December 2014


Upstream is pleased to present Rachel Weatherford Whitlow's first solo show at the gallery.  In From Memory, Whitlow explores her artistic roots in family, place and  practice. Her expressive landscapes create an evocative sense of reality abstracted and remembered worlds without losing their connection to the physical. 

Our December Group Show in the West gallery offers a wide range of smaller works from the rest of our gallery roster.  This month we are also excited to participate in the inaugural "Village Crawl", a Friday Night Live event dedicated to raising funds for the Hastings Food Pantry on Friday, December 5th from 6-10 pm. 

Stop by on Friday the 5th for the Village Crawl.  And next week come meet Ms. Whitlow at the artist's reception on Sunday, December 14th from 1-4 pm. 
Rachel Whitlow, Otter Cliffs 2014
Rachel Weatherford Whitlow, Otter Cliffs, mixed media on paper, 2014
Rachel Weatherford Whitlow 
From Memory

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Whitlow says of this work: " The drama of the Maine coast often makes me feel that the forces of nature are in active conversation with me. The landscape here is both contemplative and sublime, grand yet intimate.  In my work, I aim to transcribe those feelings as one would in music, to give voice more to a sense of rhythm and flux than to form a realistic composition.

This coast also carries the memory of all the artists from whom I've learned: my grandmother, my grandfather, my mother, artists on Monhegan and colleagues at the gallery today.  All of them resonate in my work."
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Friday Night Live
Friday Night Live:
Village Crawl

Upstream Gallery will be open late.  Come view Rachel Whitlow's Solo show and the Upstream decmber Group Show.  We offer 10% off all original artwork and prints, plus 10% to benefit the Hastings Food Pantry--- One night only!

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Upcoming Exhibits:   

 

 

December 4th through December 28th: Rachel Weatherford Whitlow, From Memory, Upstream Group Show.  Opening Reception Sunday December 14th, 1- 4pm.

January 8th through January 25th:  Annual Small Works Show.  Opening Reception Sunday January 11th 2-5 pm

January 29th to February 22nd:  Photography Takes Over.  Opening Recpetion Sunday February 1st 2-5 pm

   

Music:   Saturday, December 6thth at 8 pm:  Fred Gillen Jr, an award winning folksinger and songwriter.

 

Chrysalis event has been rescheduled with a date to be announced. 

 

 

 

About Upstream: Since 1991 Upstream has been a unique community of arts professionals whose members work together cooperatively.  Artist members look to Upstream as a venue for experimentation, mutual support and artistic growth. In that spirit, we engage with other artists through a regular program of juried and invitational exhibits. The gallery embraces all fine arts media and all styles from realism to abstraction. Upstream is an established resource for new or experienced art collectors, as well as area curators, designers and art consultants.

 

The current artist members work in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, collage / assemblage, print-making and photography.  Styles range from the representational to the abstract.  Members have shown in a wide variety of venues throughout the United States and Europe. Upstream encourages artists to submit their work for review.  Submissions are reviewed on a monthly basis.

 

 
 
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