Call to Artists: 3rd Street Campaign

This is an opportunity to participate in a creative project being sponsored by the Greater Easton Development Partnership (GEDP) and the Easton Main Street Initiative.

We're looking for artists to document the South 3rd St. Reconstruction Project. The idea is to have artists stationed along the street, painting the construction site in its progression. We'd like to get at least four (with the possibility of more) artists to participate.
Your responsibility would be to show up on three dates and paint for two hours.
After the project is complete, your paintings will be displayed in a group show at a yet to be determined space.

As of right now the first date to is May 26, 11am-1pm, the second will be some time in the early fall and the third will be in the early spring of 2013.

Please email Tom D'Angelo with any questions or comments:

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Join the Facebook Event:
http://www.facebook.com/events/324750740931629/

The Paddle People - A One-act Play by William Marley at the Gallery at St. John's

WILLIAM MARLEY & HIS PADDLE PEOPLE
will present a one-act play

The Perfect Place



at The Gallery at St. John’s
on Sunday afternoon, May 20 12:30 pm

This event is Free and Open to the Public
www.stjohnseaston.com/gallery.asp
610-258-6119

The "we" project returns

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Artist Looking for Models

I am looking for one or more additional young women to pose for my Dressing Room Collage series in my Easton, PA studio (across from the public library). Someone with a wide variety of outfits with bright solid colors and simple geometric patterns. I have a large collection of clothes here also. The subject is the model changing into and out of these clothes. Hair that can be placed up is ideal. Sitting poses.
See my Picasa albums of Dressing Room Paintings and Collages

This work needs to be completed by mid-May and will be shown in Tel Aviv. Other projects could follow. The hours between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. are best. Two, three or four hour sessions. Evenings/weekends are a possibility.  20 dollars an hour. Not looking for experienced models. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.
 
Thank you,
 
Ken Kewley
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610 - 515 - 9920

ACE Small Works Exhibit at the LaDuca Gallery

Arts Community of Easton's 1st Group Exhibit of 2012:
12 x 12 x 12, a Small Works Exhibit at the LaDuca Gallery
7 North Bank Street
Easton, PA 18042
Click here for directions from Google Maps

Exhibit runs from April 14th - May 25th.

This year's SMALL WORKS ACE EXHIBIT at the LaDuca Gallery, 7 N. Bank Street, Easton, PA will showcase small works of ACE members from April 14th - May 25th.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the public to see the variety and creativity of ACE members in an intimate gallery in the heart of Easton

ACE 14th Annual Open Studio Arts Tour was a success!

Thanks again to all the participants of the ACE 14th Annual Open Studio Tour!
The weather was great, and attendance was way up from last year!

This year, we had a number of new locations, and the return of our perennial favorites. The opening for "12 x 12 x 12" the ACE Small Works exhibit, was great - thanks again to Isadore LaDuca for organizing, curating and hosting the show. It's a great example of the talent and diversity of our ACE members. Stop out to 7 N Bank Street to see the exhibit if you haven't made it there yet.

We're keeping the tour map online, so you can check out any locations you haven't made it to yet:
2012 Arts Tour Map

Below are a few pictures from the tour, more are available on our Facebook Page HERE

Thanks also to all the patrons who came out to see the great art that Easton has to offer!

ACE 2012 Elections Results

Thanks to everyone who came out and voted.

RESULTS FOR 2012 OFFICERS AND BOARD ELECTIONS:

PRESIDENT: Anthony Marraccini
VICE PRESIDENT: Bill Rich
Secretary: Alice Kwiatkowski
Treasurer:Howard McGinn

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 
Blodwyn Gourniak
Jamie Balliet
Howard McGinn
Pamelee LaDuca
Alice Kwiatkowski
David Seiple
Jackie Lima

We'd like to welcome David Seiple as our newest board member!

2012 Call for Entries: Fourth Street Mural Project

Deadline for Design Submission: March 1, 2012
Final Design Selection: March 19, 2012
Artist Completion Deadline: June 30, 2012
Installation: Summer 2012
Download Application here

As part of its public art initiative and in its ongoing effort to beautify the downtown, Easton Main Street Initiative is calling for an artist to design insert panels to be installed on the Lafayette Hotel, northeast corner of 4th and Northampton Streets. Artists are asked to submit drawings for five jazz-themed silhouettes (see dimensions below). Panels should be black silhouettes on a single color background, and will be inserted in place of the street-level panels currently on the 4th street side of the Lafayette Hotel.

Request for Proposal:
This call is open to amateur and professional artists of all backgrounds. Up to three proposals may be made by each artist/artist group. Each proposal shall include a series of drawings that are original and graphically strong, taking into account the design parameters and theme requirements. The City of Easton will provide the treated boards to be used as the base, but other materials to be used, fabrication/production concepts, and all associated costs shall be clearly addressed in the artist(s) submittal.

