Hera Gallery

Hera Gallery member, Carl Dimitri , will be showing his work in a one night exhibition in New York City on October 12th. The event (running in conjunction with a silent auction to support the Gulf Coast) is sponsored by the Tryst Collective . The show is titled BP's Black Plague: A Response in Art & Music, and it looks like it'll be a phenomenal lineup! The event will start at 7:00pm, the gallery information is below. It's at the R BAR NYC 218 Bowery (between Prince and Spring) New York, NY10012

It might be 'north of the tower,' but I highly recommend heading to Pawtucket this weekend to visit the artist studios up there! On September 25 - 26, 2010 from 11 am to 5 pm more than 80 artists in the historic mills of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, are opening their studios to the public during the city's celebration of the arts, the Twelfth Annual Pawtucket Arts Festival. You'll also be able to find Carl Dimitri in the 560 Building on Mineral Springs. .. He has recently relocated to Pawtucket, and will be displaying his work in conjunction with the festival.

We are so pleased to have Michael Yefko as a new artist member at Hera Gallery. Michael has exhibited at Hera numerous times in the past, and you may remember his work from the recent exhibition, Money . Michaels' sculptures and 2-dimensional works tend to reference concepts of dreams, loss, house, and home; he utilizes the symbol of the house as a stand in for the self and as a means to exercise his anger over the loss of the natural world for the sake of the built suburban spectacle . By incorporating loaded symbolic objects such as a house, Michael stimulates the viewer to have a personal connection to the work that carries such a potent context with it. Michael is also a carpenter, a nd has spent much time in his life working on his own home . Considering his attention to detail, craftsmanship, and in-depth knowledge of carpentry and construction, we are elated that Michaels' membership is a sweat equity one. It will be nice to have a capable and informed member to he...

Please join the opening this Thursday at the Knight Campus Art Gallery, CCRI Exhibition featuring the work of students and faculty from the National University of Art in Bucharest, Romania; Worcester State College; Quinsigamond Community College; and The Massachusetts College of Art & Design. Opening Reception: Thursday, September 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. ( The gallery is located in Room 3500, on the third floor of the round building at the CCRI Warwick campus, 400 East Ave. Enter the library on the fourth floor and go down the stairs to right). Artist talk 6 p.m. followed by refreshments This collaborative project showing approximately 20 books with 900 pages covered in drawings, writings and collages initiated by artist and former Community College of Rhode Island student Joanne Luongo, will be on display from Sept. 14 to Oct. 14. Luongo said her art “relies heavily on the engagement of various community groups and each one is different and quite unique. Of all my shared exp...

Altered Landscapes September 3 – October 14, 2010 Corridor Gallery, Fine Arts Center, URI This selection of color photographs is from the ongoing series Altered Landscapes with work dating from 2007 to the present. As a photographer of the landscape Broches explores our culture’s view of nature and the ways in which we occupy and alter our world. She writes: “The landscape as subject is traditionally viewed as picturesque. I approach and photograph the landscape as human construct. We ‘landscape’ and beautify our surroundings, preserve and protect our parks. We intervene and mold it, exploit and attempt to control and harness it, defy it, and neglect it. I value a sense of place, collective and individual memory, and identity in relation to the land. I’m interested in the domestic, private, and the ‘small’. My photographs document and report on ‘our’ sense of place. These images are amusing, ironic, and puzzling; some imply social and political consequences that are of immediate, if ...

We here at Hera Gallery are excited to be welcoming a new member, Susan Hayward to our midst. Susan is a local artist, working out of Shady Lea studios. She has been a supporter of the gallery for quite a while now, participating in past fundraisers such as the recent Paint By Numbers Lottery (her creation for that event is posted to the right). Recently, Susan has been working with photography as well as creating incredibly intricate beaded jewelry. No matter what media she works in, her attention to detail is exquisite. Look for more information about her on our home page, as well as in the next exhibit at Hera featuring our Associate Members.

