Providence RI, 02903
401-831-9327
"Describing the Dreyfus" Monday July 6th (& the first Monday of every month at 7 PM)
Every month we open up the photo facilities so you can take a peek in
and also get to know some of the people who use them. We program
artist talks, demos, or other exciting happenings so even if you are
familiar with the AS220 darkrooms, if you like photography there is
always a reason to come out on first Mondays! This month we will
review a photography project we took on with the development of our
second building, the Dreyfus, in 2006.
AS220 invited five photographers with very different styles to capture
the transformation of the Dreyfus hotel from abandoned disrepair to
lively creative space in the photography project "Describing the
Dreyfus." The five photographers were Paul Clancy, David Ellis, Eric
Gould, Scott Lapham and Suzy Mobley. Monday we will take a look at
some of the work that was produced and talk with some of the
photographers about why this project was such a unique experience. You
can also find out how the current project, a photographic
documentation of the transformation of AS220's third building, the
Mercantile, is progressing.
Today the Dreyfus houses a street-level gallery, a community print
shop, a restaurant (Local 121), AS220's offices and several live /
work artist residencies. In 2007,The Dreyfus received awards for
Adaptive Reuse, Neighborhood Revitalization and Institutional
Restoration from the Providence Preservation Society.
Also, Scott Alario, an experienced darkroom member, will also talk
about the camera rental program he has been developing for the past
several months. If you are interested in photography, but feel you
don't have the right tools or can't afford to play around with new
equipment, you should tune in for this one!
Contact Scott Lapham for more info:
scott@as220.org
401-467-0701 - ask for Scott
André Breton writes an adjective and folds the piece of paper. Benjamin Péret writes a noun and folds the piece of paper. Max Ernst writes an adverb and folds the piece of paper. Philippe Soupault writes a verb and folds the piece of paper. Yves Tanguy writes an adjective and folds the piece of paper. Then, reluctantly, Salvador Dalí writes a noun and reads the sentence aloud. What in the world ARE these guys doing? If you can guess, you've figured out one of the major projects happening at this year's FooFest! Be the first to email cheryl@as220.org the correct answer to get in free.
Also no one answered last weeks riddle...so lets try this one again!
Win a 2nd Ticket for your date if you know both answers!
This screen shot is from a video game that was included in last years Foo festivities and also stationed near the bar at Empire Street for a short while afterward. The classic style arcade cabinet and all it contains were handmade by one artist------and he will be back for the 2009 Foo Fest with a few amazing things he has built from open source technology, hands and an untarnished imagination. Anyone have his name handy? If so, be the first to send to cheryl@as220.org and we will get you into Foo for free! Yes its only $5-so basically its like buying you a beer or a taco or something...but hey, the effort you exert to win is pretty minimal too!
The raffled Makerbot has finished its long journey from Providence to Tempe AZ, where it is now ensconced in the workshop of Becky Stern. She writes in her Sternlab blog:
I recently won a raffle for a Makerbot Cupcake CNC machine, which is a DIY 3D printer. The raffle was held by AS220, an awesome hacker/etc lab in Providence. Thanks a million, guys, it works great! You can find the file for the little mushroom that I printed (John Park modeled it) in the Thingiverse.
Two of AS220's three unrestricted units are becoming available this summer at the Dreyfus! This is the first time we have had an opening available in any unrestricted units since we opened in 2007, so you know these cribs must be amazing. "Unrestricted" means that these apartments are not held to the affordable housing income cap we keep on all other units, so go on and count your gold coins all night long in your cozy centrally located pad. These apartments are only $832 and $884 monthly with heat included, so even if you aren't Scrooge McDuck you might consider it an option. Learn more on the rental page!
Come this Tuesday at 3:30 when the Broad Street Band will be having a listening party in the performance space. As we enter week 4, our sound is slowly being formed as people bring in their own beats and samples of favorite summer jams. Check out some of the beats played.
Also we are still looking for some brave souls to fill out our horn section... interested?
