The Nave Gallery is proud to present a retrospective exhibit of Karl Stephan’s work showcasing his artistic progress since resuming artmaking in late 2001. Karl is an award-winning painter and printmaker who has dedicated the last 20 years to making and teaching art. For Karl, every dark event from 9/11 to Katrina to Trump to Covid has prompted a renewed pursuit of light. From “suburban surrealism” to new expansive “color music,” Karl persists in seeking joy.
Public programs accompanying KS×20 include a writing workshop, guided art-making, live music, a deep look at selected works with Tufts Director of Art Education Dr. Susan Barahal and an Artist/Curator talk. The final weekend of KS×20 coincides with Somerville Open Studios and includes a Closing Reception on May 1st.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Born on a U.S. Navy base in Port Lyautey (now Kenitra) Morocco, Somerville artist/educator Karl Stephan grew up in Washington D.C., Honolulu and the New York City suburbs. After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Guilford College, Karl spent more than 25 years in technology sales. Karl returned to painting in the wake of the terror attacks of 2001. He completed a Masters in Art Education at Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2015, and curated the well-regarded Wall to Wall mini-series of exhibits on community and collaboration at Nave Gallery in 2016 and 2017. Karl now paints and teaches in his Cambridge studio, at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and in various other settings. Karl and his wife Megan have two adult sons.
Visit: www.karlstephanstudio.com and www.instagram.com/karlstephanstudio to learn more
CURATED BY:
Karl Stephan, Kylie Terra Burnham
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sunday, May 1, 2022; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Date is subject to change; please continue to check the website or Facebook event page for updates.
No food or drink
Masks required
OTHER PROGRAMMING:
RSVP REQUIRED:
Writer’s Workshop, March 24th, 7-9 PM
Artful Thinking (online), April 14th, 7-9 PM
NO REGISTRATION NEEDED:
Queer Theater Project, April 2nd POPUP* (performance around 2 PM)
Live Music, April 9th, 3 PM
Artist/Curator Talk, April 28th, 7-9 PM
Collage Demonstration, April 30th 3 PM
Somerville Open Studios, April 30-May 1st
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 19, 2022 – May 1, 2022
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Masks are required
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
The Nave Gallery is proud to present the work of Nick Morse, a non-verbal, autistic young man who expresses himself through painting.
Known for his vibrant sense of color, Nick attends the day program at Outside the Lines Studio in Medford. He has exhibited for most of the past decade at Cambridge Open Studios and at club/restaurants such as ZuZu and Club Passim in Cambridge, and Sally O’Brien’s in Somerville. His art has been used for album covers for an autistic benefit record and for fellow autistic artist Elizabeth Booker’s album, “I Am in Here,” as well as for the poster art for Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” by the Psyche Drama Company in Brookline.
To learn more, visit: Nickmorseart.com or Outside the Lines
Support the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC): The Nave Gallery will collect items for SHC’s food pantry and client support programs. Help our neighbors this holiday season by bringing in a needed item or making a donation today.
CURATED BY:
Steve Morse
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, December 3; 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Facebook event
EXHIBITION DATES:
December 3–11, 2022
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Masks are encouraged but not required.
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
The Nave Gallery is proud to present a retrospective exhibit of Karl Stephan’s work showcasing his artistic progress since resuming artmaking in late 2001. Karl is an award-winning painter and printmaker who has dedicated the last 20 years to making and teaching art. For Karl, every dark event from 9/11 to Katrina to Trump to Covid has prompted a renewed pursuit of light. From “suburban surrealism” to new expansive “color music,” Karl persists in seeking joy.
Public programs accompanying KS×20 include a writing workshop, guided art-making, live music, a deep look at selected works with Tufts Director of Art Education Dr. Susan Barahal and an Artist/Curator talk. The final weekend of KS×20 coincides with Somerville Open Studios and includes a Closing Reception on May 1st.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Born on a U.S. Navy base in Port Lyautey (now Kenitra) Morocco, Somerville artist/educator Karl Stephan grew up in Washington D.C., Honolulu and the New York City suburbs. After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Guilford College, Karl spent more than 25 years in technology sales. Karl returned to painting in the wake of the terror attacks of 2001. He completed a Masters in Art Education at Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2015, and curated the well-regarded Wall to Wall mini-series of exhibits on community and collaboration at Nave Gallery in 2016 and 2017. Karl now paints and teaches in his Cambridge studio, at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and in various other settings. Karl and his wife Megan have two adult sons.
Visit: www.karlstephanstudio.com and www.instagram.com/karlstephanstudio to learn more
CURATED BY:
Karl Stephan, Kylie Terra Burnham
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sunday, May 1, 2022; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Date is subject to change; please continue to check the website or Facebook event page for updates.
No food or drink
Masks required
OTHER PROGRAMMING:
RSVP REQUIRED:
Writer’s Workshop, March 24th, 7-9 PM
Artful Thinking (online), April 14th, 7-9 PM
NO REGISTRATION NEEDED:
Queer Theater Project, April 2nd POPUP* (performance around 2 PM)
Live Music, April 9th, 3 PM
Artist/Curator Talk, April 28th, 7-9 PM
Collage Demonstration, April 30th 3 PM
Somerville Open Studios, April 30-May 1st
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 19, 2022 – May 1, 2022
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Masks are required
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
Our world shrunk during COVID. Like others whose work or schooling moved to their living spaces, many artists turned their focus inward. Some, fearing possible contamination of shared studio spaces or public transportation, moved their creative practice into their homes as well. It was a time of reflection. Relationships between interior and exterior shifted. New perspectives affected artist’s work and lifestyle.
Artwork in this exhibition reflects on the following themes:
– Inside/Out: How did views of the outside world change?
– Support: What new bonds were created? What was isolation like?
– Home: How was your art impacted by your extended stay at home?
– Emotion: Did elements of anxiety, anger, and/or fear creep into new work created at home?
– Safety: Suring these moments of isolation and emotional upheaval, where did you feel safe?
– Sanctuary: Is this a place? A person? An emotional state?
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler, Nave Gallery and Iaritza Menjivar, Somerville Arts Council
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sunday, February 27, 2020; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Date is subject to change; please continue to check the website or Facebook event page for updates.
No food or drink
Masks required
EXHIBITION DATES:
January 30, 2022 – March 5, 2022
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Masks are required
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
ARTISTS:
Ashley Craig
Billy Hickey
Callie Chapman
Cindy Weisbart
Claudio Eshun
Dennis RedMoon Darkeem
Emily Bouffard
Ethan Lassey
Francis Tadley
Gary Duehr
Hristina Tasheva
Jaina Cipriano
Jess Cohen-Tanugi
Jill Waterman
Joann Biondi
John Heymann
Joshua Sariñana
Julie Berson
Juliet Degree
Kerrie Kemperman
Kirsten Moran
Lee Kilpatrick
Maria Servellon
Marky Kauffmann
Nancy Hall Brooks
Sarah Malakoff
Stan Eichner
Wonderland Spectacle Co. (Greg Cook, Kari Percival, Ulysses)
This show is a celebration of artists who teach grades K-12. We often spend so much time and energy motivating and helping our students create, that we risk neglecting our own craft. Our jobs require us to assume various roles–nurturer, parent, and coach–and achieve a myriad of goals–to inspire, teach technique and regulate students of varying emotional, social, and developmental levels. We do all of this because it is important work, but in our field, teaching others often overshadows our own artistic development. This show is a reminder to ourselves and to others that the reason we teach is because we value the creative process. In order to support our students we must devote time to our own artistic practice. Our teaching feeds our art making and our art making feeds our teaching. This symbiotic relationship allows us to lead by example and helps us seek the difficult balance between giving to others through teaching and giving to our own work as artists.
CURATED BY:
Melissa Chaney, Amanda Kilton, Elizabeth Menges
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, January 18, 2020; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
January 18, 2020 – February 29, 2020
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Damon John Burnard
Kayla McKenna
Polly Ford
Caroline Calhoun
Yuliya Paylor
Dana Lanciloti
Aimée Archambault
Brian Enes
Julie Hom-Mandell
Katherine Bergeron
Becky Barsi
Jessica Beck
Sarah G Hirsch
Bianca Hegre
Erin O’Donnell
Deborah Milligan
Doug Johnson
Alissa Gillis
Cat Ciccolo
Lisa Conrad
Amanda L Hockensmith
Emily Manning-Mingle
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Melissa Chaney, Amanda Kilton, and Elizabeth Menges are artists and teachers in Cambridge Public Schools.
The global refugee crisis today is the greatest since the end of World War II. There are nearly 68.5 million people who are forcefully displaced from their homes and cultures by war, repression, famine, and natural disaster. “Crossing the Line: In Search of Sanctuary” aims to share different artistic impressions on current immigration and refugee issues – personal, political and philosophical. Ranging from photographs of local first-generation communities to works on canvas created in Syrian refugee camps, the exhibition reminds us of the differences that bring us together.
“Crossing the Line: In Search of Sanctuary”, is the fifth in a series of annual programs focused on social justice issues presented by the Nave Gallery in partnership with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. In addition to the Gallery show, Clarendon Hill Church will present “Learn to Talk,” a program highlighting issues related to immigration and social justice. There will additionally be a special exhibition “Art in Exile: Works from Syrian Refugee Camps” in the church sanctuary.
JURORED BY:
Gabriel Sosa
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES
Friday, November 1, 2019 –Sunday, December 15, 2019
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm or by appointment
ARTISTS:
Brandin Baron / Joan Lobis Brown / Robert Castagna / Paola de la Calle / Ellen Dubreuil / Shoshanna Ehrlich/ Susan Greer Emmerson / Mia Fabrizio / Ali Jokhadar / Kristen Mallia / Iartiza Menjivar/ Denise Orxata / Ponnapa Prakkamasul / Rajiv Raman / Ricardo Zapata
ABOUT THE JUROR:
Gabriel Sosa is an artist, linguist, and educator based in Boston. Born and raised in Miami, he obtained an M.F.A. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in 2016. Through drawing, video, sound and installation, he explores translation, memory, and the justice system. Most recently, he has exhibited at the Tufts University Art Galleries and Lugar a dudas in Cali, Colombia. He is currently a Visiting Lecturer at MassArt.
OPENING RECEPTION / DIA DE MUERTOS CONCERT
Friday, November 1, 2019, 6:00-8:00
Dia de Muertos Concert performed by FBGM –
Boston-based Duo FBGM – Matt Jatkola and Denise Orxata, will perform a special Dia de Muertos concert, featuring their brand of emotionally engaging music. Proceeds will be directed the Welcome Project.
https://www.fbgmtheband.com/
The City of Somerville has generously lifted the parking ban for visitor parking near the gallery during this event. Additional parking is available at the West Somerville Neighborhood School nearby.
LEARN TO TALK EVENTS
Sunday, November 3, 2019; 4:00 – 6:00
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church’s 100th Anniversary Service
The Rev. Cindy Kohlmann, the Co-Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA), will join us for a special worship service to commemorate our 100th anniversary. CHPC will dedicate the “Art in Exile: Works from Syrian Refugee Camps” exhibition. A community reception will follow.
Saturday, November 16, 2019, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Author Reading by Grace Talusan – “The Body Works”
Grace Talusan was born in the Philippines and her book, The Body Papers, won the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing. For more, go to http://gracetalusan.com/
The City of Somerville has generously lifted the parking ban for visitor parking near the gallery during this event. Additional parking is available at the West Somerville Neighborhood School nearby.
Sunday, 11/17/19, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Community Panel Discussion – “Shelter from the Storm – The Importance of Sanctuary Cities”
This special community panel discussion will feature Somerville Mayor Joseph Curatone, Prof. Susan Akram, Boston University, Ben Echevarria, Executive Director, Somerville Welcome Project and Somerville Alderman, Wilfred Mbah.
Note: The film screening of “Carro”, planned for 12/15/19, has been cancelled.
DEADLINE:
November 29, 2021
EXHIBITION DATES
January 8, 2022 – February 28, 2022
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler, Nave Gallery and Iaritza Menjivar, Somerville Arts Council
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
Our world shrunk during COVID. Like others whose work or schooling moved to their living spaces, many artists turned their focus inward. Some, fearing possible contamination of shared studio spaces or public transportation, moved their creative practice into their homes as well. It was a time of reflection. Relationships between interior and exterior shifted. Did this new perspective affect your work?
This call seeks image-based art that addresses one or more of the elements below:
– Inside/Out – how did your view of the outside world change? Is this reflected in your art?
– Support – were new bonds created between members of your “pod”? Or were you isolated?
– Home – was your art impacted by your extended stay at home?
– Emotion – did elements of anxiety, anger, and/or fear creep into new work created at home?
– Safety – during these moments of isolation and emotional upheaval, where did you feel safe?
– Sanctuary – is this a place? a person? an emotional state?
HOW TO APPLY:
– Please apply via this form
– Follow requirements listed below
REQUIREMENTS:
– No entry fee
– Open to all work created in following mediums: photography, video and/or immersive photography or video i.e. virtual reality
– Artists may submit up to 3 works for consideration
– We are looking for work created since March 2020
– Must submit an accompanying artist statement
– If selected, artwork must be delivered in person and ready to install on December 10th or 12th to the Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA 02144
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– There is no fee, however, the Nave Gallery is run by volunteers and while it is not a firm requirement of the show it is encouraged and deeply appreciated if your work is selected if you can sign up to gallery sit for at least one 2-hour shift on the weekends which the show is open for
EXHIBITION TIMELINE:
• Deadline for entries: November 29, 2021
• Informed by: December 3, 2021
• Artwork drop off/Installation: December 10 + 12, 2021; 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
• Exhibition dates: January 8, 2022 – February 28, 2022
• Artists Reception: January TBD
DEADLINE:
December 1, 2019
EXHIBITION DATES
January 18 – February 29, 2020
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Amanda Kilton, Melissa Chaney, and Elizabeth Menges
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
This show is a celebration of artists who teach grades K-12. We often spend so much time and energy motivating and helping our students create, that we risk neglecting our own craft. Our jobs require us to assume various roles–nurturer, parent, and coach–and achieve a myriad of goals–to inspire, teach technique and regulate students of varying emotional, social, and developmental levels. We do all of this because it is important work, but in our field, teaching others often overshadows our own artistic development. This show is a reminder to ourselves and to others that the reason we teach is because we value the creative process. In order to support our students we must devote time to our own artistic practice. Our teaching feeds our art making and our art making feeds our teaching. This symbiotic relationship allows us to lead by example and helps us seek the difficult balance between giving to others through teaching and giving to our own work as artists.
HOW TO APPLY:
– There is a $15 entry fee, payable to the Nave Gallery through Paypal here. Please include “Those Who Can, Teach” in the memo
– Please apply via the following form: HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/Y3DTT9T9
– Follow requirements listed below
REQUIREMENTS:
– Exhibition is open to 2d & 3d art
– Artists may submit up to 3 works for consideration
– Submitting artists must currently teach 50% to full-time in public school grades K-12.
– No restrictions for date work was created, as long as it was made while teaching.
– Accompanying artist statement must address how teaching and art making impact each other in the artist’s life.
– If selected, artwork must be delivered in person and ready to install on January 10th between 4 – 8 pm or January 11th, between 10am and 2pm
– Artwork must fit through a standard 32” door (or be able to be broken down to fit)
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– The Nave Gallery is run by volunteers and while it is not a firm requirement of the show it is encouraged and deeply appreciated if your work is selected if you can sign up to gallery sit for at least one 2 hour shift on the weekends which the show is open for.
– There is a $15 submission fee per artist, payable through Paypal (http://navegallery.org/wp/donate/) Please include “Those Who Can, Teach” in the note field
CALENDAR:
• Deadline for entries: December 1, 2019
• Notification: December 15, 2019
• Artwork drop off/Installation: January 10, 2020 4 – 8pm and January 11, 2020 10am – 2pm
• Exhibition dates: January 18 – February 29, 2020
• Artists Reception: January TBD
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Amanda, Melissa, and Elizabeth are visual arts teachers at Cambridge Rindge and Latin.
Uprooted / Transplanted presents images and stories of displacement, the forced movement of people from their homes due to conflict, violence, economics, discrimination or natural disaster. Somerville and the Greater Boston area are home to many such displaced persons, forced to relocate far from home into a totally different environment. We share these stories.
The Uprooted/Transplanted exhibition will join art exhibited elsewhere in the building tied to the theme of displacement including selections of Art in Exile, a collection of paintings from 10 artists in refugee camps in Jordan, currently displayed in the CHPC Sanctuary as well as Faces of Syrian Refugees, a collection of triptych, life-sized portraits and with transcribed interviews with relocated Syrian refugees around the world by Boston, MA photographer Michael S Cohen, in collaboration with radio journalist Amy Bracken and translator Dana Janbek. Both collections are evocative of displacement, survival and hope.
EXHIBITION DATES:
May 1 – June 14, 2026
Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sundays; 1 pm- 5 pm
LEARN TO TALK SOCIAL JUSTICE SERIES:
Since 2014, The Nave Gallery and the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church have presented a social justice art show with supporting events to focus on a societal concern. In the past we have presented programs that highlighted issues such as environmental stewardship (Watermarks), addiction (Every Picture Tells a Story – The Opioid Project), Immigration (Crossing the Border) and community building (Embracing Differences). This year we are presenting images and stories of displacement. We will have several events -a poetry reading, fund raising concert and panel discussion / community conversation to illuminate and engage in thoughtful discourse. This year, we will be raising funds for STEM CURES, a mission project in Jordan that provides educational opportunities for children in refugee camps.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Opening Reception:
Friday May 1, 2026, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Refreshments Served
Somerville Open Studios
Saturday, May 2 and Sunday May 3, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Special Pop-up Events throughout the weekend
Poetry Reading
Vijaya Sundaram, Medford Poet Laureate – 2023 -2025
Sunday May 17, 2026, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Refreshments Served
Learn more
Curator’s Walk
Sunday, June 7; 3:00 pm
Curators Qais Asal and Sara ElBashir will lead a tour and engage with several of the artists and the audience members about the exhibition. Potential performances by participating artists Ghazaleh Seidabadi and Katya Popova, relative to their pieces. Please join us; refreshments will be served.
Closing Reception
Sunday, June 14; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Artists: Art Pick-up
– June 14, 5:30
-June 15, 6:30-8:00
-June 16, 6:30-8:00
ARTISTS:
Juliana T. Borgiani Geiger, Ronald D. Butler, Sarah Cecil, Gordon D. Chase, Audrey Diallo, Shoshanna Ehrlich, Luc Grenier, Sirarpi Heghinian-Walzer, Saeed Hosein, Lou Jones, Nilou Moochhala, Devon Murphy, Katya Popova, Rajiv Raman, Ruth Rosner, Ghazaleh Seidabadi, Mona Sartoveh, Luna Smith, Elizabeth Wilson
JURISTS:
Mohammad Jokhadar and Tamer Jokhador
Syrian artists in exile, former refugees in Jordanian camps, currently living in Canada
Qais Assali
Palestinian artist, designer, and curator Professor of the Practice at SMFA, Tufts University, Boston area based
Sara Elbashir
Sudanese-Alexandrian artist and calligrapher
SMFA Post-Baccalaureate 2024, Boston area based
A posthumous retrospective art show featuring the creative works of the beloved mother, wife, friend, teacher, and artist Diann Wilde.
Diann was born on December 1, 1952, and died too soon and unexpectedly due to complications from pancreatic cancer on July 5, 2020, at the age of 67, in her apartment in Watertown, MA. She left behind a vast collection of original artwork that has been waiting patiently in the dark to be displayed in its entirety.
The collection will be available for viewing at the Nave Gallery. The show will feature all original works by Diann, including oil paintings, handmade jewelry, clothing pieces, and other mixed-media works. Some pieces will be available for purchase.
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 14, 2026 – March 8, 2026
Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sundays; 12 pm- 3 pm
The gallery will be closed on Sunday, March 1
OPENING RECEPTION :
Saturday, February 14; 3 pm-6 pm
Live music from Andy Santospago, Matt Murphy, and Andy Plaisted: 4 pm-5 pm
Facebook Event
On-street, permit-free parking will available during this time.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
ABOUT THE ARTIST
A note from her daughter Pippa
My mom started painting when I was in middle school. She created a studio space for herself in our attic at our house on Parker Street in Newton Center and was up there doing work every spare moment she had. I believe It was roughly between the years of 2000 – 2015 that she did the majority of her painting. She worked very hard, and she was the type who when she set her mind to something, would do it and she would do it well. She was always creative growing up and she never stopped being that way. She had a deep craving and need to be creative and to create. Whether it was knitting or crocheting, making clothes or costumes for us, coming up with a fun craft project, she not only created works of art, but she also created a beautiful world around her and a beautiful world for us to grow up in. I believe she stopped painting when she and Dennis moved into their apartment on Laurel Street in Watertown because there was less space there. In the Watertown apartment she started to study and began the process of creating jewelry, as well as other little mixed media projects. I think she still created some small paintings there too. She always wanted to learn more and do more. I know it was very hard for her to know that she might not be able to do all of the things that she wanted to do when she got sick. After my mom died I found two of her artist statements and I have shared them here. I’m very happy to share what she said in her own words. Thank you.
Artist/BIO statement as written by the Artist
I graduated from Goddard College in Plainfield Vermont as an English major and several years later obtained a Masters in Education from Lesley College (now University). I loved to draw as a child, had taken one or two studio art classes in high school and studied weaving in college but never considered painting until my own children were teenagers. I had been given a small set of oils one year, but it took another 12 months before I worked up the nerve to try them. I thought oil painting was inaccessible to me: that, while I could appreciate painting, I was somehow not eligible to do it myself. Perhaps it had to do with my background or upbringing or something within myself – who knows. But one day I prepared a palette of colors and painted a crude tree with color straight from the tube. Although far from satisfied with the results of my first many efforts, I was entranced with the sensory experience of applying paint to canvas.
I painted every day, read books and studied painting and painters. I took classes through the local high schools’ adult education programs and joined the Newton Art Association. I saw the need to paint as vital as the need to exercise and infinitely more pleasurable!
In my painting I consider the landscapes of figure and face, as well as the interior and exterior world. I am moved when I observe the potential beauty and poignancy of things which, although ordinary parts of the world, retain mystery: partially peeled fruit: winter light at 4:30 pm; the hint of a smile.
I am inspired by many artists, but lean especially to the painterly and expressive work of Fairfield Porter, Edouard Vuillard, Jack Yeats and Anders Zorn. My work is in private collections and has been exhibited in the Boston area.
Second Artist Statement as written by Diann
I paint, mostly in oils, to observe and acknowledge. The landscapes of the figure and the face intrigue me, as do the objects of daily living: half-peeled fruit, the hues and tones of garlic; a fleeting smile. Painting gets to that part of myself which feels most authentic – the ability to carry on in relationship to the world as I see it.
The paintings have to do with discerning the relationship of one thing to another and to embrace the push/pull inherent in creative work: the dark/light: warm/cool: mystery/revelation and frustration/problem solving. They also have to do with the engagement of mind and body in making choices and enjoying the process.
I love learning as much as I can about artists and their work: about technique and materials; and about myself each time I paint. The many artists inspiring me include Fairfield Porter, Jack Yeats, Eric Fischl, Pierre Bonnard and Cecily Brown. I am also influenced by children and their fearless approach to making art. They remind me to keep an open mind and to approach each work with a fresh eye.
My paintings are in collections throughout New England; I am a member of the Newton Art Association and am a participant in Newton Open Studios.
“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” Oscar Wilde
Pressure creates diamonds…
Threats to democracy are rising. Free speech is in jeopardy and the arts censored. The call to act has never been louder.
“We Create Diamonds” is a call to the creative community in response to the wide-spreading events sweeping the nation. With each day, we seem to be facing a new hardship — as well as pre-existing ones — that push us as a society to the limit of what we as a people can endure.
But despite these setbacks, the people have put pressure to advocate for change. This glimmer of resistance has become a beacon of hope, reminding us of what is important and allowing us to shine through even brighter than before.
How do we create diamonds? Our common unity, a deep and searing passion for a better and brighter future, is our strength not to simply endure, but to stand our ground and outlast all that is stacked against us. With the ever-growing pressure and uncertainty of what the future holds, we know one thing is for certain — the harder they push back, the brighter we shine.
At this moment, art is more important than ever. It connects and unites. “We Create Diamonds” celebrates those experiences, cultures, and identities that shape the many facets of our nation; because, together we can make something beautiful.
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 21-April 18, 2026
Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sundays; 1 pm- 5 pm
EVENTS:
Opening Reception
Saturday, March 21, 6 pm-8 pm
Facebook event
Resistance Through Community and Music
Friday, April 10, 7 pm-9 pm
A celebration of freedom and protest with Boston songwriters Danielle Miraglia, Jen Kearney and Grace Gervitz– a benefit for the Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN)
Facebook event
Closing Reception
Saturday, April 18, 6 pm-8 pm
Facebook event
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
ARTISTS:
Floberlee Antoine, Missy Arellano, Paula Avila, Resa Blatman, Pamela Bower-Basso, Nancy Hall Brooks, Dominique Butori, Liv Cappello, Gordon D Chase, Deyaniera “DeyCloud” Claudio, Jonathan Donahue, Nile Drochak, Rachael Dubinsky, Jasmine Eastman, Sam Forsythe, Naijah Garrett, Dina Gjertsen, Julio Guity, Chandra Hellweg-Gillespie, Janet Homans, Marky Kauffmann, Addison Kielpinski, Ivan Korn, Monica Kwok, Teymura Landsverk, Sherwin Long, Monique McNally, Iaritza Menjivar, Iku Oseki, Katya Popova, Rajiv Raman, Anne Randolph, Rowan Raskin, Lizzie Rutberg, Erika Schwarz, Karl Stephan, Vanessa R Thompson, Sri Thumati, Erika Uno and Gray Winburne
CURATOR’S NOTE:
In the face of adversity, “We The People” have undergone so many changes — adapting, adjusting, and at times compromising. But with the odds stacked against us, there are those of us who take that pressure and hurt, to transform it into beauty and hope, shining brighter than ever as the world around us grows dim. “We Create Diamonds” serves to highlight a selection of artists who have taken a step towards shining a bit of that light back into the world through their stories, their voices, and through their art, reclaiming and redefining what it means to be We, The People.
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Michael Talbot is a Jamaican-born, Boston-based Freelance Artist and Visual Storyteller who has worked on a wide range of projects, murals, exhibitions, and showcases since 2012.
His work, often narrative-driven, is most characterized by the keen use of motion, negative space, as well as a limited palette reminiscent of graphic novels and other forms of sequential art. His passion and interest for storytelling is the forefront in his practice and craft, he tends to draw from his knowledge in as many areas of study as possible to help strengthen this process. Talbot’s work can be seen throughout the Greater Boston area, including Somerville and has two murals in East Somerville at Connexion and the Deano’s Pasta building.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) takes place at the Nave Gallery and Washington Street Gallery, 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.
JURIED BY:
Mary Kocol
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday September 6, 2025
3:00 PM 5:00 PM
Facebook event
See full list of festival events
EXHIBITION DATES:
Nave Gallery (Sep 6 – 27, 2025)
Washington Street Gallery (Sep 6 – 27, 2025)
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS (NAVE GALLERY):
Saturday & Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
ARTISTS:
Chuck Baker
Richard Bonvissuto
Matthew Cutler
Ed Doucette
Livia Ferguson
Brittonie Fletcher
Cara M Gaetano
Jean Garcia-Gathright
Bob Gervais
Victoria Gewirz
J. M. Golding
Julia Goujiamanis
Stacy Iannaccone
Lars Janer
Amisha Kashyap
Marky Kauffmann
Kerrie Kemperman
Lee Kilpatrick
Amanda Kilton
Angela Kleis
Christianna Kreiss
Johanna Moore
Jay Phyfer
Jonathan Pinto
Joshua Sariñana
Tiago Serpa
Steven Taddei
Lisa Tang Liu and James David Tabor
Lori Walsh-Van Wey
Karey Walter
Marna Waskin
Rachel Winslow
Baya Wozny
Carol Fondé is established as an esteemed master color printer, fine art photographer, and dedicated teacher of her craft. She is currently part-time photography professor at Parsons School of Design in NYC and is internationally recognized for her expertise in the field of archival color reproduction.
Newly relocated to Somerville, MA, Carol’s exhibition features her photographs from “the Vault”, a body of personal work that dates back over 20 years. The show also showcases her community of creative friends, most who consider themselves musicians first & visual artists second.
Guest artists include Tim Jackson, Yani Batteau, David Bryant, Fred Griffeth, Gail Nickse, Adam Sherman, and Gwyneth Thomas.
EXHIBITION DATES:
May 24, 2025 – June 15, 2025
Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sundays; 1 pm- 5 pm
OPENING RECEPTION :
Saturday, May 24; 2 pm-5 pm
SPECIAL EVENT:
Friday, May 30; 6 pm -8 pm
Special night of music featuring Suzanne Boucher
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sunday, June 15, 2025; 2 pm – 5 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
Water Marks showcases art that reflects the impacts, impressions and realities relating to water and the human experience.
JURIED BY:
Amor Díaz-Campos, MSc
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 22 – March 30, 2025
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sundays; 1 pm- 5 pm
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, March 1, 2025; 3 pm-5 pm
SPECIAL EVENTS
Curator’s Gallery Talk
Saturday, March 15, 2025; 4 pm-5 pm
Poetry Reading
Presented by Terry E. Carter
Saturday, March 22, 2025; 4 pm-5 pm
Community Panel Discussion
Water for Justice, Empowerment and Peace
Moderated by Ayman Halaseh
Sunday, March 30, 2025; 3 pm-5 pm
Learn more
Facebook event
ARTISTS:
A+J Art + Design, Karen Aqua (1954-2011), Elizabeth Awalt, Mary Bablitch, Julie C. Baer, Valeria Melodia Boisco, Nancy Hall Brooks, Jael Whitney Brothers, Sarah Cecil, Caleb Cole, Stacy DiMeglio, Gary Duehr, Campbell Forbes, Joyce Hempstead, Nygel Jones, Amy Kaczur, Pamela Kainz, Diego Javier Luis, Ricardo Maldonado, Emily Manning-Mingle, Katherine McGaughey, George Middleton, POSEY- aka pamela moulton, Annie Silverman, Kim Silvestri, Dennis Stein, Karl Stephan, Jamie Tara O’Gorman, Joanne Tarlin, Allison B. Taylor, Vanessa R Thompson, Will O Valdes (W.O.V.), Michael Zeis
Guest artists: Aluan Arguelles, Evelyn Rydz
ABOUT THE JUROR
Amor is a curator from Cuba who is passionate about the transformative and healing power of the arts. She is fascinated by the unique and yet universal way in which art can tell a story, convey deep emotions, and help us understand and see ourselves, creating spaces for meaningful dialogue and connection.
In 2019, Amor co-founded the Biennial Ríos Intermitentes in Matanzas, Cuba, with Nashville-based Cuban artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons. This biennial explores themes of memory, heritage, identity, and race, while addressing the specific needs of the Matanzas community. It was recognized as one of the top 15 exhibitions of 2019 by Hyperallergic Magazine and is now in its third edition.
Amor believes that artists hold the key to finding creative solutions to the most pressing issues of our time. She earned her Master’s Degree in Arts Administration from Boston University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Communication from Havana University. She currently serves as the Artists Practice Fellow at the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston, and the Boston Public Art Triennial Curatorial Fellow.
An exhibition of fiber work in response to Ursula Le Guin’s Carrier Bag of Fiction (or Art) essay. The theory suggests that the first tool may not have been a sharp and pointy aggressive implement but instead a useful vessel for carrying berries, potatoes or babies.
This exhibition is part of Gather, a month-long exploration and celebration of fiber art in Greater Boston.
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 11, 2025 – May 11, 2025
Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sundays; 1 pm- 5 pm
Somerville Open Studios: May 3 & 4; 12 pm- 6 pm
OPENING RECEPTION & ARTIST TALK:
Friday, April 11, 2025; 6 pm-9 pm
POCKET CLUB:
Saturday, May 3, 2025; 2 pm – 4 pm
Learn more
ARTISTS:
Cori Champagne, Merill Comeau, Jodi Colella, Samantha Fields, Lesley Goldacre, Audrey Goldstein, Kristina Goransson, Mo Kelman, Michelle Lougee, Joetta Maue, Cecily Miller, Veronica Perez, Nirmal Raja, Christle Rawlins, Susanne Ryan, Deborah Santoro, Liz Shepherd, Megan Aki and Sam Toabe, Ann Wessmann, Nora Valdez
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
Supported in part through the Somerville Arts Council LCC Grant.
Vernon Street Studios, Somerville’s largest artist studio building, celebrates its 50th anniversary!
Vernon Street Studios got its start in 1973, when a select group of prolific local artists (that included the likes of esteemed artists Clara Wainwright and Maud Morgan) went to the building owners, the Rogers Family, to propose the idea of having artists share the spaces in the upper lofts of their building, which housed—and still does—a foam manufacturing company. They said yes. Over time, more and more artist studios were added, and today there are over 100 artists working in the building, making it the largest concentration of working artist studios in the city. This initial enclave of artists played a key role in attracting other artists, and helping spawn other studio buildings.
This special retrospective exhibit featuring Vernon Street artists both past and present.
EXHIBITION DATES:
December 3, 2024 – January 9, 2025
Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sundays; 1 pm- 5 pm
OPENING RECEPTION:
Tuesday, December 3, 2024; 6 pm-8 pm
Facebook Event
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Thursday, January 9, 2025; 6 pm-8 pm
ARTISTS:
Sophia Ainslie, Heather Balchunas, Bob Ballou, Resa Blatman, Bobby Brown, Steven Cabral, Liv Cappello, Jonathan Donahue, Alison Drasner, Gary Duehr, Kathleen Finlay, Cara Foster Karim, Ariel Basson Freiberg, Beth Galston, Kathryn Geismar, Joan Green, Carol Greenwood, Jackson Gregory, Yildiz Grodowski, Gina Halstead, Darci Hanna, Alex Kalil, Hadis Karami, Colleen Kiely, Gaye Korbet, Steph Koufman, Marja Lianko, Suzanne Lubeck, Joetta Maue, Kerri McGill, Monique McNally, Matt Meyers, Cecily Miller, Karen Moss, Aaron Norfolk, Diane Novetsky, Iku Oseki, Christine Palamidessi, Ellen Rounseville, Adam Russell, Alyson Schultz, Paul Shakespear, Jane Sherrill, Amy Slaughter, Adele Travisano, Clara Wainwright, Jenn Wood, Joan Wye, Marjorie Zakaria, Dorothy Clare Zarren
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
From age 12, Charles Daniels (1942-2024) always had a camera in his hand. Wherever he went, he shot. His photos chronicle his life and his times, from stage legends to street life.
To Be Continued offers a glimpse into Charles’ universe of images. Some are photos from his famous “time capsules” – 3,400 rolls of film that sat in canisters for years undeveloped. Others are images he worked with during his lifetime.
Call for Stories
Did you know Charles—aka The Master Blaster? Support future projects by sharing your photos, videos and memories. Contact us by email: CharlesDanielsPhotography [at] gmail [dot] com.
EXHIBITION DATES:
Please note specified dates and times:
– Saturday, May 4; 12 pm-6 pm (Somerville Open Studios)
– Sunday, May 5; 12 pm-6 pm (Somerville Open Studios)
– Monday, May 6; 12 pm-6 pm
– Saturday, May 18; 1 pm-5 pm
– Sunday, May 19; 1 pm-5 pm
– Saturday, June 1; 1 pm-5 pm
– Sunday, June 2; 1 pm-5 pm
– Saturday, June 8; 1 pm-5 pm
– Sunday, June 9; 1 pm-5 pm
– Saturday, June 15; 1 pm-5 pm
– Sunday, June 16; 1 pm-5 pm
– Saturday, June 22; 1 pm-5 pm
– Sunday, June 23; 1 pm-5 pm
ClOSING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, June 26; 6 pm-8 pm
Facebook Event
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
CELEBRATION OF LIFE
Join us for a memorial celebration of the life and art of Charles Daniels.
Sunday, April 7, 4 pm to 7 pm
Center for the Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Avenue, Somerville
RSVP: TheMasterBlaster72 [at] gmail [dot] com
Maybe you knew Charles as a neighbor in the ‘Ville, hanging on his porch or a local cafe. Maybe you knew him as the Master Blaster – announcing at the Tea Party or WBCN, cavorting with rock legends on Newbury Street or Harvard Square. Maybe he photographed you dancing, or smoking backstage, or just walking down the street in style. Perhaps you even spotted Charlie in chaps and a cowboy hat astride one of his favorite horses, moseying down the road in Dover, MA. The man knew how to live, and that’s what we are gathering to remember and celebrate. Please join us!
Whether you are able to come in person or not, we have two optional requests:
– Altar of Memories: Please bring an offering – photos, notes, flowers, a memento – anything you think Charles would enjoy. Send a digital file if you can’t attend and we’ll print it out for you
– Record a short memory of Charles on your phone, 30 to 60 seconds maximum. We are not sure yet how we will share these, but so many people have told us stories; we want to preserve these glimpses of Charles’ rich and varied life! Email the recording to TheMasterBlaster72 [at] gmail [dot] com.
Parking limited. Permit parking waived on Sundays. Biking, walking, public transport recommended.
ABOUT CHARLES
Charles Daniels was a much-admired Boston-area photographer and beloved longtime partner of Susan Berstler, founder and director of the Nave Gallery.
Charles lived an incredible life that he told through the lens of his camera. Born in Alabama, he moved to Roxbury as a young boy. At the age of 12 or 13, Charles picked up his first camera and used it to document his day-to-day, capturing the movement and character of the city and people that he knew and loved so well. In the 60s, he began emceeing at rock venues like the Boston Tea Party. His kind, easy and open manner welcomed people to him, and in this time Charles befriended music legends such as Peter Wolf, Rod Stewart, Jimi Hendrix and many more. Whether he was introducing bands, hosting on WBCN-FM or touring with rock groups, Charles’s camera was with him, a constant friend that he turned to to capture the intimate to the mundane moments of a remarkable time.
Working in film, Charles had decades of undeveloped rolls (more than 3,000 to be exact). A grant by the Somerville Arts Council began funding the development of these images and a GoFundMe campaign has enabled the rest of his work to be developed. More that 90,000 images have been able to be produced through the generosity of supporters.
Charles lived an extraordinary life because he was an extraordinary man. He was naturally curious about people and offered friendship to all. He saw beauty in all things. He was kind and gentle and good. He will be missed.
Read The Boston Globe’s tribute to Charles.
Learn more about the GoFundMe campaign to publish Charles’s work.
Read more about Charles:
– The photographer with 60,000 undeveloped images of rock history ‘waiting to come back to life’; The Guardian
– Famed rock band photographer Charles Daniels sits on a treasure trove of undeveloped film; WCVB5
– Hidden inside Boston Photographer’s 3000 rolls of film are unseen photos of 1960s-70s rock gods; The Boston Globe
– Photographer’s 3,200 Undeveloped Film Rolls Hold History of Rock ‘n’ Roll; PetaPixel
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The 10th anniversary celebration of the Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) takes place at the Nave Gallery, Brickbottom Gallery and Washington Street Gallery, 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.
JURIED BY:
Ann Jastrab
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, September 10, 2023
3:00 PM 5:00 PM
See full list of festival events
Masks are required. No refreshments will be available.
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
EXHIBITION DATES:
Brickbottom Gallery (Sep 7 – Oct 7, 2023)
Nave Gallery (Sep 9 – Oct 7, 2023)
Washington Street Gallery (Sep 9 – 30, 2023)
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS (NAVE GALLERY):
Saturday & Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Thanks to the City of Somerville, permit parking around the Nave Gallery has been lifted on Saturday, September 9, from 1 pm – 5 pm.
Masks are required
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
ARTISTS:
Jim Allen
Philip Arnold
Richard Bonvissuto
Lexi Brenner
Ronald Butler
Ed Doucette
Jennifer Erbe
Victoria Gewirz
Jesse Gwilliam
Marky Kauffmann
Amanda Kilton
Mary Kocol
Steve LeBlanc
Suzanne Livingstone
Erik Mathy
John Nordell
Eben Ostby
Doug Robbins
Joshua Sarinana
Christopher Seid
Paul Sharratt
Bob Shonkoff
Mary Stevens
Steven Taddei
Jill Van Hoogenstyn
Michael Zeis
An exhibition about the work of The Opioid Project: Changing Perceptions through Art and Storytelling
Started as a collaboration between Dr. Annie Brewster, Executive Director and Founder of Health Story Collaborative, and artist Nancy Marks in 2016, The Opioid Project: Changing Perceptions through Art and Storytelling is a creative response to the opioid epidemic. Using art and audio storytelling as its foundation, the project engages those touched by the opioid epidemic and substance use disorder—including active users, people in recovery, first responders and individuals grieving the death of a loved one to overdose—with the goals of decreasing stigma, increasing public awareness, enhancing community dialogue, and supporting advocacy efforts.
RECEPTION:
Book signing and Curator’s talk
Saturday, October 1
3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Join us as Dr. Annie Brewster discusses the Opioid Project and her newly published book, The Healing Power of Storytelling
Masks are required. No refreshments will be available.
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
EXHIBITION DATES:
October 1– November 14, 2022
CLOSED: 10/8/22
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday & Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
SPECIAL EVENT
Dealing with Addiction: Author’s Talk with Dianne C. Braley
Saturday, November 12
3:00 pm
Revere native Dianne C. Braley, will be reading from her two books “Unheard Whispers” and “The Silence in the Sound”, her recently published award-winning novel. Learn more
Masks are required. No refreshments will be available.
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
Masks are required
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
This exhibition and related events are part of the annual fall social justice series, Learn to Talk. Since 2014, the Nave Gallery has worked with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in October to present art highlighting a societal concern to raise community awareness and conversation.
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The ninth annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) takes place at the Nave Gallery and Washington Street Gallery, 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.
JURIED BY:
Laidric Stevenson
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, September 17
3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Masks are required. No refreshments will be available.
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 27 – September 24, 2022
CLOSED: Labor Day Weekend
CLOSED: 9/10/22
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday & Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Masks are required
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
ARTISTS:
CB Adams
Emma Backer
Maureen Bond
Brian Franczyk
Carole Glauber
Amanda Kilton
Angela Kleis
Philip Krayna
Della Leffler-Donnell
Christopher W. Luhar-Trice
Sara M. Trenchard
Valery Rizzo
Jonathan Sare
Lisa Shea
Crystal Shelton
Dennis Stein
Ed Wheeler
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The seventh annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) takes place at the Nave Gallery, Brickbottom Gallery and Washington Street Gallery, 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.
JURIED BY:
Gordon Stettinius
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, September 8; 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
September 7 – October 5, 2019
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday & Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Jim Allen (Milbrook, NY)
Philip Arnold (New Albany, OH)
John Biebel (Cranston, RI)
Aja Binder (Wellesley, MA)
Richard Bonvissuto (Palm Springs, CA)
Ronald D. Butler (New York, NY)
JD Camillis (New York, NY)
Brian Franczyk (Park Ridge, IL)
Bob Gervais (Portland, OR)
Robert Holmgren (Menlo Park, CA)
Mark Interrante (Redwood City, CA)
Marky Kauffmann (Somerville, MA)
Mary Kocol (Somerville, MA)
Sue Lezon (Chazy, NY)
Christopher Luhar-Trice (Jacksonville, FL)
Nancy Marshall (McClellanville, SC)
Karen Molloy (Somerville, MA)
Sara Musolino Trenchard (Uig, Scotland)
Ron O’Connor (North Dighton, MA)
Kay Ramming (Nashville, TN)
Christopher Seid (Cambridge, MA)
Dennis Stein (West Roxbury, MA)
Jonathan Trundle (Murfreesboro, TN)
Nickolaos Tzigizis (Roslindale, MA)
Christy Utter (Exeter, NH)
Yelena Zhavoronkova (San Francisco, CA)
Dear friend of the Nave,
Last year, we wrote to tell you that we were going to slow our pace in 2017 to think through our plans for the Nave in 2018. It is with mixed feelings that we announce that we will close the Nave Annex in Davis Square at the end of January.
Back in 2013, we had no intention of opening an additional space. But, like all good things, an unexpected opportunity came up and we decided to go for it. We told ourselves that it would be just be special projects space. Our heads said that we would probably only be there for six months. Our hearts wished for a least a year.
January 25 will mark our five-year anniversary.
Since that fateful day five years ago, we have shown an astounding 51 exhibitions at the Annex, in addition to hosting numerous performances of all sorts, artists talks, a fundraiser or two, and in the past year, several political action events.
We have done this while continuing to program exhibitions at the main Nave, and partnering with city agencies and other arts organizations to produce the Phone Art Box Project, Squeezebox Slam accordion festival, the Somerville Toy Camera Fest, and our annual Wrap Around fundraiser for the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
None of this could have happened without the amazing support of our community, which you are part of. More than anything else, we want this message to be a message of thanks for both the financial and personal support that our community has contributed over the past five years.
We are grateful to our landlord, Michael Ahern, for supporting the Nave throughout the years and generously providing the space to us at a reduced rate. However, the constant struggle as an all-volunteer organization to program the space, envision ways for a sustainable infrastructure and figure out how to meet the monthly rent on the gallery has become an impediment to us growing as an arts organization.
Our plans this year are to:
–Take time out and reorganize
–Create a formal board
–File for 501c3 status (thank you to Somerville Community Access Television for serving as our fiscal sponsor for more than 10 years)
–Program the Nave Gallery in Teele Square throughout 2018
–Continue to advocate for accessible visual arts space in Somerville
We look forward to this year of new beginnings even as we say goodbye to the Annex. If you have the time and interest in being involved in a more formal way as we move forward, please be in touch. And, follow us on Facebook to keep up with what we’re doing and learn how you can get involved.
With most sincere thanks,
Susan Berstler
Director of the Nave Galleries
The Nave Gallery is seeking knitted, crocheted, and sewn donations for the 9th annual Wrap Around, our sale of affordable handmade goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC).
Each year, through the generosity of our community, we raise approximately $3,000 for the Somerville Homeless Coalition. We are looking for donations of:
-Gloves
-Hats
-Scarves
-Bags
-Accessories
-Blankets
-Baby clothes
Or anything that you have lots of fun making!
Please include with your donation an note that says:
-Your name and any other contact info
-Materials used (if you know what type it in)
-Washing instructions (if you have them)
DROP-OFF DATES AND HOURS:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
– September 22 and 23 (Saturday and Sunday); 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
– September 29 and 30 (Saturday and Sunday); 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
– October 19 (Friday); 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Somerville Homeless Coalition Road Race
October 6, 2018
Davis Square, Somerville
Items will be collected at the Road Race info table.
You can also drop off items at the following locations between October 1 and 19:
– Blue Cloud Gallery, 713 Broadway, Somerville, MA
– Gather Here, 1343 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
– Magpie, 416 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA
– Workbar Union, 31 Union Square, Somerville, MA (Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5:30 pm)
Additional dates, times and locations will be added. Please check back frequently.
If you have any questions, please email Tori Costa at tori.costa@gmail.com
Please join us for a poetry reading featuring Vijaya Sundaram, Medford’s Poet Laureate Emeritus.
Date: Sunday, May 17, 2026
Time: 4:00 pm
Vijaya Sundaram is an Indian-born, Medford-based poet, musician, artist, and community college professor. She served as Medford’s second Poet Laureate between 2023-2025. Her first collection of poems is titled Fractured Lens (2023, Červená Barva Press), and her second collection is Reverberations (2025, Ibbetson Street Press). Aside from poems, she has written short stories, plays and a short novel. Her poetry and short pieces have appeared in publications like The Rising Phoenix Press, the Stardust Review, and TELL Magazine, among others. She has read her poems at poetry events in and around Boston and Greater Boston areas. She currently runs an Open Mic for Poetry and Original Song at the Arts Collaborative Medford, as well as a Medford Poetry Club at the Medford Public Library. She is a recipient of the 2026 Mass Cultural Council Grant for Creative Individuals.
The 2025 Learn to Talk Social Justice Series includes the collaborative exhibition, Uprooted/Transplanted on display in the Nave Gallery as well as special exhibitions of Art in Exile and Faces of Syrian Refugees in the sanctuary of the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. These events are designed to further highlight issues tied to themes of social justice regarding displaced persons.
Please join us for a celebration of art in Somerville and the legacy of Greg Jenkins.
Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026
Time: 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Location: Warehouse XI, Union Square
This is a potluck event and BYOB with a bartender. If you are able to bring an item, you can sign-up here. Venmo donations to support the event are also welcome. You can donate to Susan Berstler (@susanberstler). Any money left after expenses will go to the Nave’s drive to install two handicap-accessible bathrooms in the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. $10 suggested donation.
We’ll have music by DJ NXN.
A celebration of freedom and protest with Boston songwriters Danielle Miraglia, Jen Kearney and Grace Gervitz– a benefit for the Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN)
DATE & TIME
Friday, April 10, 2026
6:00 pm – Doors open
7:00 pm – Show begins
Join us for a special digitization event at Digital Silver Imaging!
Tour the facility, learn about reproduction printing and framing options, have your artwork digitized at a discounted rate all to support the Nave Gallery. Get ready for open studios with giclee prints of your work!
What’s included:
– 20 minutes with DSI’s professional digitization team (We estimate that we can digitize 20+ pieces in this time. )
– Ultra-high-resolution digital files of your artwork
– Tour of the DSI facility – see how a fine art print lab works
– Overview of reproduction printing and framing options
– 20% OFF all Giclée print orders placed at the event
– A portion of each fee donated to the CHCP Building Fund (new accessible restrooms)
How many pieces can I bring?
– Up to 20 flat works of similar depth (works on paper, etc.)
– Up to 10 pieces of varying depths and sizes (canvas, panels, etc.)
– All artwork must be under 28″ on the longest side — no exceptions
Larger works can be digitized at DSI but can not be accommodated at this event. Feel free to reach out for more information.
Estimates vary by artwork type
Event format: Sign-up for one of three timed windows, limited slots available
Why digitize with DSI? DSI combines technical expertise with artistic understanding to produce museum-quality digital files — ideal for exhibition submissions, online portfolios, giclee printing on archival papers, and professional art sales. A single scan normally starts at $60.
DATE & TIME
Saturday, April 11, 2026; from 10 am-4 pm
LOCATION:
Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Street, Belmont, MA 02478
On-street parking and bus service available
Join us for the closing reception of “We Create Diamonds.”
“We Create Diamonds” is a call to the creative community in response to the wide-spreading events sweeping the nation. With each day, we seem to be facing a new hardship — as well as pre-existing ones — that push us as a society to the limit of what we as a people can endure.
But despite these setbacks, the people have put pressure to advocate for change. This glimmer of resistance has become a beacon of hope, reminding us of what is important and allowing us to shine through even brighter than before.
CLOSING RECEPTION :
Saturday, April 18, 6 pm-8 pm
Carol Fonde is established as an esteemed master color printer, fine art photographer, and dedicated teacher of her craft. She is currently part-time photography professor at Parsons School of Design in NYC and is internationally recognized for her expertise in the field of archival color reproduction.
Newly relocated to Somerville, MA, Carol’s exhibition features her photographs from “the Vault”, a body of personal work that dates back over 20 years. The show also showcases her community of creative friends, most who consider themselves musicians first & visual artists second.
Guest artists include Tim Jackson, Yani Batteau, David Bryant, Fred Griffeth, Gail Nickse, Adam Sherman, and Gwyneth Thomas.
OPENING RECEPTION :
Saturday, May 24; 2 pm-5 pm
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Friday, May 30, 2025; 6 pm – 8 pm
Carol Fondé is established as an esteemed master color printer, fine art photographer, and dedicated teacher of her craft. She is currently part-time photography professor at Parsons School of Design in NYC and is internationally recognized for her expertise in the field of archival color reproduction.
Newly relocated to Somerville, MA, Carol’s exhibition features her photographs from “the Vault”, a body of personal work that dates back over 20 years. The show also showcases her community of creative friends, most who consider themselves musicians first & visual artists second.
Guest artists include Tim Jackson, Yani Batteau, David Bryant, Fred Griffeth, Gail Nickse, Adam Sherman, and Gwyneth Thomas.
OPENING RECEPTION :
Saturday, May 24; 2 pm-5 pm
Carol Fondé is established as an esteemed master color printer, fine art photographer, and dedicated teacher of her craft. She is currently part-time photography professor at Parsons School of Design in NYC and is internationally recognized for her expertise in the field of archival color reproduction.
Newly relocated to Somerville, MA, Carol’s exhibition features her photographs from “the Vault”, a body of personal work that dates back over 20 years. The show also showcases her community of creative friends, most who consider themselves musicians first & visual artists second.
Guest artists include Tim Jackson, Yani Batteau, David Bryant, Fred Griffeth, Gail Nickse, Adam Sherman, and Gwyneth Thomas.
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sunday, June 15, 2025; 2 pm – 5 pm
In this workshop, participants will learn how to alter clothes to make their pockets larger. They will also be taught how to add pockets to garments that are missing them. We will figure out how to source functional pockets from damaged or recycled clothes and add them to other items, as well as how to design, cut, and install new pockets from a fabric of your choosing. Together, we will discuss the cultural, personal, and political significance of pockets.
We will bring two sewing machines, some examples of pants and other clothes that could be altered, and some pre-sourced and cut and sewn pockets. Participants could bring their own sewing machine if they like, three examples of clothes they want to add pockets to, and any fabric they might want to use for making new pockets.
Organized by Megan Aki and Sam Toabe.
Water, the lifeblood of our planet, holds immense power. It sustains life, shapes communities, and influences global stability. Comprising 70% of our bodies and covering the majority of the Earth’s surface, it is a force that can both unite and divide. It can nurture thriving communities yet also devastate entire nations. It can serve as a vehicle for peace, or tragically, become a weapon of war.
Join us for an insightful dialogue as we delve into these complex issues at the Water Justice, Empowerment, and Peace Panel, taking place on March 30th at the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church.
Pauline Egan: From FACE Africa, Ms. Egan will focus on the profound impact of water justice in Africa, showcasing how access to clean water and sanitation transforms lives and communities not only through improvement of health and life-expectancy, but also through creating more opportunities for youth and women’s leadership, and through resolving generational conflicts within the rural community context.
Nancy Murray: From the Alliance for Water Justicein Palestine. will address the urgent issue of water injustice in Palestine. Her presentation will examine the inequitable distribution of water resources and how water is used as a tool to disempower Palestinian communities.
The panel’s Moderator, Ayman Halaseh,, is a Water Resources Engineer at CDM Smith. Mr. Halaseh has worked on diverse water projects both domestically and internationally and is active in the water justice movement.
Special Event:
Friday, May 30, 2025; 6 pm – 8 pm
Join us for the closing reception of To Be Continued: Photographs by Charles Daniels.
From age 12, Charles Daniels (1942-2024) always had a camera in his hand. Wherever he went, he shot. His photos chronicle his life and his times, from stage legends to street life.
To Be Continued offers a glimpse into Charles’ universe of images. Some are photos from his famous “time capsules” – 3,400 rolls of film that sat in canisters for years undeveloped. Others are images he worked with during his lifetime.
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, June 26; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
The Nave Gallery is proud to present the work of Nick Morse, a non-verbal, autistic young man who expresses himself through painting.
Known for his vibrant sense of color, Nick attends the day program at Outside the Lines Studio in Medford. He has exhibited for most of the past decade at Cambridge Open Studios and at club/restaurants such as ZuZu and Club Passim in Cambridge, and Sally O’Brien’s in Somerville. His art has been used for album covers for an autistic benefit record and for fellow autistic artist Elizabeth Booker’s album, “I Am in Here,” as well as for the poster art for Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” by the Psyche Drama Company in Brookline.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, December 3; 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Masks are encouraged but not required.
Admission: Free and open to the public
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
The Nave Gallery will collect items for SHC’s food pantry and client support programs. Help our neighbors this holiday season by bringing in a needed item or making a donation today.
Nave Gallery presents Crossing the Line: In Search of Sanctuary, the fifth in a series of annual programs focused on social justice issues presented by the Nave Gallery in partnership with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, November 1, 2019; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Special performance:
Día de Muertos Concert performed by FBGM
Proceeds benefit the Welcome Project
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Brandin Baron/ Joan Lobis Brown/ Robert Castagna / Paola de la Calle/ Ellen Dubreuil/ Shoshanna Ehrlich/ Susan Greer Emmerson/ Mia Fabrizio / Ali Jokhadar/ Kristen Mallia/ Iartiza Menjivar/ Denise Orxata / Ponnapa Prakkamasul/ Rajiv Raman / Ricardo Zapata
Please note that the City of Somerville has generously removed the resident permit parking restrictions for this event on neighboring streets. Parking is also available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School after 5:00 and on weekends. Lot is located on Raymond St. Turn right at intersection of Powderhouse & Curtis onto Curtis and take your first left onto Raymond. Lot is located about 1 block down.
EVENT DETAILS:
Sunday, November 3; 2019; 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Rev. Cindy Kohlmann, the Co-Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA), will join us for a special worship service to commemorate our 100th anniversary. CHPC will dedicate the “Art in Exile: Works from Syrian Refugee Camps” exhibition. A community reception will follow.
Crossing the Line: In Search of Sanctuary, is the fifth in a series of annual programs focused on social justice issues presented by the Nave Gallery in partnership with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. In addition to the Gallery show, Clarendon Hill Church presents Learn to Talk, a series of events highlighting issues related to immigration and social justice. In addition, a special exhibition, Art in Exile: Works from Syrian Refugee Camps, is hosted in the church sanctuary.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Please note parking is available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School on weekends. Lot is located on Raymond St. Turn right at intersection of Powderhouse & Curtis onto Curtis, and take your first left onto Raymond. Lot is located about 1 block down.
EVENT DETAILS:
Sunday, November 17, 2019; 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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This special community panel discussion will feature Somerville Mayor Joseph Curatone, Prof. Susan Akram, Boston University, Ben Echevarria, Executive Director, Somerville Welcome Project and Somerville Alderman, Wilfred Mbah.
Crossing the Line: In Search of Sanctuary, is the fifth in a series of annual programs focused on social justice issues presented by the Nave Gallery in partnership with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. In addition to the Gallery show, Clarendon Hill Church presents Learn to Talk, a series of events highlighting issues related to immigration and social justice. In addition, a special exhibition, Art in Exile: Works from Syrian Refugee Camps, is hosted in the church sanctuary.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Please note parking is available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School on weekends. Lot is located on Raymond St. Turn right at intersection of Powderhouse & Curtis onto Curtis and take your first left onto Raymond. Lot is located about 1 block down.
EVENT DETAILS:
Saturday, November 16, 2019; 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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Grace Talusan was born in the Philippines and her book, The Body Papers, won the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.
Crossing the Line: In Search of Sanctuary, is the fifth in a series of annual programs focused on social justice issues presented by the Nave Gallery in partnership with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. In addition to the Gallery show, Clarendon Hill Church presents Learn to Talk, a series of events highlighting issues related to immigration and social justice. In addition, a special exhibition, Art in Exile: Works from Syrian Refugee Camps, is hosted in the church sanctuary.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Please note that the City of Somerville has generously removed the resident permit parking restrictions for this event on neighboring streets. Parking is also available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School after 5:00 and on weekends. Lot is located on Raymond St. Turn right at intersection of Powderhouse & Curtis onto Curtis and take your first left onto Raymond. Lot is located about 1 block down.
Nave Gallery presents AVATARS a two-part exploration curated by Christina Balch, Giuliana Funkhouser and Krista Wright.
AVATARS // ghosts attempts to document the ways that artists represent their bodies, their ideas, their nations, and their dead in today’s digital world where the physical and virtual, human and non-human, self and other, are increasingly intertwined and indistinguishable.
OPENING RECEPTION AND PERFORMANCES:
Friday, March 22, 2019; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Performances by Xray Aims* and Fine Art Superheroes (by Basil El Halwagy)
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*Please note that during Xray’s performance, performers will be piercing and you may see blood.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Join Christina Balch, Giuliana Funkhouser and Krista Wright, curators of AVATARS // ghosts, as they talk about the inspiration behind the show and the significance of the work included.
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CURATORS TALK:
Saturday, April 6, 2019; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
The City of Somerville has generously lifted the parking ban during the hours of this event so visitor parking will be permitted on the streets near the gallery.
AVATARS // futures attempts to document the ways that artists represent their bodies, their ideas, their nations, and their dead in today’s digital world where the physical and virtual, human and non-human, self and other, are increasingly intertwined and indistinguishable.
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OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 26, 2019; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Join curator Christina Balch and the artists of AVATARS // futures for a discussion on the show’s work
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ARTIST PANEL:
Friday, May 10, 2019; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
The Nave Gallery is proud to have in residence Kathy Desmond and Lauren O’Neal.
This residency is a continuously shifting site-specific installation where Desmond and O’Neal experiment with different modes of making, paying attention to unexpected resonances and inviting new ideas into the process. The residency draws from, and critiques, the idea of classical, unchanging forms.
RECEPTION:
Friday, March 1, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Magnus Johnstone was known to many Bostonians from his tenure in town from the late ‘70s through the late ‘90s as a trailblazing radio DJ (on WZBC 90.3 FM and WMBR 88.1 FM) as well as a visual artist. He passed away on February 22, 2013, at the age of 60, after a vibrant life filled with art, music and community.
Following the very successful “Soaring Through The Matrix” show in August 2018 – one of Nave Gallery’s most popular shows ever – “Magnus Johnstone: Larger Works” is the second of what his family and friends hope will be ongoing local and national shows that will display and sell his remaining work.
RECEPTION:
Sunday, March 10, 2019; 1:30 pm-5:00 pm
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1:30 PM: PANEL DISCUSSION on Magnus’s life in Boston from the 70s – 90s, hosted by friends Mark Flynn, Michael Shores and Chris Guttmacher. The panel will also explore Johnstone’s associations with the Punkt/Data Gallery, Skunk Piss Magazine and Gallery East.
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM: RECEPTION
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, November 17, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Boriana Kantcheva and Micah Eglinton-Woods
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
| Ashleigh Bartlett Rachelle Beaudoin Kimberly Becker Kyra Berman-Gestring Pamela Bower-Basso Emily Brodrick Brynne Capps Angela Carbone Emily Cobb Jodi Colella Yael Dresdner Melissa Scheid Frantz Joanne Fusegni Kate Gartrell Ella Hilsenrath Sarah Hirneisen |
Katie Hovencamp Emily Hracho Margaret Kauffmann Blythe King Kathleen Kneeland Barbara Glee Lucas Tessa Martinez Carissa Melillo Elizabeth Menges Rosemary Meza Laura Mongiovi Ellen Mullane Duygu Aytac Mullin Jennifer Murphy Mary Murphy Leah Oates |
Alexandra Opie Yvonne Petkus Megan Potoma Susan Richards Shelby Richardson Kristine Roan Deb Schmill Tatyana Scott Brittany Severance Catherine Siller Erick Soricelli Gray Swartzel Jennifer Weigel Ellen Wolfe Harry Yu Alexandra Zevin |
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, August 11, 2018; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
August 11-19, 2018
Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us in celebrating the life and work of Magnus Johnstone, a self-taught artist and music guru whose fantastical and psychedelic artwork was influenced by sources as diverse as Renaissance art, German expressionism, surrealist painting, writers like H. P. Lovecraft, Philip K. Dick and Harlan Ellison, and the graphic and comic art of the 1960’s.
Magnus passed away on February 22, 2013, after a full life filled with art, music and community. His friends and family will always remember him as compassionate and creative soul, a visionary artist and a music fan who was ever search of his next musical muse.
He left behind over 100 large canvases, dozens of medium sized works and just as many smaller pieces. The “Soaring Through The Matrix” show is the first of what we hope will be many more local and national shows that will display his amazing work. All proceeds will go to the Johnstone family, to help store, maintain and market his work.
MEMORIAL RECEPTION:
Sunday, April 22, 2018; 1:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Francis Domec was a Medford-based artist whose artwork explored elements of transformation. Playing with lines and figures by means of drawings and collages, Francis used all types of mediums to create something new and intriguing.
Incredibly talented, Francis was also incredibly kind, gentle and generous. He passed away on September 14, 2017 at home with his husband and sister by his side. He was living with cancer since 2011, and did a fine job doing so at that. His work is celebrated in the exhibition Entre Chien et Loup: Works by Francis Domec, 1960-2017.
Please join us as we come together in a celebration of Francis’s life, surrounded by his artwork.
SOS PREVIEW:
Friday, May 4, 2018; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Kick-off Somerville Open Studios with Secret Gardens, a show that revels in the beauty and wonder of botany, and explores how botanical imagery can symbolize ideas, attributes, morality lessons and more.
SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS:
Saturday, May 5, 2018; 12:00 pm-6:00 pm
2:00 pm-4:00 pm: Live music by John O’Hara
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Celebrate Somerville Open Studios with Secret Gardens, a show that revels in the beauty and wonder of botany, and explores how botanical imagery can symbolize ideas, attributes, morality lessons and more.
SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS:
Sunday, May 6, 2018; 12:00 pm-6:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Celebrate Somerville Open Studios with Secret Gardens, a show that revels in the beauty and wonder of botany, and explores how botanical imagery can symbolize ideas, attributes, morality lessons and more.
DATE/TIME:
Thursday, March 24, 2022; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Collaborative writing workshop led by curator Kylie Terra Burnham, Tufts University Museum Education.
Part of the KS×20: Persistence of Light event series. RSVP required.
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, April, 2022; 2:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Scenes from the QTP’s upcoming version of “Twelfth Night.”
Part of the KS×20: Persistence of Light event series. RSVP required.
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, April 9, 2022; 2:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Musical improvisation by Robyn Xu (piano) and Nate Kim (violin) Longy School of Music at Bard College.
Part of the KS×20: Persistence of Light event series.
DATE/TIME:
Thursday, April 14, 2022; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
LOCATION:
Online (Zoom)
Part of the KS×20: Persistence of Light event series. RSVP required.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Deep looking and discussion led by Dr. Susan Barahal, Director of Art Education, Tufts SMFA.
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, September 17; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Opening reception of the Somerville Toy Camera Festival.
DATE/TIME:
Sunday, September 10, 2023
3:00 PM 5:00 PM
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Opening reception of the Somerville Toy Camera Festival.
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, November 12; 3:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Revere native Dianne C. Braley, will be reading from her two books “Unheard Whispers” and “The Silence in the Sound”, her recently published award-winning novel.
Dianne found love for the written word early on in life while trying to escape hers, growing up in the turbulent world of alcoholism. After a career as a registered nurse, she found her passion again while working on Martha’s Vineyard as a private nurse to a famous author who became her friend and motivator. Both her books reflect on the devastation that addiction and dysfunction have on children and families affected by this horrific disease.
Please join us in the gallery to hear her stories of dealing with addiction. This is part of the Every Picture Tells a Story exhibition.
Masks are required.
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, October 1; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Book signing and Curator’s talk
Saturday, October 1
3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Join us as Dr. Annie Brewster discusses the Opioid Project and her newly published book, The Healing Power of Storytelling. This is part of the Every Picture Tells a Story exhibition.
Masks are required. No refreshments will be available.
Accessibility: No wheelchair access
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, September 17; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Opening reception of the Somerville Toy Camera Festival.
DATE/TIME:
Friday, April 29, 2022; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Presentation and Q&A with artist Karl Stephan and curator Kylie Burnham.
Part of the KS×20: Persistence of Light event series.
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, April 30, 2022; 3:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
In-gallery demonstration of torn-painting collage techniques with artist Karl Stephan
Part of the KS×20: Persistence of Light event series.
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sunday, February 27, 2020; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Date is subject to change; please continue to check the website or Facebook event page for updates.
No food or drink
Masks required
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for the closing reception of From the Inside Out, a show that looks at how artists turned their focus inward during the pandemic.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, January 18, 2020; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for the opening reception of Those Who Can, Teach, a a show that celebrates artists who teach grades K-12..
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sunday, May 1, 2022; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Date is subject to change; please continue to check the website or Facebook event page for updates.
