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2009 Schedule Artists host an Open House during the citywide ArtsNightOut, usually on the second Friday of the month, 5-8 pm. For a map of participating galleries, click here: https://secure.dotinchosting.com/explorenorthampton/visitor/whatshappening/artwalk.pdf Gallery Exhibits: January 2009: February 2009: March 2009: April 2009: Timothy Bishop I live in Northampton, Massachusetts. I worked from 1989 to 2007 as a humanitarian aid worker, mostly in Africa. I’ve done computer art since 2004. Most of my pictures begin as digital photos. Some begin as original art. All photos are my own. Many pictures have elements added or subtracted, and some are joined into videos with original sound. First I imagine a picture, then I try to create it. Of course, the picture evolves between its idea and execution. The computer is the canvas, where I crop, retouch, and merge digital images, mixing and matching existing and new elements. Most pictures grow into a series until the original idea has been exhausted. I do not seek photorealism, though I try to connect the final picture to the reality of its originals. I distinguish between the photos which are the raw material and the finished picture, but if the viewer questions the original photos and the manner by which they were altered, all the better. My pictures often contrast machined and organic elements. I also employ unusual or jarring contrasts in texture, shape, color, and focus. Sometimes I impose artificial boundaries on my pictures, to orient them and the viewer. One of my concerns with printed media is the lack of depth. I experiment with different papers and print settings to reinsert a living texture, to make the pictures breathe. I also choose frames that support but do not overwhelm the pictures. Similarly my videos seek to bring photos out of their static frames. Good images evoke emotions and convey messages. They propel social discourse and push viewers to see people, places, objects, and events in a new light. I hope my work achieves this. Learn more about Timothy Bishop at his website. May 2009: Riverside Arts Begun in August of 2006 at Riverside Industries, an Easthampton non-profit with a forty year history of serving adults with developmental disabilities, Riverside Arts is among a hand full of pioneering programs seeking to provide the opportunity for developmentally disable adults to explore their own creativity through the arts. We serve about seventy five people per week in fifteen classes, working primarily with colored pencil, oil pastel, watercolor and acrylic paints, on paper and canvas. We allow each person’s natural inclinations to emerge, and provide what is needed for growth and development. Each artist possesses a unique way of making marks, like a signature. As the artist gains experience and confidence, the work becomes a vehicle for sharing their heart and soul with the world. Learn more: Riverside Arts Website June 2009: Dennis F. Stanton Raised in upstate New York surrounded by nature, open fields of corn and an abundant variety of wildlife, I found a love for photography and showing what I saw through the lens. In high school I achieved my first paying job with the senior portraits of my graduating class. During my 20s I traveled to all but two states in the United States and seven countries photographing endangered species. I attended Ithaca College obtaining my BFA and Rhode Island Institute of Design achieving my MFA. This knowledge combined with degrees in Child Psychology, Marine Biology Science and Biodiversities, and Computer Science have only furthered my abilities to create a diverse selection of photographs and enhanced images. In 1987 I did my first gallery showing at the Copley Society in Boston, MA. It was a successful show and I enjoyed being able to share my work with the City of Boston. I am now preparing to show my work at the Law Library in Northampton, MA, and have applied to the Old Courthouse Art Gallery also in Northampton, MA. I will be presenting my portfolio to Bonni Benrubi Gallery in New York City in February of 2009 in an effort to obtain a gallery show there in the summer of 2009. To see some samples of the photography that I do, please visit my website at http://www.kawalaphotography.ifp3.com. July 2009: Gail Whitney Oils~Pastels~Commissions Art has always been a part of my life. I began formal lessons at age 10, later continuing my art training at Providence College, majoring in Art and Marketing. I went on to get my Masters of Art in Teaching at Elms College. In taking art classes and attending workshops through the years, my style has continued to evolve. My work reflects a renaissance in classical realism being seen throughout contemporary artwork today. Addressing the here and now, but with a style based upon traditional academic training. I strive for my work to be relaxing and thereby giving the ability to remove us from everyday stresses. The intent of my art is to represent the natural beauty in the world. My art has been exhibited at venues in and around New England, having been accepted in many juried shows and winning many awards. gailw23@hotmail.com August 2009: September 2009: October 2009: Claire Metzner In recent years, my artwork has consisted mostly of onsite landscape watercolors and drawings, and abstract oil paintings. In both genres, I am especially interested in atmosphere and architecture, sometimes shown in contrast. Just a few years ago I relocated to Massachusetts, and my landscapes have reflected the influence of this area on me. Although my landscapes only show a slice of real life, I attempt to capture a sense of the remaining three hundred and sixty degree view beyond that slice through my use of color, composition, and aesthetic decision making. I have been highly interested in art since I was very young, and earned my BFA in Painting at the University of New Paltz, NY. I then completed coursework for an MAT in Arts Education at Rhode Island College. For the past several years I have been teaching art at the middle school level, and have been showing my work in the northeast periodically since I was an undergraduate. My work has been collected privately by a variety of people, and I have been prize winner of two juried shows. November 2009: Michele Diamond I have been drawing in pencil since grammar school – mainly horses and dogs. Once in high school I started doing pencil portraits of some of my teachers and friends (and boyfriends!). I didn’t study art in college but opted instead for a degree in Spanish since I learned languages easily and advising toward an art career didn’t occur. I took only one or two art electives; however, through the years I kept going back to drawing portraits with a #2 Ticonderoga pencil, being very creative with that basic “friend” when making shadows and texture! Once out west (California and Nevada), I discovered the Native American photos taken by Edward Curtis and got “lost” in those character-filled faces he photographed so long ago. I started reading Native American literature and philosophy, drawing the photographs to see if I could capture what I saw and expanding to drawings of buffalo and wolves. When I entered my work in small shows, I began to get occasional commissions; the same happened at places where I worked (had a real job!). I was asked to draw not only grandchildren, children, and pets, but also homes, churches, and even to paint store signs and murals. Since living in Massachusetts I have started inserting a little color into the pencil work and working on black with white chalk or white charcoal. This is a new direction for me. I’ve also begun expanding into watercolors, hoping to do more work that is not so detailed but more abstract or impressionistic, in which the viewer’s eye does more of the work of “forming” or making an “impression” of the drawing. Good fortune has smiled in that many people have responded wonderfully to the drawings (commissions) I have done for them. Thank you for taking the time to view my work and all the work of the artists who display here. I hope you find pleasure in what you see. December 2009: Alma LaFrance January 2010: Alma LaFrance February 2010: Hilltown Plein Air Painters March 2010: Hilltown Plein Air Painters