Meet the Artists Reception: Thursday July 15th 5pm-8pm

Saranac Lake's Thursday Art Walk & BluSeed Studios Presents:Art Exhibition: Intercambio Gráfica Printmaking Exchange: NY – Mazatlán
Featured Artists:

Nancy Brossard, John La Falce, Katherine Levin-Lau, Carol Marie Vossler,

Larry Poole, Gia Alexander, Saranac Lake Artists with host Glenn Rogers

Mark Jay, Glen Rogers, Lucila Santiago, Rafael Avila Tirado

Five artists, Nancy Brossard, John La Falce, Katherine Levin-Lau, Carol Marie Vossler, and Larry Poole, all affiliated with BluSeed Studios in Saranac Lake, NY, recently returned home from Mazatlan, Mexico where they participated in the first phase of a cultural exchange. The second part of the exchange will take place in Saranac Lake from July 13th through July 21st when five artists, Gia Alexander, Mark Jay, Glen Rogers, Lucila Santiago, Rafael Avila Tirado, from Mazatlan will come to BluSeed Studios. During their visit they will work and exchange ideas with area artists at BluSeed Studios. At that time an exhibition of work of all 10 artists will be held in the gallery of BluSeed Studios. The opening is planned for July 15th as part of that month’s Saranac Lake Art Walk. The exhibit will run through September 11th.

The program entitled, *Intercambio Gráfica Printmaking Exchange: NY – Mazatlán *is an exciting exchange of art and ideas between three graphic studios and the10 artists. An exhibition of prints by the artists opened January 21 at the Rubio Gallery at the Angela Peralta Theatre in Mazatlan and runs through March 1. The work being exhibited includes etchings, monotypes, hand-made paper and linoleum block printing. The Cultura of Mazatlan, Glen Rogers Studio, and Bluseed Studios sponsor the project. The exchange is just another aspect of BluSeed Studios’ mission “to provide space where artists have the opportunity to experiment, diverge, exhibit, and perform; to move ideas and aesthetics forward; to share this diversity with the community.”

From January 18th through the 25th the artists affiliated with BluSeed Studios worked in the studio of Glen Rogers, held demonstrations, and exchanged ideas with the students and teachers of the Centro Municipal de Artes housed at the Angela Peralta Theatre. Professor/artist Lucila Santiago hosted the artists from New York in her classes to share their expertise in printmaking.

During their visit to Mazatlan, the artists from BluSeed studios were the guest of the Cultura who graciously arranged for their housing during the visit. The favor of hosting will be returned when the Mazatlan artists visit in July. The exchange was the developed by Katherine Levin-Lau, Glen Rogers, and Carol Marie Vossler. Levin-Lau and Rogers had shared studio space earlier in the careers. In addition to the activities at BluSeed Studios in July the group plans on visiting one or two other printmaking centers in the region. To help support or obtain more details about this exchange, call 518-891-3799 or email art@bluseedstudios.org. BluSeed Studios is a member supported not-for-profit organization. Membership information is available at www.bluseedstudios.org.

at BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake NY

 June 17 – July 11, 2010
Opening Reception:  Thursday June 17

SPECIAL EVENT: CALLING ALL WOMEN

The IRIS Group is showing new work at BluSeed this summer, and undertaking another collecting event June 17 from 4 – 7 pm.

IRIS invites women to be a part of their ongoing project that involves writing, mixed media and photography.  The activities from the day’s event will become part of this ongoing cumulative exhibition.   On exhibition will be works by several members of IRIS, objects accumulated, and a projection showing images of women photographed in five years of projects. Participating artists are Laura Hair, Holly McClellan, Janice Prebble, Margaret Rodgers and Sally Thurlow.

And – – – IRIS is COLLECTING

·       An object of any kind, invested with personal or symbolic meaning.  The objects contribute towards an installation, which becomes part of thelarger display.

·       ON-site photographic documentation and hand or foot prints of (willing) women

·       Writings by women in response to a series of questions. 

Concert: BluSeed Studios Presents at Saranac Village Will Rogers: Mustard's Retreat

Saranac Village at Will Rogers

78 Will Rogers Dr

Saranac Lake, NY 12983

518-304-5032

7:30 pm

$14.00/$12.00 members
 
Michael Hough and David Tamulevich formed the folk duo Mustard's Retreat in 1974 in Ann Arbor, MI. Both men were cooks, Connecticut natives, songwriters, and former members of church choirs. As Mustard's Retreat, the two friends performed in front of an audience for the first time at The Ark on one of the coffeehouse's open mic nights. Hough is accomplished on the Autoharp, guitar, and bass. Tamulevich lends his skills with the harmonica, guitar, penny whistle, and dulcimer.

http://www.mustardsretreat.com/music.html

Natalia Zukerman, born in 1975, is an American artist and musician raised in Manhattan, New York. She is the daughter of violist/conductor Pinchas Zukerman and flutist/writer Eugenia Zukerman, and the sister of opera singer Arianna Zukerman.

Zukerman's music is a cross-genre blend of blues, jazz, bluegrass and folk. Her songs are characterized by dense, cryptic lyrics that lack a traditional chorus-verse structure. The subject matter ranges from the whimsical to the metaphysical. Often she tells stories or relates personal observations about life and relationships, but her songs are not "confessional" in nature. Her vocal style reflects strong jazz influences.

Zukerman plays a variety of guitars including acoustic, electric, slide, dobro, lap steel and banjo, but primarily focuses on her Goodall acoustic guitar and vintage 1938 Rickenbacker lap steel guitar. Her guitar playing is described as "fluid and smooth" while she is also acclaimed for her dexterity and nimble fingers.

Reflecting her varied musical roots, Zukerman cites Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie, Bonnie Raitt, Erika Luckett, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones and Ani DiFranco among her musical influences. Her first three albums were released on her own independent record label, Talisman Records. In 2008, she released her fourth album on Willy Porter's Weasel Records label.
Along with her work as singer, songwriter and guitarist, Zukerman is also an accomplished artist specializing in large format drawings and murals.

Joining Natalia this evening is artist, musicain and illustrator – Andy Friedman
(Visit his MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/otherfailures
Check out his illustrations: http://www.andyfriedmanillustration.com/)

PERFORMING SONGWRITER: "Country beat poetry. . .boatloads of tangible details per verse. Friedman has cobbled together ragged folk, blues, rockabilly, and country, crumbling old images and sterile new ones, as well as restlessness and tender attachment. It makes for a heady, human picture."
NODEPRESSION.COM: "Friedman is writing some unforgettable songs."
LA WEEKLY: “A weird, potent strain of art-damaged, ragged-but-right country pathology.”
NASHVILLE SCENE: “Andy Friedman has a dark, singular sense of humor it serves him well as a cartoonist for the likes of the New Yorker, and it serves him even better as an acerbic singer-songwriter with a world-weary delivery and a talent for synthesizing heartache.”

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