Kate Tessa Lee and Agata Michalowska: books of journeys (imagined and real)
TONIGHT
Friday, June 26th
Artist in Residence room
115 Empire Street, floor 3
7-9 PM
Please come join the current Artist in Residence, Kate Tessa Lee and an AS220 Resident and artist, Agata Michalowska for the viewing of their recent print project. The artists created two symbolic travel journals based on factual and imagined journeys. Personal photographs, historical maps and other records of voyages, serve as a basis for creating a subjective mapping of travels that have taken place or are yet to happen. The project utilized the techniques of Intaglio and Chine Collé. The two books are filled with metaphors and symbols- a cartography of personal landscapes. Both books will be on display Friday night together with the source materials that they were derived from.
July 27th-31st from 9am to 1pm ($100.00) For children age 7-9 years old
Create colorful explorations of your scariest monster friend, or your coolest imaginary creature through the versatile medium of printmaking. While learning the process of making multiple-layered images with collage and unconventional mark making tools students will be encouraged to experiment with printmaking techniques. An emphasis will be placed on color and shape exploration and through stencils and relief in order to bring their monster creations to life. At the end of the course the students will compile their monster prints into an accordion style book to share with their family and friends. The class time will provide a full session for students to challenge their imagination as well as absorb new methods of image making.
Please send a packed lunch for your child each day. We will finish up the day by sharing our work with one another over lunch. Class size is limited to 6 students. All supply costs are included in the price of the workshop. If you have any questions please email morgan@as220.org. Sign Up here, on our online store!
The AS220 Community Printshop is located at 95 Mathewson Street in Providence, Rhode Island on the 2nd floor. To enter the building buzz 210!
Keeseh Studio is an amazing community resource that focuses on design and wood fabrication. Similar to your own Community Printshop, they offer workshops, shop access and a great group of folks who share a passion. They are celebrating tonight a one year anniversary, Friday the 19th, and also sharing their new CNC machine.
Ben Watkins, "Division Series #2"
Artists' Talk with Nick Hollighbaugh & Ben Watkins Thursday June 18th from 6pm-8pm at the AS220 Project Space
The AS220 Project Space presents the fine art and craftmanship of Nick Holligbaugh & Ben Watkins. Nick and Ben, in their distinct ways, make meticulously crafted sculptures and paintings that blur boundaries and style. Ben and Nick will talk in-depth about their techniques and creative processes this Thursday, June 18th from 6pm-8pm at the AS220 Project Space. The talk is free and open to the public.
The AS220 Project Space is located at 93 Mathewson Street, in Providence, RI. For more information please contact Gallery Director Neal T. Walsh at 401.490.6164 or neal@as220.org
read the review of their exhibit here.
Nick Holligbaugh, "Lineage"
Wednesday, June 24
7:00 - 8:30 PM
AS220 Labs
115 Empire St., 2nd floor
Come down to AS220 Labs and join the Pd club for it's first meeting!
Pd (Pure Data) is a graphical programming language and open source project with a large and growing user base. Pd is widely used by artists to create interactive computer music and multimedia works, and to some extent is interoperable with its commercial cousin Max/MSP.
The Pd club will be a periodic, informal gathering (a "patching circle") where Providence-area "patchers" can work together, exchange ideas, trouble-shoot, and learn from one-another. The club is open to all, from beginners to experts. Artists, students, teachers, programmers, hobbyists, and the "just-curious" are welcome. The only requirements are that you like a challenge and have a laptop.
On the agenda for the first meeting will be an introduction to Pd by Shawn Greenlee. Shawn will cover the basics of patching, working with sound, and handling communication with Arduino boards and MIDI devices.
Before the meeting adjourns, we'll get beginners up and running and determine the summer schedule for meetings.
What to bring: your laptop with Pd-extended installed. Pd-extended is available (for free) at http://puredata.info/downloads
More about Pd from the Pure Data portal.
