Dining
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 1, 2008 thru Dec 31, 2008Life Drawing: Bottega Gallery, in downtown Wilmington offers life drawing on the second Sunday of each month at 4pm. Draw from a live model with artists of all backgrounds and skill levels. Professional and private atmosphere with wine, beer and café menu available. 208 North Front Street. Call 910.763.3737 for full details and info.
Le Catalan
Valid from May 2, 2008 thru May 11, 2008Specials:
Mimosa
Lobster Salad (NEW!)
Strawberries with Pierre's Chocolate Fondu!
In addition to Le Catalan classics...
Reservations 815-0200
NOW OPEN SUNDAY
LUNCH & DINNER
FROM NOON UNTIL ...
(May - August)
Enjoy a summer breeze...Catch a sunset at Le Catalan!
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 6, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008Starving Artist Night: $2 select wines all day on Tuesdays. Fine, easy drinking wine that we find on special and pass on the savings weekly. Yep, it’s only two dollars. Best wine special in Wilmington. Occasional live music and artist discussions too!
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 7, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008Wine & Music Night: wine tastings and live music: 7–10pm FREE and continually growing in popularity as a mid-week alternative. Bring your friends. Meet new friends. Taste a variety of wines from around the globe every week while surrounding yourself with art and the melodic accompaniment of live jazz, bossa nova and 60’s pop standards from local musicians, Roger Davis and Ron Wilson. It’s Wednesday. It’s fun and informal. Café menu available all night. Finally something to liven up those downtown Wednesday nights! FREE wine!
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 13, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008Open Paint & Create: bring your sketchpad, paint, paper, canvas, clay, pencils, charcoal, or other creative goods, for an evening of communal creativity. Every Tuesday night starting at 7pm. Network, create, explore. Onlookers encouraged. Some materials provided. Occasional 8mm films played throughout the evening. Select wine/beer only $2! Drink & Draw! Draw and Drink!
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 27, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008ART TALK: Artists on Exhibit: a monthly art party. Join us on the last Tuesday of each month for an evening of casual creative conversations featuring local/regional artists, offering their thoughts and ideas about the local art community as well as sharing informative stories, tips, techniques and adventures. Q/A following each conversation to allow citizens and artists an opportunity to discover, opinionate, and educate. Occasional raffles and prizes! Informal and fun! Last Tuesdays at 7pm.
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jun 10, 2008 thru Jul 22, 2008Port City Portraits: a downtown exhibition: featuring artwork in a variety of mediums all related to downtown Wilmington. Oil, acrylic, photography, watercolors, film and mixed media, this art exhibition takes a new and interesting look at our downtown landscape. An opening reception will be held Friday June 13 at 7pm with live music and other such activities to celebrate our marvelous municipality.
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jun 12, 2008 thru Aug 30, 2008Contact: Steven Gibbs
CALL TO FILM MAKERS
Bottega Gallery in downtown Wilmington is currently accepting short experimental films for an upcoming film exhibition to be held on Saturday September 20th. Genres excepted include avant-garde, underground, dada, asynchronous, non-narrative, abstract and other experimental non-genre film oddities. Be creative. No censorship, all ages and experience welcome. Please submit the film in DVD format to Bottega at 208 North Front Street Wilmington, NC 28401 with contact information and a brief description of the film. Filmmakers may submit more than one entry. No fee to enter. Submissions due by August 30. Call 910.763.3737 for details.
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jun 20, 2008 thru Jul 19, 2008CALL TO POETS! Bottega Gallery in downtown Wilmington is currently accepting poetry and prose in all genres for an upcoming one-night poetry festival and publication, Between the Lines. Live readings and poetry chapbook release will be held Friday August 8th at the gallery. Please submit poetry and prose in Microsoft Word format to art@bottegagallery.com by July 19th. Submit up to ten poems. Poets encouraged to read their poems at the festival.. No cost to participate. Call 910.763.3737 for details
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jul 22, 2008 thru Aug 31, 2008Art²: ART IN THE THIRD DIMENSION
On display July 22nd –August 16, 2008, with an opening reception to be held on July 25th at 7pm with live music from Hiroshi Kishimine & Jon Senna as well as the traditional reception fare, wine sampling and artists meet & greet.
