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jb5point.livejournal.com

5Point Film Festival–Get inspired by 2 nights of short adventure stories and meet the athletes and filmmakers from the 5Point Film Festival. These films span across all outdoor, adventure film, but all are hand picked to get your heart pumping, mind engaged, and self inspired to pursue your own passions, whatever those may be. Each night will feature different films so don’t miss out! Confirmed guests at the Festival include alpinist and author Kelly Cordes, undefeated boxing champion Heather “The Heat” Hardy and others. Don’t miss our community gathering with Outdoor Research, Sierra Nevada and more in the plaza before the show starting at 5PM!

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ron_newman

A lot of people were busy tonight transforming the office of Velir, on the first floor of the Citizens Bank building, into a temporary art exhibit called Consenses. (Not a typo - actually spelled that way.)

Anyone know more about it? To visit this exhibit, you have to buy a ticket for $25, which seems pricey for this neighborhood. It opens on Friday and will be there for two weeks.

icecreamempress.livejournal.com

For those of you who'd rather be indoors on Sunday, the MFA is having a free Community Day.

rachelmello.livejournal.com

Tonight at 7pm, drop by Diesel for an artist reception.
Archetype, a pattern of growth

I'm posting for my good friend Ellie Laramee-Byers, whose show tonight is her first solo show!

Enjoy her work all month, but drop in tonight to congratulate her.

( Showcard behind cut... )

navegallery.livejournal.com

The Nave Annex is having an opening reception next week. Hope you can make it.

OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, August 27; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Exhibition details
Facebook

LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA

ARTISTS:
Jim Baab, Kaca Bradonjic, Kristina Caroll, Susan Deleo, Antony Flakett, Adam Forguites, Ariel Freiberg, Claudia Ruiz-Gustafson, Ann Hirsch, Bashkim Izano, Boriana Kantcheva, Angela Mittiga, On Kyeong Seong, Hilary Tait Norod, Shari Weschler Rubek.

navegallery.livejournal.com

MEET & GREET:
Sunday, August 24; 6:30 pm-8:00 pm

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
Ted Ollier
Residency details

LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA

ABOUT:
Meet the Nave’s 2014 artist-in-residence, Ted Ollier. Ted Ollier is a visual artist with a varied background. He was born in the midwest, lived in the south, and now resides in the northeast. He has been a photographer, graphic designer, bass player, typographer, web pioneer, informational leafblower and armchair philosopher. He has also worked a variety of day-jobs, the details of which are not terribly important.He holds degrees from the University of Texas, Texas State University and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. At present, he is a printmaker and conceptual artist working in the Boston community of Medford. He is a faculty member at the New Hampshire Instutite of Art, shows through Bromfield Gallery in Boston, and teaches letterpress and design at the Bow and Arrow Press in Cambridge.

globetwisting.livejournal.com

I found this beautiful wooden pendant on the ground near the Davis T tonight. Did anyone out there lose it? If so, I'd love to return it to its owner. Let me know if it is yours.

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tdevin.livejournal.com

As rents and home prices go into the stratosphere, zoning becomes a way we can keep certain places affordable for certain uses. Here's an open letter the Somerville Arts Council advisory board wrote to the mayor and other politicians about the need to do something to keep creative people in town-- and suggests a few ideas on how to do that with zoning.

https://medium.com/@timdevin/a7b1e53d28d1

dashford.livejournal.com

Join us for our New Host Orientation meeting on Monday, June 16 from 8-9pm in the Somerville Community Access Television studios at 90 Union Square. We’ll tell you all about Somerville's member-run Internet radio station, Boston Free Radio, and how you can host a show of your own. No experience necessary -- we'll train you! Any Mass. resident is eligible to join BFR and host a show. If you have questions you can call SCATV at (617) 628-8826 or email manager@bostonfreeradio.com.

navegallery.livejournal.com

Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. This June, the second annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) will take place in at five locations throughout Somerville, making it among the largest toy camera festivals in the world. Showcasing the work of local, national and international photographers, the STCF highlights the talents and creativity of artists using low tech tools to create high art images.

