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Third Thursday opening at the BCC intermodal Gallery.
AUTUMN DOYLE Solo show!
Visit Ven Friday
Finally had a few minutes at the right time… Friday at about 3pm. Took a minute to swoop down to the Berkshire Museum and distract Ven from his current project on the floor of the Crane Room.
Since his residency started I had been meaing to catch-up but I was always in the wrong place at the right time.
Sittin on the floor, stringin’ lights, hangin out with the boar and moose head.
The Crane room located in the center of the museum has a beautiful huge open skylight ceiling. The marble floor and the fountain added into the equation makes up a beautiful space, so I can see why Ven chose the room to sprawl out in.
Spoke with Ven for a few minutes about projects/experiments he has played with over the past few weeks. Setting up a tent in the museum and playing musical instruments, recording the sounds (or lack of) as they bounce around the space, and getting participation from visitors and including them in the recordings.
The piece above will be finished and shown in collaboration with the rest of his creations within his residency at an exhibition on the 24th of June.
For more info on Ven’s residency, Click here!
Pittsfield Art Show 2010
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May 15th-Grand Re-opening of the Upstairs Gallery
May 15, 5-8 pm – Grand Re-Opening celebration of the Upstairs Gallery at Art on No. See new art and meet the 17 artists and tour their studios. Music, refreshments, free. Art on No, 311 North Street, Pittsfield.
Art on No will be holding “open studios” during every Third Thursday in Pittsfield starting in May through October. The “upstairs gallery” will be open to the public and individual artists will be hosting small receptions in their studios. The public is invited. Art on No, 311 North Street, Pittsfield, 2nd Floor. Dates of the open studios are May 20, June 17, July 15, August 19, September 19, October 24.
Art on No artists:
Robert Balogh, Marguerite Bride, Kathy Gideon, Jay Hallstein, Ellen Joffee-Halpern, Lisa Ketcham, Annie Laurie, Sophie D. Lee, Leo Mazzeo, Joshua McHugh, Dawn Meltzer, Martha Peskin, Claudia Shuster, N.John Strother, Scott Taylor, Searles Video Production, Self Discipline Entertainment
Art on No Manager: Annie Laurie 413-281-1230 (cell), and 413-623-8395 (H)
Brilliant Graphics Special Offer for Artists
This just came down the line, Pittsfield based Brilliant Graphics Group is offering a special spring Giclée promotion for local artists.
For $300, Brilliant Graphics will:
- Capture your original artwork with a High Definition, 3D Scanner.
- Color correct the digital capture to your original.
- Archive the capture and color correction on a cd for you to retain.
- Produce 3 Giclée prints, with archival inks on your choice of German etching paper or canvas up to 24” x 24” finished size. Larger prints are available for an additional fee.
The regular cost for this package is $450 and will be offered until June 30, 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Live: Dine and Dish with Ven
Forum presented by Bascom Lodge and hosted at The Ferrin Gallery.
PULL: MICHAEL ZELEHOSKI @ArtScopeMagazine.com
MICHAEL ZELEHOSKI: FRESH VISION
Keith Shaw
THE CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET ESSENTIALLY OFFERS PUBLIC SHARES IN THE CAREERS IN THE CAREERS OF INDIVIDUAL. WHILE UNDERPERFORMERS ABOUND, OCCASIONALLY AN ARTIST WINS THE GROWING CONFIDENCE OF COLLECTORS. MICHAEL ZELEHOSKI FITS INTO THAT PORTFOLIO.
At age 30, this Berkshire native and Pittsfield resident has had eight solo shows since earning a 2003 BFA from universidad Finis Terrae in Chile; nearly all of his pieces sell either during or shortly after exhibits. In a six-year span, his price range jumped from $400-800 to $2,800-$20,000. Also gaining institutional recognition, zelehoski just received a major Massachusetts Cultural Council grant and took second prize in a national competition sponsored by Artslant.
VEN VOISEY IN-RESIDENCE @ The Berkshire Museum
Last year the Berkshire Museum, Ferrin Gallery, and the Pittsfield Cultural Council, launched a residency project at the museum. Local painter, and Storefront Artist Project founder Maggie Mailer was the first resident.
