Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Planning Stage: selection process for our summer show

Hatch Street Studios is honored to announce that we have been invited to show our work in a group exhibition at Van Vessem Gallery in Tiverton, Rhode Island, this summer. As a first step toward the presentation, gallerist Marika Van Vessem visited our building today to select specific pieces to be included in the show. Accompanied and advised by her friend Miriam Clifford, Marika expressed appreciation for the wide variety of media and styles represented by the artists at Hatch Street.

The exhibit will run from July 8 to August 5, with an opening reception set for July 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. Please plan to join us for our opening, or stop by the gallery while the show is on display. For information on the gallery, visit VanVessemGallery.com.

Thank you, Marika, we appreciate your invitation and look forward to showing our work with you!

Marika (right) and Miriam look through a series of prints by Michael Hecht.

Marika takes a closer look at one of Pam Hoss's large-scale drawings.

Marika photographs a painting by Joe Moniz as documentation for the works she plans to include in the summer show.




Sunday, May 7, 2017

Hatch Street goes to Brookline

Hatch Street artist Michelle Lapointe (Studio 407) will exhibit two of her beautiful stained glass pieces, "Galaxy Light Box" and "Intertwined," in an upcoming show at the Brookline Arts Center titled "Contemporary Craft."

There will be an opening reception on Friday, June 16 from 6 to 8 p.m.

The Brookline Arts Center is located at 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline, MA.

For more information, visit www.brooklineartscenter.com or call 617.566.5715.





Wednesday, May 3, 2017

New gallery, new show!

The perfect way to spend your Friday evening: visit a brand new gallery at Hatch Street!

Denn Santoro and Helen Granger have transformed Space 306a of the Hatch Street building into the S&G Project Gallery, and their first show opens with a reception this Friday, May 5 from 5 to 8 p.m.

Their inaugural exhibit will feature multi-media assemblage artist Holly Carruthers, whose work combines found objects in an effort to "make sense of a world full of stuff." 

The artist says her "vast collection of pilfered wood, glass, metal, ephemera and accoutrement are assembled, fused, overlapped, reorganized and juxtaposed" to create work that is "surreal, dream-like, lyrical, and otherworldly."

Holly's show, titled "Junkstaposition: Upcycling Found Objects to Art," will include 22 of her assemblages. The exhibition will remain on view until June 10. 

Beyond Friday's reception, the gallery will be open by event, appointment or chance; you may email Denn at Denn@SandGProjectGallery.com or call him at 774.279.2606.

Stop by to see this intriguing art, and meet the artist and the gallerists! A group of other Hatch Street artists will have their studios open as well, including Lori Bradley, who has recently relocated from a fourth floor space to a new studio on the second floor, # 211. Also, you can visit Michael and Joan Tracey in Studio 306 (abstract and Impressionist acrylic paintings and ink drawings) and Michelle Lapointe, the Glass Connector (stained glass and abstract paintings) in Studio 407.

For more information on Holly Carruthers' work and on the S&G Project Gallery, check out their website at http://sandgprojectgallery.com/projects/html

There is ample free parking at Hatch Street Studios, and the elevator will be staffed for easy and handicapped access. See you there!



Sunday, April 30, 2017

Hatch Street women reach out to upcoming artists

Women from Hatch Street Studios showed their support for the next generation by participating in Saturday's Work, Women, and Art symposium at the New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks.

This event invites junior and senior high school students who identify as female to network with adult  women professionals in the arts and learn more about real life in an artistic career. (By rough count, there were 20 professionals and 40 students in attendance.)

The day began with a presentation by guest speaker Beth McLaughlin, senior curator at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, who talked about her involvement with the Pussyhat Project and the museum's upcoming exhibit on the craftivism movement. Guests then broke into small groups where panels of art professionals gave details on their career highlights and personal experiences. After more networking over a pizza lunch, students attended workshops on preparing portfolios and applying to art school.

A great time was had by all! Representatives from Hatch Street Studios included Kim Barry, Catherine Carter, Helen Granger, and Michelle Lapointe.



Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Printing with class

Hatch Street artist Pat Daughton recently gave a demonstration to Professor Adrian Tio's printmaking class at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. As part of her visit, Pat showed the students how to create monotypes using a lithographic press.

Here are scenes of her pulling a sample print and discussing her work with the students.

Pat works in studio 414 at Hatch Street; find out more about her work here.



Sunday, April 9, 2017

New online shop offers animal images

Share your love for the critters of the world! Hatch Street artist Lori Bradley has started an online shop on Society6.com with products featuring fun animal-themed art! Click HERE to view her wares, picturing this friendly feline image on T-shirts, mugs, phone covers and more.


Friday, April 7, 2017

Funky abstraction in Warwick exhibit

Hatch Street Studios artist Michelle Lapointe's unique stained-glass piece "Funky Boxes" is on display at the Warwick Center for the Arts in Warwick, RI. The show, titled "Exploring Abstracts" is on view from April 5 to May 26. The gallery's hours are Wednesday from 10 AM to 4 PM; Thursday from 1 to 6 PM, Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM, and Saturday from noon to 3 PM. Check out the show!

Michelle's showroom and work space are located in Studio 407 at Hatch Street Studios. To view more of her work, visit her website at glassconnector.com, or contact her at 508.951.7416 or lapointeunlimited@yahoo.com.

"Funky Boxes" by Michelle Lapointe