The festival kicks off this Friday at the Nave Annex, and then makes it's way around town to the Nave Gallery, Somerville Museum, Washington Street Arts Center and Brickbottom Art Gallery.

Full festival schedule and details at: http://www.somervilletoycamera.org/gallery-locations/

Additionally, on June 7 from noon-2 pm, Michelle Bates, queen of Holgas, will be hosting a workshop on toy camera photography.

http://navegallery.org/wp/workshop-the-ins-outs-of-holgas-and-toy-cameras/

twilighttremolo.livejournal.com

What: Art and history exhibit
Where: Tufts University, Koppleman Gallery
When: May 6-18. Opening reception Tuesday, May 6, 2014, 5:30-8pm.
How much: Free! Suggested donation, $3.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/snapshots15takes/info

Museum Studies students at Tufts were given a challenge: choose an image that inspires you from the photographs in Historic New England's exhibition, The Camera's Coast, and use it as a jumping-off point for a full-blown exhibition plan. From May 6-18, Tufts University Art Gallery will host an exhibition that will offer a peek into their minds, with mini-exhibitions showing what each of them came up with. The student-planned exhibitions range far and wide from the source collection, which depicts late 19th and early 20th century life in coastal New England. They focus on such diverse topics as fashion and food; labor and leisure; immigration, shipwrecks, maritime voyages and social mores of the past and present. These fifteen curators from a variety of disciplines demonstrate the many paths the imagination can take when challenged to design a dream exhibition around a single photograph.

somopenstudios.livejournal.com

This weekend...

SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS
Saturday + Sunday, May 3 + 4, 12-6pm
Sneak preview Friday May 2, 6-9pm (selected studios; see site or mapbook for list)

Over 400 artists in all media across Somerville are opening their doors for one weekend! Take a free trolley between studios, and use our mapbooks or mobile site to get around.

Facebook event (invite your friends!) here

Also this Thursday...

Beyond the Pattern Fashion Show
Thursday, May 1, 7pm (doors open at 6pm)
Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave

A live runway presentation showcasing the dazzlingly diverse work of local artists in fashion, jewelry and accessories. Free admission; seating is first come first served, doors open at 6pm.

More information on this years' show and designers here; Facebook event here

GET INVOLVED
We still need a few people to sign up for 2-hour shifts as trolley guides and also at the Union Square infobooth. If you have any time to spare please consider volunteering! Sign up here:

Trolley guides: http://bit.ly/1qZU6JL
Union Square infobooth: http://bit.ly/1hJgO8G
Davis Square infobooth: http://bit.ly/1hLfuCW

Thank you to everyone who's signed up—your help will make SOS 2014 great!

See you all at SOS!

Emily Garfield
SOS Coordinator 2014
coordinator@somervilleopenstudios.org
www.somervilleopenstudios.org

genevra-mcneil.livejournal.com

I have long admired the lovely sculptures that line the bikepath near the garden just out of Davis. That said, where a few dotting the undergrowth are quirky and interesting, I feel like maybe we've passed into crowded and junk-yard-esque. Am I the only one who feels this way? Does anyone know the artist (if there is only one artist)? Perhaps she or he can do a little curation on the collection -- a rotating set of five or ten sculptures with the others in storage?

Clearly this is just one woman's opinion. I was just curious what other people felt?

ETA: I actually suggested the middle-of-the-road solution -- a more curated garden -- because I WORRY that the new, more crowded aesthetic is going to get some phone calls to 311 and maybe get cleaned out entirely. I've lived here for more than 15 years and I love the garden, I'm just asking for a touch of restraint. There's a large space between "sanitized" and complete anarchy. Neighborly compromise is at the heart of city living.

somopenstudios.livejournal.com

Are you interested in local arts? Promoting Somerville? SOS needs your help!

