OPEN HOUSE! AUGUST DIGEST!!

 

DIRT PALACE AUGUST 2021     Closing for Ruffles Repair and Ritual the Fine Art of Fixing! Tuesday August 31st  5:30-7:45 open house, self guided tours of exhibition  8pm-9pm on the patio (weather permitting) a reading! At long last, Mary-Kim Arnold! with Sara Wintz, Darcie Dennigan & Seth Tourjee All adults who go inside are asked to be vaXXXed & masked

WINDOW   AUGUST WINDOW ARTIST: PUBLIC GALLERY About Public Gallery - We are both Providence natives and residents. Casandra writes poetry and short stories, and has dabbled in painting, photography, and illustration. Spocka is a musician and performer, event curator, and creates visual art. Growing up, we benefited from local creative opportunities. And so we felt a need to bring more of those opportunities to our community. The idea of opening this public, art-centered space together floated around for about three years. Our goal was to build a creative hub for art and music but also a place to host events, meetings, workshops, and classes. On September 7th, 2019 - we opened Public.​ Since then, we've had 85 makers in our shop, 50 artists in our gallery, 12 muralists, and 8 local authors in our book corner. We've hosted regular open mics, a dinner in the gallery series, a secret comedy show, a film screening, a self-care pop-up, 4 artist-curated events, a collage night, dance night, a panel discussion, and vintage pop-up (as of March 2020). Public: a space that welcomes all members of the community to experience and interact with art. With this display we wanted to explore the cross / interaction between all of our work. Involving hand painted objects, floating creatures and  a cartoon. We hope the variety of colors & objects entice viewers to use their imagination.   The Storefront Window Gallery project is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.   UPDATES!! YSANEL TORRES   YSANEL’s been spending every day at the Dirt Palace working on her new collection of mixed media works on large canvases for an exhibition called “Me Fui” that’s opening September 11th at AS220’s Aborn Gallery from 5-8pm. Please come support, experience her art and learn more about the artist as she’s telling stories about her self and diverse life+creative journeys in such a vulnerable way for the time ever. “Me Fui” Opening reception: Saturday, Sept 11 from 5pm - 8pm Aborn Gallery 95 Empire Street, 2nd floor Providence, RI 02909 Exhibition will be on display until 9/25..  NATASHA BRENNAN Hello world! I've been drawing and printing and going to work and spending a lot of time with Anneli's dog, Margo. She is really cute and sweet, we've been reading about astrology and numerology together (pictured above). On September 16th at 6pm, there is a community quilted mural event at the George Wiley Center- supported by RISCA (thank you RISCA!). Everyone will paint a square and then I will spend a few weeks quilting them together. Once it is finished, the community quilted mural will be displayed in the center. Come by to participate and to learn about utility justice, PIPP, and the grassroots organizing that the center is spearheading for our communities. You can also email me at natashabrennan15@gmail.com if you would like to paint a square at home and send it in! ELLEN (LN) FOSTER        Hey there! I'm still settling after a replacing a broken down truck and taking an extended visit to see family in the Midwest. On the way out I played a show  – (fun despite some gear failures) @ Collision in Pittsburgh, transported multiple stools for no real reason in the back of my truck, helped assemble a low power fm transmitter for a free radio project, and played videogames with my 7 year old niece. On the way back, I attended as well as DJ’d at the Clouds gathering in New Lebanon, NY where I received community acupuncture for the first time, my aquamarine hair acted in a queer porn, and I recommitted myself to decolonizing astronomical knowledge. I am now happily back in Providence, getting ready for various printing, painting, dancing, community, and sound projects. KAI VAN VLACK   Hi hi! This month I am focusing on getting Trophy Hunt's forthcoming LP "The Branches on Either Side" mixed and mastered by Scot Moriarty and Brad Boatright of Audiosiege, respectively.   ANNELI HENRIKSSON Goodbye all y’all!    EARWIG HAIRPLUG Hi, I'm Sam ~ I'm from Chicago & have had the pleasure of staying at the Dirt Palace this past month, doing a bit of drawing and collecting organic textures from local plants + construction for future screen prints. I make work under the name Earwig H. Airplug ~ you can check my out my garments here & visual archive here.  JOSEPHINE DEVANBU I'm continuing my deep dive into soap carving, now from my folks' place in Davis CA. My mom (on the right in the first pic) preps for her upcoming exhibition Stone Doily, opening online and in person at Axis Gallery Sept. 1st. I'm looking forward to being back at DP next week after two months away!   XANDER MARRO Stretching out the beloved August days. Basking in the wildness. PIPPI ZORNOZA HELLS BELLS Pippi will be at SPRING/BREAK Art Show exhibiting work with artist Alex Hammond WEDDING CAKE HOUSE GROUP RESIDENCIES !! Pics from our 2nd Wedding Cake House Group Residency in July! What a dream!! What a crew!!! Artists from our second group residency listed below! Check out their work!!! Lani Asuncion, Lois Harada, Gaby Hurtado-Ramos, Faythe Levine, Ryan Lopes, and Anábel Vazquez Rodriguez,       ****************************** BULLETIN BOARD INTERLACE GRANTS!!! Interlace Grant Fund just opened up applications for Project Grants (due October 3rd) and rolling Emergency Relief grants (due the 7th of each month). For more info about grants, info sessions and more - check out Interlacefund.org ALSO CHEK OUT THE "RESOURCE" PAGE FOR RI BASED OPPORTUNITIES AND UPCOMING DEADLINES   *************************** Call for Artists: Public Art Residency at Lillian Feinstein Senior Center CLICK HERE FOR INFO ********************** PROVIDENCE BOOKS THROUGH BARS IS LOOKING FOR A NEW SPACE  They're sending out the word and hoping for some leads.  They're currently in a garage and looking for something as big (at least 350 sq ft) with little or no rent - no idea too odd! email Carol if you have even a glimmer of an idea 3wisemans@gmail.com ********************** Landmark Public Art in Providence - Learn about the finalists in the competition for Providence's current major public art commission and participate in opportunities for public comment/feedback. Click on the link above ****************************

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