Friday, May 17, 2013
Our 40th Anniversary Celebration Begins Tomorrow! Join Hera for our Annual Meeting!
Join us in celebrating the countdown to our 40th Anniversary where we will share "What Was, What Is, What Will Be" for Hera Gallery! Our annual meeting that will celebrate the past 39 years is this Saturday, May 18th starting at 6:00pm!
Friday, April 26, 2013
Please VOTE for Hera Gallery in RI Monthly's Best of RI!
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| Our Director, Dora Szekely |
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| Our 2012 Award! |
Please VOTE for Hera Gallery as Best Art Gallery in South County and Statewide!
ONLY FOUR days left to VOTE!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Amanda Swain Bingham at Colo Colo Gallery
Shadows: Travel Without Skin
May 18 - June 1, 2013
Opening Reception
May 18th 5-8pm
Colo Colo Gallery
29 Centre Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
508-642-6026
colocologallery@gmail.com
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| All images are Photograph Archival Ultrachrome Ink on Hannemuhle Photo Rag Paper 20x24 |
Friday, April 19, 2013
In Cuba WIth Witness for Peace: Eliud Martinez
Hera Gallery is pleased to present In Cuba With Witness for Peace
curated by Iris Donnelly from May 11th to June 8th, 2013. In addition,
on Thursdays during the exhibition there will be films at 7:00pm and a
gallery talk prior to the film on May 23rd. The public is invited to attend the opening reception held from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Saturday, May 11th.
Exhibiting Artist Profile: Eliud Martinez
Exhibiting Artist Profile: Eliud Martinez
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| Hacia Regla |
Eliud
Martinez is a Puerto Rican-born, New York City based photographer and
writer. His diverse professional activities in Social Work and education
have drawn him to social advocacy documentary photography. His images portray the human condition in the context of multiculturalism,
human rights and social justice. These values are implicit in his
wide-ranging portrayal of globalized contemporary life in the US and
beyond.
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| Recuerdos |
In 2012 his work was featured in a South Street Seaport Museum (NYC) group show on the Occupy Wall Street movement. His images have
appeared in print and web publications, including En Foco/Nueva Luz
Magazine, NY Daily News, New York Post, CBS TV, CUNY TV and Metro New
York news. Most
recently he was a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council semi-finalist for
the 2012 Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC) program.
His
work has been exhibited in greater New York area exhibition venues
including the Salmagundi Gallery and MediaNoche Gallery the
Compton-Goethals Art gallery at City College and the Arts and Literature
Laboratory Gallery in New Haven Connecticut. His
work documenting the Puerto Rican experience on the Island of Puerto
Rico as well as in the Diaspora have resulted in two bodies of work that
will be exhibited in New York City and Puerto Rico in 2013.
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| Sonrisa Habenera |
The
photographs from his Cuban journey capture an essence of Cuban society
that is both a time-capsule as well as the beginnings of a momentous
transition. As an outsider visiting for a short time, Martinez was
taken by the world weary, worn patina of a physical environment that
speaks of a grand history touched by ancient European and African
influences. These portraits echo the resilience, ingenuity and pride of
the Cuban people struggling against a devastating 50-year US embargo.
Cuban Film Series: "The True Story of Che Guevara"
CUBAN FILM SERIES THURSDAYS AT 7:00PM
May 30: The True Story of Che Guevara
Facilitated by Dr. Linda Crawford, Chair, Dept. of Modern Languages
Salve Regina University
Salve Regina University
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Cuban Film Series: "Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?"
CUBAN FILM SERIES THURSDAYS AT 7:00PM
May 23rd: GALLERY TALK with curator, Iris Donnelly,
followed by Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?
Facilitated by Jose Torrealba, organizer for many years of the
RI Latin American Film Festival
In Cuba With Witness for Peace: Iris Donnelly
Hera Gallery is pleased to present In Cuba With Witness for Peace
curated by Iris Donnelly from May 11th to June 8th, 2013. In addition,
on Thursdays during the exhibition there will be films at 7:00pm and a
gallery talk prior to the film on May 23rd. The public is invited to attend the opening reception held from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Saturday, May 11th.
Exhibiting Artist and Curator Profile: Iris Donnelly
Exhibiting Artist and Curator Profile: Iris Donnelly
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| Juxtaposed |
reality I witnessed.
Upon returning to the United States, I was faced with a series of questions.--
Why do we continue the fifty-two year embargo on this island nation when the
representative of the State Department that we met with at the Interests Section
in Havana (we have no formal embassy) called it "illogical." Secretary of State
John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagle concur.
With so many changes in the last few years, like freer travel outside of Cuba
and increased free enterprise, such as private businesses and rights to sell
property, why does our State Department continue to place Cuba on a terrorist
list that includes Syria, Sudan, and North Korea?
During Apartheid in South Africa, why did we continue medical aid there but
refuse to do so in Cuba?
And in a country that respects the human rights of Cubans in the areas
of health- care and literacy, why do we continue to portray Cuba in a different light?"
-Iris Donnelly
Curator, In Cuba With Witness for Peace
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| Edsel, Chevy, and Hammer |
After
several trips to Cuba, Iris Donnelly felt an urgency to portray life in
Cuba as she witnessed it, on the cusp of change and unlike the image
presented by the US media.
