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MEET THE ARTIST - MARK MAHER 1n 1994 at the age of fourteen, Maher began to notice graffiti. His brother was a comic book artist who attended art school. His mother had artistic talents and Maher always doesn't remember a time when he himself wasn't drawing or painting. When he was fifteen, Maher began to "learn the art of the can," or "can control." "When I started painting, I realized just how hard it was to be good and I always wanted to be good," Maher states. "And you can't help but start out bad. The only way you get good is to do it." It was a long process, learning how to control the spray, letting it flow into the letters and images that were in his mind. Maher wasn't just interested in "tagging,' or putting his name in spray paint everywhere. 'Tagging," he explains, "is just your name - it's just a hand style." "You can't paint pretty pictures without doing the other stuff," he continues. "Your hand style teaches you flow, can control, stylistic movements, and letter forms which is very, very important because the entire art form is based on letters." Maher uses the techniques he learned to convey ideas. The art of graffiti is based in letter forms and those letters can be combined into words, or blown up into abstractions. Rhode Island is a long way from Los Angeles and New York City, both considered tops for graffiti art, both legal and illegal. In those cities, graffiti is just as likely to be inside on the walls of a gallery as outside on the streets. Maher persisted looking for ways to combine his love for graffiti into legal avenues. He began to spray paint murals on commission for area businesses. After graduating from Rhode Island College with a degree in computer information. Maher abandoned his degree and embraced graphic design. He now works in a screen print shop designing t-shirts and freelances as a graphic designer. Recently Maher was asked to do his first wall in the Bronx. It's
a legal wall, which means the Maher had permission from the owner
of the building to paint it. Maher has also won two graffiti contests
in East Greenwich. In The three canvasses Maher is showing here are based on three separate
graffiti styles. "The green one," Maher explains, "is
a graffiti style that was popular in the 90s, revamped to make it
my own. It's the middle of a letter." Maher continues, "The third canvas I like a lot. It's a super
nova with no hard outlines." Chapel
Gallery & Labyrinth November 20 Reception with the artist : 5 to 9 pm Having graduated from Antioch College in 2007 with a double major in visual art and psychology, Ms. Magliocchetti enjoys experimenting three dimensionally with acrylic and watercolor painting and with ceramics and multimedia. Ms. Magliocchetti's "Forms of Memory" exhibit, which features "seven multimedia sculptures representing anatomical hearts..., explores...memory and how we contain it, emotion and where it is experienced in the body..., (and) relationships to the material objects we choose to hold on to. Items specifically representing the emotions of happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, fear, and surprise...are displayed within each of the sculptures. Through the work, the artist wishes to facilitate a visual and tactile dialogue,...inviting the viewer to participate...(in the experience)." For further information, please visit the Church's website at churchmouse02903@yahoo.com or call the Church office at 401-331-8900. The Chapel Gallery is an intimate gallery space of 20' x 30' where a new show is open each month as well as special music events. The church also hosts an 11-circuit labyrinth patterned after the labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral in France, open on Gallery Nights from 5 pm to 8:45 pm. Copacetic
Rudely Elegant Jewelry Ongoing: Copacetic Rudely Elegant Jewelry opened in 1985 and carries jewelry and clocks from over 120 artists, including 30 of which are local. Copacetic also carries a variety of unique gadgets and repairs are done not only on fine jewelry, but also on sterling silver, antique, and costume jewelry. November is the first Gallery Night reception in Copacetic'c new location at 17 Peck Street. Gallery 17 Peck Providence
Art Windows
Neal will discuss and present his work in glass. His pieces draw from a multitude of sources, including the visual language of architecture, the human figure, and cultural iconography. Often inspired by museums of ancient artifacts as well as books, magazines, and travel experiences, Neal will discuss his goal to create ultra modern artifacts, individual objects that enhance the living environment, questioning preconceived notions of material and time. About Neal Also of interest at the Library Sol
Koffler Graduate Student Gallery, RISD Sol Koffler Gallery is the primary exhibition space for graduate
students at URI
Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery POSITIVELY AWARE is a year-long arts integration educational project culminating with a mixed media exhibit and performance installation from professional artists, community artists, and middle and high school youth from Central Falls Providence, West Warwick and Woonsocket along with work from children in Africa through PlanUSA as an outcome from studying HIV/AIDS today, and exploring healthy choices. This project was created through the cooperation of URI Providence Campus Urban Arts and Culture Program and The Traveling Theatre Company in cooperation with (PASA) Providence After School Alliance, AIDS Project RI/ Family Services, AFIA/Family Service, Mathewson Street United Methodist Church ARTREACH and AIDS Quilt RI, and the Met School. The Exhibit and Performance Installation includes creative writing and artwork by Heather Adels, Jeffery Andreoni, Joshua Brittingham, Adrian ‘Ponch’ Bustanaute, Harold Chartier, Jill Ann Cook, Kevin Cuhna, Robert Dilworth, Aviva Grossman, Kim Hancock, Steve Hayes, Kelly Irwin, Linda Louse King, Nora Lewis, Justin McDavitt, James Kieran McGonnell, Vanessa Miller, Jon Milliron, Munir D. Mohammed, Zan Nordlund, Steve Parkhurst, Sam Peck, Kyle Rindquist, Joshua CJG Robinson, Jacqueline Sylvia, Jose Tapia, and youth from Central Falls, Providence, West Warwick, Woonsocket schools, and youth from Africa through Hilary Wallis with PlanUSA. On Gallery Night, November 20 5:00pm - 9:00 pm there will be original dramatic performances by the youth from the Met School, Deering Middle School in West Warwick, Woonsocket High School and PASA along with creative writing from the Mathewson Street United Methodist Church ARTREACH program. SIGN/OMELAS the award winning play written and performed by Steve Kidd about a child born with HIV will be presented to middle and high school group performances by reservation only November 20 & 21 10am. There will be an open performance Friday November 21 @7:30 (pay what you can). Contact Steven Pennell 277-5206 or spennell@etal.uri.edu for reservations
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