Angels Gate Cultural Center Open Studios Day May 1, 12:00-4:00
Angels Gate Cultural Center Open Studios Day is a bi-annual event celebrating all that happens on their campus and the diverse and lively community that makes us unique. Over 50 Studio Artists will open their doors for you to see what they create in their studios. The Artists in Classroom and Community Class programs demonstrate the work that happens onsite and in the community throughout the year. Our gallery will open three new exhibitions featuring both locally and nationally recognized artists. Please join us for art, food, music and fun, where all ages will find something to celebrate.
DETAILS:
Studio Artist Open House:
Angels Gate Cultural Center is home year round to one of the largest Studio Artist Programs in the region, with a diverse body of disciplines including ceramics, photography, printmaking, music, writing, and filmmaking. On Open Studios Day, 52 artists open their studios to the public to show their work. Several artists will demonstrate their craft and many will have artowrk for sale.
Community Class Demonstrations/Performances:
Angels Gate Cultural Center holds a variety of classes including dance, yoga, meditation, karate and Japanese archery. This year the Community Classes will provide demonstrations and performances of Hula, Belly Dancing, and more. There will also be a drum circle to join into and share your musical talents.
Childrens Art Workshops:
Students art from our Artists in Classroom program will be shown. Artist-Teachers from the program will be leading workshops for all ages, in which they will create their own unique souvenir from Open Studios Day. In celebration of May Day, visitors will be able to make a May Day crown.
Gallery Opening:
Angels Gate Cultural Center is pleased to present New Monuments; three solo exhibitions exploring monumental absences in our cultural and built landscapes. The solo exhibitions are Andy J. Brown’s Arc (Main Gallery I), Lowell Nickel’s “Well” Traveled (Unsettling Times) (Project Space) and Benjy Russell’s Battlefield of Flowers (Main Gallery II). Materials corresponding to May Day peformances by James McCarthy and Edgar Frias will be on display in the Community Gallery. Syracuse MFA candidates Madeline Bartley, Andrea Denniston, Brent Erikson and Neven Lochhead will present work from their semester at Angels Gate Cultural Center in the Community Gallery and Community Room.
The gallery is producing two orginal performances inspired by May Day, “Grounded” by James McCarthy and “Autnomous and Intentional Divine Sanctuary” by Edgar Frias.
More information at www.angelsgateart.org