If you are in the Boston area, be sure to stop by The Distillery for Open Studios this weekend. For those that have been in the past, remember to find me in my new studio, #405 (that we are affectionately referring too as “The Tower”). I am the first door on the left, just before the Distillery Gallery when you come in though the main entrance. For those of you on Facebook, if you check in on my artist page during your visit I will give you a free print (until I run out!). I have a few different prints to choose from, all hand pulled signed and numbered screen or block prints.

I have plenty of big new paintings and some beer from Jacks Abbey brewery to share so, be sure to stop by.

Open Studios weekend is almost here in South Boston. As usual The Distillery building (where I live and work) will be open with around 40 artists opening their doors to let you have a peek into their studios and processes. There are a lot of new faces around the building this year so even if you have been around in the past, it is a good time to visit and see some new art.

I have recently moved studios so, be sure to grab a map at the front door if you are trying to find me. I will be in Studio 405 which we are beginning to affectionally refer too as “The Tower”. It was a sad day when we had to break up our dysfunctional Studio 11 family but, I still plan on making my studio worth the trip.

The Weekly Did says we are cool cats and if you know what’s up, you probably agree. So come on out on Saturday and Sunday, November 5 & 6, 2011 and see some great Boston art.

For more info and a (mostly) complete list of artists:

www.southbostonopenstudios.org/

Click here to join the event on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=257064344336019

Artists and craftspeople of South Boston will open their doors to the public Saturday and Sunday, November 5 & 6, 2011 as part of the annual South Boston Open Studios event. Visitors will be able to talk to and make purchases directly from the artists while touring the creative environments in which the artwork is produced. The weekend-long event also provides a great opportunity to sample many of this historic neighborhood’s restaurants, cafes, pubs, and retail shops.

Numerous disciplines will be represented throughout the dozens of participants, including: sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, installation, photography, video, jewelry, ceramics, woodworking, fabric and performance art. Much of the work will be in-process and the artists will be on hand for questions and conversations. Participating organizations and galleries include The Distillery artists building (which will showcase two galleries and over 40 artists) located at 516 East 2nd Street, and the studios at King Terminal (just a few blocks away) right next to the intersection of E 1st & Summer Street.

The event is free to the public, rain or shine, noon to 6pm each day. Public transportation is easy, take the Red Line to Broadway and walk East, or take the #7 City Point bus from South Station to Elkins St. (#7 doesn’t run on Sundays).

Generally I have been hesitant to loan paintings out for display in restaurants around town although, it seems like a pretty popular/easy exhibition option in Boston… or maybe it is restaurants around Boston that have been hesitant to hang freaky portraits and morbid nudes? Either way, Voltage is different. Not only is is an awesome coffee shop, it also has a great exhibition space. Pieces actually look good hung and have enough space to command attention. So when Liz of Flux-Boston.com asked me to participate in a show that she was organizing there, I jumped at the chance. It also didn’t hurt that Liz collected such a great group of artists for me to share the walls with. Check out the facebook event page for the opening reception, and keep reading after the image for more details and a complete list of participating artists.

“What better way to kick off the return of fall than with a crash course contemporary art lesson on the who’s who of upcoming Boston visual artists. Come to Voltage Coffee & Art on Friday September 9th for the opening of FLUX. Offline, a brick and mortar curation by digital art reviewer/sweetheart Elizabeth Devlin.

Step away from the glow of the computer screen, get gussied and slough off the work week at the opening reception, Friday September 9th, 7:00-10:00pm for an evening of art, libations, grub, tunes, and delightful conversation.”

Participating Artists Include:

Autumn Ahn

Brian Daly

Corey Corcoran

Elizabeth Grammaticas

Jakob Fioole

Jennifer Lewis

Jessica Liggero

Kenji Nakayama

Nick Ward

Polly Becker

It is coming up on Spring Open Studios time at The Distillery and Studio 11 will, as always, have our doors open. It is my (obviously biased) opinion that this building has one of the best open studios events in Boston, maybe second only to Somerville and its massive city wide weekend. The building is interesting, the participating artists are all friendly (and talented) and the beer flows freely.

So, if you are in or around Boston, make the trip out to Southie on Sunday, June 5th and be sure to stop by Studio 11 and hang out for a while. Below is the official press release and a list of participating artists (that is sure to grow as the date gets closer). If you are on Facebook, click the link to the event page and let us know you are attending and invite your friends!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154729314590759

South Boston based artists and craftspeople at The Distillery and King Terminal open their doors for the annual Spring Open Studios event on Sunday, June 5th. Visitors can mingle with creative types, tour the unique environments in which various forms of artwork are produced, and make purchases directly from the artists. Dozens of traditional art studios, live/work lofts, creative small businesses, and corridors serving as pop-up galleries will be open to the public, highlighting some of Boston’s finest creative talent.

Spring Open Studios is free admission, rain or shine, Noon – 6pm. Get here by public transportation via the Red Line to Broadway and the #9 bus. Locations are within a few blocks from each other, and signage will clearly mark the path connecting the two. Ample street parking surrounds both properties, and there are plenty of places to secure bicycles.