Dimensions of the panels are as follows:
Panel A: 7’9” by 14’1”
Panel B: 7’9” by 6’11”
Panel C: 7’9” by 6’11”
Panel D: 7’9” by 18’10”
Panel E: 7’9” by 13’4”

Stipend:
The commissioned artist will receive a stipend of $4500, intended to provide recognition and financial support to purchase materials necessary to successfully complete the project. Installation will be provided by the City. The selected artist will be awarded 50% of the total stipend upon entering into the silhouette panel contract. The remaining 50% will be awarded upon delivery of the project, not upon completion.

Timeline:
Deadline for Design Submission: March 1, 2012
Final Design Selection: March 19, 2012
Artist Completion Deadline: June 30, 2012
Installation: Summer 2012
Unveiling Event: tba

Application: Download Application here

Contact:
Megan McBride
Assistant Manager
Easton Main Street Initiative
35 S. Third Street
Easton, PA 18042
610-330-9942
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www.EastonMainStreet.org

some things looming presents Call for Artists: “Refuse/re-seen” and an Exhibition: “Outside/Inside the Box”

“Outside/Inside the Box” featuring Reading/Berks Fiber Artist Melanie Ritter Mitchell
Exhibition: March 2 – April 15
Crane Arts Building, Icebox Project Space, 1400 North American St., Philadelphia
Receptions: March 3 and March 31

“Refuse/re-seen”
Fiber Philadelphia 2012 http://www.fiberphiladelphia.org/
Deadline for entry: Feb 25
Exhibition: April 14 – June 2
Entry Fee: $35
Entry Form: www.somethingslooming.com/refuse_reseen_prospectus.pdf

“Outside/Inside the Box” featuring Reading/Berks Fiber Artist Melanie Ritter Mitchell

Melanie Ritter Mitchell, artistic and co-director at the some things looming (www.somethingslooming.com) Fiber Arts Gallery and Studio, 526 Washington St., Reading, was selected to exhibit her work, “Spring!” in the exhibit Outside/Inside the Box, part of the major Fiber Philadelphia 2012 (www.fiberphiladelphia.org) biennial fiber/textile art celebration taking place at various venues in the city.
Outside/Inside the Box showcases innovative fiber/textile art that transcends disciplines and combines historic concepts with contemporary perspectives. This juried exhibition represents 68 artists working in media with fiber/textile reference. More than 500 artists from 15 countries applied with 1,316 pieces of work. Countries represented are Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Sweden,Switzerland, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S.

The exhibit will be held at the Crane Arts Building, Icebox Project Space, 1400 North American St., Philadelphia, from March 2 to April 15, 2012. Receptions are on Saturday, March 3 and 31, 2012.

“Refuse/re-seen”
some things looming will also be a venue for Fiber Philadelphia 2012 when “Refuse/re-seen” opens on April 14th and runs through June 2. The juror is Warren Seelig, Rockland, Maine, a distinguished visiting professor in the Fibers/Mixed Media program at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts.

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The Nursery Rhyme Project at Outsider Art Gallery

Featuring ACE members Kim Robertson and Dion Hitchings
Exhibition: Feb 4 – March 31

THE NURSERY RHYME PROJECT

A group show featuring Dan Casado, Hannah Fink, Billy Fred Hellams, Dion Hitchings, Bob Hoke, Tom McGill, T-Marie Nolan, Frederic Bonin Pissarro, Kim Robertson, Bart Schultz, John Simpkins, Julia Sisi and Erik Von Ploennies

All sales of the The Nursery Rhyme Book will benefit the The A-Team Artists of Trenton www.ateamartists.com supported by the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) www.trentonsoupkitchen.org

Exhibit on view until March 31, 2012

OUTSIDER ART GALLERY
10 Bridge Street, Suite 4 (Entrance on Front St)
Frenchtown, NJ 908-343-9558
Info: www.outsiderartgallery.net

Hear the Kim Robertson Interview on WDIY

Kim Roberston discusses her current show on WDIY. Click on the links below to hear the entire interview!

Part 1 of the interview:

http://www.wdiyfm.org/MP3s/Musings/Kimrobertson.mp3

Part 2 of the interview:

http://www.wdiyfm.org/MP3s/Musings/pt2kimrobertson.mp3

Artist Looking for Models

Artist Looking for Models

I am looking for one or more young women to pose for my Dressing Room Painting series in my Easton, PA studio (across from the public library).  Someone with a wide variety of outfits with bright solid colors and simple geometric patterns would be good. The subject is the model changing into and out of these clothes. Hair that can be placed up is ideal. Standing poses, no longer than 30 minutes. Examples of work can be seen at Picasa: https://picasaweb.google.com/105133050163915236615/DressingRoomPaintings2007And2008  (email me and I will send link) and earlier examples at my website: www.kenkewley.com .  The paintings need to be completed by mid-October and will be shown in Zurich. The hours between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. would be best. Two to three hour sessions. Evenings/weekends are a possibility.  15 dollars an hour. Not looking for experienced models. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.