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ONGOING:BERKSHIRE VETERANS PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT

pittsfield — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:22:48 +0000

Berkshire Veterans Photography Project
Portraits by Bill Wright

Opening: Friday, March 12, 2010, 5pm-7pm

March 12- April 10

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts

28 Renne Ave., Pittsfield, MA

FREE and open to the public.

Catering to be provided by Joe’s Lunchbox.

WHAT: 26 portraits of veterans from Berkshire County, including 99-year-old Margeret H. Haggerty and a 22 year-old man who has served terms in two terms in Afghanistan and and one in Iraq.

The exhibit will run from March 12- April 10, 2010.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 413.499.9348 OR VISIT CULTURALPITTSFIELD.COM.

PULL: Joe Wilk@ Rocks/In/a/Blender.tumblr.com

pittsfield — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:07:52 +0000

As awesome, as we may be here at Pittsfield Contemporary, we do not have time to cover everything. And to be honest, you don’t have enough time to read everything. So in the interest of efficiency, we present to you PULL (working title)- the category where we pull interesting bits from our local artist blogs, and maybe some other places….we’ll let you know when we decide.

So here you go John Q. Public, a stunner from Joe Wilk of Wilk &Wright Photography and Design, 441 North Street.

Want more Joe? Click Here.

Want more PULL? Well this is the first one, so you’ll have to wait.

Got something we should PULL (blog, website, etc)? Click Here, drop line.

Enjoy.

Renne Avenue: Studio Artists @ the Lichtenstein Center For the Arts

pittsfield — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:06:50 +0000

Thursday night, come to the Lichtenstein for an opening reception for a show of work by the artists who create art here in our studios.

The opening reception for the show is on Thursday, September 24th at 5pm until 7pm.

Features paintings, ceramics, photography and mixed media pieces by Diane Cournoyer, Julio Granda, Mario Calouri, Michael Rousseau, Peg Dotchin, Eduardo Villanes, Stefanie Weber, Sean McCusker, David Scribner and John Stritch, as well as Lichtenstein class instructors Aimee Gelinas and Jim Horsford.

TEAPOTS: Interpretations @ Ferrin Gallery

pittsfield — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:50:12 +0000

Group Show of Sculpture, Painting, Photography and Studio Pottery
Dates: July 11 – September 5, 2009
Reception and Gallery Talk : Saturday, July 11, from 4-6 pm
Curator: Leslie Ferrin, Author of Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object

In 2000, gallery owner, Leslie Ferrin wrote Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object a book that presents the history of the object and surveys contemporary functional and sculptural interpretations. During the 80’s and 90’s Ferrin was responsible for dozens of exhibitions and during that time, helped to establish public, private and corporate collections including Celestial Seasonings in Boulder, Colorado, The Gloria and Solomon Kamm Collection and at the Charak collection now at the Racine Art Museum in Racine, WI. This is the first exhibition exclusively focused on teapots by various artists to be held in Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield.

“In the past 30 years, the contemporary American teapot has become the most significant object of decorative and applied art being produced and collected. Thousands of artists, working in all media, have embraced the teapot, creating individual testimonials to this appealing form. With passionate collectors active and now several museums acquiring and exhibiting teapots both within larger collections and as a separate theme, this form continues to develop and draw new interest.” Leslie Ferrin from Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object.

Works by local artists featured in the show include the abstract forms in silver by Michael and Maureen Banner, woodfired stoneware based on historic pottery by Mark Shapiro, porcelain storytelling with antique imagery by Mara Superior, collage and assemblage by Donald Clark, and functional works by studio pottery by Michael McCarthy, Christy Knox, Sam Taylor and Tom White . Painters Nanny Vonnegut and Janet Rickus will feature the teapot form in a still life as will photographer, Ogden Gigli.

HOURS: summer hours are 11 – 5:00 daily through Labor Day.