No food or drink
Masks required
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for the closing reception of KS×20: Persistence of Light, a retrospective exhibit that presents Karl Stephan’s artistic progress since resuming artmaking in late 2001.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 17, 2018; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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Resident-only parking restrictions around the gallery have been lifted during this time. All other parking restrictions must be followed.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for the opening reception of Those Who Can, Teach, a a show that celebrates artists who teach grades K-12..
ARTISTS GARDEN PARTY:
Saturday, May 19, 2018; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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Note: Resident parking restrictions have kindly been lifted around the gallery from 3:00 pm-5:00 pm. However, we strongly encourage you to use the West Somerville school parking lot located on Raymond Street.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for the Artists Reception for Secret Gardens, a show that revels in the beauty and wonder of botany, and explores how botanical imagery can symbolize ideas, attributes, morality lessons and more.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, November 19; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for a double opening!
Catalyst: craft + social change, curated by Vanessa Marcoux, brings together examples of contemporary, handmade objects from traditional fiber art mediums that speak to causes such as healthcare, homelessness, politics, the environment, feminism, civil rights and more.
We’ll also celebrate the opening of Wrap Around, and annual sale of handmade goods to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
Learn about making items for the sale
ARTISTS:
Kyra Berman-Gestring
Jenna DeLuca
Dena Haden
Celeste Hanlon
Karen Krolak and Nicole Harris in collaboration with the Sanctuary Printshop and the Welcome Blanket Project
Maggie Leininger
Lauren Leone
Cheyenne McCarter and Catherine Tutter / Spin a Yarn, Weave a Life
Elizabeth Menges
Sarita Zaleha
Alexandra Zevin / People’s Puppets of Occupy Wall Street
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, January 20, 2018; 9:30 am-2:00 m
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LOCATION:
Arts at the Armory; 191 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each year, the Nave Gallery hosts the Wrap Around Sale, a sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
We’ll be making a guest appearance at the Somerville Winter Farmers Market. Stop by and pick up some scarves, hats, bags, and lots more. Get it for yourself or give as a gift, and support the Somerville Homeless Coalition while having lots of fun!
DATE & TIME:
December 3; 7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Cambridge Chamber Singers is pleased to present Benjamin Britten’s celebrated A Ceremony of Carols, featuring special guest, harpist Juli Miller. The program includes Brahms’s elegant Marienlieder, and a selection of popular English carols.
DATE & TIME:
December 21; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Good Cheer Fest is a celebration for the whole family.
Carols, stories, and surprises are in store on Saturday, December 21 at the beautiful Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in Somerville, MA.
There will be live jazz, cookies, cider, and nog, and lots of smiles. Come ready to sing, and dress the part!
Door donation benefits the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
DATE & TIME:
December 16; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Now in its *eleventh* year, the Good Cheer Fest is a celebration for the whole family.
Carols, stories, and surprises are in store on Saturday, December 16 at the beautiful Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in Somerville, MA.
There will be live jazz, free cookies, cider, and nog, and lots of smiles. Come ready to sing, and please dress the part; there are prizes for best holiday sweater.
$10 donation benefits the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Canned food donations accepted for the church. There will also be a sale of knitted and crocheted items in the gallery that benefits the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, October 7, 2:00 pm-4:30 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Bring your needles and your yarn enthusiasm, and join a group of folks who are busy making a difference–and having fun while doing so!
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade woolen goods to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). All proceeds help fund the amazing work that SHC does, and anything not sold is donated to them.
The mission of this group, is to meet very wonderful people, and knit, crochet or create items for next November’s sale. This is a really fun way to get your craft on and help keep someone warm during our very cold winters.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, October 14, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us at the Nave Annex for an afternoon of community, creativity and supporting hurricane recovery efforts.
Give funds:
$20 suggested donation. All funds raised go to All Hands Volunteers U.S. Hurricane Relief Fund
Make art:
Decorate your own prayer flag.
Send messages of support:
Completed prayer flags with messages of support for hurricane victims will be displayed at the gallery and can be photographed and shared.
Donate supplies:
Art supplies and instruments donated will be sent to Young Audiences of Houston, an arts learning non-profit.
Here is a list of arts supplies that Young Audiences of Houston is seeking to keep its art programs going in Houston Schools. Donations of these materials will be gratefully accepted at this event
Watercolor sets (Prang/Faber Castell)
Markers
Crayons
Colored pencils
Charcoal pencils
Air-dry clay
posterboard
oil pastels
drawing paper
black drawing paper
prismacolor blenders
watercolor paper
sharpies
baby wipes (for displaced schools that no longer have a sink in their art room)
aprons/smocks
masking tape
kid-size scissors
Glue sticks
Larger items include:
Plastic containers for storage
Drying racks
Large paper cutters
Digital cameras, tripods, and memory cards
Dig live music:
Local musicians will be performing in the galleries throughout the event.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 29, 5:00 pm-7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church and Nave Gallery invite you to a panel discussion on refugee communities in the Middle East and Africa.
We welcome the following panelists:
-Hilary Rantisi, Director, Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
-Amahl Bishara, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Tufts University
-Hodan Osman, Student, Harvard Kennedy School
Ayman Halaseh and Shirin Haddadin will give a brief presentation about the “Science day for Refugees Project” they conduct in the Zaatari Syrian Refugee camp in Jordan
Free and open to the public. All are welcome.
A reception will be held at 5:00 pm in the Nave Gallery
This event is part of the “Learn to Talk” social justice series organized by the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, in partnership with the Nave Gallery and our current exhibition: Wall to Wall II:Working Together.
Once a year, the Nave Gallery collaborates with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church to host a social justice series, underscoring the assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, October 21, 3:00 pm-3:30 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Stretching deeper into our interest in collaborative work that looks at the forgotten, less visible space beneath the surface, Excavate will perform a new piece we are calling “Quotidian Wonder”. A meditation on everyday objects and the relationships we form around them, “Quotidian Wonder” is in a constant state of change as we explore the magic of the day-to-day. How might we break apart our habitual patterns to see them in a new way? As a collective, we challenge ourselves to stay in the unknown of what we find, get messy with questions and dust and somehow make art there. We share our work as an offering and a peek into deeply understood, but perhaps rarely discussed modes of our humanity.
“Quotidian Wonder” is part of the current exhibition, Wall to Wall II:Working Together, at the Nave Gallery.
DATE & TIME:
Friday, September 29, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Bring your needles and your yarn enthusiasm, and join a group of folks who are busy making a difference–and having fun while doing so!
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade woolen goods to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). All proceeds help fund the amazing work that SHC does, and anything not sold is donated to them.
The mission of this group, is to meet very wonderful people, and knit, crochet or create items for next November’s sale. This is a really fun way to get your craft on and help keep someone warm during our very cold winters.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, September 30; 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Annex, 53 Chester Street, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
In partnership with The Nave Annex, Juventas New Music presents an afternoon concert with two exciting local contemporary music soloists: gayageum player Do Yeon Kim and Juventas’s own flautist Orlando Cela.
Orlando Cela is committed to engaging audiences with lively performances that open new worlds of experience. Known for his compelling performances using imaginative programming, Orlando has premiering over
100 works, both as a flutist and as a conductor. In concert, Mr. Cela regularly offers short lively introductions to selected works, providing audiences with entry points into unfamiliar works, so that listeners can easily connect the music with other life experience. As a flutist, Mr. Cela has performed at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian (Washington DC), the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston), and at the Center for New Music and Technologies at UC Berkeley. His credits abroad include concerts at the Zentrum Danziger (Berlin), the Espace des Femmes (Paris), and at the Musikverein (Vienna). As a collaborative artist, Mr. Cela has concertized with
flutist Paula Robison, tabla player Samir Chatterjee, harpsichordist John Gibbons, and with shen (mouth organ) virtuoso Hu Jianbing.
A dedicated music educator, Orlando is known for his dynamic workshops and lecture demonstrations. Popular and effective as a guest lecturer and clinician, he has presented sessions at the Charlotte New Music Festival, Tulane University, UC Berkeley, and Brandeis University, as well as at the Central Conservatory of Music in China, Dulwich College (Beijing), Shanghai Normal University, the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart (Germany). Orlando has two masters degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he
studied flute performance and conducting with Paula Robison and Tamara Brooks, respectively.
DoYeon Kim combines the Korean traditional instrument Gayageum with Korean folk, Free Jazz, and other world music traditions to create a musical language all her own. The first-ever Gayageum student at the New England Conservatory, DoYeon is experienced in both traditional Korean music and modern works alike, and performs both in solo recital and premiering the works of living composers. DoYeon has played several of her own solo recitals in Korea and America. Her JaYu Quartet was selected as an honors ensemble in 2015-2016 by New England Conservatory, and performed alongside composer John Zorn in a concert of Zorn’s music at New York City’s The Stone, where DoYeon peforms frequently. Do Yeon was also invited to perform at the Museum of Fine Art’s Lunar
New Year celebrations in 2015 and 2017.
DoYeon received the Gold Prize in Gayageum sponsored by the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts, one of the most prestigious awards in Korea. In addition to a number of other prizes, she was also awarded the Gold Prize in the Dong-A Ilbo Traditional Music Competition, and in 2008 was chosen by the Korean Department of Culture as one of the few Gayageum musicians in the Seoul Youth Delegation tour of Japan. DoYeon holds a certificate in music education from the New England Conservatory, and has also been invited as a guest lecturer on
Gayageum and Korean music at Tufts University, Emmanuel College, and Brandeis University. A graduate of the National Traditional Music High School, DoYeon received top honors upon her graduation from Seoul National University’s College of Music in 2014, and is pursuing graduate studies in the Contemporary Improvisation department at the New England Conservatory.
Boston New Music Festival is hosted by Juventas. In its first year, the Boston New Music Festival (BNMF) will take place September 23nd through October 1st, 2017. Developed and presented by Juventas New Music, BNMF introduces Boston’s thriving new music population to the public in a week of concerts, masterclasses, and networking. Through the event-filled-week audience members engage directly with 21st century composers and music, creating a unique spotlight on the rich new music community in Boston.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for the opening events of Wall to Wall II: Working Together (W2W2),vcurated by Karl Stephan and Bianca Broxton.
W2W2:
A reprise of 2016’s successful “Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community,” Wall to Wall Two (W2W2) explores how working together in artistic collaboration can be a model for bridging differences among individuals and communities. W2W2 features collaborative studio, community and street art from diverse local, national and international artists.
ARTISTS:
Adam Forguites & Travis Alden Nutting
Agnieszka Maksys
ATD Fourth World (Multinational NGO)
Bianca Broxton
Christine Tinsley
Dan McCormack & Vera Vinot
DirtLux & Z.V.E.S.
Emily Abramovich & Kimberly Tolleson
Excavate Collective
Gabe Delaney and Crew (British Columbia)
Henry Funches & Alex Austin
Janet Braun-Reinitz (NY) & Sarah Maple (U.K.)
Jason Paschal & Robert Welch
Joey Kleckner
Karl Stephan Studio
Larry Wynn
Living Fences Collaborative
Megan Hueble & Elizabeth Lyles (SC)
Nineta & Lego (Japan)
Stay-Brr & Merk Those
Willoughby Lucas Hastings (Maine)
OPENING DAY EVENT SCHEDULE (APPROXIMATE):
Ongoing – Outdoor live-painting by Boston street art standouts Merk Those and Ian Staber, fresh from Above the Radar Festival in Burlington Vermont!
1:00 pm: Curators welcome and artist introductions
2:00 pm: Tufts Collaboration Reveal, Dina Deitsch, Tufts Art Galleries
3:00 pm: Artful Thinking, Tufts Director of Art Ed Dr. Susan Barahal
Curators and many W2W2 artists will be present to discuss the work. Several artists will work together with visitors on interactive pieces in the gallery. Come be part of W2W2!
Additional W2W2 events include a performance by the Excavate collective to be scheduled.
Looking for grant money for your next art project or cultural exploration? Look no further!
Each year, the Somerville Arts Council awards money to artists, schools and organizations in (or doing work in) Somerville through the LCC Grant Program, which is funded and overseen by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Somerville. The deadline for this year’s applications is Monday, October 16. Guidelines will be available in late August at http://
Stop by this informal Q&A and get your questions about the program answered by board members and staff. This is your chance to learn how the program works, how to apply and where to get additional info.
DATE & TIME:
Wednesday, September 20; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Aeronaut Brewing, 14 Tyler Street Somerville, MA, 02143
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Festival’s premier social event! Join fellow lo-fi and analog photographers to share tips, tricks, trials and tribulations!
Our neighbors at Aeronaut Brewing are excited to host us this year, which means we’ll be able to display a slideshow of all STCF 2017 selected photos during the event, and really takes the refreshments up some serious notches over past years’ Lounge events!
Thank you to our sponsor:
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, September 8; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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Exhibition details
JURIED BY:
Michael Kirchoff
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
Thank you to our sponsor:
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, September 9; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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Exhibition details
JURIED BY:
Jennifer Shaw
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Thank you to our sponsor:
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, September 9; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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Exhibition details
JURIED BY:
Michael Kirchoff
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Thank you to our sponsor:
DATE & TIME:
Friday, September 22, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Bring your needles and your yarn enthusiasm, and join a group of folks who are busy making a difference–and having fun while doing so!
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade woolen goods to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). All proceeds help fund the amazing work that SHC does, and anything not sold is donated to them.
The mission of this group, is to meet very wonderful people, and knit, crochet or create items for next November’s sale. This is a really fun way to get your craft on and help keep someone warm during our very cold winters.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, September 23; 3:30pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT”S HAPPENING:
Camera mods (modifications) can be as simple as flipping the lens in a Brownie Hawkeye or turning a Holga into a pinhole camera, or more complex, like creating in-camera masks, adding DIY cable release mechanisms or “fat roll”-prevention systems.
STCF co-organizers Jim and Bonnie host this open discussion/demo — we’ll show how a few of our favorites were done, and invite attendees to share their own mods. Whether you’re an inveterate tinkerer who can’t seem to leave well enough alone when it comes to cameras, or you’re just learning about the possibilities of camera modification, this session is sure to satisfy!
DATE & TIME:
Friday, March 10, 2017; 6:30 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Trying to Talk with Humans brings together four projects that make time for dialogue, collaboration, and understanding. The exhibition is way of experiencing a series of live performances that extend beyond the photo documentation, instructions, worksheets, and drawings on display. What you see are the products of their existence and open invitations for people to join one another in conversation. What you do not see are the intimate experiences that are fostered as the artists engage with their audiences. They champion face-to-face dialogue in a contemporary world where our interactions are increasingly one-sided and digital. These projects are tactile. Imagine passing an egg to a stranger, choosing where to place your Post-It note, pulling thread through paper or plotting your next move in a game. How can these simple gestures have any impact? The artists in Trying to Talk with Humans answer this question by creating connections, taking action, and committing to empathy.
Students Curate Students will present the documentation of performances that have taken place prior to installation. The evidence presented by each artist also acts to promote a schedule of performances that will take place during the exhibit primarily at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University Medford-Somerville campus.
Live Performances
In these two-hour events, the artists perform their work simultaneously in the same space. Viewers are free to come and go during the duration of the event.
Friday, March 10
6:30- 8:30 PM
Nave Annex
53 Chester Street
Somerville, MA 02144
Saturday, April 8th
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Anderson Auditorium
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
230 The Fenway
Boston, MA, 02115
Saturday, June 10th
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Anderson Auditorium
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
230 The Fenway
Boston, MA, 02115
Saturday, August 5th
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Remis Sculpture Court
Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University
40 Talbot Avenue
Medford, MA 02155
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Sarah Goldsmith, BFA 2018
In Yolk, the artist lays on an elevated surface while audience members take turns cracking an egg into her open mouth. The performance continues until all eggs are gone. Using humor and performance, Sarah explores topics of the abject, feminism, and creating conversation through performance, utilizing the egg as a reference to vulnerability and the feminine.
Sarah Jenkins, MFA 2017
Sewing Conversations is an ongoing project that brings people together to sit, sew, and talk. Each group of sewn drawings is the product of a few hours of time spent together. Each person gathers around a table, chooses paper and thread, then begins to sew. The recorded conversations reveal stories, memories, and snippets from daily life, and each person’s work becomes part of the collection that you see here.
Jacob Schaub, MFA 2018
The Reckoning Project describes the prescriptive use of an apparatus to develop new understanding of individual humans. This project provides an experience for one or more people centered on stress, tension, and ultimately relief. The diagrams presented demonstrate the founding principles of the project, an explanation of the process, as well as an open invitation to the viewing public to participate.
Graham Yeager, MFA 2017
Spectrum consists of three phases: a classroom inspired presentation of word pairings drawn on a large chalkboard, worksheets designed to bring two humans together to create unique combinations and a small group session where participants mark and discuss how they relate to the words and a each other. The interactions challenge an understanding of the world as divisive and binary while promoting a practice of understanding across an infinite spectrum.
If you can’t make The Great Fiber Swap and/or want to drop off items in advance, come on by.
Nave Gallery (Teele Square):
Friday, April 7
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Nave Annex (Davis Square)
March 27-April 7, in the vestibule.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, October 20; 10:00 am -1:00 pm
Sunday, October 21 12:30 pm-2:30 pm
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA 02144
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us in a fiber swap to support the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC)!
Yarn. Fabric. Felt. Thread. Maybe you can have too much of a good thing? The Great Fiber Swap is your chance to get rid of your unwanted fiber items and refresh your stash. You can swap items or donate your goods to the event.
Admission to the event is free, but please bring a donation of food, toiletries or personal items to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition’s (SHC).
Needed items: https://www.somervillehomelesscoalition.org/how-you-can-help/in-kind-donations/
This event will take place during Wrap Around, our annual sale of handmade items to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Do some good while you shop – whether it’s for a gift or for yourself!
WHAT WE NEED:
We welcome yarn, knitting needles, fabric, books, thread, buttons, ribbon, and so much more. Items may be new or vintage, but must be clean and usable. Items can be brought directly to the swap OR dropped off in advance. If you have a large quantity to donate, please contact info@navegallery.org so that we may make appropriate arrangements.
DROP OFF DATES:
Items can be dropped off at:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square):
Friday, October 19, 2018
5:30 pm- 7:00 pm
DATE & TIME:
Friday, April 21, 2017; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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The City of Somerville has very kindly relaxed resident parking restrictions on Powder House Blvd from 6-8 pm during our Preview Reception. All other parking restrictions must be followed. There is also parking available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School after 5:00 and on weekends
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ORGANIZER:
Resa Blatman
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for a preview of Nave 155, an art sale to support the Nave Gallery. Stop by to see 80+ works of art from local and regional artists. Make a list of your favorites, and get ready for the main event on Sunday, April 23,
All artwork in the sale will be priced at $155, with proceeds benefiting the Nave and its programming.
ARTISTS:
View list of participating artists
ABOUT THE NAVE:
The Nave is an incredibly active arts organization in Somerville, producing exhibitions at the Nave Gallery (Teele Square) and Nave Annex (Davis Square), in addition to numerous public art projects and festivals. In the last four years alone, we have shown nearly 90 high-quality exhibitions between the two galleries.
As a very small volunteer-run organization, this breakneck speed has been exciting, yet ultimately unsustainable, and the Nave has decided to slow our pace in 2017 so that we can focus on building a sustainable arts organization. This necessary slow down, while vital to ensure that we continue to exist, means that we will experience a gap in operating revenue. Funds raised from Nave 155 will help us remain open while we strategically plan for a stronger future.
Can’t make Nave 155 but would still like to support the Nave? You can donate here.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, April 30, 2017; 12:30 pm-3:30 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ORGANIZER:
Resa Blatman
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Last weekend, we hosted Nave 155, an art sale to support the Nave Gallery. With 115 works of art from 80+ artists, there was too much art for just two short hours!
Here is your second chance to get some great art at an affordable price. All artwork in the sale will be priced at $155, with proceeds benefiting the Nave and its programming.
ARTISTS:
View original list of participating artists
ABOUT THE NAVE:
The Nave is an incredibly active arts organization in Somerville, producing exhibitions at the Nave Gallery (Teele Square) and Nave Annex (Davis Square), in addition to numerous public art projects and festivals. In the last four years alone, we have shown nearly 90 high-quality exhibitions between the two galleries.
As a very small volunteer-run organization, this breakneck speed has been exciting, yet ultimately unsustainable, and the Nave has decided to slow our pace in 2017 so that we can focus on building a sustainable arts organization. This necessary slow down, while vital to ensure that we continue to exist, means that we will experience a gap in operating revenue. Funds raised from Nave 155 will help us remain open while we strategically plan for a stronger future.
Can’t make Nave 155 but would still like to support the Nave? You can donate here.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, April 23, 2017; 1:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
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ORGANIZER:
Resa Blatman
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for an fun event filled with art and friends!
Nave 155 is an art sale to support the Nave Gallery. All artwork will be priced at $155, with proceeds benefiting the Nave and its programming.
Doors open at 1:00 pm. And then…you dash in and grab the ticket for the item that you want, and we’ll help you with your beautiful new purchase. If you want a chance to grab a coveted piece, we recommend that you arrive early, but not before noon. Our gallery is inside of a church that will be hosting services until then. A rowdy art bunch may be distracting!
PREVIEW DATES:
Preview Reception: Friday, April 21, 2017; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
The City of Somerville has very kindly relaxed resident parking restrictions on Powder House Blvd from 6-8 pm during our Preview Reception. All other parking restrictions must be followed. There is also parking available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School after 5:00 and on weekends
Preview Day Two: Saturday, April 22, 2017; 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Check back frequently as this list is growing daily.
ABOUT THE NAVE:
The Nave is an incredibly active arts organization in Somerville, producing exhibitions at the Nave Gallery (Teele Square) and Nave Annex (Davis Square), in addition to numerous public art projects and festivals. In the last four years alone, we have shown nearly 90 high-quality exhibitions between the two galleries.
As a very small volunteer-run organization, this breakneck speed has been exciting, yet ultimately unsustainable, and the Nave has decided to slow our pace in 2017 so that we can focus on building a sustainable arts organization. This necessary slow down, while vital to ensure that we continue to exist, means that we will experience a gap in operating revenue. Funds raised from Nave 155 will help us remain open while we strategically plan for a stronger future.
Can’t make Nave 155 but would still like to support the Nave? You can donate here.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 16, 2015; 4:30 pm-6:00 pm
Reading Q&A and community reception
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Readings by Neil Callender, born in Brooklyn to a mother who was a native New Yorker and a father who was an immigrant from Panama, was raised in the suburbs of Long Island. He moved to New England to attend Brown University and has never left, moving to Boston in 1989. In college and beyond, he became involved in student politics, the anti-apartheid movement, the movement against the Persian Gulf war, clinic defense, and other social movements. Neil worked in the airline industry for fourteen years and was a member of the International Association of Machinists. Drawn to the open mic and poetry slam of the Cantab in Cambridge under the leadership of the award-winning poet, Patricia Smith, he eventually pursued an MFA in Poetry at Vermont College in Montpelier.
Beginning in 2006, he has taught at Roxbury Community College. He is a member of the Liberation Poets Collective and is published in both of its anthologies to date, Poets Against the Killing Fields and Liberation Poetry: An Anthology. He is a proud father of three: a teen, a tween, and a toddler.
This event is part of the Learn to Talk social justice series hosted by the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in partnership with the Nave Gallery, and is part of the Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community art exhibition.
Once a year, the Nave Gallery collaborates with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church to create a social justice gallery show, underscoring the assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.
CONFIRMATION DEADLINE:
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
SALE DATE:
Sunday, April 23, 2017; 1:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ORGANIZED BY:
Resa Blatman
ABOUT:
The Nave Gallery in Somerville is hosting an art sale fundraiser—Nave 155—on Sunday, April 23 at 1:00 pm at our main gallery in Teele Square. All items in the sale will be priced at $155, with proceeds benefiting the organization and its programming.
If you would like to contribute a piece of art, please review the details below and contact rblatman@navegallery.org.
For information about the Nave Galleries, applying for exhibitions, volunteering, etc., please contact info@navegallery.org.
View list of participating artists
Details
• We kindly ask that you donate only original works of art, not scanned or printer copies of works (thank you!). All work must be framed and ready to hang with wire
• Accepting works up to 18” x 24” in all media
• The Nave will take a minimum commission of 40% on pieces sold, and it will be up to each artist to determine if he or she would like to allow for additional commission
• Pieces not sold will be returned to the artist
• Please include a link to samples of your work in your email. While will will not be curating individual pieces, we do want to ensure a level of consistency in the show and will be reviewing the overall work of show participants
The Nave is an incredibly active arts organization in Somerville, producing exhibitions at the Nave Gallery (Teele Square) and Nave Annex (Davis Square), in addition to numerous public art projects and festivals. In the last four years alone, we have shown nearly 90 high-quality exhibitions between the two galleries.
As a very small volunteer-run organization, this breakneck speed has been exciting, yet ultimately unsustainable, and we have decided to slow our pace in 2017 so that we can focus on building a sustainable arts organization. This necessary slow down, while vital to ensure that we continue to exist, means that we will experience a gap in operating revenue. Funds raised from Nave 155 will help the gallery remain open while we strategically plan for a stronger future.
CALENDAR:
Confirmation for donating: Wednesday, March 15
Art Drop-off: Saturday and Sunday, April 8 & 9
Preview of work for purchase: Friday, April 21 (evening; time to be announced)
Sale date: Sunday, April 23; 1:00 pm
Art pick-up date (for unsold pieces): TBD
Cancelled due to rain.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 9, 2016; 11:00 am
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Do you want to march in the HONK! Parade with us this year?
Join our group, Let it Snow! Save the North Pole! Santas Against Global Warming, in Davis Square, Somerville on Sunday, October 9 to march in the 2016 HONK! parade. We are a group of artists and environmental activists, parents, kids and New England Earth dwellers who want it to be cold enough to snow every Christmas, and who want the north pole and all the habitats on Earth to remain habitable. We are putting fossil fuels on the naughty list.
No Santa suit? No problem! If you have a red shirt, you are good to go. We have made a whole bunch of paper santa beards, but also reindeer masks, polar bear masks, and walrus masks just waiting for people like you to bring them to life, and we have a bunch of signs to carry, that say things like “All I want for Christmas is Frozen Sea Ice!”, “Stop Global Warming” “Let it Snow!” and “Say No to Coal.”
But maybe you are getting your own idea! You could get out your favorite peppermint striped tights and be an elf on a bicycle, you could dig out that old snowflake costume you only wore once for your ballet recital, you could get out your favorite white furry pants and be a polar bear, you could make your own sign that says your own reason why you are against climate change or your own wishes for the future. We’d love you to join us!
Interested? Meet up at the Nave Gallery Annex Porch in Davis Square, 53 Chester Street, 11:00 AM to suit up before the parade. Bring your friends!
DATE & TIME:
October 20-22, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
SALE HOURS:
Thursday and Friday, 6 pm-8 pm
Saturday, 2 pm-6 pm
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WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each November, the Nave Gallery in Teele Square hosts the Wrap Around Sale, a sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
We’re kicking off this year’s sale with a special pop-up at the Nave Annex in Davis Square. Stop by and get a head start on gift giving with beautiful handmade items.
Learn more about making items for the sale
CURATORS:
Susan Berstler and Jesa Damora
ARTISTS:
Nancy Anderson, Stephanie Angelo, Jim Banks, Alexandra Bravar-Day, Cyrille Conan, Chris D’Amore, Margaret DeLima, Smith Eliot, Leah Frankel, Aurelie Galois, Michelle Claire Gevint, Melissa Glick, Lauren Goodnow, Don R. Griffin, Susan Hagner, Mia Halton, Nancy Hart, Eirik Heintz, Marianne Hicks, Amy Hitchcock, Leigh Jerome, Eric Lunde, Kristina McComb, Leighton McWilliams, Fred U Needham, Ted Ollier, Christine Palamidessi, Arlinda Shtuni, Stephanie Todhunter, James Zall, Andrea Zampitella
If you can’t make The Great Fiber Swap and/or want to drop off items in advance, come on by.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
DATE & TIME:
December 17; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Now in its *tenth* year, the Good Cheer Fest is a celebration for the whole family.
Carols, stories, and surprises are in store on Saturday, December 17 at the beautiful Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in Somerville, MA.
There will be live jazz, free cookies, cider, and nog, and lots of smiles. Come ready to sing, and please dress the part; there are prizes for best holiday sweater.
$10 donation benefits the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Canned food donations accepted for the church. There will also be a sale of knitted and crocheted items in the gallery that benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
DATE & TIME:
December 17 & 18, 2016; 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each year, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, our annual sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
Stop by for the final weekend of this great sale, and pick up some incredible pieces at an incredible price. Most items will be 2 for 1 with the lower priced item free. 100% of money earned goes directly to the SHC.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday and Sunday, October 20 and 21, 2018
1:00 pm -5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each year, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, our annual sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC).
Stop by do some shopping that does lots of good. Every single penny raised goes to the SHC.
Learn about making items for the sale
There will also be:
– Live music by Yani Batteau (Saturday, October 20; 1:30 pm-5:00 pm)
– A fiber swap: Say goodbye to unwanted items and say hello to new friends
– A collection of food, toiletries and house items for SHC clients. Needed items
– A collection of plastic bags for Matting Change, a project to knit sleeping mats for our homeless community
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, November 17, 2018
3:00 pm -5:00 pm
Resident-only parking restrictions around the gallery have been lifted during this time. All other parking restrictions must be followed.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each year, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, our annual sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC).
Stop by do some shopping that does lots of good. Every single penny raised goes to the SHC.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2
12:00 pm -6:00 pm
LOCATION:
6 Vernon Street, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each year, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, our annual sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC).
This year, we’re bringing the sale to various locations throughout Somerville. Join us at Vernon Street Open Studios for a weekend of art and good cheer. And, bring some canned goods. Vernon Street will be collecting food for their food drive to support SHC.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday and Sunday, December 8 and 9
12:00 pm -6:00 pm
LOCATION:
Mudflat Studios, 81 Broadway Street, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each year, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, our annual sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC).
This year, we’re bringing the sale to various locations throughout Somerville. Join us at Mudflat Open Studios for a weekend of art and good cheer. Stop by do some shopping that does lots of good. Every single penny raised goes to the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, December 4; 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Local writers Megan Mullin and Phoebe Sinclair will lead a writing workshop and story share.
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, September 8-October 2, 2016
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WHAT’S HAPPENING:
As part of the 2016 Somerville Toy Camera Festival, the Griffin Museum of Photography will host a room-sized camera obscura that will be open to the public during regular museum hours (Tues-Sun 12-4pm).
DATE & TIME:
Wednesday, September 21; 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
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WHAT’S HAPPENING:
As part of the 2016 Somerville Toy Camera Festival, Boston’s Photographic Resource Center will host a “Nights at the PRC” program devoted to lo-fi and slow photography! Hosted by four-time STCF exhibiting artist Jim Rohan, this event offers an opportunity for local photographers to share their own work in an informal and supportive setting
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, September 25, 2016; 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
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WHAT’S HAPPENING:
As part of the 2016 Somerville Toy Camera Festival, the Griffin Museum of Photography will host n artist talk with Marian Roth, who will talk about her work and her experiences converting a wide variety of spaces into cameras.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, October 1; 10:00 am-12:00 pm
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WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Back by popular demand! Join photographer, educator, and four-time Somerville Toy Camera Festival exhibiting artist Bill Franson for a hands-on lo-fi photography workshop on the streets of Somerville.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for the opening events of Wall to Wall: Art Builds Communities.
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Schedule of events:
1 PM – Welcome – Karl Stephan
2 PM – Artists Panel – Artists TBD
3 PM – Artful Thinking – Dr. Susan Barahal, Tufts University
4 PM – Keynote Presentation – Caleb Neelon
5 PM – Light Refreshments – Donor TBD
6 PM – Close
* Cedric Douglas’ UpTruck will provide community art activities onsite
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, April 27; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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JURIED BY:
Susan Berstler and Greg Cook
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Christina Balch, Resa Blatman, Jesse Blu, Emily Chan, Chris D’Amore, Russell DuPont, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Richard Ferrari, Samantha Fields, Dina Gjertsen, Nicolas Hyacinthe, Lee Kilpatrick, M, Elizabeth Menges, Ansis Purins, Allison and Jason Rabin, Rhonda Ratray, Rebecca Schnopp, Cory Shea, Brittany Smith, Margi Weir, Nanette Wylde (PreNeo Press)
DATE & TIME:
Friday, May 5, 2017; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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ARTIST:
Samantha Fields
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
“A social history of cloth and its everyday use is marked by the stains and sweat of working life–impregnated with the odors of labour; betrayed by the traces of gender, class, and race.”–Janis Jefferies, Labored Cloth
Under Primping is a performative/installation, it lives as a relic/site when not activated. The activation/performance consists of people working/laboring over a petticoat sculpture while being read to from a library of selected books consisting of texts written by women discussing art, studio practice, feminist theory, queer theory, race, and a history of handwork. The public is welcome to sit with their own handwork and listen, or just observe.
Performance Schedule:
Friday May 5, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday May 6, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Sunday May 7, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Saturday May 27, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, May 6, 2017; 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
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ARTIST:
Samantha Fields
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
“A social history of cloth and its everyday use is marked by the stains and sweat of working life–impregnated with the odors of labour; betrayed by the traces of gender, class, and race.”–Janis Jefferies, Labored Cloth
Under Primping is a performative/installation, it lives as a relic/site when not activated. The activation/performance consists of people working/laboring over a petticoat sculpture while being read to from a library of selected books consisting of texts written by women discussing art, studio practice, feminist theory, queer theory, race, and a history of handwork. The public is welcome to sit with their own handwork and listen, or just observe.
Performance Schedule:
Friday May 5, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday May 6, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Sunday May 7, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Saturday May 27, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, May 7, 2017; 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
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ARTIST:
Samantha Fields
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
“A social history of cloth and its everyday use is marked by the stains and sweat of working life–impregnated with the odors of labour; betrayed by the traces of gender, class, and race.”–Janis Jefferies, Labored Cloth
Under Primping is a performative/installation, it lives as a relic/site when not activated. The activation/performance consists of people working/laboring over a petticoat sculpture while being read to from a library of selected books consisting of texts written by women discussing art, studio practice, feminist theory, queer theory, race, and a history of handwork. The public is welcome to sit with their own handwork and listen, or just observe.
Performance Schedule:
Friday May 5, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday May 6, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Sunday May 7, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Saturday May 27, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, May 13, 2017; 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
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ARTIST:
Dirty Water Brass Band
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Free and open to all; this year, our kind friends will be passing a hat around for donations to support the nonprofit artist-run Nave galleries. Many thanks in advance for your support.
Dirty Water Brass Band (DWBB), a HONK! Festival favorite, plays an eclectic mix of jazz, R&B, New Orleans, & more, creating an oftentimes raucous but then on occasion a subtle sound that could be defined as music from the bayou and beyond. Locally, Dirty Water has invaded the outdoor stages of HONK!, Central Square, Harvard Square, WUTE, and outlying neighborhoods, as well as indoor spaces such as the Lily Pad, Precinct, Cantab, Johnny D’s, Sally O’Brien’s, to name a few. DWBB is Mary Curtin (sax), Peter Goransson (sax), Sean Hamer (trumpet), Dave Lewin (trumpet), Tim Opperman (sousaphone), Jamie Pierce (sax), Jordan Rinchiera (trumpet), Gabe Rothman (trombone), Don Stevenson (drums), Mike Sugarman (trombone).
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DATE & TIME:
Saturday, May 27, 2017; 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
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ARTIST:
Samantha Fields
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
“A social history of cloth and its everyday use is marked by the stains and sweat of working life–impregnated with the odors of labour; betrayed by the traces of gender, class, and race.”–Janis Jefferies, Labored Cloth
Under Primping is a performative/installation, it lives as a relic/site when not activated. The activation/performance consists of people working/laboring over a petticoat sculpture while being read to from a library of selected books consisting of texts written by women discussing art, studio practice, feminist theory, queer theory, race, and a history of handwork. The public is welcome to sit with their own handwork and listen, or just observe.
Performance Schedule:
Friday May 5, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday May 6, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Sunday May 7, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Saturday May 27, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, June 2, 2017; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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JURIED BY:
Liz Helfer
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Make Art & Cry Collaborative (Carlie Bristow and Anthony Febo)
Inguna Gremzde
Karen Krolak
Justin Playl
Julie Playl
PERFORMANCES:
Includes performances by ‘Make Art and Cry’ and Karen Krolak with ‘Monkeyhouse’.
ARTIST TALK:
Saturday, June 17, 2017; 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
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JURIED BY:
Liz Helfer
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
PERFORMANCES:
Includes performances by ‘Make Art and Cry’ and Karen Krolak with ‘Monkeyhouse’.
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Saturday, July 1 2017; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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JURIED BY:
Liz Helfer
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Make Art & Cry Collaborative (Carlie Bristow and Anthony Febo)
Inguna Gremzde
Karen Krolak
Justin Playl
Julie Playl
PERFORMANCES:
Includes performances by ‘Make Art and Cry’ and Karen Krolak with ‘Monkeyhouse’.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, October 6; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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JURIED BY:
Leonardo March
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Mike Cipriano, Greg Cook, Josh Dietrich, Richard Lanier, Leonardo March, Joseph Maxwell, Tim Plenk, Gilead Tadmor, Julie Williams-Krishnan, Chris Yeager
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, October 8; 9:00 am-5:00 pm
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WHAT’S HAPPENING:
This year we’re breaking this event into two sections. Learn to process B&W film, or learn to make b&w darkroom prints. Or both
If you can’t make The Great Fiber Swap and/or want to drop off items in advance, come on by.
Thursday, September 8, 2016
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, September 9; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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JURIED BY:
Christopher James
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Zia Ayub, Diana Bloomfield, Darlene DeVita, Timothy Wells Householder, Jennifer Liston Munson, Lauren McMahon, Jean-Baptiste Morand, Erin O’Donnell, Zandra Raines, Gregory Russo, J. Amadeaus Scott, Robert Schneider, Lisa Shea, Donita Simpson, Rodney Soares, Dennis Stein, Kenneth Stevens, Doug Stone, Ioanna Tourkantonis, Matthew Towler, Andrew Tucker, Christopher Turner, Christy Utter, Jacqueline Walters, Kristin Ware, Francine Weiss, Michael Weitzman, Susan Wilson, Elizabeth Wood, Mike Yoder, James Zall
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DEADLINE:
Saturday, April 1, 2017
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 27-May 27, 2017
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler and Greg Cook
ABOUT:
This call seeks work of all mediums that speaks to the current political climate in the United States and elsewhere.
Themes explored may include but are not limited to:
• Alt facts
• Big Oil
• Black Lives Matter
• Borders
• Coal mining
• DAPL
• Drinking water
• Election fraud
• Environment
• Fake news
• Fascism
• Feminism
• Gerrymandering
• Homelessness
• Immigration
• LGBTQA
• National security
• President Agent Orange
• Protest
• Racism
• Refugees
• Religion
• Sanctuary city
• Science
• Social media
• The 1%
• Twitter
• Women’s bodies as “host”
In addition to the gallery space, we encourage proposals for interactive installations that utilize the gallery porch, front yard and/or fence in an interactive manner.
GUIDELINES:
We are waiving our entry fee for this exhibition in order to encourage the broadest possible participation. Artists and supporters are welcome to make a donation through Paypal but it is not required. Corporate sponsorship is also welcome. Please email info@navegallery.org for details.
• If you are able to make a donation, please include #RESIST and the artist’s name in the note field.
• A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration
• Submissions will be accepted through Saturday, April 1, 2017
• The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
• The artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
• Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info@navegallery.org
• 2D and 3D works should be submitted as .jpg images
• Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
• Include an image list with your .jpg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
• Please indicate where you learned of the call
• Video works can be submitted via link to YouTube, Vimeo, or a similar platform
• Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144) ready to install
CALENDAR:
• Deadline for entries: Saturday, April 1, 2017
• Notification: TBD
• Artwork drop off: TBD
• Exhibition dates: April 27 – May 27, 2017
• Opening Reception: Thursday, April 27th; 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Susan Berstler works as a visual artist, curator and arts producer. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally including in Germany, the Czech Republic, Scotland and Canada. She has been instrumental in starting a wide variety of arts projects in her home town of Somerville, MA including the Windows Art Project, Project MUM, the Phone Art Box Project, and the SqueezeBox Slam. One of her main interests is in transformative events and media, especially in the realm of public art.
Greg Cook is an arts reporter and critic for WBUR.org. His writing has also appeared in The Boston Phoenix, The Boston Globe, Art New England, Juxtapoz Magazine, Art & Antiques, PoetryFoundation.org and several newspapers in suburban Boston. He founded and ran The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research for seven years, which won a 2009 Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.
Lately, Cook organizes festivals like Somerville’s Pity Party, The Tiny Tall Ships Festival, the AgriCultural Festival, and the upcoming Tiny Great Outdoors Festival and How To Fix The World Festival. He also created The Saddest Parade On Earth, which has processed through Cambridge, Beverly and Gloucester, and organized groups for parades in Gloucester and Malden.
His own pictures have appeared in fancy publications like Nickelodeon magazine, Publishers Weekly and The Believer, and have received honorable mentions in the 2006 and ’07 editions of “The Best American Comics.” He’s exhibited his artwork in Italy, France, Canada, Abu Dhabi, the United States, and the bathrooms of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
DEADLINE:
June 15, 2025
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 6 – 27, 2025
LOCATIONS:
Nave Gallery, Washington Street Gallery
JURIED BY:
Mary Kocol
The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries for its 10th annual celebration of toy camera and lo-fi photography.
Images of any subject matter, made with a “toy” camera – any low-tech camera with no or very limited exposure control, such as pinhole, Holga, Diana/Diana clones, Brownie, Ansco, disposable cameras – are eligible. The key criteria are plastic lenses and a lack of reliable exposure control. Straight Polaroid-type images, or images made with cell phones, digital cameras, or film cameras with full exposure control (such as the Lomo LC series), will not be considered.
Deadline for submission: June 15, 2025
Photographers will be notified by: ~July 15, 2025
Selected work must be received by: August 15, 2025
Full details on how to submit can be found here.
The Nave in Somerville, MA is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of local, regional and national contemporary art. Supported through a grant from the Somerville Arts Council, we are offering two stipends of $1500 each for applicants from the greater Boston area who have never worked as a curator before. Preference will be given to BIPOC, seniors and young artists and/or art lovers. Work of a collaborative, non-commercial nature is especially encouraged.
Exhibitions must take place in 2024.
– Proposals must be for group exhibitions (three or more artists)
– Proposals should be organized around a theme and/or process
– Proposals that include an open call for artists are encouraged with a $15 submission fee paid to the gallery
– Works in all mediums will be considered
– Curator(s) have responsibility for choosing artwork
– Curator(s) have primary responsibility for hanging the exhibition
– Curator(s) will be asked to help identify volunteer gallery sitters
– Curator(s) are encouraged to include a gallery talk separate from the opening reception
– Curator(s) are responsible for drafting the press release. The Nave will send it out to its media outlets
– Exhibitions are scheduled for 4-6 weeks
GALLERY SPACE:
The Nave Gallery in Teele Square is located in the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. The exhibition space is approximately 1300 square feet. The ceilings are 10 feet tall. One wall is natural wood paneling and one wall has two windows allowing natural light. Work may be hung from the ceiling in select locations.
Prospective curators are strongly urged to visit the sites prior to submitting a proposal. First time independent curatorial proposals are more likely to be sited in the main Nave Gallery
LOGISTICS:
– Curator(s) are responsible for communication with artists
– Curator(s) must provide curator’s statement and 3-4 high res images for press at least four weeks in advance of the scheduled opening date
– The gallery takes a 30% commission on all sales
– Work exhibited does not have to be for sale
– Artists are responsible for the cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
– Local artists are encouraged to volunteer for gallery sitting to assist the curator(s)
THE NAVE WILL:
– Pay the curator a one time stipend of $1500
– Pay the cost of postcard invitation
– Distribute press through variety of media including its social media channels
– Provide limited insurance
– Assist with promoting the call for entry
ELIGIBILITY:
– Artists and non-artists are eligible to apply
– Artists and non-artists are eligible to apply
HOW TO SUBMIT:
Submission materials should include:
– Curator(s) statement of concept
– 5-10 jpeg images that support the concept
– Image files should be no greater than 1.5 Megabytes
– Image files should be labeled: ARTIST LAST NAME_01.jpg, ARTIST LAST NAME_02.jpg, etc
– An image list that includes:
– Artist’s Name
– Image number
– Whether images are actual work to be shown or representative of what will be shown
– Medium
– Physical description
– Date work was created
Preferred method to submit video files is to provide a link to YouTube or Vimeo
All materials should be combined in one zipped folder and emailed to:
Susan Berstler
sberstler (AT) navegallery.org
DEADLINE:
June 27, 2023
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 7 – October 7, 2023
LOCATIONS:
Nave Gallery, Brickbottom Gallery, Washington Street Gallery
JURIED BY:
Ann M. Jastrab
The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries for its 10th annual celebration of toy camera and lo-fi photography.
Images of any subject matter, made with a “toy” camera – any low-tech camera with no or very limited exposure control, such as pinhole, Holga, Diana/Diana clones, Brownie, Ansco, disposable cameras – are eligible. The key criteria are plastic lenses and a lack of reliable exposure control. Straight Polaroid-type images, or images made with cell phones, digital cameras, or film cameras with full exposure control (such as the Lomo LC series), will not be considered.
Deadline for submission: June 27, 2023
Photographers will be notified by: ~July 24, 2023
Selected work must be received by: August 30, 2023
Full details on how to submit can be found here.
DEADLINE:
July 10, 2022
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 26 – September 25, 2022
LOCATIONS:
Nave Gallery and Washington Street Gallery
JURIED BY:
Laidric Stevenson
The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries for its ninth annual celebration of toy camera and lo-fi photography.
Images of any subject matter, made with a “toy” camera – any low-tech camera with no or very limited exposure control, such as pinhole, Holga, Diana/Diana clones, Brownie, Ansco, disposable cameras – are eligible. The key criteria are plastic lenses and a lack of reliable exposure control. Straight Polaroid-type images, or images made with cell phones, digital cameras, or film cameras with full exposure control (such as the Lomo LC series), will not be considered.
Deadline for submission: July 10, 2022
Photographers will be notified by: July 24, 2022
Selected work must be received by: August 20, 2022
Shows will open by August 26, 2022 and close by September 25, 2022. Opening dates and events will be announced. Final placement of work will be decided by the organizing committee.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
– A maximum of five pieces may be entered for consideration
– Instead of submission fees, please consider a donation toward the costs of this festival
– Accepted pieces must be delivered to the respective gallery framed and wired for hanging (or ready and equipped for display, in the case of viewing devices, constructions, etc.)
– Artists are responsible for the cost of shipping to and from the gallery
ABOUT OUR JUROR:
Laidric Stevenson was born in Wisconsin but left before he could walk and talk, so he doesn’t consider himself a Midwesterner. Spending his childhood and teenage years between the bordering states of Oklahoma and Texas, he first became interested in photography around the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind album.
Due to the somewhat transient nature of his childhood, his photography is rooted in discovering a sense of place. His work has appeared on the Humble Arts Foundation blog, featured in APhotoEditor and Deep Red Press, and recently published in the FotoFilmic JRNL#11 Winter Edition. He is a believer in the power of photography in the book format, and is an enthusiastic self publisher of zines and small photo books.
He spends his days in an office environment and photographs in his free time, he is based in Dallas, Texas.
DEADLINE:
June 24, 2019
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 5 – October 5, 2019
LOCATIONS:
Nave Gallery Gallery, Brickbottom Gallery and Washington Street
JURIED BY:
Gordon Stettinius
The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries for its seventh annual celebration of toy and lo-fi photography.
Images of any subject matter, made with a “toy” camera – any low-tech camera with no or very limited exposure control, such as pinhole, Holga, Diana/Diana clones, Brownie, Ansco, disposable cameras – are eligible. The key criteria are plastic lenses and a lack of reliable exposure control. Straight Polaroid-type images, or images made with cell phones, digital cameras, or film cameras with full exposure control (such as the Lomo LC series), will not be considered.
Deadline for submission: June 24, 2019
Photographers will be notified by: July 26, 2019
Selected work must be received by: August 31, 2019
All shows will open by September 7, 2019, with opening receptions taking place Sept 7 and 8.
Gallery-specific opening dates and related events to be announced. The final placement of work will be decided by the organizing committee. Accepted pieces must be delivered to the respective gallery framed and wired for hanging. Artists are responsible for cost of shipping to and from the gallery.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
– There is a $25 submission fee per artist
– A maximum of five pieces may be entered for consideration
– Please note, we are using CaFE this year, so the process to submit has a few steps:
– Create a CaFE account
– Upload images to your CaFE Portfolio0
– Use CaFE’s “Find Calls” search function (search term: toy camera) or return to the STCF call at this link to submit your images for our juror’s consideration (you will select them from your CaFE portfolio)
ABOUT OUR JUROR:
Gordon Stettinius is a photographer, educator, editor and publisher living and working in Richmond, Virginia. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally for nearly thirty years and his photography can be found in numerous private and public collections. He is represented by Page Bond Gallery in Richmond, Virginia and Robin Rice Gallery in New York. He is also an emeritus member of 1708 Gallery.
DEADLINE:
June 24, 2018
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 2018
LOCATIONS:
Nave Gallery Gallery, Brickbottom Gallery and Washington Street
JURIED BY:
Jennifer Shaw
The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries for its sixth annual celebration of toy and lo-fi photography.
Images of any subject matter, made with a “toy” camera – any low-tech camera with no or very limited exposure control, such as pinhole, Holga, Diana/Diana clones, Brownie, Ansco, disposable cameras – are eligible. The key criteria are plastic lenses and a lack of reliable exposure control. Straight Polaroid-type images, or images made with cell phones, digital cameras, or film cameras with full exposure control (such as the Lomo LC series), will not be considered.
Deadline for submission: June 24, 2018
Photographers will be notified by: July 20 2018
Selected work must be received by: August 31, 2018
All shows will open in September 2018. Gallery-specific opening dates and related events to be announced. The final placement of work will be decided by the organizing committee. Accepted pieces must be delivered to the respective gallery framed and wired for hanging. Artists are responsible for cost of shipping to and from the gallery.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
– There is a $25 submission fee per artist. Payment can be made here. Please include STCF in the memo
– A maximum of five pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions are accepted here
ABOUT OUR JUROR:
Jennifer Shaw is a fine art photographer whose work is based on both a world observed and a world constructed, often focusing on the fleeting and personal within the sphere of her immediate surroundings. She grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and earned a BFA in photography at the Rhode Island School of Design. Upon graduation she moved to New Orleans in pursuit of the artist’s life, where she currently teaches the disappearing art of darkroom photography at the Louise S. McGehee School and serves as creative director of PhotoNOLA, in addition to chasing after two young sons.
Shaw’s photographs have been featured in B&W, American Photo, Shots, Light Leaks, The Sun, and Oxford American magazines, and online publications including NPR, Fraction Magazine, One One Thousand and Lenscratch. Her first monograph, Hurricane Story (Chin Music Press), was named a best photo book of 2011 by photo-eye and Brain Pickings. North Light Press published her second monograph, Nature/Nurture, in 2012. Shaw’s work is exhibited widely and held in collections, including the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
DEADLINE:
August 1, 2017
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 2017
LOCATIONS:
Nave Gallery Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex and Washington Street Gallery
JURIED BY:
Michael Kirchoff
The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries for its fifth annual celebration of toy and lo-fi photography.
Images of any subject matter, made with a “toy” camera – any low-tech camera with no or very limited exposure control, such as pinhole, Holga, Diana/Diana clones, Brownie, Ansco, disposable cameras – are eligible. The key criteria are plastic lenses and a lack of reliable exposure control. Straight Polaroid-type images, or images made with cell phones, digital cameras, or film cameras with full exposure control (such as the Lomo LC series), will not be considered.
Deadline for submission: August 1, 2017
Photographers will be notified by: August 15, 2017
Selected work must be received by: September 1, 2017*
* Please note the short window between notification of acceptance (Aug 15) and the the date accepted work is due at the galleries (Sept 1). If your work is accepted, please plan accordingly.
All shows will open after Sept 7, 2017. Gallery-specific opening dates and related events to be announced. The final placement of work will be decided by the organizing committee. Accepted pieces must be delivered to the respective gallery framed and wired for hanging. Artists are responsible for cost of shipping to and from the gallery.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
– There is a $25 submission fee per artist
– A maximum of five pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through submittable
ABOUT OUR JUROR:
Michael Kirchoff straddles the worlds of both commercial and fine art photography. A commercial shooter for twenty-five years, it is his fine art work that has set him apart from others, with instant film and toy camera images fueling more than a few bodies of work. His consulting, training, and overall support of his fellow photographic artist continues with assistance in constructing ones vision, reviewing portfolios, and finding exhibition opportunities, which fill the gaps in time away from active shooting. In addition, Michael spent ten years (2006-2016) on the Board of the American Photographic Artists in Los Angeles, producing artist lectures, business, and inspirational events for the community. Currently, he is also an Editor at Blur Magazine, curating work for the international digital publication.
Michael’s fine art imagery has garnered recognition from the IPA Awards; the Prix de la Photographie in Paris; Photographers Forum; and Critical Mass. His photographs have been published in Black & White (U.S.); Black & White (U.K.); Seities; Esquire (Russia); New Statesman; Blur; Harpers; Adore Noir; Fraction; SHOTS; Diffusion Annual; and Lenscratch. Michael also continues to exhibit his prints internationally in both group and solo exhibitions, including an upcoming one-person exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Photography in 2018.
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ABRAZOS PRESS is a teaching and professional print shop at the Miller Street Studio Building in Somerville, MA. Begun in December 2007 by Annie Silverman, Nina Wishnok and Sandy Butler, ABRAZOS PRESS celebrates 10 years of printmaking with this special anniversary show.
Wondrous Strangeness showcases work by current and past students and studio members.
CURATED BY:
Annie Silverman
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, August 9; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
August 9-25, 2017
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Sandra Butler, Sandy Cardillo, Sarah Carr, Katrina Carye, Emily Cobb, David Covert, Alison Darrow, Jesseca Ferguson, Ann Forbush, Ania Gilmore, Jeesoo Lee, Haley, MacKeil, Debbie Max, Fish McGill, Cecily Miller, Charles Norris, Debra Olin, Pamela Schmidt, Sarah Shallbetter, Annie Silverman, Ellen Stutman, Mira Voigt, Nina Wishnok, Annie Zeybekoglu
DEADLINE:
February 15, 2026
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 21-April 18, 2026
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Boulevard, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Michael Talbot
ABOUT:
Pressure creates diamonds…
Threats to democracy are rising. Free speech is in jeopardy and the arts censored. The call to act has never been louder.
“We Create Diamonds” is a call to the creative community in response to the wide-spreading events sweeping the nation. With each day, we seem to be facing a new hardship — as well as pre-existing ones — that push us as a society to the limit of what we as a people can endure.
But despite these setbacks, the people have put pressure to advocate for change. This glimmer of resistance has become a beacon of hope, reminding us of what is important and allowing us to shine through even brighter than before.
How do we create diamonds? Our common unity, a deep and searing passion for a better and brighter future, is our strength not to simply endure, but to stand our ground and outlast all that is stacked against us. With the ever-growing pressure and uncertainty of what the future holds, we know one thing is for certain — the harder they push back, the brighter we shine.
At this moment, art is more important than ever. It connects and unites. Your creative voice matters. “We Create Diamonds” seeks artists to celebrate the experiences, cultures, and identities that shape the many facets of our nation.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Submissions are open to all mediums: 2-D, and 3-D/sculpture work. The exhibit will run from March 21-April 18th. Work must be available during this timeframe. Since space is limited, this will be a juried show.
Please include a PDF image sheet that has the following information and upload up to 4 JPEGs of available work you would like to show (maximum 1200 pixels in length). The following information should accompany each image on the PDF:
1. Artist name & Contact Info (phone & e-mail)
2. Title of the piece
3. Description of Medium
4. Complete accurate dimensions (length, width, depth, & approximate weight)
5. Is it for sale?
6. Value of the piece (please include, whether or not it is for sale)
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Michael Talbot is a Jamaican-born, Boston-based Freelance Artist and Visual Storyteller who has worked on a wide range of projects, murals, exhibitions, and showcases since 2012.
His work, often narrative-driven, is most characterized by the keen use of motion, negative space, as well as a limited palette reminiscent of graphic novels and other forms of sequential art. His passion and interest for storytelling is the forefront in his practice and craft, he tends to draw from his knowledge in as many areas of study as possible to help strengthen this process. Talbot’s work can be seen throughout the Greater Boston area, including Somerville and has two murals in East Somerville at Connexion and the Deano’s Pasta building.
DEADLINE:
April 3, 2026
EXHIBITION DATES:
May 1 – June 14, 2026
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Boulevard, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
ABOUT:
The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA), in partnership with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (CHPC) invites artists to contribute to the curated exhibition, “Uprooted / Transplanted: Stories of Displacement”. This exhibition will present images and stories of displacement, the forced movement of people from their homes due to conflict, violence, or natural disaster.
Somerville and the Greater Boston area are home to many such displaced persons, forced to relocate far from home into a totally different environment. We seek art that portrays the human experience of displacement and resettlement. All themes, subjects and perspectives will be considered, we especially welcome first person narratives but all perspectives will be considered. All mediums will be accepted; installations, multi-media and performance art are encouraged.
The Uprooted/Transplanted exhibition will join art exhibited elsewhere in the building tied to the theme of displacement including selections of “Art in Exile”, a collection of paintings from 10 artists in refugee camps in Jordan, currently displayed in the CHPC Sanctuary as well as “Faces of Syrian Refugees”, a collection of triptych life-sized portraits and transcribed interviews with relocated Syrian refugees around the world by Newton, MA photographer Michael S. Cohen, in collaboration with radio journalist Amy Bracken. Both collections are evocative of displacement, survival and hope.
LEARN TO TALK SERIES:
The 2026 Learn to Talk Social Justice Series will present additional programming including a poetry reading, panel discussion / community conversations and a musical concert. These events are designed to deepen dialogue around displacement and its human impact.
PLEASE NOTE:
– Artwork may be from any discipline: drawing, painting, sculpture, performance, digital media, etc.
– Exhibition is open to 2D and 3D artwork. Installation work will be considered; please specify in the submission form how it will be installed and its space requirements
– If you are submitting digital media, please be prepared to provide your own equipment
– Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery ready to install April 20, 2026
– Artwork must fit through a standard 32” door (or be able to be broken down to fit)
– Artists are responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– The entry fee for this show has been waived. If you would like to make a small donation to support the gallery and its programming in lieu of a fee, you can make a donation through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Uprooted” in the note field
– A maximum of three pieces may be entered for consideration
– Complete the online submission form
If you have trouble filling out the form or uploading images, please contact info@navegallery.org.
CALENDAR:
• Deadline for entries: Friday, April 3, 2026
• Notification: Thursday, April 9, 2026
• Artwork Drop off/Installation: Friday April 24, 2026
• Exhibition dates: May 1 –June 14, 2026
• Artists Reception: May 1, 2026,
• Somerville Open Studios: May 2-3, 2026
DEADLINE:
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
EXHIBITION DATES:
Saturday, September 30 – Sunday, October 29, 2017
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Boulevard, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Karl Stephan and Bianca Broxton
ABOUT:
Wall to Wall II: Working Together (W2W II) reprises 2016’s successful Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community at the Nave, and will also feature a diverse group of artists. W2W II will focus on the practice, process and benefits of artistic collaboration, especially across disciplines. The goal of W2W II is to model and encourage artistic and social collaboration among artists and non-artists alike.
EVENTS:
W2W II artists will discuss their personal experience in collaboration, with a focus on how the process challenged their individual practice and contributed to their artistic and personal growth. They will discuss their work and that of their collaborator(s), and how each influenced the other. Multiple demonstrations are anticipated, including live art-making, performances a collaboration between artists and non-artists and others. Our intent is to fill the month with events.
PLEASE NOTE:
– Artwork may be from any discipline: drawing, painting, sculpture, performance, digital media, etc. Work must be the result of a collaboration between two or more individuals. Preference will be given to compelling results of collaborations between artists from different disciplines and/or backgrounds.
– If you are submitting digital media, please be prepared to provide your own equipment.
– Live painting, performance art and public art lessons will be considered as part of our ongoing event series. There may be some limitations based on gallery hours, physical space or other factors.
– Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery at 155 Powderhouse Boulevard, Somerville, MA ready for presentation.
– Artwork must fit through a standard 32” door (or be able to be broken down to fit).
– Artists are responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– There is a $15 submission fee per artist, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Submission: W2W II” in the note field
– A maximum of three pieces may be entered for consideration
– Please send submissions to stephankd@gmail.com and bianca.broxton@gmail.com.
– 2D and 3D works should be submitted as .jpeg images
– Each .jpeg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
– Video works may be submitted via a link to youtube, vimeo, or a similar platform
– Installation and performance proposals should be no longer than two pages, preferably including example images
– Include an image list in your submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year
– A brief statement describing the collaborative process of creating your artwork will assist us in making our selections.
– Please include a short biography, website links and contact emails for each artist
CALENDAR:
• Deadline for entries: Sunday, August 15, 2017
• Notification: Monday, September 4, 2017
• Artwork drop off: Tuesday, September 26 – Thursday, September 28, 2017
• Exhibition dates: September 30 – October 29, 2017
• Opening Reception: To be scheduled
• Artist Talks and other events: To be scheduled
ABOUT THE CO-CURATORS:
Karl Stephan is a Somerville artist, art-educator and curator who works and teaches in his studio and at the Museum of Fine Arts. In 2016, Karl curated Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community at Nave Gallery. He has documented the local street art scene since 2010 and holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. He has shown his work widely since 2007.
Bianca Broxton is a Medford native and a graduate of School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Bianca has shown work in several galleries and most recently played multiple roles in an art performance directed by Danielle Abrams in conjunction with the exhibit Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 at the ICA Boston.
DEADLINE:
September 9, 2018
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 17-December 15, 2018
OPENING RECEPTION:
November 17, 2018; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Melissa Chaney, Amanda Kilton, Elizabeth Menges
ABOUT:
This show is a celebration of artists who teach grades K-12. We often spend so much time and energy motivating and helping our students create, that we risk neglecting our own craft. Our jobs require us to assume various roles–nurturer, parent, and coach–and achieve a myriad of goals–to inspire, teach technique and regulate students of varying emotional, social, and developmental levels. We do all of this because it is important work, but in our field, teaching others often overshadows our own artistic development. This show is a reminder to ourselves and to others that the reason we teach is because we value the creative process. In order to support our students we must devote time to our own artistic practice. Our teaching feeds our art making and our art making feeds our teaching. This symbiotic relationship allows us to lead by example and helps us seek the difficult balance between giving to others through teaching and giving to our own work as artists.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– There is a $15 submission fee per artist, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Those Who Can, Teach” in the note field
– A maximum of three pieces may be entered for consideration
– Complete the online submission form at https://tinyurl.com/yby7dl3b
If you have trouble filling out the form or uploading images, please contact info@navegallery.org.
REQUIREMENTS:
– Exhibition is open to 2d & 3d art
– Submitting artists must currently teach 50% to full time in public school grades K-12
– No restrictions for date work was created, as long as it was made while teaching
– Accompanying artist statement must address how teaching and art making impact each other in the artist’s life
– If selected, artwork must be delivered in person and ready to install in November (exact date TBD)
– Artwork must fit through a standard 32” door (or be able to be broken down to fit)
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
CALENDAR:
• Deadline for entries: September 9, 2018
• Notification: October 1, 2018
• Artwork drop off/Installation: November 2018 (exact date TBD)
• Exhibition dates: November 17-December 15, 2018
• Artists Reception: November 17, 2018; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Melissa Chaney, Amanda Kilton, and Elizabeth Menges are artists and teachers in Cambridge Public Schools.
DEADLINE:
January 27, 2019
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 22-April 6
ARTISTS RECEPTION:
Friday, March 22, 2019
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Christina Balch, Giuliana Funkhouser and Krista Wright
ABOUT:
“Avatar” is originally a Sanskrit word describing mortal incarnations of Hindu deities. In colloquial use, the term refers to a digital image or 3D character representing an individual operating a computer. Drawing inspiration from this concept, the AVATARS exhibition is a transdisciplinary exploration of folkloric characters, alter-egos and cyborgs created to express relatable narratives. Just as poets, game designers and dream interpreters examine humanity through archetypes, artists employ personas. Figures are masked or transformed through symbol while ancient myths and fable-like stories are reinterpreted within these new tales spun.
This exhibit debuted at the San Francisco Art Institute in fall of 2018. For the Somerville exhibit, a selection of works from the San Francisco show will travel to Somerville to continue the thread of the exhibit from its inception.
All media variations will be considered and are encouraged to apply, including but not limited to: 2D and 3D objects, video, performance art, movement/dance, sound, interactive art, robots and installation.
Artists, engineers and creatives of all types are encouraged to apply. Questions regarding work and process can be submitted to avatars.exhibit@gmail.com, and the curators will respond as quickly as possible.
Artists should have own equipment for installation, but curators will help with sourcing equipment as best they can.
Additional information about the call can be found at https://christinabalch.com/avatars.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– There is a $15 submission fee per artist, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “AVATARS” in the note field
– A maximum of three pieces may be entered for consideration
– Complete the online submission form at https://goo.gl/forms/KPE6XMzbMp9AuJ9s2
If you have trouble filling out the form or uploading images, please contact avatars.exhibit@gmail.com.
REQUIREMENTS:
– Exhibition is open to 2D and 3D artwork. Installation work will be considered, please specify in the submission form how it will be installed
– Artists are responsible for all costs associated with shipping work to and from the gallery
– Artwork must fit through a standard 32” door (or be able to be broken down to fit)
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
CALENDAR:
– Deadline for entries: January 27, 2019
– Notification: February 11, 2019
– Artwork drop off/installation: early March 2019 TBD
– Exhibition dates: March 22-April 6, 2019
– Opening reception: Friday, March 22, 2019
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Christina Balch
Christina Balch is a multimedia artist interested in the way people define themselves digitally, especially through the use of mobile technology and self-documentation. Recently, Christina learned basic programming languages, Javascript and Arduino, and has incorporated engineering into her practice. In 2016, she curated a performance-based art exhibit called Performing the Home at the Nave Gallery. Christina is based in Boston and a Southern California native. See more of Christina’s work on her website https://christinabalch.com/
Giuliana Funkhouser
Giuliana Funkhouser (or GFunk for short) is a professional multimedia artist. It has been a great pleasure and fortune for her to have worked alongside a variety of colorful entertainment and marketing industry giants over the course of her career. Her artwork interrogates contemporary mass media entertainment and “content delivery” platforms that simultaneously draw people together while ripping communities apart in unprecedented ways. She hopes to raise awareness about the people and environments continually pushed to the wayside in the name of technological progress, economic expansion and the siren song of paradise. See more of Giuliana’s work on her website: http://www.gfunkhouser.net/#portfolio.html
Krista Wright
Krista Wright is a multimedia artist making work that transports viewers into her imagination land. Hailing from the Southern Californian Suburbs, Krista Wright spent her childhood playing pretend, playstation, and watching cartoons, all in which showcased the different realities that could exist and the possibility to make one’s own. Today she works with screenprint, sculpture, painting, and stop-motion animation to bring those possibilities to life. Her work is an Art of Escapism, but also adventure. See more of Krista’s work on her website: https://kristawrista.art/
DEADLINE:
Saturday, March 24, 2018
EXHIBITION DATES:
May 4, 2018- June 17, 2018
ARTISTS RECEPTION:
Saturday, March 19; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Tori Costa
ABOUT:
The Nave Gallery seeks submissions using botanical imagery for its upcoming show, Secret Gardens. This show will open the weekend of Somerville Open Studios, one of the Boston area’s largest open studios event.
