[Ferrin Gallery] Dish & Dine: Jason Houston + MaryAnne Davis

DISH & DINE @ Ferrin Gallery The first in a series of evening dinners in the gallery pairing local food with local artists. DINE with THE MARKET featuring a menu from locally grown produce DISH served on dinnerware by MARY ANNE DAVIS. CONVERSATION with JASON HOUSTON on contemporary photography, documentary, and personal perspectives. 6:30 - 9:00 Dinner at FERRIN GALLERY Saturday, February 20th $35, limit 40 guests. BYOB. Reservations required. Call (413) 442-1622 to pay by phone. The evening includes a viewing of new work from Houston's farm series, a visual presentation and dinner conversation with JASON HOUSTON based on contemporary photography, documentary, and personal perspectives. Link to FerrinGallery.com for preview of new work by Houston & Davis ONVIEW: JASON HOUSTON JASON HOUSTON: Family of Mine Solo exhibition of large scale photographs that explore the sometimes tense dichotomies that define American family life. The show features eleven large scale prints of moments captured at Houston's family get-togethers between 2002 and 2007. The images, although intimate and personal, are poignant reflections of relationships, traditions, values and family dynamics that are universally identifiable. On view through February 27, 2010 Jason Houston, an independent documentary photographer, focuses on social and environmental issues across the country and around the world. He has photographed the small family farms throughout the Berkshire region for over a decade and traveled to over a dozen countries documenting community-based conservation in the developing world. His environmental portraits, landscapes, and elemental details focus the viewer on the global issues and processes that define how we live on this planet. Houston is a frequent contributor to Berkshire Living Magazine and serves as the photo editor of Orion Magazine. photo caption: Jason Houston, Street Market, Wenzhou, China. 2009 Link to FerrinGallery.com for Jason Houston's web portfolio DISH: MaryAnne Davis MARYANNE DAVIS from nearby Chatham, NY makes functional porcelain dishware intended for daily use. "Art and life come together at a table. Using handmade dishes to set a table provides the opportunity to express private creativity: ephemeral and memorable. The social fabric, the relationships built one meal at a time becomes the real art and the meal has an energy of a higher order. Conversation is magic, bringing each individual at the table into a personal bond." photo caption: MaryAnne Davis, Naked Porcelain, Dinnerware Link to FerrinGallery.com for MaryAnne Davis's web portfolio DINE THE MARKET a new neighborhood corner store, creates a dinner based on the range of products carried at the store. MENU: Equinox Farms mixed greens w/ balsamic vinaigrette Seasonal Root vegetable puree Woodstock Farms mustard-rubbed roast pork loin Seasonal grilled local vegetables Homemade mini-cupcakes, brownies, and chocolate chip cookies for dessert SUBSCRIBE: Art Events in The Berkshires DIRECT YOUR eNEWS FROM FERRIN GALLERY Going Green in 2010. Less Printing, More News. Our regular eNews introduces new artists, announces dinners, artist talks and events of interest to artists, collectors and professionals. Help us get you the eNews you want by sorting out your interests on our Contact page. photo caption: MaryAnne Davis, Bobolink, platter, 14", porcelain Click HERE to link to FerrinGallery.com CONTACT FOLLOW: Ferrin Gallery on Facebook FERRIN GALLERY on Facebook posts information on gallery events, artist news, photos and links to articles on topics of interest. Our "fan" page is a great place to share comments and network with the art community. Latest post: Should this be the opening image for the NCECA talk "Red Dots - Selling Out?" SOLD Phillips de Pury, February 12, 2010 $180000 - "the value of “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn” has today exceeded that of the once-prized urn itself)" Ai WeiWei Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn Triptych: black and white photograph. Each: 148 × 121 cm (58 1/4 × 47 5/8 in). Estimate:£70,000 - £90,000 Winning bid:£95,000Premium: (17.6%)£20,250 Price with premium:£115,250... 115,250 British pounds = 180,435.4 U.S. dollars Check back for more on NCECA in Philadelphia soon. Become a FerrinGallery Facebook Fan

Artists from THERE are HERE October 8 - 10th

Long weekends in the fall mean artists from outside the area are speaking, exhibiting and demonstrating throughout the Berkshires (bonus: incredible leaves to see while you drive between the events)

THURSDAY:

October 8 6:00 pm
HERE - “Ten Years of Re-Imaging North Adams" - Artist Salon - moderated discussion with curators Leslie Ferrin, Ven Voisey, Jonathan Secor discussing the impact of ten years by MASS MoCA as revealed through photography, painting and mixed media (MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams) with artists from both here and there.

Artists include: Kay Canavino, Gordon Chandler, Laura Christensen, Joan Diamant, Wendy James, Jaye Fox, Joe Fusaro, Wendy Goldberg, Amanda Hartlage, J.C. Jorgerst, Phelan Levall, Melanie Mowinski, John Mitchell, David Ricci, Greg Scheckler, Nicholas Whitman, and Michael Zelehoski.