By popular demand, an introductory-level class based on the Arduino microcontroller system will return to the Labs on Tueasdays beginning June 23rd. This is a thorough introduction to this open source development platform for creating your own interactive object(s). No previous programming or electronics experience necessary.
4 weeks, Tuesdays in June
June 23rd, 30th, July 7th, July 14th
Instructor: John Duksta Workshop cost: $100 + $100 materials fee = $200
Materials fee includes an Arduino and all components needed for the class. In the AS220 Labs space, 2nd floor, 115 Empire Street, Providence
It's official. This past weekend we hosted Zack Hoeken of Makerbot Industries and NYC Resistor and built a Makerbot with the help of about a dozen workshop-goers over the two days. Reprappers Bruce and Nick Wattendorf arranged the whole event; Nick is shown in the photo above, working on the Makerbot with Zack. The Makerbot we built is #48 in the lineage of Makerbots.
Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets! We sold a total of 107 tickets, and received a $100 match from board member Brian Jepson (thanks Brian!). The raffle closed at midnight last night, at which point Arley-Rose pulled a name from the glass jar. Drumroll please... and the winner is...
Rebecca Stern of Tempe Arizona.
Congratulations Rebecca!
Check here for a full list of everyone who bought tickets and threw their names in the hat. The current batch of Makerbot kits is sold out, but we will be trying to get an order for the AS220 Labs bot in the July batch.
Celebrate with us while seeing the fantastic work produced in our youth photography program called Photographic Memory. Come see photographs from Alan Martinez, Anthony Villavicencio, Arline Gould, Benito Rios, Courtney Mitchell, Kia Davis, Kourtnie Aileru and students from the RI Training School at Tazza this Monday June 15th from 7-10pm! Not for nuthin, but this is "Photo Mem's" first public show outside of AS220.
Take a chance on winning this homebrew CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) three dimensional printer! The Cupcake CNC is truly the cutest rapid prototyping machine ever. This piece of equipment will be the one built from a kit at the 3D printing Summit on June12-14th at AS220.
We'll even give you a training and some plastic to start with. The winner will be selected on June 14th, 2009.
Our goal is to raise enough money to buy a second Cupcake kit that can live at AS220 Labs. The maximum number of tickets sold will be 150. Oh, and we'll ship anywhere in North America.
Buy a ticket at the AS220 Shop.
Bruce Wattendorf is organizing AS220's first 3D Printing Summit featuring Makerbot and RepRap demos and howtos. It will be held at AS220, 115 Empire Street, Providence RI on June 12, 13, and 14.
The team will be building a MakerBot, a DIY open source 3D printer. The build will be organized as a series of sessions, so you can help AS220 build a MakerBot and learn about electronics, 3D printing, and the design of the bot. The meeting will kick off Friday night, June 12 at AS220 Labs (2nd floor) from 7-8:30pm to come up with a schedule for the weekend.
Sessions will from 10am to 2pm Saturday and Sunday and will be held in the Performance Space.
There is no charge for these sessions, but you can help AS220 by entering in a raffle
to win a MakerBot of your own. Details in the AS220 Shop.
For more information about the specific 3D printing platforms, visit:
http://makerbot.com
http://reprap.org
For more info contact Bruce at bwattendorf@gmail.com or 401-339-5625.
Leslie Friedman, "Fossil Fools Project: ANWR Walk"
We have eye poppin' , collage serigraphs by Leslie Friedman from her new series, The Fossil Fools Projects, social commentary in the vein of Corita Kent. Equally concerned with social commentary , but a bit more towards the Lenny Bruce end of the spectrum, comes the mixed media collages & paintings by Nathan Ventura. Nathan uses found materials, and innovative mediums like bleach, to create sweet, wry, scatological, twisted little works. Christine Manory 's exhibit in the Open Window, Dolls Freak Me Out, provides a baker's dozen of photographs on the reason why. In the Youth Gallery , Alex Bomberg is rockin' with work that spans the range of materials and style: paintings, chalk drawing to the awesome "wallface". The AS220 Project Space features the fine art and craftmanship of Nick Holligbaugh & Ben Watkins. Nick and Ben, in their own distinct ways, make meticulously crafted sculptures and paintings that blur boundaries and style. They will be talking about the magic they make Thursday June 18th from 6pm-8pm at the AS220 Project Space.