THE DISTILLERY:
516 EAST SECOND STREET

Studio B3
Lily Johannsen Designs – jewelry, precious metals & gemstones

Studio 11
Alycia Aube – mixed media
Matt Bennett – photography
Robert daVies – mixed media
Valerie Eliason – mixed media
Elizabeth Grammaticas – drawing, painting
Mary Fay Holt – mixed media and music
Nick Ward – oil paint

Studio 201 B
Dan McCole – watercolors and prints

Studio 210
Aimee Belanger – painting, drawing
Corey Corcoran – mixed media
Vanessa Irzyk – oil, watercolor
Molly A. Landman – fibers

Third Floor Gallery
Ray & Ann Kerwin – photography

Studio 301
The Dyslexic Press – screen printed art, apparel & accessories
Adam Westlund – polaroid photography

Studio 302
David Clemente – mixed media
James Weinberg – screen printing, design, illustration

Studio 401
Derek Hoffend – sound-art, electronic instruments, electronic-music, installation, sculpture
Shana Paleologos – mixed media, drawing, sculpture, installation

Studio 402
David Wooddell – painting

Studio 406
Kenji Nakayama – mixed media
Dana Woulfe – painting, mixed media

Studio 407
Adam O’Day – mixed media, collage

Studio 411
Alex Dakoulas – graphic apparel, printmaking
Pat Falco – drawing, painting, printmaking, t-shirts

Studio 412
Scott Chasse – painting, screen printing

Studio 413
Nova Samodai – jewelry, metals

Studio 500
Chantal Hardy – pen and ink, oil
Jude Sirois – mixed media

Studio 502
Michael Mullaney – drawing and painting
Elizabeth Nicholson – oil paintings

KING TERMINAL
570 EAST FIRST STREET

studio #203
Susan Hardy Brown – encaustic

studio #205
Josh Falk – mixed media, photo

studio #210
John Provenzano – painting

Studio 11 in the Distillery building (where I live and work) has a long and sometimes sordid history in the Boston art scene. Over the years it has been home to an ever changing crew of the most creative and interesting characters to ever pass through this city. With that in mind we have gathered as many Studio 11 residents (past and current) as possible to fill the Distillery Gallery with work.

There will be an opening reception April 29th, 6-9pm which is free & open to the public so come on down and enjoy some colorful company (and a free beer). If you can’t make that the show will hang until June 1st.

Read on for the official press release from curator, H. Boney and be sure to join the Facebook Event Page to help spread the word.

Studio 11 – A Retrospective.

Opening Reception April 29th, 6-9pm
Distillery Gallery
516 East Second Street, South Boston

Given the tumultuous nature of the Distillery, Studio 11 – A Retrospective, aims to bring together a vast collection of artists who are or were, at one time or another, tenants of the raw and ready live/work space.
Expanding and sifting through a total of five floors, the studio over the past 20 years has become notorious for all-night parties that have induced neighbors to tears through late night drunken trumpet playing, unpractical games of Log, and monstrous recreations of a Van der Graaff Generator.

The artists themselves, in a declaration of the social nature of the space, have had to experience a range of situations that flutter between the normal and absurd, including themed dinner events, major floods, ping pong championships, and roommates that participate in loud, monotypic bouts of copulation, or physically decide to alter their appearance to look like that of a mountain zebra.

Recently the Studio was featured in Justin Timberlake’s MTV reality show The Phone, and in 2008 was graced with the presence of Pulitzer Prize winner poet James Tate.

Artists include:

Nick Ward

Dynamo Jenkins

Rope-a-Dope Collaborative

Dara Backaler

Liz Grammaticas

Mary Fay Holt

Mike Dacey

Alex Feinstein

Maria LaCreta

Nick Rodrigues

Nicole Deponte

H. Boney

James Weinberg

Tricia Gray

Jon Demiglio

Robert daVies

Tony Bevilacqua

and more, TBA.

I will have my work hanging in a show at the Distillery Gallery for the month of October. There will be an opening reception on October 1st from 6-9pm so, if you have wanted to see some of these paintings in the real world, here is your chance. Read the official press release below and be sure to join the Facebook event page to help spread the word.

The Distillery Gallery Presents:

“People, Places & Horses”
featuring works by Aimee Belanger, Monica Nydam, Nick Ward, and David Wooddell
October 1 – October 22, 2009
Opening Reception: October 1, 6-9pm
free and open to the public
516 E 2nd St., first floor
contact: Scott Chasse, gallery director
(978) 270-1904 / scottchasse@gmail.com
www.distilleryboston.com
Hours of operation: Mon-Sat, 9-5

The Distillery Gallery presents “People, Places & Horses,” a straight-forward exhibit of four Boston-based painters individually consistent in their chosen subject matter.

People:
Nick Ward’s close-up portraits reveal exaggerated elements of facial characteristics mixed with sparse use of text or vivid color as a backdrop. Each work is an uncontrived study of texture and form punctuated by the suggestion of everyday routine.

David Wooddell exhibits a clear appreciation of his predecessors and a mature, diligent work ethic by painting live models in a modernist manner. The focus of his rich, heavy-bodied figure studies balances between the subject and the individual brush stroke, resulting in luminous portrayals of the human form.

Places:
Aimee Belanger blurs the lines between imagination and reality with landscapes based on photographs, memories, and dreams. Her juxtaposition of stark architectural elements with colorful organic settings results in imagery of places that may or may not exist.

and Horses:
Monica Nydam‘s “Horse Series” entertains the viewer with painterly renditions of snapshots involving the subject. While some pieces use thick linear brush strokes to create “pixelated” visions of the mare or stallion, others involve hints of distortion or motion. Each work shares a candid, stolen-moment quality with the next.

Please join us on October 1 from 6-9 pm for the opening reception.

The Distillery Gallery is located on the first floor of The Distillery artist’s building in South Boston. This unique public display space is committed to featuring Distillery based artists, Boston artists, and invited guests. For more information about the gallery and The Distillery, please visit The Distillery website.