Exhibits
MARCH FORTH FOR THE ARTS
An A to Z (Art Street to Zeitgeist) Collaboration
Thursday, March 4, 2 to 10 pm
[another installment in the occasional series Studio Z First Thursday at the Zeitgeist Gallery]
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Zeitgeist Gallery and Art Street present March Forth for the Arts: an A to Z (Art Street to Zeitgeist) Collaboration on Thursday, March 4, 2 to 10 pm. Free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served. 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”. 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. (Background on the occasional series 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. |
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Images From On and Off Stage
late 60s/early 70s rock music photographs
by Charles Daniels (aka the Masterblaster)
Tuesday-Monday, March 23-April 5
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 25, 6-9 pm
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Freelance photographer Charles Daniels worked as the house host and announcer for the legendary Boston Tea Party, both at the Berkeley St. and Lansdowne St. locations. His stage name during that time was the Masterblaster and to this day, people have come up to him on the street, calling him by that name. The Tea Party's music scene embodied locally all that was outstanding during this unique musical and political era. And since Daniels was in the thick of it, he was positioned to visually capture it!
Befriending many of the bands, Daniels was able to take casual photos from the inner sanctum point of view. Many of his shots reveal the informality that predominated the backstage scene at that time. Even the onstage shots, many taken from the wings, expose the raw elements of musicians who were breaking new ground. Daniels' Masterblaster "style" was such a hit with the bands, that he was often invited to work their tours as well. Naturally, his camera always toured right along! His friendships with the likes of Rod Stewart, Alvin Lee, Ron Woods, Peter Wolf, Aerosmith, and others, allowed for easy going documentation. The "Images From On and Off Stage" exhibit is a first time ever occasion, made up of photos specifically from that time period. Images include the likes of Rod Stewart, John Lincoln Wright, the Faces, The Cars, The Rolling Stones, Peter Wolf with Canned Heat, Alvin Lee & Ten Years After, Humble Pie, Aerosmith and the Pointer Sisters. The exhibit is essentially the result of an archaeological dig through hundreds of negatives, most of which have never been printed before now, let alone exhibited. Why so long in the making? Sometimes distance just makes the heart grow even fonder. (Background) Charles Daniels has worked as a photographer and recently as a videographer in Boston for many years. Besides working the Boston Tea Party, he hosted acts at many other Boston venues (like the Music Hall and Orpheum) for promoter Don Law. Daniels wasn't officially trained as a photographer, but he has taken photos since he was first given a Kodak Brownie when he was 12. Born in Alabama and then growing up in Roxbury, Daniels has exhibited his photographs in Glasgow (Scotland), Montreal, Weimar & Berlin (Germany), Prague, and locally. Along with his street and "social" documentation (including a one man exhibition on the Million Man March), his portfolio includes a wide variety of dance and performance images. He has recently begun using digital videography to further his explorations of documenting artistic motion. |
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