Secret Gardens seeks to revel in the beauty and wonder of botany, but also explore how botanical imagery can symbolize ideas, attributes, morality lessons and more. We think of sexuality, fertility and feminine power when looking at O’Keefe’s flower paintings; conversely, of death, vice and virtue in Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. In literature, the garden motif is often used. Gardens are places representing wonder and innocence (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) that can quickly turn to a place of sorrow with a single misstep (Garden of Eden). They are places where secrets are buried and forbidden romantic liaisons take place. They are sources of nourishment—both literal and figurative—where life can end and, yet, rejuvenation begins (The Secret Garden).
Work submitted to Secret Gardens can range from technically accurate botanical art to interpretations of what could lie in a secret garden. All mediums will be accepted, and installations are encouraged. However, if you are considering submitting artwork that includes live vegetation and requires a degree of sunlight and water, please note that the gallery is only open on Saturdays and Sundays.If you are local to the area, access to the gallery during the week can be arranged.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– There is a $15 submission fee per artist, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Secret Gardens” in the note field
– A maximum of three pieces may be entered for consideration
– Complete the online submission form at https://goo.gl/forms/9sXqdIMY0JtpZM9L2
If you have trouble filling out the form or uploading images, please contact info@navegallery.org.
REQUIREMENTS:
– Exhibition is open to 2D and 3D artwork. Installation work will be considered, please specify in the submission form how it will be installed
– If selected, artwork must be delivered and ready to install between April 21-26
– Artists are responsible for all costs associated with shipping work to and from the gallery
– Artwork must fit through a standard 32” door (or be able to be broken down to fit)
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
CALENDAR:
• Deadline for entries: Saturday, March 24, 2018
• Notification: Monday, April 2, 2018
• Artwork drop off/Installation: April 21-26 (Exact dates and time TBD)
• Exhibition dates: May 4, 2018- June 17, 2018
• Artists Reception: Saturday, May 19; 3:00 PM-5:00 PM
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Tori Costa is a longtime Nave Gallery volunteer and serves on the board of the Somerville Arts Council. She has curated Bite: Food as Art, Branded: Art of the Beer Label, The Knit Art House in Crochetville, and Threads Bared. She also coordinates Wrap Around, the gallery’s annual fundraiser for the Somerille Homeless Coalition.
DEADLINE:
Friday, September 1, 2017
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 18, 2017 – December 30, 2017
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Vanessa Marcoux
ABOUT:
For many generations, makers have used the familiarity of the domestic arts to build community, raise awareness, and make powerful statements about causes they care about. From sewing circles to the Pussyhat Project, craft has become a catalyst for social and political change.
Catalyst aims to bring together examples of contemporary, handmade objects from traditional fiber art mediums such as embroidery, knitting, crochet, sewing, quilting and weaving that speak to causes such as healthcare, homelessness, politics, the environment, feminism, civil rights and more. The exhibition does not aim to endorse any particular ideologies or views, but to examine the creative ways in which craft and activism collide and the strength in their reaction.
This exhibition will coincide with the 10th year of the Wrap Around Project, a sale of handmade goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition, which takes place at the Nave Gallery each December.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– There is a $15 submission fee per artist, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Catalyst” in the note field
– A maximum of three pieces may be entered for consideration
– Complete the online submission form at https://tinyurl.com/2017submit
– Send .jpg images of your submissions via email to catalyst.exhibition2017@gmail.com and title them “YourLastName_Title.jpg”. Please be sure the titles correspond with your submission form
REQUIREMENTS:
– Exhibition is open to 2D and 3D artwork. Installation work will be considered, please specify in the submission form how it will be installed
– If selected, artwork must be delivered and ready to install between November 10 -12, 2017
– Artists are responsible for all cost associated with shipping work to and from the gallery
– Artwork must fit through a standard 32” door (or be able to be broken down to fit)
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
CALENDAR:
• Deadline for entries: September 1, 2017
• Notification: October 1, 2017
• Artwork drop off/Installation: November 10 – 12, 2017
• Exhibition dates: November 18, 2017 – December 30, 2017
• Opening Reception: November 18, 2017
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Vanessa Marcoux is a knitter and museum administrator who is passionate about all things handmade. She has been involved with the Wrap Around project since 2012 and has co-curated the Nave Gallery shows You Are Here: Maps (2013) and Art and Reclamation: Emerging Female Artists (2015).
DEADLINE:
Monday, January 20, 2025
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 22 – March 30, 2025
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
JURIED BY:
Amor Díaz-Campos, MSc
ABOUT:
The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA), in partnership with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition Water Marks. The gallery is a nonprofit artist-run project space located in the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church near Tufts University. Artists shown to date have been local, national and international, emerging and established.
Water Marks seeks art that reflects the impacts, impressions and realities relating to water and the human experience. This call asks artists to share work created in response to various states of water: ecological, communal, cultural, natural, financial, political, spiritual … essential. Work should consider all states of water, in any of its forms and permutations; whether it be gas, liquid or solid, either a droplet or an ocean, scarce or sacred.
All themes, subjects and perspectives will be considered, especially those focused on social and environmental justice.
All mediums will be accepted, and installations are encouraged, as well as performance art.
Open to all artists.
LEARN TO TALK SERIES:
The 2025 Learn to Talk Social Justice Series includes the collaborative exhibition, Water Marks as well as additional programming led by the CHPC. These events are designed to further highlight issues tied to themes of social justice and humanity as affected by water.
PLEASE NOTE:
– Artwork may be from any discipline: drawing, painting, sculpture, performance, digital media, etc.
– Exhibition is open to 2D and 3D artwork. Installation work will be considered, please specify in the submission form how it will be installed and its space requirements
– If you are submitting digital media, please be prepared to provide your own equipment
– Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery ready to install February 15, 2025
– Artwork must fit through a standard 32” door (or be able to be broken down to fit)
– Artists are responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– There is a $20 submission fee per artist, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Water Mark” in the note field
– A maximum of three pieces may be entered for consideration
– Complete the online submission form
If you have trouble filling out the form or uploading images, please contact info@navegallery.org.
CALENDAR:
• Deadline for entries: Monday, January 20, 2025
• Notification: Friday January 31, 2025
• Artwork drop off/Installation: Saturday February 15, 2025
• Exhibition dates: February 22, 2025 – March 30, 2025
• Artists Reception: TBD
ABOUT THE JUROR:
Amor is a curator from Cuba who is passionate about the transformative and healing power of the arts. She is fascinated by the unique and yet universal way in which art can tell a story, convey deep emotions, and help us understand and see ourselves, creating spaces for meaningful dialogue and connection.
In 2019, Amor co-founded the Biennial Ríos Intermitentes in Matanzas, Cuba, with Nashville-based Cuban artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons. This biennial explores themes of memory, heritage, identity, and race, while addressing the specific needs of the Matanzas community. It was recognized as one of the top 15 exhibitions of 2019 by Hyperallergic Magazine and is now in its third edition.
Amor believes that artists hold the key to finding creative solutions to the most pressing issues of our time. She earned her Master’s Degree in Arts Administration from Boston University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Communication from Havana University. She currently serves as the Artists Practice Fellow at the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston, and the Boston Public Art Triennial Curatorial Fellow.
DEADLINE:
Sunday, September 17, 2017
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 16 –December 16, 2017
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Boriana Kantcheva and Micah Eglinton-Woods
ABOUT:
The history of feminist art starting in the 1970’s up until now has been filled with controversy, turbulence, progress and backlashes against women, women’s art, and its place in art history. From today’s perspective the feminism of the 1970’s is often viewed as utopian, sometimes naïve and even exclusionary. The 1980’s brought a backlash against feminism and feminist art that can be felt even today. Feminist art cannot be easily categorized by male-dominated establishment and as such it is often ignored. A question emerges: What is feminist art? And more accurately what is feminist art today?
There is a long line of women who created feminist art – Judy Chicago, Faith Wildling, Ana Mendieta, Louise Bourgeois and many others. What made their art feminist and what is their legacy? Today we see resurgence in feminist art, an interest in its history and its connection to political and art activism. In the current political climate and its attack on women it begs us to reexamine feminist art and its role in the 21st century. Not all art created by women is feminist and not all feminist art is created by women. Therefore, we invite artists of all gender identities who identify their art as feminist to apply.
Themes of the female body and how it is viewed in today’s society and issues of reproductive rights are some of the themes that are constant in feminist art. How to these themes apply to non-binary bodies? How are the roles of women changing and why? How do we talk about the experiences of women as multi-dimensional human beings, and how are these experiences shaping female identities? What is the place of women in organized religions and are the Goddess traditions still alive and well? What is the place of women in today’s political culture? How are non-binary and trans bodies included and excluded from today’s feminist movement? How are issues like class, economics, race, disability, etc. represented in intersectional feminism? These are only some of the questions we hope to have answered by contemporary feminist artists.
All mediums accepted. Installation and performance work is strongly encouraged. The curators’ goal is to transform the gallery space into a space of interaction and community building.
PLEASE NOTE:
– Artwork may be from any discipline: drawing, painting, sculpture, performance, digital media, etc.
– If you are submitting digital media, please be prepared to provide your own equipment
– Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install
– Artwork must fit through a standard 32” door (or be able to be broken down to fit)
– Artists are responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– There is a $15 submission fee per artist, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Restructured” in the note field
– A maximum of three pieces or concepts may be entered for consideration
– Please send up to three submissions to restructuredentries@gmail.com
– 2D and 3D works should be submitted as .jpeg images
– Each .jpeg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
– Video works may be submitted via a link to youtube, vimeo, or a similar platform
– Installation and performance proposals should be no longer than two pages.Accompanying images or videos that further illustrate your idea are welcome
– Include an image list in your submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year
– Please include a one page (or less) artist statement or bio for use in printed materials
CALENDAR:
• Deadline for entries: Sunday, September 17, 2017
• Notification: Tuesday, October 3, 2017
• Artwork drop off: TBA
• Exhibition dates: November 16 –December 16, 2017
• Opening Reception: TBA
• Artist Talk: TBA
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Boriana Kantcheva, originally from Bulgaria, has lived and worked in the Boston area for over 17 years. She has received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and an MFA from School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University joint degree Program. She has worked as an assistant teacher at the Carpenter Center for Visual and Environmental Studies in Cambridge where she has received several Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in teaching awards. She currently works as a gallery coordinator for Chandler Gallery at Maud Morgan Arts Center in Cambridge. Boriana is a member of Bromfield Gallery.
Micah Eglinton-Woods is a designer and aspiring curator. Micah graduated from Montserrat College of Art in 2007 with degrees in Illustration and Art History. Her curatorial practice focuses on socially engaged art. She sees the arts as a vehicle for positive change through the amplification of marginalized voices.
DEADLINE:
Sunday, April 30, 2017
EXHIBITION DATES:
Saturday, June 3 – Sunday, July 2, 2017
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Liz Helfer
ABOUT:
In Triplicate showcases the power of three, whether three minds working toward a singular goal or an artwork in three parts. The Nave Gallery Annex has three distinct spaces; each room will be under the control of one artist or artist group with emphasis on considering the entire space. This does not necessarily mean that a room is filled with objects, but instead that each installation or series is well composed.
This format favors and encourages site-specific installation and multi-disciplinary collaborations. Artworks should address an interpretation of In Triplicate, how objects are part of a whole, replicate, or the idea of analog. This format also only allows for up to three collaborative artist groups to exhibit, making this a highly selective and competitive show.
In order to plan and conceptualize the spaces in the Nave Gallery Annex, please see the diagram of the gallery below. If you feel it is necessary and will contribute to your concept, you may indicate your room preference with a short explanation in your submission email.
PLEASE NOTE:
– Artwork may be from any discipline: drawing, painting, sculpture, performance, digital media, etc.
– If you are submitting digital media, please be prepared to provide your own equipment.
– Artwork may be an ongoing performance; please be open to compromise based on gallery hours and limitations.
– Individual Artists may submit their interpretation of In Triplicate, with consideration as to how they will “fill” a space.
– Artist Collaborations & Groups: may have more or less than three members.
– Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
– Artwork must fit through a standard 32” door (or be able to be broken down to fit).
– Artists are responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– There is a $15 submission fee per artist, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “In Triplicate” in the note field
– A maximum of three pieces or concepts may be entered for consideration
– Please send up to three submissions to elizabeth.p.helfer@gmail.com
– 2D and 3D works should be submitted as .jpeg images
– Each .jpeg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
– Video works may be submitted via a link to youtube, vimeo, or a similar platform
– Installation and performance proposals should be no longer than two pages, please include a sketch, diagram, or example images
– Include an image list in your submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year
– Please include a one page (or less) artist statement or bio for use in printed materials. For group proposals, please submit a statement or bio that encompasses the entire group or individual statements
– Please include website links and contact emails for each artist
CALENDAR:
• Deadline for entries: Sunday, April 30, 2017
• Notification: Friday, May 12, 2017
• Artwork drop off: Tuesday, May 30 – Thursday June 1, 2017
• Exhibition dates: April 27 – May 27, 2017
• Opening Reception: Friday, June 2, 2017; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
• Artist Talk: Saturday, June 10, 2017
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Liz Helfer is a sculptor known primarily for her work with bronze and cast iron. Liz graduated with her BFA in 2010 from Alfred University. She has continued her artistic development through work in the United States and Europe. She has recently dipped a toe into curatorial waters and is fascinated by the confluence of contemporary art practice and the mediation of perception in our technological age. She currently creates cast metal and mixed media sculpture at her studio in Cambridge, MA.
DEADLINE:
Saturday, September 17, 2016
EXHIBITION DATES:
October 6-22, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Leonardo March
HONK!: Deconstruction of Joy will be a photography exhibit coinciding with HONK! Fest 2016. The goal of the exhibition is to showcase images encapsulating the energy and joy that takes place during the HONK! Fest. We are interested in showing different manifestations of this joy and we invite all photographers to share their work celebrating HONK!
Every October, the HONK! Fest takes over Davis Square in Somerville, bringing live music and joy to brass bands enthusiasts. Bands from across the United States — and from other countries get together for a series of outdoor performances. For many it’s a magical weekend. Since its founding 10 years ago, HONK! Fest has grown to include festivals in Austin, Brooklyn, Detroit, Seattle, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Wollongong, Australia.
HOW TO SUBMIT SAMPLES OF WORK:
Submit the following to leo@normalkolectiva.com:
– Artwork images should be in .jpg format, following Lastname_001.jpg, Lastname_002.jpg convention for each image
– Images should be sized 11 x 17″, 300 dpi
– Link to artist website
– Description of size and space requirements for work
– Brief artist statement
– About the artist paragraph
LOGISTICS
– There is a $15.00 fee to participate in the exhibition, which will be reimbursed if any work is sold. Paypal can be found here. Please add “HONK!” in the memo field.
– All submitted images will be printed at 11×17” unless otherwise agreed upon. The Nave Gallery Annex will pay for printing
– Each 11×17 print will be for sale for $25. Income earned will cover printing and exhibition costs
– Work will be displayed unframed in the gallery
– A minimum of one selected image from each artist will be used for a gallery exhibition catalog
– The organizer will contact accepted photographers for further information involving logistics, and other comments if needed
– All local participating photographers must help in gallery sitting
ABOUT THE ORGANIZER:
Leonardo March is a photographer from Puerto Rico, based in Boston, Massachusetts. He’s interested in documenting activism, performers communities and quirky events and is a member of Normal Kolectiva (www.normalkolectiva.com), a Boston based photographers collective documenting activism and promoting photography as a tool for social analysis.
If you have any questions about this exhibition please contact leo@normalkolectiva.com
SPONSORS:
Honk: Deconstruction of Joy could not come to life without our sponsors
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: September 17, 2016
Notification: September 20, 2016
Installation: October 3-4, 20166
Exhibition dates: October 6-22, 2016
Curator and artist Christina Balch will recreate the gallery as a surreal home and invites the public to experience and interact with performances of the home. Artists in this experimental and experiential exhibit address issues of relationships, organization, politics, and longing in the contemporary home via dance, performance, sound, video, digital media and interactivity.
Gallery visitors turned house guests will have the rare opportunity to be voyeurs of the intimate workings of the home. Relating objects and bodies in the home, Dance group Excavate, Rebecca Henriksen, and Molly Hess explore the physicality of the home space in their respective performances. In Fine China, Andrea Zampitella balances strength and fragility in the home, and transgender artist Jamezie challenges expectations of self-grooming.
The public is invited to experience Performing the Home during four performance events or during quieter, more reflective gallery hours. Most performances will have remnants for viewing afterwards. Interacting with the art and exploring the gallery are encouraged.
Visit the exhibit website at performingthehome.com to experience the show online, and watch the performances after they have been performed.
CURATED BY:
Christina Balch
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, August 18; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Performances by Jamezie and Excavate with Sharon Kivenko, Bess Paupeck, and Alli Ross
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EXHIBITION DATES:
August 18 – August 31
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
PERFORMANCE EVENTS:
Saturday, August 20, 2016
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Performances by Molly Hess and Rebecca Henriksen
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Sunday, August 28, 2016
4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Performances by Andrea Zampitella and Emily Manning-Mingle
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CLOSING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Dinner party performance
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ARTISTS:
Christina Balch
Erik Benjamins
Excavate with Sharon Kivenko, Bess Paupeck and Alli Ross
Kristina Durr & Kyle P. Feeley
Rebecca Henriksen
Molly Hess
Jamezie
J.J. L’Heureux
Emily Manning-Mingle
Brooke Scibelli
Patty Simon
Gabriel Sosa
Andrea Zampitella
Furniture by Tossed & Found
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Christina Balch is an artist and interactive producer interested in the way people define themselves through imagery, especially through the use of mobile technology and self-documentation. Feminism and technology are common themes in her work. Christina’s work has been exhibited in the Boston and Los Angeles areas. She lives and works in Somerville, MA. Learn more about Christina Balch on her website.
The Nave Galleries are excited to announce a new summer pop-up combining art and activism!
Stop by the Nave Annex and be part of We The People: A Community Write-In. Have something to say? Say it!
ORGANIZED BY:
Bess Paupeck and Susan Berstler
DATES AND TIME:
Wednesday, July 19-Friday, July 21; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 26-Friday, July 28; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
DESCRIPTION:
For two weeks in July, we are turning the Nave Gallery Annex over to folks with something to say.
Participants can:
– Use a typewriter to write and address a NOTE to anyone (we are thinking politicians and elected officials, but feel free to write a neighbor, lover, etc.)
– Hang your message on the gallery walls (we will mail them at the exhibition end)
– Visual messages are welcome. Bring a drawing or make one with the supplies provided. Again it will be hung on the walls and mailed if addressed at the exhibition end.
– Songs of protest (yes, we are thinking of politicians) Bring your favorite vinyl to play while you work.
The gallery will provide typewriters and a turntable. Limited refreshments will be provided. Absolutely free although donations are welcome to cover costs
The Nave Galleries are excited to announce a new summer pop-up combining art and activism!
Stop by the Nave Annex and be part of We The People: A Community Write-In. Have something to say? Say it!
ORGANIZED BY:
Bess Paupeck and Susan Berstler
DATES AND TIME:
Wednesday, July 19-Friday, July 21; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 26-Friday, July 28; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
DESCRIPTION:
For two weeks in July, we are turning the Nave Gallery Annex over to folks with something to say.
Participants can:
– Use a typewriter to write and address a NOTE to anyone (we are thinking politicians and elected officials, but feel free to write a neighbor, lover, etc.)
– Hang your message on the gallery walls (we will mail them at the exhibition end)
– Visual messages are welcome. Bring a drawing or make one with the supplies provided. Again it will be hung on the walls and mailed if addressed at the exhibition end.
– Songs of protest (yes, we are thinking of politicians) Bring your favorite vinyl to play while you work.
The gallery will provide typewriters and a turntable. Limited refreshments will be provided. Absolutely free although donations are welcome to cover costs
The Nave Galleries are excited to announce a new summer pop-up combining art and activism!
Stop by the Nave Annex and be part of We The People: A Community Write-In. Have something to say? Say it!
ORGANIZED BY:
Bess Paupeck and Susan Berstler
DATES AND TIME:
Wednesday, July 19-Friday, July 21; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 26-Friday, July 28; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
DESCRIPTION:
For two weeks in July, we are turning the Nave Gallery Annex over to folks with something to say.
Participants can:
– Use a typewriter to write and address a NOTE to anyone (we are thinking politicians and elected officials, but feel free to write a neighbor, lover, etc.)
– Hang your message on the gallery walls (we will mail them at the exhibition end)
– Visual messages are welcome. Bring a drawing or make one with the supplies provided. Again it will be hung on the walls and mailed if addressed at the exhibition end.
– Songs of protest (yes, we are thinking of politicians) Bring your favorite vinyl to play while you work.
The gallery will provide typewriters and a turntable. Limited refreshments will be provided. Absolutely free although donations are welcome to cover costs
The Nave Galleries are excited to announce a new summer pop-up combining art and activism!
Stop by the Nave Annex and be part of We The People: A Community Write-In. Have something to say? Say it!
ORGANIZED BY:
Bess Paupeck and Susan Berstler
DATES AND TIME:
Wednesday, July 19-Friday, July 21; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 26-Friday, July 28; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
DESCRIPTION:
For two weeks in July, we are turning the Nave Gallery Annex over to folks with something to say.
Participants can:
– Use a typewriter to write and address a NOTE to anyone (we are thinking politicians and elected officials, but feel free to write a neighbor, lover, etc.)
– Hang your message on the gallery walls (we will mail them at the exhibition end)
– Visual messages are welcome. Bring a drawing or make one with the supplies provided. Again it will be hung on the walls and mailed if addressed at the exhibition end.
– Songs of protest (yes, we are thinking of politicians) Bring your favorite vinyl to play while you work.
The gallery will provide typewriters and a turntable. Limited refreshments will be provided. Absolutely free although donations are welcome to cover costs
The Nave Galleries are excited to announce a new summer pop-up combining art and activism!
Stop by the Nave Annex and be part of We The People: A Community Write-In. Have something to say? Say it!
ORGANIZED BY:
Bess Paupeck and Susan Berstler
DATES AND TIME:
Wednesday, July 19-Friday, July 21; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 26-Friday, July 28; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
DESCRIPTION:
For two weeks in July, we are turning the Nave Gallery Annex over to folks with something to say.
Participants can:
– Use a typewriter to write and address a NOTE to anyone (we are thinking politicians and elected officials, but feel free to write a neighbor, lover, etc.)
– Hang your message on the gallery walls (we will mail them at the exhibition end)
– Visual messages are welcome. Bring a drawing or make one with the supplies provided. Again it will be hung on the walls and mailed if addressed at the exhibition end.
– Songs of protest (yes, we are thinking of politicians) Bring your favorite vinyl to play while you work.
The gallery will provide typewriters and a turntable. Limited refreshments will be provided. Absolutely free although donations are welcome to cover costs
The Nave Galleries are excited to announce a new summer pop-up combining art and activism!
Stop by the Nave Annex and be part of We The People: A Community Write-In. Have something to say? Say it!
ORGANIZED BY:
Bess Paupeck and Susan Berstler
DATES AND TIME:
Wednesday, July 19-Friday, July 21; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 26-Friday, July 28; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
DESCRIPTION:
For two weeks in July, we are turning the Nave Gallery Annex over to folks with something to say.
Participants can:
– Use a typewriter to write and address a NOTE to anyone (we are thinking politicians and elected officials, but feel free to write a neighbor, lover, etc.)
– Hang your message on the gallery walls (we will mail them at the exhibition end)
– Visual messages are welcome. Bring a drawing or make one with the supplies provided. Again it will be hung on the walls and mailed if addressed at the exhibition end.
– Songs of protest (yes, we are thinking of politicians) Bring your favorite vinyl to play while you work.
The gallery will provide typewriters and a turntable. Limited refreshments will be provided. Absolutely free although donations are welcome to cover costs
The Nave Galleries are excited to announce a new summer pop-up combining art and activism!
Stop by the Nave Annex and be part of We The People: A Community Write-In. Have something to say? Say it!
ORGANIZED BY:
Bess Paupeck and Susan Berstler
DATES AND TIME:
Wednesday, July 19-Friday, July 21; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Wednesday, July 26-Friday, July 28; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
DESCRIPTION:
For two weeks in July, we are turning the Nave Gallery Annex over to folks with something to say.
Participants can:
– Use a typewriter to write and address a NOTE to anyone (we are thinking politicians and elected officials, but feel free to write a neighbor, lover, etc.)
– Hang your message on the gallery walls (we will mail them at the exhibition end)
– Visual messages are welcome. Bring a drawing or make one with the supplies provided. Again it will be hung on the walls and mailed if addressed at the exhibition end.
– Songs of protest (yes, we are thinking of politicians) Bring your favorite vinyl to play while you work.
The gallery will provide typewriters and a turntable. Limited refreshments will be provided. Absolutely free although donations are welcome to cover costs
ABRAZOS PRESS is a teaching and professional print shop at the Miller Street Studio Building in Somerville, MA. Begun in December 2007 by Annie Silverman, Nina Wishnok and Sandy Butler, ABRAZOS PRESS celebrates 10 years of printmaking with this special anniversary show.
Wondrous Strangeness showcases work by current and past students and studio members.
CURATED BY:
Annie Silverman
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, August 9; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, August 20, 2016
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Christina Balch
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
PERFORMANCES by Molly Hess and Rebecca Henriksen
Relating objects and bodies in the home, Rebecca Henriksen and Molly Hess explore the physicality and complexity of the home space in their respective performances. The first performance will be in the front yard.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, August 28, 2016
4:00 pm-6:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Christina Balch
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
PERFORMANCES by Andrea Zampitella and Emily Manning-Mingle
Gallery visitors turned house guests will have the rare opportunity to be voyeurs of the intimate workings of home performances. In Fine China, Andrea Zampitella balances strength and vulnerability in the home. Visitors will be able to read kid-friendly bedtime stories as part of Emily Manning-Mingle’s bedroom performance. This performance event is great for families and kids!
DATE & TIME:
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Christina Balch
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Celebrate this exhibition with a closing reception and dinner party performance.
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The fifth annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) takes place at the Nave Gallery Annex, Nave Gallery and Washington Street Gallery, 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.
JURIED BY:
Michael Kirchoff
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, September 8; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 8-30, 2017
Full festival schedule and details at: http://www.somervilletoycamera.org/festival-events/
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Ben Altman, Danby, New York
Duygu Aytaç Malden, MA
Laurinda Bedingfield, Somerville, MA
Julia Bingel, Watertown, MA
Richard Bonvissuto, Palm Springs, CA
Martin Cox, Los Angeles, CA
Chris D’Amore, Cambridge, MA
Brian Franczyk, Park Ridge, IL
Bill Franson, Byfield, MA
Vicky Gewirz, Wellesley, MA
Carole Glauber, Portland, OR
Julie Hamel, Loudon, NH
Karen Janas, Lombard, IL
Diana Nicholette Jeon, Honolulu, HI
Steve LeBlanc, Cambridge, MA
Ron O’Connor, North Dighton, MA
Dennis Stein, West Roxbury, MA
Kenneth Stevens, Bisbee, AZ
Marko Umicevic, Zagreb, Croatia
Maura Brennan Valentine, Van Nuys, CA
Jacqueline Walters, San Francisco, CA
Ritch Winokur, Newburyport, MA
Aleksandra Wolter, Wejherowo, Poland
Mike Yoder, Scarborough, ME
SPONSOR:
Thank you to our sponsor:
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The fifth annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) takes place at the Nave Gallery Annex, Nave Gallery and Washington Street Gallery, 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.
JURIED BY:
Michael Kirchoff
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, September 9; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 9-23, 2017
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday & Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Thomas Alleman, Los Angeles, CA
Susan Arthur, Edgartown, MA
Stephanie Bethel, Las Vegas, NV
I. Duncan Browne, Tulsa, OK
Diane Fenster, Pacifica, CA
J. M. Golding, San Francisco, CA
Ken Kartes, Melrose, MA
Marky Kauffmann, Somerville, MA
Arie Knoops, San Francisco, CA
Lisa Lindamood, Knoxville, TN
Emma Lussier, Wellesley, MA
Erin O’Donnell, Pembroke, MA
Kay Ramming, Nashville, TN
Tiziana Rozzo, Needham, MA
Gregory Russo, Norwich, VT
Andrew Tucker, Wellesley, MA
Christy Utter, Exeter, NH
Erica Van Kuppeveld, Edmonton, Canada
Jon Wilkening, Ambler, PA
Full festival schedule and details at: http://www.somervilletoycamera.org/festival-events/
SPONSOR:
Thank you to our sponsor:
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. This September, the fourth annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) will take place at the Nave Gallery Annex, Brickbottom Gallery, and Washington Street Gallery, 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.
JURIED BY:
Christopher James
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, September 9; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
September 9-October 1, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
| Zia Ayub Worcester, MA Diana Bloomfield Darlene DeVita Timothy Wells Householder Jennifer Liston Munson Lauren McMahon Jean-Baptiste Morand Erin O’Donnell Zandra Raines Gregory Russo J. Amadeaus Scott |
Robert Schneider Alameda, CA Lisa Shea Donita Simpson Rodney Soares Dennis Stein Kenneth Stevens Doug Stone Ioanna Tourkantonis Matthew Towler Andrew Tucker Christopher Turner |
Christy Utter Exeter, NH Jacqueline Walters Kristin Ware Francine Weiss Michael Weitzman Susan Wilson Elizabeth Wood Mike Yoder James Zall
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Full festival schedule and details at: http://www.somervilletoycamera.org/festival-events/
SPONSOR:
Thank you to our sponsor:
#RESIST is an exhibition of art that speaks to the current political climate in the United States and elsewhere. Themes explored range from alt facts to coal mining to sanctuary cities and more.
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler and Greg Cook
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, April 27th; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
April 27 – May 27, 2017
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
Somerville Open Studios: Saturday and Sunday, May 6-7; 12:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Christina Balch, Resa Blatman, Jesse Blu, Emily Chan, Chris D’Amore, Russell DuPont, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Richard Ferrari, Samantha Fields, Dina Gjertsen, Nicolas Hyacinthe, Lee Kilpatrick, M, Elizabeth Menges, Ansis Purins, Allison and Jason Rabin, Rhonda Ratray, Rebecca Schnopp, Cory Shea, Brittany Smith, Margi Weir, Nanette Wylde (PreNeo Press)
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Susan Berstler works as a visual artist, curator and arts producer. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally including in Germany, the Czech Republic, Scotland and Canada. She has been instrumental in starting a wide variety of arts projects in her home town of Somerville, MA including the Windows Art Project, Project MUM, the Phone Art Box Project, and the SqueezeBox Slam. One of her main interests is in transformative events and media, especially in the realm of public art.
Greg Cook is an arts reporter and critic for WBUR.org. His writing has also appeared in The Boston Phoenix, The Boston Globe, Art New England, Juxtapoz Magazine, Art & Antiques, PoetryFoundation.org and several newspapers in suburban Boston. He founded and ran The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research for seven years, which won a 2009 Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.
Lately, Cook organizes festivals like Somerville’s Pity Party, The Tiny Tall Ships Festival, the AgriCultural Festival, and the upcoming Tiny Great Outdoors Festival and How To Fix The World Festival. He also created The Saddest Parade On Earth, which has processed through Cambridge, Beverly and Gloucester, and organized groups for parades in Gloucester and Malden.
His own pictures have appeared in fancy publications like Nickelodeon magazine, Publishers Weekly and The Believer, and have received honorable mentions in the 2006 and ’07 editions of “The Best American Comics.” He’s exhibited his artwork in Italy, France, Canada, Abu Dhabi, the United States, and the bathrooms of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
In Triplicate showcases the power of three, whether three minds working toward a singular goal or an artwork in three parts.
CURATED BY:
Liz Helfer
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, June 2, 2017; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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ARTIST TALK:
Saturday, June 17, 2017; 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Saturday, July 1, 2017; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
Saturday, June 3 – Sunday, July 2, 2017
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Make Art & Cry Collaborative (Carlie Bristow and Anthony Febo)
Inguna Gremzde
Karen Krolak
Justin Playl
Julie Playl
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Liz Helfer is a sculptor known primarily for her work with bronze and cast iron. Liz graduated with her BFA in 2010 from Alfred University. She has continued her artistic development through work in the United States and Europe. She has recently dipped a toe into curatorial waters and is fascinated by the confluence of contemporary art practice and the mediation of perception in our technological age. She currently creates cast metal and mixed media sculpture at her studio in Cambridge, MA.
Mirror with a Memory is a show of works by the artists and craftsman who had taken back the chemical and physical qualities of the photographic medium. Photography as a medium has always been driven by the needs of the consumer, pushing companies to change to the medium to make their products faster, cheaper & easier. These changes were rarely dictated by the wants or demands of the artist, but for monetary concerns.
Since the rise of digital imaging there has been a push back from a new generation of photographers that seek a tangible object; something that can be held, touched & treasured. We live in a flood of imagery, from Instagram feeds to Facebook, and most of us have come to fully embrace our cellphone screens as our primary means of grasping at the fleeting image; pressing “like” and letting it pass us by. These immaterial encounters with the digital have changed fine art photography for better or worse; the medium has shifted our consciousness from the print and to the screen. Never more has the physical photographic object stood out from the rest of the medium and declared itself art. Mirror with a Memory is a half juried, half curated show that will feature the works of not only established artists in the field but emerging ones as well.
CURATED BY:
Brett Henrikson
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, July 7, 2016; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
July 7 – August 6, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Lindsey Beal, Lynné Bowman Cravens, Sage Brousseau, Myles Dunigan, Nina Earley, Kia Elena, David Emitt Adams, Diane Fenster, Adam Finkelston, Angela Franks Wells, Amy Friend, Silke Hase, Brett Henrikson, Scott M. Hilton, Devon John Chebra, Marky Kauffmann, Hannah Kirkpatrick, Paige Kooyenga, Sarah Lazure, Joli Livaudais, Aly Maderson Quinlog, Erika Masterson, Karen Molloy, Beverly Rayner, Michelle Rogers-Pritzl, Tony Sehgal, S. Gayle Stevens, James Wigger, Carrie Witherell, Michael Yurgeles
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Brett Henrikson is an Artist-Photographer working in Providence Rhode Island. Brett graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011 and is based strongly in the craft and alchemy of the process. He believes that the hands on aspects of working in the darkroom and large format gives the artist a real sense of physical creation over their work. Photographic processes are his hammer and chisel, as he approaches the world and uses visual language to understand and reinterpret being. His main body of work “Chaotic Forms” uses the physicality of the photographic object in a new and unconventional way, as he creates large collodion contact prints from multiple cut geometric glass negatives. Henrikson has shown his work in galleries nationally as well as given numerous wet plate collodion demonstrations at institutions like RISD, AS220, the New England Archivist Symposium and the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, July 7, 2016; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Brett Henrikson
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Lindsey Beal, Lynné Bowman Cravens, Sage Brousseau, Myles Dunigan, Nina Earley, Kia Elena, David Emitt Adams, Diane Fenster, Adam Finkelston, Angela Franks Wells, Amy Friend, Silke Hase, Brett Henrikson, Scott M. Hilton, Devon John Chebra, Marky Kauffmann, Hannah Kirkpatrick, Paige Kooyenga, Sarah Lazure, Joli Livaudais, Aly Maderson Quinlog, Erika Masterson, Karen Molloy, Beverly Rayner, Michelle Rogers-Pritzl, Tony Sehgal, S. Gayle Stevens, James Wigger, Carrie Witherell, Michael Yurgeles
DEADLINE:
Deadline extended to July 16, 2016.
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 17 – August 31
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Christina Balch
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition, Performing the Home.
Performing the Home will be a series of experiential, time-based artworks at the Nave Annex in Davis Square, Somerville, MA. Artworks, ranging from interactive installation to performance to social media engagement, will directly address activities, issues, and relationships in the home. In addition to the main theme of “performing the home”, sub-themes of technology, globalization and feminism are encouraged.
The exhibit is specific to the Nave Annex because it is a domestic space, a-house-turned-gallery. I would like to take it one step further making it a house-turned-gallery-turned-house. The gallery will be semi-staged as if it is a lived-in house with furniture and decor, but with a surreal edge. I want the space to feel recognizable but unsettling. Each room of the gallery will be a room in a typical house: bedroom, living room, kitchen or another common room depending on which performances are selected.
The idea of the home and the function of the home have shifted in the digital age. How have daily performances in the home changed since the introduction of the internet, smart phones, and social media? How has the home environment and home relationships changed as a result of technology? or globalization? Collaboration, experimentation, and interactivity are vital components to the exhibit.
We invite you to share your work and ideas with us.
All media variations of experiential art are encouraged to apply, including but not limited to: performance art, movement/dance, sound, interactive art, and time-based installation work. Artists are encouraged to use the gallery space as a house for performances. Consider performances and installations in the bedroom, living room, dining room, kitchen or patio. The curator and artists will collaborate on the overall presentation and schedule of the exhibit. Questions regarding work and process can be submitted via email at performingthehome2016@gmail.com, and the curator will respond as quickly as possible.
GUIDELINES:
– There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Perform Home” in the note field
– A maximum of three pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through July 10, 2016
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– Fill out artist and artwork info in this form
– Fill out one form per artwork being submitted
Form includes:
– Description of proposed work (no longer than 1 page)
– Description of time, space, and technical requirements for work (curator does not have budget for elaborate requirements, but is willing to help find resources to make it work)
– Brief artist statement
– Artist CV
– Link to artist website
– Artwork
– Along with form, sending video, photos or sound clips of work is highly encouraged
– Video should be submitted in the form of a link to YouTube or Vimeo and should not exceed 5 minutes in length.
– Audio should be submitted in the form of a link to Soundcloud or Bandcamp (or similar service) and should not exceed 5 minutes in length.
– Include links to video and sound in the description of proposed work section in the form described above.
– Images should also be submitted in the form of a link to the artist website or another website service. If this is not feasible, images can be submitted via email attachments as small jpegs no larger than 2 MB each.
Save the form as NAME.doc and email as an attachment to performingthehome2016@gmail.com
The curator will contact accepted artists for further information involving logistics and possible collaboration with other accepted artists.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Sunday July 10, 2016
Notification: Sunday July 24, 2016
All Artist Meeting (via Google Talk): Sunday July 31
Exhibition dates: August 17 – August 31
Opening reception: Thursday, August 18
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Christina Balch is an artist and interactive producer interested in the way people define themselves through imagery, especially through the use of mobile technology and self-documentation. Feminism and technology are common themes in her work. Christina’s work has been exhibited in the Boston and Los Angeles areas. She lives and works in Somerville, MA. Learn more about Christina Balch on her website.
Image: Hive Variations, 2016 by Annie Silverman; Waxed prints on Japanese paper derived from an embroidered matrix created on Bristol board and waxed linen thread.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, May 8, 2016
2:00 pm-6:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St., Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
This Sunday, meet one of the participating artists, Annie Silverman, and one of the exhibition curators, Cecily Miller. Annie will be gallery sitting from 2 to 4, and plans to remove her artwork “Hive Variations” from the wall and add stitching to it. While embellishing her images, Annie will tell stories and engage in conversation with interested visitors. Cecily will be gallery sitting from 2 to 4 and would be happy to discuss the curating process and the work in the exhibition.
Mark the X Where Your Face Hurts by Suzi Grossman, 2014
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, May 19 2016
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St., Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for an artist’s talk with seven of the 16 artists participating in Embroidered Truths & Woven Tales. Learn about the techniques and ideas behind their work. Find out the stories behind a fascinating group of fiber-based artwork curated by Susan Berstler and Cecily Miller. See this excellent exhibition of established and emerging artists before it closes on May 22.
Participating artists:
Emily Brodrick
Suzi Grossman
Rebecca Henriksen
Debra Olin
Marilyn Pappas
Leslie Schomp
Annie Silverman
Embroidered Truths & Woven Tales is the latest iteration of the Nave’s annual focus on fiber. This eclectic exhibition explores the way that 16 artists use fiber techniques–embroidery, crochet, knitting, weaving, soft sculpture–in combination with traditional or unusual materials – silk, salvaged or repurposed items, yarn, hair, and printed paper – to reveal a hint of a story or tell an elaborate tale. The work ranges from elegant to rambunctious; themes include family history, environmental activism, gender politics, and more. True to the Nave’s commitment to diversity, the exhibit brings together emerging and established artists.
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler and Cecily Miller
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 29, 2016 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
April 29, 2016 – May 22, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
Special extended hours during Somerville Open Studios:
Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1: 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
ARTISTS:
Emily Brodrick, Jodi Colella, Ruth Daniels, Suzi Grossman, Rebecca Henricksen, Sarah E. Jenkins, Jan Johnson, Ayelet Lindenstrauss Larsen, Kyle Meyer, Chris Motley, Debra Olin, Marilyn Pappas, Chelsea Revelle, Leslie Schomp, Annie Silverman, Gin Stone
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Susan Berstler works as a visual artist, curator and arts producer. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally including in Germany, the Czech Republic, Scotland and Canada. She has been instrumental in starting a wide variety of arts projects in her hometown of Somerville, MA including the Windows Art Project, Project MUM, the Phone Art Box Project, and the SqueezeBox Slam. One of her main interests is in transformative events and media, especially in the realm of public art.
Cecily Miller served as a leader in the field of community arts for more than 20 years; through Spark Art she now works as an independent arts consultant with a specialty in cultural programs that explore and celebrate the distinctive qualities of communities and places. Currently, she is engaged in guiding a public art initiative for the Town of Arlington. Previously, Miller was the first Executive Director of the Somerville Arts Council, where her work received one of the first Commonwealth Awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Executive Director of the Forest Hills Educational Trust, where she launched an innovative program of site-responsive sculpture and installation art in the grounds of historic Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, MA. She has served on numerous grant review panels and juries and is an advisor to a family foundation that funds contemporary art publications. Miller is also a member of the committee that organizes the annual HONK! Festival of activist street bands in Somerville, MA.
DEADLINE:
August 15, 2016
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 24 – October 30, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Karl Stephan
With programming and logistical assistance from the CHCP Social Justice Circle. The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA), in partnership with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church invites artists to participate in the curated gallery exhibition Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community (aka “W2W”).
W2W is a gallery exhibition of street art and street-inspired studio art that represents the ways art helps to build community. W2W will be held in conjunction with CHPC’s annual social justice program “Learn to Talk” and Somerville’s legendary HONK! Festival of Street Bands. W2W will consist of an exhibit, artist talks and other events and activities that engage participants in positive dialogue for the purpose of building a more equitable community. Artists in all media are invited to submit work that promotes such dialogue. Strong expressions are encouraged.
GUIDELINES:
–There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
-A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration
-Submissions will be accepted through August 15, 2016
-The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
-Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement. In your statement explain the community-building aspect or intent of your work.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Please include “W2W” in the memo.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located in Teele Square (155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: August 15, 2016
Notification: September 1, 2016
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: September 24 – October 30, 2016
Opening Reception: TBD
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Karl Stephan is best known for documenting the evolution of Rico Modica Way (also known as the Cambridge Graffiti Wall) in thousands of photographs since 2010. Karl is a practicing studio artist who teaches privately in Cambridge, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and in various community settings. His work has been widely shown.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
In May, 2016, the Nave Gallery marked its twelfth anniversary at The Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. CHPC’s support through the years has allowed the Nave to show and support the work of hundreds of artists, while reinforcing a mutual commitment to strengthening our community through art activism. Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community, is a celebration of this partnership and an affirmation that art helps build a more positive, equitable community for all.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 29, 2016 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler and Cecily Miller
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Emily Brodrick, Jodi Colella, Ruth Daniels, Suzi Grossman, Rebecca Henricksen, Sarah E. Jenkins, Jan Johnson, Ayelet Lindenstrauss Larsen, Kyle Meyer, Chris Motley, Debra Olin, Marilyn Pappas, Chelsea Revelle, Leslie Schomp, Annie Silverman, Gin Stone
CURATED BY:
Greer Muldowney
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EVENT DATE:
Sunday, April 17, 2016 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
John Chervinsky is a self-taught photographer and an engineer from in the field of applied physics. The Experiment in Perspective series first opened at the Griffin Museum of Photography in 2005 and Studio Physics began in 2010 when he wanted to explore the question of “what is time”. This exploration started with a bowl of bananas.
John’s art has travelled the world including solo exhibits at – Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Art Gallery, Batavia IL; Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM; Cordon Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA; and Galerie Youn, Montreal, Quebec, CA. His work is held in numerous public and private collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum of Art, Portland OR; and Fidelity Investments Collection. His work has been featured internationally in publications including LeMond, South Korea’s Photo+ and The Los Angeles Times.
John passed away in December 2015. Because of his commitment to photography, John wanted to create a scholarship, to support the work of young, up-and-coming photographers, through the Griffin Museum of Photography. Learn more
“John was a truly unique human being, and words necessarily fall short of expressing just how deeply he will be missed. As difficult as his passing is to accept, however, it is important to know that it was entirely in keeping with the remarkable, resolute, one-of-a-kind person he was in life.”
-Todd and Sheila Lemke
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Saturday, May 21, 2016
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Michelle Fiorenza & Kelvy Bird
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Jim Baab, Jeff Bartell, Susan Emmerson, Phyllis Ewen, Samantha Fields, Rebekah Lord Gardiner, Beth Lundell Garver, J. M. Golding, T.D. Heavican, Mary Hughes, C. M. Judge, Ryan Lewis, Jennifer Longworth, John Guy Petruzzi, Judith Prager, Amanda Kidd Schall, Jane Sherrill, Kaitlin Thurlow, Raphael Warshaw, Kalina Winska
This show is a fleeting exploration of the home as concept and lived material space in which taste, anxiety, and desire take shape. Playfully using the concepts of the uncanny and the “uncanny valley” as points of reference, selected objects and their placement within a house-turned gallery are meant to call attention to the act of attaching emotions to the things that populate our inhabited domestic spaces. The home takes on a special role as site of origin and desired return – an (extra)ordinary domestic environment filled with art that may provoke empathy or aversion.
Each artwork experiments with common items such as silverware, clothing, and drinking vessels that simultaneously maintain their likeness to everyday things, while also marking a deviation from their original role or look. Each object plays with the frustrations that accompany our desires, our conflicting sensations of attainment and loss, of agency and impotence, of safety and fear through the representations of objects caught in the act of divergence.
CURATED BY:
Lisa Crossman & Julia Csekö
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, March 19, 2016: 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
March 19-April 9, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday-Sunday, 2:00-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Céline Browning, Julia Csekö, Joana Traub Csekö, Jonathan Talit, Kate Gilbert, Elana Adler, Amelia Young, Mia Cross, Kate Nielsen, Adam Puryear
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Lisa Crossman is an art historian and budding curator. She holds a PhD from Tulane University, specializing in the history of modern and contemporary art of Latin America. She is currently an Editor of Big Red & Shiny, and her range of professional experience includes recent work with the Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University.
Julia Csekö is an American/Brazilian artist and independent curator. Csekö is a founding member of the GrupoPy artist collective, with which she organized and curated 6 group shows between 2005 and 2008. She is a 2016 Walter Feldman Fellow, awarded by the Arts and Business Council in Boston, she served as a consultant and curator for the Cambridge Center for Adult Education fundraiser “Raise the Roof 2012”, and has worked closely with a wide array of art professionals and over 200 artists both established and upcoming.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, May 21 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St., Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free and open to all; visit the Somerville Arts Council for the complete PorchFest schedule held throughout Somerville from noon-6 pm.
This year, our kind friends will be passing a hat around for donations to support the Nave. Many thanks in advance for your support.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Since 2011, the Somerville Arts Council has promoted a decentralized music festival in mid-May called PorchFest. This is not a festival per se, but rather a community event where Somervillians share their love of playing and listening to music. Think of Somerville Open Studios, which is for visual artists, but for music. Musicians and bands throughout Somerville will celebrate and utilize an underused public venue: The Porch.
The Annex will be participating in this year’s PorchFest hosting the rousing Dirty Water Brass Band (DWBB), a HONK! Festival favorite. DWBB, a street band based in Davis Square, plays an eclectic mix of jazz, R&B, New Orleans, & more, creating an oftentimes raucous but then on occasion a subtle sound that could be defined as music from the bayou and beyond. Locally, Dirty Water has invaded the outdoor stages of HONK!, Central Square, Harvard Square, and outlying neighborhoods, as well as indoor spaces such as the Lily Pad, Precinct, Cantab, Johnny D’s, to name a few. DWBB is Mary Curtin (sax), Peter Goransson (sax), Dave Lewin (trumpet), Paul Livingston (sousaphone / tuba), Tim Opperman (trombone), Jim Overly (sousaphone sub / tuba sub), Jamie Pierce (sax), Jordan Rinchiera (trumpet), Gabe Rothman (trombone), Don Stevenson (drums), Mike Sugarman (trombone).
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, May 21 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St., Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free and open to all; visit the Somerville Arts Council for the complete PorchFest schedule held throughout Somerville from noon-6 pm.
This year, our kind friends will be passing a hat around for donations to support the Nave. Many thanks in advance for your support.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Since 2011, the Somerville Arts Council has promoted a decentralized music festival in mid-May called PorchFest. This is not a festival per se, but rather a community event where Somervillians share their love of playing and listening to music. Think of Somerville Open Studios, which is for visual artists, but for music. Musicians and bands throughout Somerville will celebrate and utilize an underused public venue: The Porch.
The Annex will be participating in this year’s PorchFest hosting the rousing Dirty Water Brass Band (DWBB), a HONK! Festival favorite. DWBB, a street band based in Davis Square, plays an eclectic mix of jazz, R&B, New Orleans, & more, creating an oftentimes raucous but then on occasion a subtle sound that could be defined as music from the bayou and beyond. Locally, Dirty Water has invaded the outdoor stages of HONK!, Central Square, Harvard Square, and outlying neighborhoods, as well as indoor spaces such as the Lily Pad, Precinct, Cantab, Johnny D’s, to name a few. DWBB is Mary Curtin (sax), Peter Goransson (sax), Dave Lewin (trumpet), Paul Livingston (sousaphone / tuba), Tim Opperman (trombone), Jim Overly (sousaphone sub / tuba sub), Jamie Pierce (sax), Jordan Rinchiera (trumpet), Gabe Rothman (trombone), Don Stevenson (drums), Mike Sugarman (trombone).
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, June 2, 2016; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Julia Curl, Ben Foley, Elizabeth Hatke, Rebecca Henriksen, Sharon Lacey, Edward Morin, Aaron Morse, Ted Ollier, Will Reeves , Rebecca Schnopp, Erika Schwarz, Jordan Stabile, Stephanie Todhunter, Morgen Van Vorst, Liz Welch, and Amelia Young
ARTIST TALK:
Saturday, June 4, 2016; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
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Hear the artists speak about their motivations and processes.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, June 12, noon-6 pm
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LOCATION:
Seven Hills Park at Davis Square
ADMISSION FEE:
FREE
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Somerville Squeezebox Slam is a celebration of accordions, button boxes and other free reed instruments that we’ve come to know and love. Accordionists of all sizes, shapes, skill levels and musical genres are invited to stroll around the neighborhoods of Somerville, sharing their melodious sounds, and like pied pipers from an alternative fairy tale, beckon all to come and follow them as they head to Davis Square for a concert of some of New England’s finest squeezebox players. So dust off your grandfather’s squeezebox that’s been sitting in the attic and join us for an afternoon of pumping the bellows!
Presented by the Nave Gallery and the Somerville Arts Council; produced by Michael McLaughlin.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
12:00-3:00 pm: Accordion Anarchy
Local accordionists: Bring your boxes, band together, or find your own corner and play throughout Davis Square. There are no rules!
3:00 pm: Forro Zabumbeca with Paddy League
3:45 pm: Ben Holmes & Patrick Farrell
4:30 pm: Emerald Rae & Somer O’Brien
5:15 pm: Golgofski featuring Tom Pixton
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Saturday, June 26, 2016; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Julia Curl, Ben Foley, Elizabeth Hatke, Rebecca Henriksen, Sharon Lacey, Edward Morin, Aaron Morse, Ted Ollier, Will Reeves , Rebecca Schnopp, Erika Schwarz, Jordan Stabile, Stephanie Todhunter, Morgen Van Vorst, Liz Welch, and Amelia Young
DEADLINE:
March 30, 2016
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 30 – May 21, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Michelle Fiorenza & Kelvy Bird
The Nave Gallery introduces FLOW, an exhibit of work highlighting continuous movement. Speaking to literal motion – such as a stream leading into a pond – as well as the metaphysical – such as rhythms of social interactions – FLOW will embrace the idea of transition from one place or state to another.
Curators Michelle Fiorenza and Kelvy Bird welcome submissions in all media and encourage wide application of the theme to extend our shared understanding of the meaning of flow, in effect extending our own interpretation of the theme.
This show will take place during Somerville Open Studios, one of the area’s largest open studios event.
GUIDELINES:
-There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal.
-A maximum of five pieces may be entered for consideration.
-Submissions will be accepted through March 30, 2016.
-The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
-Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
-You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Please send up to five artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org.
-Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “FLOW” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144.
-Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Wednesday, March 30
Notification: Wednesday, April 6
Artwork drop off: Saturday, April 16
Exhibition dates: April 30-May 21
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Michelle Fiorenza is a Boston area photographer, curator and graphic designer. She is a graduate of New England School of Photography (NESOP) and Northeastern University and has been an active member of the Cambridge and Somerville arts community for many years.
In Cambridge she ran the Dean’s Gallery at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and was curator for 10 years. During this time she curated over 60 solo exhibitions featuring the work of local artists and designed all of the invitations.. Most recently, she researched and acquired art by Somerville artists for the MIT Sloan School.
Michelle was part of the original team that started the Nave Gallery in Somerville and continued to help run it with the team for over five years.. During the past 13 years, She curated several group shows there, some of which featured the works of over 50 artists. She also has previously worked with the Somerville Arts Council with projects such as the Windows Art project, the Somerville Garden Awards, and was on the panel for visual arts grant cycle.
Kelvy Bird is an internationally recognized graphic facilitator, supporting groups by translating content and dynamics into visual formats that aid with reflection and decision-making. She leads creative design at the Presencing Institute, and is on the core team of the edX offering U.Lab: Transforming Business, Society, and Self – launched January 2015, with over 70,000 students participating globally. Kelvy also co-founded dpict llc, a firm specializing in scribing to advance social understanding at all scales.
An artist by training, Kelvy received her BFA in painting and BA in Art History from Cornell University. Her current residence is Somerville, MA, where she serves on the Arts Council and has been a core community stakeholder in the developing ArtFarm project. More information at: www.kelvybird.com and www.dpict.info
DEADLINE:
April 30, 2016 – Extended to Monday May 2nd!
EXHIBITION DATES:
June 2 – 26, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Liz Helfer with guest juror Holly Kelly
What happens when art loses form?
When form becomes intangible?
What forms are left in the aftermath of an artwork? A sculpture? A painting?
Residual Form is an exploration of the art experience. As process becomes more and more a part of the artwork, how much of the artist’s hand do we need to see? How do we define our experience when we must redefine the art object?
Encompassed in this exhibition are objects that are remnants of process redefined as art two dimensional, three dimensional, intangible. Can the mold be as valuable as the casting? The film as valuable as the printed photograph? How do artists reimagine their process as fine art?
This may also include installations that have no ostensible form. Can light, sound,or movement replace an object? This is no place for the traditional painting on a wall or sculpture on a pedestal. In the contemporary experience of the art object, artists must consider the mark of their hand more seriously than ever before. Art becomes increasingly more biographical in nature. Is this the rising narcissism of the artist or the heightened awareness of contemporary audiences? Or something else entirely?
Residual Form is looking for artworks that question the traditional methods of art viewing through content, creation, or optical illusion. How have contemporary artists embraced or rejected the breakthroughs of artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollack, Bruce Nauman, or even more contemporary work from artists like James Turrell or the duo of Peter Fischli & David Weiss? The questions of the Process Art Movement are still being asked. Residual Form invites work that addresses the contemporary intersection of form and process.
GUIDELINES:
-There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
-A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration
-Artwork in all mediums accepted, innovative methods encouraged
-The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
-Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org
-Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
-For time media, please include links to video or sound
-Include an image list with your submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, year, and a brief explanation of process and/or intent
-Please also include a one paragraph artist bio and a maximum of 500 word artist statement
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “Residual” in the memo.
Checks should be sent to:
53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144
-Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery, 53 Chester St, Somerville,MA ready to install
-Accepted artists will be encouraged to participate in a moderated discussion for the public on their motivations and processes
-Accepted artists who are local to the area may be asked to gallery sit a gallery shift
CALENDAR:
Deadline for Entries: Saturday, April 30
Notification: Thursday, May 5
Artwork Drop Off: Sunday, May 29 & Monday, May 30
Exhibition Dates: June 2 June 30
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 2
Artists’ Talk: Saturday, June 4
Closing Reception: Sunday, June 26
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Liz Helfer is a sculptor known primarily for her work with bronze and cast iron. Liz graduated with her BFA in 2010 from Alfred University. She has continued her artistic development through work across the United States and Europe. She recently dipped a toe into curatorial waters and is fascinated by the confluence of contemporary art practice and the mediation of perception in our technological age. She currently creates cast metal and mixed media sculpture at her studio in Cambridge, MA.
Holly Kelly is a recently local artist and graduate of MassArt. Holly creates work that challenges our perceptions of familiar objects. She currently resides in Minneapolis, MN, where she pursues her sculpture practice.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, February 21, 2016; 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
During the months of February and March, first year MFA graduate students display work in sites in and around Boston. Five SMFA artists, Junyuan Feng, Penghuan Guo, Robin Levine, Phoebe Stone and Mengran Wang will be exhibiting their work at the Nave Gallery.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, March 13, 2016
7:00 pm-10:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Aeronaut Brewing Company,14 Tyler Street,Somerville,MA
TICKET PRICE:
$10 suggested door donation
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join the Nave community for a wonderful night of music featuring:
Sophie’s Smokin’ Squeezebox
Roberto Cassan
St. Stosh’s Polka Slosh
Help us raise funds for our programming, and help us continue to provide important spaces for local and regional artists to experiment, collaborate and showcase their work.
DEADLINE:
March 30, 2016
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 29 – May 22, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester Street, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler and Cecily Miller
Textiles have an age-old association with storytelling. William the Conqueror’s invasion of Saxon England is vividly preserved in a rambling 230-foot embroidery — the Bayeux Tapestry; the footprint of war is woven into carpets from Afghanistan with images of tanks and missile launchers. The myth of upward mobility is challenged by artist-designed clothing that is constructed to convert into “personal shelters” for people with no where to live but on the streets. Weavings made of salvaged plastics or foil wrappings speak of environmental challenges or the reinvention of traditional arts in a global world. The glamour of romance is celebrated in a pop-art comic strip composed of lush embroidered panels; in Chile, women use scraps of fabric to commemorate the loss of sons and lovers to military violence in arpilleras. Graceful 19th century samplers tell one story of gender roles; the yarn-bombed urinals of a men’s room covered in crochet tells another tale. American consumption and nostalgia are enshrined in a kitchen where every cabinet, and every can of soup inside, is covered with bright shiny beads.
The curators invite artists to submit work which explores ways to use fiber arts – embroidery, weaving, beading, felting, knitting, applique, photographic exposure of fabric, sewn 2-D and 3-D sculptural forms – to carry the hint of a story or hammer away at a truth. The content may be poetic or political, deceptive or revealing, history or myth, seductive or surreal. Open to salvaged, repurposed, recycled and natural materials, as well as traditional media. Proposals for site-responsive installation work welcome.
This show will take place during Somerville Open Studios, one of the area’s largest open studios event.
GUIDELINES:
-There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
-A maximum of seven pieces may be entered for consideration
-Submissions will be accepted through March 30, 2016
-The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
-Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
-You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply
-Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Annex, 53 Chester Street, Somerville, MA ready to install
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
We are managing this Call to Artists through Submittable, which is a very simple web-based service. First-time users will need to set up a free artist’s account — all that you need to provide is a name and an email address, and you can apply to other “Call to Artists” hosted by Submittable with this same account. The link below will take you to our guidelines; scroll all the way down the page and you should find the fields to set up your account (or to log-in if you already have a Submittable artist’s account).
Once you have logged in, you will be able to upload all of your information and up to seven jpgs of your work. You can use any credit card to pay the $15 processing fee; this helps us to cover the costs of running an open call. Thank you for your interest and support.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Wednesday, March 30
Notification: TBD
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: April 22-May 21, 2016
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Susan Berstler works as a visual artist, curator and arts producer. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally including in Germany, the Czech Republic, Scotland and Canada. She has been instrumental in starting a wide variety of arts projects in her home town of Somerville, MA including the Windows Art Project, Project MUM, the Phone Art Box Project, and the SqueezeBox Slam. One of her main interests is in transformative events and media, especially in the realm of public art.
After serving as a leader in the field of community arts for more than 20 years, Cecily Miller founded Spark Art. Through Spark Art, she works as an independent arts consultant with a specialty in cultural programs that explore and celebrate the distinctive qualities of communities and places. Currently, she is engaged in guiding a public art initiative for the Town of Arlington. In her past work, Miller was the first Executive Director of the Somerville Arts Council, where her work received one of the first Commonwealth Awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. As Executive Director of the Forest Hills Educational Trust, Miller launched an innovative program of site-responsive sculpture and installation art in the grounds of historic Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, MA. She has served on numerous grant review panels and juries and is an advisor to a family foundation that funds contemporary art publications. Miller is also a member of the committee that organizes the annual HONK! Festival of activist street bands in Somerville, MA.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, March 19; 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Lisa Crossman & Julia Csekö
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Céline Browning, Julia Csekö, Joana Traub Csekö, Jonathan Talit, Kate Gilbert, Elana Adler, Amelia Young, Mia Cross, Kate Nielsen, Adam Puryear
During the months of February and March, first year MFA graduate students display work in sites in and around Boston. Five SMFA artists, Junyuan Feng, Penghuan Guo, Robin Levine, Phoebe Stone and Mengran Wang will be exhibiting their work at the Nave Gallery.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, February 21, 2016; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 21-March 6, 2016
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GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
SMFA MFA ARTISTS:
Junyuan Feng received his BS in physics in China and is currently an MFA student at SMFA/Tufts. He integrates photography, installation, video, performance and printed media to address historical and political discourses in contemporary art institutions and in cultural flows between the East and the West.
Penghuan Guo received her BFA in painting from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in 2015. Currently, she is an MFA candidate at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her work in painting, installation and photography exposes instructional and social/psychological problems in China.
Robin Levine received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, and obtained her MS in Art History from the Pratt Institute in New York City. She is currently completing her Masters in Fine Art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has exhibited both in New York and Massachusetts, including the A.I.F. Gallery in Brooklyn and the Chashma Gallery in NY.
Phoebe Stone received her A.B. from Harvard University in 2010. She is now at the School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston working toward an MFA. Her work has a strong focus on the landscape as well as the process of painting.
Mengran Wang was born in Hebei, China, and is currently studying at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her work, consisting of painting, drawing, and sculptural installation, speaks to equality and respect among creatures.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, February 6, 2016; 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
SMFA MFA ARTISTS:
Riley Allen is an artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He received his BFA in Art, Technology & Culture from the University of Oklahoma, and is currently completing the MFA program at SMFA.
Hannah Bates attends the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston for her MFA and holds a BFA from CalArts. Her work uses the medium of photography to explore concepts of illusion, perception and sexuality. She has participated in shows in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Boston.
William Van Beckum is currently pursuing an MFA from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. His work is influenced by the study of human’s relationship with the natural world. William’s conceptual landscape imagery is based off of the tradition of landscape photography but expands the medium to examine how human presence alters natural spaces. The images map how modernity influences our time spent in nature.
Thomas Radovich received his BFA in painting from the University of Connecticut in 2010. He is currently studying for his MFA in printmaking at School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts. His work focuses on nostalgia, collection, obsession, and innocence.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, January 29; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Ellie Laramee-Byers and Rachel Mello
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Catherine Aiello, Nancy Anderson, Tony Astone, Heather Balchunas, Audrey Bellinger, Seth Berkowitz, Hannah Earley , Ben Foley, Gary Hawkins, Liz Helfer, Anne Johnstone, Lisa Kraase, Yvonne Troxell Lamothe, Ellien Laramee-Byers, Rachel Mello, Chiara Pieri, Bryan Ramey, Robin Richstone, Laura Scheuerell, Sean Shinnock, Solei, Christina Tedesco, Daria Theodora, Meg Turner, Ekaterina Vanovskaya
A reprise of 2016’s successful “Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community,” Wall to Wall Two (W2W2) explores how working together in artistic collaboration can be a model for bridging differences among individuals and communities. W2W2 is held in conjunction with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church annual social justice program, “Learn to Talk.” W2W consists of an exhibition, artist talks and other events and activities that engage participants in positive dialogue for the purpose of building a more equitable community.
W2W2 Opening Day an afternoon of events, including interactive activities, an artist’s panel and keynote presentation is planned for October 1, 2017.
CURATED BY:
Karl Stephan and Bianca Broxton
OPENING EVENT:
Sunday, October 1, 2017; 1:00 pm-6:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
Saturday, September 30 – Sunday, October 29, 2017
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Adam Forguites & Travis Alden Nutting
Agnieszka Maksys
ATD Fourth World (Multinational NGO)
Bianca Broxton
Christine Tinsley
Dan McCormack & Vera Vinot
DirtLux & Z.V.E.S.
Emily Abramovich & Kimberly Tolleson
Excavate Collective
Gabe Delaney and Crew (British Columbia)
Henry Funches & Alex Austin
Janet Braun-Reinitz (NY) & Sarah Maple (U.K.)
Jason Paschal & Robert Welch
Joey Kleckner
Karl Stephan Studio
Larry Wynn
Living Fences Collaborative
Megan Hueble & Elizabeth Lyles (SC)
Nineta & Lego (Japan)
Stay-Brr & Merk Those
Willoughby Lucas Hastings (Maine)
SPONSOR:
Please contact info@navegallery.org for information on sponsorship opportunities.
ABOUT THE CO-CURATORS:
Karl Stephan is a Somerville artist, art-educator and curator who works and teaches in his studio and at the Museum of Fine Arts. In 2016, Karl curated Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community at Nave Gallery. He has documented the local street art scene since 2010 and holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. He has shown his work widely since 2007.
Bianca Broxton is a Medford native and a graduate of School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Bianca has shown work in several galleries and most recently played multiple roles in an art performance directed by Danielle Abrams in conjunction with the exhibit Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 at the ICA Boston.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
In May, 2017, the Nave Gallery marked its 13th anniversary at The Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. CHPC’s support through the years has allowed the Nave to show and support the work of hundreds of artists, while reinforcing a mutual commitment to strengthening our community through art activism. Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community, is a celebration of this partnership and an affirmation that art helps build a more positive, equitable community for all.
The Nave Gallery is proud to have in residence Kathy Desmond and Lauren O’Neal.
This residency is a continuously shifting site-specific installation where Desmond and O’Neal experiment with different modes of making, paying attention to unexpected resonances and inviting new ideas into the process. The residency draws from, and critiques, the idea of classical, unchanging forms.
Columns and gates inspired by Rome are opened up as sites of exchange. They become dynamic spaces of the present, rather than unchanging, and unyielding, permanent markers of the past. Using materials including wire, graphite, and projection, the artists devise situations within these classical scenarios where conversations take place in and around the work. Echoes of the conversations are woven back into the installation. Throughout the residency, the artists ask how a ‘curatorial dramaturgy’ can guide, reframe, and expand the notion of the art object.
RESIDENCY DATES
January 14-March 1, 2019
RECEPTION
Friday, March 1, 2019; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Kathy Desmond exhibits her work internationally and nationally in venues such as: the Lönnström Art Museum in Finland and the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, the Alternative Museum (New York), The Creative Arts Workshop (New Haven), Tufts University, The Nave Gallery and The Windows Art Project/Somerville Arts Council (Somerville, MA) among others. In addition, her video portraits have been screened at the DoubleTake/Full Frame Film Festival, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, and CineWomen NY. Her work is in the collections of The Lönnström Art Museum (Finland) and Electronic Arts Intermix. She has been an artist-in-residence at organizations including the American Academy in Rome and the Vermont Studio Center. Desmond holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy, Aesthetics and Art Theory from the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, an M.F.A. in Studio for Interrelated Media from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, a B.F.A. in Sculpture from Kansas City Art Institute and she also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. She is a professor of visual communications and studio art at Endicott College.
