Hera Gallery

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  Shadows: Travel Without Skin  May 18 - June 1, 2013 Opening Reception May 18th 5-8pm amandaswainbingham.com Colo Colo Gallery 29 Centre Street New Bedford, MA 02740 508-642-6026 colocologallery@gmail.com All images are Photograph Archival Ultrachrome Ink on Hannemuhle Photo Rag Paper 20x24

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 23 rd . The public is invited to attend the opening reception held from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Saturday, May 11 th . Exhibiting Artist Profile: Eliud Martinez 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.   Recuerdos In 2012 his work was featured in a South Street Seaport Museum (NYC) group show on the...

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  shop.history.com "From his famous motorcycle trips to his historic role in the Cuban Revolution, Argentinean revolutionary Che Guevara is profiled in a documentary produced to explore the life of the man whose visage has become an iconic symbol of hard left politics." -http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-true-story-of-che-guevara/

CUBAN FILM SERIES THURSDAYS AT 7:00PM May 23 rd :     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 " Will the real terrorist please stand up?   chronicles half a century of hostile US-Cuba relations.  By telling the story of the case of the Cuban five, intelligence agents sent to penetrate Cuban exile terrorist groups in Miami and now serving long prison sentences, the film highlights decades of assassinations and sabotage at first backed by Washington and then ignored by the very government that launched a “war against terrorism.” In the film, viewers see leading terrorists, now in their 80s, recounting their deeds, and Cuban state security officials explaining why they infiltrated agents into violent Miami exile groups." -http://realterrorist.wordpress.com/

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 23 rd . The public is invited to attend the opening reception held from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Saturday, May 11 th . Exhibiting Artist and Curator Profile: Iris Donnelly Jux taposed "During my trips to Cuba, I experienced the dichotomy of our policy there and the 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 tra...

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 23 rd . The public is invited to attend the opening reception held from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Saturday, May 11 th . Exhibiting Artist: Michael Hyatt    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 5 th & Wall Street - Los Angeles. Between 1986, when I moved to Arizona, and 2002, I photographed a variety of subject matter. Then...

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)   Ballet Garatti Cuba's ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of Castro's Revolution, is neglected, nearly forgotten, then ultimately rediscovered as a visionary architectural masterpiece... 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.c...

Newport Mercury, Vol 256, No. 14 4/10/13 The Newport Mercury featured member Alexandra Broches in last week's issue to promote the Newport Art Museum's Newport Annual Members Juried Exhibition. Broches received honorable mention in the Newport Art Museum show that runs through May 19th. She was one of three Hera members to win accolades in the show. Elizabeth Lind earned First Place in the Three Dimensional category and Barbara Pagh earned an honorable mention for her piece in the Prints/Pastels/Drawings category.

  In Cuba With Witness for Peace May 11th  – June 8th  Opening Reception:  Saturday, May 11th, 6:00 – 8:00pm In Cuba With Witness for Peace portrays in photographs the people, culture, and landscape of Cuba.  The photographers, Iris Donnelly, Michael Hyatt and Eliud Martinez recorded their trip to Cuba in April, 2012 while part of an Arts and Culture delegation with Witness for Peace New England. The exhibit is consistent with the mission of Witness for Peace (WFP), a nationwide, politically independent grassroots organization, which supports peace, justice, and sustainable economies of the Americas by changing US policies and corporate practices that contribute to poverty and oppression in Latin America and the Caribbean.    The Cuban Constitution guarantees its citizens the right to appreciate all forms of artistic expression.  As the photographers visited artists' studios, art schools and music venues, they saw that art and music are ...

Hera Gallery invites you to join us Saturday, May 4th, at 6:00pm for a Gallery Talk by Alexandra Broches on her current exhibit: The Garden. The exhibit which also features Michael Yefko: Repeat Repeat will run from April 6th to May 4th at our new location, 10 High Street, Wakefield, RI. Alexandra Broches: Gallery Talk May 4, 2013 6:00pm THE GARDEN As Alexandra Broches states, "I return in this exhibition to the garden as subject matter, turning from urban front yards, parks, cemeteries, memorials and other managed landscapes to a different point of view. With these photographs I consider what constitutes a garden and what the garden has meant at various times, how societies related to and live in nature. I am in awe of the ways people bring plants and the act of growing things into their lives for survival and pleasure, for spiritual and creative expression." Broches is a fine art photographer. She lives and maintains her studio in Wakefield, Rhode Island and has b...

Artwork by Tillie Leonard-Fritzmeier and Moses Leonard-Fritzmeir on Display in The World’s Smallest Art Gallery* through May 1, 2013         There are three paragraphs about Tillie and Moses below. One of them is the truth and the other two are complete fabrications. Can you pick the true one? Moses said, “The art world is lousy with teams of brother artists. There are Jake and Dinos Chapman and the Quay Brothers. There are even two sets of twin brothers; the Starn Twins and Os Gêmeos. But, can you name one set of brother and sister art making teams? No, because we are unique!” Tillie adds, “Yeah! (But don’t forget the Cohen Brothers.) Not only are we the only brother-sister art making team, but we are also the only set of Irish twins making art together. Also, we are the only ones raised as Scientologists.” “And nudists,” Moses says. “There is no one like us!” Moses has just gotten a sizable commission. He will be doing the official ...