Press Release - April 2007 - A month of Arts Events the Brookline Arts Center
Photographer Lou Jones Discusses Book and Leads Salon at the Brookline Arts Center
(Brookline, MA – March 6, 2007) Lou Jones has traveled the world, traveled to 47 out of the 50 American states, and been on location at places like NASA and Universal Studios. But on Friday, June 15, the Boston-based photographer will be at the Brookline Arts Center to lead a photography salon.
The salon is part of a continuing series of casual discussions for photographers at the Brookline Arts Center. Professionals, amateurs, and any one interested in photography are welcome. Photographers are encouraged to bring their work, both digital and film, for discussion.
In addition to leading the salon, Jones will also discuss his latest book, travel + PHOTOGRAPHY: Off the Charts, which was published last year. This book contains over 600 color photographs from his travels, in landscape format. But travel + PHOTOGRAPHY is both beautiful and informative, with tips on how to solve equipment and lighting problems, and language barriers in foreign countries, to catch magical images on your own camera. Both a commercial and fine art photographer, Jones is no stranger to the Boston photography scene. He was a former president of the New England chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers. Currently, he is on the board of directors of the Photographic Resource Center in Boston and is co-director of photography at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts in Waltham. His photography has been exhibited across the United States and also in Europe.
“travel + PHOTOGRAPHY: Off the Charts is the next best thing to sitting down for a long conversation about photography and the world with a man eminently familiar with both,” says Nikon in its review of Jones’ second book.
Heather Roy and Arlette Kayafas Lead Panel Discussion “How to Approach a Gallery” at the Brookline Arts Center.
(Brookline, MA – April 9, 2007) At the Brookline Arts Center’s panel discussion “How to Approach a Gallery” artists who are looking to make their first venture into gallery shows can learn the how-to’s from those in the know: galleries. This talk led by directors Heather Roy of Artana Gallery and Arlette Kayafas of Gallery Kayafas will take place on Tuesday, May 22, from 6 to 8 pm.
Roy and Kayafas will lead a lively discussion on the do’s and don’ts of approaching a gallery. Artists who have never exhibited in a gallery can learn the steps to successfully secure their first show, while artists who have previously exhibited can learn how to better market their art. This discussion is free and open to the public.
Both Roy and Kayafas are experienced professionals in the Boston-area art scene. Roy’s Artana Gallery is located in Coolidge Corner in Brookline. Roy has also been an exhibition juror for art museums, and a panelist speaker. Gallery Kayafas is located in Boston’s South End. Prior to opening her gallery, Kayafas was a collector of contemporary art for over 30 years.
The panel is free and open to the public. Regular exhibition hours at the Brookline Arts Center are Mondays through Fridays, 9 am to 4:30 pm.
Photographer Peizhong Bao Shows “Boston Through My Eyes” at the Brookline Arts Center
(Brookline, MA – April 23, 2007) The Brookline Arts Center is pleased to exhibit Peizhong Bao’s photography show, "Boston Through My Eyes" from May 10 to June 1, 2007. "Boston Through My Eyes" presents color photographs of the city of Boston. Some of the photographs in the collection explore the expressive effects and fictions that can be created with Adobe Photoshop, and other pieces are straight photography.
Bao is a Brookline resident, but is originally from China. His photographs have won prizes in the Boston Camera Club’s Latimer Print Competition. He has also shown his work at the Brookline Public Library. The focus of Bao’s work is primarily landscapes.
The exhibition is free and open to the public. Regular exhibition hours at the Brookline Arts Center are Mondays through Fridays, 9 am to 4:30 pm.
Discover the New Art and Artists with Open Studios at Brookline Arts Center: Nine BAC Faculty, plus "Let’s Talk about Sculpture" and ArtReach
(Brookline, MA: April 12, 2007) During Brookline Open Studios weekend on Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29th, visitors to the Brookline Arts Center will have two floors of exciting contemporary art to choose from. Looking for a fun weekend activity? Start your Open Studios weekend with a stop at the Brookline Arts Center and neighboring Monmouth Park, where you can see some exciting new art and pick up a map for Open Studios.
From 11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on April 28 and April 29, nine Brookline Arts Center faculty will present exhibitions of their painting, drawing, ceramics, and decoupage jewelry in the studios of the historic Victorian building that houses the Brookline Arts Center. The exhibiting artists include veteran teachers, as well as new faculty who are exhibiting their work at the BAC for the first time. The exhibiting artists will be: Judith Ann Bell, Dina Brodsky, Robin Connors, Sarah Cunningham, Yaron Dotan, Stephanie Houston, Ruth Kates, Sasja Lucas and Jenn Sherr.
