Leif Goldberg @ the Stairwell Gallery...

This month, the Stairwell Gallery is featuring work by Leif Goldberg.

Located at 504 Broadway, Providence, visitors are greeted in the window by a life-sized coyote-man marionette puppet. Throughout the space are a collection of Goldberg's paintings, drawings, & screenprints.

Also showing in the gallery this month is a series by Erin Rosenthal called "Garbage Dancers."

The show runs through April 3.

Firehouse 13

Firehouse 13.

Located at 41 Central St, Providence, Firehouse 13 is "a forward thinking urban project appealing to experimental artists and creative innovators."

A converted firehouse, Firehouse 13's three floors house an "experimental space," available for rent by individuals or organizations for gallery shows or events. Second floor is houses 7 rooms for artists in residence, giving them creative live/work spaces while the third floor is a 1286 sq. ft. open space available for rent.

A calendar of events is available at firehouse13.org.

Official site: www.firehouse13.org

Myspace: www.myspace.com/fh13

Email: contact@firehouse13.org

RISD: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19

This might be cool!
Opening Reception: Styrofoam 5:30pm view the exhibition Styrofoam 6:45pm panel discussion with artists in the exhibition: Heide Fasnacht, Steve Keister, Bruce Pearson, Richard Tuttle, and B. WurtzThe exhibition raises a number of compelling questions about issues of choice, transformation and consumption. What draws an artist to a particular material? What are the consequences of their selections? Join us to view Styrofoam and then hear a discussion with artists whose work is on view in the exhibition.

Seeking proposals for the Providence Art Windows Project

Seeking proposals for the Providence Art Windows Project, Providence, RI.
Art will be installed by selected artists in windows downtown. Work may be pre-existing or site specific; 2D or 3D. Jury includes Diana Gaston, Associate Curator, Fidelity Investments. Two rounds of installations: opening 9/18/08 and 12/6/08. Deadline for both: postmarked 6/15/08. $100 stipend available. Send 10 jpegs on disk, proposal, resume and SASE to: 205 Kenyon Ave., E. Greenwich, RI, 02818. No email entries. Information: Liz Keithline, keithlineri [at] cox dot net, (put "Windows" in subject line), or 401/578-4313
For more call for entries announcements and events, visit the RISCA blog.

OK, SO IT'S A LITTLE CREEPY, BUT...a little cool! Hurry boyznghouls, there's still time

call for entries CRYTICTIC PROVIDENCE
PROPOSAL DEADLINE IS APRIL 1, 2008.
An historic Rhode Island cemetery will be opened up to artists and performers this summer for temporary art installations and performances for the project Cryptic Providence. Provincetown, MA artist Jay Critchley will direct this unique undertaking, funded by a New Works grant from the Rhode Island Foundation and sponsored by the City of Providence Parks Department and the Department of Art, Culture & Tourism, and AS220. Cryptic Providence will open Friday, June 13.
A request for proposals has been issued for visual artists, photographers, poets, writers, dancers, actors, historians, musicians, hip hop and spoken word performers, new media artists, filmmakers and cultural organizations. The submission for proposals is April 1. Applicants are invited to a project review and tour of the cemetery on February 23 and March 1 at 1:00 pm. For more information and application details contact: reroot@comcast.net

Artists are asked to examine and interpret the history of North Burial Ground, established in 1700, and burial practices in relation to the rich history of Rhode Island. Applicants should send: a one page written proposal with requested cemetery location, time and technical requirements; resume; and documentation of work (only one of the following): DVD (five minutes), CD or photographs – up to 10 images; or, five to ten pages of text (poetry, narrative, drama, lyrics). Small stipends are available. Proposals should be sent to: Jay Critchley, Cryptic Providence, Providence Parks Department North Burial Ground, 5 Branch Avenue, Providence, RI 02904. Postmark date is April 1, 2008.
Cryptic Providence is meant to increase understanding of the history of Providence and Rhode Island, create new ideas, perspectives and images about our relationship with death, dying and burial customs, and bring awareness of the historical and cultural resources of North Burial Ground.

Critchley is a multi-media artist who lives year round in Provincetown, MA and is represented by artSTRAND. From performances, rituals and Boston State House legislation to his Big Dig BigTwig project and award-winning Martucket Eyeland Resort & Theme Park, his eco-activist art goes back to the early 1980s with his Provincetown “sand car” series. Last summer he created the public art project, Beige Motel, on Route 6, North Truro, MA encrusting a 1955 A-frame structure – soon to be demolished – with sand. His work has been shown throughout the world – last year a performance project at the Hemispheric Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina and shows at the Andy Warhol Museum and The LAB in San Francisco. His project GLOBAL YAWNING for a small planet is presently on view at the Boston Center for the Arts through March 31, 2008. He was an artist in residence at AS220 in 2000, producing his first movie: Providence Dirt Newsreel.

Peter Gemei @ the AS220 Project Space!

My apologies for disappearing for a while...it's time to get things back on track!

This guy is one of my customers at the camera store. Not only is he really talented & pushing the boundaries of traditional photography, but he's also a really cool guy. If you have time, you really need to check out this show.

This month, 1-30 March 2008, you can see work by Peter Gemei at the AS220 Project Space located at 93 Matthewson St, Providence.

Peter is a glass blower by trade who has been learning photography since 2003. He started working in 4x5 sheet film last year & has been experimenting with exposing his glasswork onto black & white sheet film.

See his glass & photography at the AS220 Project Space through 30 March.

Hours: 1-6pm Wed-Fri / Noon-4pm Sat & by appointment.

www.as220.org for more details.