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Bravo: Work of Art Contestants on Bravo's Work of Art: The Next Great Artist compete for a top prize of $ 100,000 and a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum . Let me give you a spoiler alert, I mention who wins the first three episodes!! Each round of the competition, the artists create a work of art according to certain specifications given to them, and are judged to either win, remain in the competition, or get eliminated from the running. The first show had the artists doing portraits of each other in an open medium competition. An architect, Amanda, was the first to go with her abstract patterned piece that judges claimed could never be seen as a portrait. Artists of many types are asked to do work that they may never have considered . The second required sculptural work made of found objects, presented to the artists in the form of a pile of old electronics, and a $ 100 budget at a hardware store. Trong, an installation artist, was eliminated here for his piec...

July 8 - July 30, 2010 The Meeting Room at Bagelz of Wakefield 90 Pershing Avenue Wakefield, RI 02879 (401) 783-9700 Former Rhode Island resident and painter Dan Powell returns to The Meeting Room at Bagelz of Wakefield with a fresh new group of oils and watercolors inspired by the landscapes of coastal Rhode Island and South Carolina. Dan Powell: New Paintings and Watercolors will be on view from July 8 through July 30 at The Meeting Room at Bagelz of Wakefield. The public is invited to a reception with the artist on Thursday, July 8, from 6pm until 9pm. Bagelz of Wakefield is located at 90 Pershing Avenue in Wakefield, Rhode Island. Hours are Monday-Friday 6am - 6pm and Saturday & Sunday 6am - 5pm. Free parking is available. Dan Powell's recent oils on linen and watercolors are inspired by boat landings on the rivers of the South Carolina Low Country and the beaches, estuaries, and jetties of coastal Rhode Island. His saturated, light suffused paintings are Whitman-esque, evoking ...

On my second day has the summer intern, Islay took me over to the downtown Wakefield location, where we met Alexandra to check out the building. We found a vacant room with leaf covered floors and cob webbed corners. The back room was full of old paint cans and more debris. Part of the flooring where the front office once stood was missing! There was also a mysterious hole in the ground through which you could see piping and dirt. We sat around on the bench and discussed moving the furniture back into the space.  This seemed pre-emptive, given the state of the floor, but we needed to know the size of the replacement floorboards that were needed.  I had measured the furniture pieces and hastily jotted down my findings while still in the Lilypads office earlier. I struggled to keep track of my mildly illegible handwriting as we mentally rearranged the desks and bookcases.  I think that we finally decided on a way to fit everything we needed for the office. Then, it was on to the walls!...

Hera Gallery hosted a clean-up at our Main Street location, which we will be returning to shortly. Here are some images from that event, there are lots of smiles despite all the hard work that everyone put in...! gallery facade Part of the cleaning crew: Donna Gustavson, Jennifer Murray, and Barbara Pagh Donna weeding the front garden... quite the task! Barbara, she's either spackeling or scraping paint. Either way, I'm surprised she's smiling! Carl Dimitri, there's really nothing to say about a man with a rotary sander... except 'watch out!' All photos courtesy of Viera Levitt

Hera Gallery is excited to have a new artist member, Elizabeth Lind! Lind has been inspired by the natural world within her reach, drawing influence specifically from sea forms and the human figure. Her work explores the bods between people, such as life, death, joy, betrayal, fertility, motherhood, and the celebration of the aesthetic of forms. Primarily a stone carver, she works multiple stones at once, revealing the potential works of art hidden within the media. She works to find the possibilities hidden beneath the surface of he stones that she works with, revealing fluid, dreamlike sculptures. Lind also works in mixed media sculptures, which she has generously donated to numerous Hera fundraisers in the past. We are glad to have Elizabeth at the gallery, and look forward to the insight that she will bring to the organization.

This was originally posted on my blog, Evocative Objects , and is the documentation from the exhibit that I recently curated in D.C. The show, Objectified: the domestication of the industrial, features the work Robert Longyear, Colleen Heineman, Andrea Miller, and Jeanne Jo. So, I've finally had a moment to sit down and get this post up since returning from D.C. I had a great time in Washington, Honfleur was a wonderful gallery to work with, and the people from ARCH (a nonprofit, and Honflers parent company) were so helpful and friendly. I also kindof fell in love with the neighborhood of Anacostia, which is a historic neighborhood south of the river in D.C. Although Anacostia has a little bit of a bad reputation, as far as I can tell, it's unwarranted. There is a wonderful arts and revitalization movement going on in the area, and it really shows... it doesn't have a static feel at all, but you can actually feel Anacostia buzz and hum with energy and forward moveme...

Hi all! I'm Alison Rice, the new summer intern here at Hera gallery. I hope to meet many of you as we prepare the gallery for the upcoming Money show! So, let me introduce myself. I grew up in Wakefield, RI. I attended South Kingstown High School. I am a transfer student in URI's art department, and will be a junior in the fall. I have studied Engineering, Printmaking, and am getting into Computer Science and Digital art, as of late. lime sculpture- Alison Rice relief lino cut untitled - Alison Rice intaglio Here are some of the prints that I've done in various classes. To the left is a linoleum block that I completed in Professor Richman's class at URI. To the right is a copper intaglio print that I've done on recycled copper. I'd also like to tell you about a few of my favorite artists. One is Theo Jansen , who has created "Strandbeests"; wind powered sculpture creatures designed to eventually carry out a "new form of ...