Also on view will be a special exhibition of Watercolors by the ArtReach students of Judith Bell: these students have met each week for many years at the Brookline Housing Authority and have exhibited widely throughout the town of Brookline.
For more information, visit www.studioswithoutwalls.org
Rachael Wilcox, Jon Heinrich and Andreas Gmur Present “Translations” at the Brookline Arts Center Gallery
(Brookline, MA – April 6, 2007) One of life’s greatest mysteries may be humanity. We have all wondered what other people mean when they say certain things, put on certain facial expressions and use certain gestures. We all know how misunderstandings can arise with miscommunication. Artists Rachael Wilcox, Jon Heinrich and Andreas Gmür explore the journey from idea to message to interpretation, in "Translations," their group exhibition at the Brookline Arts Center from June 29 through August 10, 2007.
The three artists begin with a human facial expression as photographed by Heinrich, and this photograph then becomes a model for Wilcox, who recreates the expression as a sculptural relief. Gmür then works from Wilcox’s sculpture to create a painting.
“Translations” is the first time Wilcox, Heinrich, and Gmür have worked together. Wilcox and Heinrich previously collaborated when Heinrich interviewed Wilcox on a past exhibit of hers for Meniscus Magazine, an online magazine of which Heinrich is a writer, a photographer and the editor-in-chief. In addition to exhibits in the Boston area such as at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Arlington Center for the Arts, Wilcox also runs an online art gallery, The Starving Artist Online Gallery. Through Heinrich, Wilcox met Gmür, who has studied painting at the Art Institute at Lesley University and exhibited at South End Open Studios, the Boston Public Library, and New York City. It was Wilcox who came up with the concept behind “Translations,” and asked Heinrich and Gmür to work with her.
The end result of their collaboration? "Emerging from each portrait in this series will be three distinct pieces embedded with a kind of unity, while still offering their own independent accent for each moment," said Wilcox.
Meet the artists at the reception for “Translations,” held at the Brookline Arts Center on Thursday, June 28, starting at 6:30 pm. The reception is free and open to the public. Regular exhibition hours are Monday through Fridays, 9 am to 4:30 pm. Admission is free.
Photographer Knox Gardner Presents "Whichever Stone You Lift" at the Brookline Arts Center
(Brookline, MA – March 21, 2007) The Brookline Arts Center will celebrate the installation of its new outdoor sculpture garden, "Conversation Pieces" with a gala opening reception on Saturday, May 5, from 7 to 10 pm.
(Brookline, MA – April 6, 2007) The Brookline Arts Center is pleased to exhibit Knox Gardner’s photography show, "Whichever Stone You Lift: Memorials from Grove Street's Jewish Cemetery" from June 8 to July 27, 2007. Meet the photographer at the exhibit’s opening reception, on Friday, June 8, from 6 to 8 pm.
"Whichever Stone You Lift" features photographs of grave markers found in the Jewish cemeteries on Grove Street in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. What caught Gardner’s eye about these gravestones was that they feature ceramic photographs of the deceased. Gardner found that this style of memorial was most prevalent on grave markers dated from 1915 to 1935, and that only certain Jewish congregations in the large cemetery complex seemed to adopt it.
"I found them mysterious with their directness and the wakefulness of the dead," said Gardner, of the impact these gravestones had on him.
"Whichever Stone You Lift" is Gardner’s first photography show. He is primarily a writer, and his poems have appeared in the James White Review. He incorporates video into many of his readings, and incorporates his photography on his blog, www.bikenerd.blogspot.com. His work in different media is unified in their documentary approaches. Gardner previously lived in Brookline, but recently relocated to Seattle, Washington.
Both the opening reception and the exhibition are free and open to the public. Regular exhibition hours at the Brookline Arts Center are Mondays through Fridays, 9 am to 4:30 pm.
The gallery and salons are free and open to the public, but donations are accepted. For more information, call 617-566-5715 or visit www.brooklineartscenter.com.
The Brookline Arts Center is located at 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline, one block from the St. Mary’s stop on the MBTA Green Line. The photo salon is handicapped accessible.
For more information, visit www.brooklineartscenter.com or email bac@brooklineartscenter.com.