Wilmington’s finest multi-dimensional artists are included in this exciting exhibit: Dixon Stetler, Ashley Hudson, Linda Lugo, Paul Stella, Doug Campbell, Everett Freyberg, Kee Wilde-Ramsing, Vicki Smith, Ben Keys, Jennifer Hodges and Angela Johnson. Art² features new works in a variety of media; metal, textiles, glass, wood, clay, spray paint, aluminum and assemblage of found objects.
From abstract wall hangings to traditional freestanding sculpture, Art² is unique to Bottega’s space; as every piece of artwork will be in the round, although most will be attached to the wall or ceiling. Lugo, Stella and Campbell have even incorporated the fourth dimension of light into their pieces, creating functional light sculptures, sconces and softly lit paintings. Stetler, Freyberg and Hudson construct found objects to express disturbing, thoughtful and often humorous representations. Dixon Stetler reflects, “Yucky items usually left alone when spotted on the sidewalk – flip-flops, gloves, cigarette butts, and hoses– these are the inspiration for my work. All the disposable stuff that comes into our lives for just a blip is funny, yet tragic. It should make us uncomfortable. Discomfort, mixed with humor, is the mother of change. By using materials that we use every day, my work is accessible and collaborative, and everyone gets to participate. Garbage men, lost-and-found boxes, and dumpsters supply my art habit. Why buy art supplies when they are free and everywhere? Through sculpture I nurture, offering shade on a hot day, a ride across the river, or a safe place to sleep. I am adding to the conversation.”
In addition, Vicky Smith and Ben Keys have combined their mainstay mediums of Smith’s clay and Key’s oil paint to create a magnificent collaborative triptych. While Wilde-Ramsing, Hodges and Johnson remain true to form in their respective mediums of metal, textiles and glass. This amazingly daring display of artwork is on view through mid-August and should not be missed.
Dates of this exhibit are July 22nd – August 16th 2008
An opening reception will be held on Friday July 25th from 7 – 10pm with an artists meet & greet, as well as, live music, hors d'oeuvres and the traditional gallery fare.
Interviews/questions for the artists?:
Everett Freyburg: everett447@hotmail.com
Paul Stella: numennc@yahoo.com
Kee Wilde-Ramsing: jaded1jewelry@gmail.com
Ashley Hudson: ashleyelizabethhudson@gmail.com
Vicky Smith: smiths@uncw.edu
Angela Johnson: phantazmagoria78@hotmail.com
Ben Keys: ben@benkeys.com
Dixon Stetler: independentartcompany@hotmail.com
Linda Lago: pointofviews@charter.net
Doug Campbell: art@bottegagallery.com
Jennifer Hodges: drawingnature3@yahoo.com
We will be hanging the exhibit Sunday July 20th – Monday July 21st, please feel free to stop by for a personal preview of the exhibit.
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jul 31, 2008 thru Jan 1, 2000Contact Info: Steven Gibbs
Date: Thursday July 31st 8pm
Cringe: an evening of true stories: Join us for another night of dishonorable discourse. No fantasy, no fiction, no make believe: 100% true stories from local citizens. Bizarre, scary, hilarious, mischievous, scandalous, fun, wacky, and weird. Thursday, July 31st. 8pm. Hear secrets and hidden truths. Despair and comedy encouraged. Embarrassment and hilarity expected. Want to share something? Please call to sign up. We’re looking for true, fun, interesting stories to share in front of an open-minded general audience. An evening where private becomes public. 910.763.3737
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Aug 16, 2008 thru Jan 1, 2000Bottega Gallery presents Swoon: a celebration of women in music. Enjoy an inspirationally energetic evening of live music featuring the talents and techniques of female musicians from around the Cape Fear region. Swoon also features a collection of short films from female filmmakers as well as an assortment of female poets and a contemporary dance performance from the wonderful women of Forward Motion along with wine and beer specials from a fabulous collection of female fermenters. A female tarot card reader will also be available for fortunes and fancy. Free. All ages. 910.763.3737 for details.
