May 3rd, 2012
Alumna Margaurita Spear ’09 will have her 4 x 4 oil painting, “Snail Mail” (2012) available for purchase as part of the upcoming fundraiser show 4 X 4 FOR EDUCATION at The Brush Gallery & Studios in Lowell, MA this May.
4 X 4 FOR EDUCATION:
Tiny Works with Big Returns
Saturday, May 19, 2 – 5 pm
The Brush Art Gallery & Studios
256 Market Street, Lowell, MA
Spear is among the many artists of the Brush Gallery & Studios that have come together to help raise money for the Brush Gallery’s Alice Giavis Memorial Scholarship Fund! The artists have created beautiful, varied and creative little gems especially for this event.
Please join Spear on Saturday, May 19 where over 100 little 4 x 4 inch pieces of original art will be sold. The proceeds benefit our scholarship program. For complete details on the scholarship, visit: thebrush.org/scholarship
One $20 ticket will entitle you to choose one piece of original art. Tickets are sold at the door and we will put your name into a basket. When your name is pulled, you may choose any 4″ x 4″ work you like.
Preview Art Work:
Friday, May 18, 11 am – 4 pm
Saturday, May 19, 11 am – 1 pm
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May 3rd, 2012
The Fremont County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously this morning to approve the Temporary Use Permit for Christo and Jeanne-Claude‘s Over The River. This is a significant step in the permitting process, and Christo is very pleased to have successfully reached this important milestone.
“The Fremont County permit is essential to realizing this temporary work of art that Jeanne-Claude and I first envisioned nearly 20 years ago,” said Christo. “I am very pleased that the Commissioners have voted to approve this public work of art for Fremont County, and I want to thank them for their hard work and efforts in evaluating our application. I am glad to be moving forward with our plans to complete Over The River.”
The Board of Commissioners and County staff solicited extensive public comment when reviewing Christo’s permit application. They also considered the Bureau of Land Management’s extensive analysis of the project, as well as the nearly 200 mitigation measures addressing community and environmental concerns, as described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement. Christo is very pleased that, after carefully evaluating all aspects of the project, the Commissioners reached the same conclusion as other regulatory agencies in supporting the realization of Over The River.
Over The River will have significant benefits for Fremont County and all of Colorado, both culturally and economically. This once-in-a-lifetime experience will not only boost tourism and provide worldwide exposure for the area, but it is also expected to generate $583,000 in additional sales tax revenues within Fremont and Chaffee Counties alone.
As part of Fremont County’s Temporary Use Permit, Christo has agreed to more than 30 specific conditions. For example, Christo has committed to fund a wide variety of costs that the County may incur as a result of Over The River, including reimbursements for staff time and funds to mitigate project-related road impacts. Through the sale of his original works of art, Christo and Jeanne-Claude always funded their projects without any public subsidies, grants, commercial advertising or taxpayer support.
Christo’s next step is to submit an application to Chaffee County for a Temporary Special Events Permit, which is expected to happen within the next few weeks. Assuming the remaining permits are successfully secured, Over The River installation will begin in early 2013 with exhibition planned for August 2015.
Over The River is a two-week temporary work of art by the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. For more information, visit our website at www.OverTheRiverInfo.com.
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May 1st, 2012
Montserrat students of Greg Orfanos’ Illustration 4 class have designed posters for Children’s Book Week (May 7 – 13). The students were encouraged to create an exciting image to celebrate and help promote the idea of reading.
Their work will be on display from May 1 – 13 at the Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex Street, in the Children’s Room during regular library hours.
Stop over to see their work and celebrate Children’s Book Week!
>>For more info click here!
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April 30th, 2012
DEPTH will be on display in our 301 Gallery from April 30 – May 4.
Reception: Wed, May 2, 5 – 8 pm, which will include live performances!
DEPTH is a multi sensory exhibition of works presented by Brett Mason, Cecilia Major, Allyson Voner, Sarah Gallant, Alyssa Kingston, William Wareham, Thomas Mazzaglia Jr. and Leah Rafaela Ceriello.
From mining the DEPTH of the human psyche, to creating the illusion of DEPTH on the two-dimensional plane, each artist’s rumination on the concept of DEPTH is represented. Through a diverse range of media, such as painting, sculpture, performance, participatory installation, printmaking, traditional film and still photography, each artist also explores the breadth and DEPTH of their institutional training at Montserrat College of Art.
Performance Schedule:
Monday: 7 – 9 pm
Tuesday: 10 am – noon
Wednesday: 6 – 7 pm
Friday: 10:30 am – 4 pm
301 Gallery Hours:
Mon – Fri 11 am – 2 pm
Facebook Event
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