We’re looking for people to take a 2-hour shift either at an infobooth promoting Open Studios or as a guide on one of the trolleys that take visitors around SOS. Both will take place during Open Studios, May 3+4 from 12-6pm; full information is on the signup sheets.
Plus, if you volunteer you’ll be invited to a volunteer-only party in mid-May—get in touch for more details!

Davis Square infobooth signup: http://bit.ly/1hLfuCW

Union Square infobooth signup: http://bit.ly/1hJgO8G

Trolley guide signup: http://bit.ly/1qZU6JL

Thank you!

Emily Garfield
Coordinator, Somerville Open Studios 2014
www.somervilleopenstudios.org
coordinator@somervilleopenstudios.org

twilighttremolo.livejournal.com

How many stories can an object tell? That’s the question fifteen students in the Tufts University Museums Studies Program explore in Snapshots: 15 Takes on an Exhibition, opening Tuesday, May 6th in the Koppelman Gallery at Tufts University. On view until Sunday, May 18th, experience a sampling of the stories they have uncovered.

The opening is from 5:30-8 pm in the Koppelman gallery on Tuesday, May 6 -- that's three weeks from today, (I'll post one last plug the weekend before). The gallery is inside the Aidekman Arts Center, essentially the nearest part of the Tufts campus to Powderhouse Square that isn't a field, a twelve-minute walk from Davis Square. Admission to all public events in the Koppelman gallery is free, with a suggested donation of $3.

( Event photo and map below the cut. )

squirrelitude

I commissioned a portrait by a webcomic artist that I really enjoy (there was a fundraiser) and I'd like to get it printed and framed by the end of the month (ideally), when my parents visit. However, I know nothing of printing and framing! Does anyone have recommendations of where I should go for each part? (I'm looking through past "framing" posts on DS LJ, so I guess I'm more interested in printing recommendations, unless there's a new framer since 3 years ago.)

I assume that I'd ask the printer to print it at some standard size, and that the framing shop could then pick an appropriate frame and matting for me. Is that right, or should I already have a frame picked out?

Bonus for T-accessible locations; carrying a framed picture by bike would be annoying.

ETA: I ended up using Big Picture for the framing based on these recommendations, and they in turn recommended Gnomon Copy of all places for printing. So I went with that, even though the latter's pricing structure is exceedingly silly.

chenoameg.livejournal.com

Agassiz Preschool is just up the street from Davis Square! This preschool has been in the area for 30 years, and in Somerville for 4.

Agassiz Preschool presents an afternoon of art, music, crafts and festive fundraising. Join us for a neighborhood event celebrating creativity in our community with live music, a photo booth, crafts for kids, and an amazing silent auction featuring donations by local artists and businesses. What I find most amazing is the wide variety of styles of the art -- from beaded jewelry to textiles and ceramics, to many impressive prints and oil paintings.

Agassiz Preschool is located at 184 Summer Street at the corner of Spring in Somerville. Join us from 2-5pm this Saturday. Free admission.

( links and images below )

All proceeds from the Art Show will benefit the scholarship fund.

redcolumbine.livejournal.com

The City of Somerville, led by the Somerville Arts Council, has bought an old school bus, which will be transformed into a Multi Use Somerville Community Roving Arts Transport (M.U.S.C.R.A.T). We anticipate that the inside of the bus will be used to conduct roaming art classes, performance art or dance, while the outside of the bus could be used to screen films or host concerts. The intent for our M.U.S.C.R.A.T. is to create a flexible roving catalyst for creation.

Are you one of the folks who should be doing the modifications?

Artists, welders, creative folks - click here! Applications due by April 28.

navegallery.livejournal.com

DATE & TIME
Monday, March 31; 7:00 pm

LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA

ADMISSION FEE:
Suggested donation: $5.00

All proceeds benefit StoriesLive®, one of the many storytelling programs that massmouth is involved with. In its fourth year, the StoresLive® program has introduced over 5,000 high school students from 15 Massachusetts high school to the art of 21st century storytelling and awarded over $17,000 in scholarship prizes.