Lauren O’Neal has exhibited her artwork at the Portland Museum of Art, the Housatonic Museum of Art, Purdue University, the Somerville Museum, and the Theater Academy of Finland, and has performed in the work of Trisha Brown and Heidi Latsky. She has been a recipient of grants and residencies from Vermont Studio Center, the Somerville Arts Council, the Nave Gallery, and Artscape Gibraltar Point. As an arts writer, she has written for Art New England and The Art Guide. She has presented her work and research at conferences including the College Art Association Annual Conference, the Nordic Forum for Dance Research, the European Artistic Research Network Conference, and Marist College. Currently, O’Neal is the director and curator of the Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy. She has also taught at the Boston University’s Graduate Arts Administration Program and Massachusetts College of Art + Design, among others. O’Neal received her MFA from Maine College of Art, and an Ed.M. from Harvard University. She is pursuing doctoral research at the University of the Arts Helsinki.
Magnus Johnstone was known to many Bostonians from his tenure in town from the late ‘70s through the late ‘90s as a trailblazing radio DJ (on WZBC 90.3 FM and WMBR 88.1 FM) as well as a visual artist. He passed away on February 22, 2013, at the age of 60, after a vibrant life filled with art, music and community.
Upon his departure from this terrestrial sphere, he left behind over 80 large canvases [most 72” by 55”] as well as dozens of medium and smaller sized works. Following the very successful “Soaring Through The Matrix” show in August 2018 – one of Nave Gallery’s most popular shows ever – “Magnus Johnstone: Larger Works” is the second of what his family and friends hope will be ongoing local and national shows that will display and sell his remaining work.
This time, most of the work on display will be Johnstone’s larger, oil-on-stretched-canvas paintings, and will mark the first time these have been seen in Boston in decades. There will also be a selection of Johnstone’s remaining medium-sized, oil-on-stretched-canvas pieces [between 30” wide and 50” tall], with some selected smaller works [oil-on-cardboard, approximately 12” by 14”].
All proceeds from the sales of these works will go to the Johnstone family, to help safely store, maintain and market his work.
For more information on Magnus Johnstone and his visual art, visit: www.MagnusJohnstoneArt.com.
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 9-17, 2019
Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION & RECEPTION
Sunday, March 10, 2019
1:30 PM: PANEL DISCUSSION on Magnus’s life in Boston from the 70s – 90s, hosted by friends Mark Flynn, Michael Shores and Chris Guttmacher. The panel will also explore Johnstone’s associations with the Punkt/Data Gallery, Skunk Piss Magazine and Gallery East.
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Magnus Johnstone was born in 1952 in Chicago. By the 1970s his family had relocated to the East Coast, settling in Duxbury, MA.
He began painting in his 20s and was, at first, self-taught. He completed his first larger canvases (70” x 50”) by the mid-1970s, working in oil paint. Throughout his life worked with a variety of sizes and materials, and attended the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts for a year during his early career.
His fantastical and psychedelic artwork was influenced by sources as diverse as Renaissance art, German expressionism, surrealist painting, writers like H. P. Lovecraft, Philip K. Dick and Harlan Ellison, and the graphic and comic art of the 1960’s. And music. Always music.
A lifelong music fanatic, his taste was as diverse and selective as it was in all of his creative domains. Indeed, his lifelong work as a DJ provided the evolving soundtrack to his unique artistic vision.
By the late 1970s, Magnus had become a college radio in Boston and was producing popular and forward-thinking African and Reggae shows on WMBR 88.1 FM in Cambridge (MIT’s station) – years before the term “world music” was coined. Over the years, his vinyl collection grew to over 10,000 LPs, 12” and 45s spanning genres as diverse as reggae and dub, opera, 80s hip-hop, electronica and downtempo, jungle, soul, funk, R&B and his seemingly endless supply of oddball and spoken word records that appeared often in his radio audio collages.
All throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s, Magnus’s two loves remained, and burned passionately and brightly – painting and music. In 1985, he started the first all-rap radio program called “Lecco’s Lemma,” at MIT’s WMBR 88.1 FM. A year later he moved the show to WZBC 90.3 FM, where it ran until 1988.
Musically, he will forever be known as the first person in Boston to truly give local hip-hop artists a chance to be heard regularly on the radio, playing their demos and even interviewing them in-studio. As The Noise magazine said in 1987: “Magnus Johnstone is a DJ at the front of a movement, in it for sheer love of its excitement and possibilities.”
MC Keithy E, later known as Guru of Gang Starr Posse and Gang Starr; the Almighty RSO; TDS Mob; Top Choice Clique; MC Spice; Rusty “The Toe Jammer” Pendleton; Edo G (then part of the FTI Crew); and countless others were given their first chance to be heard via Magnus and Lecco’s Lemma.
By the early ‘90s he was producing and hosting the “Dub Hop” show on WZBC, and after a brief hiatus – during which time he battled cancer with vigor and determination, beating leukemia in the mid-90s – Magnus returned to the airwaves in the late ‘90s on WZBC, with his “Mecca” show. Relocating to Maine in 2000 with his life partner Mango, he continued to paint and work in community radio on WERU, a community station based in Orland, ME, where he hosted weekly shows The Matrix and Da Vibes.
Magnus’s friends and family will always remember him as compassionate and creative soul, a visionary artist and a music fan who was ever search of his next musical muse.
Magnus Johnstone, known to many Bostonians from his tenure in town from the ‘70s through the ‘90s – as a trailblazing radio DJ (on WZBC 90.3 FM and WMBR 88.1 FM) as well as a visual artist – passed away on February 22, 2013, after a full life filled with art, music and community.
Upon his departure from this terrestrial sphere, he left behind over 100 large canvases, dozens of medium sized works and just as many smaller pieces. “Soaring Through The Matrix” is the first of what his friends and family hope will be many more local and national shows that will display his amazing work. This time around, most of the work on display will be his medium-sized, oil-on-stretched-canvas pieces [30” to 40” wide and 40” to 50” tall], with some selected smaller works [oil-on-carboard, approximately 12” by 14”].
All proceeds from the sales of these works will go to the Johnstone family, to help safely store, maintain and market his work.
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 11-19, 2018
Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, August 11, 2018; 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
As part of the opening reception, friends will play records from Magnus’s collection. All attendees are encouraged to help with the playlist.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Magnus Johnstone was born in 1952 in Chicago. By the 1970s his family had relocated to the East Coast, settling in Duxbury, MA.
He began painting in his 20s and was, at first, self-taught. He completed his first larger canvases (70” x 50”) by the mid-1970s, working in oil paint. Throughout his life worked with a variety of sizes and materials, and attended the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts for a year during his early career.
His fantastical and psychedelic artwork was influenced by sources as diverse as Renaissance art, German expressionism, surrealist painting, writers like H. P. Lovecraft, Philip K. Dick and Harlan Ellison, and the graphic and comic art of the 1960’s. And music. Always music.
A lifelong music fanatic, his taste was as diverse and selective as it was in all of his creative domains. Indeed, his lifelong work as a DJ provided the evolving soundtrack to his unique artistic vision.
By the late 1970s, Magnus had become a college radio in Boston and was producing popular and forward-thinking African and Reggae shows on WMBR 88.1 FM in Cambridge (MIT’s station) – years before the term “world music” was coined. Over the years, his vinyl collection grew to over 10,000 LPs, 12” and 45s spanning genres as diverse as reggae and dub, opera, 80s hip-hop, electronica and downtempo, jungle, soul, funk, R&B and his seemingly endless supply of oddball and spoken word records that appeared often in his radio audio collages.
All throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s, Magnus’s two loves remained, and burned passionately and brightly – painting and music. In 1985, he started the first all-rap radio program called “Lecco’s Lemma,” at MIT’s WMBR 88.1 FM. A year later he moved the show to WZBC 90.3 FM, where it ran until 1988.
Musically, he will forever be known as the first person in Boston to truly give local hip-hop artists a chance to be heard regularly on the radio, playing their demos and even interviewing them in-studio. As The Noise magazine said in 1987: “Magnus Johnstone is a DJ at the front of a movement, in it for sheer love of its excitement and possibilities.”
MC Keithy E, later known as Guru of Gang Starr Posse and Gang Starr; the Almighty RSO; TDS Mob; Top Choice Clique; MC Spice; Rusty “The Toe Jammer” Pendleton; Edo G (then part of the FTI Crew); and countless others were given their first chance to be heard via Magnus and Lecco’s Lemma.
By the early ‘90s he was producing and hosting the “Dub Hop” show on WZBC, and after a brief hiatus – during which time he battled cancer with vigor and determination, beating leukemia in the mid-90s – Magnus returned to the airwaves in the late ‘90s on WZBC, with his “Mecca” show. Relocating to Maine in 2000 with his life partner Mango, he continued to paint and work in community radio on WERU, a community station based in Orland, ME, where he hosted weekly shows The Matrix and Da Vibes.
Magnus’s friends and family will always remember him as compassionate and creative soul, a visionary artist and a music fan who was ever search of his next musical muse.
Francis Domec was a Medford-based artist whose artwork explored elements of transformation. Playing with lines and figures by means of drawings and collages, Francis used all types of mediums to create something new and intriguing.
Some of his works are simply drawn using permanent ink markers. Other pieces are enhanced with linocuts,collages, impressions carved on linoleum plates and ink pressed onto the paper, unveiling multiple layers of shapes through the transparency of the original drawing. Francis reveled in this “chance element” of the creative process, describing the transformation of two different images to create something new as a spiritual experience.
Incredibly talented, Francis was also incredibly kind, gentle and generous. He passed away on September 14, 2017 at home with his husband and sister by his side. He was living with cancer since 2011, and did a fine job doing so at that.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 7-22, 2018
Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
MEMORIAL RECEPTION:
Sunday, April 22, 2018; 1:00 pm
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Please join us as we come together in a celebration of Francis’s life, surrounded by his artwork.
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. The sixth annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) takes place at the Nave Gallery, Brickbottom Gallery and Washington Street Gallery, 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.
JURIED BY:
Jennifer Shaw
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, September 9; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
September 8-30, 2018
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday & Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Frank Bannister (Lynn, MA)
Richard Bonvissuto (Palm Springs, CA)
I. Duncan Browne (Tulsa, OK)
Brian Franczyk (Park Ridge, IL)
William Franson (Byfield, MA)
Victoria Gewirz (Wellesley, MA)
Wendy Gogel (Boston, MA)
Tonee Harbert (Portland, ME)
Kerrie Kemperman (Somerville, MA)
Chae Kihn (New York City, NY)
Lara Kimmerer (Brookline, MA)
Konrad Kloch (Warsawa, Poland)
Thomas Lasher (New Orleans, LA)
Lisa Lindamood (Knoxville, TN)
Dylan Malone (Wellesley, MA)
Nancy Marshall (McClellanville, SC)
Karen Molloy (Somerville, MA)
Sara Musolino (Portree, Scotland)
Kay Ramming (Nashville, TN)
Valery Rizzo (Brooklyn, NY)
Layla Tarawneh (Wellesley, MA)
Vanessa Thompson (Somerville, MA)
Matt Towler (Waltham, MA)
Jacqueline Walters (San Francisco, CA)
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This show is a celebration of artists who teach grades K-12. We often spend so much time and energy motivating and helping our students create, that we risk neglecting our own craft. Our jobs require us to assume various roles–nurturer, parent, and coach–and achieve a myriad of goals–to inspire, teach technique and regulate students of varying emotional, social, and developmental levels. We do all of this because it is important work, but in our field, teaching others often overshadows our own artistic development. This show is a reminder to ourselves and to others that the reason we teach is because we value the creative process. In order to support our students we must devote time to our own artistic practice. Our teaching feeds our art making and our art making feeds our teaching. This symbiotic relationship allows us to lead by example and helps us seek the difficult balance between giving to others through teaching and giving to our own work as artists.
CURATED BY:
Melissa Chaney, Amanda Kilton, Elizabeth Menges
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 17, 2018; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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Resident-only parking restrictions around the gallery have been lifted during this time. All other parking restrictions must be followed.
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 17-December 15, 2018
CLOSED: 11/24 and 11/25
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
| Aimée Archambult Jessica Beck Paul Belenky Audrey Bellinger Damon John Burnard Martha Chason-Sokol Cat Ciccolo Tucker Michael Cirelli Hannah Cole Dahar Caitlin Doering Heather Drayzen Martha Friend Deborah Gray |
Nicole Gsell Paul Hackett Sarah Hirsch Amanda L. Hockensmith Georgianna Johnston Jessica Lau Lolly Lincoln Kimberly Lockwood Virginia Mahoney Emily Manning-Mingle Nikki McCullouch Kayla McKenna Deborah Milligan |
Colleen Pearce Susane Peterson Chris Plunkett Janet Robbins Alisa Rodny Benjamin Sears Laurie Sheffield Jeff Stauder Kate Sussman Sara Fine Wilson Ceara Yahn Jessica Young |
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Melissa Chaney, Amanda Kilton, and Elizabeth Menges are artists and teachers in Cambridge Public Schools.
Nave Gallery presents AVATARS a two-part exploration curated by Christina Balch, Giuliana Funkhouser and Krista Wright.
AVATARS // ghosts attempts to document the ways that artists represent their bodies, their ideas, their nations, and their dead in today’s digital world where the physical and virtual, human and non-human, self and other, are increasingly intertwined and indistinguishable. “Avatar” is originally a Sanskrit word describing mortal incarnations of Hindu deities. In colloquial use, the term refers to a digital image or 3D character representing an individual on the internet. Drawing inspiration from these concepts, the AVATARS exhibitions are a transdisciplinary exploration of folkloric characters, alter-egos, cyborgs, and incarnations.
AVATARS debuted at the San Francisco Art Institute in fall of 2018. A selection of works from the original San Francisco show will travel to Somerville to continue the thread of the exhibition from its inception and to provide different perspectives from both East and West coast artists.
AVATARS // futures, the second AVATARS exhibition opening April 26, continues the exploration of avatars in new media.
CURATED BY:
Christina Balch, Giuliana Funkhouser and Krista Wright
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION AND PERFORMANCES:
Friday, March 22, 2019; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Performances by Xray Aims* and Fine Art Superheroes (by Basil El Halwagy)
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*Please note that during Xray’s performance, performers will be piercing and you may see blood.
Curators Talk: Saturday, April 6, 2019; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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The City of Somerville has generously lifted the parking ban for visitor parking near the gallery during event hours so feel free to drive and park on the street.
EXHIBITION DATES:
Friday, March 22, 2019 – Saturday, April 13, 2019
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm or by appointment
ARTISTS:
Amayi Morales / Annalisa Oswald / Basil El Halwagy / Caleb Cole / Charity Everett / Christina Balch / Claire Sorosky / Colleen Kiely / Eleanor Schnarr / Elisabeth Eckman / Eliza Phelan-Harder / Giuliana Funkhouser / Heather Caunt-Nulton / Jonathon Nix / Julia Csekö / Karli Janell / Katie Wild / Kels Hyde / Krista Wright / Lauren Kalman / Marco Castaneda / Mark Roemisch / Minjun Kim / Nancy Sepe / Oscar Lopez / Peter Morse / Rachel Shatil / Sally Lee / Selvaggio Dordetti / Shelby Meyerhoff / Skunk / solYchaski / Sue-Yee Leung / Valeriya Volkova / Whitney Humphreys / Xray Aims
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Christina Balch
Christina Balch is a multimedia artist interested in the way people define themselves digitally, especially through the use of mobile technology and self-documentation. Recently, Christina learned basic programming languages, Javascript and Arduino, and has incorporated engineering into her practice. Christina’s work can be seen locally around the Boston area. In 2016, she curated a performance-based art exhibit called Performing the Home at the Nave Gallery Annex. Christina is based in Somerville and works out of Artisan’s Asylum and Vernon Street Studios. See more of Christina’s work on her website https://christinabalch.com/
Giuliana Funkhouser
Giuliana Funkhouser (or GFunk for short) is a professional multimedia artist. It has been a great pleasure and fortune for her to have worked alongside a variety of colorful entertainment and marketing industry giants over the course of her career. Her artwork interrogates contemporary mass media entertainment and “content delivery” platforms that simultaneously draw people together while ripping communities apart in unprecedented ways. She hopes to raise awareness about the people and environments continually pushed to the wayside in the name of technological progress, economic expansion and the siren song of paradise. See more of Giuliana’s work on her website: http://www.gfunkhouser.net/
Krista Wright
Krista Wright is a multimedia artist making work that transports viewers into her imagination land. Hailing from the Southern Californian Suburbs, Krista Wright spent her childhood playing pretend, playstation, and watching cartoons, all in which showcased the different realities that could exist and the possibility to make one’s own. Today she works with screenprint, sculpture, painting, and stop-motion animation to bring those possibilities to life. Her work is an Art of Escapism, but also adventure. See more of Krista’s work on her website: https://kristawrista.art/
AVATARS // ghosts and AVATARS // futures attempt to document the ways that artists represent their bodies, their ideas, their nations, and their dead in today’s digital world where the physical and virtual, human and non-human, self and other, are increasingly intertwined and indistinguishable. “Avatar” is originally a Sanskrit word describing mortal incarnations of Hindu deities. In colloquial use, the term refers to a digital image or 3D character representing an individual on the internet. Drawing inspiration from these concepts, the AVATARS exhibitions are a transdisciplinary exploration of folkloric characters, alter-egos, cyborgs, and incarnations.
AVATARS debuted at the San Francisco Art Institute in fall of 2018 and was originally curated by Giuliana Funkhouser and Krista Wright.
CURATED BY:
Christina Balch
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 26, 2019; 7:00pm – 9:00pm
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ARTIST PANEL:
Friday, May 10, 2019; 7:00pm – 9:00pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
Friday, April 26, 2019 – Saturday, May 18, 2019
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00pm – 5:00pm or by appointment
Special hours during Somerville Open Studios:
Saturday, May 4: 12:00 pm-6:00 pm
Sunday, May 5: 12:00 pm-6:00 pm
NOTE: A trolley stops right outside of the Nave Gallery on the Saturday and Sunday of SOS.
ARTISTS:
A_Marcel / Christina Balch / Jamezie / Joy Buolamwini / Lori Landay / Mac Pierce / Melissa Glick / Philip Knodle / Tony Astone
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Christina Balch
Christina Balch is a multimedia artist interested in the way people define themselves digitally, especially through the use of mobile technology and self-documentation. Recently, Christina learned basic programming languages, Javascript and Arduino, and has incorporated engineering into her practice. Christina’s work can be seen locally around the Boston area. In 2016, she curated a performance-based art exhibit called Performing the Home at the Nave Gallery Annex. Christina is based in Somerville and works out of Artisan’s Asylum and Vernon Street Studios. See more of Christina’s work on her website https://christinabalch.com/
Secret Gardens revels in the beauty and wonder of botany, and explores how botanical imagery can symbolize ideas, attributes, morality lessons and more.
CURATED BY:
Tori Costa
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS RECEPTION:
Saturday, May 19, 2018; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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Note: Resident parking restrictions have kindly been lifted around the gallery from 3:00 pm-5:00 pm. However, we strongly encourage you to use the West Somerville school parking lot located on Raymond Street.
EXHIBITION DATES:
Friday, May 4, 2018 – Sunday, June 17, 2018
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Special hours during Somerville Open Studios:
Friday, May 4: 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Saturday, May 5: 12:00 pm-6:00 pm (Music by John O’Hara; 2:00 pm-4:00 pm)
Sunday, May 6: 12:00 pm-6:00 pm
NOTE: A trolley stops right outside of the Nave Gallery on the Saturday and Sunday of SOS.
ARTISTS:
| Taylor Apostol Jim Baab Alan Baily Jim Banks Jason Barcus Becky Barsi Audrey Bellinger Joann Biondi Alison Borrelli Emily Brodrick Ronald D. Butler Kay Canavino Kolika Chatterjee Jarvis Chen Debra Claffey Caleb Cole Debra Corbett Marie Craig Anne-Marie Delaunay-Danizio Fay Deng |
Rebecca Leviss Dwyer Steven Edson Shoshanna Ehrlich Franklin Einspruch Laura Fischman J. M. Golding Allison Gray Suzi Grossman Cheri Haire Sirarpi Heghinian Walzer Mary N. Hurwitz Lee Kennedy Mary Kocol Janelle Leroux Marja Lianko Jessica Liggero Ricardo Maldonado Marc Mannheimer Claudine Metrick Catherine Night |
Charles Norris Debra Olin Felipe Ortiz Eve Ozer Andy Pepper Judith Prager Emilie Puttrich Esha Rakhit ST Rivera Michael Rowe John Ruggieri Denn Santoro Brittany Severance Leann Shamash Renée Silva Annie Silverman Rebecca Skinner Caryn Whitney Brett Windham Laura Wolfe |
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Tori Costa is a longtime Nave Gallery volunteer and serves on the board of the Somerville Arts Council. She has curated Bite: Food as Art, Branded: Art of the Beer Label, The Knit Art House in Crochetville, and Threads Bared. She also coordinates Wrap Around, the gallery’s annual fundraiser for the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
For many generations, makers have used the familiarity of the domestic arts to build community, raise awareness, and make powerful statements about causes they care about. From vibrant protest banners to comforting quilts for refugees, craft has become a catalyst for social and political change.
Catalyst brings together examples of contemporary, handmade objects from traditional fiber art mediums such as embroidery, knitting, quilting and weaving that speak to causes such as healthcare, homelessness, women’s rights, immigration, climate change, and more. The exhibition does not aim to endorse any particular ideologies or views, but to examine the creative ways in which craft and activism collide and the strength in their reaction.
This exhibition will coincide with the 10th year of the Wrap Around Project, a sale of handmade goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition, which takes place at the Nave Gallery each December.
CURATED BY:
Vanessa Marcoux
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, November 19, 2017; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Includes the opening of Wrap Around, an annual sale of handmade good to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 18, 2017 – December 30, 2017
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Closed December 23 and 24
ARTISTS:
Kyra Berman-Gestring
Jenna DeLuca
Dena Haden
Celeste Hanlon
Karen Krolak and Nicole Harris in collaboration with the Sanctuary Printshop and the Welcome Blanket Project
Maggie Leininger
Lauren Leone
Cheyenne McCarter and Catherine Tutter / Spin a Yarn, Weave a Life
Elizabeth Menges
Sarita Zaleha
Alexandra Zevin / People’s Puppets of Occupy Wall Street
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Vanessa Marcoux is a knitter and museum administrator who is passionate about all things handmade. She has been involved with the Wrap Around project since 2012 and has co-curated the Nave Gallery shows You Are Here: Maps and Art (2013) and Reclamation: Emerging Female Artists (2015).
Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community (W2W), is a gallery exhibition of street art and street-inspired studio art that represents the ways art helps to build community. W2W is held in conjunction with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church annual social justice program, “Learn to Talk”, and Somerville’s legendary HONK! Festival of Street Bands. W2W will consist of an exhibition, artist talks and other events and activities that engage participants in positive dialogue for the purpose of building a more equitable community.
W2W includes an artist’s panel and several presentations, keynoted with a talk by world-renowned muralist and street art historian Caleb Neelon on the history and community-building power of street art.
Boston community artist Cedric Douglas will participate as part of his UpTruck/UpWall project, which is also a sponsor of W2W.
CURATED BY:
Karl Stephan
OPENING EVENTS:
Sunday, October 2, 2016
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 24 – October 30, 2016
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Emily Bhargava, Emily Brodrick, Meryl Blinder, Tim Devin, Cedric Douglas, DirtLux, Henry Funches, Trish Hautea, Liz Helfer, Greg Jurdanian, Joey Kleckner, Dolly Letters, Nineta, NotArt, Alexander Golob, Anna Paul, Claire Roll, Karl Stephan, Larry Wynn, Harry Yu
Special guest artists: Percy Fortini-Wright and GoFive
SPECIAL EVENT:
Sunday, October 16; 4:30 – 6:00,
Learn to Talk 3rd Annual Poetry Reading: “Writing on the Wall” with Neil Callender
Reading, Q/A and community reception
SPONSOR:
Cedric Douglas and UpTruck/UpWalls
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Karl Stephan is best known for documenting the evolution of Rico Modica Way (also known as the Cambridge Graffiti Wall) in thousands of photographs since 2010. Karl is a practicing studio artist who teaches privately in Cambridge, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and in various community settings. His work has been widely shown.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
In May, 2016, the Nave Gallery marked its twelfth anniversary at The Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. CHPC’s support through the years has allowed the Nave to show and support the work of hundreds of artists, while reinforcing a mutual commitment to strengthening our community through art activism. Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community, is a celebration of this partnership and an affirmation that art helps build a more positive, equitable community for all.
HONK!: Deconstruction of Joy is a photography exhibition coinciding with HONK! Fest 2016. The goal of the exhibition is to showcase images encapsulating the energy and joy that takes place during the HONK! Fest.
Every October, the HONK! Fest takes over Davis Square in Somerville, bringing live music and joy to brass bands enthusiasts. Bands from across the United States — and from other countries get together for a series of outdoor performances. For many it’s a magical weekend. Since its founding 10 years ago, HONK! Fest has grown to include festivals in Austin, Brooklyn, Detroit, Seattle, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Wollongong, Australia.
CURATED BY:
Leonardo March
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, October 6, 2016; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
October 6-22, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Mike Cipriano, Greg Cook, Josh Dietrich, Richard Lanier, Leonardo March, Joseph Maxwell, Tim Plenk, Gilead Tadmor, Julie WIlliams-Krishnan, Chris Yeager
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Leonardo March is a photographer from Puerto Rico, based in Boston, Massachusetts. He’s interested in documenting activism, performers communities and quirky events and is a member of Normal Kolectiva (www.normalkolectiva.com), a Boston based photographers collective documenting activism and promoting photography as a tool for social analysis.
If you have any questions about this exhibition please contact leo@normalkolectiva.com
The history of feminist art starting in the 1970’s up until now has been filled with controversy, turbulence, progress and backlashes against women, women’s art, and its place in art history. From today’s perspective the feminism of the 1970’s is often viewed as utopian, sometimes naïve and even exclusionary. The 1980’s brought a backlash against feminism and feminist art that can be felt even today. Feminist art cannot be easily categorized by male-dominated establishment and as such it is often ignored. A question emerges: What is feminist art? And more accurately what is feminist art today?
CURATED BY:
Boriana Kantcheva and Micah Eglinton-Woods
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, November 17, 2017; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
November 17-December 16, 2017
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday: 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
Closed Thanksgiving weekend: 11/23; 11/24; 11/25
ARTISTS:
| Ashleigh Bartlett Rachelle Beaudoin Kimberly Becker Kyra Berman-Gestring Pamela Bower-Basso Emily Brodrick Brynne Capps Angela Carbone Emily Cobb Jodi Colella Yael Dresdner Melissa Scheid Frantz Joanne Fusegni Kate Gartrell Ella Hilsenrath Sarah Hirneisen |
Katie Hovencamp Emily Hracho Margaret Kauffmann Blythe King Kathleen Kneeland Barbara Glee Lucas Tessa Martinez Carissa Melillo Elizabeth Menges Rosemary Meza Laura Mongiovi Ellen Mullane Duygu Aytac Mullin Jennifer Murphy Mary Murphy Leah Oates |
Alexandra Opie Yvonne Petkus Megan Potoma Susan Richards Shelby Richardson Kristine Roan Deb Schmill Tatyana Scott Brittany Severance Catherine Siller Erick Soricelli Gray Swartzel Jennifer Weigel Ellen Wolfe Harry Yu Alexandra Zevin |
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Boriana Kantcheva, originally from Bulgaria, has lived and worked in the Boston area for over 17 years. She has received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and an MFA from School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University joint degree Program. She has worked as an assistant teacher at the Carpenter Center for Visual and Environmental Studies in Cambridge where she has received several Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in teaching awards. She currently works as a gallery coordinator for Chandler Gallery at Maud Morgan Arts Center in Cambridge. Boriana is a member of Bromfield Gallery.
Micah Eglinton-Woods is a designer and aspiring curator. Micah graduated from Montserrat College of Art in 2007 with degrees in Illustration and Art History. Her curatorial practice focuses on socially engaged art. She sees the arts as a vehicle for positive change through the amplification of marginalized voices.
Fairy tales, myths, legends, and folk tales, are often the inspiration for contemporary works of literature, film, and art. They continue to fascinate and charm audiences of all ages. Archetypes and traditional story telling can become a vehicle to explore and address a myriad of issues specific to life of today. The narrative structure of these writings provide the framework to explore issues like personal history, identity, gender politics, human nature, and many other topics.
CURATED BY:
Boriana Kantcheva and Micah Eglinton-Woods
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, November 11; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 10-December 17, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
| Heather Balchunas Anne Bernard Kearney Stephen Brunelli Tracy Bull Deidre Bush Sarah Carr Jodi Colella Ellen Cornett Melissa D’Acunto Nancy Edelstein Jeremy Endo Laramie Fain Diane Fenster Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer Megan Frauenhoffer |
Heeren Hilary Hughes Candi S. Kalinsky Boriana Kantcheva Jamie Kaplowitz Mary Kenny Zofie Lang Sarah LaPointe Haley MacKeil Virginia Mallon Carlyn Marcus Ekstrom Susan Medyn Carissa Melillo Joshua Morrissette Jennifer Murphy |
Ashley Normal Sharon O’Callaghan Shero Emma Powell & Kristin Hoving Luzhen Qiu Allison Maria Rodriguez Alexandra Rozenman Michele Serchuk Brittany Severance Annie Silverman Rebecca Skinner Christina Tedesco Stephanie Todhunter Emily Trespas Amy Ward Sara Witcherman |
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Boriana Kantcheva, originally from Bulgaria, has lived and worked in the Boston area for over 17 years. She has received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and an MFA from School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University joint degree Program. She has worked as an assistant teacher at the Carpenter Center for Visual and Environmental Studies in Cambridge where she has received several Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in teaching awards. She currently works as a gallery coordinator for Chandler Gallery at Maud Morgan Arts Center in Cambridge. Boriana is a member of Bromfield Gallery.
Micah Eglinton-Woods is a designer and aspiring curator. Micah graduated from Montserrat College of Art in 2007 with degrees in Illustration and Art History. Her curatorial practice focuses on socially engaged art. She sees the arts as a vehicle for positive change through the amplification of marginalized voices.
What’s a box? In an accidentally timely way, this show is about what constitutes, is kept out from, is constricted by, could be nurtured by, memorializes, questions, endangers, deconstructs, skirts the edges of, remains curious in, explodes from, revels in, is made less clear by, is made more seer by, starts the tears by, smarts and veers by, and could election engineer via the nature of being boXed.
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler and Jesa Damora
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 19; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 19-December 18, 2016
Closed Thanksgiving weekend Nov. 26-27
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Nancy Anderson, Stephanie Angelo, Jim Banks, Alexandra Bravar, Cyrille Conan, Trayc Claybrook, Chris D’Amore, Margaret DeLima, Smith Eliot, Leah Frankel, Aurelie Galois, Michelle Claire Gevint, Melissa Glick, Lauren Goodnow, Don R. Griffin, Susan Hagner, Nancy Hart, Eirik Heintz, Marianne Hicks, Amy Hitchcock, Eric Lunde, Kristina McComb, Leighton McWilliams, Fred U Needham, Ted Ollier, Christine Palamidessi, Arlinda Shtuni, Stephanie Todhunter, James Zall, Andrea Zampitella
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Susan Berstler works as a visual artist, curator and arts producer. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally including in Germany, the Czech Republic, Scotland and Canada. She has been instrumental in starting a wide variety of arts projects in her home town of Somerville, MA including the Windows Art Project, Project MUM, the Phone Art Box Project, and the SqueezeBox Slam. One of her main interests is in transformative events and media, especially in the realm of public art.
Jesa Damora runs FunnelCake Marketing, an arts marketing and business development consulting firm, out of Somerville’s Artisan’s Asylum. Her consulting clients include painters, conceptual artists, street artists, metal workers, ceramicists, jewelers, musicians and inventors. She provides arts event development and execution (TED talks, Somerville Open Studios), offers curation services, and develops publicity and PR campaigns.
Jesa is also an artist with work in public, private and corporate collections. As an architect, she ran a consortium sponsored by the US Department of Energy, where she developed alliances, planned and managed events, and waded deep into major grant writing. She is published writer and editor, and a graduate of Harvard University.
DATE & TIME:
Friday, March 25; 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Lisa Crossman & Julia Csekö, curators of the The Uncanny Home of our Imagination, will have hands on activities such as Exquisite Corpse and Dadaist poem making.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, January 30, 2016; 7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join the Nave Gallery Annex in kicking off The 2016 Sketchbook Show with a poetry reading featuring Afaa M. Weaver and Gary Hawkins, an artist whose poems in progress appear in his sketchbooks in the show.
Afaa M. Weaver is the recipient of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award 2014 for The Government of Nature and the Phillis Wheatley Award for excellence in poetry at the 2015 Harlem Book Fair for City of Eternal Spring. He has published thirteen poetry collections. His poems draw on both his background as a factory worker and his explorations of eastern Asia, including the practice of martial arts. He is Alumnae Professor of English at Simmons College.
Gary Hawkins’s debut collection, Worker, investigates the worker, broadly imagined from the carpenter to the oracle. He teaches in the creative writing program and serves as associate dean at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina, an innovative liberal arts college with integrated work and service programs. With his wife, the poet Landon Godfrey, he edits and produces Croquet, an occasional letterpress broadside delivered as a postcard.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, April 2, 2016; 4:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Lisa Crossman & Julia Csekö, curators of the The Uncanny Home of our Imagination, will host a gallery talk with Anthony Greany and Kate Gilbert.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, April 9, 2016; 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us for the closing reception of the The Uncanny Home of our Imagination, curated by Lisa Crossman & Julia Csekö. Musical Performance by Stefan Banderson and refreshments by Redbones and Aeronaut Breweing Company.
During the months of February and March, first year MFA graduate students display work in sites in and around Boston. Four SMFA artists, Riley Allen, Hannah Bates, William Van Beckum and Thomas Radovich will be exhibiting their work at the Nave Gallery.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, February 6, 2016; 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 6-14, 2016
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
SMFA MFA ARTISTS:
Riley Allen is an artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He received his BFA in Art, Technology & Culture from the University of Oklahoma, and is currently completing the MFA program at SMFA.
Hannah Bates attends the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston for her MFA and holds a BFA from CalArts. Her work uses the medium of photography to explore concepts of illusion, perception and sexuality. She has participated in shows in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Boston.
William Van Beckum is currently pursuing an MFA from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. His work is influenced by the study of human’s relationship with the natural world. William’s conceptual landscape imagery is based off of the tradition of landscape photography but expands the medium to examine how human presence alters natural spaces. The images map how modernity influences our time spent in nature.
Thomas Radovich received his BFA in painting from the University of Connecticut in 2010. He is currently studying for his MFA in printmaking at School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts. His work focuses on nostalgia, collection, obsession, and innocence.
DATE:
Saturday, January 16, 11:00 am-2:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us in a fiber swap to support the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC)!
Yarn. Fabric. Felt. Thread. Maybe you can have too much of a good thing? The Great Fiber Swap is your chance to get rid of your unwanted fiber items and refresh your stash. You can swap items or donate your goods to the event.
Admission to the event is free, but please bring a donation of canned goods or toiletries to support Somerville Homeless Coalition’s (SHC) Project SOUP, the local food pantry that provides weekly community dinners and delivers groceries to individuals, families, elderly, disabled and homebound people in our neighborhood.
A full list of needs can be found here:
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WHAT WE NEED:
We welcome yarn, knitting needles, fabric, books, thread, buttons, ribbon, and so much more. Items may be new or vintage, but must be clean and usable. Items can be brought directly to the swap OR dropped off in advance. If you have a large quantity to donate, please contact info@navegallery.org so that we may make appropriate arrangements.
DROP OFF DATES:
Items can be dropped off at the Nave Gallery (Teele Square) on:
Saturday, 1/9: 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
Wednesday, 1/13: 6:00 pm – 8:00pm
Thursday, 1/14: 6:00-8:00 pm
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, December 19, 2015
7:00 pm-9:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Now in its ninth year, the Good Cheer Fest is a celebration for the whole family.
Carols, stories, and surprises are in store on Saturday, December 19 at the beautiful Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in Somerville, MA.
There will be live jazz, free cookies, cider, and nog, and lots of smiles. Come ready to sing, and please dress the part; there are prizes for best holiday sweater.
$10 donation benefits the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Canned food donations accepted for the church.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, December 20, 2015
3:00 pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
It is that time of year again! Join the Nave Gallery in some holiday cheer. Stop by for:
–Cocoa
–Music
–The last day of Reclamation II, our current show
–The last day of Wrap Around, our sale of handmade goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition
Jef Czekaj, Somerville’s own children’s-book author, illustrator, and DJ, will play some weirdo holiday songs to get you in the holiday mood. This is a family friendly event.
Following in the footsteps of women’s rights leaders, activists, and makers, today’s female artists are reclaiming feminism, reclaiming domesticity, and reclaiming their role as makers and creators. Through art, women are reclaiming their powerful place in society.
This is the second show in a two part exhibition for Reclamation. Click here to learn about Reclamation I
CURATED BY:
Yosra Emamizadeh, Vanessa Marcoux, and Cory Munro Shea
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, December 5, 2015; 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
December 5-20, 2015
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Christina Balch, Victoria Marie Barquin, Sally Chapman, Mira Dayal, Chloë Feldman Emison, Crystal Johnson, Brittany Synott Johnston, Boriana Kantcheva, Ali Keller, Catherine Kirsch, Alexis Carter Kochka, Jessica L’Abbe, Colleen Mann, Sarah May, Ashley Normal, Jill O’Rourke, Joni Sullivan, Natalie Titone, Stephanie Todhunter, Danielle Tolson, Meg Turner
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Yosra Emamizadeh recently earned a Master’s degree in museum studies from the Harvard Extension School. She studied classical art at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. She participated in several group exhibitions, and in 2014 coordinated the New Members Show at the Cambridge Art Association.
Vanessa Marcoux holds a BFA in photography from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and is currently completing a master’s degree in museum studies at the Harvard Extension School. She has coordinated exhibitions at numerous galleries and arts organizations throughout New England and the Southwest, including the 2013 show at the Nave Gallery, You Are Here: Maps and Art.
Cory Munro Shea is a working artist from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her artwork has appeared in several galleries in the New England area. Shea is currently the assistant director of the Cambridge Art Association, a non profit visual arts gallery and organization, and is enrolled in Boston University’s Art Administration program. She is expected to graduate with her master’s in 2016.
With recent predictions for a significant El Niño this season, questions and concerns are raised that investigate the tenuous balance between humanity and the natural environment. Artists in Predictions explore this balance.
CURATED BY:
Kathy Desmond
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, November 22, 2015 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
November 22, 2015 – January 9, 2016
Closed Thursday, November 26, and Friday, November 27 for Thanksgiving.
Closed Thursday, December 24, and Friday, December 25 for Christmas.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Elaine Alibrandi, Adam Berk, Resa Blatman, Sarah Cecil, Reenie Charrière, Stacey Cushner, Liz Ensz, Adam Farcus, Dan Farnum, Scott Francoeur, Bruce Hooke, Alison Horvitz, Liz Johnson, Linda Klein, Colleen Pearce, Jeff Rich, John Ruggieri, Jane Sherrill, Kaitlin Thurlow, Raphael Warshaw, Jennifer Weigel
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Kathy Desmond exhibits her work internationally and nationally in venues such as: the Lönnström Art Museum in Finland and the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, the Alternative Museum (New York), The Creative Arts Workshop (New Haven), Tufts University, The Nave Gallery and The Windows Art Project/Somerville Arts Council (Somerville, MA) among others. In addition, her video portraits have been screened at the DoubleTake/Full Frame Film Festival, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, and CineWomen NY. Her work is in the collections of The Lönnström Art Museum (Finland) and Electronic Arts Intermix. She has been an artist-in-residence at organizations including the American Academy in Rome and the Vermont Studio Center. Desmond holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy, Aesthetics and Art Theory from the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, an M.F.A. in Studio for Interrelated Media from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, a B.F.A. in Sculpture from Kansas City Art Institute and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. She is a professor of visual communications and studio art at Endicott College.
Residual Form is an exploration of the art experience. As process becomes more and more a part of the artwork, how much of the artist’s hand do we need to see? How do we define our experience when we must redefine the art object? In this exhibition the questions of the Process Art Movement are being asked by both emerging and established artists.
Encompassed in Residual Form are artworks that question the traditional methods of art viewing through content, creation, or optical illusion. How have contemporary artists embraced or rejected the breakthroughs of artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollack, Bruce Nauman, or even more contemporary work from artists like James Turrell or the duo of Peter Fischli & David Weiss? This includes objects that are remnants of process redefined as art – two dimensional, three dimensional, intangible. Can the mold be as valuable as the casting? The film as valuable as the printed photograph? How do artists reimagine their process as fine art? Can light, sound, or movement replace an object? Residual Form addresses the contemporary intersection of form and process.
CURATED BY:
Liz Helfer with guest juror Holly Kelly
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, June 2, 2016; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
June 2 – 26, 2016
ARTIST TALK:
Saturday, June 4, 2016; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Hear the artists speak about their motivations and processes.
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sunday, June 26, 2016; 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday & Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Julia Curl, Ben Foley, Elizabeth Hatke, Rebecca Henriksen, Sharon Lacey, Edward Morin, Aaron Morse, Ted Ollier, Will Reeves , Rebecca Schnopp, Erika Schwarz, Jordan Stabile, Stephanie Todhunter, Morgen Van Vorst, Liz Welch, and Amelia Young
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Liz Helfer is a sculptor known primarily for her work with bronze and cast iron. Liz graduated with her BFA in 2010 from Alfred University. She has continued her artistic development through work across the United States and Europe. She recently dipped a toe into curatorial waters and is fascinated by the confluence of contemporary art practice and the mediation of perception in our technological age. She currently creates cast metal and mixed media sculpture at her studio in Cambridge, MA.
Holly Kelly is a recently local artist and graduate of MassArt. Holly creates work that challenges our perceptions of familiar objects. She currently resides in Minneapolis, MN, where she pursues her sculpture practice.
Following in the footsteps of women’s rights leaders, activists, and makers, today’s female artists are reclaiming feminism, reclaiming domesticity, and reclaiming their role as makers and creators. Through art, women are reclaiming their powerful place in society.
This is the first show in a two part exhibition for Reclamation. Click here to learn about Reclamation II
CURATED BY:
Yosra Emamizadeh, Vanessa Marcoux, and Cory Munro Shea
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 14, 2015; 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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Please note: The City of Somerville has kindly lifted resident permit parking restrictions near the gallery during the reception hours. All other parking restrictions must be followed.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 7-22, 2015
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Jamie Andrade, SaraMarie Bottaro, Sage Brousseau, Perry Carter, Jenna DeLuca, Ariel DiOrio and Rebecca Hsieh, Hannah Earley, Shoshanna Ehrlich, Noelle Fiori, Jessica Gaddis, Abigail Gallagher, Robin Hackett, Dena Haden, Lauren Hayes, Heeren, Sara Higger, Helena Hsieh, Jennifer Koch, Cassandra Klos, Kate Lenahan, Jessica Liggero, Brittany Marcoux and Diana Jean Puglisi, Elizabeth Menges, Shelby Wynne Richardson, Carly Rose Roy, Ruth T. Segaloff, Krista Stanowicz, Tania Vasconcelos, Anne Sommers Welch, Sandrea Lovelock-Williams
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Yosra Emamizadeh recently earned a Master’s degree in museum studies from the Harvard Extension School. She studied classical art at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. She participated in several group exhibitions, and in 2014 coordinated the New Members Show at the Cambridge Art Association.
Vanessa Marcoux holds a BFA in photography from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and is currently completing a master’s degree in museum studies at the Harvard Extension School. She has coordinated exhibitions at numerous galleries and arts organizations throughout New England and the Southwest, including the 2013 show at the Nave Gallery, You Are Here: Maps and Art.
Cory Munro Shea is a working artist from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her artwork has appeared in several galleries in the New England area. Shea is currently the assistant director of the Cambridge Art Association, a non profit visual arts gallery and organization, and is enrolled in Boston University’s Art Administration program. She is expected to graduate with her master’s in 2016.
FLOW is an exhibition of work highlighting continuous movement. Speaking to literal motion as well as the metaphysical – such as rhythms of social interactions – FLOW embraces the idea of transition from one place or state to another.
CURATED BY:
Michelle Fiorenza & Kelvy Bird
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Saturday, May 21, 2016
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 30 – May 21, 2016
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
Special extended hours during Somerville Open Studios:
Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1: 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
ARTISTS:
Jim Baab, Jeff Bartell, Susan Emmerson, Phyllis Ewen, Samantha Fields, Rebekah Lord Gardiner, Beth Lundell Garver, J. M. Golding, T.D. Heavican, Mary Hughes, C. M. Judge, Sue Murad, Ryan Lewis, Jennifer Longworth, John Guy Petruzzi, Judith Prager, Amanda Kidd Schall, Jane Sherrill, Kaitlin Thurlow, Raphael Warshaw, Kalina Winska
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Michelle Fiorenza is a Boston area photographer, curator and graphic designer. She is a graduate of New England School of Photography (NESOP) and Northeastern University and has been an active member of the Cambridge and Somerville arts community for many years.
In Cambridge she ran the Dean’s Gallery at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and was curator for 10 years. During this time she curated over 60 solo exhibitions featuring the work of local artists and designed all of the invitations. Most recently, she researched and acquired art by Somerville artists for the MIT Sloan School.
Michelle was part of the original team that started the Nave Gallery in Somerville and continued to help run it with the team for over five years. During the past 13 years, She curated several group shows there, some of which featured the works of over 50 artists. She also has previously worked with the Somerville Arts Council with projects such as the Windows Art project, the Somerville Garden Awards, and was on the panel for visual arts grant cycle.
Kelvy Bird is an internationally recognized graphic facilitator, supporting groups by translating content and dynamics into visual formats that aid with reflection and decision-making. She leads creative design at the Presencing Institute, and is on the core team of the edX offering U.Lab: Transforming Business, Society, and Self – launched January 2015, with over 70,000 students participating globally. Kelvy also co-founded dpict llc, a firm specializing in scribing to advance social understanding at all scales.
An artist by training, Kelvy received her BFA in painting and BA in Art History from Cornell University. Her current residence is Somerville, MA, where she serves on the Arts Council and has been a core community stakeholder in the developing ArtFarm project. More information at: www.kelvybird.com and www.dpict.info
DEADLINE:
Deadline extended to June 29, 2016.
EXHIBITION DATES:
September-October 2016
LOCATIONS:
Brickbottom Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex and Washington Street Art Center
JURIED BY:
Christopher James
The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries for its fourth annual celebration of toy and lo-fi photography.
Images of any subject matter, made with a “toy” camera – any low-tech, limited-control camera such as pinhole, Holga, Diana/Diana clones, Brownies, Anscos, disposable cameras – are eligible. This year we also welcome images made with digital holgas and certain hybrid devices, such as plastic cameras that have been modified to shoot plate film, or outfitted with modified shutters or digital chips. The key criteria are plastic lenses and a lack of reliable exposure control. Straight Polaroid-type images or images made with cell phones or digital cameras (other than digital Holga) will not be considered.
Deadline for submission: Deadline extended to June 29, 2016.
Photographers will be notified by: July 15, 2016
Work must be received by: August 27, 2016
All shows will open in September. Exact dates and related events to be determined. The final placement of work will be decided by the organizing committee. Accepted pieces should be delivered to the respective gallery ready to install. Artists are responsible for cost of shipping to and from the gallery.
ABOUT OUR JUROR:
Christopher James is an internationally known artist and photographer whose photographs, paintings, and alternative process printmaking have been exhibited in galleries and museums in this country and abroad. His work has been published and shown extensively, including exhibitions in the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, George Eastman House, Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art-Boston. Represented by the Lee Witkin Gallery in New York City for over two decades he has also shown at Pace-McGill (NYC), Contrasts Gallery (London), Michelle Chomette (Paris), Hartje Gallery (Berlin), and Photokina (Germany). He has published extensively including Aperture, Camera (Switzerland), American Photographer, and Interview magazine and in books such as The Antiquarian Avant Garde and Handcrafted: The Art and Practice of the Handmade Print (China).
All three editions of his book The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes have received international critical acclaim and are universally recognized by artists, curators, historians, and educators as the definitive texts in the genre of alternative process photography and photographically integrated media and culture. A significantly expanded 900 page/700 image, 3rd edition was published in 2015. Christopher, after 13 years at Harvard University, is presently University Professor and Director of the MFA in Photography program at Lesley University College of Art and Design. He received his Master’s from the Rhode Island School of Design and is also a painter, graphic designer, and a professional scuba diver.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, September 10; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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JURIED BY:
Aline Smithson
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 10-27, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
| Jennifer Bacon Matt Bean Miguel Angel Bejarano Richard Bonvissuto Andrea Buzzichelli Mary Church Steffani Frideres J. M. Golding Tonee Harbert Silke Hase Alex Hermacinski |
Rebekah Hogan Hilary Hughes Karen Janas Jessica Kalmar Marky Kauffmann Mary Kocol Anda Marcu Rachel Mello Jeff Mitchell Johanna Moore |
Amanda Potter Becky Ramotowski Jim Rohan Dennis Stein Kenneth Stevens Ioanna Tourkantonis Matt Towler Christopher Turner Crystal Tursich Timothy Wells |
The first of three exhibitions for the third annual Somerville Toy Camera Fest, an international festival in Somerville, MA celebrating the quirky and creative results that happen when the photographer is forced to loosen his/her controls.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, September 12; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
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JURIED BY:
Aline Smithson
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 12-26, 2015
LOCATION:
Washington Street Gallery, 321 Washington St, Somerville 02143 [map]
ARTISTS:
Meg Birnbaum
Christopher Broek
Amy Fichter
Heather Frandsen
Alexa Frangos
Stephanie Goode
Ileana Hernandez Hernandez
Robert Holmgren
chae kihn
Lee Kilpatrick
Susan Lapides
James Malsich
Dan McCormack
Julie Mihaly
Olivia Motley
Federica Paoletti
Gregory Russo
Robert Schneider
Shelly Sometimes
Shannon Stoney
Joe Vigil
Francine Weiss
Jonas Yip
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, September 13; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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JURIED BY:
Aline Smithson
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square) , 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
| Aoife Austin Chuck Baker Rachel Bedet Saul Blumenthal Maura Brennan Valentine Connie Conway David A. Cory Julia Curl Petra Davis Geoff Delanoy Janice Eardley Andrew Eckel Lane Epps Diane Fenster |
Bill Franson Beth Lundell Garver Lorraine Healy Katherine Heck Ryan Hoover Katherine Hurxthal Samantha Johnston Bob Kubiak Jessica Lamarre Lisa Lindamood David Lykes Keenan Robert Marsters Sheila McKinney Karen Molloy |
nee Erin O’Donnell A. Y. Ohashi Danielle Owensby Brian Postlewaite Kay Ramming Deon Reynolds Amy Temple Jonathan Trundle Christy Utter Kristin L. Ware Mike Yoder James Zall Michael Zeis |
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, September 20, 2015; 10:00 am-1:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Somerville
COST:
Free
Because of limited space, reservation is required. RSVP now
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join photographer, educator, and 3-time Somerville Toy Camera Festival exhibiting artist Bill Franson for a hands-on roving workshop on the streets of Somerville. This event is appropriate for photographers/film shooters of all levels, including first-time toy camera users, seasoned Dianaphiles, and everyone in between!
We will meet in a T-accessible Somerville location with free street/lot parking available (exact meeting location will be sent with registration confirmation). This workshop is free, but space is limited, so registration is required.
WHAT TO BRING:
Your lo-fi camera of choice loaded up and ready to go! (Use any film you’d like, but note that this workshop is a great opportunity to shoot a roll of Tri-X or Ilford HP5 to develop/print at our Darkroom Day on 9/26!). You will walk some, so dress accordingly!
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, September 20, 2015; 4:00 pm-5:30 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square) , 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
COST:
Free
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join STCF artists Tonee Harbert, Silke Hase, Mary Kocol and Francine Weiss in discussing toy camera photography.
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, September 24, 2015; 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Washington Street Gallery, 321 Washington St, Somerville 02143 [map]
COST:
Free
No registration required
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
A casual evening of lo-fi photo love! Come meet like-minded photographers, hear their stories and share yours (if you want!)… compare notes or get answers about cameras, mods, processing and printing, inspirations, books, shooting locations, and anything else. Bring gear if you’d like; bring questions if you’ve got ’em. Have you self-published a photo book? Bring a copy along. Let’s have some fun!
DATE & TIME:
Saturday,October 17; 10:00 am-3:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Powderhouse Park (Also known as Nathan Tufts Park)
850 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02144
We are on the corner of Liberty and Broadway
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
To promote the Nave Gallery’s Wrap Around Project and the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition, we are yarn storming trees in Powderhouse Park in Somerville. Each tree will have a social justice theme and an individual color scheme.
Theme: Food security
Color scheme: Purples, Greens, Creams, Tans
Theme: Education
Color scheme: Blues and Black
Theme: Housing
Color scheme: Oranges, Reds and Browns
Theme: Community
Color scheme: Browns, Pinks, Creams, Tans
We’ve begun the installation (stop by and check it out), and need to grow it. Join us in transforming one of the prettiest parks in Somerville in the name of good!
CONTRIBUTE TO THE INSTALLATION
Inspired by mosaic, The Caring Forest is based on the construction of the pieces on multiples of 4” (4”x4”; 4”x8”; 8”x16”; etc). We need squares and rectangles of all kinds: plain and elaborate. Acrylic yarn is the best material and we need the following colors:
-Black (with blues in it if possible)
-Oranges
-Reds
-Browns
-Pinks
-Creams
-Tans
DROP OFF OR MAIL CONTRIBUTIONS BY OCTOBER 10 TO:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square)
53 Chester Street
Somerville, MA 02144
Note: Items can be dropped off at any time in the basket in the vestibule
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, September 26; 10:00 am-1:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Powderhouse Park (Also known as Nathan Tufts Park)
850 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02144
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us in kicking off The Caring Forest, an awareness project for the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
Throughout the months of September and October, the Nave Gallery will yarnstorm trees in Powderhouse Park, with each tree a particular color scheme presenting an issue related to homelessness:
Food security: Purples, greens, creams and tans
Education: Blues and black
Housing: Oranges, reds and browns
Community: Browns, pinks, creams and tans
Learn more about making items at: http://navegallery.org/wp/the-caring-forest/
Stop by and see our first tree go up, learn about the project,and knit/crochet some squares for future trees.
WHAT TO BRING:
If you have crochet hooks or yarn needles, please bring! We’ll have yarn on site in case you want to crochet or knit.
Or, just stop by and lean more!
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, September 26, 2015; 9:00 am-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
LaPete Labs, 369 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210
COST:
$73 ($70 + Paypal fee) covers 4 to 8 hours at the lab. All chemistry, paper, and materials (except your exposed film), as well as instruction and advice, are included in the fee.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Whether you want to learn how to develop and print your own B&W film, or are in need of a refresher on processing and/printing, this is the event for you.
We’ll start with developing our b&w film, then move on to the enlargers to make contact sheets and, time permitting, individual prints. Lab owner and expert printer Bill LaPete will offer instruction, guidance, and advice all along the way. This is a great opportunity to finally try your hand at processing and printing your own toy camera (or “real” camera) photos!
The event is scheduled for 4 hours (9am to 1pm), but your registration fee entitles you to stay twice that long if you’d like — Bill LaPete will be onsite until 5pm and is happy to offer technical assistance to those who choose to stay beyond 1pm.
WHAT TO BRING:
What to bring: 1 roll of exposed black & white film — Tri-X 400 or Ilford HP5 (35mm or 120mm).
What to wear: You will be working with chemicals and doing some things in near-total darkness, so wear clothes that can get stained (they probably won’t, but better safe than sorry).
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, July 23; 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join curator Arlinda Shtuni and the artists of Survey Without Surveillance for a closing party featuring a screening of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “Red”. FREE.
While researching for the show, I found myself returning to a film I first saw in 1994, the last in a series of three, which reconsidered the significance of “liberté, égalité, fraternité” post-Berlin Wall. On the surface, it is a film about a retired judge who surveills his neighbors, and what transpires when an unexpected visitor uncovers his secret. In its depths, it is a mystery.
Kieślowski enlaces puzzling, overlapping patterns that bind these two, and other people together. Their intersecting stories develop like photographs in a darkroom. They are sharply developed only in retrospect, when the process is complete. Then, a higher order can be glimpsed beyond such bonds.
“…[i]f film aspires to be part of culture, it should do the things great literature, music and art do: elevate the spirit, help us understand ourselves and the world around us and give people the feeling they are not alone.” –Kieslowski
DATE & TIME:
Wednesday, July 15; 5:00 pm-7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join organizers Jen Fuchel, Sandy McDonald and Alice Sajdera in kicking off the launch of The Caring Forest.
As part of the Nave Gallery’s Wrap Around Project to support and promote the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition, The Caring Forest will be a public art installation of four yarnstormed trees in one of Somerville’s parks. Each tree will have an individual color scheme and will represent four key areas related to homelessness: food security, education, housing and community. Learn more
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, July 18; noon-5 pm
LOCATION:
Traffic Island in Davis Square
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Davis Square’s traffic island will be transformed by loops of yarn with a community knit-in and yarnstorm.
Weave Through the Square
Looms will border Davis’s own little island. Come on by and be a part of an interactive tapestry. We’ll have yarn on hand, but feel free to bring your own pieces of ribbon, fabric and mementos to be a part of this ArtBeat installation.
Grow Roots in The Caring Forest
Knitters and crocheters alike are invited to join the Nave Gallery in producing pieces for a fall installation (The Caring Forest) that will take place in one of Somerville’s parks. The installation, part of the gallery’s Wrap Around Project which supports and promotes the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition, will represent four key areas related to homelessness: food security, education, housing and community.
Inspired by mosaic, the installation will be based on pieces in multiples of 4” (4”x4”; 4”x8”; 8”x16”; etc). Squares and rectangles of all kinds—plain and elaborate—are wanted!
There will be lots of yarn on hand, so bring your needles and hooks and grow some roots!
Community Loops
Got an unfinished project and want to meet other crocheters, knitters and craftsters? Come on by, sit for a bit and get your project over its hump all the while making some connections with our island community
DATE & TIME:
Tuesday, June 30, 5:00 pm-closing
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LOCATION:
Flatbread Pizza
45 Day Street, Somerville, MA
Click here for info on reserving a bowling lane
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Flatbread is kindly helping the Nave out by hosting one of their community nights in our honor. For each pizza you get, the Nave gets a piece of the pie. Help us raise funds for programming, and help us continue to provide important spaces for local and regional artists to experiment, collaborate, and showcase their work.
Online and to-go orders included. Order online.
DATE & TIME:
Friday, July 10; 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
“Visibility is a trap.” — Michel Foucault
In 1937, in Britain, a poet, an anthropologist and a filmmaker, founded Mass-Observation society, a network of volunteer diarists who would to write in their observations–the inner and outer contents of their quotidian life–so as to create “weather-maps of public feeling.”
These days we take to social media platforms to record observations– inner and outer contents of our lives–leaving behind debris of “weather-maps of personal feeling.” Except now technology is mediating the sharing. And the layers of sharing are becoming increasingly complicated. As the private and the public sphere overlap and blur, we are left uncertain about the limits of free will and individual agency.
Inspired by the Mass-Observation method, we decided to conduct our own experiment. If you would like to participate please take our Privacy Questionnaire.
Then join our Privacy Salon for an immersive conversation attempting to locate and find ways to redraw our personal boundaries. It will be facilitated by artists from the show, techies, and local poets who recently published an anthology of surveillance poetics titled Privacy Policy.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, August 6, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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Resident permit parking restrictions in the vicinity have been lifted during the reception from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Kate Benson, Carolyn Latourelle and Emily Manning-Mingle
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, August 7, 2015 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Mara Brod
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
| Nancy Anderson Martha Chason-Sokol Kristen Crouch Holly Curcio Rebecca M. Fullerton Catherine Graffam Dylan Hurwitz Elizabeth Ireland Kathryn Johnson Anne Johnstone Hwahyun Kim Lyle Kleinhans |
Shelley Kommers Amy K. Lewis Ryan Lewis Stephanie Marcus Kevin McCoy Hye Ryung Na Kyle Nobles Andrew Ortiz Fran Osborn Blaschke Judith Prager Kenneth Reker Leslie Robison |
Mark Roemisch Kathleen Rogers Carol Scavotto Cory Shea Christina Tedesco Andrew Warren Sarah Wentworth Kate Wildman Harry Yu Nazanin Zadmehr |
ARTIST TALK:
Thursday, August 13; 6:00pm-8:30pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join artists Kate Benson, Carolyn Latourelle and Emily Manning-Mingle in a discussion of work included in Space, Object & Artifact.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Kate Benson holds a MFA in sculpture from Boston University and has participated in various exhibitions in the Boston area including Boston Young Contemporaries, Arches Biennial Student Print Show and The Dollhouse Show. She resides in Somerville and has a studio in
West Concord, MA.
Carolyn Latourelle holds a MFA in visual arts from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. She has participated in various exhibitions nationally including The Sketchbook Project, Body Language and her solo exhibition Space & Place at the Cultural Arts Alliance in Hopkinton. She lives and works in Brighton, MA.
Emily Manning-Mingle holds a BFA in painting and an MA in studio teaching from Boston University. She has exhibited her work in Massachusetts, New York, and Italy. She has received several awards, including the Constantin Alajalov Scholarship and the Foundation for an Open America Painting Award. She is an active member of the Boston Critique Group and works out of her home in Brighton, MA.
Whether through play or humor, to blend in or stand out, out of empathy or solidarity, through ritual or performance, out of insecurity or fear, or for countless other reasons, we sometimes feel the urge to hide, mask, or alter all or parts of ourselves or others. When we do this, new truths can be revealed.
CURATED BY:
Mara Brod
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, August 7, 2015 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
August 7– 29, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday-Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
| Nancy Anderson Martha Chason-Sokol Kristen Crouch Holly Curcio Rebecca M. Fullerton Catherine Graffam Dylan Hurwitz Elizabeth Ireland Kathryn Jill Johnson Anne Johnstone Hwahyun Kim Lyle Kleinhans |
Shelley Kommers Amy K. Lewis Ryan Lewis Stephanie Marcus Kevin McCoy Hye Ryung Na Kyle Nobles Andrew Ortiz Fran Osborn Blaschke Judith Prager Kenneth Reker Leslie Robison |
Mark Roemisch Kathleen Rogers Carol Scavotto Cory Shea Christina Tedesco Andrew Warren Sarah Wentworth Kate Wildman Harry Yu Nazanin Zadmehr
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ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Mara Brod is a Boston-based curator and photographer. She is a graduate of the New England School of Photography and is an active member of the Somerville arts community, most notably as the curator the Somerville Open Studios Artists’ Choice Exhibition for the past 10 years. She can often be found wandering the side streets of Somerville and surrounding towns with her Holga camera in hand.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, October 4, 2015; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Michael Ahern, Garth Amundson / Pierre Gour, Anthony Astone, Campbell Forbes, Adam Forguites, Gini Holmes, Julia Kwon, Mario Paoli /S.VID, Travis Patterson, Ken Reker, Gem Beila Rosenberg, Gabriel Sosa, Tucker Stilley, Donn Young
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, October 9, 2015; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Karen Gutfreund and Sherri Cornett of Gutfreund Cornett Art
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Elaine Alibrandi, Lorraine Bonner, Tyrone Brown-Osborne, Bunny California, Michele Colburn,Debra Dobkins, Pamela Dodds, Sally Edelstein, Christine Giancola, Lidia Hasenauer, Heide Hatry,Maggy Hiltner, Cheryl Hirshman,Barry Jones, Karen Joy, Marky Kauffmann, Dante Kirkman, Beth Lakamp, Jacalyn Lopez Garcia, Elaine Luther, Penny Mateer, Lilianne Milgrom, Marie Noorani,Priscilla Otani, Trix Rosen, Irina Sheynfeld, Mary Shisler, Robin Shores, Marlene Siff, Karl Stephan, Jennifer Weigel and Tina Ybarra.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, October 9, 2015; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ABOUT:
2015 marks the 10th anniversary of the HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands in Somerville. Several thousand musicians have participated, in bands coming from around the neighborhood and around the world. As a testament to the festival’s popularity and growth, kindred festivals have sprung up — in Austin, Seattle, Detroit, Providence, New York City, and in 2015 for the first time HONK!Oz in Australia and HONK!Rio in Brazil. In statements, photographs and posters, this exhibit will describe HONK! AROUND THE WORLD.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 18, 2015; 4:00 pm-5:00 pm (reception to follow)
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Readings by Nicole Terez Dutton, named earlier this year as Somerville’s first Poet Laureate. Her collection of poems, If One Of Us Should Fall, won the 2011 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and was reviewed: “every poem is unsettling in that delicious way that changes and challenges the reader.” Nicole Terez Dutton lives in Somerville and teaches in the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program.
This event is part of the Learn to Talk social justice series hosted by the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in partnership with the Nave Gallery, and is part of the Embracing Differences: Mending the Isms and the Schisms art exhibition.
Once a year, the Nave Gallery collaborates with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church to create a social justice gallery show, underscoring the assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 25, 2015; 5:00 pm community reception, presentation 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Visiting from Ferguson, Missouri, Rev. Michael Trautman of First Presbyterian Church in Ferguson will share about the work of “One Ferguson”, a diverse gathering of people and organizations dedicated to re-creating the Ferguson community through “citizen engagement, empowerment, and accountability (oneferugson.com). And from here in Boston, Rev. Laura Ahart of the United Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain will share about ministries at the Nashua Street Jail, her church, and the work of the Criminal Justice Committee for the Black Ministerial Alliance in Boston (bmaboston.org). Both will engage each other and the audience about religious groups responding to race and injustice in our communities. Douglas S. Kress, Director of Health and Human Services for the City of Somerville, will also be present on October 25th to share information about Somerville’s efforts to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
This event is part of the Learn to Talk social justice series hosted by the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in partnership with the Nave Gallery, and is part of the Embracing Differences: Mending the Isms and the Schisms art exhibition.
Once a year, the Nave Gallery collaborates with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church to create a social justice gallery show, underscoring the assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 7, 2015 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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FEATURED ARTIST:
Gary Duehr
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Gary Duehr is a Somerville artist who has been chosen as a Best Emerging Artist in New England by the International Association of Art Critics, and he has received an Artist Grant in photography from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. His work has been featured in museums and galleries including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; MOMA PS 1, New York, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, as well as exhibitions in Tokyo, Venice, London and beyond.
The Last Saints of Somerville is an expansion upon Duehr’s 1998′s photo survey of Somerville’s religious statues, which was funded by the LEF Foundation and which culminatated in an exhibition at the Somerville Library.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 14, 2015; 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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Please note: The City of Somerville has kindly lifted resident permit parking restrictions near the gallery during the reception hours. All other parking restrictions must be followed.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Jamie Andrade, SaraMarie Bottaro, Sage Brousseau, Perry Carter, Jenna DeLuca, Ariel DiOrio and Rebecca Hsieh, Hannah Earley, Shoshanna Ehrlich, Noelle Fiori, Jessica Gaddis, Abigail Gallagher, Robin Hackett, Dena Haden, Lauren Hayes, Heeren, Sara Higger, Helena Hsieh, Jennifer Koch, Cassandra Klos, Kate Lenahan, Jessica Liggero, Brittany Marcoux and Diana Jean Puglisi, Elizabeth Menges, Shelby Wynne Richardson, Carly Roy, Ruth T. Segaloff, Krista Stanowicz, Tania Vasconcelos, Anne Sommers Welch, Sandrea Lovelock Williams
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, November 22, 2015 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Kathy Desmond
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Elaine Alibrandi, Adam Berk, Resa Blatman, Sarah Cecil, Reenie Charrière, Stacey Cushner, Liz Ensz, Adam Farcus, Dan Farnum, Scott Francoeur, Bruce Hooke, Alison Horvitz, Liz Johnson, Linda Klein, Colleen Pearce, Jeff Rich, John Ruggieri, Jane Sherrill, Kaitlin Thurlow, Raphael Warshaw, Jennifer Weigel
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, December 5, 2015; 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Christina Balch, Victoria Marie Barquin, Sally Chapman, Mira Dayal, Chloë Feldman Emison, Crystal Johnson, Brittany Synott Johnston, Boriana Kantcheva, Ali Keller, Catherine Kirsch, Alexis Carter Kochka, Jessica L’Abbe, Colleen Mann, Sarah May, Ashley Normal, Jill O’Rourke, Joni Sullivan, Natalie Titone, Stephanie Todhunter, Danielle Tolson, Meg Turner
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. This September, the third annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) will take place at the Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex and Washington Street Gallery, 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.
