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Update
Blue Door Monthly Meeting 2009
This is a chance to find out what's happening and offer your input. Our next meeting will take place on Monday, June 1st at 6:00 p.m. at the Yonkers Riverfront Library on the second floor community room 2B.
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Member Exhibition
PAUL GRECO will be showing at the Bronxville Library in a one-person Art Exhibition from JUNE 1 to JUNE 30.
The Exhibition "SPRING VIBRATION" features 25 abstract paintings, 11 acrylic on rag, 14 acrylic on canvas. The artist is bringing together older and new pieces, cohesively joined by a musical theme which runs through much of Mr. Greco's artwork. "Francine's Vibration," guitar in vibrant blues, is reminiscent of Picasso as are many of Mr. Greco's works.
Opening: Sunday, June 7, 1pm - 4pm.
The artist is donating 10% of all sales to the Bronxville Library Fund.
PaulGreco5@gmail.com
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At the Gallery
SHOW & TELL
Artist Demonstrations each Saturday 12-4 pm
We will be showcasing artists both in exhibition
and live demonstrations at the Blue Door Gallery,
13 Riverdale Avenue (south of Main), Yonkers.
FEATURING:
Saturday, June 6
Terry Brandon, photograph to painting noon-2:30
Katherine Adamenko & Jef Campion 2:30-4:30
Performance artist and Butoh dancer Katherine Adamenko and multimedia and mosaic artist Jef Campion present "CUTTING EDGE," their premiere site-specific movement and art collaboration at Blue Door Gallery.
For both Jef and Katherine, art is destined to move - to provoke, to insinuate, and not to simply hang on the walls. Art moves and that is exactly the point.
"CUTTING EDGE" is an improvisation and collaboration between artist and dancer and spectator. The journey of art-making is the journey of life itself.
Saturday, June 13
Florence Suerig, porcelain collaboration noon-2:30
Amy Bilden, collaboration 2:30-5:00
Saturday, June 20th
Sally Aldrich, clay wheel throwing with coil additions
noon-2:30
Belle Manes, painting, drawing 2:30-5:00
Saturday, June 27
Suzanne Ashley, salted watercolor monoprint noon-2:30
Lily Schor, clay slab faces 2:30-5:00
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Community Gallery @ BDG
CALL FOR ARTISTS
Community Gallery @ BDG
presents
Arts for Healing
July 1st - August 1st
The Community Gallery @ BDG is inviting artists to exhibit their work at the Blue Door Gallery in Yonkers. Artists will be chosen who illustrate an introspective approach to the art-making process. Artwork should portray a sense of self-exploration, illustrating that the creative process was used as a means of healing oneself or others. Artwork should communicate and give voice to discovery or an awareness of one's personal journey. Art may evoke such concepts as personal identity, transformation, change, growth clearly demonstrated in the work. Artists are to submit supportive documentation in a one or two paragraph statement clearly denoting this process-oriented approach to the art. This statement will be placed next to your artwork for the viewer to better connect with your personal experience. Please send images of your work (CD or Photographs) to yonkersbluedoor@gmail.com or mail directly to Blue Door Gallery, Arts for Healing Show, 5 Hudson Street, Yonkers, NY 10701. If sending art via e-mail please place title of the show in the subject line. A SASE may be included if you wish return of materials.
Artists may submit up to three (3) images.
Maximum artwork size: 36" x 60" framed.
Three-dimensional no heavier than 100lbs.
A $10 Hanging fee applied to exhibit if chosen.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: June 8th, 2009
Caren Sacks MA, ATR-BC, LCAT and the Blue Door Exhibition Committee will be co-curators for the Arts for Healing exhibition.
Please contact Celeste Walls, Community Gallery Coordinator for further questions concerning the exhibitions and special events at celeste@artempowers.com |
Community Gallery @ BDG
Dear Artists, Friends of the Arts and Membership,
Summer is fast approaching and we need your support. Blue Door Gallery will transition the space into providing opportunities for the community to embrace the arts. We hope to inspire, educate, and bring about awareness to both the youth and older adults in our community. Already we have been witness to visitors recognizing our Gallery as a warm, inviting environment to explore their passion for the arts.