Her latest project is serving as curator and participating photographer of the
exhibit "In Cuba With Witness for Peace." The International House of Rhode
Island and Witness for Peace were awarded an Arts Access Grant by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts for the photography exhibits that will take place at Hera Gallery, Sandywoods/Van Vessem Gallery, and the AS220 Project
Space. As well as Donnelly, photographers Michael Hyatt (AZ) and Eliud
Martinez (NYC) will be exhibiting in the exhibition. In addition, there
will be a Cuban film series at Hera as well as two powerpoint
presentations at the North Kingstown Public Library and The
International House of Rhode Island. There are plans for the exhibit to
travel nationally.
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| Celebration |
In Cuba With Witness for Peace: Michael Hyatt
Hera Gallery is pleased to present In Cuba With Witness for Peace
curated by Iris Donnelly from May 11th to June 8th, 2013. In addition,
on Thursdays during the exhibition there will be films at 7:00pm and a
gallery talk prior to the film on May 23rd. The public is invited to attend the opening reception held from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Saturday, May 11th.
Exhibiting Artist: Michael Hyatt
Exhibiting Artist: Michael Hyatt
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| Fortune Teller - Havana Vieja, Cuba 2012 |
My
interest in photography began in 1968 after seeing the documentary work
of Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange and Henri Cartier-Bresson. This led to a
very active eleven-year period doing street photography in Boston and
Los Angeles. Portfolios from this period focus on the Italian
neighborhood in Boston, and the residents and transients in, and nearby,
the Chapman Hotel at the corner of 5th & Wall Street - Los Angeles.
Between
1986, when I moved to Arizona, and 2002, I photographed a variety of
subject matter. Then in October 2002 I began documenting the efforts of
Humane Borders, the volunteer organization that places water stations in
the desert to help prevent migrant deaths, and lobbies for more humane
border policy. A year later I began photographing the humanitarian work
of Samaritans, and then the efforts of the No More Deaths coalition when
it formed. During this period I was invited to photograph Organ Pipe
Cactus National Monument west of Tucson on the U.S./Mexico border for
the Desert Places book series published by the University of Arizona Press. In August 2004 the book Organ Pipe – Life On The Edge
was published. It is exclusively illustrated with fifteen of my
photographs, mostly landscapes and wildlife. Publication of the book led
to a commission from the University of Arizona Special Collections,
associated with The Center For Creative Photography, to produce a
limited edition box set of photographs. The Center was exhibiting box
sets by Edward Weston, Paul Strand and Ansel Adams at the time. My
limited edition set, titled Along The Migrant Trail,
contains thirteen gelatin silver prints sized 4” X 5” displayed in a
jewel box with a cover sleeve, list of photographs, and a booklet
describing the work illustrated with three more photographs. In May 2007
Cultural Geographer Juanita Sundberg and I were awarded a University of
British Columbia Hampton Research Fund Grant titled Documenting New Cultural Landscapes of Immigration in the United States-Mexico Borderlands. Also in May 2007 Great Circle Books in Los Angeles published my monograph Migrant Artifacts: Magic & Loss in the Sonoran Desert. In April 2008 the book, in the category of Art, was an award winner in the annual Eric Hoffer Independent Book Publishing Award
competition. The book's cover photograph was included in Photographer's
Forum Annual - Best of 2009. Calendars featuring my photographs have
been self-published periodically since 1982.
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| Free Enterprise - Regla, Cuba 2012 |
Since 1969 my work has appeared in newspaper and magazine articles and reviews, Gallery 1331 calendars, music collections, catalogs, on postcards, in the Lucky 13 Box Set of X Postcards, and in the 1986 documentary film about X titled The Unheard Music. Books that have included my photographs are Beyond and Back – The Story of X by f Stop Fitzgerald and Chris Morris (cover image), The Pleasures of Jazz by Leonard Feather, Tough Company by Tom Russell and Charles Bukowski, The Practice of Global Citizenship by Luis Cabrera (cover image) and A Voice in the Box – My Life in Radio by Bob Edwards. Numerous one-man and group photography shows in Arizona, Mexico, California, Maryland, Nebraska, Montana, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Colorado and Ireland have included my work. The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona purchased four photographs included in the monograph Migrant Artifacts: Magic & Loss in the Sonoran Desert. Photography portfolios are available at www.michael-hyatt.com.
Cuban Film Series: "Unfinished Spaces"
CUBAN FILM SERIES THURSDAYS AT 7:00PM
May 16 Unfinished Spaces
Facilitated by Dr. Olga Juzyn, Chair, Dept. of Modern Languages, Rhode Island College
"'Cuba will count as having the most beautiful academy of arts in the world.' —Fidel Castro (1961)
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| Ballet Garatti |
Unfinished Spaces features intimate footage of Fidel Castro, showing his devotion to creating a worldwide showcase for art, and it also documents the struggle and passion of three revolutionary artists.
Directed by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray
2011 / HD / Color / 16:9 (1.78:1) / 86 min / Stereo"
For more information on the film visit: http://www.unfinishedspaces.com/
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