JURIED BY:
Aline Smithson
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, September 13; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
September 12-27, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square) , 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
| Aoife Austin Chuck Baker Rachel Bedet Saul Blumenthal Maura Brennan Valentine Connie Conway David A. Cory Julia Curl Petra Davis Geoff Delanoy Janice Eardley Andrew Eckel Lane Epps Diane Fenster |
Bill Franson Beth Lundell Garver Lorraine Healy Katherine Heck Ryan Hoover Katherine Hurxthal Samantha Johnston Jessica Lamarre Lisa Lindamood David Lykes Keenan Robert Marsters Sheila McKinney Karen Molloy |
nee Erin O’Donnell A. Y. Ohashi Danielle Owensby Brian Postlewaite Kay Ramming Amy Temple Jonathan Trundle Christy Utter Kristin L. Ware Mike Yoder James Zall Michael Zeis |
Full festival schedule and details at: http://www.somervilletoycamera.org/
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. This September, the third annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) will take place at the Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex and Washington Street Art Center, 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.
JURIED BY:
Aline Smithson
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, September 10; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
September 10-27, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday-Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
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DEADLINE:
August 1, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 7-28, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Yosra Emamizadeh, Vanessa Marcoux, and Cory Munro Shea
Following in the footsteps of women’s rights leaders, activists, and makers, today’s female artists are reclaiming feminism, reclaiming domesticity, and reclaiming their role as makers and creators. Through art, women are reclaiming their powerful place in society.
The Nave Gallery in Somerville, MA, invites female artists who have been making work professionally or as a student for less than 10 years to submit their work to Reclamation, an exhibition that surveys the work of the emerging talent of women artists in New England. The exhibition examines the themes, narratives and perspectives that make artwork by women unique and powerful.
GUIDELINES:
– 2-D and 3-D work in all mediums as well as small mixed media installations will be considered
– Artists considered for the show must be female, living in New England, and making work professionally or as a student for less than 10 years
– A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through August 1, 2015. Artists will be notified via email by September 1, 2015 if their work has been accepted
– Artist are responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Accepted artists are responsible for the framing and presentation of their work. All wall mounted work must be wired for hanging. Pedestals for 3-D work will be provided
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to reclamationexhibit2015@gmail.com
– Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name. Example: Kahlo_1.jpg, Kahlo_2.jpg etc.
– Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, dimensions, media, and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement. Please be sure to note in your bio or statement that you meet the curators requirements for an ‘emerging artist’
-Indicate how you heard about the call
Submission Fee
-There is a $15 entry fee, payable to the Nave Gallery through Paypal here. Please include “RECLAMATION” in the memo.
Upon Acceptance
– Accepted pieces should be ready to deliver and ready to install (i.e. framed, wired, etc) and delivered to the Nave Gallery located in Teele Square (155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA) late October 2015
– The curators reserve the right to photograph accepted works for publicity and educational purposes
– The curators may use images of your work to promote the show, in print, publication, or on social media
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entry: August 1, 2015
Notification: September 1, 2015
Exhibition dates: November 7 – 28, 2015
Opening reception: November 14, 6-8pm
Artist talk: November 28, 3-6pm
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Yosra Emamizadeh recently earned a Master’s degree in museum studies from the Harvard Extension School. She studied classical art at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. She participated in several group exhibitions, and in 2014 coordinated the New Members Show at the Cambridge Art Association.
Vanessa Marcoux holds a BFA in photography from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and is currently completing a master’s degree in museum studies at the Harvard Extension School. She has coordinated exhibitions at numerous galleries and arts organizations throughout New England and the Southwest, including the 2013 show at the Nave Gallery, You Are Here: Maps and Art.
Cory Munro Shea is a working artist from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her artwork has appeared in several galleries in the New England area. Shea is currently the assistant director of the Cambridge Art Association, a non profit visual arts gallery and organization, and is enrolled in Boston University’s Art Administration program. She is expected to graduate with her master’s in 2016.
Mass surveillance may be as insidious and persistent as white noise, and the current cultural conditions have conspired to lull us into the hum. However, at the core we intuit that being part of any act of observation, whether observing or being observed, somehow changes us. And depending on the nature of the observation, the effects can be profound. The act of survey has the potential for connection building; the act of surveillance that of intrusion. Yet through each process we wonder: Who is framing our information? Who is telling the story? And to what end?
Guide the conversation: Take the privacy questionnaire
CURATED BY:
Arlinda Shtuni
EXHIBITION DATES:
June 26–July 25, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, June 26, 2015 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Live Concert with selections from the NSA Listening Party album; 8:00 pm -10:00 pm
Featuring: Charity Case, Hollands, Dave Lippman and others
PRIVACY SALON:
Friday, July 10; 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
With readings from Privacy Policy: The Anthology of Surveillance Poetics
Featuring: Andrew Ridker (editor), Dan Chelotti and Stephen Burt
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Nataliya Bregel, Adina Bricklin, Gary Duehr, Julia Dunham, Hasan Elahi, Karen Eliot, Andrew Hammerand, Jonathan McFadden, Simon Menner, Anders Midtgaard, Ted Ollier, Carlos Rene Pacheco, Larry Poole, Scott Patrick Wiener, Amanda Wild
Artists were invited to submit works around themes of social, cultural, economic, human rights, women’s rights, political and social justice activism that combine visual art with music in order to tell a more compelling story and, by doing so, affirm the many bonds between sight and sound. Artists were asked to choose a song to which to pair their art – a song that is directly linked to the theme of the work, a song that inspired the work or that was played as part of the artistic process. Songs will be accessed via QR Codes on the wall statements.
CURATED BY:
Karen Gutfreund and Sherri Cornett of Gutfreund Cornett Art
EXHIBITION DATES:
October 9-31, 2015
Held in conjunction with HONK! AROUND THE WORLD, an exhibition of statements, photographs and posters from HONK! festivals worldwide.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, October 9, 2015; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
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GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday-Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Elaine Alibrandi, Lorraine Bonner, Tyrone Brown-Osborne, Bunny California, Michele Colburn, Debra Dobkins, Pamela Dodds, Sally Edelstein, Christine Giancola, Lidia Hasenauer, Heide Hatry, Maggy Hiltner, Cheryl Hirshman,Barry Jones, Karen Joy, Marky Kauffmann, Dante Kirkman, Beth Lakamp, Jacalyn Lopez Garcia, Elaine Luther, Penny Mateer, Lilianne Milgrom, Marie Noorani,Priscilla Otani, Trix Rosen, Irina Sheynfeld, Mary Shisler, Robin Shores, Marlene Siff, Karl Stephan, Jennifer Weigel and Tina Ybarra.
BEST OF SHOW AWARDS :
Scapegoat, Lorraine Bonner; awarded by Cecily Miller
Sueños del Norte, Jacalyn Lopez Garcia; awarded by Mary Curtain
Everything, Nothing, Jennifer Weigel; awarded by Susan Berstler
Additional exhibition details can be found here
2015 marks the 10th anniversary of the HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands in Somerville. Several thousand musicians have participated, in bands coming from around the neighborhood and around the world. As a testament to the festival’s popularity and growth, kindred festivals have sprung up — in Austin, Seattle, Detroit, Providence, New York City, and in 2015 for the first time HONK!Oz in Australia and HONK!Rio in Brazil. In statements, photographs, posters and memorabilia, this exhibit will describe HONK! AROUND THE WORLD.
EXHIBITION DATES:
October 8-31, 2015
Held in conjunction with Visaural: Sight, Sound and Action
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, October 9, 2015; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday-Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
HackCycle celebrates recycled art of the 21st century, examining the transformation of bits, bytes, cruft, e-waste, circuits, doodads, odds & ends and more into objects of art.
CURATED BY:
Melissa Glick
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, June 11, 2015; 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
June 11-July 12, 2015
Closed Fourth of July weekend: July 4-5, 2015
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
HACKCYCLE WORKSHOP:
Sunday, June 28; 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
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ARTISTS:
Kasey Davis Appleman, Cortney Leigh Cox, Miles Donovan,Melissa Glick, Rachel Green, Carl and Sylvana Gruesz, Alan Kilian, Jacob LaRocca, Eric D. Legacy, Petrea Noyes, Tristan Roland, Alan Roman, Jo Sandman, Ruth Segaloff
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Melissa Glick is a Boston-based artist and teacher who finds beauty in unexpected places. She creates dynamic compositions with abstract elements and bold colors by combining disassembled computer parts with appropriated imagery and personal relics. In addition to her work being fun and eye catching it address the environmental impact of our technological lifestyle and our emotional attachments to the “things” that represent and validate who we are. Melissa works out of the Artisan’s Asylum and is a proponent of the Maker Movement and the democratization of production. She has a Masters in Art Education from Mass College of Art and a BA from SUNY Purchase and has run educational programs at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Boston Ballet, Museum of Fine Arts, Watertown Arsenal Center for the Arts, Parts & Crafts and at various community events. View her work at www.melissasglick.com
DEADLINE:
Sunday, September 15, 2019
EXHIBITION DATES
November 2 – December 22, 2019
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
JURIED BY:
Gabriel Sosa, an artist, linguist, curator, and educator committed to social justice.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
The Nave Gallery, in partnership with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition Crossing the Line: Refugees in Search of Sanctuary.
This call asks artists to share work created in response to today’s global refugee and immigrant crises, the greatest since the end of World War II. Crossing the Line: In Search of Sanctuary seeks art that explores stories behind the millions of displaced persons on either a macro or micro level. Work may be built upon representations of the past, images of the present, or the journeys in between.
All mediums will be considered, including installation and performance art.
Open to local, national, and international artists.
HOW TO APPLY:
– There is a $15 entry fee, payable to the Nave Gallery through Paypal here. Please include “Sanctuary” in the memo
– Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to crazemilanesi@gmail.com
– Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name. Example: Kahlo_1.jpg, Kahlo_2.jpg etc.
– Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, dimensions, media, and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
– Indicate how you heard about the call
REQUIREMENTS:
– Exhibition is open to 2D and 3D artwork. Installation work will be considered, please specify in the submission form how it will be installed
– If selected, artwork must be delivered and ready to install between September 15-Oct. 1
– Artists are responsible for all costs associated with shipping work to and from the gallery
– Artwork must fit through a standard 32” door (or be able to be broken down to fit)
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission on art sold to be donated to the Somerville Welcome Project
LEARN TO TALK SERIES:
Once a year, the Nave Gallery collaborates with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (CHPC) to create a social justice gallery show, underscoring the assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.
This exhibition will be part of the Learn to Talk Social Justice Series and will include additional programming led by the CHPC. These events are designed to further highlight issues tied to themes of refuge and sanctuary.
CALENDAR:
• Deadline for entries: Sunday, September 15, 2019
• Notification: Friday, September 20, 2019
• Artwork drop off/Installation: Friday, October 25, 2019
• Exhibition dates: November 2 – December 22, 2019
• Artists Reception: TBA
ABOUT THE JUROR:
Gabriel Sosa is an artist, linguist, curator, and researcher based in Boston, Massachusetts. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, he is a graduate of New World School of the Arts, Boston University, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Using various media including drawing, video, sound, and installation, he interrogates his experiences as a court interpreter and a Cuban-American in an exploration of language, translation, memory, and the synthesis of fact and fiction.
DEADLINE:
September 8, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES
October 4-31, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Claire Roll, Craig Milanesi
Is inequality the defining issue of our time? How does injustice show its face in our community? What impossible heights can we achieve as a society by embracing difference as strength? Racism, sexism and economic inequality are still systemic and deeply personal in America today, both influencing and influenced by global inequities. What does it take to mend the things that divide us? How do we let in the light?
The Nave Gallery seeks submissions that express an appreciation of the complexities of our differences, expose societies isms / schisms and reflects the dreams for peace with justice in this world. We will consider works in the following media: painting, sculpture, photography, digital, mixed media, installation and performance as well as film and video.
GUIDELINES:
– $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
– A maximum of five pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through September 8, 2015
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Send up to five artwork submissions as .jpg files to info@navegallery.org.
-Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Embracing” in the note field
– Please indicate where you learned of the call
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located in Teele Square (155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: September 8, 2015
Notification: September 15, 2015
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: October 4 – 31, 2015
Opening Reception: October 4, 2015; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
Once a year, the Nave Gallery collaborates with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church to create a social justice gallery show, underscoring the assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action. The exhibition will be part of the Learn to Talk Social Justice Series organized by the CHPC from September through November, including opportunities for action, education and reflection. More information will be available in June at http://www.clarendonhillchurch.org
To promote the Nave Gallery’s Wrap Around Project and the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition, we are yarn storming trees in Powderhouse Park in Somerville. Each tree will have a social justice theme and an individual color scheme.
Inspired by mosaic, The Caring Forest is based on the construction of the pieces on multiples of 4” (4”x4”; 4”x8”; 8”x16”; etc). We need squares and rectangles of all kinds: plain and elaborate. Acrylic yarn is the best material and we need the following colors:
-Black (with blues in it if possible)
-Oranges
-Reds
-Browns
-Pinks
-Creams
-Tans
The work will be installed in September and October , with the intent that falling leaves will make it more visible it as the fall progresses.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
October 10, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 26, 2015-January 2, 2016
LOCATION:
Powderhouse Park, Somerville
ORGANIZED BY:
Jen Fuchel, Sandy McDonald, Alice Sajdera
THEMES & COLOR SCHEMES:
Theme: Food security (We DO NOT need more of these)
Color scheme: Purples, Greens, Creams, Tans
Theme: Education (We especially need lots of black pieces with blue in it)
Color scheme: Blues and Black
Theme: Housing
Color scheme: Oranges, Reds and Browns
Theme: Community
Color scheme: Browns, Pinks, Creams, Tans
DROP OFF OR MAIL CONTRIBUTIONS TO:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square)
53 Chester Street
Somerville, MA 02144
Note: Items can be dropped off at any time in the basket in the vestibule
CONTACT:
Email info@navegallery.org with any questions.
What do the spaces we occupy and belongings we possess reveal about us? How can personal objects and places elicit emotional responses from those unfamiliar with them?
Through observation, cataloging of space, reconstruction of object and artifact, and reflections of memory the work of Kate Benson, Carolyn Latourelle & Emily Manning-Mingle each weaves a distinct personal narrative while hoping to form a bridge to a collective experience for viewers.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, August 6, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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ARTIST TALK:
Thursday, August 13; 6:00pm-8:30pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 1 – 22, 2015
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays, 1:00pm-5:00pm
Thursdays, 5:30pm – 8:30pm
ARTISTS:
Kate Benson, Carolyn Latourelle and Emily Manning-Mingle
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Kate Benson holds a MFA in sculpture from Boston University and has participated in various exhibitions in the Boston area including Boston Young Contemporaries, Arches Biennial Student Print Show and The Dollhouse Show. She resides in Somerville and has a studio in
West Concord, MA.
Carolyn Latourelle holds a MFA in visual arts from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. She has participated in various exhibitions nationally including The Sketchbook Project, Body Language and her solo exhibition Space & Place at the Cultural Arts Alliance in Hopkinton. She lives and works in Brighton, MA.
Emily Manning-Mingle holds a BFA in painting and an MA in studio teaching from Boston University. She has exhibited her work in Massachusetts, New York, and Italy. She has received several awards, including the Constantin Alajalov Scholarship and the Foundation for an Open America Painting Award. She is an active member of the Boston Critique Group and works out of her home in Brighton, MA.
Is inequality the defining issue of our time? How does injustice show its face in our community? What impossible heights can we achieve as a society by embracing difference as strength? Racism, sexism and economic inequality are still systemic and deeply personal in America today, both influencing and influenced by global inequities. What does it take to mend the things that divide us? How do we let in the light?
CURATED BY:
Claire Roll, Craig Milanesi
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, October 4, 2015; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
October 4-31, 2015
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Michael Ahern, Garth Amundson / Pierre Gour, Anthony Astone, Campbell Forbes, Adam Forguites, Gini Holmes, Julia Kwon, Mario Paoli /S.VID, Travis Patterson, Ken Reker, Gem Beila Rosenberg, Gabriel Sosa, Tucker Stilley, Donn Young
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Poetry Reading by Somerville Poet Laureate Nicole Terez Dutton
Sunday, October 18, 2015; 4:00 pm-5:00 pm (reception to follow)
“Learning to Talk in Ferguson and Boston: Critical conversations among faith communities”
Sunday, October 25, 2015; 5:00 pm community reception, presentation 5:30 – 7:00
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
Once a year, the Nave Gallery collaborates with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church to create a social justice gallery show, underscoring the assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action. The exhibition will be part of the Learn to Talk Social Justice Series organized by the CHPC from September through November, including opportunities for action, education and reflection.
The buzz of bees, the chirping of birds, vibrantly colored flowers, and green tender shoots pushing up from barren ground are dreamed of promises during these cold winter months. Rest assured, spring will come again, and with it:
Pollination!
Brush up on bee lore, botanical illustration, nest building techniques, avian husbandry, honey hunting or ornithological sleights of hand. What might it all mean? Waggle dances? Colony Collapse disorder?
BUT then again-
Maybe it’s all just about LOVE, SWEET LOVE!
CURATED BY:
Annie Silverman
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 17; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
April 17-May 10, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00-8:00 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
Extended hours during Somerville Open Studios
Friday, May 1: 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Saturday, May 2: 12:00 pm-8:00 pm
Sunday, May 3: 12:00 pm-6:00 pm
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Book Talk and Signing with Rosamond Purcell
Wednesday, April 29, 2015; 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Admission: Free
Honey Tasting
Friday, May 1; 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Hosted by: Caneen Canning, Honey sommelier from Follow the Honey
Admission: Free
ARTISTS:
Erika Adams, Victoria Arons, Susan Arthur, Jim Baab, Resa Blatman, Neil Brigham, Christine Collins, Lizzy Dargie, Barbara Fletcher, Blair Folts, Matt Forrest, Ania Gilmore, Mary Goldthwaite-Gagne, Cynthia James, Julie Lapping Rivera, Robert J. Long, Maz Mahjoobi, Ralph Mercer, Elise Joy Nyenhuis, Lynn Peterfreund, Rosamond Purcell, Sarah Shallbetter, Mark Addison Smith, Miranda Vitello, Evan Voelbel
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Annie Silverman is a printmaker, book artist and urban beekeeper. She is the proprietor of ABRAZOS PRESS, a teaching and professional print shop in Somerville, MA. She has been a part-time teacher at Mass College of Art and Design in Boston for over 20 years. Annie has been working with imagery concerning birds and bees since 2007. Her print and wire installation: VANISHING POLLINATORS, about bees and hummingbirds, has been exhibited at Brickbottom Artist Gallery in Somerville, The Boston Public Library, and at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA. Annie is also an avid urban gardener, and was Somerville Artist of the Month in September 2013. Her artist books and prints have been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently in Naples, Italy, Utrecht, Holland, and Peterborough, NH.
DEADLINE:
October 15, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 22, 2015 – January 9, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Kathy Desmond
With recent predictions for a significant El Niño this season, questions and concerns are raised that investigate the tenuous balance between humanity and the natural environment.
The Nave Gallery Annex seeks submissions that address a range of environmental issues including: conservation of “place”, sustainability of ecosystems, and topics related to global warming. Work that explores a variety of approaches, such as aesthetic expression of the sublime, activist design, documentary exploration, and/or choice of “harvested” materials will be considered.
Artists of all media are welcome to apply.
GUIDELINES:
– $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
– A maximum of five pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through October 15, 2015
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Send up to five artwork submissions as .jpg files to info@navegallery.org.
-Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Predictions” in the note field
– Please indicate where you learned of the call
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: October 15, 2015
Notification: October 22, 2015
Artwork drop off: November 15, 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Exhibition dates: November 22, 2015 – January 9, 2016
Opening Reception: November 22; 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Kathy Desmond exhibits her work internationally and nationally in venues such as: the Lönnström Art Museum in Finland and the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, the Alternative Museum (New York), The Creative Arts Workshop (New Haven), Tufts University, The Nave Gallery and The Windows Art Project/Somerville Arts Council (Somerville, MA) among others. In addition, her video portraits have been screened at the DoubleTake/Full Frame Film Festival, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, and CineWomen NY. Her work is in the collections of The Lönnström Art Museum (Finland) and Electronic Arts Intermix. She has been an artist-in-residence at organizations including the American Academy in Rome and the Vermont Studio Center. Desmond holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy, Aesthetics and Art Theory from the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, an M.F.A. in Studio for Interrelated Media from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, a B.F.A. in Sculpture from Kansas City Art Institute and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. She is a professor of visual communications and studio art at Endicott College.
DEADLINE:
Sunday, June 19, 2016
EXHIBITION DATES:
July 7-August 7, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Brett Henrikson
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition, Mirror with a Memory: Alternative Process Photography in the 21st Century.
Mirror with a Memory is a show of works by the artists and craftsman who had taken back the chemical and physical qualities of the photographic medium. Photography as a medium has always been driven by the needs of the consumer, pushing companies to change to the medium to make their products faster, cheaper & easier. These changes were rarely dictated by the wants or demands of the artist, but for monetary concerns. Since the rise of digital imaging there has been a push back from a new generation of photographers that seek a tangible object; something that can be held, touched & treasured. We live in a flood of imagery, from Instagram feeds to Facebook, and most of us have come to fully embrace our cellphone screens as our primary means of grasping at the fleeting image; pressing “like” and letting it pass us by. These immaterial encounters with the digital have changed fine art photography for better or worse; the medium has shifted our consciousness from the print and to the screen. Never more has the physical photographic object stood out from the rest of the medium and declared itself art. Mirror with a Memory is a half juried, half curated show that will feature the works of not only established artists in the field but emerging ones as well.
We invite you to share your works with us.
All works with an alternative photographic component may be entered into the show including, but not limited to: Wet Plate Collodion, Experimental C-Prints, Manipulated Polaroids, Cyanotype, Vandyke, Albumen, Platinum, Digital-Alt Hybrid, 3D Works, Salt Prints, Encaustic, Experimental Silver Prints, ect.. If there are questions as to what constitutes “Alt Process” in the context of this show feel free to drop us a line.
GUIDELINES:
– $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
– A maximum of five pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through June 19, 2016
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Send up to five artwork submissions as .jpg files to info@navegallery.org.
-Each .jpg should be 2200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Alt Process” in the note field
– Please indicate where you learned of the call
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Sunday, June 19, 2016
Notification: Thursday, June 23, 2016
Artwork drop-off: TBA
Exhibition dates: July 7-August 7, 2016
Opening reception: Thursday, July 7, 2016
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Brett Henrikson is an Artist-Photographer working in Providence Rhode Island. Brett graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011 and is based strongly in the craft and alchemy of the process. He believes that the hands on aspects of working in the darkroom and large format gives the artist a real sense of physical creation over their work. Photographic processes are his hammer and chisel, as he approaches the world and uses visual language to understand and reinterpret being. His main body of work “Chaotic Forms” uses the physicality of the photographic object in a new and unconventional way, as he creates large collodion contact prints from multiple cut geometric glass negatives. Henrikson has shown his work in galleries nationally as well as given numerous wet plate collodion demonstrations at institutions like RISD, AS220, the New England Archivist Symposium and the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio.
DEADLINE:
Sunday, September 18, 2016
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 10-December 18, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Boriana Kantcheva and Micah Eglinton-Woods
Fairy tales have endured the test of time. For hundreds of years they have entertained, taught difficult lessons, led us in dark and mysterious places and brought us home again. Have you asked yourself why?
Fairy tales, myths, legends, and folk tales, are often the inspiration for contemporary works of literature, film, and art. They continue to fascinate and charm audiences of all ages. Archetypes and traditional story telling can become a vehicle to explore and address a myriad of issues specific to life of today. The narrative structure of these writings provide the framework to explore issues like personal history, identity, gender politics, human nature, and many other topics.
To facilitate public engagement, the curators will produce a catalog and a public event. The catalog will contain all works selected for the show and artists statements or bios. The public event will be a writing workshop and story share led by a local writer.
We invite artists to submit work that uses fairy tales, myths, legends, or folk tales as a point of reference or departure. Work that is loosely based on a particular tale, legend, or myth, or conveys the sense of magic, danger, and humor found in these stories is eligible.
All 2D and 3D media will be considered. Small, site-specific installations, video work, and performance are encouraged. Artists submitting video will be required to provide their own equipment. Submitting artists will pay a $15 fee as suggested by Nave Gallery.
GUIDELINES:
– There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Fairy Tales” in the note field
– A maximum of three pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through September 18, 2016
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Artists are responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
– Send up to three artwork submissions to woodsentries@gmail.com
– 2D and 3D works should be submitted as .jpeg images
– Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
– Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year
– Video works can be submitted via link to youtube, vimeo, or a similar platform
– Installation and performance proposals should be no longer then 2 pages. Accompanying images or videos that further illustrate your idea are welcome
– Submissions should be accompanied by an artists statement or bio for use in the catalog
– There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Fairy tales” in the note field
– Please indicate where you learned of the call
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Sunday, September 18, 2016
Notification: Monday, September 26th, 2016
Artwork drop-off: TBA
Exhibition dates: November 10-December 18, 2016
Opening reception: TBA
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Boriana Kantcheva, originally from Bulgaria, has lived and worked in the Boston area for over 17 years. She has received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and an MFA from School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University joint degree Program. She has worked as an assistant teacher at the Carpenter Center for Visual and Environmental Studies in Cambridge where she has received several Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in teaching awards. She currently works as a gallery coordinator for Chandler Gallery at Maud Morgan Arts Center in Cambridge.Boriana is a member of Bromfield Gallery.
Micah Eglinton-Woods is a designer and aspiring curator. Micah graduated from Montserrat College of Art in 2007 with degrees in Illustration and Art History. Her curatorial practice focuses on socially engaged art. She sees the arts as a vehicle for positive change through the amplification of marginalized voices.
DEADLINE:
Saturday, October 15, 2016
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 19-December 18, 2016
Closed Thanksgiving weekend Nov. 26-27
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler and Jesa Damora
This call seeks work of all subject matter presented in a box or container. The enclosure may be open or closed and/or in some cases interactive. Assemblage is encouraged; however, all 2D and 3D media as well as video will be considered.
The exhibition investigates how the form of the box—conceptually or materially—impacts the content or presentation of the artwork. Themes may include:
• Formal
• Precious
• Secret
• Imprisoned
• Constrained
• Unknown
• Discovered
• Portability
Work must be no larger than 24”x24” and be delivered either able to be hung or presented on a pedestal.
GUIDELINES:
-There is a $15 entry fee payable through Paypal. Please include “boXed” in the note field.
-A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration
-Submissions will be accepted through October 15, 2016
-The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
-Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org
2D and 3D works should be submitted as .jpg images
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your .jpg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement. Please indicate where you learned of the call.
Video works can be submitted via link to YouTube, Vimeo, or a similar platform
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Please include “boXed” in the memo.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located in Teele Square (155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Saturday, October 15, 2016
Notification: TBD
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: November 19-December 18, 2016
(Closed Thanksgiving weekend Nov. 26-27)
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 19; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Susan Berstler works as a visual artist, curator and arts producer. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally including in Germany, the Czech Republic, Scotland and Canada. She has been instrumental in starting a wide variety of arts projects in her home town of Somerville, MA including the Windows Art Project, Project MUM, the Phone Art Box Project, and the SqueezeBox Slam. One of her main interests is in transformative events and media, especially in the realm of public art.
Jesa Damora runs FunnelCake Marketing, an arts marketing and business development consulting firm, out of Somerville’s Artisan’s Asylum. Her consulting clients include painters, conceptual artists, street artists, metal workers, ceramicists, jewelers, musicians and inventors. She provides arts event development and execution (TED talks, Somerville Open Studios), offers curation services, and develops publicity and PR campaigns.
Jesa is also an artist with work in public, private and corporate collections. As an architect, she ran a consortium sponsored by the US Department of Energy, where she developed alliances, planned and managed events, and waded deep into major grant writing. She is published writer and editor, and a graduate of Harvard University.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 17; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Erika Adams, Victoria Arons, Susan Arthur, Jim Baab, Resa Blatman, Neil Brigham, Christine Collins, Lizzy Dargie, Grant Figura, Barbara Fletcher, Blair Folts, Matt Forrest, Ania Gilmore, Mary Goldthwaite-Gagne, Cynthia James, Julie Lapping Rivera, Robert J. Long, Maz Mahjoobi, Ralph Mercer, Elise Joy Nyenhuis, Lynn Peterfreund, Sarah Shallbetter, Mark Addison Smith, Miranda Vitello, Evan Voelbel, Rebecca Volynsky
RECEPTION:
Thursday, April 23, 2015; 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Squarehouse Studios, a Somerville based interior design firm, invites the community to join in celebrating their official launch. Mary Flo Ouellette and Steve Santosuosso of Squarehouse Studios are excited to make this introduction to the neighborhood and to thank clients, contacts and friends for their support. Heading Home, the Boston
non-profit organization that provides transitional housing assistance for low income families, will also be joining the festivities. A partner charity of the firm, they will be in attendance to talk about the wonderful work they are doing in the community.
Join us for beer, wine, and light refreshments as well a small raffle benefiting Heading Home.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 24, 2015 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Lee W. Badger, JB Bond, Colin M. Buckley, Sharon Freed, Colin Galbraith, Abi A. Gonzales, Gretchen Greene, Liz Helfer, Doug Johnson, Paul Kroner, David Lang, Eric D. Legacy, Barbara Marder, Laurie Marshall, Ted Ollier, Kamil Peters, Coleman Rogers, Daniel Sinclair, Skunk, Theresa St. Romain, Steve Syverson, Melissa J. Tyson
DEADLINE:
March 23, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 24-May 31, 2015
Closed Memorial Day Weekend: May 23-24, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
William Turville and Ecco Pierce
The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the juried exhibition: Metal and Fire: The Children of Vulcan.
Vulcan, the Roman God of fire and metalwork ushered humanity along a blazing path to civilization. From body ornaments and tools, to weaponry and currency, metal and metal workers have shaped an enhanced out lives throughout time. Even today, there are those who still work alongside the heat of the forge, covered in sparkling dust, and breathing in noxious fumes that help shape our world.
Within the language of heat and chemistry let metal and its fiery transformation take center stage in the alchemy of creation.
CALL FOR WORK:
This is a process oriented exhibition. Works of sculpture, jewelry, video, photography, and small metals are welcome, and will be exhibited along with techniques, tools and descriptions of procedures in the metalworking process that aided in the creation of the works.
Additionally, we welcome proposals for performance art or events.
GUIDELINES:
– $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
– A maximum of three pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through March 23, 2015
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info@navegallery.org.
-Each .jpg should be a minimum of 4×6” at 300 dpi. Label images as “NAME_#.jpg” where NAME is your last name and # is the submission number
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
-Indicate how you heard about the call
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Vulcans” in the memo
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located in The Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church outside Teele Sq (155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
Vulcan, the Roman God of fire and metalwork ushered humanity along a blazing path to civilization. From body ornaments and tools, to weaponry and currency, metal and metal workers have shaped an enhanced out lives throughout time. Even today, there are those who still work alongside the heat of the forge, covered in sparkling dust, and breathing in noxious fumes that help shape our world.
Within the language of heat and chemistry, let metal and its fiery transformation take center stage in the alchemy of creation.
CURATED BY:
William Turville and Ecco Pierce
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 24, 2015; 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 24- May 31, 2015
Closed Memorial Day Weekend: May 23-24, 2015
Extended hours during Somerville Open Studios
Friday, May 1: 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Saturday, May 2: 12:00 pm-8:00 pm
Sunday, May 3: 12:00 pm-6:00 pm
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Lee W. Badger, JB Bond, Colin M. Buckley, Karen Burke, Michael Dewberry, Sharon Freed, Colin Galbraith, Abi A. Gonzales, Gretchen Greene, Liz Helfer, Doug Johnson, Paul Kroner, David Lang, Eric D. Legacy, Barbara Marder, Laurie Marshall, Ted Ollier, Kamil Peters, Ecco Pierce, Coleman Rogers, Daniel Sinclair, Skunk, Theresa St. Romain, Steve Syverson, William Turville
Like art, food is a visual, sensory and social experience. Flavors and textures, aromas and taste are all elements that can be explored through artwork. Culture, memories and health are just some themes that can be viewed through the lens of food. Bite is an exploration of art made with food and about food.
CURATED BY:
Tori Costa and Sandy McDonald
CLOSING RECEPTION & FOOD DRIVE:
Saturday, March 14, 2015; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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Please note: We will be collecting food and toiletries donations to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition’s Project Soup. A full list of needs can be found here
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
| Alice Abrams Jim Baab Zeren Badar Freedom Baird Heather Balchunas Rob Bellinger Nadine Boughton Sage Brousseau Cuisine+Colour Mira Dayal Joseph DeMonaco Russell duPont |
Stan Eichner Stephan Groß Elisa H. Hamilton Rebecca Henriksen Charlotte Ellen Kaplan Judith Klausner Susie Kos David Lancaster Cameron MacMartin Amy McGregor-Radin Dan Meade |
Leah Netsky Marjorie Nichols Robin Radin Michele Ridgeway Amy Rindskopf Brittany Severance Melissa Shaak Margot Stage Julia Tenney Mara Trachtenberg Maureen Vezina |
DATE & TIME:
Wednesday, April 29, 2015; 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join artist Rosamond Purcell, exhibiting artist in The Birds and the Bees, for a talk about her fascinating photographic studies of the ornithological collections of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in Camarillo, CA.
Copies of her book, Egg & Nest, will be available for purchase.
Like art, food is a visual, sensory and social experience. Flavors and textures, aromas and taste are all elements that can be explored through artwork. Culture, memories and health are just some themes that can be viewed through the lens of food. Bite is an exploration of art made with food and about food.
Please note: We will be collecting food and toiletries donations throughout the show to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition’s Project Soup. A full list of needs can be found here: https://
CURATED BY:
Tori Costa and Sandy McDonald
OPENING RECEPTION & FOOD DRIVE:
Saturday, February 21, 2015; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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SPECIAL EVENTS:
Coffee Mandala Making Workshop
Hosted by Julia Tenney
Sunday, March 1; 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Artist Talk
Sunday, March 1; 3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Closing Reception
Saturday, March 14; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 21-March 14, 2015
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
| Alice Abrams Jim Baab Zeren Badar Freedom Baird Heather Balchunas Rob Bellinger Nadine Boughton Sage Brousseau Cuisine+Colour Mira Dayal Joseph DeMonaco Russell duPont |
Stan Eichner Stephan Groß Elisa H. Hamilton Rebecca Henriksen Charlotte Ellen Kaplan Judith Klausner Susie Kos David Lancaster Cameron MacMartin Amy McGregor-Radin Dan Meade |
Leah Netsky Marjorie Nichols Robin Radin Michele Ridgeway Amy Rindskopf Brittany Severance Melissa Shaak Margot Stage Julia Tenney Mara Trachtenberg Maureen Vezina |
DATE & TIME:
Friday, May 1, 2015; 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join Caneen Canning, honey sommelier from Follow the Honey, in a honey exploration and education.
This event is is part of the exhibition, The Birds and the Bees.
DATE & TIME:
Wednesday, March 11
7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free and open to the public
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Our third SOS talk of the season is tied to that gnarly question every artist asks: How do I price my work? –And how does that other person’s work, so inferior to my own, go for all that dough?!
Led by Jesa Damora and art writer, critic, and artist Franklin Einspruch, our conversation will ramble across art movements from the 17th century onwards to explore this question. We’ll be talking about how value accrues to art, and falls away from it; who assigns it, what constitutes destruction of value, the differences in destructive acts, and how destruction creates souvenirs that are then imbued with their own value, or launches a new set of values…Richard Prince, Rauschenberg, J R and even Elvis Presley will have a seat at this inquiry.
Franklin Einspruch contributes regularly to Art in America and the New Criterion. He produces one of the longest-running blogs about visual art, Artblog.net, and a webcomic, The Moon Fell On Me. He produced a show last year at Winkleman Gallery in Chelsea, NYC from his anthology ‘Comics as Poetry’, for which FunnelCake Marketing did some research.
A trinket purchased at the thrift store, an old photo in a family album, a lost hat or scrap of paper picked up from the sidewalk–these items come with their own functions and meanings, but through artist intervention they can be transformed into something else entirely. This can mean giving items a new context, arranging them in unexpected combinations, adding to or subtracting from an object, or using something intended for one purpose as the content or material for a new work of art.
CURATED BY:
Caleb Cole
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, March 4, 2015; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 4-28, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00-8:00 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Jessica Alpern Brown, Jessie Barnes, Audrey Bell, SaraMarie Bottaro, Debra Broz, Susan Clinard, Jodi Colella, Stephanie EM Coleman, Christina P. Day, Pam DiBona, Rich Garr, Jacob Ginga, Inguna Gremzde, Clara Hyun-young Lee, Eric D. Legacy, Christopher Lineberry, Dain Mergenthaler, Bill Porter, Edward Ramsay-Morin, Matt Runkle, Nick Schietromo, Lenny Schnier, Patty M. Simon, Sarah Sweeney, Claire Tindale, Nicole White, Ellen Wolfe, Mark Younkle
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Born in Indianapolis, Caleb Cole is a former altar server, scout, and 4-H Grand Champion in Gift Wrapping. His mother instilled in him a love of garage sales and thrift stores, where he developed a fascination with the junk that people leave behind. Cole is a 2013 Hearst 8×10 Biennial Winner, 2013 and 2010 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Winner, 2011 St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award winner, 2011 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship Finalist, 2009 Artadia Award winner, and a 2009 Photolucida Critical Mass finalist. He has exhibited at a variety of national venues, including the deCordova Museum of Art (Lincoln, MA), David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University (Providence, RI), and Jenkins Johnson Gallery (NYC), among others. He is represented locally by Gallery Kayafas where he will exhibit a solo show, Blue Boys, in December 2014.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, June 26, 2015
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Reception
8:00 pm -10:00 pm: Live concert with selections from the NSA Listening Party album
Featuring: Charity Case, Hollands, Dave Lippman and others
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Nataliya Bregel, Adina Bricklin, Gary Duehr, Julia Dunham, Hasan Elahi, Andrew Hammerand, Jonathan McFadden, Simon Menner, Anders Midtgaard, Ted Ollier, Carlos Rene Pacheco, Larry Poole, Scott Patrick Wiener, Amanda Wild
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, June 28, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join Melissa Glick, curator, artist and avid creative recycle enthusiast in a fun afternoon of making art with computer parts & collage. Delve into Melissa’s collection of recycled papers and electronic parts and become inspired by the abstract compositions and patterns that emerge.
This project is part of the HackCycle exhibition at the Nave Gallery.
DATE:
Saturday, May 16, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Sunday, May 17, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us to kick off the 2015 Wrap Around Project with a fiber swap to support the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC)!
Yarn. Fabric. Felt. Thread. Maybe you can have too much of a good thing? The Great Fiber Swap is your chance to get rid of your unwanted fiber items and refresh your stash. You can swap items or donate your goods to the event. See our Call for Donations for full details on what we are looking for.
Admission to the event is free, but please bring a donation of canned goods or toiletries to support Somerville Homeless Coalition’s (SHC) Project SOUP, the local food pantry that provides weekly community dinners and delivers groceries to individuals, families, elderly, disabled and homebound people in our neighborhood.
A full list of needs can be found here
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, May 16 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St., Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free and open to all; visit the Somerville Arts Council for the complete PorchFest schedule held throughout Somerville from noon-6 pm.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Since 2011, the Somerville Arts Council has promoted a decentralized music festival in mid-May called PorchFest. This is not a festival per se, but rather a community event where Somervillians share their love of playing and listening to music. Think of Somerville Open Studios, which is for visual artists, but for music. Musicians and bands throughout Somerville will celebrate and utilize an underused public venue: The Porch.
The Annex will be participating in this year’s PorchFest hosting the rousing Dirty Water Brass Band (DWBB), a HONK! Festival favorite. DWBB, a street band based in Davis Square, plays an eclectic mix of jazz, R&B, New Orleans, & more, creating an oftentimes raucous but then on occasion a subtle sound that could be defined as music from the bayou and beyond. Locally, Dirty Water has invaded the outdoor stages of HONK!, Central Square, Harvard Square, and outlying neighborhoods, as well as indoor spaces such as the Lily Pad, Precinct, Cantab, Johnny D’s, to name a few. DWBB is Mary Curtin (sax), Peter Goransson (sax), Dave Lewin (trumpet), Tim Opperman (trombone), Jim Overly (sousaphone), Todd Page (trombone), Jamie Pierce (sax), Gary Smiley (trumpet), & Don Stevenson (drums).
Nave Gallery Annex is pleased to present Field Trip, a group show comprising 11 artists from Boston’s Fort Point Channel, New England’s oldest artist Community. The artists chosen for this show combine a wide range of styles, ideas and subject matters. Working in photography, painting, digital design and video, the artworks exemplify the diverse neighborhood, which is going through a huge transformation. Once home to hundreds of artist studios, the past ten years have seen all but the artist owned buildings converted into office space and high end restaurants. Fort Point was even renamed “The Innovation District” by the late Mayor Thomas Menino, but to these artists, some whom have lived in the neighborhood for 30 years, it will always remain Fort Point Channel.
CURATED BY:
Todd Sargent and Andrew Neumann
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, February 5; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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CLOSING RECEPTION:
Saturday, February 21; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 5-21, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00-8:00 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Maggie Connors, Lisa Greenfield, Peter Harris, Joanne Kaliontzis, Amy Baxter MacDonald, Jennifer Moses, Andrew Neumann, Bruce Rogovin, Doug Urbank, Daniel van Ackere, Don Eyles
DEADLINE:
February 20, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 18-May 10, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Annie Silverman
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition The Birds and the Bees.
The buzz of bees, the chirping of birds, vibrantly colored flowers, and green tender shoots pushing up from barren ground are dreamed of promises during these cold winter months. Rest assured, spring will come again, and with it:
Pollination!
The Birds and the Bees exhibition invites artists to explore and celebrate fecundity in all its guises. 2 and 3-D work as well as small mixed media installations which explore this topic literally, poetically, figuratively or metaphorically are welcome for consideration along with imagery exclusively of birds, or exclusively bees .
Brush up on bee lore, botanical illustration, nest building techniques, avian husbandry, honey hunting or ornithological sleights of hand. What might it all mean? Waggle dances? Colony Collapse disorder?
BUT then again-
Maybe it’s all just about LOVE, SWEET LOVE!
GUIDELINES:
– $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
– A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through February 20, 2015
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info@navegallery.org.
-Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Birds and Bees” in the memo
– Please indicate where you learned of the call
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday May 21 2015; 6:00pm – 8:00pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Scott Alario, Ambrose & Wether, Jayna Aronovitch, Michael Bach, Daniel Baird-Miller, Madeline B. Carter, Alan Charlesworth, Jeff Enlow, Diane Fenster, Marina Font, Jessica L. Glover, Suzi Grossman, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Soyo Hong, Katty Hoover, Henry Horenstein, Rachel Hulin , Rachel Jump, Klaus Kampert, Chris Maliga, Gaspar Marquez, Phyllis and Victor Merriam, Kathryn Oliver, Shelbi Schroeder, Michael Seif, Rachel Stern, Masha Svyatogor, James Walker, Maxim Wakultschik, James Wigger, Bob Wooley
DATE & TIME:
Tuesday, May 26, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
Please note: seating at the Annex is limited and needs to be planned for. Please contact tori(dot)costa(at)gmail(dot)com to confirm your RSVP.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Bring your needles and your yarn enthusiasm, and join a group of folks who are busy making a difference–and having fun while doing so!
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade woolen goods to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). All proceeds help fund the amazing work that SHC does, and anything not sold is donated to them.
The mission of this group, if you choose to accept, is to meet monthly at one of Somerville’s hot spots, chat with very cool people, and knit, crochet, or create items for next November’s sale. This is a really fun way to get your craft on and help keep someone warm during our very cold winters.
CONTENT ADVISORY: Our current exhibition is called Naked, and is a show on nude photography. If this subject matter makes you uncomfortable, you may wish to skip this particular Knit & Sip.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, June 11, 2015; 6:00pm – 8:00pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Kasey Davis Appleman, Cortney Leigh Cox, Miles Donovan, Melissa Glick, Rachel Green, Carl and Sylvana Gruesz, Alan Kilian, Jacob LaRocca, Eric D. Legacy, Petrea Noyes, Tristan Roland, Alan Roman, Jo Sandman, Ruth Segaloff
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, June 13, noon-6 pm
LOCATION:
Seven Hills Park at Davis Square
ADMISSION FEE:
FREE
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Somerville Squeezebox Slam is a celebration of accordions, button boxes and other free reed instruments that we’ve come to know and love. Accordionists of all sizes, shapes, skill levels and musical genres are invited to stroll around the neighborhoods of Somerville, sharing their melodious sounds, and like pied pipers from an alternative fairy tale, beckon all to come and follow them as they head to Davis Square for a concert of some of New England’s finest squeezebox players. So dust off your grandfather’s squeezebox that’s been sitting in the attic and join us for an afternoon of pumping the bellows!
Presented by the Nave Gallery and the Somerville Arts Council; produced by Michael McLaughlin.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
12:00-3:00 pm: Accordion Anarchy
Local accordionists: Bring your boxes, band together, or find your own corner and play throughout Davis Square. There are no rules!
3:00 pm: Lady Kielbasia will get the concert rolling with a group play along, “The Big Squeeze.”
3:15 pm: Ralph Tufo and the Squeezebox Stompers
3:45 pm: Sonny Barbato
4:15 pm: Balkan Fields
4:45 pm: Jinta-la-Mvata
Artists use sketchbooks for as many different reasons as there are artists: daily practice, planning book, travelogue, dream journal. Sketching happens from life, memory, ideas, or repetition.
What distinguishes sketchbook work from other artist works is the sense of a thought being puzzled out, a problem being explored. There’s an openness to leaving the thought incomplete. Usually (but not always?) sketchbook work is done in one moment, and the next time the sketchbook is opened, a new pieces is begun.
In The Sketchbook Show, we peek into the artists’ working minds…
CURATED BY:
Ellie Laramee-Byers and Rachel Mello
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, January. 9, 2015; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
January 7-31, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00-8:00 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
Note: The gallery will be closed on Wednesday, January 28, due to the recent snowstorm.
ARTISTS:
Michael Ahern, Annie Aqua, Tony Astone, Heather Balchunas, Danielle Burch, Franklin Einspruch, Jasmine Gao, Emily Garfield, Sarah Gay-O’Neill, Peaches Goodrich, Rosemary LaHaise, Ellien Laramee-Byers, Rachel Mello, Chris O’Neill, Sarah Rushford, Patty M Simon, Skunk, Solei, Daria Theodora, James Weinberg
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Ellie Laramee-Byers is the Coordinator for the 2015 Somerville Open Studios. Her paintings are primarily watercolor or acrylic, and she has a professional photography practice as well. Ellie recently completed a large solo show at Somerville’s Diesel Cafe.
Rachel Mello’s work in cut silhouettes can be seen outside Somerville City Hall in the Phone Art Box Project, as well as found in 13FOREST Gallery and Blue Cloud Gallery. She recently showed her newest installation work at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition in New York, and she’s working now on a larger installation of cut silhouette work. Rachel was the Coordinator for the 2013 SOS and currently serves on its board of director. She was trained as an architect and theater set designer and for ten years owned and ran a mural arts business in the Boston Metro area.
Ellie and Rachel met and became friends through volunteering for SOS, and by both having studios in the Mad Oyster Studios building. During the Spring of 2014 Ellie and Rachel made a plan to get together every Thursday morning for an hour or more of sketching. They shared tools and learned techniques from each other, and have continued their practice remotely when either is traveling.
Artists use sketchbooks for as many different reasons as there are artists: daily practice, planning book, travelogue, dream journal. Sketching happens from life, memory, ideas, or repetition.
What distinguishes sketchbook work from other artist works is the sense of a thought being puzzled out, a problem being explored. There’s an openness to leaving the thought incomplete. Usually (but not always?) sketchbook work is done in one moment, and the next time the sketchbook is opened, a new pieces is begun.
CURATED BY:
Ellie Laramee-Byers and Rachel Mello
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, January 29, 2016; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
January 29-March 3, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Catherine Aiello, Nancy Anderson, Tony Astone, Heather Balchunas, Audrey Bellinger, Seth Berkowitz, Hannah Earley , Ben Foley, Gary Hawkins, Liz Helfer, Anne Johnstone, Lisa Kraase, Yvonne Troxell Lamothe, Ellien Laramee-Byers, Rachel Mello, Chiara Pieri, Bryan Ramey, Robin Richstone, Laura Scheuerell, Sean Shinnock, Solei, Christina Tedesco, Daria Theodora, Meg Turner, Ekaterina Vanovskaya
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Ellie Laramee-Byers was the Coordinator for the 2015 Somerville Open Studios. Her paintings are primarily watercolor or acrylic, and she has a professional photography practice as well.
Rachel Mello’s work in cut silhouettes can be seen outside Somerville City Hall in the Phone Art Box Project, at Boston Harbor Arts Outdoor Gallery, and outside Journeyman Restaurant in Union Square. Her work can can also be found in 13FOREST Gallery and Blue Cloud Gallery. She’s working now on a larger installation of cut silhouette work for a solo show in November of 2016 at Laconia Gallery in Boston. Rachel was the Coordinator for the 2013 SOS and served for several years on its board of directors. She was trained as an architect and theater set designer and now works as a color specialist and design consultant with Latitude Color Design in Somerville.
Ellie and Rachel met and became friends through volunteering for SOS, and by both having studios in the Mad Oyster Studios building. During the Spring of 2014 Ellie and Rachel made a plan to get together every Thursday morning for an hour or more of sketching. They shared tools and learned techniques from each other, and have continued their weekly practice since, even remotely when either is traveling. This is the second annual Sketchbook Show they have curated together for the Nave Gallery.
What does a vessel or container mean to you? Is it a functional object, or something spiritual or emotional? Is it a “useful pot to put things in”? A place to put things for safekeeping or a way to display its contents? Do you want to contain yourself or something else?
CURATED BY:
Amy Pett and Ellen Solari
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, December 7, 2014; 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
December 3 – 21, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00 pm-8:00 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Jo Atherton, Donna Beck, Louise Berliner, Emily Brodrick, Emily Dvorin, Eileen Doughty, Susan Gaylord, Mary Geisser, Carol Greenwood, Sue Hale, Deborah Kruger, Ingrid Lincoln, Joetta Maue, Ashley Occhino, Allison Rabin, Ellen Ramsey, Amanda Yamashita
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, January 9; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Ellie Laramee-Byers and Rachel Mello
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS
Michael Ahern, Annie Aqua, Tony Astone, Heather Balchunas, Danielle Burch, Franklin Einspruch, Jasmine Gao, Emily Garfield, Sarah Gay-O’Neill, Peaches Goodrich, Rosemary LaHaise, Ellien Laramee-Byers, Rachel Mello, Chris O’Neill, Sarah Rushford, Patty M Simon, Skunk, Solei, Daria Theodora, James Weinberg
DATE & TIME
Saturday, January 10, 2015; 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
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Join the Nave Galleries Director Susan Berstler this Saturday between 2-4 for an informal drop in session to learn about applying to: curate a show. Deadline to submit a proposal is January 15, 2015.
2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the bomb and the end of World War II. Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen revolves around the relationship between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, two prominent physicists who worked on developing the bomb for opposing sides during the war.
In Copenhagen, the spirits of Bohr, Heisenberg, and Bohr’s wife Margrethe, meet after death to speculate on why Heisenberg visited Bohr in Copenhagen in 1941. Heisenberg was Bohr’s finest student and then colleague and dear friend. Whatever transpired in this infamous 1941 meeting damaged their friendship irrevocably. What did Heisenberg think could and should be done about atomic bombs? What did he want from Bohr? As they debate and reject Heisenberg’s possible intentions, the conversation addresses many powerful issues and emotions involving Nazi Germany, nuclear war, uncertainty, and moral irreconcilables.
Copenhagen is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
PRODUCED BY:
Porpentine
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The Nave Gallery is pleased to welcome Porpentine as its first theater residency.
SHOW DATES AND TIMES:
Wednesday, January 21 at 7pm
Thursday, January 22 at 7pm
Friday, January 23 at 7pm
Saturday, January 24 at 7pm
Sunday, January 25 at 3pm
Thursday, January 29 at 7pm
Friday, January 30 at 7pm
Saturday, January 31 at 7pm
ADMISSION:
$14.00
Tickets may be purchased here
Thursdays are pay what you wish.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, December 4, 2014
5:00 pm-10:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Davis Square Plaza, Davis Square, Somerville
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each year, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of handmade goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
This year, the Nave will be participating in Midnight Madness with a Wrap Around table right in the middle of Davis Square. Midnight Madness is the Square’s annual event where businesses in Davis Square extend their store hours one Thursday in December to encourage folks to shop local for the holiday season.
If getting to the gallery on the weekends is tough, this is a perfect place to come by–and bring friends! We’ve made about $1,300 for the Coalition so far. Last year we made $2,700. Help us beat that this year!
PS: If you have items that you would like to donate to Wrap Around, please feel free to drop it at the table, or at the Nave Annex in Davis Square (53 Chester St Somerville).
More info on Wrap Around:
http://navegallery.org/wp/
DEADLINE:
January 11, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 14-March 14, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Tori Costa and Sandy McDonald
The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition Bite: Food as Art.
Like art, food is a visual, sensory and social experience. Bite is an exploration of art made with food, art about food and/or food about art.
Flavors and textures, aromas and taste are all elements that can be explored through the artwork. Culture, memories and health are just some of the themes that can be viewed through the lens of food. All mediums will be considered, including video and installation.
GUIDELINES:
– $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
– A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through January 11, 2015
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to bitenavesubmission@gmail.com
-Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Bite” in the memo
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located in Teele Square (155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the bomb and the end of World War II. Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen revolves around the relationship between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, two prominent physicists who worked on developing the bomb for opposing sides during the war.
In Copenhagen, the spirits of Bohr, Heisenberg, and Bohr’s wife Margrethe, meet after death to speculate on why Heisenberg visited Bohr in Copenhagen in 1941. Heisenberg was Bohr’s finest student and then colleague and dear friend. Whatever transpired in this infamous 1941 meeting damaged their friendship irrevocably. What did Heisenberg think could and should be done about atomic bombs? What did he want from Bohr? As they debate and reject Heisenberg’s possible intentions, the conversation addresses many powerful issues and emotions involving Nazi Germany, nuclear war, uncertainty, and moral irreconcilables.
Copenhagen is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
PRODUCED BY:
Porpentine
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The Nave Gallery is pleased to welcome Porpentine as its first theater residency.
SHOW DATES AND TIMES:
Wednesday, January 21 at 7pm
Thursday, January 22 at 7pm
Friday, January 23 at 7pm
Saturday, January 24 at 7pm
Sunday, January 25 at 3pm
Thursday, January 29 at 7pm
Friday, January 30 at 7pm
Saturday, January 31 at 7pm
ADMISSION:
$14.00
Tickets may be purchased here
Thursdays are pay what you wish.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, February 5; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Todd Sargent and Andrew Neumann
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Maggie Connors, Lisa Greenfield, Peter Harris, Joanne Kaliontzis, Amy Baxter MacDonald, Jennifer Moses, Andrew Neumann, Bruce Rogovin, Doug Urbank, Daniel van Ackere, Don Eyles
DEADLINE:
January 31, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 4-28, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Caleb Cole
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition This into That: Found Object Art, Assemblage, and Other Transformed Work.
A trinket purchased at the thrift store, an old photo in a family album, a lost hat or scrap of paper picked up from the sidewalk–these items come with their own functions and meanings, but through artist intervention they can be transformed into something else entirely. This can mean giving items a new context, arranging them in unexpected combinations, adding to or subtracting from an object, or using something intended for one purpose as the content or material for a new work of art.
We welcome submissions of work involving or inspired by found objects, including, but not limited to, sculpture, installation, altered books, collage, mixed media work, photography and video.
GUIDELINES:
-There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
-A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration
-Submissions will be accepted through January 31, 2015
-The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
-Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org
-Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Please include “This Into That” in the memo.
-Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: January 31, 2015
Notification: February 8, 2015
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: March 4-28, 2015
Opening Reception: TBD
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Born in Indianapolis, Caleb Cole is a former altar server, scout, and 4-H Grand Champion in Gift Wrapping. His mother instilled in him a love of garage sales and thrift stores, where he developed a fascination with the junk that people leave behind. Cole is a 2013 Hearst 8×10 Biennial Winner, 2013 and 2010 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Winner, 2011 St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award winner, 2011 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship Finalist, 2009 Artadia Award winner, and a 2009 Photolucida Critical Mass finalist. He has exhibited at a variety of national venues, including the deCordova Museum of Art (Lincoln, MA), David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University (Providence, RI), and Jenkins Johnson Gallery (NYC), among others. He is represented locally by Gallery Kayafas where he will exhibit a solo show, Blue Boys, in December 2014.
DEADLINE:
May 3, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES:
June 26 – July 23, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Arlinda Shtuni
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition, Survey Without Surveillance.
Survey: To look over the parts, features, or contents of; view broadly.
Surveillance: The act of carefully watching someone or something especially in order to prevent or detect a crime.
“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
–Henry David Thoreau
“Mass-Observation develops out of anthropology, psychology, and the sciences which study man, but it plans to work with a mass of observers.” So began an open letter to The Nation by the founders of the Mass-Observation society, a poet, an anthropologist and a filmmaker, who, in 1937, came together to recruit a network of volunteer diarists to survey and record the inner and outer contents of quotidian life in Britain, so as to create “weather-maps of public feeling.”
Cut to present day, where, in growing numbers, we take to social media platforms to record observations– inner and outer contents of our lives–leaving behind debris of “weather-maps of personal feeling.” Except now technology is mediating the sharing. And the layers of sharing are becoming increasingly complicated. The records of our entries are virtually and mysteriously filed away in corporate servers, accessed by public entities like the N.S.A.. While out on the street, drones and cameras capture our quotidian unawareness as if it were raw material for a yet-to-be-constructed film. So, who is the observed and who is observing? Where is the line between the private and the public? And why do we care?
Mass surveillance may be as insidious and persistent as white noise, and the current cultural conditions have conspired to lull us into the hum. However, at the core we intuit that being part of any act of observation, whether observing or being observed, somehow changes us. And depending on the nature of the observation, the effects can be profound. The act of survey has the potential for connection building; the act of surveillance that of intrusion. Yet through each process we wonder: Who is framing our information? Who is telling the story? And to what end?
The Nave Annex seeks submissions that contribute to the contemporary aesthetic, conceptual, and social discourses on the topic and will consider work in the following media: sculpture, photography, digital, mixed media, installation and performance.
Guide the conversation: Take the privacy questionnaire
GUIDELINES:
– $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
– A maximum of five pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through May 3, 2015
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Send up to five artwork submissions as .jpg files to info@navegallery.org.
-Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Surveillance” in the note field
– Please indicate where you learned of the call
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: May 3, 2015
Notification: May 17, 2015
Artwork drop-off: June 21, 2015
Exhibition dates: June 26 – July 23, 2015
Opening reception: June 26, 2015
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Arlinda Shtuni is a Boston-based curator and editor. She believes real discoveries happen in the in-between space, otherwise known as the margins of disciplines. She practices in various mediums, and most recently as a curator of a salon series that brings together visual artists and writers to engage with germane issues.
DEADLINE:
May 25, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES
June 11-July 11, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Melissa Glick
The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition, HackCycle.
HackCycle celebrates recycled art of the 21st century. We invite submissions from artists, nerds, makers, burners and others who employ experimentation and serendipity using today’s technological debris and/or innovative techniques as part of their creative process.
The exhibition examines the transformation of bits, bytes, cruft, e-waste, circuits, doodads, odds & ends and more into objects of art. Work may (but is not limited to) demonstrate the use of 3D printing, laser cutters and/or CNC bots in combination with found art, assemblage and/or appropriation.
Entries sought may (but are not limited to) include unique and reimagined re-uses of the following elements:
– robotics
– electronics
– sci fi
– cosplay
– anime, action figure toys & fun childhood memories
GUIDELINES:
– $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
– A maximum of five pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through May 25, 2015
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Send up to five artwork submissions as .jpg files to info@navegallery.org.
-Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “NAME_#.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “HackCycle” in the note field
– Please indicate where you learned of the call
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located in Teele Square (155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: May 25, 2015
Notification: May 30, 2015
Artwork drop-off: June 7, 2015
Exhibition dates: June 11 – July 11, 2015
Opening reception: June 11, 2015; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
No one view of the nude is the same; in art, as in life, there are no certainties. No blacks and whites, only shades of gray. Writing about the nude is a difficult endeavor. It has been approached in the past by so many different visions and politics, that one thing is certain—there is no one revelation, there is no naked truth. The nude’s importance is paramount as a symbol of purity, humanity and sexuality. The body is the vessel that carries us through the world. It is one of the purest forms of nature. The nude affects the way we see and interpret the rest of the world. It is something that goes unnoticed in our lives, but all of humanity, even the puritanical, confront it on a daily basis.
CURATED BY:
Brett Henrikson
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, May 21, 2015; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
May 21-June 20, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Scott Alario, Ambrose & Wether, Jayna Aronovitch, Michael Bach, Daniel Baird-Miller, Madeline B. Carter, Alan Charlesworth, Jeff Enlow, Diane Fenster, Marina Font, Jessica L. Glover, Suzi Grossman, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Brett Henrikson, Soyo Hong, Katty Hoover, Henry Horenstein, Rachel Hulin , Rachel Jump, Klaus Kampert, Chris Maliga, Gaspar Marquez, Phyllis and Victor Merriam, Kathryn Oliver, Shelbi Schroeder, Michael Seif, Rachel Stern, Masha Svyatogor, James Walker, Maxim Wakultschik, James Wigger, Bob Wooley
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Brett Henrikson is an artist-photographer living in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He received his BFA from RISD in 2011. Photographic processes are his hammer and chisel; they are the tools he uses to approach the world. He uses art and visual language to understand and reinterpret being. His bodies of work vary from work about the intersection of life and death, classical portraiture, nudes and the wet plate collodion process using the physicality of the photographic object in a new and unconventional way. He is based strongly in the craft and alchemy of the process. He believes that the hands on aspects of working in the darkroom and using film or large format gives the artist a real sense of creation over their work. His studio is in Central Falls, RI, in an old mill above a loading dock, where he can blast vinyl symphonies while making prints in the red warm confines of a womb-like darkroom. He is also in the process of opening a new house museum in the city with a focus on photographic works.
DEADLINE:
Friday, June 5, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES:
October 8-31, 2015
Held in conjunction with Honk! Festival of Activist Street Bands
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Karen Gutfreund and Sherri Cornett, GuetfreundCornettArt
SPECIAL AWARD JURORS:
Susan Berstler, Mary Curtin and Cecily Miller
APPLICATION DETAILS:
Click here to apply
CALL FOR ART:
Artists are invited to submit works around themes of social, cultural, economic, human rights, women’s rights, political and social justice activism that combine visual art with music in order to tell a compelling story and, by doing so, affirm the many bonds between sight and sound. Artists are asked to choose a song to which to pair their art – a song that is directly linked to the theme of the work, a song that inspired the work or that was played as part of the artistic process. Selected works will be displayed next to QR codes, which will take viewers to iTunes, YouTube,Vimeo or other link, where the paired music may be heard.
While all media is accepted and there are no size restrictions, we encourage the submission of smaller works, due to the size of the gallery. Works will be chosen for the gallery with additional works chosen for the online gallery and catalog and shown in a looped slide show in the Nave Annex Gallery.
This exhibition will benefit the Boston City Singers, and the Nave Galleries and will receive a donation from GutfreundCornettArt for this project. The mission of the Boston City Singers is to provide the highest level of musical training and wide ranging performance opportunities to young people ages 4-18; their vision is to transform the lives of inner city young people one voice at a time, inspiring and developing each heart to live with compassion in a world of differences. The Nave Galleries, which is a volunteer-run organization that relies on the support of their community to exhibit work that is collaborative, experimental and non-commercial. Donations help them showcase work of artists and musicians.
Submissions and Media: Artists may submit up to three works per entry with a total of three separate entries. Multiple views per piece are accepted when uploading images of 3D work. All media is accepted except giclees of original work. The use of giclees, if part of a larger work/collage or assemblage is acceptable. The artist will be responsible for any special equipment beyond pedestals (video monitors, etc.)
Non-Refundable Entry Fee: Payment of $30 per entry; non-refundable fee per entry after deadline date. Th entry fee for full-time students is $15 per entry.
Payments are made through PayPal. You do not have to have a PayPal account and may submit your entry with a debit or credit card or PayPal check.
Sales of Art: A 30% commission will go to the Nave Annex Gallery, a 10% will go to the Boston City Singers and 60% will to go the artist. All works sold must remain in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition. Click here to apply
Delivery of Artwork: Detailed delivery instructions will be provided to artists accepted into the show. Artists are responsible for the costs of shipment of their work to/from the gallery and insuring their work during travel.
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DATE & TIME:
Sunday, March 1, 2015; 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
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Free, but a donation of food or toiletries to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition is appreciated. There will be a requested donation of $10.00 for supplies if you do not bring your own. See details below.
Please note: This workshop will be geared towards adults interested in making abstract art as a form of light meditation. Because of the focus of the workshop, this event is not appropriate for children.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Permit-free, on-street parking available on Sundays
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Love coffee?
Love painting?
Love playing with your food?
Julia Tenney, coffee mandala queen and participating artist in the exhibition Bite leads a workshop on making mandalas with coffee. Come by, make a mandala and stay for the Bite Artist Talk.
SUPPLIES NEEDED:
We will have limited supplies on hand for those who do not have materials. If you need watercolor paper or brushes from the instructor, please know that we will ask for a $10.00 donation to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
Please bring the following:
-Watercolor pad or paper. If you are bringing individual sheets of paper, it is helpful to bring some sort of hard board surface that can risk being masking-taped and coffee stained
– A thin/fine brush (the sort that comes with a children’s watercolor box would work)
– A way to safely get the finished product home, after it’s at least dried enough to not run (Your own watercolor pad, and a plastic bag to put that in, is preferred.)
– Coffee mug. (for the initial coffee ring to make the mandala
We will supply:
– Coffee; If you want to bring your own painting coffee, it should be unadulterated & undiluted; no cream, sweetener, spices or ice. It does not need to be hot. If you want to bring burnt old diner coffee, it probably paints nice & dark
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, March 1, 2015; 3:30 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Artists participating in the exhibition Bite discuss how food plays a role in their work. This will take place after the Coffee Mandala Making workshop.
Featured artists include:
Jim Baab
Cuisine+Colour
Heather Balchunas
Joseph DeMonaco
Stan Eichner
Rebecca Henriksen
Charlotte Kaplan
Robin Radin
We elevate our heroes. The gods are in the clouds. Superheroes fly. Marbled idols stand on pedestals. And our cameras aim at musicians where they are at their best—on stage. But how do they get there? And, more importantly—with days dedicated to cramped cars, thin wallets, beat-up motels, loneliness—why do they follow that long and winding road from one venue to the next? I’ve Been Everywhere, Man: Musicians on the Road is an intimate exhibition of the reflections, adventures, humor, and hardships of musicians on tour.
