May 2007 - Brickbottom Artists Association

The Brickbottom Gallery Report
March 30 th through May 6 th
THE GREEN LINE
A BAA members’ exhibition in the Brickbottom
Gallery through May 6 with extended gallery hours
during SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS, The Gallery
will be
open
Saturday
and
Sunday,
May 5 th
and 6 th ,
from
12:00 to
6:00 pm.
This
exhibition
is in conjunction with The Nave Gallery, THE (other
end of the) GREEN LINE - Clarendon Hill
Presbyterian Church, 155 Powderhouse Blvd.,
through May 27 th
Exhibiting Artists: Wendy Cleveland, Susanna
Darling, Gilbert, Lisa Lunskaya Gordon, Pier
Gustafson, Charlotte Kaplan, Pauline Lim, Cyn
Maurice, Riki Moss, Piotr Parda, Polly Pook, Dan
Rocha, David Sholl, Jessica Straus, Bill Turville.
May 17 th through June 23 rd
IMMERSED IN ITALY
Off the Beaten Track, curated by Cynthia A. Clark,
There will be an opening reception on Friday, May
18 th from 6:00 to 8:00
pm with an artist talk on
Thursday, June 7 th , at 7:
00 pm.
There are two Italy’s—
the one that Italians
inhabit and the one that
tourists see or imagine.
Interestingly, the same
elements make up
both. This exhibition
seduces the viewer and
invites the traveler to explore the country,
physically and artistically—off the beaten track.
CALL TO BRICKBOTTOM ARTIST ASSOCIATION
MEMBERS FOR BRICKBOTTOM GALLERY’S
SUMMER EXHIBITION, WHAT IS BIG?,
Oversized work or work dealing with scale. Please
contact Debra Olin, brickbottomartist@rcn.com,
subject: BIG with dimensions, medium, and 300dpi
jpeg. There is limited room because of size of work,
so respond ASAP. Drop off: Sunday, June 24, 6-8 or
by arrangement. Exhibition Dates: July 12 – Aug. 18,
Opening Reception, Sunday, July 15, 7-9pm.
IMMERSED IN ITALY reveals the artists’
connection to all that Italy is and how they immerse
their art in the ever- changing language and culture
of Italy past and present-- from the Renaissance
techniques of Laura Clerici’s delicate ceramics
and Katrin Grote-Baker’s gorgeous, huge,
swooping cancelleresca calligraphy; from the on
site painting Elliot Paul Rothman employs to
highlight the rich vocabulary of watercolor
landscapes to the pallet work of Marian
Dioguardi’s colorful, extraordinary laundry lines on
the isle of Burano. The exhibit highlights the
timeless “being” in Cynthia A. Clark’s modern
digital photos of the ancient but continuing rural
world of the contadini, and the sense of the
timeless in Susanna Darling’s work. These are
juxtaposed with the ultra-modern but uniquely
Italian jewelry sculptures of Marilla Napoleone,
linked directly to and emerged out of the
goldsmithing trade of Dante’s age. The products of
these artists emerge from IMMERSED IN ITALY,
proposing afresh-old mysteries. All the artists have
all gone “off road” purposely—they have taken the
paths usually ignored, in city and countryside, to
find their subjects and make their art, inviting and
challenging the viewer to imagine or rethink the
Italian experience.
September 4 th through 9 th ,
Prospect Hill Academy exhibition
September 14 th through October 13th,
FABRICATIONS: FABRIC IS THE MEDIUM,
Reception: Sunday, September 16 th , 4:00 to 6:00
pm. Exhibiting artists: Mario Kon, Marilyn Pappas,
Beverly Sky (curator), and Clara Wainwright.
The Brickbottom Gallery accepts proposals for
group exhibitions on an ongoing basis. Please
contact Debra Olin,
Brickbottom Gallery Coordinator at
brickbottomartist@rcn.com,
subject: gallery proposals.