& there is more!
Visiting Artist-in-Residence William Buzzel will be exhibiting Liberal Arts new paintings about the Providence Library system, in AS220's Street Exhibition Space, at 115 Empire St. Will has be working away over the last month creating a new body of work the delves into the Providence Public Library's long history & evolution. Read more here & meet Will at Sunday's Gallery Reception from 4pm-7pm.
This Saturday Rhode Island artist Ambuja Magaji presents the Exquisite Corpse Video Project from 5:30-8:30pm in the AS220 Performance Space (free!)
The Exquisite Corpse Video Project (ECVP) is a unique video collaboration of 36 artists from 16 countries, inspired by the Surrealist invention, the "Exquisite Corpse". ECVP participants create video art in response to the final ten seconds of the previous member's work. The videos from the ECVP were created by artists who met online, at artreview.com, a networking site for artists, galleries, and collectors. The project was coordinated by Brazilian video‐artist, Kika Nicolela. Local ECVP participant Ambuja Magaji, will present volume one & discuss the project.
More information here.
JUNE 7-27, 2009
opening reception Sunday, June 7, 4-7pm
AS220 Main Gallery New Paintings by Nate Ventura
The Fossil Fools Project and other serigraphs
by Leslie Friedman
Open Window Dolls Freak Me Out
photography by Christine Manory
Youth Gallery New Works by Alex Boberg
AS220 Project Space @ 93 Mathewson St.
New Work by Nick Hollibaugh & Ben Watkins
Hello & Happy June! Spring is here and we are racing towards a super fine action packed summer & the AS220 Galleries are humming with excitement! At Empire St. we have eye poppin' , collage serigraphs by Leslie Friedman from her new series, The Fossil Fools Projects, social commentary in the vein of Corita Kent. Equally concerned with social commentary , but a bit more towards the Lenny Bruce end of the spectrum, comes the mixed media collages & paintings by Nathan Ventura. Nathan uses found materials, and innovative mediums like bleach, to create sweet, wry, scatological, twisted little works. Christine Manory 's exhibit in the Open Window, Dolls Freak Me Out, provides a baker's dozen of photographs on the reason why. In the Youth Gallery , Alex Bomberg is rockin' with work that spans the range of materials and style: paintings, chalk drawing to the awesome "wallface". The AS220 Project Space features the fine art and craftmanship of Nick Holligbaugh & Ben Watkins. Nick and Ben, in their own distinct ways, make meticulously crafted sculptures and paintings that blur boundaries and style. They will be talking about the magic they make Thursday June 18th from 6pm-8pm at the AS220 Project Space.
& there is more!
Visiting Artist-in-Residence William Buzzel will be exhibiting Liberal Arts new paintings about the Providence Library system, in AS220's Street Exhibition Space, at 115 Empire St. Will has be working away over the last month creating a new body of work the delves into the Providence Public Library's long history & evolution. Read more here & meet Will at Sunday's Gallery Reception from 4pm-7pm.
Will Buzzel's "Western Canons"
Officially beginning this Sunday, June 7th, 2009 from 4pm-7pm and on view throughout the month at AS220's Street Exhibition Space (115 Empire St.)