SPONSORS:
Atwood’s Tavern
Panopticon Imaging
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 6–22, 2014
OPENING RECEPTION:
November 6, 2014; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
SPECIAL EVENT:
November 12, 2014, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
On the Road: Stories: A panel of musicians, moderated by Audrey Ryan, will tell the touring tale.Includes Dan Blakeslee, Laura Cortese, Will Dailey, Ward Hayden, Nicholas Ward, Brian Webb and other special guests. A $5–$10 donation to support speakers is appreciated.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday-Sunday, 2:00-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Brian Barthelmes, Matt Bauer, Melanie Bernier, Dan Blakeslee, Kelly Burgess, Shane Butler, Laura Cortese, Charles Daniels, Ian Fitzgerald, Joe Fletcher, Ron Gallo, Robin Mae Gawron, Peaches Goodrich, Reid Haithcock, Ward Hayden,
With video by
Big Old Big One (Eran Shaysh and Daniel DP Perry, cofounders)
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Kitchen Sessions (Steve Legare, producer)
Sleepover Shows (Kelly Ribera, Rob Ribera, Aviv Rubinstien, producers)
CURATED BY:
Jenn Harrington and Susan Berstler
DEADLINE:
Sunday, November 16, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
January 7 – 30, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Ellie Laramee-Byers and Rachel Mello
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition “The Sketchbook Show.”
Artists use sketchbooks for as many different reasons as there are artists. Maybe it’s a daily practice, maybe it’s a planning book. It could be a travelogue or a dream journal, sketching from life, memory, or ideas.
What distinguishes sketchbook work from other artists works is the connection, one piece to the next, building on or exploring visual, compositional, or mark making ideas: the sense of a thought being puzzled out by process of sketching, a problem being explored. Usually (but not always?) sketchbook work is done in one moment, and the next time the sketchbook is opened, a new pieces is begun.
For this show we are looking to hang a set or series from each artist who is included in the show. Rather than the one, best polished piece, we would like to see your process. Were you teaching yourself a new media? Drawing a new-to-you subject matter? Trying different things each week? (day?) Recording a trip?
Any size sketchbook up 14″ x 17″, but artists must be willing to remove pages from the sketchbook and submit as individual sheets (or, see note about photos, below). For artists who indicate that it’s OK for us to put pin-holes in the corners, we may pin pages directly to the wall. (Alternatively, if work is sent in an artist-quality acetate bag, we can pin through just the bag).
We welcome any media or technique that you use in your sketchbook, including but not limited to pencil, watercolor, marker, ball-point pen, collage, woven or torn paper, or more. We will also consider photographs of sketchbook work, as long as the photo itself is an intentional work.
If there is a specific sequence in which the pieces are best understood, please indicate that.
GUIDELINES:
-There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
-Please submit a minimum of 5 pieces and maximum of 10
-Submissions will be accepted through midnight, November 16, 2014
-The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
-Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Please send a minimum of 5 pieces and maximum of 10 artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org
-Each .jpg should be 800 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title (if aplicable), size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement. Please include in your statement a brief description of what role your sketchbook plays if for you and your larger art practice.
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Please include “Sketchbook Show” in the subject line.
-Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install. For The Sketchbook Show only, “ready to install” may be pages with artist permission to nail directly to walls, simply matted, or framed.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Sunday, November 16, 2014
Notification: December 5, 2014
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: January 7 – 30, 2014
Opening Reception: TBD
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Ellie Laramee-Byers is the Coordinator for the 2015 Somerville Open Studios. Her paintings are primarily watercolor or acrylic, and she has a professional photography practice as well. Ellie recently completed a large solo show at Somerville’s Diesel Cafe.
Rachel Mello’s work in cut silhouettes can be seen outside Somerville City Hall in the Phone Art Box Project, as well as found in 13FOREST Gallery and Blue Cloud Gallery. She recently showed her newest installation work at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition in New York, and she’s working now on a larger installation of cut silhouette work. Rachel was the Coordinator for the 2013 SOS and currently serves on its board of director. She was trained as an architect and theater set designer and for ten years owned and ran a mural arts business in the Boston Metro area.
Ellie and Rachel met and became friends through volunteering for SOS, and by both having studios in the Mad Oyster Studios building. During the Spring of 2014 Ellie and Rachel made a plan to get together every Thursday morning for an hour or more of sketching. They shared tools and learned techniques from each other, and have continued their practice remotely when either is traveling.
DEADLINE:
Sunday, December 6, 2015
NOTE: The deadline has been extended to Sunday, December 13.
EXHIBITION DATES:
January 28 – March 3, 2016
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Ellie Laramee-Byers and Rachel Mello
The Nave Gallery Annex, welcomes artists, designers, cartoonists, and all who use a sketchbook in an on-going artistic practice, to submit to our Second Annual Sketchbook Show. Share your thought processes, beginning stages, intermediate investigations, and on-going observations. This exhibit, curated by Ellien Laramee-Byers and Rachel Mello, seeks to reveal a glimpse into the working artists’ minds.
Artists use sketchbook for as many different reasons as there are artists. Usually (but not always?) sketchbook work is done in one moment; the next time the sketchbook is opened, a new pieces is begun. For this show we are looking to hang a set or series from each artist who is included in the show. Rather than the one, best polished piece, we would like to share your process or your work in its context.
We welcome any media or technique that you use in your sketchbook, including but not limited to pencil, watercolor, marker, ball-point pen, collage, woven or torn paper, or more. We will also consider photographs of sketchbook work, to be reviewed on artistic merits as photographs.
GUIDELINES:
For accepted entries, please note:
-Sketches will be displayed statically; visitors will not be able to flip through books
-You will be expected to remove pages so that we can hang individual sheets
-Pages will be pinched with small binder clips for hanging
-Light-weight, paper-bound journals less than 1/8″ thick may be clipped and hung in an open position to show a specific set of pages without removing them
Submit images of the pages you would like considered. The curators will not select for you which pages to show. If you are planning to submit pages which you do not plan to remove, you MUST clearly indicate this, and describe the size and weight of the book in your Image Description.
Because we hope to show multiple pieces from each participating artist, please have several books, or some pages that have been removed.
-Accepted pieces must be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square, Somerville ready to install. For The Sketchbook Show only, “ready to install” are expected to be loose pages
-Work may also be shipped. See shipping instructions to follow in Participating Artist packet
HOW TO APPLY:
–Fill out this Form with Artist and Image Information
-Submit a MINIMUM of 3 images and a MAXIMUM of 8 images; see Image Submission below
-Entry Fee: $15 payable via PayPal to info@navegallery.org. Please submit payment immediately upon submission of this form. Include “Sketchbook Show 2016” in the memo
-The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
-Artist is responsible for dropping off work or for the cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Preferred submission method is via Google Drive. Help for Google Drive is available on line.
-Images may also be submitted via email to sketchbookshow@gmail.com.
1. Size all images so that the largest dimension is 1000px. Make sure you are starting with an image with enough resolution. If you do not have Photoshop, there are many on-line resources for sizing images. Try Googling “How do I resize a jpeg on a _____” with the name of the kind of computer you have in the blank.
2. Name all of your images with your LASTNAME_FIRSTINITIAL_imagenumber.jpg. So for instance: HOLZER_J_01.jpg, HOLZER_J_02.jpg, etc.
Via Google Drive:
3. Put all your submission images in a Google Drive folder titled LASTNAME_FIRSTINITIAL_Sketchbookshow2016 (HOLZER_J_Sketchbookshow2016).
4. Share this folder with sketchbookshow@gmail.com.
Via Email
3. Email images to sketchbookshow@gmail.com. You may have to limit the number of images per message depending on your mailer.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Sunday, December 13, 2015
Notification: Thursday, December 31, 2016
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: Thursday, January 28-Thursday, March 3, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, January 29, 2016
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Ellie Laramee-Byers was the Coordinator for the 2015 Somerville Open Studios. Her paintings are primarily watercolor or acrylic, and she has a professional photography practice as well.
Rachel Mello’s work in cut silhouettes can be seen outside Somerville City Hall in the Phone Art Box Project, at Boston Harbor Arts Outdoor Gallery, and outside Journeyman Restaurant in Union Square. Her work can can also be found in 13FOREST Gallery and Blue Cloud Gallery. She’s working now on a larger installation of cut silhouette work for a solo show in November of 2016 at Laconia Gallery in Boston. Rachel was the Coordinator for the 2013 SOS and served for several years on its board of directors. She was trained as an architect and theater set designer and now works as a color specialist and design consultant with Latitude Color Design in Somerville.
Ellie and Rachel met and became friends through volunteering for SOS, and by both having studios in the Mad Oyster Studios building. During the Spring of 2014 Ellie and Rachel made a plan to get together every Thursday morning for an hour or more of sketching. They shared tools and learned techniques from each other, and have continued their weekly practice since, even remotely when either is traveling. This is the second annual Sketchbook Show they have curated together for the Nave Gallery..
If we can’t see it, we can’t feel it. If we can’t feel it, we can’t know it. If we don’t know it nothing changes, and the suffering goes on. The visual arts have a unique opportunity to reveal the many injustices that prevent people and the planet from flourishing.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, October 5, 2014; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
October 5-November 2, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Karl Gustafson
With programming and logistical assistance from the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church Peace with Justice Ministry Circle
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1-5 pm
ARTISTS:
Nancy Hall Brooks, Chantal Bruchez-Hall, Nancy Crasco, David Feingold, Helena Gijsbers van Wijk, Karen Gutfreund, Neil Horsky, Lou Jones, Shaun Lynch, Claire Marcus, Claire Roll, Adrienne Sloane, Michael Spencer, Steven Stark, Taryn Wells
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Learn to Talk Social Justice Series
Programmed by the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. All series events proceeds benefit the Center for Teen Empowerment in Somerville.
Poetry Jam featuring Clint Smith
Sunday, October 19, 2014
5:00 pm community reception (free)
6:00 pm event ($10 suggested donation)
The Blues as Truth-Telling: Scott Ainslie in concert
Sunday, October 26, 2014
5:00 pm community reception (free)
6:00 pm concert ($10 suggested donation)
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
In May, 2014, the Nave Gallery marked its 10 year anniversary at The Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. Their support through the years has allowed the Nave to show and support the work of hundreds of artists, while reinforcing our mutual commitment to our strengthening our community through art activism. Truth Telling: Art in Search of Social Justice, is a celebration of this partnership and an assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.
Books mix together sculpture, installation, drawing, and performance. They are an interactive experience that fills up space and engages the body, a physical narrative that you move through over time.
The physical book is disappearing from our world, displaced by e-readers. Though e-readers offer convenience, they do not offer that same intimacy of physical connection. The reader interacts only with the text and not the object. You do not feel the journey as you weigh the pages read compared to pages unread. You are not taken back to that moment years ago, when you spilled coffee on the page or underlined a meaningful passage.
Bibliophilia celebrates and explores the complex medium of books.
CURATED BY:
Hannah Verlin
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, October 4, 2014; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
October 2– 26, 2014
ARTIST TALK & BOOK TOUR:
October 26, 2014; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00-8:00 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Caroline Bagenal, Kate Barber, Ana Campos, Cathy Durso, Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer, Ann Forbush, Rebekah Lord Gardiner, Conny Goelz-Schmitt, Liz Hilt, Sarah Hulsey, Jenn Libby, Kathy Lobo, Claire Marcus, Joyce McDaniel, Leighton McWilliams, Abbie Read, Ian Sampson, Susan Schmidt
Artists, consciously or unconsciously, dabble in magic. They borrow signs and symbols, and plant symbolic language, like seeds, into our hearts and minds to offer us new perceptions, and how this happens is…well, a little like magic. To the searching viewer an art work may yield the secrets of the artist’s craft without losing its “magical” power. Is this what separates real magic from mere trickery? Does the difference matter?
CURATED BY:
Arlinda Shtuni
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, August 27; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 27–September 20, 2014
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Magic Salon: Friday, September 12, 7:00 pm -9:00 pm
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Readings About Magic: Saturday, September 20; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00-8:00 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Jim Baab, Kaca Bradonjic, Kristina Caroll, Susan Deleo, Antony Flackett, Adam Forguites, Ariel Freiberg, Claudia Ruiz-Gustafson, Ann Hirsch, Bashkim Izano, Boriana Kantcheva, Angela Mittiga, On Kyeong Seong, Hilary Tait Norod, Shari Weschler Rubek
Systems seem stable and static, and then they suddenly shift into a new orientation or locus, and then they resume their former quiescence. Is the change a settling toward the mean or is it the result of an unseen energy source? Is the new state a release of potential or a kick toward a higher instability?
Sounds like a residency, and this one is no different. Ted Ollier will be approaching his residency at the Nave Gallery with ideas in his head about cascading cubes, catenary curves and the confluence of courses. It is uncertain at this time how these conflicting concepts will coalesce, or whether they will cohabitate without comingling.
During the course of the exhibition, Ollier will continue to work in the gallery. Pieces may be reworked. New works may take root. Please join Ollier at three stages of this experiment and see what emerges.
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
Ted Ollier
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, August 24; 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
ARTIST TALK:
Sunday, September 7; 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sunday, September 21; 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 27-September 24, 2014
GALLERY HOURS:
Follow Ted on Twitter @mindhue to find out when he will be at the Nave Gallery.
Keep track of Ted’s residency
DEADLINE:
July 1, 2015
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 6– 31, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Mara Brod
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Who Might I Be” in the note field
– Please indicate where you learned of the call
– Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: July 1, 2015
Notification: July 9, 2015
Artwork drop-off: TBD
Exhibition dates: August 6-31, 2015
Opening reception: August 6, 2015; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Mara Brod is a Boston-based curator and photographer. She is a graduate of the New England School of Photography and is an active member of the Somerville arts community, most notably as the curator the Somerville Open Studios Artists’ Choice Exhibition for the past 10 years. She can often be found wandering the side streets of Somerville and surrounding towns with her Holga camera in hand.
DEADLINE:
July 5, 2015
Due to holiday weekend, we will be accepting entries until midnight, Sunday July 5.
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 2015
LOCATIONS:
Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex and Washington Street Art Center
JURIED BY:
Aline Smithson
The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries for its third annual toy camera festival.
Images of any subject matter made with a “toy” camera – any low-end, low-tech, limited-control camera such as pinhole, Holga, Diana and other Lomo products, as well as Brownies and Anscos — will be accepted. Images made from Polaroid-type film backs attached to Holgas are also welcome. Images made from a DSLR or SLR with a pinhole or Holga lens will be accepted. For this exhibit, straight Polaroid-type images or images made with cell phones, disposable cameras or point-and-shoot cameras will not be accepted.
Deadline for submission: July 1, 2015
Photographers will be notified by: August 1, 2015
Work must be received by: September 1, 2015
All exhibitions will be held during the month of September. Exact dates and related events to be determined. The final placement of work will be decided by the organizing committee. Accepted pieces should be delivered to the respective gallery ready to install. Artists are responsible for cost of shipping to and from the gallery.
MEET & GREET:
Sunday, August 24; 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
Ted Ollier
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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.
ARTIST TALK:
Sunday, September 7, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
Ted Ollier
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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.
A cornerstone of Somerville’s character is the remaining religious statues in its front yards. These icons, threatened with extinction from the city’s development, are like colorful relics, displayed in homemade shelters and shrines, as well as in bathtubs half-sunk in the ground—known locally as Mary’s on the Half Shell or Bathtub Madonnas. There are also many statues of St. Francis and the Infant Jesus, among others.
Gary Duehr’s photo documentary offers a window into a way of life that is gradually disappearing, when generations of working class families lived in triple-deckers.
FEATURED ARTIST:
Gary Duehr
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 7, 2015 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 7– 14, 2015
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Gary Duehr is a Somerville artist who has been chosen as a Best Emerging Artist in New England by the International Association of Art Critics, and he has received an Artist Grant in photography from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. His work has been featured in museums and galleries including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; MOMA PS 1, New York, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, as well as exhibitions in Tokyo, Venice, London and beyond.
The Last Saints of Somerville is an expansion upon Duehr’s 1998’s photo survey of Somerville’s religious statues, which was funded by the LEF Foundation and which culminated in an exhibition at the Somerville Library.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, August 27; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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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.
DATE & TIME:
Friday, September 12; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
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Why is magic making a resurgence in our collective conscience? The quest to perceive, conjure, capture and bottle it is age old. It’s been the provenance of artists and imposters, saints and witches, scientists and charlatans, and all of those looking to enchant, transform, and transcend the realm of reality.
Their quests, improbable as it seems, have common themes. Take the magic questionnaire and join us for a conversation about our fixation with magic.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, September 13; 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ABOUT:
Interested in curating a show, or getting involved with Wrap Around? Maybe you’ve wanted to gallery sit or become involved in one of our many projects? Stop by the Nave Annex to meet Nave Director, Susan Berstler, and other volunteers to learn how you can get involved.
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, September 18, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
Wines from South Africa
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The art of fine wine knows no bounds! Meet other wine lovers as you become sipping savvy with Pour Favor at the NAVE Gallery Annex. The group explores different wine themes each month. Join us on occasion or join us monthly, invite friends or fly solo. It’s your adventure!
Everyone 21+ years of age or older is welcome to join the Camberville Uncorked™ community and explore the wonderful artistry of wine, no matter if you are a novice or seasoned. Each session will prove yet another opportunity to make discoveries.
TICKETS:
Space is limited to 20 enthusiasts to keep things lively but intimate. You MUST purchase a ticket online in advance.
Please note: ticket fees cover the cost of the event plus a donation to the Annex.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, September 20; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
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Join us for a reading inspired by the literary influences behind the artworks in the show–an enchanting mix of sources from Japanese fairy tales and Jorge Luis Borges to Sylvia Plath and Houdini.
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sunday, September 21, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
Ted Ollier
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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.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, October 4, 2014; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Caroline Bagenal, Kate Barber, Ana Campos, Cathy Durso, Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer, Ann Forbush, Rebekah Lord Gardiner, Conny Goelz-Schmitt, Liz Hilt, Sarah Hulsey, Jenn Libby, Kathy Lobo, Claire Marcus, Joyce McDaniel, Leighton McWilliams, Abbie Read, Ian Sampson, Susan Schmidt
“Ice on the sill
and the snow
they haunt me still”
—Brown Bird
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, July 17; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
July 17-August 16, 2014
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 1:00-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Elizabeth Alexander, Christina Balch, Jeff Bartell, Sarah Bilotta, Sarah Cecil, Laura Fischman, Sharon Freed, Beth Galston, Blake Hiltunen, Brian Kaplan, Anne Lilly, Chris Maliga, Lindsay Metivier, Laura Miner, Cary Rapaport, Zak Alexander Rose, Sophia Sobers, Sarah Wentworth, Timothy Wilson, Nancy Wisti Grayson
MUSIC:
In gratitude to Dave Lamb, to all the beauty he graced upon this earth, to the craft and wisdom he left in his wake, songs by Brown Bird will play throughout the duration of this exhibit. Winter is dedicated to him.
CURATED BY:
Jenn Harrington, Susan Berstler
Contain, keep, cradle: three verbs that describe the attempts of these artists to identify with the fallibility of the human body and the human experience, but in doing this, they make an even stronger statement about our capacity for power and resilience.
Contain, Keep, Cradle is a show of three women, Katherine Vetne, Loretta Adams and Dena Haden, who wish to respond to the challenges of their world with work that is regenerative, alive, and forceful.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, July 10, 2014; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
July 12-27, 2014
Note: The gallery will be closed on Saturday, July 18.
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Loretta Adams, Dena Haden and Katherine Vetne
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 5, 2014; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Karl Gustafson
With programming and logistical assistance from the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church Peace with Justice Ministry Circle
ARTISTS:
Nancy Hall Brooks, Chantal Bruchez-Hall, Nancy Crasco, David Feingold, Helena Gijsbers van Wijk, Karen Gutfreund, Neil Horsky, Lou Jones, Shaun Lynch, Claire Marcus, Claire Roll, Adrienne Sloane, Michael Spencer, Steven Stark, Taryn Wells
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 19, 2014
5:00 pm: Community reception to meet the artists (free)
6:00 pm Performance by Clint Smith and area poets
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ADMISSION FEE:
$10 suggested donation to benefit the Center for Teen Empowerment in Somerville
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
A high-energy evening of poetry on today’s critical social justice issues.
The event is organized by the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in collaboration with the Nave Gallery as part of the exhibition Truth Telling: Art in Search of Social Justice. The show celebrates the 10-year partnership of the Nave and the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in showing and supporting the work of hundreds of artists, while reinforcing a mutual commitment to strengthening the community through art activism. Truth Telling is a celebration of this partnership and an assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.
More information about Clint Smith at www.clintsmithiii.com
ARTIST TALK & BOOK TOUR:
Sunday, October 26,2014; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ABOUT THE ARTIST TALK:
Books are meant to be held and handled. The artist talk will be focused on opening and moving through the books, to see and read. The participating artists will provide “guided tours” of their artworks in a kind of story-telling event.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, July 10, 2014; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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Nave Gallery (Teele Square) , 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Loretta Adams, Dena Haden and Katherine Vetne
Contain, Keep, Cradle is a show of three women, Katherine Vetne, Loretta Adams and Dena Haden, who wish to respond to the challenges of their world with work that is regenerative, alive, and forceful.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, July 17; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Elizabeth Alexander, Christina Balch, Jeff Bartell, Sarah Bilotta, Sarah Cecil, Laura Fischman, Sharon Freed, Beth Galston, Blake Hiltunen, Brian Kaplan, Anne Lilly, Chris Maliga, Lindsay Metivier, Laura Miner, Cary Rapaport, Zak Alexander Rose, Sophia Sobers, Sarah Wentworth, Timothy Wilson, Nancy WistiGrayson
MUSIC:
In gratitude to Dave Lamb, to all the beauty he graced upon this earth, to the craft and wisdom he left in his wake, songs by Brown Bird will play throughout the duration of this exhibit. Winter is dedicated to him.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 26, 2014
5:00 pm: Community reception to meet the artists (free)
6:00 pm: Concert and discussion
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ADMISSION FEE:
$10 suggested donation to benefit the Center for Teen Empowerment in Somerville
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Reflect on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and civil rights today with noted blues historian and musician, Scott Ainslie.
The event is organized by the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in collaboration with the Nave Gallery as part of the exhibition Truth Telling: Art in Search of Social Justice. The show celebrates the 10-year partnership of the Nave and the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church in showing and supporting the work of hundreds of artists, while reinforcing a mutual commitment to strengthening the community through art activism. Truth Telling is a celebration of this partnership and an assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.
More information about Scott Ainslie at http://scottainslie.com/
OPENING RECEPTION:
November 6, 2014; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Brian Barthelmes, Matt Bauer, Melanie Bernier, Dan Blakeslee, Kelly Burgess, Shane Butler, Laura Cortese, Charles Daniels, Ian Fitzgerald, Joe Fletcher, Ron Gallo, Robin Mae Gawron, Peaches Goodrich, Reid Haithcock, Ward Hayden, Brett Henrikson, Matt Lorenz, Richard McCaffrey, Caitlin McCann,
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Big Old Big One (Eran Shaysh and Daniel DP Perry, cofounders)
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Kitchen Sessions (Steve Legare, producer)
Sleepover Shows (Kelly Ribera, Rob Ribera, Aviv Rubinstien, producers)
DATE & TIME:
Wednesday, November 12; 7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
A $5–$10 donation to support speakers is appreciated.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
A panel of musicians, moderated by Audrey Ryan, will tell the touring tale.Includes Dan Blakeslee, Laura Cortese, Will Dailey, Ward Hayden, Nicholas Ward, Brian Webb and other special guests.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 15 2014; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Jim Baab, Zsolt Bátori, Kelly Burgess, Greg Cook, Melissa Eder, Ileana Hernandez, MaryAnne Hinkle, Bill Kouwenhoven, Rachel Mello, H. D. Motyl, Robert Thurlow, Lenny Rigione, V Van Sant, Jill Waterman
DATE & TIME:
Sunday. November 16, 2014; 1:00 pm-6:00 pm
With music by Amy Kucharik from 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Our dessert reception kicks off our sale on a sweet note.
Learn more about making items for the sale
DATE & TIME:
Sunday. December 6, 2015; 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Live music with Yani Batteau
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Our dessert reception kicks off our sale on a sweet note.
Learn more about making items for the sale
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. This June, the second annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) will take place at The Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex, Washington Street Art Center, Brickbottom Artists Association and the Somerville Museum, 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.
JURIED BY:
Meg Birnbaum
Lee Kilpatrick
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, June 8; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
June 7-29, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square) , 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
| Emily Alexander (Somerville, MA) Aoife Austin (Boston, MA) Chuck Baker (Nijmegen, Gelderland The Netherlands)* Michelle Bates (Seattle, WA) Donald Rex Bishop (Cambridge, MA) David Bradley (Boston, MA) Lora Brody (Waltham, MA) Christopher J. Broek (Lake Forest, CA) David Coombes (Foster City, CA) Bill Franson (Byfield, MA)* Marita Gootee (Starkville, MS)* Daniel Grant (San Francisco, CA) Tonee Harbert (Portland, ME)* Ryan Daniel Hoevenaar (Washington, IL) Jordanna Kalman (Poughkeepsie, NY) David Lykes Keenan (Brooklyn, NY) |
Theresa Marie Kelliher (Medford, MA)* Caitlin Margaret Kelly (Durham, NC) Keith Krisa (Cambridge, MA) Isa Leshko (Philadelphia, PA) Anda Marcu (London, Ontario, Canada) Nieves Mingueza (London, UK)* Rosanne Olson (Seattle, WA) Eliza Ann Piccininni (Boston, MA) Phyllis Polevoy (Woodcliff Lake, NJ) Suzanne Révy (Carlisle, MA) Nick M. Schietromo (Whitman, MA) Sharon O’Callaghan Shero (Dallas, TX) Amy L. Temple (Portland, ME) Stacie Turner (West Hartford, CT)* Christy Utter (Exeter, NH) Chris Vivier (Somerville, MA) |
An * means that the artist is in more than one festival location.
Full festival schedule and details at: http://
Lo-fi art takes over Somerville, MA. This June, the second annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) will take place at The Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex, Washington Street Art Center, Brickbottom Artists Association and the Somerville Museum, 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.
JURIED BY:
Meg Birnbaum, Lee Kilpatrick
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, June 6; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
June 6-28, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
ARTISTS:
| Lilyan Aloma (New York, NY) Chuck Baker (Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands)* Kayla Leigh Barker (Midland, TX) David Bradley (Boston, MA) Andrea Buzzichelli (Colle Di Val D’elsa, Siena, Italy)* David A. Cory (South Bend, IN) Julia Jeannette Curl (Melrose, MA) Alberto D’Agostino (Franklin, MA) Ryan Patrick Duffy (Ballwin, MO) Shawna Hanel (Boise, ID) Tonee Harbert (Portland, ME)* Silke Hase (Malden, MA) Kris Hatch (Somerville, MA)* Lorraine Healy (Freeland, WA) Grace Huddleston (Wellesley, MA) |
Karen Janas (Lombard, IL) Mary Kocol (Somerville, MA) Bob Kubiak (Pittsburgh, PA)* Susan Lapides (Cambridge, MA)* Lisa Lindamood (Knoxville, TN)* Susan Lirakis (Center Sandwich, NH)* Chris Maliga (Boston, MA) Karen Molloy (Somerville, MA)* Rosanne Olson (Seattle, WA) Dominique Ruth-Sade Perkins (Cleveland, OH) Liza Rein (Brookline, MA) Alice Rocha (Wellesley, MA) Katherine Roldan (Lynn, MA) Ellen Toby Slotnick (Newton Centre, MA) Steve Stober (Toronto, Ontario Canada) Rebecca Dyer Szabo (Casole D’elsa, Siena, Italy) Jonas Yip (Manhattan Beach, CA)* |
An * means that the artist is in more than one festival location.
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Full festival schedule and details at: http://
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, December 7; 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Jo Atherton, Donna Beck, Louise Berliner, Emily Brodrick, Emily Dvorin, Eileen Doughty, Susan Gaylord, Mary Geisser, Carol Greenwood, Sue Hale, Deborah Kruger, Ingrid Lincoln, Joetta Maue, Ashley Occhino, Allison Rabin, Ellen Ramsey, Amanda Yamashita
ARTIST TALK:
Thursday, December 11; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
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Vessels curators Amy Pett and Ellen Solari discuss fiber art and what the theme of “vessels” means to the show. Exhibition artists including Joetta Maue, Susan Gaylord, Mary Geisser and Allison Linnea Rabin will join the discussion and talk about their artwork and process.discuss fiber art and what the theme of “vessels” means to the show. Artists included in the show will join the discussion and talk about their artwork.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, December 14, 7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free
$5-$10 suggested donation benefits the Nave Gallery
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Now in its eighth year, the Good Cheer Festival returns to Boston.
Hosted in the beautiful Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, home to the Nave Gallery, this is a heartwarming event for the whole family. There will be carols, stories, cookies and nog.
Come ready to sing, smile and, please, dress the part; there is a prize for the best holiday sweaters!
Inside and Out explores the two sides to domesticity through voyeurism and intimacy. Alberto D’Agostino’s walks capture the everday of suburban life, while Nick Schietromo delves into the personal aspects of relationships to home and self.
EXHIBITION DATES:
May 10-May 24, 2014
ARTIST TALK:
Friday, May 23; 6 pm
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
ARTISTS:
Alberto D’Agostino and Nick Schietromo
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
If you’re an art collector, an art lover, or someone who is looking to purchase their first art piece, Salon 21 is the place to go. With 40 artists and nearly 100 pieces of work, the show has something to offer for your taste and budget. From sculpture to painting to photography and prints, all types of media and skill are represented, making it the perfect place to find a gift for you or someone else.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
May 1 – May 11, 2014
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Extended hours during Somerville Open Studios:
Friday, May 2: 6-9 pm
Saturday, May 3: 12-8 pm
Sunday, May 4: 12-6 pm
Looking for a fun and affordable way to start (or add to) your own art collection?
Salon 21 is the Nave Gallery’s 21st century spin on the classic artists salon. Featuring the work of local and regional artists, the show includes art from all mediums by emerging and well-established artists. All pieces in this juried exhibition are priced $500 or under.
CURATED BY:
Michelle Fiorenza
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, May 1, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
May 1 – May 11, 2014
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Extended hours during Somerville Open Studios:
Friday, May 2: 6-9 pm
Saturday, May 3: 12-8 pm
Sunday, May 4: 12-6 pm
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DEADLINE:
June 20, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
July 9–August 16, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Jenn Harrington and Susan Berstler
DESCRIPTION:
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the juried exhibition Winter.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: June 20, 2014
Notification: June 28, 2014
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: July 17–August 16, 2014
Opening Reception: July 17, 2014
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Jenn Harrington’s curatorial projects include Get In My Shoes, PICNIC, The BIG BAD, and The Beast in Me—Johnny Cash: Art Influenced by the Struggle of a Man. An avid supporter of music, she documents performances on www.youtube.com/user/
DEADLINE:
August 15, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
October 2, 2014 – October 26, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Hannah Verlin
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition Bibliophilia.
Books mix together sculpture, installation, drawing, and performance. They are an interactive experience that fills up space and engages the body, a physical narrative that you move through over time.
The physical book is disappearing from our world, displaced by e-readers. Though e-readers offer convenience, they do not offer that same intimacy of physical connection. The reader interacts only with the text and not the object. You do not feel the journey as you weigh the pages read compared to pages unread. You are not taken back to that moment years ago, when you spilled coffee on the page or underlined a meaningful passage.
Bibliophilia will celebrate and explore the complex medium of books. The curator will select artworks that depict how this form can express diverse ideas.
GUIDELINES:
– Submit handmade (or altered) books in any form, including:
– Books that are sculptural or interactive
– Artists’ journals
– Altered found objects
– Zines
– If appropriate please include images showing the book presented in more than one state (open vs. shut)
– Note how the book should be displayed (shelf, pedestal, etc) and if you can provide these elements
– $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
– A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through August 15th, 2014
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Bibliophilia” in the memo
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Friday, August 15, 2014
Notification: Monday, August 25, 2014
Artwork drop-off: Saturday, September 26, 2014
Exhibition dates: October 2 – October 26, 2014
Opening reception: Friday, October 3, 2014
Artist Talk & Book Tour: October 18, 2014
ABOUT THE ARTIST TALK:
Books are meant to be held and handled. The artist talk will be focused on opening and moving through the books, to see and read. The participating artists will provide “guided tours” of their artworks in a kind of story-telling event. Archival gloves will be provided for the audience to handle the books with supervision.
DEADLINE:
July 15, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 27–September 20, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Arlinda Shtuni
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition Magic Without Tricks.
Magic
: A special power, influence, or skill
: A quality of being beautiful and delightful in a way that seems remote from daily life
First Known Use: 14th century
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” —Yeats
What is magic? The quest to perceive, conjure, capture and bottle it has persisted through the ages, intensifying during societal seismic shifts. It’s been the provenance of artists and imposters, saints and witches, scientists and charlatans, and all of those looking to enchant, transform, and transcend the realm of reality. The common fascination of this uncommon cast of characters is the mystery at the heart of magic. We toss around the word to describe a simple trick or a transformational influence, an optical illusion or tangible change. We don’t quite know how it works, yet we all want to experience it. Perhaps this is our way of searching for the extraordinary in ordinary places.
Artists, consciously or unconsciously, dabble in magic. They borrow signs and symbols, and plant symbolic language, like seeds, into our hearts and minds to offer us new perceptions, and how this happens is…well, a little like magic. To the searching viewer an art work may yield the secrets of the artist’s craft without losing its “magical” power. Is this what separates real magic from mere trickery? Does the difference matter?
GUIDELINES:
There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal.
A maximum of 5 pieces may be entered for consideration.
Submissions will be accepted through July 15, 2014.
The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to five artwork submissions as .jpg files to ashtuni@gmail.com.
Each .jpg file should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Please include “Magic” in the memo.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: July 15, 2014
Notification: August 1, 2014
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: August 27–September 20, 2014
Opening Reception: August 27, 2014
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Arlinda Shtuni is a Boston-based curator and editor. She believes real discoveries happen in the in-between space, otherwise known as the margins of disciplines. And so she has dabbled across mediums, acting as book editor, writer, and producer of several award-winning video projects, and most recently as a curator of a salon series that brings together visual artists and writers to investigate topics such as: travel, confinement, intoxication and others.
DEADLINE:
September 8, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
October 5-November 5, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Karl Gustafson
With programming and logistical assistance from the CHCP Peace with Justice Ministry Circle
The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA), in partnership with the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition Truth Telling: Art in Search of Social Justice.
If we can’t see it, we can’t feel it. If we can’t feel it, we can’t know it. If we don’t know it nothing changes, and the suffering goes on. The visual arts have a unique opportunity to reveal the many injustices that prevent people and the planet from flourishing. Artists in all media are invited to submit images that show or comment on the violation of human dignity or environmental integrity that moves them to anger or compassion.
-Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Please include “Truth Telling” in the memo.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located in Teele Square (155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: September 8, 2014
Notification: September 15, 2014
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: October 5 – November 1, 2014
Opening Reception: October 5th 3-5 p.m.
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
As pastor of CHPC from 2003-2012, Karl Gustafson was an instrumental part of the group that established the Nave Gallery, pushed by his belief that art and religion are friends on the same journey, inspired by the same spirit, responsible for the same truth.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
In May, 2014, the Nave Gallery marked its 10 year anniversary at The Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. Their support through the years has allowed the Nave to show and support the work of hundreds of artists, while reinforcing our mutual commitment to our strengthening our community through art activism. Truth Telling: Art in Search of Social Justice, isa celebration of this partnership and an assertion that art is a vehicle through which conversations on social change can be held, compelling people to action.
The festival was launched in 2013 by members of the Nave Gallery and the Washington Street Art Center, two Somerville nonprofit artist-run arts organizations. Defined as any low-end, low-tech, limited-control camera, the “toy camera” has been a source of inspiration for both art spaces, with each having held a toy camera exhibition in the past. Juried by the toy camera photographer Isa Leshko, the 2013 festival exhibited the work of 40 local, national and international photographers at three locations: The Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex and Washington Street Art Center.
The festival expands this year to include Brickbottom Artists Association and the Somerville Museum, and is juried by Meg Birnbaum and Lee Kilpatrick, two Somerville-based fine art photographers. Birnbaum’s work has been juried into numerous national and international photography competitions, and she has hosted solo shows in Kobe, Japan, the Davis Orton Gallery, NY, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco and the Griffin Museum of Photography, among others. Kilpatrick is the director of the Washington Street Art Center and he works with both digital and film in conventional and panoramic format. His photography primarily focuses on documentary candids, and he shows regularly in the Boston area in both solo and group exhibitions.
The Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex, Washington Street Art Center and Brickbottom Gallery will display work selected by the jurors. In collaboration with the Parts and Crafts Collective maker space, the Somerville Museum will host a workshop with local youth on toy camera photography, encouraging them to take photos of their urban environment with low-tech digital keychain cameras. The results of their exploration will be on display during the festival.
“We are thrilled to be a part of this,” says Michael O’Connor, director of exhibitions at the Somerville Museum. “It is a fantastic way to engage our young community creatively and through a medium unlike what they are accustomed to. And for their work to be on display during such a unique festival is thrilling.”
“This is such an inclusive event, both in the accessibility of the medium and in the joining together of so many creative Somerville venues,” Debra Olin, Brickbottom Gallery coordinator notes. “Brickbottom Gallery is proud to be involved in this dynamic festival.”
A schedule of exhibition dates and openings is below. Full details on the festival’s participants and other events will be available early May at somervilletoycamera.org.
Artists, panel discussions and guest speakers to be announced.
Schedule of Exhibitions and Events
Somerville Museum
Exhibition dates: June 5-28, 2014
Reception: Saturday, June 7, 2-5 pm
Gallery Hours: Thursday, 2-7 pm; Friday, 2-5 pm; Saturday, 12-5 pm
1 Westwood Road, Somerville, MA 02143
Brickbottom Gallery
Exhibition dates: June 5-28, 2014
Reception: Sunday, June 8, 5-7 pm
Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday, noon-5 pm
1 Fitchburg Street, Somerville, MA 02143
Nave Gallery Annex
Exhibition dates: June 6-28, 2014
Reception: Friday June 6, 6-8pm
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm; Saturday, 2-8 pm; Sunday, 2-6 pm
53 Chester Street, Somerville, MA 02143
Washington Street Arts Center
Exhibition dates: June 7-28, 2014
Reception: Saturday, June 7, 7-9 pm
Gallery Hours: Saturday, noon-4 pm
321 Washington Street, Somerville, MA 02143
Nave Gallery
Exhibition dates: June 7-29, 2014
Reception: Sunday, June 8, 3-5 pm
Gallery Hours: Saturday & Sunday 1-5 pm
155 Powder House Blvd., Somerville, MA 02144
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, May 1, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Michelle Fiorenza
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville,
ARTISTS:
Looking for a fun and affordable way to start (or add to) your own art collection?
Salon 21 is the Nave Gallery’s 21st century spin on the classic artists salon. Featuring the work of both local and regional artists, the show includes art from all mediums by emerging and well-established artists. All pieces in this juried exhibition are priced $500 or under.
DATE & TIME:
Friday, May 2; 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Please join Painting Intricacies curator Resa Blatman and deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum‘s Art Loan Manager, Lydia Gordon, in conversation with exhibiting artists, including Andrew Fish, T.D. Heavican, Bea Modisett and Susan Richards.
Painting Intricacies explores the visual language of detailed, meticulous painting. A painting can be masterful or abundant in ways that are expected or unexpected—through the details of the brush work, the details of the mark-making, or the details narrated within the painting.
CURATED BY:
Resa Blatman
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 18, 5:30pm-8:00pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 18-May 4, 2014
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
Extended hours during Somerville Open Studios:
Friday, May 2: 6-9 pm
Saturday, May 3: 12-8 pm
Sunday, May 4: 12-6 pm
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Yarn. Fabric. Felt. Thread. Maybe you can have too much of a good thing? Here’s your chance to do a little spring-cleaning, find some hidden crafty gems, and raise awareness of the Somerville Homeless Coalition!
On Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17 from 1:00 pm-5:00 pm, The Wrap Around Project will host the The Great Fiber Swap, an open exchange of all things related to craft and fiber. Bring items for donation, browse through great finds, and swap with your neighbors!
Admission to the event is free, but please bring a donation of canned goods or toiletries to support Somerville Homeless Coalition’s (SHC) Project SOUP, the local food pantry that provides weekly community dinners and delivers groceries to individuals, families, elderly, disabled and homebound people in our neighborhood. A full list of needs can be found here
WHAT WE NEED:
We welcome yarn, knitting needles, fabric, nooks, thread, buttons, ribbon, and so much more. Items may be new or vintage, but must be clean and usable. Items can be brought directly to the swap OR dropped off in advance. If you have a large quantity to donate, please contact info@navegallery.org so that we may make appropriate arrangements.
Drop off date and times:
Nave Gallery, Teele Square
–Thursday, May 14, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Nave Annex, Davis Square
-Anytime after May 1. A basket will be placed in the building’s vestibule which is accessible at any time.
Anything left behind after the swap will be used to create items for the annual Wrap Around sale of handmade goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
ABOUT THE WRAP AROUND PROJECT:
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, an annual sale of handmade goods to benefit The Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). The Wrap Around Project, inspired from the success of the sale, is a yearlong campaign to support the work of the SHC, and raise awareness of the issue of homelessness in Somerville. In 2011 alone, SHC prevented 225 individuals (86 of whom were children) from becoming homeless through their case management and housing program services. Additionally, through programming like Project SOUP, 1,400 people had access to food. SHC is able to prevent one family from becoming homeless with as little as $833.
As an interactive communication design program, the MassArt Dynamic Media Institute (DMI) aims to encourage dialogue within the fields of art, design, technology, and science. Fresh Media is an annual showcase of all the artists/designers in the program from diverse backgrounds in engineering, fine arts, computer programming, graphic/industrial design and advertising. Pieces include interactive and dynamic work ranging from computer based imagery, aural soundscapes, data visualization, and even game-like storytelling.
CURATED BY:
Philip Gedarovich, Amy Jorgensen, Ceren Paydas
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 4, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 4-April 11, 2014
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Fresh Media Lecture I
Fresh Media Lecture II
ARTISTS:
Sixten Abbot, Ana Maria Torres Angarita,Fazli Azeem, Saul Baizman, Michael Boyle, Stephanie Dudzic,Philip Gedarovich, Sofie Elena Hodara, Tien Sky Huang, Mert Ikiz, Amy Jorgensen, Kimberly Maroon, Fish McGill, Ceren Paydas, Jeremy Sherman, Anne Sisto
Each year, the cold and dark of the winter season is brightened by lights of celebration. From quiet displays commemorating religious celebrations to grand designs that flood the senses, these lights invite us to contemplate and be cheered as we make our way through short days and long months.
JURIED BY:
Carlene Campbell, Heather Balchunas, Greg Jenkins and Rachel Strutt of the Somerville Arts Council
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 15, 2014; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 15, 2014-December 14, 2014
Closed Thanksgiving weekend
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Jim Baab, Zsolt Bátori, Kelly Burgess, Greg Cook, Melissa Eder, Ileana Hernandez Hernandez, MaryAnne Hinkle, Bill Kouwenhoven, Rachel Mello, H.D. Motyl, Robert Thurlow, Lenny Rigione, V Van Sant, Jill Waterman
The Nave’s annual Flea Market will be held on Saturday, May 10 from 10 am-2 pm. This is a fundraiser for the gallery’s space and programming, and we are gladly accepting donations. Do some spring cleaning, discover some wonderful finds, and help support the Nave.
Items for the Flea Market can be dropped off at the Nave Gallery in Teele Square on :
–Wednesday, May 7, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
–Friday, May 9, 3:00 pm-7:00 pm
Please note: We will NOT accept the following items:
–Used plastic toys
–Used plastic kitchenware
–Electronic equipment (TVs, VCRs, DVD players, computers, etc.)
Practice explores artwork inspired by craft, and features highly skilled, process-oriented and conceptual works that require a high degree of proficiency and commitment – including drawing, photography, felting, installation, sculpture, bookmaking and storytelling.
CURATED BY:
Jodi Colella
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, March 12; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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SPECIAL EVENTS:
massmouth Story Slam and Workshop
Monday, March 31; 7:00 pm
Artist Talk
Friday, March 21; 7:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 13-April 5, 2014
Please note: The gallery will be closed on Wednesday, April 2, for a private event.
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6:00-8:00 pm
Saturday, 2:00-8:00 pm
Sunday, 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Caleb Cole, Jodi Colella, Julie Kumar, Stephanie Metz, Amanda Nelsen, Zsusanna Szegedi,
Hannah Verlin
Learn more about the artists here
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Early mystics spoke of a cosmology in which our universe was originally, and is at base, infinite energetic chaos. They believed that chaos created us, and all life within our universe, in order to “know itself”. A sense of form and pattern was born; the nameless became named. This can be both mimicked and reversed in the body of a dancer. A nameless, intangible energy can be expressed through lyrical pattern and form, or acute perception can be broken down into intuitive, chaotic movement. Photographers and filmmakers meditate upon this theme for an exhibit celebrating the art of dance
CURATED BY:
Kris Hatch
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, March 6; 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
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Includes:
Performance by KAIROS Dance Theater
Film premiere of ‘GA NI THA’ by Marcella Ernest and Keli Mashborn
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 6-30, 2014
ARTISTS:
Rebecca Cairns, Russell DuPont, Costanza Gianquito, Courtney Brooke Hall, Kris Hatch, Brett Henrikson, Aela Labbe, Anna Marcell, Susu Laroche, Ellen Rogers, Alison Scarpulla, Robert Seto
Filmmakers
Marcella Ernest, Michael Langan, Susu Laroche
SPECIAL EVENT:
Saturday, March 29; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
Dancers and experimental musicians pair up for an evening of improv performances.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, March 4; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Jessica Alpern Brown, Jessie Barnes, Audrey Bell, SaraMarie Bottaro, Debra Broz, Susan Clinard, Jodi Colella, Stephanie EM Coleman, Christina P. Day, Pam DiBona, Rich Garr, Jacob Ginga, Inguna Gremzde, Clara Hyun-young Lee, Eric D. Legacy, Christopher Lineberry, Dain Mergenthaler, Bill Porter, Edward Ramsay-Morin, Matt Runkle, Nick Schietromo, Lenny Schnier, Patty M. Simon, Sarah Sweeney, Claire Tindale, Nicole White, Ellen Wolfe, Mark Younkle
Sex and love and romance.
Red roses, chocolates and ballads.
Monogamy, trust and broken hearts.
Love Shack features artists exploring themes related specifically to Valentine’s Day and/or more broadly, to this thing we call love.
JURIED BY:
Bill Kouwenhoven
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, February 14, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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With music by:
Sophia Belle, Mike Hastings, Amy Kucharik, Steve Subrizi
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 14-March 1, 2014
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
ARTISTS:
Anne Alexander, Bonnie Ashmore-Davis, Christoff Colon, Holly Czapski, Melissa Eder, Marissa Falco, Dante Guthrie, Natsuko Hattori, Len Haug, Lauren Leone, Julianne Martin, Shannon McDonald, Mary O’Malley, Cathleen Parra, Elisa Sweig, Bill Tarlin, Martha Wakefield, Mia Weiner, your mother’s a feminist
ABOUT THE JUROR
Bill Kouwenhoven, International Editor of Hotshoe magazine, has brought an independent perspective to photography criticism for more than 15 years in publications such as Photo Metro where he was editor from 1996-2001 and Sf Camerawork where he curated the 25th anniversary show in 1997. Since moving to Berlin in 2002, he has also been a frequent contributor to such varied publications as Afterimage, Aperture, the British Journal of Photography, European Photography, and Photonews as well as contributing to monographs as varied as Ferit Kuyas’s City of Ambition (Schilt Publishing, 2009) on Chongking and the Yangtze River and a catalogue of contemporary Spanish Photography and Video Art, Nuevas Historias (Hatje Cantz, 2008). He lives and works in Berlin and New York. Love Shack is his first venture into the broader field of contemporary art.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, February 14, 6-8pm
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MUSIC BY:
Sophia Belle
Somerville-based singer songwriter whose folk/alt music is inspired by the New England countryside, foreign lands, and the messiness of the human experience.
Michael Hastings
With all the street smarts that a true troubadour should posses, Mike Hastings proudly wears the title. A singer / songwriter from Somerville, he is known for his love of street performing around Boston with acoustic guitar and voice and as the leader of the Mike Hastings Band performing original roots rock in some of Boston’s best neighborhood venues. Mike’s soulful vocal delivery and eclectic compositions always make for a unique and moving show, for moving your body and for moving your heart.
Amy Kucharik
Amy Kucharik is a singer-songwriter based in Somerville, MA known for sweet ukulele sounds and sassy lyrics, delivered with a voice and style that recalls early jazz and blues performers. Amy has performed at venues in Somerville, Cambridge, and the greater Boston area as well as Philadelphia, Baltimore, Dallas and St. Louis. Her band, Friends (With Benefits) [9], released an EP, Dance Crush Blues [10], in 2013 (available on Bandcamp.com), and her first full-length CD is due in April 2014.
Steve Subrizi
Steve Subrizi is a poet and singer-songwriter from Somerville, MA, who writes songs in the punk-peripheral tradition of Jonathan Richman, Elvis Costello, and Morrissey. He and Kirsten Opstad once formed The Crazy Exes From Hell, who dealt in “really agitated–and really funny–breakup songs” (Dan Bolles, Seven Days). His 2013 debut studio album, _Home Alone Forever_, has been called “deliriously offbeat…strange and wonderful” (Victor Infante, _Worcester Telegram & Gazette_).
JURIED BY:
Bill Kouwenhoven
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Anne Alexander, Bonnie Ashmore-Davis, Christoff Colon, Holly Czapski, Melissa Eder, Marissa Falco, Dante Guthrie, Natsuko Hattori, Len Haug, Lauren Leone, Julianne Martin, Shannon McDonald, Mary O’Malley, Cathleen Parra, Elisa Sweig, Bill Tarlin, Martha Wakefield, Mia Weiner, your mother’s a feminist
Linear Notions brings together the work of Adria Arch and Francis Domec. Despite working to opposing muses (Arch’s work emerges from a long process that starts with doodles she makes as part of her every day urban life; Domec draws his inspiration from nature), certain similarities appear when their art is hung in proximity to each other: strong, yet flat colors; lack of depth of field; seemingly abstract patterning. Linear Notions is a dialogue between two artists absorbed with shape, color and line.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, February 9, 3 pm-5 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square) , 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 8-23, 2014
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GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1-5 pm
ARTISTS:
Adria Arch and Francis Domec
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, February 9, 3 pm-5 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square) , 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Adria Arch and Francis Domec
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, March 16, 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square) , 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Bring your needles and your yarn enthusiasm, and join a group of folks who are busy making a difference–and having fun while doing so!
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade woolen goods to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). All proceeds help fund the amazing work that SHC does, and anything not sold is donated to them.
The mission of this group, if you choose to accept, is to meet monthly at one of Somerville’s hot spots, chat with very cool people, and knit, crochet, or create items for next November’s sale. This is a really fun way to get your craft on and help keep someone warm during our very cold winters.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, March 6; 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
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Includes:
Performances by KAIROS Dance Theater and Angie Moon Dance Theater
Film premiere of ‘GA NI THA’ by Marcella Ernest and Keli Mashborn
CURATED BY:
Kris Hatch
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Rebecca Cairns, Russell DuPont, Rik Garrett, Costanza Gianquito, Courtney Brooke Hall, Kris Hatch, Brett Henrikson, Aela Labbe, Anna Marcell, Susu Laroche, Ellen Rogers, Alison Scarpulla, Robert Seto
Filmmakers
Marcella Ernst, Michael Langan, Susu Laroche
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, March 12; 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Jodi Colella
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Caleb Cole, Jodi Colella, Julie Kumar, Stephanie Metz, Amanda Nelsen, Zsusanna Szegedi, Hannah Verlin
Practice explores artwork inspired by craft, and features highly skilled, process-oriented and conceptual works that require a high degree of proficiency and commitment – including drawing, photography, felting, installation, sculpture, bookmaking and storytelling.
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, March 14
7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
How can SOS help you get those few special people to your studio? How can you use it to attract your best clients, the press, gallery owners, critics, curators, bloggers, dealers?
Learn why getting noticed is part of a bigger picture; why personal contact is essential; why you are as important as your work.
Talk will include guest speakers Marc Gurton and Franklin Einspruch. Marc, who has run Arlington’s 13FOREST Gallery successfully for many years, has a keen understanding of how galleries choose artists to represent. Franklin is a critic for Art in America, among other publications; an artist; and pens a deeply insightful blog called Artblog.net.
This presentation also includes a portion on how to price your work.
This talk is FREE, created especially for Somerville Open Studios and Somerville artists, and open to all.
DATE & TIME:
Friday, March 21; 7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Jodi Colella, Zsusanna Szegedi andHannah Verlin, artists in the exhibition Practice, discuss the process of creating their work.
Learn more about the artists here
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, March 23; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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ADMISSION FEE:
Free and open to all
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
An egg art party (in a series of art egg parties) to advocate for the arts. Open to all & free! Some supplies provided, feel free to bring more.
About: The Hatch Project is part of statewide campaign led by MASSCreative to increase public support for the arts, cultural and creative sector. Communities across the Commonwealth are working throughout the spring budget season to urge legislators to make arts a priority.
Our Project: During Hatch!, Somerville artists will create dozens of “art eggs,” which will be delivered to state legislators in mid April. We envision that artists will transform paper mâché eggs, slightly bigger than your average chicken eggs, into vibrant works of art using a variety of mediums. Once decorated, the eggs will be placed in nests, nestled among messages from Somervillians. Each message will start with: “$ for the Arts = [blank].” We’ll deliver the eggs to Governor Deval Patrick and state senators and representatives who comprise the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. The idea being – if legislators take care of their eggs (I.e., fund the arts), creativity will hatch!
Goal: We hope Hatch! will influence legislators to fund the arts more fully. The project also will garner press for Somerville’s arts community and promote: Somerville Open Studios; the ArtBeat festival (Hatch is this year’s theme!); and the individual artists who decorate the eggs.
How to get involved: Come to one of the multiple workshops being held in March or April. We will have a variety of materials available, but if you have particular materials you’d like to work with, please bring them; we also recommend that you come armed with ideas to decorate your egg. If possible, please RSVP to Heather Balchunas.There is also the possibility to decorate an egg on your own time, in your studio. Contact Heather to work out logistics with her.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, March 29; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Stay for Hypothesize, Improvise & Otherwise. A donation to Chaotic Forms will provide entry to both events.
ADMISSION FEE:
$10 suggested donation
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.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, March 29 , 9:00 pm
Come earlier and check out Chaotic Forms.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
$10-$15 suggested donation
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
An evening of new movement and sound works in a series of interdisciplinary performance events at the Nave Gallery. Featuring:
Sara Banleigh, piano & voice (Brooklyn, NY)
Daniel Wick, piano
Erich Dahlman, trumpet
David Pate, sax (Tampa, FL)
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:
Sara Banleigh is a singer of spooky 500-year-old folk songs from the British Isles. Finding material in old folk books, scratchy records, early broadsides, and even contemporary folk albums, she lets songs creep into her subconscious where they brew and bubble and start to form roots in her soul. She sings them softly to herself for years before deciding to arrange them for piano and play them for interested listeners. She hopes you are one of them.
Trumpeter multi-instrumentalist Eric Dahlman has worked with a diverse array of musicians and composers. Dahlman is still influenced by his experience performing with the late, great Chicago free jazz icon Hal Russell and his NRG Ensemble and has played with NRG alumni plus Jim Baker in Extraordinary Popular Delusions. Eric also currently performs with Woodstock NY area drum builder and percussionist Ken Lovelett in his Sonic Liberation Orchestra. Auddity, a Boston area trio that includes instrument builder Erik Nugent (slide bagpipes, chromatic didjerido etc) and percussionist Michael Knoblach and Dahlman explore drones, whirled folk, free improv and ambient soundscapes. Eric also performs with free jazz ensemblen Litttle Mystery which has a fluid lineup including drummer Rakalam Bob
Moses, trumpeter multi-instrumentalist Keiichi Hashimoto, reedist Jim Warshauer, Knoblach and others.
Eric is on the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra’s 2012 release ‘Evocations’ and their untitled upcoming new album and has performed with the Travis Chandler Philharmonic and San Fransisco electric drum pioneer E Doctor Smith. Dahlman is finishing his latest album of ambient jazz soundscapes which will feature Moses, bassists John Funkhouser and Micro Vard, violinist Shaw Pong Liu and others. For this show Eric will be featuring his Trident horn (built by Erik Nugent) which features up to 4 bells and his new/old Marxophone (azither like hybrid once sold by door to door salesmen).
David Pate was born in 1954 and grew up in Clearwater Florida during the sixties. As a result of the many musical influences of that era, including Hendrix, Coltrane Zappa, Sam Rivers, Ian Anderson and Terry Riley, Pate’s solo performances are a strange eclectic mix. His improvised performances utilize extended saxophone techniques, such as multiphonics controlled overtones, circular breathing, some ostinatos and maybe a blues lick or two…..After receiving an undergraduate degree in Tampa he moved to NYC in 1979 and did graduate work at The Manhattan School of Music, studying with Joe Allard. A participant in the “loft” scene in the 80’s, he performed with Ned Rothenberg, Larry Polansky, and Eugene Chadbourne, as well as in many avante-garde jazz festivals. Moving back to Florida in the late 80’s, he performed with Nat Adderly and Sam Rivers. Pate tours the US with the Temptations and has toured Europe with Sam Rivers, and Bogus Pomp, a Zappa Tribute band. He is very involved in music education, having taught saxophone and jazz studies at the Pinellas County Center for the Arts for the past 30 years. In his spare time, he plays old man basketball and rides great distances on a bicycle.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, June 28, 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
$10-$15 suggested donation
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Concert to Feature World Premiere of Mark Harvey’s New Piece, Mo-Joe, Honoring Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone.
The legendary Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, one of the longest running large jazz ensembles in the world, continues its historic 41st season. The band will perform the world premier e of director Mark Harvey’s Mo-Joe in honor of Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone. Also on tap: Harvey’s 2014 composition Spaceways, celebrating the Sun Ra Centennial and Dreaming, featuring vocalist Grace Hughes. Rounding out the show will be music by Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn, Mary Lou Williams, Gerry Mulligan and Django Reinhardt.
The June 28 show will be the grand finale of Joe’s Jazz and Blues Festival 2014. Established in 2009, the Somerville festival was the brainchild of Mayor Curtatone, a jazz enthusiast and well-known supporter of the arts.
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.
This is not a competitive event but an opportunity to see some amazing local talent, experience great entertainment, learn about the craft and try it out for yourself. There will be food and drink and all who share their story will receive a to fun gift for their efforts too.
Norah Dooley is an accomplished storyteller, author and educator. She has been presenting workshops and stories for people of all ages throughout New England and also in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Phoenix.
ABOUT massmouth:
massmouth is a nonprofit organization that promotes the timeless art of storytelling through social media, education and live performance. They conduct story slams throughout the Massachusetts community with competitions that culminate in a semi-final awards event in the spring.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 4, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Philip Gedarovich, Amy Jorgensen, Ceren Paydas
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Sixten Abbot, Ana Maria Torres Angarita,Fazli Azeem, Saul Baizman, Michael Boyle, Stephanie Dudzic,Philip Gedarovich, Sofie Elena Hodara, Tien Sky Huang, Mert Ikiz, Amy Jorgensen, Kimberly Maroon, Fish McGill, Ceren Paydas, Jeremy Sherman, Anne Sisto
As an interactive communication design program, the MassArtDynamic Media Institute (DMI) aims to encourage dialogue within the fields of art, design, technology, and science. Fresh Media is an annual showcase of all the artists/designers in the program from diverse backgrounds in engineering, fine arts, computer programming, graphic/industrial design and advertising. Pieces include interactive and dynamic work ranging from computer based imagery, aural soundscapes, data visualization, and even game-like storytelling.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, April 5
4:00 pm-6:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
As part of the exhibition Fresh Media, artists present on topics to encourage dialogue within the fields of art, design, technology, and science.
Learn about Fresh Media Lecture II
Program
4:00 pm Ceren Paydas, Visual Artist
Panopticon to Pinterest: A History of Surveillance
When Jeremy Bentham designed the panopticon prison system, he created the illusion of constant surveillance. This lecture uses the panopticon as a model for understanding the roles of modern surveillance systems, and the strategies behind them. The lecture will also guide you through the technological advances that have fueled the evolution of surveillance.
4:50 pm Gabi Schaffzin, DMI Alumnus, Researcher/Designer/Builder at Skeptic
Evidence is Evidence
When Edward Tufte tweets mockingly of the leaked NSA slides, he does so as the self-anointed king of presenting evidence. Empiricism’s head cheerleader, he has built an empire on telling everyone what Truth looks like. He’s also perpetuated a culture where power is held by those with the data. As we shift our appreciation for discourse to those with the willingness and know-how to compress communication into data-visualization, to what dangers do we open ourselves up?
5:40 pm Kimberly Maroon, Photographer & Designer
From Witness to Action: Citizen Photojournalism Through Instagram
Citizen journalism is based upon public citizens playing an active role in the process of capturing and sharing news and information. Today, cameras are readily available to the public and they are built into devices with connection to digital networks. With more cameras in the hands of more people, not just photography professionals, everyone has the opportunity to capture images and share them with the world.
We will look at two recent events, the protests in Istanbul Turkey and Kiev Ukraine. *By examining images captured and shared through Instagram, in contrast to professional news media, we will discuss the impact of this new citizen photojournalism. Using the hashtag as a tool for filtering, a new story of these events is revealed, all from the perspective of the participant.
*May contain graphic or violent content for some audiences.
DATE & TIME:
Friday, April 11
6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
As part of the exhibition Fresh Media, artists present on topics to encourage dialogue within the fields of art, design, technology, and science.
Program
6:00 pm Colin Owens, DMI Alumnus and Critic at RISD
The Telephone (A half-decade reprisal of the DMI Writing Assignment Digital Analogues, as taught by Joseph Quackenbush)
The telephone is perhaps one of the most successful and important inventions of our time. How it came about is quite a different story than what we’ve been taught in our history books. In this lecture we will explore who really invented the telephone and how a funeral director, an accordion, and a microwave are related in our quest for a more modern communication.
6:50 pm Qazi Fazli Azeem, Designer, South Asian Self Advocate for the Autism Spectrum
Adaptive interfaces for Learning – New Media solutions for education inspired by outliers, savants and evolution
In 2013, 1 in 50 children were diagnosed with Autism, some of them having extra-ordinary abilities. My design research addresses learning adapted from gifted learners. Would this hybrid, adaptive model stimulate regular learners to develop successful learning styles found in people on the Autism Spectrum? Would it improve learning?
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, April 18, 5:30 pm-8:00 pm
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CURATED BY:
Resa Blatman
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
| John Campbell Xiaowei Chen Dana Clancy Nicole Duennebier Sean Dunstan-Halliday Claire Elliott Maree Emberton Emily Eveleth Chloe Feldman-Emison Andrew Fish |
Mira Gerard John Guthrie Anne Harris TD Heavican Cathy Lees Damon Lehrer Susan Lichtman CJ Lori Elizabeth Menges Jarrett Min Davis |
Bea Modisett Caleb Neelon David Palmquist Susan Richards Donna Savastio Lynda Schlosberg Candice Smith Corby Jordan Stabile Jeff Stauder Dido Thayer |
Painting Intricacies explores the visual language of detailed, meticulous painting. A painting can be masterful or abundant in ways that are expected or unexpected—through the details of the brush work, the details of the mark-making, or the details narrated within the painting.
Somerville Open Studios is among the largest open studios events in the Boston area. Come and meet three of the Nave Gallery exhibited artists and also see our current exhibition, Painting Intricacies.
EXHIBITION DATES:
May 2-May 4, 2014
GALLERY HOURS:
Friday, May 2: 6-9 pm
Saturday, May 3: 12-8 pm
Sunday, May 4: 12-6 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Charles Daniels
Ted Ollier
Lauren O’Neal
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, May 11, noon-2:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Nave’s annual Flea Market is a fundraiser for the gallery’s space and programming. Come on by, discover some wonderful finds and help support the Nave.
DATE & TIME:
January 25, 2014; 2:00 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
On January 25, 2013, the Nave Gallery Annex opened in Davis Square, bringing in a touch of summer to a cold winter night. Since then, we have hosted over a dozen shows, spotlighting the work of local and national artists and musicians.
Celebrate our one-year anniversary with us!
We’ll have birthday treats throughout the day. Stop by for some sweetness, catch the last weekend of Doodle, listen to some local music, and help us celebrate a fantastic year.
Music Program
2:30 pm-3:00 pm Michael Hastings
With all the street smarts that a true troubadour should posses, Mike Hastings proudly wears the title. A singer / songwriter from Somerville,
he is known for his love of street performing around Boston with acoustic guitar and voice and as the leader of the Mike Hastings Band
performing original roots rock in some of Boston’s best neighborhood venues. Mike’s soulful vocal delivery and eclectic compositions always
make for a unique and moving show, for moving your body and for moving your heart.
3:30 pm-4:00 pm Yani Batteau
4:00 pm-4:30 pm Amy Kucharik
Amy Kucharik is a singer-songwriter based in Somerville, MA known for sweet ukulele sounds and sassy lyrics, delivered with a voice and style that recalls early jazz and blues performers. Amy has performed at venues in Somerville, Cambridge, and the greater Boston area as well as Philadelphia, Baltimore, Dallas and St. Louis. Her band, Friends (With Benefits) [9], released an EP, Dance Crush Blues [10], in 2013 (available on Bandcamp.com), and her first full-length CD is due in April 2014.
6:00 pm-6:30 pm Matt Morin, accordionist
Sweet treats kindly donated by:
Curtis Street Bakers
THE GIFT OF FOOD:
We’ll also be collecting food for the Somerville Homeless Coalition’s Project Soup program. A gift of food or other items to help our friends and neighbors will be happily welcomed.
Protein (tuna fish, peanut butter, beans, etc.) is especially needed. Read more for a list of items that food banks need but don’t ask for
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, January 11, 7:30 pm
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LOCATION:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
$10-$15 donation.
Join us for the first concert of the Nave’s Spring 2014 Music Series, as we welcome back Michael Winograd and the Yiddish Art Trio, fresh from their performance this week at The Kennedy Center.
The Yiddish Art Trio features three of the top klezmer musicians in New York today. Blending infectious traditional melodies with new compositions, sumptuous chamber music-like arrangements and breathtaking improvisations, this rising new ensemble is out to redefine the sound of contemporary klezmer.
Michael Winograd – clarinet
Patrick Farrell – accordion
Benjy Fox-Rosen – bass/vocal
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, February 1, 8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
$10-$15 donation.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
New music by Jim Dalton, Karl Henning, Nancy Rexford and Charles Turner. Music for clarinet, guitar, mandolin, flute, piccolo, piano, shakuhachi, bass, violin and voice.