FRIDAY - SUNDAY
Locally Thrown/Locally Grown

Join us, IS183 Art School and potter - sculptor Chris Gustin, featured guest artist for the weekend that includes a benefit dinner, demonstration, artist talks, gallery preview and reception. Proceeds from the events help support the ceramics program that provides work space, classes, demonstrations and workshops at IS183 Art School in Stockbridge.

413.298.5252 x 100 to purchase dinner tickets and register for demo

FRIDAY
DINNER 7:00 at IS183 Art School (Stockbridge) Chef Daniel Mahoney - cocktail party with special guest Chris Gustin, then sit down dinner with locally grown produce (onion tart, butternut squash soup, coq au vin and gnocci, apple tart dessert).

SATURDAY, October 10,
DEMO
Chris Gustin potter/sculptor
IS183 Art School (Stockbridge)
10 to 12:00, Fee: $25

ARTIST TALK
3:30 p.m. Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield FREE
Lucy Feller - Digital Collage Photography

RECEPTIONS
4- 6:00 p.m. Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, FREE

Lucy Feller, Solo Show - Wish You Were Near

Chris Gustin - Featured Artist

2009 Studio Pottery Invitational
Preview of Group Show Functional Ceramics by American Studio Potters

SUNDAY
October 11, Studio Tour and Brunch

Project Art, Cummington $20 for Brunch with Visiting Artists
Tour studios of International Sculptor, Sergei Isupov and Studio Potter, Michael McCarthy

Chris Gustin - Featured artist at Locally Thrown /Locally Grown Dinner and Demo at IS183 Art School (Stockbridge) Studio Pottery Invitational 2009, Ferrin Gallery (Pittsfield)

Michael Zelehoski - HERE - MCLA Gallery 51, (North Adams)

Mary Anne Davis - featured in Studio Pottery Invitational 2009 - Ferrin Gallery (Pittsfield)

Locally Thrown/Locally Grown
Series of events on Columbus Day Weekend focused on Ceramics- organized by Ferrin Gallery and IS183 Art School

[Ferrin Galley] Weekend of Visiting Artists and Events

CHRIS GUSTIN: Artist Focus Chris Gustin, acclaimed potter, sculptor and founder of Watershed Center for Ceramics, is the featured artist at Ferrin Gallery's Studio Pottery Invitational. More than 25 new, functional works are on display and available for purchase. Exhibition preview: Saturday, October 10th from 4-6 pm. Ferrin Gallery 437 North Street, Pittsfield MA (413) 442-1622 Locally Thrown/Locally Grown Benefit: Friday, October 9th IS183 Art School 13 Willard Hill Road, Stockbridge, MA 7:00pm - brief talk by Chris Gustin 8:00pm - dinner Fee: $75 (413) 298-5252, ext. 100 to purchase tickets or for more information. Demonstration: Saturday, October 10th 10am-noon IS183 Art School Fee: $25 Chris Gustin grew up in Los Angeles, California where his family were part owners of several commercial whiteware ceramic manufacturing companies. Immersed in the beauty and function of ceramic tile manufacture from a very young age, Gustin has held a lifelong love of the art of ceramics. Gustin started Gustin Ceramics Tile Production in 1996, and now devotes his full time and energies to his studio work and tile production company in South Dartmouth, MA. Photo caption: Chris Gustin, Vessel #0606, 2006, woodfired stoneware, 34 x 20 x 22" Click Here for a Link to Chris Gustin's portfolio of available work at Ferrin Gallery STUDIO POTTERY INVITATIONAL PREVIEW Saturday preview October 10th, 4-6pm Studio Pottery Invitational Ferrin Gallery Dates: October 17th - December 31st, 2009 Artist Reception: October 17th, 4-6pm This exhibition introduces a group of studio potters who have not shown previously at the gallery. Each year ten artists are invited to show a series of 10-25 functional pots that are related by form and surface. These artists live and work across the country but Molly Hatch of Northampton MA and Mary Anne Davis of Chatham NY are local. Davis, who will be presenting an installation involving ceramics, linens and a dinner table, will be available for questions and discussion during the October 10th preview. Exhibiting artists include: Christa Assad, California Nicholas Bernard, Arizona Mary Anne Davis, Massachusetts Sanam Emami, Pennsylvania Steve Godfrey, Alaska Molly Hatch, Massachusetts Kristen Kieffer, Massachusetts Seth Rainville, Massachusetts Kevin Snipes, Montana Gwendolyn Yoppolo, Montana Photo caption: Mary Anne Davis, Naked Dishes Installation, detail, 2009, ceramic, sizes vary Click here for Ferrin Gallery's Studio Pottery Invitational page LUCY FELLER: Artist Talk and Closing Reception LUCY FELLER Artist Talk Saturday, October 10, 3:30pm LUCY FELLER: Wish You Were Near - A Postcard Series solo show of digital photographs Artist Talk and Closing Reception: Lucy Feller presents an artist talk at the gallery at 3:30pm preceding a closing reception in her honor from 4-6pm. Photo credit: Lucy Feller, Best Riches, 2009, digital photograph, 6 x 4" Click here for Lucy Feller's Wish You Were Near page on FerrinGallery.com --------------------------------------- Use SelfUnsubscribe if you no longer wish to receive emails from us. Powered by MainStreetMAIL.com ™