Lou Jones Death Row Portraits @ ArtSpace at Bentley Library, NECC

Lou Jones, a Boston based professional photographer, has compiled a series of portrait photographs of men and women on death row. This exhibit has toured internationally and will be in the library through April 4th.

Description:
Giving himself the provocative task of capturing the candid expressions of death row inmates, Jones has used the power of his camera to present these inmates as real people and not just the dark side of humanity. His book, Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row chronicles his six-year odyssey documenting these men and women incarcerated in the U.S.

There will be a reception with Mr. Jones in the library on Thursday, April 2nd, at 6:00 PM. For More information about his work go to his website
http://www.fotojones.com/mall/

The portraits and voices in the work humanize these condemned men and women without minimizing the magnitude of the offenders' crimes or the pain of the victims and their families. Northeastern University Press

This exhibit is presented in coordination with the presentation the social justice play "Dead Man Walking", which follows Sister Helen Prejean as she serves as spiritual adviser to two men on death row in New Orleans, LA, on

Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28 at 7:30 PM,

April 1st at 4:00 PM and April 2, 3, and 4 at 7:30

in the Top Notch Theater in the Spurk Building on the Haverhill campus.

For more information go to the NECC website "Dead Man Walking"

Artist's Reception a Great Success

A large crowd turned out to support Tom Vartabedian and his exhibit of photographs featuring the people of Armenia.

The exhibit will be moving to to Merrimack College in March and the Haverhill Public Library in April. Check out their websites for the details.

Tom Vartabedian Shares Passion for the Armenian People

Meet veteran photojournalist Tom Vartabedian Feburary 12, 2009, Thursday night form 5 PM to 8PM at the ArtSpace @ Bentley Library at NECC - Haverhill Campus.

The 30 color photographs, which are 10x13, are part of a collection taken by Vartabedian during his trip to Armenia in 2006.

He paid particularly close attention to life in the outlying regions of this historic land, whose history dates back 3,000 years. In addition to the exhibit, Vartabedian also is working on publishing a coffee table book of his photographs.

Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Armenian Village People - photographs by Tom Vartabedian

During the month of February at the ArtSpace at Bentley Library at NECC, Tom Vartabedian, will be exhibiting 30 color photographs which celebrate the people of Armenia. Tom captured these images during several trips to his homeland.

The exhibit will run from February 1 thru February 28th, 2009
Please join the artist and friends for a reception on Thursday, February 12th, from 5PM to 8 PM

The photo shown here is entitled "Alphabet Child at Zangezur."

Tom worked as a photojournalist at the Haverhill Gazette for 40 years and continues to write a column for the paper. Tom has won numerous awards from UPI, AP and NE Press Association. He has published photos in the Armenian Weekly for 40 years and has shared his passion with others for a lifetime.

To read a recent article about this exhibit go to: http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2009-01-14-veteran-photojournalist-tom-vartabedian-to-exhibit-images-of-rural-armenia

Something for Everyone @ the Spatial Relations Exhibit

David Hyland has 6 large scale photographs of everyday places like a wet road, a beach cottage or pile of sand. Each image has a strong relationship to the earth/ground. He is also showing 7 three dimensional works of cement, steel, wood and paper. They are twisted, tumbling and "transparent" houses.

Steve Grobis seems to celebrate the 1970's with his four found object sculptures. He combines avocado green sink and an explosion of cables and wires in one piece that hangs on the wall. He stops the viewer in his tracks with orange and gold carpet that sits on the floor and flanks an old orange philco refrigerator door. Anther piece features a harvest gold high chair and red light.

Andrea Panaro shows off her wide range of interests. She is exhibiting 3 woodblock prints entitled "Plane Exploding" and 8 acrylic paintings. The paintings have an earthy feel to them. Some are abstracted figures and other seem to have the forms of rocks or stone. Andrea varies the size of her canvas but keeps the color palate very similar. http://www.necc.mass.edu/

Reception with the Artists- Andrea Panaro, Steve Grobis and David Hyland

Please join the featured artists this month at the ArtSpace @ Bentley Library for a reception for their Spatial Relations exhibit. The reception is this Thursday October 9, 2008 from 5 to 7 PM.

Andrea Panaro, Steve Grobis and David Hyland - respond to Spatial Relations

October at the ArtSpace will feature the work of three recent graduates of Montserrat College of Art, Andrea Panaro, Steve Grobis and David Hyland, beginning Sept 27, through October 25, 2008. This show is free and open to the public. The exhibit is entitled “Spatial Relations” and will include sculpture, painting, printmaking and photography. All three artists put a large emphasis on the importance of space, whether it be in reference to the picture plane or that of a 3-D sculpture that requires a change of environment to be understood.

Andrea Panaro an NECC alumni, is a mixed media artist, whose work deals mainly with abstraction.

David Hyland works with objects in the landscape in his large-scale photographs. davidhylandstudio.com

Steve Grobis utilizes found domestic objects that are re-configured into new contexts.

All are invited to attend the opening reception with the artist on Thursday Oct. 9th, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. This is a great opportunity to meet the artists and learn more about their work.

Tick-Tock Art Show @ ArtSpace at Bentley

Tick-Tock Art Exhibit at the Bentley Library
Northern Essex Community College

Haverhill, Eighteen artists responded to the open call for entries to exhibit work at the Bentley Library, 100 Elliot Street, at the Haverhill Campus, Northern Essex Community College. The show opens on June 2, 2008 and will run through June 30th. The show is open to the public for viewing during regular library hours which are Monday through Thursday 8 AM to 9 PM, Fridays 8 AM to 5PM and Saturdays 9AM to 1PM. For directions see http://www.necc.mass.edu/ All are invited to attend the opening reception with the artists on Thursday, June 5, 2008 from 5PM to 7PM. This is a great opportunity to meet the artists and learn more about their work.
Each artist interpreted the theme, Tick-Tock, like a clock tick-tock, tick-tock. The show includes paintings, collage, pastel, digital imagery, photography and several mixed media pieces.
This is the first of several art shows planned for the Bentley library during the next year. Local artists Paulina Engel and Linda Germain have volunteered to coordinate shows for the library. It is a wonderful space and the hope is both the artists and the community will benefit from this endeavor.

"Parking Meters" by Paul Devine for more of his work go to http://www.pauldevine.com/
For more information contact Linda Germain, at Linda@Linda-germain.com or check out her website at http://www.linda-germain.com/

DEPARTURE: NECC Exiting Students Art and Design Show

DEPARTURE Art show featured work of the Northern Essex Community College exiting art and design students. Show dates April 21st through May 19th 2008. Reception date Wednesday, April 23, 2008 from 3:30 to 5:30 The card above was designed by James Barrile, gradutating student, who is transferring to MASSART. http://www.massart.edu/indexF2.html