Paper Chasers at Nudashank Saturday, November 5

Leif Low-beer

PAPER CHASERS 

November 5 - November 26

A group show of works on paper, including work by:

Andrew Guenther

Benjamin Edmiston

Matthew Craven

Brion Nuda Rosch

Sofia Leiby

Samuel T. Adams

Alex Lukas

Lesser Gonzalez

Ted Gahl

Jordan Bernier

Bettina Yung

Annie Grey

Matt Lienes

Mary Helena Clark

Elena Johnston

Russell Hite

Leif Low-Beer

Christian Herr

D'Metrius Rice

Edward Max Fendley

Adam Dwight

Cara Ober

Felipe Goncalves

Chris Mucci

Kaitlin Murphy

Jessie Unterhalter

Josh Van Horne

Max Guy

Steven Riddle

Beth Hoeckel

Sidney Pink

David Armacost

Molly O'Connell

Nikholis Plank

Caitlin Cunningham

Sal Farina

Adam Tullie

Tim Karpinski

Jess Soulen

Amy Boone-McCreesh

Sarah Mosk

Erick Jackson

Conor Backman

Unreliable Narrators at Creative Alliance November 10

Unreliable Narrators

On view Nov 10-Dec 23, 2011

Reception: Thu Nov 10 6-8pm

Former CA Resident Artists Megan Hildebrandt and Christine Sajecki join with Sara Holwerda, Sarah Kelly, and Ellen Mueller to play in the new landscape of storytelling, adding a few nails to the coffin of the “official” voice, jumping off the diving board of satire, and perhaps – just perhaps – suggesting that art offers the best way through.

At its most basic, art has always been about storytelling, from cave painters describing a hunt for food to church frescoes narrating the lives of saints. As technology has quickened the pace, the nature of storytelling has changed. Lives are broadcast to the world through blogs, vlogs, tweets, and posts; even the news is packaged and sold as “stories,” with editorial agendas often barely disguised. In this cacophony of subjectivity, it’s now assumed that there are two sides (at least) to every story. Who knows what to believe anymore?

Megan Hildebrandt drew attention in 2009 for dressing as a vintage housewife and scrubbing the marble steps of East Baltimore, and is now producing a comic-book narrative detailing her bout with cancer at age 25. Christine Sajecki’s luminous encaustic paintings float dreamlike through the cities she inhabits, like a latter-day Flannery O’Connor. Sarah Kelly riffs on technology and confessional culture with scripted, split-screen video chats and ironic music videos. “Official” safety videos by Ellen Mueller give instructions to threats that don’t exist, and Sara Holwerda’s satiric animations and props take on sexual mores, meat eaters and consumer culture.

MICA Juried Undergraduate Exhibition October 26 - November 20

Great BIG Halloween Parade of Light and Luminaria CHANGED to Sunday, October 30

Great BIG Halloween Parade of Light and Luminaria

!Wildlights Wildlife!

6:30pm Line-Up. 7pm Kick off! Sunday, Oct 30

Halloween parade in Patterson Park returns with new Parade artist/director Laure Drogoul, bringing her sublimely wacky humor and scrappy visionary aesthetic to our community! The Park`s critters are illuminate as spirit-lanterns made of re-purposed plastic bottles. Owls, cats, rats and fish shimmer amidst marching bands, floats and surprise performances.

Meet at Patterson Park at The Pulaski Monument on Eastern and Linwood Ave. Parade FALL FEST begins @ 3pm with hayrides & free lantern making! Parking available on Eden & Fleet for $3. Take the free shuttle every 15 min to/from the park 6-10pm. The 10 bus drops you off right on Eastern Ave!

Parade Website: Great Big Halloween Parade of Light & Luminaria Friend Parade on facebook!

Collaborations opens at Gormley Gallery at Notre Dame on Saturday, October 29

Collaborations: Katie Lynn Gutridge, Megan Ferrin, Alix Novak, Julia Taylor

in conjunction with the participants of Penn-Mar Human Services Day Program

October 24 - December 2, 2011

Reception: Saturday, October 29 from 4-6 pm

Gallery Talk: Wednesday, November 30 from noon to one 

Solar Etching on Japanese Paper with Encaustic Wax Workshop

Studio intensive, advanced solar etching and encaustic workshop with Soledad Salamé.

Artist Soledad Salamé continues to host a series of printmaking workshops for small groups of artists in her Reservoir Hill studio. The focus of this course will be on solar etching on to Japanese paper for encaustic wax processes.

Next Workshop: November 18th-20th
Workshop duration: 3 days
Hours: 10 am - 4 pm
Cost: $600 - Includes wax, inks, plus all studio materials, excluding paper and plates
Limited to 4 artists ($200 per day)
Tel: 410 462 5365

Day 1: Exposing images on solar plates (production) and printing solar etchings on Rives BFK (black and white)

Day 2: All day printing with multiple techniques (color)

Day 3: Printing on Japanese paper, encaustic, watercolors

An Artist and Printmaker for 30 years, Soledad Salamé’s work will be on view at the International Print Center in New York November 4th- January 7th, 2012, opening reception November 3rd 6-9.

New Urbanite Ezine Gertrude Stein Questionnaire: Q&A with Lauren Boilini

Lauren Boilini. Wind me Up, Shout me Out, 2011. Oil and charcoal on canvas. 109” x 269”

Short Bio: Lauren Boilini was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana. In 2006 she graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute with a BFA in painting and art history. In 2008 Boilini finished her MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and then began a three-year residency at the Creative Alliance. She just moved into a new studio at the School 33 Art Center after having finished a residency in Wyoming. This May, Boilini will be an artist-in-residence at the Burren College of Art in Ireland. Right now she teaches painting and drawing at MICA and the University of Maryland, College Park, and is part of a two-person show entitled Mothership Connection at the Subbasement Studios.

Age: 28

Baltimore Neighborhood: Butcher's Hill / Federal Hill

Obsessive Collections: Books

Currently Reading: Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer and Fall of the Phantom Lord by Andrew Todhunter

Coolest Place You've Ever Lived: Banner, Wyoming

Hobbies or Leisure Activities: Swim team

Favorite Food to Eat at Home: Popcorn

Favorite Food to Eat Out: Peanut butter milkshake anytime, anywhere

Political Leanings: Dan Savage for president!

Favorite Baltimore Spot to Hang Out: The Book Thing. It is hard not to love a city with a free bookstore.

Pets: I wish.

Favorite Person in the World: My little sister, Colette

Movie that Sums Up the Current State of Your Life: Jaws, because I always need a bigger boat.

Favorite Place to Travel: Back and forth across the country

Mantra or Favorite Quote: "It's hard out there for a pimp." —Three 6 Mafia and Cedric Coleman (Hustle & Flow soundtrack lyrics)

Lauren's current two-person show at the Subbasement Artist Studios, Mothership Connection, will host a closing reception, artist talk, and performance this Friday, October 28.

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