William Buzzell "Liberal Arts" new paintings about Providence's library system
AS220 is pleased to display the creations from William Buzzell's month long artist residency at the organization in our street window exhibition space on Empire St. For the month of May, William has worked closely with staff at the Providence library system, including Richard Ring, head of Special Collections, to delve into the library's long history. As the son of a librarian himself, a former employee of the Rockefeller Library and the Sciences Library at Brown University, and also a generally avid user of libraries for both pleasure and for the meticulous research his work requires, libraries make a decidedly natural subject matter for Buzzell. Culminating from this work is a large sculptural painting evoking library bookshelves, its contents offering both inherent analysis and objective glimpses of aspects of the Providence Library system from its 1875 conception to the current day. Buzzell states, "Although there are failures and problems in the Providence Public Library, I hope the painting will reflect the dedicated people, the various community outreach programs, and the admirable mission statement of the PPL as well. I strive for this work to be an unbiased portrait of a complicated library system in a struggling post-industrial city in the present period of technological advancement and economic slowdown."
I know it wasn't a hard question--but yet no one wrote to me last week to win a free pass to the August 15th Foo Fest by guessing which band on the line up I was alluding to! Thats a bummer, guys---you know you are going to go to Foo Fest so save some scratch and win yourself a free ticket in. So lets make it even easier.... Who is this band?:
Email cheryl@as220.org the one that gets there first will save a few bucks and also make me feel better about last weeks post going unanswered. Perhaps you all figured someone else had already won? Never assume they say, never.
Letterpress $85.00 Saturdays, June 6th, 13th and 20th, 5pm-9pm
This course provides a quick, basic introduction to letterpress. Participants learn to ink the press, adjust pressure, adjust roller height, register and feed a sheet of paper, make an impression and then clean the press. Creating and using plastic plates in combination with metal movable type to create your own vision in letterpressed embossment. Participants must attend ALL THREE letterpress classes in order to be certified to use the letterpress during print time. No materials needed for the first class.
Remember the Photo Booth at the bus station where you took goofy pics of you and/or your friend/BFF or whatever its called now-a-days? Well there is no reason to inhale bus fumes for the sake of that treasured photo strip when you can get the same darned thang at Photo Lottery. You heard right, for a limited time only , from 6-9ish o-clock May 30th at Photo Lottery you can get a photo strip for $10. The AS220 Darkroom's co-founder Pam Murray is opening her photo studio and making it a Photo Booth for Ya'll. See her on the second floor, with fabulous Photo Lottery photography on the walls to boot. As always, the Photo Lottery is free to attend, but only people who buy tickets will win artwork. Check out our online gallery at www.as220.org/photolottery to see more donated artwork and buy a ticket online. Tickets are also available at the AS220 Bar and the night of Photo Lottery, which is TOMORROW YO.
www.as220.org/photolottery
Growing up on the mean sidewalks of suburban/rural Massachusetts in the 1980's art meant a lot to me. It was a way out of where I found myself. While I have never imitated Keith Haring's art it was known to me as beacon of a life I could attain, if I could get myself outta Podunk Mass. My Mom used to sing in community choral groups and after a performance she and my Dad told me of a new " gay cancer " that the conductor had. This was before AIDS had a name. As I matured and got my semi bad self into Boston I felt a chill in the art scene. It seemed that sex, drugs and rock and roll had taken a chill pill, as AIDS was affecting the art community just a few short generational years ahead of me. Keith Haring was one who left us so young. Yet in this photo he is doing his thing, with the exuberance that made a kid hundreds of miles away think there is a life I want. Every photograph is a moment in time, and a moment of someone's life. It makes me so happy to see Stewart Martin's photo of Keith Haring.
Changing gears to Photo Lottery speak, this and 149 other photographs can be seen and won on May 30th , at the AS220 Darkroom's Photo Lottery of course. Tickets can be bought online ( www.AS220.org/photolottery) or at the AS220 Bar, and of course at the night of the show. During the show we will gladly accept checks and cash but are not geared for credit cards. To see other great images, including original photos of Deborah Harry circa 1977 ( I saw her on SOLID GOLD Yo! ) and fab photos of the one and only Tom Waits. Check out our growning online gallery at www.AS220.org/photolottery.