PROGRAM:
Unarmed Man (première) | Chas Turner
Peter H. Bloom, piccolo Karl Henning, clarinet Chas Turner, contrabass
Gifts of the Bard | Jim Dalton
Jim Dalton, mandolin
Après-mystère Zen on the Wing Swivels & Bops | Karl Henning
Peter H. Bloom, piccolo & flute Karl Henning, clarinet
Sweet Gazelle (première) | Turner
Chas Turner, shakuhachi Jim Dalton, guitar
Violin Sonata (two movements, première) | Nancy Rexford Rachael Wimmer, violin Nancy Rexford, piano
Clear Full Moon | Jim Dalton
Maggi Smith-Dalton, voice Jim Dalton, guitar
Spinning (première) | Turner
Karl Henning, clarinet Jim Dalton, guitar
Untempered Guitar | Dalton
Jim Dalton, guitar
Send Me an Angel (première) Dance With an Angel (première) | Turner
Karl Henning, clarinet Chas Turner, contrabass
Suma Beach (première) | Turner
Naomi Gurt Lind, voice Chas Turner, shakuhachi
Jazz for Nostalgic Squirrels (première) | Henning
Peter H. Bloom, flute Karl Henning, clarinet Jim Dalton, guitar Chas Turner, contrabass
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, May 10, 5:30 pm-8:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Alberto D’Agostino and Nick Schietromo
Inside and Out explores the two sides to domesticity through voyeurism and intimacy. Alberto D’Agostino’s walks capture the everday of suburban life, while Nick Schietromo delves into the personal aspects of relationships to home and self.
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First used in the Middle Ages to describe the sketching of a subject for a piece of art, cartooning has evolved over time to serve a number of purposes–from entertainment to advertising to political and social commentary. Doodle is a show on cartooning in all of its forms.
CURATED BY:
Jef Czekaj
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OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, January 10, 2014, 6 pm-8 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
January 10-26, 2014
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
ARTISTS:
Steve Abbott, Jeff Bartell, Craig Bostick, B.Douglas DeRocher, Fablevision, Kim Gaul, Raul Gonzalez, Erik P. Kraft, Ron LeBrasseur, Anyah Lee, Pauline Lim, Tim McCool, Fish McGill, Dan Moynihan, Dave Ortega, Maria Photinakis, Liz Prince, Melissa Richard, Jordan Stabile
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Jef Czekaj is a cartoonist, children’s book author and illustrator, and musician.
He has illustrated 4 books, and written and illustrated 5 picture books and one graphic novel. His books, Hip and Hop, Don’t Stop!, Cat Secrets, The Circulatory Story, and Yes, Yes, Yaul!, were all chosen as Junior Library Guild selections. Cat Secrets was a finalist in GoodReads Best Books of 2011 and A Call for a New Alphabet was named a “Must-Read” book by the Massachusetts Center for the Book.
His comic, Grampa and Julie: Shark Hunters, ran in Nickelodeon Magazine for more than 10 years. A collection of the first three years of the comic was published with the help of a Xeric Foundation Grant and distributed by Top Shelf.
He DJs for an award-winning hip-hop group under an assumed name.
Jef lives and works in Somerville, MA.
BTW, Czekaj is pronounced “check-eye“!
DATE:
January 10-26, 2014
CURATED BY:
Cecily Miller
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
SALE HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Art, vintage items, knick knacks and intriguing odds and ends; furnish your home or find a perfect gift! All proceeds benefit the Nave Gallery.
DEADLINE:
October 1, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 15, 2014-December 14, 2014
Closed Thanksgiving weekend
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
JURIED BY:
Carlene Campbell, Heather Balchunas, Greg Jenkins and Rachel Strutt of the Somerville Arts Council
DETAILS:
The Nave Gallery invites photographers to submit images of winter lights. Entries do not need to be based in Somerville, MA to be considered.
Each year, the cold and dark of the winter season is brightened by lights of celebration. From quiet displays commemorating religious celebrations to grand designs that flood the senses, these lights invite us to contemplate and be cheered as we make our way through short days and long months.
This exhibition will be juried by the staff of the Somerville Arts Council, who are holiday light experts in their own right. Each year, the Somerville Arts Council runs a trolley tour throughout the city to spotlight some of the city’s unique holiday lights displays. Somerville’s infamous city lights kick off the area’s holiday season.
GUIDELINES:
– $15 entry fee payable through PayPal
– A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration
– Submissions will be accepted through October 1, 2014
– The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold
– Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
-Send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org
-Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name
-Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement
-There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Illuminated” in the memo
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located in Teele Square (155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
DEADLINE:
October 3, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
December 3 – 21, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Amy Pett and Ellen Solari
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition Vessels.
What is a vessel?
-A hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask
-A duct or canal holding or conveying blood or other fluid in an animal, or any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root
-A person seen as the agent or embodiment, as of a quality: a vessel of mercy
-A large boat or ship
What does a vessel or container mean to you? Is it a functional object, or something spiritual or emotional? Is it a “useful pot to put things in”? A place to put things for safekeeping or a way to display its contents? Do you want to contain yourself or something else?
We welcome submissions of vessels or representations of vessels. They can be made of traditional fiber arts materials such as thread, yarn, fabric, or basket-making materials. Or they can be made of surprising materials used as fiber, employing fiber techniques such as weaving, sewing, knitting, quilting, or basketry. Both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional work is eligible.
-Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Please include “Vessels” in the memo.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: October 3, 2014
Notification: November 3, 2014
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: December 3 – 21, 2014
Opening Reception: TBD
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DEADLINE:
October 3, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 6–November 22, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Jenn Harrington and Susan Berstler
We elevate our heroes. The gods are in the clouds. Superheroes fly. Marbled idols stand on pedestals. And our cameras aim at musicians where they are at their best—on stage. But how do they get there? And, more importantly—with days dedicated to cramped cars, thin wallets, beat-up motels, loneliness—why do they follow that long and winding road from one venue to the next? ‘I’ve Been Everywhere, Man: Musicians on the Road’ is an intimate exhibition of the reflections, adventures, humor, and hardships of musicians on tour.
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) encourages musicians, road crew, engineers, venue employees, and other supporters of the music scene as well as professional artists to submit work. All mediums will be considered. Applications will be accepted until October 3, 2014. There is no entry fee for this call for art.
GUIDELINES:
A maximum of five pieces may be entered for consideration.
Submissions will be accepted through October 3, 2014.
The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Applicants must submit
1. Up to five images of work relating to this theme; email to jennifer.harrington@gmail.com
2. An image list with title, dimension, media, and date
3. Website (optional)
4. A brief description of the image/s (optional)
Each .jpg file should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Exhibition dates: November 6–November 22, 2014
Deadline for Entries: October 3, 2014
Notification of acceptance: October 11, 2014
Artwork drop off: October 22,2014
Opening reception: November 6, 2014
PRESS CONTACT:
Jenn Harrington
Susan Berstler
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Jenn Harrington’s curatorial projects include Winter, Get In My Shoes, PICNIC, The BIG BAD, and The Beast in Me—Johnny Cash: Art Influenced by the Struggle of a Man. An avid supporter of music, she documents performances on www.youtube.com/user/jenn999999999999 and has organized events, including a Tom Waits Tribute Series to benefit homeless organizations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and a Johnny Cash Tribute Series to benefit prison book programs throughout New England.
Susan Berstler is the director of the Nave galleries and works as a visual artist, curator, and arts producer. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally including in Germany, the Czech Republic, Scotland and Canada. She has been instrumental in starting a wide variety of arts projects in her home town of Somerville, MA including the Windows Art Project, Project MUM, the Phone Art Box Project, and the SqueezeBox Slam. One of her main interests is in transformative events and media, especially in the realm of public art.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, December 21, 8 pm
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LOCATION:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free
$5-$10 suggested donation benefits the Nave Gallery
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Now in its seventh year, the Good Cheer Festival returns to Boston.
Hosted in the beautiful Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, home to the Nave Gallery, this is a heartwarming event for the whole family. There will be carols, stories, cookies and nog.
Come ready to sing, smile and, please, dress the part; there is a prize for the best holiday sweaters!
DATE & TIME:
Friday, May 23; 6:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Alberto D’Agostino and Nick Schietromo discuss their work in the exhibition Inside and Out. D’Agostino’s walks capture the everday of suburban life, while Schietromo delves into the personal aspects of relationships to home and self.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, May 24, 8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Third Life Studio, 33 Union Square, Somerville
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
New music, dance, performance art and mayhem.
The Big LIE
Rachel Barringer, cello
Noell Dorsey, soprano
‘Moonsongs’, by Matt Samolis
C. Neil Parsons, trombone and movement
The Little SIGH
(small instrumental group holiday)
Matt Samolis, flute
Clara Kebabian, violin
Jesse Kenas-Collins, trumpet
C. Neil Parsons, trombone
Randy Pingrey, trombone
Randy Winchester, trombone
Jeoff Pooser, contrabass
Jane Wang, contrabass
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ARTISTS RECEPTION:
Sunday, December 15, 3 pm-5 pm
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CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Susan Berstler, Molly Blumberg, Skott Chandler, Carla Blakely Collins, Jennifer Drinkwater, Conny Goelz-Schmitt, Kris Hatch, Stephanie McGuinness, Jeanette O’Connor, Sara Romani
A reliquary is a container that holds or displays something sacred. Artwork in this show plays on the concepts of enclosure, concealment, display, sacred and/or profane.
DATE & TIME:
November 16-December 15, 2013
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
SALE HOURS:
Saturdays & Sundays, 1-5 pm
Closed Thanksgiving weekend
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts the Wrap Around Sale, a sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
Last year we raised almost $3,000 for SHC. Can we raise $5,000 this year?
Learn more about making items for the sale
DATE:
December 5-22, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
SALE HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
A one room holiday sale featuring some of the Nave’s favorite artists. Open during gallery hours for 65°: An Exhibition of Contemporary Encaustic Art.
ARTISTS:
Michael Ahern, Christina Balch, Meg BirnBaum, Ruth Daniels, Greer Muldowney, Elisabeth Nicula, Ted Ollier, Annie Silverman, Skunk Skunkadelia, V Van Sant, James Zall, 13 Ml Designs
An exhibition on the techniques, materials and subject matter used by today’s wax artists.
CURATED BY:
Leika Akiyama
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, December 5, 6 pm-9 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
December 5-22, 2013
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
ARTISTS:
Leika Akiyama, Deborah Bohnert, Jodi Colella, Barbara Cone, Kindra Crick, Evelyn Davis-Walker, Joanne F. Desmond, Suzanne Gibbs, Eileen P. Goldenberg, Elizabeth Harris, Suzanne Hauerstein, Deb Neiman, Laurie Johnston, Suzanne LoManto, Lazaro Montano, Julie Nussbaum, Beth Page, Melissa Rubin, Sarah B. Shallbetter, Sophie Truong, Mariana Vieira, Catherine Weber
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Leika Akiyama is a multi media visual artist whose work has been exhibited in the New England area including the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Montserrat College of Art, Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts and the Nave Gallery in Somerville. Akiyama is a resident artist at the Boston Center for the Arts, and has also organized exhibitions such as JAPAN-O-RAMA at ArtSpace@16 and Wasabi at the Nave Gallery. Her encaustic paintings have been shown in group shows including Encaustic Painting–the Way of Wax, Winifsky Gallery, Salem State College, MA and Women and Wax, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, MA.
She has studied painting at the Boston University School for the Arts and has spent time painting at the Vermont Studio Center and in Trieste, Italy. She is currently working on the Celebrity Series project Play Me, I’m Yours. Hello Kitty is her personal sacred icon.
DEADLINE:
January 20, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 14-March 1, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
JURIED BY: Bill Kouwenhoven
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the juried exhibition Love Shack.
Sex and love and romance.
Red roses, chocolates and ballads.
Monogamy, trust and broken hearts.
Opening Feb. 14, 2014, Love Shack will feature artists exploring themes related specifically to Valentine’s Day and/or more broadly to this thing we call love.
GUIDELINES:
Open to all artists in all media.
Installation proposals are encouraged.
$15 entry fee payable through PayPal.
A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration.
Submissions will be accepted through January 20, 2014.
The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org.
NOTE: We are experiencing technical issues with our email accounts. If your submission does not go through, please forward to susan[dot]berstler(at)gmail.com.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Paypal is available here. Please include “Love Shack” in the memo
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Monday, January 20, 2013
Notification: January 26, 2013
Artwork drop off: Sunday, February 2, 2014
Exhibition dates: February 14-March 1, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, February 14, 2014 (Valentine’s Day)
ABOUT THE JUROR
Bill Kouwenhoven, International Editor of Hotshoe magazine, has brought an independent perspective to photography criticism for more than 15 years in publications such as Photo Metro where he was editor from 1996-2001 and Sf Camerawork where he curated the 25th anniversary show in 1997. Since moving to Berlin in 2002, he has also been a frequent contributor to such varied publications as Afterimage, Aperture, the British Journal of Photography, European Photography, and Photonews as well as contributing to monographs as varied as Ferit Kuyas’s City of Ambition (Schilt Publishing, 2009) on Chongking and the Yangtze River and a catalogue of contemporary Spanish Photography and Video Art, Nuevas Historias (Hatje Cantz, 2008). He lives and works in Berlin and New York. Love Shack is his first venture into the broader field of contemporary art.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, December 5, 6-9 pm
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CURATED BY:
Leika Akiyama
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Leika Akiyama, Deborah Bohnert, Jodi Colella, Barbara Cone, Kindra Crick, Evelyn Davis-Walker, Joanne F. Desmond, Suzanne Gibbs, Eileen P. Goldenberg, Elizabeth Harris, Suzanne Hauerstein, Laurie Johnston, Suzanne LoManto, Lazaro Montano, Julie Nussbaum, Beth Page, Melissa Rubin, Sarah B. Shallbetter, Sophie Truong, Mariana Vieira, Catherine Weber
An exhibition on the techniques, materials and subject matter used by today’s wax artists.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, December 7, 7:00 PM
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
$10 suggested donation
Proceeds benefit Porpentine Players’ production of A Man for All Seasons.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Staged Reading of Luther by John Osborne, a 1961 play about the man who launched the Protestant Reformation.
A reliquary is a container that holds or displays something sacred. Artwork in this show plays on the concepts of enclosure, concealment, display, sacred and/or profane.
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Sunday, December 15, 3 pm-5 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 16, 2013-December 15, 2013
Closed Thanksgiving weekend.
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1-5 pm
ARTISTS:
Susan Berstler, Molly Blumberg, Skott Chandler, Carla Blakely Collins, Jennifer Drinkwater, Conny Goelz-Schmitt, Kris Hatch, Stephanie McGuinness, Jeanette O’Connor, Sara Romani
DATE & TIME:
Wednesday, May 28, 6:00-7:30 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
FREE, but please bring a donation to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Nave Gallery’s Fiber Swap was a big success this past weekend, and we still have fabric and yarn left.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, November 16; 2-6 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Viktor Genel, an artist in Peer-Reviewed Submissions, will be expanding his ever-growing piece, MMORPH, at the Nave Gallery Annex. Stop by, bring your business cards, and see how you can be a part of this participatory work.
DEADLINE:
December 4, 2013
EXHIBITION DATES:
January 10-26, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Jef Czekaj
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the juried exhibition Doodle.
First used in the Middle Ages to describe the sketching of a subject for a piece of art, cartooning has evolved over time to serve a number of purposes–from entertainment to advertising to political and social commentary. Doodle is a show on cartoons in all of its forms. Themes of all types will be considered, and formats of all kinds including, but not limited to, animation, comics, graphic novels, illustrations, storyboards, etc., will be accepted.
GUIDELINES:
There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal.
A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration.
Submissions will be accepted through December 4, 2013.
The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “Doodle” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Notification: Saturday, December 14, 2013
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: January 10-26, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, January 10, 2014
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Jef Czekaj is a cartoonist, children’s book author and illustrator, and musician.
He has illustrated 4 books, and written and illustrated 5 picture books and one graphic novel. His books, Hip and Hop, Don’t Stop!, Cat Secrets, The Circulatory Story, and Yes, Yes, Yaul!, were all chosen as Junior Library Guild selections. Cat Secrets was a finalist in GoodReads Best Books of 2011 and A Call for a New Alphabet was named a “Must-Read” book by the Massachusetts Center for the Book.
His comic, Grampa and Julie: Shark Hunters, ran in Nickelodeon Magazine for more than 10 years. A collection of the first three years of the comic was published with the help of a Xeric Foundation Grant and distributed by Top Shelf.
He DJs for an award-winning hip-hop group under an assumed name.
Jef lives and works in Somerville, MA.
BTW, Czekaj is pronounced “check-eye“!
DEADLINE:
January 31, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 6-30, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Kris Hatch
Early mystics spoke of a cosmology in which our universe was originally, and is at base, infinite energetic chaos. They believed that chaos created us, and all life within our universe, in order to “know itself”. A sense of form and pattern was born; the nameless became named. This can be both mimicked and reversed in the body of a dancer. A nameless, intangible energy can be expressed through lyrical pattern and form, or acute perception can be broken down into intuitive, chaotic movement.
The Nave Gallery invites photographers, filmmakers and writers to explore this theme for Chaotic Forms, an exhibition celebrating the art of dance.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Photographers: send up to 3 submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org. Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Filmmakers: submit up to 3 films maximum 15 minutes long by sending a direct link to a streaming online video. Analog films must be able to be submitted in digital form, and if required to be projected in analog, filmmakers must provide an appropriate projector for public screenings.
Writers: submit up to 3 short short fiction or creative nonfiction or poetry (maximum 2 double-spaced pages) as .doc compatible with both Mac and PC.
All submissions should include a list of the attached or linked files listing submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a short artist bio. Additional statements about your work are voluntary.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal, which can be found here. Please include “Chaotic Forms” in the memo.
The artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery if necessary.
Local artists will be asked to help gallery sit.
The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for all entries: Friday, January 31, 2014
Notification: Friday, February 7, 2014
Film/Video final high res files received: Friday, February 14, 2014
Photography drop off deadline: Thursday, February 27, 2014
Exhibition dates: March 6-30, 2014
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 6, 2014
Science and art mash up in a show of works with mathematical and scientific themes.
CURATED BY:
Elisabeth Nicula and Ted Ollier
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 2, 6-8 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 2 – November 23, 2013
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
ARTISTS:
Diana Abells, Kathleen Benton, Jonathan Cartledge, Chris Cavallero, Viktor Genel, Melissa Glick, K. Gretchen Greene, Markus Haala, Amelia Hankin Cashin, Sarah Kariko, Elinor Karlsson, Sarah May, Jackie Miller, Marjorie Moore, Elisabeth Nicula, Michel Ohly, Ted Ollier, Anne Russell, Kate Sheridan, Beverly Sky, Steven Stark, Jeremy Starn, Mark Stock, Andrea Warner, Matthew Wilt
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, January 10, 2014, 6 pm-8 pm
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CURATED BY:
Jef Czekaj
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Steve Abbott, Jeff Bartell, Craig Bostick, B.Douglas DeRocher, Fablevision, Kim Gaul, Raul Gonzalez, Erik P. Kraft, Ron LeBrasseur, Anyah Lee, Pauline Lim, Tim McCool, Fish McGill, Dan Moynihan, Dave Ortega, Maria Photinakis, Liz Prince, Melissa Richard, Jordan Stabile
In the summer of 2013, The Nave Gallery and the Somerville Arts Council teamed up on a public art project to re-purpose a rapidly disappearing material culture–the once ubiquitous phone booth.
Join Mayor Curtatone for a roving reception of recently created phone art work.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 27; 2 pm
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LOCATION:
2:00 Rachel Mello’s box; 64 Highland Ave., Somerville, MA (near the high school gym and park)
2:20: Pauline Lim
2:40: Friends of Public Library
3:00: Gary Duehr
If you wish to do a box please submit an application here.
Smuttynose Brewing Company is one of the 11 brewers in the exhibition, BRANDED: The Art of the Beer Label. I asked them to be a part of the show because the characters on their labels are so compelling. They draw you in, making you wonder what the story is behind them. Joe Grotto of Smuttynose was kind enough to let me in on the inspiration behind some of their labels.
The dog on the Old Brown Dog label is the owner Peter’s dog. Her name is Olive. She’s a weinheimer. She was probably about a year old when that pic was taken in ~1995. She did not want to sit still on that barrel.
The geezers on the Finestkind IPA label are Cy and Paul. Cy was 90-some-odd years old when it was taken in 2004 and has since passed away. Paul turned 93, I think, this year. He still comes, on occasion, to beer fests with me rocking his hole-y jeans, flannel and suspenders. He’s a rock star and one of the nicest fellas you’ll ever meet.
The image on the Rhye IPA label is a famous drawing of an Indian rhinoceros by 16th century German painter and printmaker, Albrecht Dürer. Dürer had never seen the creature before and created the drawing based on one description and a crudely scribbled sketch.
Image Above: Newcomb Hollow Cliff, Judy Motzkin
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, October 10, 7:30-9:30pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
October 10-26, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 pm
EARTH Effects is an international collaboration between five artists: Ellen Schön, Alice Grossman, and Judith Motzkin from the United States, Karmela Berg from Israel, and Pirjo Heino from Finland.
Diverse personal backgrounds, cultures, and disciplines inform these artists explorations of the effect—both verb and noun—on and of our planet. Earth is seen from above as an orb hurtling though outer space; from below in the depths of plate tectonics; as a recognition of the rhythms of life, as homage to creation myths, and as powerful Mother Nature.
The exhibition includes ceramics, painting, photography, sculpture, and installation.
The recent explosion of craft breweries has led to an explosion of artistic beer labels. As breweries look to create a distinctive identity for themselves, brewers are getting creative with their label design, hiring local artists, crowdsourcing ideas, or even relying on their own freestyle doodling. The lack of corporate backing, for many, has spurred brewers to think about design based on flexibility and affordability. This nimbleness has resulted in a visual cacophony that sparks the interest as much as the brews do.
ORGANIZED BY:
Tori Costa
BRAINCHILD OF:
Michael Ahern
BREWERS:
Battle Road Brewing, Cambridge Brewing Company, Down the Road Brewery, Enlightenment Ales, Harpoon Brewery, Idle Hands Craft Ales, Night Shift Brewing, NOTCH Brewing, Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project, Slumbrew, Smuttynose Brewing Company, The Alchemist
OPENING RECEPTION:
Tuesday, October 8, 6-9 pm
Music by Dan Blakeslee
Sponsored by: Dave’s Fresh Pasta
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EXHIBITION DATES:
October 8-20, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
For centuries, humans have used maps to chart their world –from the human body to the stars and everything in between. Both foreign and familiar, we can lose ourselves and find ourselves in the landscape of maps.
CURATED BY:
Vanessa Marcoux and Sandy McDonald
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, August 3, 3-5 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 3 – 18, 2013
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1-5 pm
ARTISTS:
Gabrielle Aydnwylde, Kelvy Bird, Geoff Booras, David Buckley Borden, Marie Bourget, Jennifer Carland, Christopher Cavallero, Adnama Delou, Kendra J. Dowd, Craig Eastland, David Fallon, Emily Garfield, K. Gretchen Greene, Corazon Higgins, Susan Johnson, Karolina Kawiaka, Cynthia Kollios, Jennifer Layzer, Alla Lazebnik, Nat Martin, Carolyn Muskat, Ted Ollier, Candice Oyer, David Palmquist, Adriana G. Prat, Celeste Psaros, Rajiv Ramaiah, Nikki Rosato, Paul Ryan, Sam Schwartz, Max Syro, Christine Willis, James Zall
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 6, 2:00 pm
LOCATION:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
In advance: $12 adult; $5 children
Door fee:$15 adult; $5 children
Permit free parking available on Sundays
Tickets can be purchased at: www.jenaestarikov.com
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
A program featuring String Theory and Hanna’s Hearts of Hope. Including Ravel’s String Quartet, jazz arrangements by Chris Welch and duets with Hanna.
A silent auction and reception will follow.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, Sept 28, 10:00 am-2:00 pm
LOCATION:
713 Broadway, Somerville, MA (right outside Blue Cloud Gallery)
ADMISSION FEE:
Free
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Somerville by Yarnstorm is a public art project that combines art, craft, and activism to support and promote the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
From April through October, one special tree a Somerville neighborhood will receive a warm and fuzzy makeover.
October’s tree will be themed Circles and Squares, and will take place in right outside Blue Cloud Gallery in Ball Square.
Come by, help us install, and let’s take Somerville by Yarnstorm!
Somerville by Yarnstorm is part of The Wrap Around Project, and is supported in part by the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
The first ever Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) held in collaboration with the Washington Street Art Center celebrates the quirky and creative results that happen when the photographer is forced to loosen his/her controls.
During August and September, The Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex, and the Washington Street Art Center will each host an exhibition on toy camera photography. The Washington Street Arts Center kicks off the festival with the exhibition, Black, White & a Little Local Color. Pieces included were chosen by the 2013 STCF organizing committee. Exhibitions at the Nave Gallery and Nave Annex were juried by Isa Leshko.
Press Release
Exhibition details: Nave Gallery
Exhibition details: Washington Street Art Center
JURIED BY:
Isa Leshko
Juror’s statement
ARTISTS :
Meg Birnbaum, Mara Brod, Kelly Burgess, Kathy Chapman, Ron Cowie, Ashley Craig, Sara Fields, Bill Franson, Warren Harold, Silke Hase, Michael Kirchoff, Erin Trieb, and Bill Vaccaro
The following artists will be at the Nave Gallery in Teele Square:
Kathy Chapman, Perry Dilbeck, Shawna Gibbs, J.M. Golding, Warren O. Harold, Jennifer Henriksen, Karen Janas, Jose Manuel Madrona, C. Gary Moyer, Suzanne Révy, Claudia Rippee, Michelle Sheppard, Barbara Traub, Kavita Venkateswar, Elizabeth Wood and James Zall
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, September 11, 6-9 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 11-29, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, October 6, 7:30 pm
8:30 pm: Complimentary reception to follow
LOCATION:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free
Permit free parking available on Sundays
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
A free recital of works for flute and chamber ensemble. Featuring flute duets ranging from virtuosic (Doppler’s “Andante & Rondo”) to contemplative (a work by Israeli-American composer Shalumit Ran), a cheery Haydn “London Trio” for two flutes and cello, Ulysses Kay’s “Suite for Flute and Oboe,” a vocal solo, and flute selections including Burton’s charming “Sonatina.
Ellen Rakatansky, flute
Alison LaRosa Montez, flute
Victor Troll, piano
Anne Collins, cello & voice
Elizabeth England, oboe
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:
Flutist Ellen Rakatansky holds a B.A. in Music and Computer Science from Tufts University and a M.M. in Flute Performance from Boston Conservatory. She has performed with area ensembles including Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Albany Symphony, and ALEA III. Ellen lives in Cambridge and utilizes her technical skills at PG Calc, designing software to help charities raise money through planned giving.
Alison LaRosa Montez, flute, received a B.M. from Catholic University of America, where she studied with Vanita Jones and Tom Perazzoli. By day she fundraises for Tufts University School of Medicine, and by night she is an avid choral singer, performing regularly with The Seraphim Singers choir. As much an early- as contemporary music enthusiast, Alison also plays traverso.
Elizabeth England, oboe, holds a B.M. from New England Conservatory. She maintains a busy performance schedule in New England. Off stage, Ms. England can be found teaching lessons to young oboists in the Boston area. Recent accolades include the 2013 St. Botolph Club Foundation “Emerging Artist Award.” In her spare time, she enjoys her neighborhood of J.P. and exploring new cupcake shops.
The ensemble met through the Beantown Chamber Music Reading Meetup. Visit our Meetup page to join us for an upcoming classical music jam session
The first ever Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) held in collaboration with the Washington Street Art Center celebrates the quirky and creative results that happen when the photographer is forced to loosen his/her controls.
During August and September, the Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex, and the Washington Street Art Center will each host an exhibition on toy camera photography. The Washington Street Arts Center kicks off the festival in August with the exhibition, Black, White & a Little Local Color. Pieces included were chosen by the 2013 STCF organizing committee. Isa Leshko juried the exhibitions at the Nave Gallery and Nave Annex.
Press Release
Exhibition details: Nave Gallery Annex
Exhibition details: Washington Street Art Center
JURIED BY:
Isa Leshko
Juror’s statement
ARTISTS:
Kathy Chapman, Perry Dilbeck, Shawna Gibbs, J.M. Golding, Warren O. Harold, Jennifer Henriksen, Karen Janas, Jose Manuel Madrona, C. Gary Moyer, Suzanne Révy, Claudia Rippee, Michelle Sheppard, Barbara Traub, Kavita Venkateswar, Elizabeth Wood and James Zall
Please note:the following artists will be at the Nave Annex in Davis Square:
Meg Birnbaum, Mara Brod, Kelly Burgess, Kathy Chapman, Ron Cowie, Ashley Craig, Sara Fields, Bill Franson, Warren O. Harold, Silke Hase, Michael Kirchoff, Erin Trieb, and Bill Vaccaro
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, September 6, 6-9 pm
Note: The City of Somerville has kindly relaxed resident permit parking around the Nave tomorrow night during our opening reception. All other parking restrictions must be followed.
EXHIBITION DATES:
September 7-28, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 pm
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, September 6, 6-9 pm
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Note: The City of Somerville has kindly relaxed resident permit parking around the Nave tomorrow night during our opening reception. All other parking restrictions must be followed.
JURIED BY:
Isa Leshko
ARTISTS:
Kathy Chapman, Perry Dilbeck, Shawna Gibbs, J.M. Golding, Warren Harold, Jennifer Henriksen, Karen Janas, Jose Manuel Madrona, C. Gary Moyer, Suzanne Révy, Claudia Rippee, Michelle Sheppard, Barbara Traub, Kavita Venkateswar, Elizabeth Wood and James Zall
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
The second of three exhibitions for the first ever Somerville Toy Camera Fest, an international festival in Somerville, MA celebrating the quirky and creative results that happen when the photographer is forced to loosen his/her controls.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, Sept 7, 10:00 am-2:00 pm
LOCATION:
Union Square Plaza, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Somerville by Yarnstorm is a public art project that combines art, craft, and activism to support and promote the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
From April through October, one special tree a Somerville neighborhood will receive a warm and fuzzy makeover.
September’s tree will be themed Doilies of Fluff, and will take place in the center of Union Square.
ITEMS NEEDED:
Doilies in white and off-white, 12” max
Items due by: Fri, September 6; Drop-off at Nave Gallery or Nave Gallery Annex
Come by, help us install, and let’s take Somerville by Yarnstorm!
Somerville by Yarnstorm is part of The Wrap Around Project, and is supported in part by the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, September 11, 6-9 pm
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JURIED BY:
Isa Leshko
ARTISTS:
Meg Birnbaum, Mara Brod, Kelly Burgess, Kathy Chapman, Ron Cowie, Ashley Craig, Sara Fields, Bill Franson, Warren Harold, Silke Hase, Michael Kirchoff, Erin Trieb and Bill Vaccaro
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
The last of three exhibitions for the first ever Somerville Toy Camera Fest, an international festival in Somerville, MA celebrating the quirky and creative results that happen when the photographer is forced to loosen his/her controls.
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, September 26, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
LOCATION:
Davis Square Plaza
In case of rain, the meetup will move to the Nave Gallery Annex (53 Chester St., Somerville).
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Bring your needles and your yarn enthusiasm, and join a group of folks who are busy making a difference–and having fun while doing so!
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade woolen goods to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). All proceeds help fund the amazing work that SHC does, and anything not sold is donated to them.
The mission of this group, if you choose to accept, is to meet monthly at one of Somerville’s hot spots, chat with very cool people, and knit, crochet, or create items for next November’s sale. This is a really fun way to get your craft on and help keep someone warm during our very cold winters.
DEADLINE:
March 7, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 18-May 4, 2014
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Resa Blatman
The Nave Gallery Annex introduces Painting Intricacies, an exhibition of work that explores the visual language of detailed, meticulous painting. A painting can be masterful or abundant in ways that are expected or unexpected—through the details of the brush work, the details of the mark-making, or the details narrated within the painting.
For this exhibition, curator and Somerville artist Resa Blatman is on the lookout for intricate, beautiful, and/or lush paintings of any medium or style that don’t hold back.
GUIDELINES:
There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal.
A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration.
Submissions will be accepted through March 7, 2014.
The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “Painting Intricacies” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Friday, March 7, 2014
Notification: Monday, March 17, 2014
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: April 18-May 4, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, April 18, 2014
ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Resa Blatman holds an MFA in painting from Boston University and a BFA in graphic design from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her paintings have been exhibited in museums, university galleries, and commercial galleries throughout New England. Her newest paintings and a wall installation are included in the current exhibit Seeing Glacial Time: Climate Change in the Arctic at Tufts University Art Gallery, which is now on view through May 18, 2014. The artists’ reception is free and open to the public on Thursday, January 30th, 5-7:30pm.
Resa is represented in Boston by Miller Yezerski Gallery. Visit Resa’s website to see her work online.
DEADLINE:
March 30, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
May 1 – May 11, 2014
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, May 1, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Michelle Fiorenza
The Nave Gallery is pleased to announce a call for entries for, “Salon 21,” a 21st Century Artists Salon open to artists in all media. The exhibition will be open during Somerville Open Studios (SOS), one of Massachusetts’ largest open studio events. The show will be promoted as an affordable and great way to add to or start a personal art collection. All themes will be considered. You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
GUIDELINES FOR ENTRY:
A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration.
Entries should be no larger than 21″ x 21″ (including frame).
Small 3D work to be displayed on pedestals may also be submitted.
Colored mats will not be accepted.
Work must be delivered framed or ready to install (if not the piece is not framed then method for installation needs to be discussed/approved with curator).
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located inside of the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (155 Powder House Blvd, outside of Teele Sq.).
The curator reserves the right not to accept work if delivered unframed or not ready to install, or if the hanging method is deemed unsafe.
The artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
Artwork should be priced $500.00 and under.
The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send 3 jpeg images to mfiorenza29@gmail.com.
Each jpeg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension. Name the jpeg files “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year.
There is a $15 submission fee, paid with Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please indicate in the memo line that this is for “Salon 21.” Checks should be sent to The Nave Gallery, Attn: Michelle Fiorenza (Salon 21), 155 Powder House Boulevard, Somerville, MA 02144.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Sunday, March 30, 2014
Notification: Tuesday, April 1, by email
Work to be delivered: Saturday, April 12, 11:00 am-3:00 pm
Show dates: Thursday, May 1 – Sunday, May 11
Opening reception: Thursday, May 1, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
Pick-up of work: Tuesday, May 13, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm; Wednesday, May 14, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
DEADLINE:
April 22, 2014
EXHIBITION DATES:
June 2014
LOCATIONS:
Brickbottom Art Association, Nave Gallery, Nave Gallery Annex, Washington Street Art Center
JURIED BY:
Meg Birnbaum, Lee Kilpatrick
The Somerville Toy Camera Festival seeks entries for its second annual toy camera festival.
Images of any subject matter made with a “toy” camera – any low-end, low-tech, limited-control camera such as pinhole, Holga, Diana and other Lomo products, as well as Brownies and Anscos — will be accepted. Images made from Polaroid-type film backs attached to Holgas are also welcome. Images made from a DSLR or SLR with a pinhole or Holga lens will be accepted. For this exhibit, straight Polaroid-type images or images made with cell phones, disposable cameras or point-and-shoot cameras will not be accepted.
Deadline for submission: April 22, 2014
Photographers will be notified by: April 28, 2014
Work must be received by: May 25, 2014
All exhibits will be held during the month of June. Exact dates and related events to be determined. The final placement of work will be decided by the organizing committee. Accepted pieces should be delivered to the respective gallery ready to install. Artist is responsible for cost of shipping to and from gallery.
On Sunday, April 17th, the Nave Gallery Annex in Somerville, MA will host a pop-up exhibition of the work of John Chervinsky. The exhibition follows a memorial celebration in honor of John at the Nave Gallery on April 16th, and will showcase works from two of his well known projects, An Experiment in Perspective and Studio Physics.
Originally opening in 2005 at the Griffin Museum of Photography, An Experiment in Perspective marked a turning point in John’s work, and signaled his emergence as a mature artist. Each of the thirty-one photographs comprising An Experiment in Perspective bear the hallmarks of John’s unique style and approach to photography: a purposefully limited but tonally rich palette; a meticulous attention to composition; the emergence of invention and creative variation despite–or perhaps because of–the self-imposed constraints of a carefully controlled studio environment; a strong conceptual and scientific underpinning resulting in a synergistic fusion of art and science; and, most importantly, a beautiful and instantly beguiling image that rewards careful examination and reflection, even as its immediate impact as pure image remains. Putting John’s understated, penetrating aesthetic sensibility on display, An Experiment in Perspective also showcases the epistemological quest at the heart of his artistic endeavors: “I see An Experiment in Perspective as posing questions without easy answers. My intent is not to express a single narrow perspective but, among other things, to expose the pitfalls of doing so.”
Begun in 2010 and continued until John’s passing in December of 2015, the Studio Physics project was driven by his desire to explore the concept–or more accurately, the question–of time: “I am fascinated by the concept of time. I can measure it, account for it in an experiment in the lab, and live my life in it, but I still don’t know what it is, exactly.” The execution of each photograph in the Studio Physics series was typically a matter of several weeks, the result of a time-lag built into a process that John described as, “1. Compose and photograph as still life; 2. Crop a subset of the image and send it to a painting factory in China; 3. Wait for an anonymous artist in China to paint an oil painting of the subset and send it to me in the mail; 4. Reinsert the painting into the original setup and re-photograph.” As was the case with An Experiment in Perspective, each of the resulting images is far greater then the sum of its parts. While the vibrant, colorful images of Studio Physics stand in stark contrast to the chalk and slate austerity of An Experiment in Physics, the two projects nevertheless share certain traits in common. Both are comprised of meticulously staged and compositionally precise photographs, executed in a carefully controlled studio environment, under a set of constraints that allow for a surprising amount of variation. With Studio Physics, however, the painterly quality hinted at in John’s earlier work comes to the fore. While each of the images in Studio Physics warrants a close study of the optical chicanery at its heart, such study is best undertaken simply to drink in the richness and beauty of the image itself.
John Chervinsky was an engineer from in the field of applied physics and a self-taught photographer. Because of his commitment to photography, John established an annual scholarship, through the Griffin Museum of Photography, to support the work of young, up-and-coming photographers. To find out more about the John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship, visit: http://www.griffinmuseum.org/blog/product/chervinsky-scholarship/
If you are in the Boston area on April 17th, please visit the pop-up exhibition at The Nave Gallery, 53 Chester Street in Somerville. The exhibition will be open from 12:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Attention all Knitters, Crocheters and Stitch-makers!
The Nave Gallery is seeking knitted, crocheted, and sewn donations for Wrap Around, our annual sale of affordable handmade goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). This year, the Nave will host a number of pop-up Wrap Around sales from October through January to promote and support the work of SHC. We hope that you will join us in wrapping our arms around our community.
Each year, through the generosity of our community, we raise approximately $3,000 for the Somerville Homeless Coalition. We are looking for donations of:
-Gloves
-Hats
-Scarves
-Bags
-Accessories
-Blankets
-Baby clothes
Or anything that you have lots of fun making!
Please include with your donation a note that says:
-Your name and any other contact info
-Materials used (if you know what type it is)
-Washing instructions (if you have them)
SALE DATES & HOURS:
Wrap Around Sale:
October 20 & 21, 2018
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
November 17, 2018
3:00 pm-5:00 pm
DROP-OFF DATES AND HOURS:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
– September 22 and 23 (Saturday and Sunday); 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
– September 29 and 30 (Saturday and Sunday); 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
– October 19 (Friday); 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Somerville Homeless Coalition Road Race
October 6, 2018
Davis Square, Somerville
Items will be collected at the Road Race info table.
You can also drop off items at the following locations between October 1 and 19:
– Blue Cloud Gallery, 713 Broadway, Somerville, MA
– Gather Here, 1343 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
– Magpie, 416 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA
– Workbar Union, 31 Union Square, Somerville, MA (Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5:30 pm)
Additional dates, times and locations will be added. Please check back frequently.
DEADLINE:
October 4, 2013
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 16, 2013-December 15, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler
The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the juried exhibition Reliquary. Briefly stated, a reliquary is a container that holds or displays something sacred. Artwork is sought that plays on the concepts of enclosure, concealment, display, sacred and/or profane. Ties to the concept of home or shelter are encouraged.
Visual artists working in all 2-D and 3-D media (including video and installation) are invited to submit work.
GUIDELINES:
Open to all artists.
Work in all media will be considered.
There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal.
A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration.
Submissions will be accepted through October 4, 2013.
The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
Local artists will be asked to help gallery sit.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “Reliquary” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located outside Teele Square (155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Friday, October 4, 2013
Notification: Friday, October 11, 2013
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: November 16-December 15
Opening Reception: TBD
DEADLINE:
October 5, 2013
EXHIBITION DATES:
November 2 – November 23, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St., Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Elisabeth Nicula & Ted Ollier
Are you a biologist installationist? A quantum printmaker? Do you execute your mark making according to the Fibonacci sequence? The Nave Gallery Annex is pleased to announce a call for entries to Peer-Reviewed Submissions, a show of works with mathematical or scientific themes in all media. Academic rigor is not required.
GUIDELINES:
Open to all artists. Work in all media will be considered.
Entries should be no larger than 24″ x 24″.
There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal.
A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration.
Submissions will be accepted through October 4, 2013.
Sales are encouraged. The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery. Accepted pieces should be delivered to Nave Gallery Annex, ready to hang.
Local artists will be asked to help gallery sit.
Small 3D work to be displayed on pedestals may also be submitted.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to navesubmission[at]mindhuestudio[dot]com.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “Peer-Reviewed Submissions” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Saturday, October 5, 2013
Notification: Saturday, October 12, 2013
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: November 2-23, 2013
Opening Reception: TBD
OPENING RECEPTION:
Tuesday, October 8, 6-9 pm
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ORGANIZED BY:
Tori Costa
BRAINCHILD OF:
Michael Ahern
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
BREWERS:
Battle Road Brewing, Cambridge Brewing Company, Down the Road Brewery, Enlightenment Ales, Harpoon Brewery, Idle Hands Craft Ales, Night Shift Brewing, NOTCH Brewing, Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project, Slumbrew, Smuttynose Brewing Company , The Alchemist
DATE & TIME:
October 8-20, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
SALE HOURS:
Tuesday, Oct 8, 6-9 pm
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts the Wrap Around Sale, a sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition. This year, we’ll be hosting a PREVIEW sale in advance of our November madness. The sale will take place at the Annex in Davis Square, during our exhibition on beer label art.
Last year we raised almost $3,000 for SHC. Can we raise $5,000 this year?
Learn more about making items for the sale
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, October 10, 7:30-9:30pm
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Note: The City of Somerville has kindly relaxed resident permit parking around the Nave during our opening reception. All other parking restrictions must be followed.
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Karmela Berg, Alice Grossman, Pirjo Heino, Judith Motzkin and Ellen Schön
An international collaboration exploring the effect—both verb and noun—on and of our planet.
The exhibition includes ceramics, painting, photography, sculpture, and installation.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, June 6, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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JURIED BY:
Meg Birnbaum
Lee Kilpatrick
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville
ARTISTS:
| Lilyan Aloma (New York, NY) Chuck Baker (Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands)* Kayla Leigh Barker (Midland, TX) David Bradley (Boston, MA) Andrea Buzzichelli (Colle Di Val D’elsa, Siena, Italy)* David A. Cory (South Bend, IN) Julia Jeannette Curl (Melrose, MA) Alberto D’Agostino (Franklin, MA) Ryan Patrick Duffy (Ballwin, MO) Shawna Hanel (Boise, ID) Tonee Harbert (Portland, ME)* Silke Hase (Malden, MA) Kris Hatch (Somerville, MA)* Lorraine Healy (Freeland, WA) Grace Huddleston (Wellesley, MA)
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Karen Janas (Lombard, IL) Mary Kocol (Somerville, MA) Bob Kubiak (Pittsburgh, PA)* Susan Lapides (Cambridge, MA)* Lisa Lindamood (Knoxville, TN)* Susan Lirakis (Center Sandwich, NH)* Chris Maliga (Boston, MA) Karen Molloy (Somerville, MA)* Rosanne Olson (Seattle, WA) Dominique Ruth-Sade Perkins (Cleveland, OH) Liza Rein (Brookline, MA) Alice Rocha (Wellesley, MA) Katherine Roldan (Lynn, MA) Ellen Toby Slotnick (Newton Centre, MA) Steve Stober (Toronto, Ontario Canada) Rebecca Dyer Szabo (Casole D’elsa, Siena, Italy) Jonas Yip (Manhattan Beach, CA)* |
An * means that the artist is in more than one festival location.
Full festival schedule and details at: http://
DEADLINE:
November 6, 2013
EXHIBITION DATES:
December 5-22, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Leika Akiyama
The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the juried exhibition 65°: An Exhibition of Contemporary Encaustic Art. 65° Centigrade is the approximate melting point for beeswax, the material used by many encaustic artists. This exhibition highlights the variety of techniques, materials and subject matter being used by today’s wax artists. Both 2D and 3D work will be considered.
GUIDELINES:
Pieces must include encaustic as the primary medium.
There is a $15 entry fee payable through PayPal.
A maximum of 3 pieces may be entered for consideration.
Submissions will be accepted through November 2, 2013.
The Nave Gallery will retain a 30% commission for work sold.
Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery.
You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “65°” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Notification: Friday, November 8, 2013
Artwork drop off: Friday, November 29, 2013
Exhibition dates: December 5-22, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 5, 2013
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Leika Akiyama is a multi media visual artist whose work has been exhibited in the New England area including the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Montserrat College of Art, Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts and the Nave Gallery in Somerville. Akiyama is a resident artist at the Boston Center for the Arts, and has also organized exhibitions such as JAPAN-O-RAMA at ArtSpace@16 and Wasabi at the Nave Gallery. Her encaustic paintings have been shown in group shows including Encaustic Painting–the Way of Wax, Winifsky Gallery, Salem State College, MA and Women and Wax, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, MA.
She has studied painting at the Boston University School for the Arts and has spent time painting at the Vermont Studio Center and in Trieste, Italy. She is currently working on the Celebrity Series project Play Me, I’m Yours. Hello Kitty is her personal sacred icon.
DATE:
Saturday, June 7, noon -2 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION:
$50; $40 for students (ID required) and exhibiting photographers in the Somerville Toy Camera Festival
Purchase your tickets today
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join Holga Queen Michelle Bates for a two-hour workshop all about toy cameras. For those who already know the basics of the Holga, Michelle will give you an advanced tour of its operation, plus hacks and modifications you can use to expand your range. Michelle will also bring some of her collection of toy cameras to show and talk about the history of the genre and what’s out there now. Feel free to bring images and questions in this special opportunity for toy camera lovers.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 2, 6-8 pm
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CURATED BY:
Elisabeth Nicula and Ted Ollier
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Diana Abells, Kathleen Benton, Jonathan Cartledge, Chris Cavallero, Viktor Genel, Melissa Glick, K. Gretchen Greene, Markus Haala, Amelia Hankin Cashin, Sarah Kariko, Elinor Karlsson, Sarah May, Jackie Miller, Marjorie Moore, Elisabeth Nicula, Michel Ohly, Ted Ollier, Anne Russell, Kate Sheridan, Beverly Sky, Steven Stark, Jeremy Starn, Mark Stock, Andrea Warner, Matthew Wilt
Science and art mash up in a show of works with mathematical and scientific themes.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, June 8, 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Exhibition Details
JURIED BY:
Meg Birnbaum
Lee Kilpatrick
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville
ARTISTS:
| Emily Alexander (Somerville, MA) Aoife Austin (Boston, MA) Chuck Baker (Nijmegen, Gelderland The Netherlands)* Michelle Bates (Seattle, WA) Donald Rex Bishop (Cambridge, MA) David Bradley (Boston, MA) Lora Brody (Waltham, MA) Christopher J. Broek (Lake Forest, CA) David Coombes (Foster City, CA) Bill Franson (Byfield, MA)* Marita Gootee (Starkville, MS)* Daniel Grant (San Francisco, CA) Tonee Harbert (Portland, ME)* Ryan Daniel Hoevenaar (Washington, IL) Jordanna Kalman (Poughkeepsie, NY) David Lykes Keenan (Brooklyn, NY) |
Theresa Marie Kelliher (Medford, MA)* Caitlin Margaret Kelly (Durham, NC) Keith Krisa (Cambridge, MA) Isa Leshko (Philadelphia, PA) Anda Marcu (London, Ontario, Canada) Nieves Mingueza (London, UK)* Rosanne Olson (Seattle, WA) Eliza Ann Piccininni (Boston, MA) Phyllis Polevoy (Woodcliff Lake, NJ) Suzanne Révy (Carlisle, MA) Nick M. Schietromo (Whitman, MA) Sharon O’Callaghan Shero (Dallas, TX) Amy L. Temple (Portland, ME) Stacie Turner (West Hartford, CT)* Christy Utter (Exeter, NH) Chris Vivier (Somerville, MA) |
An * means that the artist is in more than one festival location.
Full festival schedule and details at: http://
Dinner and concert benefit to give thanks to our veterans and support the important work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition and the local chapter of the Volunteers of America.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, November 9, 6:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
HOSTED BY:
Clarendon Presbyterian Church and the Nave Gallery
ADMISSION FEE:
Free to veterans and their families.
Open to the public. Proceeds benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition and the local Volunteers of America.
$20 suggested donation for concert and dinner
$10 suggested donation for dinner or the concert
Tickets may be purchased at the door
Purchase tickets online
PROGRAM:
Dinner: 6-7:30 pm
Concert: 8-10 pm
Featuring music by:
Lenny Solomon
Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band
Thank you to our generous food sponsors:
Cuisine en Locale, Dave’s Fresh Pasta, Food for the Band, Jules Catering, Soundbites and When Pigs Fly Bread
SPONSORSHIP:
Sponsorship opportunities are available. Please contact info(at)navegallery(dot)org for more information.
ACCESSIBILITY:
The Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church has limited accessibility. Please contact info(at)navegallery(dot)org to find out how we can accommodate your needs.
DATE:
Sunday, June 8, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Michelle Bates, author of Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity, will bring her extensive library of toy camera images, from the earliest days to the present, and her deep knowledge of the genre, to the Somerville Toy Camera Festival. See photographs made with Dianas, Holgas and other toys, with insight into the photographers’ techniques and subjects, by some of the pioneers of plastic and some of today’s best known photographers. Be inspired and expand your ideas about what toys can do!
The artist talk and book signing are free, and will be followed by the opening reception for the Nave Gallery STCF exhibition.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, November 16, 7:00 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Suggested donation for this event is $10 or $5 with purchase of a handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn article from the Wrap Around Project. Sales from the Wrap Around Project support the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The New England Tuba Quartet is performing music of Renaissance through to today at The Nave Gallery in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Douglas Ruby – euphonium
Travis Anderson – euphonium
Bill Gray – tuba
Nick Cotton – tuba
The NETQ was founded in 2009 by four lower brass musicians of the award wining New England Brass Band. The members of the ensemble have changed since its founding, but have always remained affiliated with the NEBB. In the last few years, the quartet has performed at venues across Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island and has competed twice at the North American Brass Band Association. The NETQ strives to perform quality music with a wide range of repertoire, while promoting the tuba quartet as a new chamber ensemble in the community and region.
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, June 12, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
Please note: seating at the Annex is limited and needs to be planned for. Please contact tori(dot)costa(at)gmail(dot)com to confirm your RSVP.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Bring your needles and your yarn enthusiasm, and join a group of folks who are busy making a difference–and having fun while doing so!
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade woolen goods to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). All proceeds help fund the amazing work that SHC does, and anything not sold is donated to them.
The mission of this group, if you choose to accept, is to meet monthly at one of Somerville’s hot spots, chat with very cool people, and knit, crochet, or create items for next November’s sale. This is a really fun way to get your craft on and help keep someone warm during our very cold winters.
Chocolaty, fruity, extra moist, stuffed with THE STUFF, covered in heavenly creaminess…no matter how you make ‘em, cupcakes are mouthfuls of yum.
If you’ve got a sweet spot for the Somerville Homeless Coalition and your heart goes pity pat at the thought of sugar, we’d love your help!
Wrap Around Cupcake Reception
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville
December 3, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
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The Nave Gallery, a volunteer-run exhibition space that showcases the work of local and regional artists and musicians, is hosting Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
Wrap Around will take place December 6-December 20, with a Cupcake Reception on Sunday, December 6, from 1:00 pm-5:00 pm.
We need cupcakes for the reception! If you’re interested in donating a sweet for this sweet event, please email tori.costa@gmail.com, and let us know!
Art and music inspired by or created from the people, events and geography taking place in the 4.2 sq miles that make up the City of Somerville, MA.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, August 9, 6-9 pm
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JURIED BY:
Ted Ollier
Brian and Steven Beaucher of WardMaps and Boston Coasters
ARTISTS:
Cathy Piantigini, Seth Berkowitz, Grace Durnford, Stan Eichner, Danielle Festa, Pauline Lim, Suzanne Lubeck, Leonardo March, Rachel Mello, Peter Murphy, Catie Nasser, Rachel Strutt, Marshall Zidel
ENTERING SOMERVILLE SOUNDTRACK:
Abbie Barrett, Audrey Ryan, Banditas, Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion, Dan Blakeslee, The Dents, Faces on Film, Gem Club, Ghost Box Orchestra, Hands and Knees, Magic People, Movers & Shakers, New Dog, Quarterly, Ryan Lee Crosby, Sleepy Very Sleepy, Tim Gearan, Tony the Bookie Orchestra
A compilation of music by Somerville musicians.
Organized by Jenn Harrington.
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 10-31, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
One of the reasons why I am so fond of toy camera imagery is that it reminds me of punk rock, the soundtrack of my college days. Both punk and toy camera photography convey a sense of emotional urgency using stripped down instrumentation. And both gleefully thumb their noses at the conventions of their respective mediums. The projects that I selected for juror’s awards perfectly embody these characteristics.
Perry Dilbeck’s lush images provide an intimate look at the vanishing way of life of truck farmers in the Deep South. Like the Farm Security Administration images taken during the Depression, Dilbeck’s images show the quiet dignity of people struggling to survive a hardscrabble existence. Because the Holga is such an unassuming camera, it was the perfect tool for this project.
Warren Harold’s response to seeing his son only on alternating weekends after his divorce was to photograph their time together. His images will make you smile while they break your heart. Harold’s own parents divorced when he was a young child and he barely saw his father while growing up. His portraits of his son are imbued with empathy and longing. It’s clear that Harold’s images are as much about his past as they are about his present.
Photojournalist Erin Trieb used a Holga to document the daily lives of US military troops stationed in Afghanistan. By photographing her subjects on and off the battlefield, Trieb gives us a more nuanced view of a modern-day solder’s life than is typically shown in the media. Her work contains moments of quiet anguish and even goofy horseplay interspersed with images of frenetic fighting. The soldiers in Trieb’s images seem unaware that they are being photographed, which is a credit both to Trieb’s skill and to the unobtrusive nature of the Holga camera. Although Holgas have not traditionally been used for war photography, they actually are ideal for this use because they are lightweight, inexpensive and virtually indestructible.
Beyond the camera gear used to create them, what connects all of the images in this show is that they evoked a strong emotional response that lingered long after my first glimpse. It did not matter whether I felt joy, grief, or awe as long as I found myself returning to an image again and again, much like a beloved Replacements song.
Thank you for sharing your work with me and for supporting the Toy Camera Festival.
—Isa Leshko, 2013
Mmm. Pizza.
Yea. Art.
I love both, and I’d like to thank manager Evan Fetras and the staff at Flatbread Somerville in Davis Square for bringing together the best of both worlds by hosting our recent Nave fundraiser; many more thanks to Resa Blatman and Joe Keinberger for designing and producing our banner for the event. But most of all, I wanted to give a shout out to all of our friends and neighbors who came out in support of us and all that we do.
For those of you who want the details, we raised enough to pay the rent at the Nave Gallery Annex for another month. Maybe that doesn’t seem like a lot to you, but to us it is vital. Being located in the center of Davis Square has helped us not only present art in one the ‘Ville’s hubs, but it has also helped to draw attention and audience to our many other programs: art and music at the Nave mothership outside Teele Square (check out the new exhibition “You Are Here” which features the work of 33 artists); the Phone Art Box Project (a collaboration with the Somerville Arts Council) where artist Gary Duehr debuted his installation “Fossil Phone” this week on a previously abandoned phone box outside the Holland Street T station; Wrap Around, which under the leadership of Margaret Ryan and Tori Costa, has yarnstormed three locations in the city while hosting frequent meetups for knitters and crocheters to work on items for our November with proceeds benefiting our friends at the Somerville Homeless Coalition; and, I could go on.
In the Nave Annex alone since we opened on January 25th, we have hosted the following exhibitions: PICNIC, Black Ink, Memory Palace, the Knit Art House in Crochetville, Young New England Photographers Group Exhibition, The Body in Lines, Phantomaton and, Entering Somerville, our first Somerville-specific show which opens August 9th.
If we include all the folks who helped yarnstorm the space in May, we have shown the work of 122 artists, and well over 200 pieces of art–just in our Davis Square location alone. These artists include: Michael Ahern, Natalie Andrew, Samuray Akarvardar, Torey Akers, Paul Arsenault, Erica Aubin, Hillary Babick, Joshua Baptista, Christina Balch, Heather Balchunas, Laura Baldwin, Willa Bandler, Dagan Barrett, Cat Bartash, Caitlin Bechtel, Resa Blatman, Angela Bourda, Sarah Meyers Brent, Louise Briggett, Carlie Bristow, Nancy Brooks, Kelly Burgess, David C. Burr, Elizabeth Cameron, Michela Carlson, Merill Comeau, Lisa Conrad, Mary Anne Conville, Christiane Corcelle, Andrea Costa, Andrea Abarca Coutts, Charles Daniels, Meredith Davis, Joanne Desmond, Kathy Desmond, Nancy Diessner, Brooke Mullins Doherty, Gary Duehr, Dominique Duroseau, Lois Fiore, James Forren, Chris French, Ian Gage, Kate Gartrell, Adam Gooder, Quinn Gorbutt, Sydney Phillips Hardin, Brett Henrikson, Ritsuko Hirai, Zach Horn, Miranda Hynes, Kris Hatch, Emily Holzknecht, Chris Hoodlet, Mary Jacewicz, Roland Jackson, Justin Kaneps, Charlotte Kaplan, Amy Kaufman, Joe Keinberger, Lee Kilpatrick, Katie Koti, Judy Kramer, Paul Kroner, Kathya Landeros, Shane Lavalette, Marcus Leitch, Marja Lianko, Maureen Liberatore, Pauline Lim, Amy Lovera, Tony Luong, Amy MacAlister, Sandy McDonald, Erin McGrath, Vanessa Marcoux, Julie Martini, Mikka, Jackie Miller, Laura Miner, Cathy Moynihan, Robin Myers, Diego Navarro, Elisabeth Nicula, Kristina Nies, Liz Nofziger, Katie O’Brien, Timothy O’Connell, Joy Kampia O’Shell, Joyce Costa Oliveira, Ted Ollier, Nita Penfold, Sienna Perro, Amy Pett, Jason Polins, Damir Porobic, Pawel Przewlocki, Heidi Reifenstahl, Anne Russell, Margaret Ryan, Valerie Sacchetti, Alice Sajdera, Rachel Shatil, Jesse Stansfield, Elizabeth Shear, Katharine Shields, Maria Shik, Anne Siems, Annie Silverman, Skunk, Sophia Sobers, Karl Stephan, Al Straggas, Diane Sullivan, Mara Taylor, V Van Sant, Emily Trespas, William Turville, Katherine Vetne, Paris Visone, James Weinberg, Chadwick Williams and Neil Wyatt.
We also hosted three exhibitions (Delicious Torment, Salon 21 and Nursery Rhymes) and our first ever Artist-in-Resident, Lauren O’Neal, in the main Nave space; co-produced the SqueezeBox Slam with the Somerville Arts Council in May; joined the Somerville artists advocacy group “Space Equals Work” and, together with the Washington Street Arts Center (WSAC), created the first ever Somerville Toy Camera Fest which opens the first of three exhibits August 10th at WSAC before moving to both Nave spaces in September.
I can’t say it enough. Thanks to everybody who came out to Flatbread. Your support makes it possible for us to do what we do. If you didn’t have a chance to make it for pizza but would still like to support your local art gallery, consider making a donation here. In case you didn’t know, everything we do is volunteer run. There are no paid staff members behind what happens. The Nave Gallery and Annex relies on a number of dedicated creative folks who I could not exist without, especially, but not limited to, Tori Costa, Ted Ollier and Jaja Kumpa.
Thank you again for your support, and I hope to see you at one of our events soon.
Susan Berstler
Director
Nave Gallery/Nave Annex
The Nave Gallery seeks volunteers or interns to assist in gallery administration and help support its mission to provide art spaces and opportunities for collaborative, experimental and non-commercial work. Located in Somerville, MA, the Nave has a ten-year history of supporting artists and musicians through all stages of their careers. Its main space is located in Teele Square; in January 2013, the gallery launched an additional space in Davis Square.
This position is remote with work coordination done largely over email. However, meetings with key volunteers and/or the gallery director will be necessary. Evening and weekend availability for these meetings is preferred. If you are interested in becoming an intern, this position is unpaid, but course credit is available. Examples of projects include but are not limited to:
-Producing print and electronic promotional materials for exhibition and events, including writing copy and designing pieces
-Promoting calls to artists; helping to develop database of contacts in art schools, and arts organizations for outreach
-Writing copy for web and assisting with web management
-Managing social media channels and helping to develop strategy
-Identifying potential inkind supporters
-Assisting with special fundraising efforts and events
-Working with curatorial team to help hang shows and set up the opening reception
-Gallery sitting (occasional)
Applicants should be organized and detail oriented. Qualified candidates will have design experience, strong writing skills, and the ability to work well independently while also taking direction from volunteer staff.
To apply, please send your resume, a short cover letter, and writing and design samples to Tori Costa at tori.costa@gmail.com. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
August 6, 2013. The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA) and the Washington Street Art Center (Somerville, MA) have teamed up to produce the first ever Somerville Toy Camera Festival. The festival is an ode to the unexpected, reveling in the quirky and creative results that happen when a photographer is forced to loosen his or her controls.
Defined as any low-end, low-tech, limited-control camera, the “toy camera” has been a source of inspiration for both art spaces, with each having held a toy camera exhibition in the past. “Our past shows have been hugely successful,” says Susan Berstler, director of the Nave Gallery and Nave Gallery Annex. “People respond positively to photography because they see the familiar stare back at them. The image triggers memories and emotions associated with those memories, making the viewing experience highly personal. With toy camera photography, these images are different than regular photography; whether it is through the process or the limited scope of the camera, the familiar becomes altered, and people are fascinated by that.”
When it came time to brainstorm about the next toy camera show, a city-wide festival made the most sense. “When the Nave approached us about collaborating, we were instantly on board,” said Lee Kilpatrick, photographer and director of the Washington Street Art Center. “In an age where imperfections can disappear with digital editing, there is something particularly delightful about toy camera photography. The photographic process can be awkward, and though it can result in technical ‘mistakes’, there is still something authentic about it that resonates with the audience.”
The festival takes place over the course of two months at three locations in Somerville. The Washington Street Art Center will kick-off the opening with an August exhibition entitled: Black, White, and a Little Local Color. The exhibition features the work of Jim Baab, Richard Chase, Liz Ellenwood, Alice Grossman, Stephanie Goode, Beth Hankes, Lee Kilpatrick, Patty Lemke, Ted Ollier, Colby Perry, Rebecca Philio, Ana M. Reyes and Nicholas Shectman. An opening reception will take place on Saturday, August 10, from 7-9 pm.
The festival continues throughout the month of September at the Nave Gallery in Teele Square and the Nave Gallery Annex in Davis Square. The spaces feature the work of national and international artists, and include: Meg Birnbaum, Mara Brod, Kelly Burgess, Kathy Chapman, Ron Cowie, Ashley Craig, Perry Dilbeck, Sara Fields, Bill Franson, Shawna Gibbs, J.M. Golding, Warren Harold, Silke Hase, Jennifer Henriksen, Karen Janus, Michael Kirchoff, Jose Manuel Madrona, C. Gary Moyer, Suzanne Révy, Claudia Ripee, Michelle Sheppard, Barbara Traub, Bill Vaccaro, Kavita Venkateswar, Elizabeth Wood and James Zall.
“We’re pleased with the response for our inaugural year,” Berstler notes. We’re already planning on an expanded festival next year, and hope to get many more art spaces in Somerville involved.”
Schedule of Exhibitions and Events
The Washington Street Arts Center
Exhibit dates: August 10-31, 2013
Opening reception: Saturday, August 10, 7-10 pm
Gallery hours: Saturday, 12-4 pm
The Nave Gallery
Exhibit dates: September 7-28, 2013
Opening reception: Friday, September 6, 6-9 pm
Gallery hours: Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 pm
The Nave Annex
Exhibit dates: September 11-29, 2013
Opening reception: Wednesday, September 11, 6-9 pm
Gallery hours: Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm; Saturday, 2-8 pm; Sunday, 2-6 pm
August 5, 2013. The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA) will host a group exhibition From August 10-31 in its annex gallery space in Davis Square. Featuring 12 Somerville-based artists, Entering Somerville showcases art inspired by or created from the people, events and geography taking place in the 4.2 square miles that make up the City of Somerville, MA.
This group exhibition is juried by printmaker Ted Ollier and Brian and Steven Beaucher of Boston Coasters and Wardmaps. The exhibition presents work by Cathy Piantigini, Seth Berkowitz, Grace Durnford, Stan Eichner, Danielle Festa, Pauline Lim, Suzanne Lubeck, Leonardo March, Rachel Mello, Peter Murphy, Catie Nasser, Rachel Strutt and Marshall Zidel.
“Somerville is an interesting mix of many worlds,” Ollier states. “On one hand, it is a hotbed of creativity. From visual art to music to public festivals, this city revels in artistic expression. But there is still something very old-world about it. Maybe it’s the prevalence of yard shrines that hold fast amidst the condo-izing of triple deckers; or the fact that you’ll likely run into your neighbor at a square nearby—no matter how hip it’s become. It’s one of the densest cities in the US, and it still retains a small-town feel. People live here because it strikes a chord. So, why not have a show celebrating it?”
Ollier collaborated with the brothers Beaucher—Brian and Steven—of Boston Coasters and Wardmaps to put on the show. “It was a perfect fit for us,” says Steven Beaucher. Our businesses focus on geography and place and the emotional response that people have to the space they call “home.” Somerville is one of our most sought after subjects. People connect with the city and its people in a very meaningful way.”
Entering Somerville also spotlights the city’s musical talent. A compilation of music from musicians who have influenced the Somerville scene will be played on a loop during the exhibit. The soundtrack features: Abbie Barrett, Audrey Ryan, Banditas, Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion, Dan Blakeslee, The Dents, Faces on Film, Gem Club, Ghost Box Orchestra, Hands and Knees, Magic People, Movers & Shakers, New Dog, Quarterly, Ryan Lee Crosby, Sleepy Very Sleepy, Tim Gearan and the Tony the Bookie Orchestra. Jenn Harrington, a Somerville resident who has produced numerous art exhibitions and events throughout
the city, organized the soundtrack for the show.
An opening reception will take place Friday, August 9, 2013, 6-9:00 pm.
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester Ave, Somerville, MA 02144
Exhibition Dates and Hours: August 10-August 31, 2013, Wed-Fri 6-8, Sat 2-8, Sun 2-6
ABOUT THE NAVE
The Nave Gallery is a space for the collaboration and presentation of art of all media. Work of a collaborative, non-commercial nature is especially encouraged. The Nave hosts two spaces in Somerville: The Nave Gallery which is a three minute walk from Teele Square, and The Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square. Visit www.navegallery.org for more information.
We here at the Nave don’t have a lot of rules; however, one thing we are pretty firm on is our commitment to showing what we consider non-commercial art. We are drawn to the experimental and sometimes quirky high quality work of artists who are not always clearly marketable, at least not in Somerville. And somehow each month we manage to pay our rent based in part on great community support. So, what does this have to do with ducks?
We just ordered a bazillion small ducks to be decorated and sold in December as part of a fundraiser for the Nave. There is a vague tie-in to a planned installation in the main Nave Gallery in November that involves rubber duckies, a yurt and a bathtub.