Swoon Schedule:
5:00pm: Event Opening, Female Film Showcase
6:00pm: Forward Motion Dance Troupe Performance
6:30pm: Elizabeth Lewis
7:00pm: Margot in the Nightbox
7:30pm: Marysue Proveaux
8:00pm: Jennifer Melton
8:30pm: Sera Harold
9:00pm: Emily Robinson
9:30pm: Lynn Casper
10:00pm: Deanne Carroll
10:30pm: Karen Perlmutter
11:00pm: Faith Coleman
Poetry will be intermittent between music sets. Tarot Card readings throughout the evening.
Shopping
RDG Glassblowing
Valid from Jan 1, 2000 thru Jan 1, 2000Did you know that we're renting torch time? $10/hr & $25/hr for private lessons.
Wilmington Wine Shoppe
Valid from Jan 1, 2000 thru Jan 1, 2000Free wine tasting every Thursday from 6-8.
Edge of Urge
Valid from Dec 31, 2006 thru Dec 31, 2008
New Elements Gallery
Valid from Dec 31, 2006 thru Dec 31, 2008Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 1, 2008 thru Dec 31, 2008Life Drawing: Bottega Gallery, in downtown Wilmington offers life drawing on the second Sunday of each month at 4pm. Draw from a live model with artists of all backgrounds and skill levels. Professional and private atmosphere with wine, beer and café menu available. 208 North Front Street. Call 910.763.3737 for full details and info.
Le Catalan
Valid from May 2, 2008 thru May 11, 2008Specials:
Mimosa
Lobster Salad (NEW!)
Strawberries with Pierre's Chocolate Fondu!
In addition to Le Catalan classics...
Reservations 815-0200
NOW OPEN SUNDAY
LUNCH & DINNER
FROM NOON UNTIL ...
(May - August)
Enjoy a summer breeze...Catch a sunset at Le Catalan!
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 6, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008Starving Artist Night: $2 select wines all day on Tuesdays. Fine, easy drinking wine that we find on special and pass on the savings weekly. Yep, it’s only two dollars. Best wine special in Wilmington. Occasional live music and artist discussions too!
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 7, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008Wine & Music Night: wine tastings and live music: 7–10pm FREE and continually growing in popularity as a mid-week alternative. Bring your friends. Meet new friends. Taste a variety of wines from around the globe every week while surrounding yourself with art and the melodic accompaniment of live jazz, bossa nova and 60’s pop standards from local musicians, Roger Davis and Ron Wilson. It’s Wednesday. It’s fun and informal. Café menu available all night. Finally something to liven up those downtown Wednesday nights! FREE wine!
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 13, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008Open Paint & Create: bring your sketchpad, paint, paper, canvas, clay, pencils, charcoal, or other creative goods, for an evening of communal creativity. Every Tuesday night starting at 7pm. Network, create, explore. Onlookers encouraged. Some materials provided. Occasional 8mm films played throughout the evening. Select wine/beer only $2! Drink & Draw! Draw and Drink!
New Elements Gallery
Valid from May 23, 2008 thru Jun 21, 2008“Paperworks” featuring artists Rebecca Humphrey and Susan Mauney.
May 23-June 21, 2008
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 27, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008ART TALK: Artists on Exhibit: a monthly art party. Join us on the last Tuesday of each month for an evening of casual creative conversations featuring local/regional artists, offering their thoughts and ideas about the local art community as well as sharing informative stories, tips, techniques and adventures. Q/A following each conversation to allow citizens and artists an opportunity to discover, opinionate, and educate. Occasional raffles and prizes! Informal and fun! Last Tuesdays at 7pm.
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jun 10, 2008 thru Jul 22, 2008Port City Portraits: a downtown exhibition: featuring artwork in a variety of mediums all related to downtown Wilmington. Oil, acrylic, photography, watercolors, film and mixed media, this art exhibition takes a new and interesting look at our downtown landscape. An opening reception will be held Friday June 13 at 7pm with live music and other such activities to celebrate our marvelous municipality.
