Portsmouth Herald
‘Skinny Locations,’ a soul-stirring journey by Barrington artist Michelle Meister
PORTSMOUTH – The New Hampshire Artwork Affiliation introduced the opening of “Skinny Locations,” a transcendent exhibition that invitations guests to connect with non secular dimensions past the bodily world. The exhibit, operating from Aug. 3 to Aug. 27, will take viewers on a visually gorgeous voyage to the locations within the panorama the place spirituality touches downs and connects to us.
“I’ve liked doing this new physique of labor as a result of it’s summary, however intuitively it nonetheless reads as panorama,” says Meister. “I performed with that skinny line.”
Meister has an extended and completed profession displaying her works in quite a few juried exhibitions all through the northeast. Most notably, Meister has had her art work included into the everlasting assortment of the Boston Public Library and the Monotype Guild of New England portfolio juried by Joanne Moser, curator of the print assortment of the Smithsonian Museum. Her work was additionally featured in The Main Movement Image “The Proposal” with Sandra Bullock.
The NHAA is internet hosting a reception on Friday, Aug. 4, from 5 to eight p.m. as a part of the Artwork Round City First Friday artwork stroll in Portsmouth, N.H. Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery at 136 State St., in Portsmouth, N.H. Gallery hours are Tuesday by Thursday from 11 a.m. to five p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to six p.m.; and Sunday from 12 to five p.m. Go to www.nhartassociation.org or name 603-431-4230 for extra info.
The Seacoast LGBT Historical past Undertaking is gearing up for his or her seventh annual exhibit at RiverStones Customized Framing and The Franklin Gallery
ROCHESTER — How did the College of New Hampshire make nationwide information within the 1970’s? When was the UNH Homosexual College students Group began and the way did it evolve through the years? This spring, UNH celebrated 30 years internet hosting a pancake breakfast to rejoice what? Come discover out on the “Uncovering LGBTQ+ Historical past at UNH” exhibit at RiverStones Customized Framing and Franklin Gallery at 33 North Primary St., in Rochester.
“We’re so excited to carry the story of UNH’s homosexual pupil group to Rochester for satisfaction month” Tom Kaufhold, founding father of the Seacoast LGBT Historical past challenge, mentioned. “We will share with you authentic archival analysis work carried out this spring and summer season by Girls’s and Gender Research college students and a pupil intern funded by the School of Liberal Arts’ World Racial and Social Inequality Lab” Holly Cashman, Professor of Spanish and Girls’s and Gender Research at UNH, mentioned.
College students concerned within the analysis challenge have been moved and impressed by what they discovered within the archive. “Studying in regards to the GSO helped me acknowledge that the folks we study when researching historical past are usually not so totally different from the folks we are able to change into if we’re daring sufficient to problem the established order” mentioned Anna Rhoda ’25, who labored with Dr. Cashman in a educating practicum through the spring semester, serving to to information a category full of scholars to hold out authentic analysis within the Milne Archives and Particular Collections at UNH with the assistance of Public Companies Coordinator Morgan Wilson and College Archivist Elizabeth Slomba at UNH’s Douglas and Helena Milne Particular Collections & Archives. GRSIL intern Arin Henderson ’25 agreed, sharing that “as soon as I understood what the GSO had gone by, I needed to make use of that information in guaranteeing the security of LGBTQ+ college students who might look to UNH as an accepting atmosphere. With the state of our world at present, we’re going to wish it.”
“I welcome the Seacoast LGBT Historical past Undertaking again once more this 12 months and look ahead to an thrilling exhibit” mentioned Kris Ebbeson of RiverStones Customized Framing.
Opening night time will probably be Thursday Aug. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. with mild refreshments served.
The exhibit runs by Aug. 31 and the general public is welcome to view the exhibit throughout common enterprise hours. RiverStones Customized Framing and The Franklin Gallery are open Wednesday by Friday from 11 a.m. to five p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will probably be prolonged hours till 3 p.m. through the Rochester Satisfaction occasion on Saturday, Aug. 26.
For extra info, go to the Seacoast NH LGBT Historical past Undertaking Fb web page, electronic mail seacoastnhlgbthistory@gmail.com or contact RiverStones Customized Framing at 603-812-1488 or electronic mail at riverstonescustomframing@gmail.com.
The Artwork Heart presents a particular exhibition showcasing Dover artists
DOVER — The Artwork Heart introduced a momentous event within the metropolis’s historical past with the disclosing of an exhibition,”Dover Artists: Celebrating 400 Years.” This exhibition, hosted within the new Backstage Gallery, can pay tribute to artists residing or working in Dover, N.H. As town commemorates its four-hundredth anniversary, this showcase will function a testomony to the inventive legacy inside our group.
Organized in collaboration with the Dover Arts Fee, the exhibition will function art work created by a few of Dover’s most interesting artists.
The Dover Arts Fee, distinguished because the recipient of the 2022 NH State Council on the Arts Governor’s Award within the Arts, takes nice satisfaction in supporting and selling the humanities throughout the group. Their partnership with The Artwork Heart for this exhibition underscores their dedication to fostering a vibrant arts scene in Dover.
The exhibition will probably be open to the general public by Aug. 31.
The Artwork Heart and the Dover Arts Fee invite the general public to a Artists’ Reception on Aug. 5, from 6 to 9 p.m.
For extra info contact The Artwork Heart, 1 Washington St., Suite 1177, Dover, N.H. www.theartcenteronlinegallery.com.