry Crews, James Dickey, Ariel Dorfman, Mark Doty, Rita Dove, Stephen Dunn, Eamon Grennan, Mary Hood, Edward Jones, Madison Jones, Donald Justice, Ursula Leguin, Andrew Lytle, Lee Smith, and Max Steele.
Directions:
The Center for the Arts is located between Davis Square and Union Square. Parking is located behind the armory at the rear of the building. Arts at the Armory is approximately a 15 minute walk from Davis Square which is on the MTBA Red Line. You can also find us by using either the MBTA RT 88 and RT 90 bus that can be caught either at Lechmere (Green Line) or Davis Square (Red Line). Get off at the Highland Avenue and Lowell Street stop. You can also get to us from Sullivan Square (Orange Line) by using the MBTA RT 90 bus. Get off at the Highland Avenue and Benton Road stop.
Friday, June 26th, 2015
7:00PM
Reader: William Walsh / Q & A to follow
Admission: $3.00
Reception and refreshments
Arts at the Armory
Cervena Barva Press, Basement, B8
191 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA
William Walsh is a southern narrative poet in the tradition of James Dickey, David Bottoms, and Fred Chappell, whose most recent collection of poems, Lost In the White Ruins, was published in fall 2014. He is the author of five other books: Speak So I Shall Know Thee: Interviews with Southern Writers, The Ordinary Life of a Sculptor, The Conscience of My Other Being, Under the Rock Umbrella: Contemporary American Poets from 1951-1977, and David Bottoms: Critical Essays and Interviews.
It’s been said of this award-winning poet that he has “perfected the art of the run-on line, [which] demonstrates how the run-on forces the reader to entertain rival impressions at the same time.” As well, “his sense of loneliness comes across admirably as a Skeeter Davis song, [and] so does his obstinate faith in love. . . . Walsh seems to find redemption and comic-relief in his loses, like Arlo Guthrie’s self-portrait as the haphazard free-spirited protagonist. . . in his home-grown rough-hewn voice. Charging out of Walsh’s folksy chatter comes some locution as if grabbed quickly out of the Muse’s own inattentive hands. . . . Under all the masks and disguises, we are made aware that Walsh knows exactly who he is and what he is doing.”
His work has appeared in AWP Chronicle, Cimarron Review, Five Points, Flannery O’Connor Review, The Georgia Review, James Dickey Review, The Kenyon Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, North American Review, Poetry Daily, Poets & Writers, Rattle, Shenandoah, Slant, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. His interviews have been published in over fifty journals. They include, among others, Czeslaw Milosz, Joseph Brodsky, A.R. Ammons, Doris Betts, Pat Conroy, Harry Crews, James Dickey, Ariel Dorfman, Mark Doty, Rita Dove, Stephen Dunn, Eamon Grennan, Mary Hood, Edward Jones, Madison Jones, Donald Justice, Ursula Leguin, Andrew Lytle, Lee Smith, and Max Steele.
Directions:
The Center for the Arts is located between Davis Square and Union Square. Parking is located behind the armory at the rear of the building. Arts at the Armory is approximately a 15 minute walk from Davis Square which is on the MTBA Red Line. You can also find us by using either the MBTA RT 88 and RT 90 bus that can be caught either at Lechmere (Green Line) or Davis Square (Red Line). Get off at the Highland Avenue and Lowell Street stop. You can also get to us from Sullivan Square (Orange Line) by using the MBTA RT 90 bus. Get off at the Highland Avenue and Benton Road stop.
Paul Kroner: Portraits @ The SCATV Gallery - until June 25, 2015
Paul Kroner: Portraits @ The SCATV Gallery - 90 Union Square, Somerville,
Paul Kroner: Portraits is on exhibit at the SCATV Gallery until June 25, 2015. Kroner describes himself as a mid - career painter. He creates spirited portraits. To date, his models have been friends, but he mentioned a desire to create a series of portraits of his neighbors. Kroner uses broad, sweeping strokes of color to create light and texture. He is a representational painter who has been known to create abstract work that has a “back in the day”, mod look/quality. The current exhibit also includes self portraits, one which he describes as a ‘selfie’. What is clear is that he is passionate about his work, and that his subjects enjoy working with him.