DETAILS:
If you are interested in donating your talents towards a good cause:
– Let us know and we will send you a duck to decorate
– Pick up a duckie at either the Nave Gallery or Nave Gallery Annex. See the exhibition
schedule for each to learn about our gallery hours
– Sharpies and acrylic paint are best on the duckies
– Please sign the bottom of your duckie
– Return the duckies at either gallery by Dec 1st (though earlier would be better–there may be a slideshow involved for the early birds)
If you have any questions, email us at info(at)navegallery(dot)org.
DUCKY DROP-OFF
Duckies can be dropped off at the Nave Annex in Davis Square on Monday, Dec 2, or Tuesday, Dec 3, from 6-8 pm. If those times don’t work, you can also drop them off at anytime at the Annex–there is a basket in the hall for them.
Flux is defined as: “the flow of a physical property in space” (Wikipedia),“the rate of transfer of fluid, particles, or energy across a given surface” (Merriam-Webster), and“a substance applied to a surface to be joined” (FreeDictionary), among many other definitions.
Lauren O’Neal, the Nave Gallery’s first artist-in-residence, is using her residency as a laboratory—to test out ideas and materials that have been kicking around in sketchbooks and maquettes—and to experiment with repetition and absurdity. O’Neal often works with string, chairs and other common materials, sometimes transforming them, and at other times tweaking them just slightly so that they appear ordinary with a little something “off.”
During the course of the exhibition, O’Neal will continue to work in the gallery. Pieces may be reworked. New works may take root. Elements that are contingent, off-balance and strange may show up unexpectedly. No promises are made in terms of stability, reason, or understandability.
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
Lauren O’Neal
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, July 17, 6-8 pm
SPECIAL EVENT:
Fail Better: A Salon on Works-in Progress
Featuring: Joanne Desmond, Kirsten Reynolds, Leika Akiyama
Friday, July 28, 6-8pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
July 17 – 27, 2013
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday -Friday: 6 pm-8 pm
Saturday: 10 am -5 pm
Sunday: 1-5 pm
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, June 14, noon-6 pm
Call for accordion art
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LOCATION:
Seven Hills Park at Davis Square
ADMISSION FEE:
FREE
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Somerville Squeezebox Slam is a celebration of accordions, button boxes and other free reed instruments that we’ve come to know and love. Accordionists of all sizes, shapes, skill levels and musical genres are invited to stroll around the neighborhoods of Somerville, sharing their melodious sounds, and like pied pipers from an alternative fairy tale, beckon all to come and follow them as they head to Davis Square for a concert of some of New England’s finest squeezebox players. So dust off your grandfather’s squeezebox that’s been sitting in the attic and join us for an afternoon of pumping the bellows!
Presented by the Nave Gallery and the Somerville Arts Council; produced by Michael McLaughlin.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
12:00-3:00 pm: Accordion Anarchy
Local accordionists: Bring your boxes, band together, or find your own corner and play throughout Davis Square. There are no rules!
3:00 pm: Lady Kielbasia will get the concert rolling with a group play along, “The Big Squeeze.”
3:15 pm: Tom and Barbara Pixton
3:45 pm: Paul Monte with Tal Shalom-Kobi
4:15 pm: Alec Redfearn and the Eyesores
4:45 pm: Christina Crowder with Charles Casimiro
5:15 pm: Dallas Vietty’s Musette Project
Hosted by Somerville’s own Lady Kielbasia.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, June 16, 7:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Celebrate Fathers’ Day with one of the Founding Fathers of American music!
Cole Porter is one of the greatest composers of the Great American Songbook, bringing wit, romance and style to generations of music-lovers. Christine Fawson (trumpet, voice) and David Thorne Scott (piano, voice) are 21st-century torch bearers of these classic songs, singing and playing their way through Porter’s gems with originality, virtuosity and humor.
As members of the vocal group Syncopation, Christine and David performed with the Boston Pops at the 2009 Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular. Christine has performed as a solo artist at festivals and concerts in the U.S., Australia, Hong Kong, Germany, Italy, Spain and Mexico. David’s jazz album “Shade” was chosen as a top 5 CD by the Jazz Education Journal, while Cadence Magazine says “he phrases like a saxophone player and is as slippery and hip as the young Mel Tormé.” Both are faculty members at the Berklee College of Music.
Phantomaton, a play off of “phantom” and “automaton,” explores the world of man and creation through the influences alchemy to biotechnology and whatever lies in between. Curated by painter Joe Keinberger and sculptor Skunk, the show includes works from both artists who have created an alternate world of rabbits and robots and scarcely-there beings.
ORGANIZED BY:
Joe Keinberger, Skunk
ARTISTS:
Torey Akers, Joshua Baptista, Dagan Barrett, Michela Carlson, Joanne Desmond, Kris Hatch, Pauline Lim, Nita Penfold, Pawel Przewlocki, Maria Shik
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, July 10, 6-9 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
July 10-28, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
What is it about the naked body that makes people simultaneously reverent yet uptight? We celebrate the beauty and nobility of nakedness in the name of art or politics but shun public displays of “indecency”. The limits of our clothing are pushed farther every year, and yet one accidentally exposed nipple is the stuff of pop culture legacy. We are temperamental, sneaking peeks in the locker room while passing judgment on women with barely-there clothing and the men who look at them. At least these men aren’t pretending that they don’t like to look. We all like to look…life is sexual. Procreation wouldn’t be possible without a healthy sex drive; we are simultaneously enthralled and obsessed with the naked body. In fact, the nude figure was among the first artistic representations rendered by humans.
Like Venus figurines, the naked body is fraught with hyperbole. As The Body in Lines curator Andrew Fish insightfully reflects, “It is our full physical self, exposed and unflinching,” but the mind’s reality is not always in sync with the physical self, particularly our own. We often impose value and qualitative reasoning onto our bodies, and the bodies of others, based on our own insecurities and misdirected priorities. “Ugh, I have such cankles.” “Whoa, look at that muffin top.” “Damn, girl, eat something!” The politics of the nude challenges those priorities and encourages empowerment through non-judgmental acceptance of all shapes and sizes. The art of the nude shows that its shapes and sizes and lines can be graceful, grotesque, intimate, messy, kinky, honest, and erotic, all at the same time.
But what we all seem to be overlooking is the fact that whether artistic or political, everyone has a voyeuristic relationship with the naked body. Maybe it is about our clothed society being confronted with our exposed selves, but it feels more simply about reclaiming our lost peace with sexuality. The Body in Lines forces the viewer to come face-to-face with their inner voyeur, that primitive impulse that reminds us we all like to look. And it is difficult to deny that impulse while staring at Erica Aubin’s incredibly suggestive abstracted drawing of two unidentified body parts meeting, or Christina Blach’s faceless, spread-legged portrait. Sydney Phillips Hardin actually throws your kinky voyeurism in your face with her sad, disconcerting, deflated love dolls, while Michael Ahern’s beautiful and delicate watercolors soothe our conflicted sexuality by reminding us that every shape is graceful and therefore our desires are truly artistic and wholesome.
I’ll tell you one thing, I can’t claim my experience at The Body in Lines was entirely wholesome as I certainly didn’t mind looking!
-Adele Barbato
Adele Barbato is a writer who dissects the world of art. Her pieces have been published in several publications, including The Boston Art Underground.
Our vision for this blog is to provide a space for viewers to begin a dialogue about the art at our shows. If you would like to write about a show at either of the Nave galleries, email us.
DATE & TIME:
Wednesday, June 26, 2013; 6-8 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St., Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join fellow Somerville Open Studios (SOS) artists at this summer event and learn about the Annex’s call for artists to submit work for an upcoming show about Somerville–a perfect opportunity for the SOS community. Come out to learn more about the process for applying to this show or getting involved with future art shows at the Nave Annex. This will also be a great opportunity to learn a little more about Somerville Open Studios, your fellow artists and how you can get involved with our creative local community
CURATED BY:
Andrew Fish
Curator’s Notes
ARTISTS:
Michael Ahern,
Samuray Akarvardar,
Paul Arsenault,
Erica Aubin,
Hillary Babick,
Christina Balch,
David C. Burr,
Andrea Abarca Coutts,
Lois Fiore,
James Forren,
Ian Gage,
Kate Gartrell,
Sydney Phillips Hardin,
Judy Kramer,
Paul Kroner,
Jason Polins
OPENING RECEPTION:
Tuesday, June 4, 6-9 pm
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Saturday, June 29, 6-9m
EXHIBITION DATES:
June 5-29, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
The nude in contemporary art carries with it centuries of baggage spanning the arc of art history. The subject matter has been both classic and modern, academic and expressive. For artists of every generation, the nude is one of the most sacred and challenging representations.
Consider the mythic but coy Birth of Venus by Botticelli and the painfully raw figures of Jenny Saville, bookending a tradition that includes Degas’ Bathers, de Kooning’s Woman, Phillip Pearlstein’s models, and Alice Neel’s self portrait, just to name a few. The nude figure confronts, soothes, welcomes objectification, and spurs self-reflection. It is our full physical self, exposed and unflinching.
The Body in Lines exhibition brings together sixteen artists working with the nude figure. Erica Aubin’s detailed studies of the lines made by two bodies coming together create richly compelling abstractions while Michael Ahern’s Payne’s Grey watercolors capture the nude in quick, saturated shapes, forming the figure in bold wet brushstrokes. Sydney Phillips Hardin uses comical, yet poignant subject matter to confront the notions of sexuality in the nude and challenge the status quo objectification of women. Her Inflatable Love Doll Descending a Staircase is a sharp-witted homage to Duchamp’s nude while doubling as a crass sex toy deflated and discarded on a staircase. In Kate Gartrell’s painting, the artist turns the focus on herself and paints the flesh of her bare legs, examining her own nudity and the intimacy, or disconnect, that artists must have when tackling their subjects. This idea is also at play in David C. Burr’s portrait of a model seated and slumped in the middle of a drawing class. Lines race around the image, stabbing, pointing, and shaping the nude figure out of a cacophony of mark making.
In creating figurative art focused on the nude, these artists continue a rich tradition while simultaneously exploring new and exciting directions. Can a subject matter so personal and universal ever truly be exhausted? The freshness and potency of these contemporary works are testament to the nude’s unwavering dominance and appeal in the practice of visual art.
–Andrew Fish, 2013
Image Above: Natalio, Kathya Landeros
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-5 pmABOUT:
Young New England Photographers is a peer-oriented and juried showcase of photographic work by recent graduates from educational institutions in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The purpose of YNEP is to curate and share exemplary photographic work by recent graduates to facilitate a dialogue and create a community within and outside of the demographic of the student population.
This group exhibition features artists from the Fall 2012 Call for Entries by recent graduates from educational institutions in New England. The exhibition will be accompanied by a short-run newsprint publication published by Aint-Bad Magazine, a quarterly printed publication that focuses on the work of emerging photographers. Aint-Bad suppor
I walked out of the Nave Gallery’s Salon 21 exposition dangerously compelled to buy. Thankfully, I walked in there with an empty wallet, but that really only staved off an inevitable purchase, seeing how the show is running through Mother’s Day, May 12. From Emily Garfield’s pen, ink, and watercolor street map “cityscapes” and Joerg Ingo Fraske’s colorful abstractions, to Boriana Kantcheva’s somehow creepy nature miniatures and Brian Corey’s inky squiggles, something will be gracing my walls before the month’s end.
If you’ve visited the MFA’s newest American Arts wing then you’ve probably browsed their 19th-century Salon gallery, with floor-to-ceiling paintings and sculpture covering as much wall real estate as physically possible. The Nave’s salon isn’t too different. And while the collection of work is vibrant and eclectic (and reasonably priced), the show still manages to foster an atmosphere of contemplation and artistic appreciation, as only a Nave exhibition can provide. Maybe it’s the church next door. Or maybe it’s seeing, spread before me, the amazing array of artistic talent that resides within my hometown. Then again, as with any open-armed community exhibition, the level of artistry and artistic sophistication varies widely throughout Salon 21, but as we all know that is a subjective opinion. Besides, the point of a show like this, and of the Nave Gallery itself, is not so much about the product as it is the process—the process of promoting, supporting, and encouraging participation within (and without) a diverse and prolific community of artists no matter your age, training, or “sophistication.” Hell yeah.
With that being said, Mother’s Day is around the corner—still looking for a gift idea?! I’ve found it’s kind of like eating oreo cookies…one for mom, two for me…
-Adele Barbato
Adele Barbato is a writer who dissects the world of art. Her pieces have been published in several publications, including The Boston Art Underground.
Our vision for this blog is to provide a space for viewers to begin a dialogue about the art at our shows. If you would like to write about a show at either of the Nave galleries, email us.
Looking for a fun and affordable way to start (or add to) your own art collection?
Salon 21 is the Nave Gallery’s 21st century spin on the classic artists salon, and features the work of more than 50 local and regional artists. Ranging from photography to scuplture with everything in between, the salon showcases over 100 pieces of original art from both emerging and well-established names.All pieces in this juried exhibition are priced $500 or under. Come by and give your collection some love. Or give the ones you love a perfect gift. Tis the season for weddings and birthdays and Mother’s Day…
CURATED BY:
Michelle Fiorenza
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, April 28, 2013, 3:00 pm- 5:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS
Saturdays and Sundays, 1-5 pm
Extended hours during Somerville Open Studios:
Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5: 12-6 pm
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In its early years, the Nave Gallery Annex was a rooming house, welcoming strangers from near and far and providing affordable shelter for those in need of warmth and community.
Through knitted and crocheted items and a mix of fiber art and scenes from the ‘Ville, The Annex recreates this home space as a yarnstormed installation. Be prepared to never envision a home in quite the same way again.
CURATED BY:
Tori Costa
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, April 17, 6-8 pm
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GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-6 pm
Extended hours during Somerville Open Studios:
Friday, May 3: 6-9 pm
Saturday, May 4: 12-8 pm
Sunday, May 5: 12-6 pm
ARTISTS & YARNSTORMERS
Laura Baldwin, Heather Balchunas, Willa Bandler, Cat Bartash, Caitlin Bechtel, Susan Berstler, Angela Bourda, Louise Briggett, Merill Comeau, Mary Anne Conville, Andrea Costa, Charles Daniels, Meredith Davis, Ritsuko Hirai, Miranda Hynes, Mary Jacewicz, Charlotte Kaplan, Maureen Liberatore, Mikka, Amy MacAlister, Vanessa Marcoux, Sandy McDonald, Erin McGrath, Kristina Nies, Joyce Costa Oliveira, Ted Ollier, Joy Kampia O’Shell, Amy Pett, Heidi Reifenstahl, Margaret Ryan, Valerie Sacchetti, Alice Sajdera, Rachel Shatil, Diane Sulliavn, Mara Taylor, V Van Sant
and many more who anonymously drop off knitted and crocheted wonders daily
This installation is part of the Wrap Around Project, the Nave Gallery’s yearlong campaign to support and promote the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). Affordable housing–or lack thereof–is one of the factors leading to the rise in homelessness in our communities. As our neighborhoods develop into economically strong cultural centers, those on the margins are pushed out, and are often left with few options for housing.
Learn more about how SHC provides resources to those in need
Learn more about the Wrap Around Project
FILL OUR PANTRY:
Help us fill our pantry with items to give to the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Canned goods and other items are deeply appreciated.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, June 8, 8 pm
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LOCATION:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
$10; suggested donation
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
An evening of new movement and sound works and the first in a series of new and interdisciplinary performance works events at the Nave Gallery. Featuring:
Lee Todd Lacks, Tom Swafford, and Lou Susi
“Ghost Mall” – a performance piece for voices, violin, and a beat box
Chorizo Four: improvised movement and sound
Teresa Czepiel , movement, Steve Norton- reeds, celeste, Jeoffrey Pooser- bass, Matt Samolis, flute
Teresa Czepiel, solo piece in collaboration with Joe Burgio.
Duo: Eric Hofbauer on guitar, Todd Brunel on clarinet and bass clarinet
Randy Winchester, solo performance; art with trombone
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, March 30, 8 pm.
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LOCATION:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
$15; tickets available at the door.
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Come hear percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani in a rare Boston appearance, both solo and with the “Metal & Glassless Trio“, Matt Samolis, Peter Warren, Randy Winchester (bowed cymbals, tuned steel rods, Tibetan singing bowls).
One night only in the spacious sanctuary of Clarendon Hill Church, home of the Nave Gallery.
DATE & TIME:
Tuesday, April 2, 6:30-8 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
FREE, but please bring a donation to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Nave Gallery’s Fiber Swap was a big success. So much so that we still have fabric and yarn left.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, April 6, 8 pm
Facebook event page
LOCATION:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
$8; tickets available at the door
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Join us Saturday, April 6 for an intimate, passionate evening of folk music. Jason Anderson, who some Nave regulars may know as the force behind the Good Cheer Festival, returns to the church to perform and host a night of uplifting acoustic music. Don’t miss out on what is sure to be a transcendent event. All are welcome!
Electrifying audiences with his impassioned, soulful performances, Jason Aanderson’s concerts are often described as life changing. Equal parts soul revue and rock ‘n’ roll revival, Anderson brings to mind mid-70s bootlegs of Springsteen and Van Morrison. His energy and enthusiasm have made his shows a one-of-a-kind sensation in bars and basements everywhere. Not to be missed.
For the past seven years, John Craigie has taken his unique musical style across the western United States. He stays true to the essence of folk music, and the traditions of the seminal writers of our past century. With timeless melodies and insightful lyrics—interspersed with witty storytelling—his songs take many poetic turns before bringing you back home. His themes range from social commentary to personal empowerment, political satire, and modern love. He has traveled all of this planet, having played in all 50 states and beyond, bringing his music to the world. John Craigie writes, sings, and plays for the people.
She has had the itch to write songs most of her life, but it wasn’t until she received a ukulele as a Christmas gift in 2009 that she, at long last, began composing in earnest. Her music evokes the spirit of the city in which she has lived all her adult life, while allowing her southern roots to shine gloriously through. Drawing inspiration from such artists as Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, Neko Case, and so many of her own peers, Leigh performs with the theatricality of a trained actor while her simultaneously sweet and dynamic melodies capture the soulfulness that is at the core of her songwriting.
As part of The Wrap Around Project, the Nave Gallery is creating mini mittens that can be sold through local Somerville/Cambridge/Arlington businesses to raise awareness and money for the Somerville Homeless Coalition. The mini-mittens can be used as holiday tree ornaments, package gift decorations, to hold gift cards or cash, to decorate the neck of a wine bottle, to string together as a mantle decoration and more. 100 mini- mittens have been created and we need help to decorate and create more. Our goal is to make 500.
The pattern is below. If you have any questions, let us know.
Mini Mitten Knitting Pattern
(completed mitten can be used as an ornament, gift card holder, box decoration, etc.)
MATERIALS:
Size 7 or 8 straight needles, a 3.5” stitch holder, yarn sewing needle, 3 or 4 ounce weight yarn and notions/items to decorate the completed mitten.
CUFF:
With desired color, cast on 18 stitches (sts.) leaving a 5 inch tail at the start.
Rows 1-6 + [K1,P1] across. Rows 7-8 work in Stockinette stitch.
SHAPE THUMB GUSSET:
Row 9 + Right Side (RS) K8, Make 1 (M1), K2, M1, Knit to end —- 20 sts
Row 10 and ALL Wrong Side (WS) Rows + Purl
Row 11 + K8, M1, K4, M1, Knit to end —– 22 sts.
Row 12 + Purl
Row 13 + K8, M1, K6, M1, Knit to end —- 24 sts.
Row 14 + Purl
DIVIDE FOR THUMB:
Row 15 + K8, cast on 2 sts on right hand needle, slip next 8 sts onto stitch holder for Thumb,
Knit to end —- 18 sts.
Rows 16-20 + Work in Stockinette stitch
SHAPE TOP OF MITTEN:
Row 21 + Knit 2 together 9 times —- 9 stitches
Row 22 + Purl 2 together 4 times, purl 1 —- 5 stitches
Cut Yarn leaving a 14 inch tail. Thread tail through the 5 stitches. With RS together sew 3 stitches, knot to secure. (Body of mitten will be sewn up last after decorating mitten)
THUMB:
With WS of Thumb Gusset facing you slide the 8 stitches from stitch holder onto your Knitting Needles. With RS of mitten facing you create the Thumb: Leave a 3 inch tail as you begin,
Row 1+ M1, K8, M1 finish row —- 10 stitches
Row 2+ Purl
Row 3 + K 2 together 5 times —- 5 stitches
Cut yarn leaving an eight inch tail. Thread tail through the 5 stitches. With WS together sew the Thumb closed on the outside. Tuck thread to the inside and tie off with the initial 3 inch start tail.
FINISH:
Decorate the front of the mitten with buttons, ribbon, etc. Then with RS together sew the body of the mitten together. Weave ends in as desired. OR leave tail to be used to hang mitten or to attach to a box, etc.
NOTE: Any and all mittens are welcomed by the Nave Gallery. They can be mailed to:
Margaret Ryan
Nave Gallery
155 Powderhouse Blvd.
Somerville, MA 02144
The first nursery rhymes were lullabies sung to help children sleep fall asleep. Then the sing songy rhymes helped children learn. Now Super Precious Art Gallery has asked artists to create a piece of art inspired by their favorite nursery rhyme.
CURATED BY:
Super Precious Art Gallery
ARTISTS:
Ana Benaroya, Emily Chionchio, Monkey Chow, Rita Csizmadia, Ira F. Cummings, Vaughn Fender, Jessica Frease, Ryan Frease, Matt Hunsberger, Matt Kaiser, Josh LaFayette, Lauren May, Walker Miller, Dave Ortega, and Chris Piascik
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, March 22, 7-9 pm
EXHIBITION DATES:
March 22-23, 2013
GALLERY HOURS:
Friday, 7-9 pm
Saturday, 1-5 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA
Chris Piascik
Just a quick note to introduce our new website.
Tori Costa, Nave volunteer, and the team at GREY WOLF DESIGN, have been diligently working to migrate the Nave site into WordPress. Our new site has many important additions, not the least of which is a section for our new exhibition space in Davis Square, the Nave Annex, and a new blog. We expect the complete migration to be done in stages with our priority being current programming and events. Eventually the goal is to move over all of the events the Nave has undertaken over the last almost 9 years–including Project MUM and past exhibitions.
We ask your patience during this process. As an all-volunteer, nonprofit group of talented and creative folks who all are doing many other things, the Nave sometimes makes administrative changes slower than many of you would like to see. We know this and are striving to improve. Some of our links are broken, some of our content needs to be updated or added, but we thought the basic message was ready to be made live.
We are alive and well and producing amazing art events and exhibitions. We now have two spaces; one in Teele Square and one in Davis Square that allow us to showcase the talents of both local and regional artists working in all mediums. We have open calls for entry for artists including the upcoming Salon 21 which will take place during Somerville Open Studios. We are yarnstorming the new Nave Annex as well as trees throughout the city as a fundraising effort for our friends at the Somerville Homeless Coalition. We are working with the Somerville Arts Council on two events – an accordion festival, the SqueezeBox Slam, for Davis Square in June and a public art project tentatively named the Phone Box Art Project that we will be releasing a call for entry shortly.
The art and our community relationships are our priority. We apologize for our less than perfect housekeeping. Let us know about problems with the new site although we ask that you wait until next week as we are probably already working on much of what annoys you. One final comment, and this is the perfect place to add it, we are always looking for volunteers to get involved. Just email us at info@navegallery.org.
Saturday June 15th 1-6, in Seven Hills Park at Davis Square. Presented by the Nave and the Somerville Arts Council; produced by Michael McLaughlin.
DEADLINE:
Rolling; submissions due April 6, 2012
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 13 – May 5, 2013
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, April 17, 6:00-8:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Tori Costa
The Annex, the Nave Gallery’s new special project space in Davis Square, Somerville, is seeking knitted and crocheted items for an apartment-style installation. Additionally, yarn-based visual artists working in all 2-D and 3-D media are invited to submit work to display on the walls of the Knit Art House in Crochetville.
Open house: March 21, 6:00 to 8:00: 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA. Stop by, meet the curator, see the space, and sign up for a project. There will be wine.
The following list is meant to inspire, and is not exhaustive! If you would like to make/yarnstorm any of these items, please contact Tori Costa at tori.costa@gmail.com asap.
Hallway: coat rack, clock
Pantry/Kitchen: dish soap, dish cloth, dish rack, spoons, dishes, knives, glasses, forks, mugs, plates, coffee pot, canned goods, food, wine glasses, canister set, bottles of wine
Dining room: Table, food, chairs, place settings, place mats, bowls
Living Room/TV room: vases, games, flowers, knitting basket, plants or yarnstormed pots, lamps, Futon (have–can send dimensions and photos to yarnstorm part or all of it), side tables, people, bookshelf, pets, books on knitting, chairs , aquarium, childrens toys, coffee table, toy chest, coasters, fireplace acoutrements (have a yarnstormed log), blankets, blanket holder (have–can send dimensions and photos to yarnstorm part or all of it), rugs, wall art
Bedroom: bed, blankets, pillows, knitted/crocheted clothing, end tables, book cases
Squares of any style, size or color are also welcome. We will use them to yarnstorm furniture.
For more inspiration, check out: http://pinterest.com/teeceeisme/the-knit-art-house/
All submissions are due by April 6, 2013. Drop-off information will be forwarded.
In its early years, the project space was a rooming house, welcoming strangers from near and far and providing affordable shelter for those in need of warmth and community. The Annex will recreate this home space through yarn-based items.
This installation is part of the Wrap Around Project, the Nave Gallery’s yearlong campaign to support and promote the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition. Affordable housing–or lack thereof–is one of the factors leading to the rise in homelessness in our communities. As our neighborhoods develop into economically strong cultural centers, those on the margins are pushed out, and are often left with few options for housing. To learn more about how SHC provides resources to those in need, visit www.somervillehomelesscoalition.org.
Study in Red, Merill Comeau
April 15, 2013. The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) is covered in yarn from the inside out. Building upon last year’s successful Perry Park yarnstorm, participants in The Knit Art house in Crochetville have gone yarn-wild, knitting, crocheting and glue gunning their way to transforming the everyday ordinary into the extraordinary in this apartment-style installation.
This slightly surreal experience begins with knitted and crocheted flowers on the hedges on the Annex lawn. Bright and cheery, the flowers inspire smiles from those walking past and invite the community to add their own crafted flowers with the hopes that warmth and sunshine will come with collective flower power.
The outside theme continues inside with a tree installation of yarn and knitted patches. Walking through the hall of the Annex, one wonders what comes next. A psychedelic bathroom continues the flower power theme while a red and black living room promises the ultimate in sophistication. A dining room table beckons with a buffet of sumptuous desserts, while color emanates from a rock-themed teen room guarded by an adorable army of tiny animals with sweaters. And not to be ignored—a pantry with canned goods that look too good to eat.
But of course, what is an “art house” without art? Intermingled with yarn-covered objects are spectacular pieces of visual art ranging from black and white photos of rock legends taken by photographer Charles Daniels to a wall-sized installation from well-known fiber artist Merill Comeau.
The art anchors the show as a gallery space while the yarnstorming keeps to the spirit of the exhibition. In its early years, The Nave Gallery Annex was a rooming house, welcoming strangers from near and far and providing affordable shelter for those in need of warmth and community. The Knit Art House in Crochetville is an attempt to recreate this home space. More than 30 artists and yarnstormers participate in the show.
The exhibition is also part of The Wrap Around Project, the Nave’s yearlong campaign to support and promote the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). The show invites attendees to “fill its pantry” with canned goods and toiletries that will be donated to SHC’s Project Soup.
An opening reception will take place Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm.
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester Ave, Somerville, MA 02144
Exhibition Dates and Hours: April 13-May 5, 2013, Wed-Fri 6-8, Sat 2-8, Sun 2-6. Extended hours are available for Somerville Open Studios. Visit www.navegallery.org for full details.
Summer is beginning to bloom at The Nave Gallery Annex. Our hedges are seeing some flowers, but they need more.
As part of The Knit Art House in Crochetville, we are yarnstorming the exterior of The Nave Gallery Annex. Please help us do a bit of landscaping by adding your own flower creations. Let’s get these hedges absolutely covered. Maybe summer will finally come with all of our flower power!
Questions? Email Tori
DEADLINE:
April 1, 2013
EXHIBITION DATES:
April 27 – May 12, 2013
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, April 28, 3:00-5:00 PM
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Michelle Fiorenza
The Nave Gallery is pleased to announce a call for entries for Salon 21, a 21st Century Artists Salon open to artists in all media. The exhibition will be curated by Michelle Fiorenza and open during Somerville Open Studios (SOS), one of Massachusetts’ largest open studio events. You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
Entries should be no larger than 21″ x 21″. Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located inside of the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (155 Powder House Blvd, outside of Teele Sq.) ready to hang. Small 3D work to be displayed on pedestals may also be submitted. Sales are encouraged, with a 30% gallery commission. The show will be promoted as an affordable and great way to add to or start a personal art collection. Artwork should be priced $500.00 and under.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send 3 jpegs to mfiorenza29@gmail.com.
Each jpeg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension. Name the jpeg files “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Please include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year.
There is a $15 submission fee, paid with Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please indicate in the memo line that this is for “Salon 21.” Checks should be sent to The Nave Gallery, Attn: Michelle Fiorenza (Salon 21), 155 Powder House Boulevard, Somerville, MA 02144.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Monday, April 1, 2012
Notification: April 4 by email
Work to be delivered: Saturday, April 13, 11 am to 3 pm
Show dates: Saturday, April 27 – Friday, May 12
Opening reception: Sunday, April 28, 3-5 pm
DEADLINE:
Friday, May 17, 2013
EXHIBITION DATES:
June 5-29, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Andrew Fish
The Nave Gallery Annex in Davis Square seeks art exploring the geometry of the human form. The exhibition, “The Body In Lines” focuses on the linear expression of the nude—the use of lines to illustrate innate human qualities including but not limited to fragility, strength, and vulnerability.
Entries are being accepted in drawing, painting, and mixed media.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Please include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year; as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “Body in Lines” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144. You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Fri., May 17th, 2013
Notification: Fri., May 24th, 2013
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: June 5-29, 2013
Opening Reception: Tues., June 4th, 2013
Closing Reception: Sat., June 29th, 2013
Andrew Fish is a Somerville artist who is part of the Vernon Street Studios community. Fish attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and works at MassArt College in Boston. For information about him and his work, visit www.wanderingfisheye.com.
DEADLINE:
Friday, June 7, 2013
EXHIBITION DATES:
July 10-28, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ORGANIZED BY:
Joe Keinberger & Skunk
The Nave Gallery Annex in Davis Square seeks art representing man in his many guises from the real to the artificial. “Phantomaton,” a play off of “phantom” and “automaton,” is being organized by painter Joe Keinberger and sculptor Skunk and will include works of both artists in the exhibition. The two are inviting other artists whose influences may range from alchemy to biotechnology and whatever lies in between to be part of this temporary world exploring man and creation. If your work includes thoughts of homunculi, ghosts, specters, robots, gears and/or an unnatural obsession with Frankenstein, this may be the show for you!
Entries are being accepted in all media including installation and video.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Please include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year; as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “Phantomaton” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144. You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Friday, June 7, 2013
Notification: TBD
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: July 10-28
Opening Reception: TBD
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DEADLINE:
July 5, 2013
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 3 – 18, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
CURATED BY:
Vanessa Marcoux and Sandy McDonald
The Nave Gallery is pleased to announce a call for entries for You Are Here: Maps and Art, an exhibition curated by Vanessa Marcoux and Sandy McDonald. This exhibition will examine the role and use of maps in art, both as a subject and as a medium. It is open to artists in all media including installation and video.
For centuries, humans have used maps to chart their world –from the human body to the stars and everything in between. Both foreign and familiar, we can lose ourselves and find ourselves in the landscape of maps.
Artists are encouraged to explore from the literal to the conceptual meaning of maps. Artwork can incorporate the geographic, social, scientific, real, and imagined use of maps. 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional works will be accepted. Artists working in photography, sculpture, collage, video, mixed media, and digital art are encouraged to apply!
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to youarehere.submissions [at] gmail [dot] com.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.
Please include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year; as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, paid with Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “You Are Here” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA 02144. You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery located inside of the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Fri., July 5, 2013
Notification: Sat., July 20, 2013
Artwork drop off: Sat., July 27, 2013
Exhibition dates: Sat., August 3 – Sun., August 18, 2013
Closing/ Artwork pick up: Sunday 8/18, 2013
DEADLINE:
Extended to Friday, July 12, 2013
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 10-31, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
JURORS:
Brian & Steven Beaucher of WardMaps & Boston Coasters, Cambridge, MA
Ted Ollier, long-time volunteer and organizer for The Nave
Brian Beaucher is a Somerville resident who studied at MICA, and his brother Steven is an architect who has also done some time in the “Ville. The brothers launched their antique map and cartographic gift business WardMaps in 2004. They founded Boston Coasters in 2008 as an outlet for the work of local and emerging artists. Both bring a keen interest in the history and representation of place through various historic and contemporary media with a focus on Somerville for this show.
Ted Ollier is a printmaker and conceptual artist who has lived in Somerville and Medford since moving from Austin Texas five years ago. He is a two-time recipient of the Somerville Arts Council grant, shows regularly in the Boston area, and has organized six shows for The Nave.
CALL:
The Nave Gallery Annex in Davis Square seeks art inspired by or created from the people, events and geography taking place in the 4.2 sq miles that make up the City of Somerville, MA.
Entries are being accepted in all media including installation and video.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name. Resolution should be 300 dpi.
Please include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year; as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “Somerville” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144. You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.
CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: Monday, July 8, 2013
Notification: TBD
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: August 10-31
Opening Reception: TBD
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JURIED BY ISA LESHKO
“I love working with toy cameras. There are the usual reasons that most photographers talk about: the lack of technical controls enables me the freedom to focus on the composition and emotional content of my image. But, this camera has also helped me find beauty in imperfection. I tend to be a perfectionist with my work and obsess over the smallest details in my images. Working with such an imprecise and flawed camera as a Holga is both frightening and liberating. I found this experience akin to being on a roller coaster, which is why I used a Holga to photograph my Thrills & Chills project, which explores my fear of amusement park rides (and my underlying fear of not being in control).
When I jury festival entries, I will be looking for images for which it really makes sense to use toy cameras — not every subject matter is best explored through toy cameras. For example, I chose to not use a Holga for my Elderly Animals project because I wanted the images to be unflinching in their detail. My early images for that project were taken with a Holga, and they did not have the same emotional impact as the ones I have taken with my Hasselblad.
Although this is a toy camera show, I will still be looking for images that demonstrate a high-level of technical and artistic prowess. I am looking for work that does not use the visual artifacts of toy cameras (e.g., vignettes) as creative crutches. As I review an image I will ask myself whether there is substance to this image beyond the vignette and blur. I ask myself this very question when I edit my own toy camera work and many of my images end up on the cutting room floor!
Above all, I want to see images that evoke a strong emotion — joy, fear, sadness, anger, revulsion — or challenge the way I think. Toy camera imagery is about defying photographic conventions. In fact, I think of it as the visual equivalent of punk music. So, let’s make some noise.”
WHAT IS A TOY CAMERA?
For the Somerville Toy Camera Fest (STCF), “toy camera” is identified as any low-end, low-tech, limited-control camera, including Holga, Diana and other Lomo products, as well as Brownies and Anscos and any pinhole cameras. Images made from Polaroid film backs attached to Holga are welcome; straight Polaroid camera pictures are not. Cell phone images are welcome.
WHY A SOMERVILLE TOY CAMERA FEST?
Expect the unexpected. The Nave Gallery and Washington Street Art Center have in the past separately held toy camera photography shows. They are now joining together to create an international festival in Somerville, MA celebrating the quirky and creative results that happen when the photographer is forced to loosen his/her controls.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:
July 24, 2013
ABOUT THE EXHIBITS:
There will be three separate exhibitions as part of the Somerville Toy Camera Fest. The juror will decide final placement of work that is accepted.
The Washington Street Arts Center
Exhibit dates: August 10-31, 2013
Opening reception: Reception: Saturday, August 10, 7-10 pm
The Nave Gallery
Exhibit dates: September 7-28, 2013
Opening reception: Friday, September 6, 6-9 pm
The Nave Annex
Exhibit dates: September 11-29, 2013
Opening reception: Wednesday, September 11, 6-9 pm
PRIZES:
People’s Choice Award (for each location): 1 Holga 144-120 Medium Format 120N Camera with Built-in Lens
3 Honorable mention juror awards (for each location)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Susan Berstler, Matt Corcoran, Tori Costa, Elizabeth Ellenwood, Lee Kilpatrick, Greer Muldowney, Nick Schietromo, James Zall
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to 5 artwork submissions as .jpg files to toycamerafestival[at]gmail[dot]com as a zipped attachment.
Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name. Resolution should be 300 dpi. File should be zipped.
Please include an image list with your submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year; as well as a brief artist bio and statement.
Please indicate how you heard about this call.
There is a $20 submission fee for up to 5 images, payable through Paypal or with check. Paypal is available here. Please include “Toy Camera” in the memo. Checks should be sent to: Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144. You do not need to be a Somerville resident to apply.
Accepted pieces should be delivered to the respective gallery ready to install. Artist is responsible for cost of shipping to and from gallery.
This group exhibition presents the work of artists whose use of familiar images and objects helps to reveal the unfamiliar. Memory Palace refers to a common mnemonic technique that dates back to the ancient Romans and Greeks. Here artists use their 21st century artistic versions of “the method of loci” to investigate issues of memory and identity through painting, photographs, video and sculpture.
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler
ARTISTS:
Natalie Andrew, Kathy Desmond, Chris French, Lee Kilpatrick, Amy Lovera, Rachel Shatil, Chadwick Williams
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, March 16, 6-9 pm; featuring music by Audrey Ryan
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday-Friday, 6-8 pm
Saturday, 2-8 pm
Sunday, 2-5 pm
SPONSOR:
Thanks to Whats-Nü for sponsoring the Opening Reception.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, March 16, 6-9 pm; featuring music by Audrey Ryan
Exhibition details
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Natalie Andrew, Kathy Desmond, Chris French, Lee Kilpatrick, Amy Lovera, Rachel Shatil, Chadwick Williams
SPONSOR:
Thanks to Whats-Nü for sponsoring the opening reception.
Sarah Meyers Brent’s “Hanging Plant,” “Overgrown Canvas II,” and “Overgrown Canvas IV” are in “PICNIC” at the Nave Gallery Annex in Davis Square. Mixing acrylic with organic materials this work possesses then climbs off the canvas, the idea of paint living growing on to the viewer. With an MFA in Painting from the University of New Hampshire, Sarah has shown work at Danforth Art Museum, Mount Ida College Gallery, Worcester State Art Gallery, Bromfield Gallery, among others.http://www.sarahartist.
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Saturday, March 9, 2013, 6-8 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Nancy Brooks, Elizabeth Cameron, Lisa Conrad, Christiane Corcelle, Nancy Diessner, Gary Duehr, Dominique Duroseau, Amy Kaufman, Jackie Miller, Elisabeth Nicula, Katie O’Brien, Damir Porobic, Anne Russell, Annie Silverman, Karl Stephan, Emily Trespas, William Turville, Katherine Vetne, James Weinberg
In this group exhibition curated by well-known Somerville lithographer Carolyn Muskat of Muskat Studio, blank ink transforms paper through the varied processes of printmaking.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, April 17, 6-8 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St., Somerville, MA
ABOUT:
In its early years, the Nave Gallery Annex was a rooming house, welcoming strangers from near and far and providing affordable shelter for those in need of warmth and community.
Through yarn-based art, and knitted and crocheted items, The Annex recreates this home space as a yarnstormed installation. Be prepared to never envision a home in quite the same way again.
Tonight’s show has been postponed. We will let you now when it is rescheduled.
DATE & TIME:
Friday, April 19th, 7:30 pm
LOCATION:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
$10; tickets available at the door
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Please come and enjoy musical performances by Tall Tale Trio, Luna Nova and Andromeda4!
TALL TALE TRIO: original music by Andrew Blickenderfer
Andrew Blickenderfer, bass
Michael McLaughlin, piano
Gary Fieldman, drums
LUNA NOVA: classic songs for voice and noise
Kelly Demers, voice
Roberto Cassan, accordion
Andrew Blickenderfer, cello
ANDROMEDA4: featuring the music of Evan Harlan
Evan Harlan, accordion
Ima Jonsdottir, violin
Andrew Stern, guitar
Andrew Blickenderfer, bass
Due to the weather, this event has been moved to Sunday, April 21, from 10:00 am-12:00 pm.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, April 20, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Somerville by Yarnstorm is a public art project that combines art, craft, and activism to support and promote the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
From April through October, one special tree a Somerville neighborhood will receive a warm and fuzzy makeover.
April’s tree will be themed Circles of Life, and will take place right outside the Nave Gallery mothership in Teele Square.
Come by, help us install, and let’s take Somerville by Yarnstorm!
Somerville by Yarnstorm is part of The Wrap Around Project, and is supported in part by the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, April 27, 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Held in conjunction with the Nave’s annual Flea Market
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Nave volunteer Margaret Ryan will be leading a fun mini-mitten knitting and mini-mitten decorating workshop at the Nave Gallery.
It is the goal of the Nave Gallery to knit and decorate 500 mini mittens that can be sold through local Somerville/Cambridge/Arlington businesses to raise awareness and money for the Somerville Homeless Coalition.The mini-mittens can be used as holiday tree ornaments, package gift decorations, to hold gift cards or cash, to decorate the neck of a wine bottle, to string together as a mantle decoration and more. 100 mini- mittens have been created and we need help to decorate and create more.
Join us to knit these fun mini-mittens. Basic knitting skills needed: knit, purl, ribbing, casting on, decreasing. If you are not a knitter we can use your creativity in decorating the mittens with ribbons, bells, buttons, beads, and other items. Bring your own size 7 or 8 knitting needles and any 4 ply yarn you have handy. Tiny end balls of yarn are perfect to combine colors and use up scraps. We do have some yarn and will provide other items needed for the knitting and decorating of the mini-mittens.
Image: Eye 060, iPad drawing, 2013. Kelvy Bird
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, April 28, 3-5 pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Looking for a fun and affordable way to start (or add to) your own art collection?
Image: Eye 060, iPad drawing, 2013. Kelvy Bird
DATE AND TIME:
May 4 & 5, 2013
Nave Gallery: Sat & Sun, 12-6 pm
Nave Annex: Fri, 6-9 pm; Sat, 12-8 pm; Sun, 12-6 pm
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
Nave Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Somerville Open Studios, one of the largest open studios events in the area, takes place the first weekend in May. The Nave Gallery will be a part of this event with shows at both of its locations.
Nave Gallery: Salon 21
Nave Annex: The Knit Art House in Crochetville
SUITCASES NEEDED! Please donate your old (HARDCASE preferred) suitcases for an activist art project with the wonderful Nora Valdez and the awesome folks at MIRA: Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition. At HONK!, the public will be invited to stencil each case with messages about immigrant/refugee rights.
MIRA activists will carry them in the HONK! Parade the next day.
Outraged by the way our government is treating immigrants and refugees? Join us in the parade — carry a suitcase!
You can drop suitcases off at Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd in Somerville the next two weekends (Saturday and Sunday, 9/22, 9/23, 9/29, 9/30, 1 to 5 pm) or write to cecily.honkfest@gmail.org to arrange pick up. PLEASE SHARE THIS MESSAGE!
IMPORTANT: We are now accepting submissions for new Phone Art Boxes
The Nave Gallery and Somerville Arts Council present a unique public art opportunity:
The Phone Art Box
A Somerville Public Art Project
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The Nave Gallery and Somerville Arts Council seek proposals for art to transform abandoned phone boxes throughout the city. Art must be durable and able to withstand the weather conditions for this semi-permanent public art project. We will seal most boxes with a Plexiglass panel upon completion for protection with the exception of interactive sites. There is no theme specified for proposals but concepts to consider are: telecommunication, change, specific neighborhoods, nearby businesses or geography, 21st century, transformation. These should be considered a starting point and not a limit.
Artists are welcome to identify a specific phone box that they would like to use but their choice is not guaranteed.
EMAIL SUBMISSIONS and QUESTIONS TO:
info@navegallery.org
APPLICATION MATERIALS NEEDED:
photo of proposed empty phone box and address (or one will be assigned)
proposed approximate date of the actual installation (ex mid-May)
one paragraph description of idea
sketch or photoshopped image of proposed installation
list of materials
indicate if box is meant to be interactive
indicate any other special needs
include any other material that helps to express your concept
ROLLING DEADLINE:
Accepting new proposals starting April 21, 2016. The project will continue to add new sites through the next 6 months or until our budget has been spent.
EXHIBITION DATES:
Beginning May 15, 2013. There is no identified removal date. Work may be removed pending condition over time.
STIPEND:
Accepted artists will receive an honorarium for their time and materials. Artists are responsible for cost and installation of plexi glass.
LOCATION:
Throughout the city of Somerville, MA.
Made possible with the funding and support by the Somerville Arts Council and the City of Somerville. Special thanks to Mayor Joseph Curtatone for suggesting this idea.
Image Above: Natalio, Kathya Landeros
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, May 10 2013, 6-9pm
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St., Somerville, MA
ABOUT:
Young New England Photographers is a peer-oriented and juried showcase of photographic work by recent graduates from educational institutions in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The purpose of YNEP is to curate and share exemplary photographic work by recent graduates to facilitate a dialogue and create a community within and outside of the demographic of the student population.
This group exhibition features artists from the Fall 2012 Call for Entries. The exhibition will be accompanied by a short-run newsprint publication published by Aint-Bad Magazine, a quarterly printed publication that focuses on the work of emerging photographers. Aint-Bad suppor
NOTE: Due to the rainy forecast, this event has been cancelled. Please be sure to stop by Mudflat after Wednesday and check out the trees, and join us for our June event in Davis Square!
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, May 25, 10:00 am-1:00 pm
LOCATION:
81 Broadway, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Somerville by Yarnstorm is a public art project that combines art, craft, and activism to support and promote the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
From April through October, one special tree a Somerville neighborhood will receive a warm and fuzzy makeover.
May’s tree will be themed Flores y Mariposas (Flowers and Butterflies), and will take place right outside Mudflat Studios in East Somerville.
We’ll be heading to a local Portuguese restaurant afterwards for lunch and celebration. Please email Margaret Ryan at margaret(at)rcn.com to join us.
Come by, help us install, and let’s take Somerville by Yarnstorm!
Somerville by Yarnstorm is part of The Wrap Around Project, and is supported in part by the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Image above: Arielle #11, Michael Ahern
OPENING RECEPTION:
Tuesday, June 4, 6-9 pm
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CURATED BY:
Andrew Fish
ARTISTS:
Michael Ahern, Samuray Akarvardar, Paul Arsenault, Erica Aubin, Hillary Babick, Christina Balch, David C. Burr, Andrea Abarca Coutts, Lois Fiore, James Forren, Ian Gage, Kate Gartrell, Sydney Phillips Hardin, Judy Kramer, Paul Kroner, Jason Polins
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, June 15, 1-6 pm
Rain Date: Saturday, June 29
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LOCATION:
Seven Hills Park at Davis Square
ADMISSION FEE:
FREE
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The second Somerville Squeezebox Slam is a celebration of accordions, button boxes and other free standing reed instruments that we’ve come to know and love. As happened in the first festival, accordionists of all sizes, shapes, skill levels and musical genres are invited to stroll around the neighborhoods of Somerville, sharing their melodious sounds, and like pied pipers from an alternative fairy tale, beckon all to come and follow them as they head to Davis Square for a concert of some of New England’s finest squeezebox players. So dust off your grandfather’s squeezebox that’s been sitting in the attic and join us for an afternoon of pumping the bellows!
Presented by the Nave Gallery and the Somerville Arts Council; produced by Michael McLaughlin.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
1-3 pm: Accordion Anarchy
Local accordionists: Bring your boxes, band together, or find your own corner and play throughout Davis Square. There are no rules!
3-3:30 pm: Sandy Theodorou
3:30-4 pm: Ralph Tufo
4-4:30 pm: Marié Abe Sextet
4:30-5 pm: Cory Pesaturo
5-5:30 pm: Grand Fatilla
Hosted by Somerville’s own Lady Kielbasia
Photos from our first Squeezebox Slam
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, June 29, 10:00 am-2:00 pm
LOCATION:
Davis Square, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
Free
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Somerville by Yarnstorm is a public art project that combines art, craft, and activism to support and promote the work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition.
From April through October, one special tree a Somerville neighborhood will receive a warm and fuzzy makeover.
June’s tree will be themed Granny, oh Granny, and will take place in the center of Davis Square.
ITEMS NEEDED:
Granny squares and butterflies in all colors and sizes
Items due by: Fri, June 28; Drop-off at Nave Gallery or Nave Gallery Annex
Come by, help us install, and let’s take Somerville by Yarnstorm!
Somerville by Yarnstorm is part of The Wrap Around Project, and is supported in part by the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Image above: Arielle #11, Michael Ahern
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Saturday, June 29, 6-9 pm
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CURATED BY:
Andrew Fish
ARTISTS:
Michael Ahern, Samuray Akarvardar, Paul Arsenault, Erica Aubin, Hillary Babick, Christina Balch, David C. Burr, Andrea Abarca Coutts, Lois Fiore, James Forren, Ian Gage, Kate Gartrell, Sydney Phillips Hardin, Judy Kramer, Paul Kroner, Jason Polins
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
DATE & TIME:
Saturday, June 29, 8 pm
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LOCATION:
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ADMISSION FEE:
$10; suggested donation
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Whitehaus Family Record recording artist Lou Cohen is at it again, this time releasing a collection of improvised duos. Also on the bill is Brooklyn’s own Valerie Kuehne, playing a couple songs written for her by Matt Samolis, and her own material.
Lou Cohen, wii-mote + laptop
Steve Norton, reeds
Matt Samolis, flute
Joe Burgio, movement
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Valerie Kuehne, cello + voice
Matt Samolis, flute
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Four Canadian Mallards:
Duck That {Steve Norton/Josh Jefferson/
Angela Sawyer} and Valerie Kuehne!
Image above: Astrobot Sawyer, Skunkadelia
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, July 10, 6-9 pm
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ORGANIZED BY:
Joe Keinberger, Skunk
ARTISTS:
Torey Akers, Joshua Baptista, Dagan Barrett, Michela Carlson, Joanne Desmond, Kris Hatch, Pauline Lim, Nita Penfold, Pawel Przewlocki, Maria Shik
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Wednesday, July 17, 6-8 pm
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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
Lauren O’Neal
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, July 11, 11:30 am – 1 pm
LOCATION:
Davis Square Plaza
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Bring your needles and your yarn enthusiasm, and join a group of folks who are busy making a difference–and having fun while doing so!
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade woolen goods to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). All proceeds help fund the amazing work that SHC does, and anything not sold is donated to them.
The mission of this group, if you choose to accept, is to meet monthly at one of Somerville’s hot spots, chat with very cool people, and knit, crochet, or create items for next November’s sale. This is a really fun way to get your craft on and help keep someone warm during our very cold winters.
Join Joanne Desmond, Kirsten Reynolds and Leika Akiyama for a discussion about artistic experimentation and the role of process and failure in artmaking. How do artists conduct research and development? Can the idea of the temporary, the half-baked, or the “why not” be used as productive strategies for both making and viewing art? Artists are welcome to bring an experiment, work-in-progress or failure along to share their own perspective
This panel discussion is part of the first residency program at the Nave.
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Friday, July 26, 6-8 pm
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PANELISTS:
Joanne Desmond, Kirsten Reynolds, Leika Akiyama
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
Lauren O’Neal
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LOCATION:
Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, August 3, 3-5 pm
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CURATED BY:
Vanessa Marcoux and Sandy McDonald
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Gabrielle Aydnwylde, Kelvy Bird, Geoff Booras, David Buckley Borden, Marie Bourget, Jennifer Carland, Christopher Cavallero, Adnama Delou, Kendra J. Dowd, Craig Eastland, David Fallon, Emily Garfield, K. Gretchen Greene, Corazon Higgins, Susan Johnson, Karolina Kawiaka, Cynthia Kollios, Jennifer Layzer, Alla Lazebnik, Nat Martin, Carolyn Muskat, Ted Ollier, Candice Oyer, David Palmquist, Adriana G. Prat, Celeste Psaros, Rajiv Ramaiah, Nikki Rosato, Paul Ryan, Sam Schwartz, Max Syro, Christine Willis, James Zall
DATE & TIME:
Thursday, August 8, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
LOCATION:
Davis Square Plaza
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Bring your needles and your yarn enthusiasm, and join a group of folks who are busy making a difference–and having fun while doing so!
Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of affordable handmade woolen goods to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC). All proceeds help fund the amazing work that SHC does, and anything not sold is donated to them.
The mission of this group, if you choose to accept, is to meet monthly at one of Somerville’s hot spots, chat with very cool people, and knit, crochet, or create items for next November’s sale. This is a really fun way to get your craft on and help keep someone warm during our very cold winters.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, August 9, 6-9 pm
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JURIED BY:
Ted Ollier
Brian and Steven Beaucher of WardMaps and Boston Coasters
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
ARTISTS:
Cathy Piantigini, Seth Berkowitz, Grace Durnford, Danielle Festa,Stan Eichner, Pauline Lim, Suzanne Lubeck, Leonardo March, Rachel Mello, Peter Murphy, Catie Nasser, Rachel Strutt, Marshall Zidel
ENTERING SOMERVILLE SOUNDTRACK:
Abbie Barrett, Audrey Ryan, Banditas, Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion, Dan Blakeslee, The Dents, Faces on Film, Gem Club, Ghost Box Orchestra, Hands and Knees, Magic People, Movers & Shakers, New Dog, Quarterly, Ryan Lee Crosby, Sleepy Very Sleepy, Tim Gearan, Tony the Bookie Orchestra
A compilation of music by Somerville musicians.
Organized by Jenn Harrington
The first of three exhibitions for the first ever Somerville Toy Camera Fest, an international festival in Somerville, MA celebrating the quirky and creative results that happen when the photographer is forced to loosen his/her controls. The work in this show was selected by the 2013 STCF Organizing Committee.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, August 10, 7-10 pm
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ARTISTS:
Jim Baab, Richard Chase, Liz Ellenwood, Alice Grossman, Stephanie Goode, Beth Hankes, Lee Kilpatrick, Patty Lemke, Ted Ollier, Colby Perry, Rebecca Philio, Ana M. Reyes and Nicholas Shectman
LOCATION:
Washington Street Art Center, 321 Washington St Somerville, MA
EXHIBITION DATES:
August 10-31, 2013
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday, 12-4 pm
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, August 10, 7-10 pm
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ARTISTS:
Jim Baab, Richard Chase, Liz Ellenwood, Alice Grossman, Stephanie Goode, Beth Hankes, Lee Kilpatrick, Patty Lemke, Ted Ollier, Colby Perry, Rebecca Philio, Ana M. Reyes and Nicholas Shectman
LOCATION:
Washington Street Art Center, 321 Washington St Somerville, MA
The first of three exhibitions for the first ever Somerville Toy Camera Fest, an international festival in Somerville, MA celebrating the quirky and creative results that happen when the photographer is forced to loosen his/her controls. The work in this show was selected by the 2013 STCF Organizing Committee.
“Thou art to me a delicious torment.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
The suspense of a first touch, the certitude of coupling, the rawness of physicality, the quiet beauty of togetherness—”Delicious Torment” is an examination of emotional and physical attraction. Heat and cold, passion and heartache, what we give and what we give up when we become entangled in another.
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, February 7, 2013, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
With special treats from Lyndell’s Bakery
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 9-23, 2013
ARTISTS:
Aparna Agrawal, Leika Akiyama, Holland Dieringer, Alexandra C. Dooley, Lois Fiore, Andrew Fish, Laura Fischman, Zach Gabbard, Liliya Krys, Michael Seif
In this group exhibition curated by well-known Somerville lithographer Carolyn Muskat of Muskat Studio, blank ink transforms paper through the varied processes of printmaking.
ORGANIZED BY:
Ted Ollier
CURATED BY:
Carolyn Muskat
ARTISTS:
Nancy Brooks, Elizabeth Cameron, Lisa Conrad, Christiane Corcelle, Nancy Diessner, Gary Duehr, Dominique Duroseau, Amy Kaufman, Jackie Miller, Elisabeth Nicula, Katie O’Brien, Damir Porobic, Anne Russell, Annie Silverman, Karl Stephan, Emily Trespas, William Turville, Katherine Vetne, James Weinberg
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Friday, March 8, 2013
6:30-8:30 pm
Works on Paper Show at the Nave Annex in Davis Square
Thursday, February 21 – Friday, March 8, 2013
The Nave Gallery is pleased to announce a call for entries for a printmaking show at our new gallery annex in Davis Square. Entitled “Black Ink”, this show is open to all forms of printmaking. Our juror is well-known Somerville, MA lithographer Carolyn Muskat of Muskat Studio.
Entries should be 60 square inches or smaller, printed in black ink only. Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Annex (53 Chester St, next to Redbones) ready to hang. Sales are encouraged, with a 30% gallery commission.
Please send 3 jpegs to navesubmission@mindhuestudio.com. Each jpeg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension. Name the jpeg files “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name. Please include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process, and year.
There is a $15 submission fee, paid with Paypal or with check. Paypal is available at http://www.artsomerville.org/nave/support.html. Please include “Black Ink” in the memo. Checks should be sent to The Nave Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144.
Calendar
Deadline for entries: Friday, February 8
Notification: Tuesday, February 12 by email
Work to be delivered: Saturday, February 16 at The Annex
Show dates: Thursday, February 21 – Friday, March 8th
Closing reception: Friday, March 8, 2013
Pick-up of work: Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10
Deadline, Friday, February 8, 2013
The Nave Gallery Annex asks local artists to capture the endless and invincible season of summer in a mason jar. Whether it be reflections on its color and light, or that never-ending bloom, entries should fit neatly in a “1-Quart Ball Wide Mouth Jar with Lid.” A select number of jars will be on display at the gallery’s first exhibit, PICNIC. All entries will be auctioned off to support this experimental space. The rules are simple: Stay inside the jar.
Jars will be accepted for drop-off at the Nave Gallery Annex:
Friday, January 11, 2013 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Saturday, January 12, 2013 from 10 a.m.-noon
During Nave Gallery Annex hours
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PICNIC: January 25-February 8, 2013
Sunday 2-5
Wednesday 6-8
Thursday 6-8
Friday 6-8; Lunchtime Fridays 12-3
Saturday 2-8
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
—Albert Camus
PICNIC glorifies the lush serenity, the ripe thriving growth, the vibrant color of what’s living in those sultry days of summer. PICNIC. A psalm to summer. A feast of heat. A babble of bright light. A fragrance of fruit. A sprint to the glistening sun. A place to have a picnic.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, January 25, 2013, 6-9 pm
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Performances by Dan Blakeslee, Tom Janovitz, and Audrey Ryan. First 25 visitors receive a gift from Cuppow.
CURATED BY:
Susan Berstler and Jenn Harrington
Curator’s notes
ARTISTS:
Resa Blatman, Sarah Meyers Brent, Charles Daniels, Brooke Mullins Doherty, Adam Gooder, Brett Henrikson, Zach Horn, Marja Lianko, Julie Martini, Laura Miner, Cathy Moynihan, Liz Nofziger, Jesse Stansfield, Anne Siems, Sophia Sobers, and Neil Wyatt
PRESERVING SUMMER PROJECT:
The Preserving Summer Project asks the community to capture the endless and invincible season of summer in a mason jar. Whether it be reflections on its color and light, or that never-ending bloom, entries must fit neatly in a “1-Quart Ball Wide Mouth Jar with Lid.” All entries will be raffled off to support this experimental space.
Artists include:
Leika Akiyama, Laurinda Bedingfield, Allison Carrol, Amy Fleischer, Traverse Day Robinette, Martha Friend, Charlotte Ellen Kaplan, Joe Keinberger, Laura Miner, Aaron Morris, Liz Nofziger, Katelyn Regan, Emily P. Smidt, V Van Sant.
SPONSORS:
Thank you to Cuppow for sponsoring The Annex’s first exhibition.
Thank you to following for their generous in-kind donations:
Cheryl Ann’s of Brookline
Redbones
When Pigs Fly
EXHIBITION DATES:
January 25-February 11, 2013
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA
GALLERY HOURS:
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Monday, February 11, 2013, 6-8 pm
Raffle for the “Preserving Summer” project to keep this space alive. Treats will be served. First 25 visitors receive a gift from Cuppow.
FEATURED:
PICNIC is featured in the the Weekly Dig, the Boston Globe “To Do List”, Boston Globe (Celebrity section), the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Metro, The Somerville News, the Somerville Scout, among others.
SPECIAL THANKS:
Postcard design: Jenn Harrington
Curator’s notes: Jenn Harrington
Publicity: Jenn Harrington
Many thanks to the countless volunteers for painting walls and scrubbing floors to prep the first exhibit in this new gallery space, including Michael Ahern, Susan Berstler, Kelvy Bird, Amy MacAlister, Ron Newman, Margaret Ryan and many others.
The Nave in Somerville, MA is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of local, regional and national contemporary art. The gallery operates two sites: the Nave Gallery in Teele Square, and the newly launched Nave Gallery Annex in Davis Square. Both spaces provide opportunities for the presentation of art in all media. Work of a collaborative, non-commercial nature is especially encouraged.
The Nave is currently accepting proposals for group exhibitions.
Experimental work, multimedia work and installations are encouraged but must fit the available space. Artists shown to date have been local and national, emerging and established and represent a variety of media. Projects detailing new collaborations and commentary on contemporary culture are especially sought.
-Proposals must be for group exhibitions (three or more artists)
-Proposals should be organized around a theme and/or process
-Proposals that include an open call for artists are encouraged with a $15
submission fee paid to the gallery
-Works in all mediums will be considered
-Curator(s) may include their own work in the exhibition
-Curator(s) have responsibility for choosing artwork
-Curator(s) have primary responsibility for hanging the exhibition
-Curator(s) will be asked to help identify volunteer gallery sitters
-Curator(s) are encouraged to include a gallery talk separate from the opening
reception
-Curator(s) are responsible for drafting the press release. The Nave will send it out to its media outlets
-Exhibitions are scheduled for 4-6 weeks
GALLERY SPACE:
The Nave Gallery in Teele Square is located in the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church. The exhibition space is approximately 1300 square feet. The ceilings are 10 feet tall. One wall is natural wood paneling and one wall has two windows allowing natural light. Work may be hung from the ceiling in select locations.
Located in Davis Square, the Nave Annex is a former residential location and is comprised of four small to medium size rooms. Celing height and lighting varies per room.
Prospective curators are strongly urged to visit the sites prior to submitting a proposal. First time independent curatorial proposals are more likely to be sited in the main Nave Gallery
LOGISTICS:
-Curator(s) are responsible for communication with artists
-Curator(s) must provide curator’s statement and 3-4 high res images for press
at least four weeks in advance of the scheduled opening date
-The gallery takes a 30% commission on all sales
-Work exhibited does not have to be for sale
-Artists are responsible for the cost of shipping work to and from the gallery
-Local artists are encouraged to volunteer for gallery sitting to assist the
curator(s)
THE NAVE WILL:
-Pay the cost of postcard invitation
-Provide a volunteer to design the postcard if needed
-Distribute press through variety of media including its social media
channels
-Provide refreshments for an opening reception
-Provide assistance with preparation of space and hanging if needed
-Provide limited insurance
-Assist with promoting the call for entry
ELIGIBILITY:
Artists and non-artists are eligible to apply
All proposals that meet the guidelines will be reviewed
HOW TO SUBMIT:
Submission materials should include:
-Curator(s) statement of concept
-Curator(s) CV
-Proposal for public gallery talk
-5-10 jpeg images that support the concept.
-Image files should be no greater than 1.5 Megabytes
-Image files should be labeled: ARTIST LAST NAME_01.jpg, ARTIST LAST NAME_02.jpg, etc
-An image list that includes:
-Artist’s Name
-Image number
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Susan Berstler
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A selection of art from Salon 21. If you’re an art collector, an art lover, or someone who is looking to purchase their first art piece, Salon 21 is the ... continue
April 23, 2014 (Somerville, MA). Lo-fi art fest takes over Somerville, MA. This June, the second annual Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF) will take place in at five locations throughout ... continue
Yarn. Fabric. Felt. Thread. Maybe you can have too much of a good thing? Here’s your chance to do a little spring-cleaning, find some hidden crafty gems, and raise awareness ... continue
The Nave’s annual Flea Market will be held on Saturday, May 10 from 10 am-2 pm. This is a fundraiser for the gallery’s space and programming, and we are gladly ... continue
Bananas in Bowl with Painting on Table (detail), archival inkjet, 2010 On Sunday, April 17th, the Nave Gallery Annex in Somerville, MA will host a pop-up exhibition of the work ... continue
Chocolaty, fruity, extra moist, stuffed with THE STUFF, covered in heavenly creaminess…no matter how you make ‘em, cupcakes are mouthfuls of yum. If you’ve got a sweet spot for the ... continue
The Somerville Toy Camera Fest (STCF) is an international exhibition of toy camera photography. In its inaugural year, the festival takes place over the course of two months at three ... continue
Mmm. Pizza. Yea. Art. I love both, and I’d like to thank manager Evan Fetras and the staff at Flatbread Somerville in Davis Square for bringing together the best ... continue
The Nave Gallery seeks volunteers or interns to assist in gallery administration and help support its mission to provide art spaces and opportunities for collaborative, experimental and non-commercial work. Located in ... continue
August 6, 2013. The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA) and the Washington Street Art Center (Somerville, MA) have teamed up to produce the first ever Somerville Toy Camera Festival. The festival ... continue
Image above: T Stop, Seth Berkowitz August 5, 2013. The Nave Gallery (Somerville, MA) will host a group exhibition From August 10-31 in its annex gallery space in Davis Square. ... continue
We here at the Nave don’t have a lot of rules; however, one thing we are pretty firm on is our commitment to showing what we consider non-commercial art. We ... continue
Image above: The Couple Crease Series – When You Can’t Sleep, Erica Aubin Blog contributor: Adele Barbato What is it about the naked body that makes people simultaneously reverent yet ... continue
The nude in contemporary art carries with it centuries of baggage spanning the arc of art history. The subject matter has been both classic and modern, academic and expressive. For ... continue
Image above: Untiltled (Birds), Boriana Kantcheva Blog contributor: Adele Barbato I walked out of the Nave Gallery’s Salon 21 exposition dangerously compelled to buy. Thankfully, I walked in there ... continue
As part of The Wrap Around Project, the Nave Gallery is creating mini mittens that can be sold through local Somerville/Cambridge/Arlington businesses to raise awareness and money for the Somerville ... continue
Just a quick note to introduce our new website. Tori Costa, Nave volunteer, and the team at GREY WOLF DESIGN, have been diligently working to migrate the Nave site into ... continue
June 15th will see the coming of the 2nd Somerville Squeezebox Slam. A celebration, of accordions, button boxes and other free standing reed instruments that we’ve come to know and ... continue
Study in Red, Merill Comeau April 15, 2013. The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) is covered in yarn from the inside out. Building upon last year’s successful Perry Park yarnstorm, participants ... continue
Summer is beginning to bloom at The Nave Gallery Annex. Our hedges are seeing some flowers, but they need more. As part of The Knit Art House in Crochetville, we ... continue
Image: Frankly, I’ve been afraid that nothing will happen, Amy Lovera OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, March 16, 6-9 pm; featuring music by Audrey Ryan Exhibition details LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), ... continue
Exhibition: PICNIC Curator’s Notes: Jenn Harrington Resa Blatman’s “The Flowering”, “Fowlmere Mockingbird”, and “Sophisticated Black-Crowned Heron” are in “PICNIC” at the Nave Gallery Annex in Davis Square. These oil on hand-cut ... continue
Wish You Were Here, Elisabeth Nicula CLOSING RECEPTION: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 6-8 pm LOCATION: Nave Gallery Annex (Davis Square), 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA ARTISTS: Nancy Brooks, Elizabeth Cameron, ... continue
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