We are asking for volunteers to assist in our mission for community outreach and share your expertise with the community. We invite artists to do art talks, demos, and assistance with training opportunities for up and coming artists.
Our first show Arts for Healing will be not only providing the community with arts experience but also special events that focus on the therapeutic approaches to creative arts.
Our second show, Inspired by Heritage, will honor the cultures and artifacts that embrace who we are and what value we have in our histories. We are also looking for individuals or groups that are performers, artists, musicians who embrace their culture and would be willing to share it during a special event.
The closing ceremony will be on September 12 which coincides with Riverfest. If you would be interest in helping out with the Riverfest Festivities sponsored by the Blue Door Artist Association that day please contact us. As you have seen in the past, artists have developed unique collaborative projects for the youth and families in the area for the festival.
Please contact Celeste Walls at celeste@artempowers.com if you would like to be part of an exciting summer here at the gallery. |
Exhibition
Yonkers Artists Showcase
There is a showing of the works of Yonkers artists (a number of whom are Blue Door members) in the beautiful new gallery on the fourth floor of the Yonkers Riverfront Library. It will be on display through the end of July.
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Artist Opportunities
CALL FOR ARTISTS
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM
(Save/Adapt/Manipulate)
October 31st to December 5th, 2009
MIXED-MEDIA AND FOUND OBJECT EXHIBITION
Blue Door Gallery on Riverdale Ave, just south of Main Street in Yonkers is planning their fall exhibition. This is a wonderful opportunity for artists working in assemblage, collage and surprises made from recycled materials and found objects.
Submissions of your work may be emailed to yonkersbluedoor@gmail.com. Please include contact information. Submissions are validated with payment of your $25 application fee mailed to the gallery. (You may also send CD's or photographs by mail.)
Please send your submissions and $25 application fee* to BLUE DOOR GALLERY, 5 Hudson Street, Yonkers, NY 10701
Deadline for submissions is August 15th, 2009
A SASE may be included if you wish return of materials.
*Application fee applied to exhibition fee of approximately $150, if chosen.
Arlé Sklar-Weinstein
Director: Blue Door Gallery
Martin Gewirtz, Gallery Manager
BDG 914-375-5100
cell 914-584-6291
yonkersbluedoor@gmail.com
www.bluedoorgallery.org
13 Riverdale Avenue - 5 Hudson Street
Yonkers, NY 10701
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Member Exhibition
Samantha Curtis
at Madeleine Gutman Gallery
Samantha Curtis is showing at the Madeleine Gutman Gallery at the Greenburgh Town Hall, 177 Hillside Avenue, White Plains, NY, 10607. Her work will be on view through the end of June.
Samantha has also put a gallery space together at Gorton High School which will spotlight not only student work but also artists who work for the Yonkers Board of Education.
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Artist Opportunities
Call For Photographers
for "Hudson Reveries" Exhibition
The Blue Door Artist Association is looking for photographers to display their works in our upcoming exhibition commemorating the discovery of the Hudson River. We are looking for images that depict the river both in fact and as metaphor, and will consider art that incorporates photography.
The exhibition will take place in the Yonkers Riverfront Library for the month of October.
Please email images and contact information to hudsonreveries@yahoo.com. Images will be selected be a panel of professional photographers. Between 20 and 25 photographers will be chosen for the exhibit.
Please call 914 965-3397 for further information.
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Call for Artists
Annual Members Show
The annual Blue Door Members Exhibition will take place from November 9 through December 5. All members are invited to submit work and are guaranteed to have at least one piece shown; the number of additional works per artist will depend on the total number of submissions. Entries should be sized for one panel, up to 60" x 72".
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Artist Opportunities
Need Info?
Need information on a recent Call for Artists? You can always access previous newsletters on the Blue Door website (www.bluedoorart.org) via the Newsletter Archive link on the home page menu. The archive is also available through a link in the left column of all newsletters.
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At the Gallery
Scenes from Show & Tell
Below are photos from the highly successful first Saturday Show 'n' Tell programs at the Blue Door Gallery. Don Axleroad drew in a crowd with his demonstration of woodcut prints; and Leslie Miller delighted everyone with her digital photographic portraits.
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Newsletter Management Team
Celeste Walls
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