Tugboat Gallery (Studio 31)

“American Bust”
Artwork by Dana Rose
Controversial subjects in regards to identity; social culture, politics, relationships, innocence, race, and sexuality are often the driving force in Dana’s art making. The diversity of the pieces and mediums combine to function as a whole in depicting American culture.

Handmade Modern

“Honey & Caramel” Encaustic Paintings by Margaret Berry
Come to Handmade Modern in Parrish Studios to see the latest work by encaustic painter Margaret Berry. Jewelry by Sara Bucy will also be on display.
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Anthony Hawley Studio

100 Work—Vol 2
Black and White
100 works, $100, 100 peeps
The goal: to sell and disperse 100 unique works of identical size to approximately 100 people (or thereabouts).

The idea: while each of square pieces (on a wooden block 6 x 6 x 1 ½ inches) stands alone, it is also part of a larger grid. In buying one of these works, you become part of that community, part of the work itself, and vice versa. We hope to see this 100 scattered across the country over the course of the week.

100x100: We here at Anthony Hawley Studio have come to realize that to see this idea through completely, 100 sets of 100 pieces need to be completed over the years to come. Start being a part of this project now and purchase one of these black and white 100 in person or online starting midnight March 5!

Brain Freeze

Andel’s off-perspective photography
by Bryan Klopping and Steve Andel

Bryan Klopping and Steve Andel will host “Brain Freeze” at 7 p.m. Friday, a one-night-only exhibit in a tiny windowless corner of the Parrish Studios, 14th and O streets. The already tight room will be split into two lighting schemes, one half spotlighting Andel’s off-perspective photography, the other a blacklight-lit display of Klopping’s fluorescent paintings. A big, charcoal-colored blanket will divide blacklight from spotlight.

And as if the experience weren’t already disorienting, Darren “The Show is the Rainbow” Keen will DJ the show from a closet in the corner.

“We wanted to make this more of an experience than an exhibition,” Klopping said. “Like an audio and visual experience rather than just art on the wall.”

But before they could hang anything on the wall, they had to do some serious work on the room. Klopping and Andel were told they could use the space for free, so long as they renovated the room, which had been trashed.

The first time they saw the space, “it looked like a dark dungeon,” Andel said. “It smelled like cigarettes. It had kind of turned into the the little dirty hole of the Parrish Project.”

Over the course of a few weeks, the guys worked on the place, pulling out about 500 staples - the previous tenant liked stapling things to the walls. They applied two layers of primer and hammered into oblivion a big, clunky cabinet that had more or less melded with the wall in the past century.

“There was a lot of stuff to work around with this,” Andel said, “especially working with the different lights and getting everything to work. This is a lot more than I’ve ever had to deal with.”

“Usually,” Klopping said, “you just have to show up and hang stuff.”

Story by Micah Mertes at journalstar.com
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Live Music:
Jared & Chris will be playing country-blues at Parrish Studios at 7 PM