Top Drawer E-Newsletter 8.3.09

Hello Everyone!

Beyond Will Power: The 5th Annual Top Drawer Group Show, opens this Saturday, August 8th, with the reception that night from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Featuring new work from DJ, Sam Buentello, Anthony Pontarelli, Katie Carcieri, Katrina Cathcart, Brian Lamora, Brian Novasad, Charles Stewart, Peter Hankins, Victor Simmons, Paul Martland, Bill Walker, Doug Nichols, Colleen Monahan, Betty Lou Wilcox, Abby Mason, David Robidoux, Emmet Estrada, Stefanie Aubin, Lindsay Ponte, Emily Ball, Wendy LeBeau, Jim Feeney, Jim Lusczc, Elizabeth Davenport, Theresa Medeiros, Justin Beaulieu, Shelly Fournier, Livy Young, Michael Pascale, Dominic Cabral, Anthony Brum, Jaclyn Parkos, and Kyle Komiega, this show will gather the best of the past year for an all-out extravaganza. The show will be up until September 9, 2009.

The following week visitTop Drawer'stable at Foo Fest, Saturday, August 15th from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m., when our friends at AS220 continue their tradition of an annual urban street party, blocking off most of Empire St. in downtown Providence and showcasing artist installations, games, interactive fun and two stages featuring 12 hours of music with such amazing acts as Sun Ra's Arkestra and Lightning Bolt! Create giant exquisite corpse drawings, make masks, play the games in the artist's video arcade, learn to silkscreen your own T-Shirt, or help build a giant pinata! Drinks and refreshments from the bar and local restaurants will keep your wheels turning! The event is all ages until 6 pm, and admission is only $5!! We'll see you there! For more info go to www.as220.org/foofest/

The week after that, Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., is the next installation of our visiting artist workshop CONVERSATIONS: AND WE DREW A CITY TOGETHER: PARTICIPATORY CITY BUILDING WITH COLLAGED STICKERS with Andrew Oesch and Meg Turner. This project is about authorship of our communities. You and the artists of Top Drawer will have the job of augmenting and placing customized architectural stickers onto a map representing your collective “city”. Together you will navigate the tension between our individual dreams and shared resources. Before you leave, the city historian will take your picture so you and your constructions are remembered forever. Oh, did we mention that the sheet of instructions is going to be a beautiful letter pressed print that you get to keep? Think about your ideal city. Think about the one you live in. Come ready to play and explore with friends and strangers. Workshop fee is $40/person. Email seamush@lifeincri.org to reserve your spot!For a preview of the artists' work check out Andrew's interactive installation at Foo Fest.  

Until then, keep on supporting the arts!