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Kickstarter Campaign!

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We've moved to 10 High St, Wakefield, RI! The space was originally an office and is still in the process of being renovated to become a gallery space.  In order to present our exhibitions properly we needed to install   LED t rack lighting, signage and other improvements to make the space Hera  Gallery. T o help with these costs, Hera has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to best showcase our summer exhibitions in our new space! With your help, this one time cost will not only allow these exhibitions to take place but will help us continue to bring challenging artwork, exhibitions, and events to southern Rhode Island. Our new home! 10 High Street, Wakefield, RI Here is the link to our project,  Hera Gallery Heats Up with Summer Art : http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1183228940/hera-gallery-heats-up-with-summer-art Not familiar with Kickstarter? It is a place where creative projects get funded.  It works on the idea that many people c

Portfolio Box Raffle

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Tickets are still available!  Back by popular demand, the Portfolio Box Raffle offers contestants an opportunity to win 15 original artworks; including paintings, photographs, prints, jewelry, and mixed media art. Tickets are available until July 28th, 2012. This suite of work consists of a unique handmade portfolio box created locally. This custom box opens to reveal fourteen 11" by 14" pieces of artwork made by members of Hera Gallery.  You will be able to view the portfolio box at the gallery, as well as on our website.  Raffle tickets for this opportunity are only $50.00 , and will be available to purchase from Hera Gallery by d ownloading the form on our  homepage  or  contacting  the gallery.  There are a limited number of tickets, and only 200 will be available; however, you may purchase more than one ticket. The winners will be announced during our next opening on July 28th, from 6-8pm. The First Prize Winner will win the pieces below: 

Gallery Member, Michael Yefko receives Award at Attleboro Arts Museum

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Hera Gallery member, Michael Yefko, will be exhibiting   in the At tleboro Arts Museum's On the Threshold show. Curator  Michele  L’Heureux  has selected his piece  U nder A Knotted Sky- A Tea Party to win a juror's award for this national juried exhibition.  The  openin g awards reception will be on Wednesday, July 18th from 7:00 - 9:00.  The exhibition will run from July 14th to August 10, 2012. The Attleboro Arts Museum gallery hours for "On the Threshold" are Tuesday- Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Find out more here. Artist Statement Threshold is the transition between one idea, space, or experience. My work often deals with the place of suburbia a kind of threshold in it’s own right between urban and rural or wild places. As you go through life you find yourself on all sorts of thresholds in political thinking, environmental awareness and soulful experiences like gardening or art making. You often pause o