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GALLERY CLOSED
For the whole month of August but, we are busy nonetheless. The floors are being repaired and refinished and Mike Dailey continues working on his exterior mural.
While we are closed …
You can leave a message at 978.452.8138
For bookings email bookings(at)119gallery(dot)org
To contact the director email ysok(at)119gallery(dot)org
Frantasia
Explorations in Sound, Visual and Movement Arts
Murray Hall,
Main Street, Livermore Falls ME
While Claire Elizabeth Barratt and Patrick Pierce transform the gallery for their month-long installation/performance opening Tuesday September 1, here’s a weekend of great music, visual and movement improvisation. Many of these artists have performed at 119 Gallery.
Thursday evening August 20
7:00 The Erskine Band
7:10 Tom Hamilton [NY]
7:25 Offset Needle Radius [NH]
7:55 Johan Nystrom [PA]
8:20 Noel Walsh [ME]
8:40 Katt Hernandez [PA]
9:00 Les Trois Etoiles [ME]
9:40 Tom Hamilton & Jacqueline Martelle [NY]
10:25 Red of Rebel Red [ME]
10:55 Jed Speare & Forrest Larson [MA]
11:35 Tom Hamilton, Al Margolis, Katherine Liberovskaya [NY]
12:05 Josev Gates
Friday evening August 21
7:00 Gioia
7:45 Katt Hernandez & Audrey Chen [PA, MD]
8:05 Tom Hamilton, Al Margolis, Mike Silverton [NY]
8:30 Killick
9:05 Phil Poirier [Livermore Falls]
9:35 Core Duo: Joe Burgio, Walter Wright [MA]
9:55 Greg Boardman, Audrey Chen, Katt Hernandez [ME, PA, MD]
10:25 If, Bwana [NY]
10:55 Tom Hamilton [NY]
11:10 Patter Cubs[ME]
11:55 Little Mystery [MA]
12:40 Relay for Death
Saturday August 22
7:00 Joshua DeScherer
7:30 Audrey Chen [MD]
8:05 Tom Hamilton [NY]
8:20 Martin Chartrand
8:45 Amalgam Trio: Joe Burgio, Katt Hernandez, Walter Wright [PA, MA]
9:00 Nicole LePera [ME]
9:15 Birdorgan: Marc Bisson, deiX, Mike Dailey, Mike Fun [NH, MA]
9:50 Jacqueline Martelle [NY]
10:05 Skinny Vinny: Andy Eisenberg, Josh Jefferson [MA]
10:35 Tom Hamilton, Al Margolis [NY]
11:00 Qfwfq Duo: Greg Kowalski, Andrea Pensado [MA]
11:30 Chris Cathode [ME]
12:15 Id m Theft Able [ME]
12:35 Cave Bears [MA]
New Page: Artists, 2008
Artists who have shown work and/or performed at 119 Gallery
January 1 - December 31, 2008
During the year we had a total of 160 artists in the gallery. We had traditional and new media artists showing work in our exhibit program. We had musicians performing weekly; everything from art punk to free improvisation and noise. We had film and video makers screening their work. We had workshops and classes in everything from circuit building to yoga and movement. Of these artists 40 were local, that is from Lowell; 80 were from the region (most of them from the Boston area); and 40 were from outside the region or from outside the country. We had artists from Canada, Germany, and Scandinavia. Here’s a summary -
40 local artists
80 regional artists
40 national and international artists
160 artists total
Check out artists, 2008 for the artists name and links to their websites.
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ARTBEAT!
Tuesday July 21 - Saturday August 1 12noon - 5pm
Reception: Tuesday July 28 7pm
Che Arrajj
Risa Caires
Jennifer Cloutier
Mike Dailey
Danielle Leone
Rick Stec
Writous
“On May 26, 2009, ARTBEAT! and 119 Gallery opened in a format completely foreign to artists and audience alike. At 7pm resident DJs The Deck Demons were ready to spin, Kinetics was preparing to host, and six artists from the Lowell Community were staring at six blank canvasses about to embark on what Cory Felt described as, ‘the most intense I have ever done artistically.’
“As the host, music, artists, and crowd kicked off the event, the pressure was on and everyone was wondering what would come next!
“The six artists Jennifer Cloutier, Mike Dailey, Anthony Devine, Setheyney Pen, Rick Stec, and Writous felt the pressure but they also sought the release that putting brush, hand, paint, or pen to canvas can bring. What you see here, in the gallery, was created as a musical canvas, in which each artist had time limits working on one canvas before being signaled to move to the right to the next canvas. Artists had to collaborate with one another working with whatever the last person had added to the painting as well as attempting to bring their own flair to each canvas they moved to.
“The artists sweat it out for four hours working frantically to add one more thing, one more layer to the paintings. The wondered silently and aloud, what each artists would do next! Everyone wanted to see the final products; everyone wanted to know what would become of this mash=up of music, art, and individual expression. The crowd wondered if it would all come together, if it would ever actually get done, if anything would look like a complete piece.
“This ARTBEAT! was an intense ride for the artist and the crowd. They were eating it up like voyeurs! Ultimately a success, this ARTBEAT! inspired at least one individual, an outsider, an ARTBEAT! virgin, to dive into the scene with a vengeance.
“The efforts of all the artists, those committing paint to canvas as well as those committing beat to eardrums made for an event that was truly unforgettable. Hazzah!”
— Risa Caires
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