Writing Center Director Colleen Michaels‘ featured in Paper Nautilus!
Colleen Michaels’ work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Paterson Literary Review, Blue Collar Review, The Mom Egg, and Literary Mama; She has received honorable mention in the 2011 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize. She directs the Writing Center at Montserrat College of Art where she hosts The Improbable Places Poetry Tour.
Below is Michaels’ “Bowing to Vines out of Season”
Anne Siems, Hummingbird Girl, 2010, mixed media on panel
Congratulations to Gallery Director Leonie Bradbury for being recognized (again!) for Montserrat College of Art’s spring 2011 exhibit Debt to Pleasure. The exhibit was featured in The Boston Globe’s list of “Top Gallery Exhibits in 2011.”
“For unadulterated visual luxury, nothing beat A Debt to Pleasure, a ravishing yet unsettling show organized at Montserrat College of Art Gallery by gallery director Leonie Bradbury,” said Cate McQuaid from The Boston Globe. “Artists played off the hallucinatory beauty evoked in allegorical strains of art history, from 17th-century Dutch painting to 19th-century American folk art. Set together in a contemporary gallery, these works evoked a heightened sense of time’s gulf, and how we shape history to fit our present-day needs.”
Read the full article on Boston.com!
Montserrat’s Academic Technology Administrator and Founder of Brainfox Brett Johnson hosts his premiere party for “Albionic,” a short film he created, directed by David Ells. Saturday Dec. 17 starting at 8 pm at Montserrat’s 301 Gallery!
The night includes:
· Worldwide premiere of “Albionic” – Screenings at 9 pm + 10 pm!
· Our very own Brett Johnson with a double dose of stand-up!
· Music + dancing thanks to mixologist Jason Rozen!
· Sneak preview of the upcoming Brainfox short starring Jill Rogati!
· And of course….food + beverages!
Beverly Bootstraps will also have a collection of cereal boxes or any nonperishable goods. All donations are warmly appreciated!
Nurse Susan Calhoun will be going to the Dominican Republic, from Jan. 7-21, 2012, to provide health care to rural villagers as a practicum experience for her Masters of Nursing degree at Salem State University. Susan will be working with the organization Intercultural Nursing, Inc., based in Rhode Island. She will be treating 100 patients a day in each clinic, while supervising several University of Rhode Island undergraduate nursing students. Susan is paying for her own airfare and accommodations while in the DR. However, each volunteer is asked to bring one large duffel bag with supplies. She is asking for donations of the following supplies:
Needed items: bar soap, toothpaste, tooth brushes, sandwich paper bags, small zip lock plastic bags, inexpensive hats with visors (can be gently used), white socks, razors, reading glasses, sunglasses, sewing kits, multivitamins, and antacid tablets.
In addition, donations also can be made to Susan so she can buy over the counter medications in bulk, or to “INI” and the Nurse Practitioner will use $$ to purchase antibiotics and other supplies for our clinic. All donations are tax deductible and receipts will be issued from INI. She will be accepting donations in person each Mon-Fri from 9am-2pm, and there will be a box outside the Health Center for donations to be dropped off when she is not here. Susan appreciates anything you can share!
Staff member Lauri Chertok has work in a group show at Gaga Gallery throughout December. There will be a Reception Friday, Dec. 9, 6 – 9pm.
Gaga Gallery is a contemporary gallery specializing in one-of-a-kind objects including sculpture and landscape sculpture, handmade books and cards, textiles and jewelry.
459 Humphrey Street, Swampscott, MA
Hours: Wed – Fri 12-7pm, Sat – Sun 12-6pm