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jun 12, 2008 thru Aug 30, 2008Contact: Steven Gibbs
CALL TO FILM MAKERS
Bottega Gallery in downtown Wilmington is currently accepting short experimental films for an upcoming film exhibition to be held on Saturday September 20th. Genres excepted include avant-garde, underground, dada, asynchronous, non-narrative, abstract and other experimental non-genre film oddities. Be creative. No censorship, all ages and experience welcome. Please submit the film in DVD format to Bottega at 208 North Front Street Wilmington, NC 28401 with contact information and a brief description of the film. Filmmakers may submit more than one entry. No fee to enter. Submissions due by August 30. Call 910.763.3737 for details.
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jun 20, 2008 thru Jul 19, 2008CALL TO POETS! Bottega Gallery in downtown Wilmington is currently accepting poetry and prose in all genres for an upcoming one-night poetry festival and publication, Between the Lines. Live readings and poetry chapbook release will be held Friday August 8th at the gallery. Please submit poetry and prose in Microsoft Word format to art@bottegagallery.com by July 19th. Submit up to ten poems. Poets encouraged to read their poems at the festival.. No cost to participate. Call 910.763.3737 for details
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jul 22, 2008 thru Aug 31, 2008Art²: ART IN THE THIRD DIMENSION
On display July 22nd –August 16, 2008, with an opening reception to be held on July 25th at 7pm with live music from Hiroshi Kishimine & Jon Senna as well as the traditional reception fare, wine sampling and artists meet & greet.
Wilmington’s finest multi-dimensional artists are included in this exciting exhibit: Dixon Stetler, Ashley Hudson, Linda Lugo, Paul Stella, Doug Campbell, Everett Freyberg, Kee Wilde-Ramsing, Vicki Smith, Ben Keys, Jennifer Hodges and Angela Johnson. Art² features new works in a variety of media; metal, textiles, glass, wood, clay, spray paint, aluminum and assemblage of found objects.
From abstract wall hangings to traditional freestanding sculpture, Art² is unique to Bottega’s space; as every piece of artwork will be in the round, although most will be attached to the wall or ceiling. Lugo, Stella and Campbell have even incorporated the fourth dimension of light into their pieces, creating functional light sculptures, sconces and softly lit paintings. Stetler, Freyberg and Hudson construct found objects to express disturbing, thoughtful and often humorous representations. Dixon Stetler reflects, “Yucky items usually left alone when spotted on the sidewalk – flip-flops, gloves, cigarette butts, and hoses– these are the inspiration for my work. All the disposable stuff that comes into our lives for just a blip is funny, yet tragic. It should make us uncomfortable. Discomfort, mixed with humor, is the mother of change. By using materials that we use every day, my work is accessible and collaborative, and everyone gets to participate. Garbage men, lost-and-found boxes, and dumpsters supply my art habit. Why buy art supplies when they are free and everywhere? Through sculpture I nurture, offering shade on a hot day, a ride across the river, or a safe place to sleep. I am adding to the conversation.”
In addition, Vicky Smith and Ben Keys have combined their mainstay mediums of Smith’s clay and Key’s oil paint to create a magnificent collaborative triptych. While Wilde-Ramsing, Hodges and Johnson remain true to form in their respective mediums of metal, textiles and glass. This amazingly daring display of artwork is on view through mid-August and should not be missed.
Dates of this exhibit are July 22nd – August 16th 2008
An opening reception will be held on Friday July 25th from 7 – 10pm with an artists meet & greet, as well as, live music, hors d'oeuvres and the traditional gallery fare.
Interviews/questions for the artists?:
Everett Freyburg: everett447@hotmail.com
Paul Stella: numennc@yahoo.com
Kee Wilde-Ramsing: jaded1jewelry@gmail.com
Ashley Hudson: ashleyelizabethhudson@gmail.com
Vicky Smith: smiths@uncw.edu
Angela Johnson: phantazmagoria78@hotmail.com
Ben Keys: ben@benkeys.com
Dixon Stetler: independentartcompany@hotmail.com
Linda Lago: pointofviews@charter.net
Doug Campbell: art@bottegagallery.com
Jennifer Hodges: drawingnature3@yahoo.com
We will be hanging the exhibit Sunday July 20th – Monday July 21st, please feel free to stop by for a personal preview of the exhibit.
