Top Drawer E-Newsletter 7.7.09

Hello Everyone!

Thanks to everyone who attended our last CONVERSATIONS workshop, Monoprinting Ourselves with Jessica Gonacha! Jessica taught a lesson in monoprinting and it wasn't long before Top Drawer's artists and public participants were pumping out beautiful new works and filling the gallery floor with drying prints. Thanks, Jess!

Next week, Saturday, July 18, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., we'll host our next CONVERSATIONS workshop, Flight Of Fancy with Sasha Wiseman. Without any formal training in film, Sasha has created improvisational, experimental videos that have been screened everywhere from AS220 to the MOMA. Join her and the artists of Top Drawer in creating a movie from scratch, to be screened at the end of the workshop. Workshop fee is $40/person. Please RSVP to seamush@lifeincri.org.

{Sasha is a member of Providence's Dirt Palace, a feminist art collective founded in 2000 in an abandoned library building at 12-14 Olneyville Square. There are currently 7 members of the Dirt Palace that work in a variety of media, including printmaking, audio and performance art, film/video, lace making, writing, puppetry & painting. Each member has their own studio, as well as shared printmaking facilities, film/animation studio, computer office, textile studio, band rehearsal space & a grand ballroom. As a co-operative, they support each others' creative work, the community and the environment through collective, affordable, low-impact living. They provide a space that promotes their personal growth as individuals, and an environment conducive to challenging thoughts and radical actions. They are continuously building and improving their facilities and structure in order to actualize their ideas. Their collective fosters the growth of strong, throughtful, independent women who use their creative awareness of the world to change it.}

And last but not least, mark your calendars for the next Top Drawer exhibition: Beyond Will Power: The 5th Annual Top Drawer Group Show, opening reception Saturday, August 8, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Featuring new work from over 30 artists, this show will gather the best of the past year for an all-out extravaganza. The show will be up until September 9, 2009.

Until then, keep on supporting the arts!

Top Drawer E-Newsletter 6.19.09

Hello everyone!

Just a reminder that tomorrow, Saturday June 20, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., we'll be hosting our next  visiting artist  workshop  CONVERSATIONS: Monoprinting Ourselves with Jessica Gonacha.  Jess is coming all the way from Georgia to spend a few hours with Top Drawer's artists and any lucky public participants to create self-portraits through the technique of monoprinting. This will be a great workshop, so don't miss it! Workshop fee is $40/person, contact seamush@lifeincri.org to sign up before it's filled!

Tonight, get a sneak peek of the artist you'll be spending time with  and her work at CONNECT/INTERSECT, at YES Gallery & Studio. In these new paintings  Jessica explores the ways in which we interact with our environment, each other, and ourselves. Opening Reception Friday June 19th, 6-8:30 p.m., showing through July  19th. YES is located at 146 Water St., in Warren.

Until then, keep on supporting the arts! 

Top Drawer E-Newsletter 6.12.09

Hello everyone!

Don't forget, Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., is the 4th Annual Summer Art Sale, featuring a dizzying amount of work by over 30 artists, plus the chance to meet some of Top Drawer's artists in person! Stop by and visit on what looks like a rainy Saturday. There will be a discount of 30% off all fine art for the day, and if you sign up at the sale for one of our future visiting artist workshops you can receive 50% off the upcoming workshop of your choice.

The following week, Saturday June 20, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., we'll be hosting our next installment of CONVERSATIONS, Monoprinting Ourselves with Jessica Gonacha. Jessica is coming all the way from Georgia to spend a few hours with Top Drawer's artists and any lucky public participants to create self-portraits through the technique of monoprinting. Workshop fee is $40/person, contact seamush@lifeincri.org to sign up.

And for those who'll be visiting Block Island this summer, stop by Winfield's on Corn Neck Rd. for a delicious meal and to see works from Bill Walker, Stefanie Aubin, Brian Novasad, Carlos Monteiro, Peter Hankins, Kyle Komiega, Katrina Cathcart, Jaclyn Parkos, and Wendy LeBeau. Thanks again for Winfield's and Cindy Kelly for this great opportunity!

Back home in Providence, stop by Brickway Restaurant on Wickenden St. to see new, tiny paintings of vegetables by Anthony Pontarelli!