WHAT’S HAPPENING:
As part of the exhibition, Practice, members of massmouth, including the cofounder Norah Dooley, will perform their stories on the show’s theme: art inspired by the practice of craft. After the story slam, massmouth will provide a fun and friendly how-to session on the art and craft of the story. The floor will be open to the audience to try their hand at one of their own.

More details here

navegallery.livejournal.com

The Nave Gallery in Teele Square has a full evening of dance and music on Saturday night. Hope you can join us.

DATE & TIME:
Saturday, March 29; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm (Chaotic Forms)
9:00 pm Hypothesize, Improvise & Otherwise

ADMISSION FEE:
$10 suggested donation for either event. A donation to Chaotic Forms will provide entry to both.

LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA

WHAT’S HAPPENING:
As part of the exhibition, Chaotic Forms, dancers and experimental musicians pair up for an evening of improv performances in the gallery. At 9:00 pm, a number of soloist musicians will play in the Sanctuary as part of Hypothesize, Improvise & Otherwise.

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jb5point.livejournal.com - 5Point Film Festival at the Somerville Theatre-Nov. 5th and 6th!
ron_newman - Expensive temporary art exhibit coming to Citizens Bank building
icecreamempress.livejournal.com - MFA Free Community Day Sunday
rachelmello.livejournal.com - Artist Reception TONIGHT at Diesel
navegallery.livejournal.com - Magic Without Tricks Opening Reception
navegallery.livejournal.com - Nave 2014 Artist-in-Residence Meet & Greet
globetwisting.livejournal.com - Lost and Found: Wooden Pendant
tdevin.livejournal.com - An open letter on zoning from the Somerville Arts Council advisory board
dashford.livejournal.com - Be a Radio Host on Boston Free Radio!
navegallery.livejournal.com - Somerville Toy Camera Festival Opens Kicks-off This Friday
twilighttremolo.livejournal.com - Snapshots: 15 takes on an Exhibition Opens this Tuesday!
somopenstudios.livejournal.com - Somerville Open Studios is this weekend!
genevra-mcneil.livejournal.com - Sculptures on the Bikepath near the garden
somopenstudios.livejournal.com - Get involved with Open Studios—sign up now!
twilighttremolo.livejournal.com - Snapshots: 15 Takes on An Exhibition is opening May 6
squirrelitude - Printing in Boston area: Recommendations?
chenoameg.livejournal.com - Art Auction to Benefit Agassiz Preschool - This Saturday 2-5pm
redcolumbine.livejournal.com - It's a bus! It's a work of art! It's M.U.S.C.R.A.T.!
navegallery.livejournal.com - massmouth Story Slam & Workshop at the Nave Annex
navegallery.livejournal.com - Music and Dance Peformances at the Nave Gallery

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5Point Film Festival at the Somerville Theatre-Nov. 5th and 6th!

Expensive temporary art exhibit coming to Citizens Bank building

MFA Free Community Day Sunday

Artist Reception TONIGHT at Diesel

Magic Without Tricks Opening Reception

Nave 2014 Artist-in-Residence Meet & Greet

Lost and Found: Wooden Pendant

An open letter on zoning from the Somerville Arts Council advisory board

Be a Radio Host on Boston Free Radio!

Somerville Toy Camera Festival Opens Kicks-off This Friday

Snapshots: 15 takes on an Exhibition Opens this Tuesday!

Somerville Open Studios is this weekend!

Sculptures on the Bikepath near the garden

Get involved with Open Studios—sign up now!

Snapshots: 15 Takes on An Exhibition is opening May 6

Printing in Boston area: Recommendations?

Art Auction to Benefit Agassiz Preschool - This Saturday 2-5pm

It's a bus! It's a work of art! It's M.U.S.C.R.A.T.!

massmouth Story Slam & Workshop at the Nave Annex

Music and Dance Peformances at the Nave Gallery

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