Monday, June 1st - Saturday, June 27th 2009
Opening Reception June 1st, 6-8pm
Lectures begin at 6:30 PM
Providence Public Library
Special Collections Exhibition Hall
150 Empire Street
Providence RI 02903
Over one thousand glass plate negatives have long lain forgotten in the Special Collections of the Providence Public Library. Now a select handful of them will be hand printed and revealed to the public eye, possibly for the very first time. The project was conceived and curated by Agata Michalowska and was brought to bear through a close collaboration with local photographers working out of the AS220 Paul Krot Community Darkrooms. Around two dozen plates will be printed and exhibited along with a selection of glass negatives. The plates represent a wide range of topics including portraits of wealthy Rhode Island families, interiors of textile factories, and landscapes of New England. These glass negatives constitute a cabinet of wonders and a glimpse of a world long past.
You still have time to make that tshirt you've been meaning to. This Sunday from 1-5pm in the Printshop over at the Dreyfus building you can learn the basics of screen printing.
Sign up in our very own online shop!
I've known of Mona Kuhn's work for some time now, through my friend Marlaine Noel who has turned me on to many great photographers. However when trying to describe her work I looked for help from google and found the phrase " Nude but not Naked" jump out as the only English in a German article about Mona's photography. It seemed fitting, as does this text from a review on her web site " The Naturist community portrayed by Mona Kuhn- Brazilian born artist living in California- is shown through skillful photographic compositions made of precise points of focus and arranging of poses, planes, lines and tones. The languages of bodies and faces, though, also convey a distinct sense of nudity as a natural condition, not as a source of allusion. We feel that the affective relations, not the sensual ones, are what really matter".
Once again we are lucky to have a photo donated by Mona, and 149 others. See her work and the entire show this Saturday from 6-9pm. You can see more work and buy tickets at our Photo Lottery website www.as220.org/photolottery and the AS220 Bar
All jokiness aside , Jock Sturges donated this photograph with an image size of 40x50". We have been fortunate to have Jock donate photos to three of our four Photo Lotteries.
The online site "Fine Art Photography Gallery Forum" says of Jock's work, " Jock Sturges sensual black-and-white photographs ( and in our case color ) have been featured in museums throughout the world. His subjects include women, men and children who live in communities where nudity is part of the accepted lifestyle. Jock usually spends weeks or months with his subjects , and they feel like his collaborators. Sturges accomplishes in his open-ended projects the continuing investigation into the engagement between public and private life, between tack and frankness, childhood and adolescence, male and female, artist and model . These stately images reflect self-revelation, trust, admiration, and the inevitable passage from adolescence to adulthood. " Check out some of the other work donated to Photo Lottery at www.as220.org/photolottery.
Tickets that are guaranteed to win art work can be purchased for $100 at the Photo Lottery web site, the AS220 Bar or by good ole check. The Photo Lottery is always free to come to, and is happening this Saturday May 30 from 6-9pm! Contact Scott Lapham at 401-225-8490 for more info.
Way back in 2007 a 16 year old Jesse McFadden donated a great print to the Photo Lottery. Two years later he is not only donating but volunteering 75hrs of his senior teenage years to making the 2009 Photo Lottery a success. He knows all our dark behind the scenes secrets and has seen all the donated art work coming in. His sophisticated taste has chosen his top 5 favorites from which he hopes to win one with his Photo Lottery ticket. They are............
Corliss Steam Engine ( taken in 1876 and printed in 2009 from the original glass negatives in the AS220 Darkroom!)
Peter Gemei ( either of his two donated photos)
Henry Horenstein
Denny Moers
Bill Gallery
He hopes not to win photos by
Himself ( we will not allow that to happen with any artist who donates & buys a ticket.)
His Father George McFadden
His Uncle Stephen McFadden
Check out our growing web gallery of Photo Lottery donations, where most of Jesse's favs can be seen. Find your own favs and buy a ticket online at our website, at the AS220 Bar or by arranging a check drop off by calling Scott Lapham @ 401-225-8490!
Check us out at www.as220.org/photolottery