Next month, sound, installation, performance and visual artist Ven Voisey will take up residence in the galleries.
Starting April 23, you can catch him in the galleries:
Fridays, 12pm to 4 pm and Saturdays, 10 am to 2 pm
And don’t forget to mark your calendars for a gallery presentation and discussion of his residency on:
Thursday, June 24, 5 – 7 pm
An exhibition of work created during the residency will follow:
June 19 and run through August 29, 2010.
“Ever since visiting the Berkshire Museum five years ago, I have wanted to do something there, but until now, I was never quite certain what that might be,” said Voisey. “In particular, I like museums that incorporate a variety of subject matter: science, art, history, community… all of which Berkshire Museum has in spades.”
Ven Voisey is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in traditional and non-traditional forms. His work includes drawings and paintings, sculptural installations, sound pieces, and performances. “It is perfect to have Ven do a residency at Berkshire Museum because of how diverse his work is and how equally diverse the Museum’s own collections are. We expect there to be some interesting outcomes and new interpretations that Ven will make during the time he spends mining our collections,” said Maria Mingalone, Director of Interpretation.
Originally from northern California, Voisey is a graduate of San Francisco State University. He worked as an artist on the west coast until relocating to the Berkshires in 2003, where he did his first installation “flutter” which was created for the Contemporary Artists Center. Since then Voisey has shown locally at public and private galleries, including the Contemporary Arts Center and Ferrin Gallery. He has also created outdoor installations for Pittsfield’s Artscape public art program, and has participated in the Storefront Artist Project. Most recently, Voisey curated a show at MCLA Gallery 51, The Amazing Acoustaphotgrammitron, featuring work by artists who span the visual and audio realms.
PULL: TRAILER@Awomanlikethatfilm.com
a woman like that from Ellen Weissbrod on Vimeo.
This year marks the Berkshire International Film Festival’s 5th anniversary and its first foray into Pittsfield. Get tickets, and check out A Woman Like That, scheduled to show June 6, 2010 and other films by visiting BIFFMA online.
About A Woman Like That
Filmmaker Ellen Weissbrod merges her own coming of middle-age story with her pursuit of the truths behind the legends of 17th century female painter Artemisia Gentileschi’s dramatic art and life. This unconventional but heartfelt hunt upends typical artist biographies and delivers instead a funny, engaging and all together different kind of documentary.
“a woman like that” is a freewheeling tribute to an artist whose own bold life and inspiring message leaps across centuries to speak to us all. The enduring power of storytelling – in paintings, in films and in our lives is revealed, as the filmmaker learns that who gets to tell the story matters, and that maybe she too, can be “a woman like that.”
About BIFFMA
The Berkshire International Film Festival, now in its fifth year, will screen 75 American and foreign independent feature films, documentaries and short films in Great Barrington, Mass. and Pittsfield, Mass. In addition to screenings, there will also be panel discussions, Q&A sessions with filmmakers and other events. The festival will take place June 3 through June 6, 2010.
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2010 BAA Fellowship @ Lichtenstein
Amelia Tatro, RISD
The Berkshire Art Association announced that fourteen college art students have been selected to participate in the BAA Fellowship Show 2010 at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Avenue, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. A jury of Berkshire County artists selected this year’s winners.
The exhibit will run from April 16 to May 15 with gallery hours from noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. The Lichtenstein Gallery is operated by City of Pittsfield under the direction of Megan Whilden, Director of Cultural Development.
The opening reception will be April 17, 5 – 7 p.m. During the reception, the BAA will present $4,000 in juried prizes. An additional $250 will be announced and presented to a Berkshire County native in memory of the late Lorraine Lauzon, artist, teacher, writer and long-time Secretary of the Berkshire Art Association.
Four students will receive $500. They are include three Williams seniors: Audry Bell from Colorado Springs, etchings and painting; Meghan Nidever from Ingram, Texas, digital/painted images; and Emma Steinkraus, from Fayetteville, Arkansas, paintings. Merritt Fletcher of North Adams, an MCLA senior, is showing paintings and painted constructions.
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