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Greetings!
Blue Door Gallery is thrilled to announce the opening of our new exhibition: Voices, July 13th - August 24th.
Please join us for our opening reception on Saturday, July 13th, from 2pm - 5pm
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A three part show featuring voices from folk art, community and film
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The human voice communicates who we are through the telling of our stories, our histories, cultures, visions and perceptions of the world around us. In this three-part exhibition, Blue Door Gallery exhibits facets of contemporary voice through folk art, community voices and film.
FOLK ART: In this extraordinary exhibition, folk art is represented as an artisanal lens through which to convey our histories and cultural traditions as well as to uniquely portray our current perceptions of our community. Ruth Geneslaw carves Basswood for her astute social and political commentaries while Pat Slaven employs traditional piecing in her contemporary quiltmaking.
COMMUNITY: Our South Gallery will feature voices from new and emerging talent from Yonkers, in art and spoken word.
FILM: Our North Gallery will feature screenings of short films on voice, art and artists. Monique Avakian's video performances speak to her "having a voice/losing a voice/morphing a voice/gaining a voice as a creative person living in a culture increasingly dominated by text and machines."
Monique Avakian, Nina Birnbaum, Ruth Boser, Diane Cherr, Debra Friedkin, Ruth Geneslaw, Josh Graupera,
Ned Harris, Bruce Levy, Mary Parker, Hugo Perez, Madge Scott, Pat Slaven
Zion Angeles, Otmar Boser, Danielle Colluci, Adrienne Cooke, Carla Juarez Cruz, Emilio,
Vered Friedman, Tameka Grandy, Shayna Maley, Naajidah, Lewis Ognibene, Crystal Perez,
Jonathan Prosper, Rebecca Reeve, Royalty Weldon
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ARTSPEAK
Saturday, August 10th, 2-4.30pm
Facilitated by our Poet-in-Residence, Golda Solomon
and artist Monique Avakian.
Members $20. Non-members $25. Scholarships available.
A special Artspeak Writing Workshop on the "video poem,"
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Children's Art Workshops FREE
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Piggy Bottle Bank
Saturday, July 20th, 2-4pm
Tape Resist Art
Saturday, August 3rd, 2-4pm
For Rainy Days, Painted Umbrella
Saturday, August 17th, 2-4pm
Rainbow Fish
Saturday, August 31st, 2-4pm
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Open Stage: Can I Spoke It?
Thursday, July 18th, 6-8.30pm
Hosted by Phylisha Villanueva Free open mic' events featuring spoken word artists, hip hop, singers, songwriters and comedians.
Open Stage: Can I Spoke It? Thursday, August 1st, 6-8.30pm
Open Stage: Can I Spoke It? Thursday, August 15th, 6-8.30pm Open Stage: Can I Spoke It? Thursday, August 29th, 6-8.30pm
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Blue Door Cinema FREE/DONATION
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 BLUE DOOR CINEMA - Every Third Friday.
Door opens @ 6pm. Screening 7-9pm
 Friday, July 19th, 6pm
IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL: The Mystery of Henry Darger
2005, Directed by Jessica Yu
It is appropriate in the context of an exhibition centered on folk art and community voices to screen this skillful and shockingly beautiful combination of animation and documentary material about the intensely private and self-taught Henry Darger, a true outsider artist. Who knows a Henry Darger may live among the people of Yonkers yet to be discovered. Witness a remarkable film that imparts life to his extraordinary achievement and extensive body of work.
This innovative feature length documentary, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jessica Yu and produced by Susan West, explores the parallel lives of legendary outsider artist Henry Darger. Reclusive Janitor by day, visionary artist by night. Darger's 15,000 page novel details exploits of the Vivian Girls, seven angelic sisters who lead a rebellion against godless, child-enslaving men. Featuring the voices of Dakota Fanning (I am Sam, Cat In The hat) and Larry Pine (The Royal Tenenbaums), the music of Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal and the work of a team of animators, this wholly original film tells the story of a hidden universe.
L. Brandon Krall, Curator
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Blue Door Gallery invites artists inspired by cinema, movies and film
to submit work for a special exhibition being held in conjunction with
YoFiFest (yofifest.com) and Blue Door Cinema, 10th Oct - 9th Nov, 2013
Deadline for submissions: September 7th, 2013.
Submission Guidelines
Email images to yonkersbluedoor@gmail.com
OR
Submit CD with images of entries in JPEG format to Blue Door Gallery,
5 Hudson Street, Yonkers, NY 10701. Attn: BDG#40b
Actual work for exhibition must be no larger than 60" and no heavier than 75 lbs.
Artists may submit up to six entries. THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE.
Artists whose works are accepted will be asked to pay an installation fee of $25 per accepted work.
COMMISSION: Blue Door Gallery receives 35% commission on all sales
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Charity of the Month - July 2013
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Please donate to support the Blue Door Art Center Program to teach art to seniors. Please note the purpose of your donation when using our website "DONATE" button.
Thank You
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SPECIAL THANKS:
to our staff, volunteers, board members and sponsors whose support helps our mission flourish;
Kathy Yacoe Skura, Leslie Miller, Jackie Lorieo, Claire Fishman, Cesar Winston Vera, Karen Wyks-Lindsay, and to our Poet-in-Residence Golda Solomon, our Gallery Manager Tina Garforth, Assistant Gallery Manager and ongoing Community Outreach Coordinator, Phylisha Villanueva and our intern this month, Rebecca Reeve.
Much gratitude goes to Luis Perelman ad Bob Schor and also the Board of The Blue Door Art Center for their tireless efforts keeping us afloat.
-- Arlé Sklar-Weinstein
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BLUE DOOR GALLERY
13 Riverdale Avenue, (Mail to: 5 Hudson St,) Yonkers, NY 10701 914 375 5100
info@bluedoorgallery.org www.bluedoorgallery.org
Gallery Director: Arlé Sklar Weinstein Gallery Manager: Tina Garforth
Assistant Manager: Phylisha Villanueva
Gallery hours: Thurs. 12-8, Fri. & Sat. 12-5 and Sundays 2-5 for special events
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ROBERT SCHOR, Executive Director
Blue Door Art Center
LUIS PERELMAN, Director
Blue Door Artists Association ( a Division of BDAC)
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Blue Door thanks our sponsors whose support enriches our community.
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