Paul Kroner talks about his work and painting techniques during his interview with ART AT SCATV Host Janet Cormier, Channel 3 on Tuesdays evening @ 6:30 PM for Somerville residents, or online at w.scatvsomerville.org/artgallery
Somerville visual artists interested in appearing on ART AT SCATV and exhibiting in the SCATV Gallery should contact Janet Cormier, Program Host and Gallery Curator or Wendy Blom, Executive Director at SCATV at (617) 628 - 8826.
Paul Kroner: Portraits is on exhibit at the SCATV Gallery until June 25, 2015. Kroner describes himself as a mid - career painter. He creates spirited portraits. To date, his models have been friends, but he mentioned a desire to create a series of portraits of his neighbors. Kroner uses broad, sweeping strokes of color to create light and texture. He is a representational painter who has been known to create abstract work that has a “back in the day”, mod look/quality. The current exhibit also includes self portraits, one which he describes as a ‘selfie’. What is clear is that he is passionate about his work, and that his subjects enjoy working with him.
Paul Kroner talks about his work and painting techniques during his interview with ART AT SCATV Host Janet Cormier, Channel 3 on Tuesdays evening @ 6:30 PM for Somerville residents, or online at w.scatvsomerville.org/artgallery
Somerville visual artists interested in appearing on ART AT SCATV and exhibiting in the SCATV Gallery should contact Janet Cormier, Program Host and Gallery Curator or Wendy Blom, Executive Director at SCATV at (617) 628 - 8826.
Thursday, June 04, 2015
SomerStreets-- Carnaval Sunday June 7th noon-7pm
Please join the City of Somerville/Arts Council and East Somerville Main Streets for our first of the season SomerStreets-- Carnaval
SomerStreets is the City of Somerville’s take on the internationally-renowned Open Streets concept, closing busy city streets to vehicles, and opening them up for cycling, walking, dancing, running, and other modes of activity. Through SomerStreets, the City and its community partners aim to promote and encourage easy access to physical activity, and reconnecting with neighborhoods and businesses and their unique cultural elements in a thriving urban environment.
Free for all
Sunday, June 7th
12 noon to 4 p.m.
East Somerville
Broadway
Three stages of music and dance, interactive activities, games, fun and more…
http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/somerstreets/carnaval
SomerStreets is the City of Somerville’s take on the internationally-renowned Open Streets concept, closing busy city streets to vehicles, and opening them up for cycling, walking, dancing, running, and other modes of activity. Through SomerStreets, the City and its community partners aim to promote and encourage easy access to physical activity, and reconnecting with neighborhoods and businesses and their unique cultural elements in a thriving urban environment.
Free for all
Sunday, June 7th
12 noon to 4 p.m.
East Somerville
Broadway
Three stages of music and dance, interactive activities, games, fun and more…
http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/somerstreets/carnaval
2015 MUSCRAT Kids Maker series
Come out and check out our Multi Use Somerville Community Roving Art Transport vehicle as she hosts Parts and Crafts for a series of kids maker workshops. Learn more about electronics, woodworking and craft projects with Parks and Crafts staff.
Free
Saturday, June 6th at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
North Street Playground
14 North Street
For more info on the series go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/muscrat
Free
Saturday, June 6th at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
North Street Playground
14 North Street
For more info on the series go to: http://somervilleartscouncil.org/muscrat
The Somerville arts Council is please to present our third dance in the Dancing in the Streets series: June 6 @8:30
Intimations Dance presenting the fix (2015) - A series of shorts on obsession and belonging.
Saturday, June 6, 8:30 PM
Bank of America Parking Lot
406 Highland Ave.
Davis Square
For more information on this dance performance and the series go to:
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/dancefest/2015
Saturday, June 6, 8:30 PM
Bank of America Parking Lot
406 Highland Ave.
Davis Square
For more information on this dance performance and the series go to:
http://somervilleartscouncil.org/dancefest/2015
BC, Tyto Alba, & Variable Density Sound Trio: Improvisational Music, Saturday, 6/6 @ Third Life Studio
An Evening of Improvisational Music
Saturday, June 6
8pm
$10 at the door
BC:
Todd Brunel, clarinets
Peter Cassino, piano
Tyto Alba:
Matt Samolis, flute
Dei Xhrist, voice
Thadd Comstock, microtonal guitar
Emilio Gonzalez, piano
Ryan McGuire, bass
Variable Density Sound Trio:
Garrison Fewell, guitar, prepared guitar
Glynis Loman, cello, aquasonic
Steve Norton, saxophones
www.garrisonfewell.com
For more info, contact Matt Samolis: shoe4@verizon.net
Saturday, June 6
8pm
$10 at the door
BC:
Todd Brunel, clarinets
Peter Cassino, piano
Tyto Alba:
Matt Samolis, flute
Dei Xhrist, voice
Thadd Comstock, microtonal guitar
Emilio Gonzalez, piano
Ryan McGuire, bass
Variable Density Sound Trio:
Garrison Fewell, guitar, prepared guitar
Glynis Loman, cello, aquasonic
Steve Norton, saxophones
www.garrisonfewell.com
For more info, contact Matt Samolis: shoe4@verizon.net
Wednesday, June 03, 2015
#SomerBliss - Support local businesses in June!
To continue helping businesses recover from a tough winter, the City of Somerville is partnering with East Somerville Main Streets, Somerville Chamber of Commerce, Somerville Local First, and Union Square Main Streets on a social media campaign called #SomerBliss.
During the month of June, as you eat at a local restaurant or shop at a local business, please use Twitter (or Facebook or Instagram) and use the hashtag #somerbliss to announce what Somerville business you are supporting. The business with the most mentions at the end of June will receive a SomerBliss banner and free memberships from local business organizations.
During the month of June, as you eat at a local restaurant or shop at a local business, please use Twitter (or Facebook or Instagram) and use the hashtag #somerbliss to announce what Somerville business you are supporting. The business with the most mentions at the end of June will receive a SomerBliss banner and free memberships from local business organizations.
World Music Against Climate Change — This Saturday, June 6
Great Music For A Great Cause
Indian, Middle-Eastern, and Jazz traditions share the stage to support the fight against global climate change.
Saturday, June 6
7:00 PM
The Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street (Copley Square)
The eleventh “Playing For The Planet” benefit concert will showcase master musicians from three different musical traditions in a rare evening of pan-cultural improvisation, with all proceeds going to benefit the environmental advocacy group 350MA.org. The performers include the brilliant jazz of Charlie Kohlhase's "Explorers' Club", Esthema's contemporary take on Balkan and Middle-Eastern traditions, and the awe-inspiring Indian rhythm duet of Pravin Sitaram & Amit Kavthekar.
Online Ticket Purchase:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/playing-for-the-planet-world-music-against-climate-change-tickets-16831672987
Indian, Middle-Eastern, and Jazz traditions share the stage to support the fight against global climate change.
Saturday, June 6
7:00 PM
The Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street (Copley Square)
The eleventh “Playing For The Planet” benefit concert will showcase master musicians from three different musical traditions in a rare evening of pan-cultural improvisation, with all proceeds going to benefit the environmental advocacy group 350MA.org. The performers include the brilliant jazz of Charlie Kohlhase's "Explorers' Club", Esthema's contemporary take on Balkan and Middle-Eastern traditions, and the awe-inspiring Indian rhythm duet of Pravin Sitaram & Amit Kavthekar.
Online Ticket Purchase:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/playing-for-the-planet-world-music-against-climate-change-tickets-16831672987
Monday, June 01, 2015
The Armory of Horror 2015 returns and needs you to be scary!
We will be having our first official meeting at the Armory next Thursday June 4th 7pm to discuss our plans for making things bigger and scarier then ever! We will be meeting up in the mezzanine so we can look over the space. We would love the input of new people with great ideas! We need builders, decorators and monsters to scare people!
Arts at The Armory
191 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA
Matthew Martino
Arts at The Armory
191 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA
Matthew Martino
TONIGHT at 6pm!! Somerville Arts Council and Magpie puppets presents Eeyore's Birthday, June 1
Somerville Arts Council & Magpie Puppets presents: "Eeyore's Birthday"
Location:
Connexion
149 Broadway
Somerville, Ma 02145
Location:
Connexion
149 Broadway
Somerville, Ma 02145
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