Visual Art Exhibit / Salon
2-10pm - free

Zeitgeist Gallery & Art Street present
MARCH FORTH FOR THE ARTS
An A to Z (Art Street to Zeitgeist) Collaboration
for STUDIO Z / 1ST Thursdays @ Zeitgeist Prod.

Organized and curated by Aki Morizono of the Zeitgeist Gallery and Sidewalk Sam (aka Robert Guillemin) of Art Street

March Forth could be the title for the next Arnold movie. But for artists under siege, this is an appropriate call to assemble. As everyone knows, many arts organizations throughout Cambridge and Boston are suffering from chronic art failure. Spaces are dissolving, artists are roaming. They may appear to be rootless, but they are certainly not aimless. March Forth for the Arts is a day of recruiting kindred spirits in order to defend the imagination from another art attack. The ammunition is paint, chalk, poetry, music, dance and ideas. The stakes are high. To reclaim public space through art. To reconnect art to the community. To reenergize the community through the presence of art.

From the mid-afternoon to late evening, the public is invited to work with sidewalk chalk artists, while performance artists fill the streets with color and activity. Within the gallery, the work of several local artists will be on display, accompanied by a live body painting fashion show and an opportunity to add to the “graffiti manifesto wall”. Light refreshments will be served.

The show, organized and curated by Aki Morizono of the Zeitgeist Gallery and Sidewalk Sam (aka Robert Guillemin) of Art Street, will feature the work of artists Chris Montecalvo, Shira Olevsky-Abercrombie, Miranda Burns, Chris Williams, Greg Halayko, Kaitlin Coleman, Maren Bell, Chris Williams, Russell Freeland, The Wombat, and more.

About Studio Z First Thursday at the Zeitgeist Gallery:
Studio Z is a curated art event scheduled to take place on an occasional first Thursday in any given month. Studio Z is an opportunity for 5-7+ artists to show and sell their work. Studio Z is also an opportunity for the public to see, talk about, and purchase fine art immediately and informally, sometimes directly from the artist. A salon atmosphere will prevail, with lively discussion. Temporary exhibit walls will be brought in to display the work. The art will be both inexpensive and of fine quality. There is no admission fee and light refreshments will be served. Studio Z First Thursday has recently received partial funding from the Cambridge Arts Council, as part of the grant program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a state agency.

Contact for the Zeitgeist Gallery:
Mary Curtin: 617-241-9664, 617-470-5867 (cell), marycurtin@hotmail.com