Hello everyone! My name is Ryan O'Hara and I am the Hera Gallery's newest intern. I look forward to meeting many of you as I work at the gallery through out the fall! So, let me tell you a bit about myself... Myself at the Atlantic-10 Rowing Championship 2010 I am a 5th year Art History student at URI. The past four years I spent on the URI women's rowing team. This experience was one of the best I could ever ask for. I loved the feeling of being a part of something great and contributing to a program that just keeps growing. The team has had a lot of success and will continue to do so. Although I still spend time with the team, now teaching new girls how to row, it is time for a new chapter in my life so I am transitioning from athletics to the art world! One of my drawings from high school Creating art is something I have always loved. Whether I was a little girl with my crayons, in my high school’s drawing classes, or taking studio class at URI it’s something...

Works by gallery artist members Troy West and John Kotula will be on view at VIEWPORT, an outdoor exhibition of sculpture and installations at King's Park on Wellington Avenue in Newport. West has installed a totemic sculpture entitled OIL. (See below) VIEWPORT is sponsored by Project One/Public Art Newport. The exhibition opens September 11 and runs through October 10, 2010. Ten local artists were selected to participate in this event. Please join us for the opening reception from 1 - 6 PM tomorrow.

Hera Gallery is excited to be welcoming a new member to our community! Mara Trachtenberg is an artist and educator focusing predominantly on photography. Her work depicts highly saturated vignettes, documenting surreal moments of seemingly picturesque fantasy. Upon further inspection these idealized glimpses reveal a darker side dealing with impermanence and mortality. The images below are from her 'The Suspense of Reanimation' series, which illustrates the specific moment in a fairy tale when the protagonist is hovering in a space framed by 'the metaphoric death of an inadequate self and rebirth to a higher plane of existence (Bruno Bettleheim).' She uses a rabbit corpse to portray these moments, making her metaphors more accessible to the viewer. Sleeping Beauty , digital C print, 2005 Princess, Digital C print, 2005 The images below are from her series 'A Decadent World,' which blends the realm of culture an nature together into a decadent confection. ...

Michael Yefko, a local artist and friend of Hera Gallery, will be exhibiting artwork at the Borderland State Park in Massachusetts. The opening reception will be on Saturday, September 11th, from 7:00 - 10:00pm in the Ames Mansion. The park is just a 30 minute drive from Providence, and would be well worth the trip. You may recognize Michael's name from the previous show at Hera, MONEY . Michael exhibited a series of exquisite sculptures that focused on issues in our contemporary fiscal culture. You can learn more about the park here .

Originally posted on Evocative Objects. I took a trip up to Boston yesterday morning to visit the Dr. Lakra exhibit at the ICA . The show is only up for another week, and I'm disappointed that I didn't get in to see it sooner because I'd like to experience it again. As it turns out, I'm really taken with Dr. Lakra's work. Dr. Lakra is a Mexican born tattoo and fine artist based out of Oaxaca. Dr. Lakra transposes his tattooing craft onto the idealized figures found in vintage 1950's magazines, onto pinup girls, luchadors, medical educational drawings, and even onto the iconic cupie doll. Lakra reassigns identity by tattooing and enhancing the original subjects with bats, demons, spiders, gang insignia, and traditional cultural body markings. He even uses a real tattoo machine to achieve a believable image on some of his pieces. Dr. Lakra deals with concepts of beautification and social identification. His works are a carnival of the grotesque, a medley ...

I got to the gallery today, and was greeted by some beautiful new blooms in our garden. Apparently, Alexandra has been getting her hands dirty and showing off her green thumb at the same time! It was a lovely surprise, and does a great job of cheering up the front of the gallery. Thanks, Alexandra!

This past Saturday was the opening reception for two of our members' solo shows: Claudia Flynn: Reclamation and Troy West: New Works . There was a good turn out for the event, and the work is superb. All images are courtesy of Claudia Flynn and Viera Levitt.