New Elements Gallery
Valid from Jul 25, 2008 thru Aug 16, 2008Exhibition: Juxtaposition of Colors
July 25- August 16, 2008
Featuring: Catherine C. Martin & Nancy Tuttle May
Opening Reception: Friday, July 25th, 6-9 pm
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jul 31, 2008 thru Jan 1, 2000Contact Info: Steven Gibbs
Date: Thursday July 31st 8pm
Cringe: an evening of true stories: Join us for another night of dishonorable discourse. No fantasy, no fiction, no make believe: 100% true stories from local citizens. Bizarre, scary, hilarious, mischievous, scandalous, fun, wacky, and weird. Thursday, July 31st. 8pm. Hear secrets and hidden truths. Despair and comedy encouraged. Embarrassment and hilarity expected. Want to share something? Please call to sign up. We’re looking for true, fun, interesting stories to share in front of an open-minded general audience. An evening where private becomes public. 910.763.3737
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Aug 16, 2008 thru Jan 1, 2000Bottega Gallery presents Swoon: a celebration of women in music. Enjoy an inspirationally energetic evening of live music featuring the talents and techniques of female musicians from around the Cape Fear region. Swoon also features a collection of short films from female filmmakers as well as an assortment of female poets and a contemporary dance performance from the wonderful women of Forward Motion along with wine and beer specials from a fabulous collection of female fermenters. A female tarot card reader will also be available for fortunes and fancy. Free. All ages. 910.763.3737 for details.
Swoon Schedule:
5:00pm: Event Opening, Female Film Showcase
6:00pm: Forward Motion Dance Troupe Performance
6:30pm: Elizabeth Lewis
7:00pm: Margot in the Nightbox
7:30pm: Marysue Proveaux
8:00pm: Jennifer Melton
8:30pm: Sera Harold
9:00pm: Emily Robinson
9:30pm: Lynn Casper
10:00pm: Deanne Carroll
10:30pm: Karen Perlmutter
11:00pm: Faith Coleman
Poetry will be intermittent between music sets. Tarot Card readings throughout the evening.
Attractions
RDG Glassblowing
Valid from Jan 1, 2000 thru Jan 1, 2000Did you know that we're renting torch time? $10/hr & $25/hr for private lessons.
Wilmington Wine Shoppe
Valid from Jan 1, 2000 thru Jan 1, 2000Free wine tasting every Thursday from 6-8.
New Elements Gallery
Valid from Dec 31, 2006 thru Dec 31, 2008Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 1, 2008 thru Dec 31, 2008Life Drawing: Bottega Gallery, in downtown Wilmington offers life drawing on the second Sunday of each month at 4pm. Draw from a live model with artists of all backgrounds and skill levels. Professional and private atmosphere with wine, beer and café menu available. 208 North Front Street. Call 910.763.3737 for full details and info.
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 6, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008Starving Artist Night: $2 select wines all day on Tuesdays. Fine, easy drinking wine that we find on special and pass on the savings weekly. Yep, it’s only two dollars. Best wine special in Wilmington. Occasional live music and artist discussions too!
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 7, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008Wine & Music Night: wine tastings and live music: 7–10pm FREE and continually growing in popularity as a mid-week alternative. Bring your friends. Meet new friends. Taste a variety of wines from around the globe every week while surrounding yourself with art and the melodic accompaniment of live jazz, bossa nova and 60’s pop standards from local musicians, Roger Davis and Ron Wilson. It’s Wednesday. It’s fun and informal. Café menu available all night. Finally something to liven up those downtown Wednesday nights! FREE wine!
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 13, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008Open Paint & Create: bring your sketchpad, paint, paper, canvas, clay, pencils, charcoal, or other creative goods, for an evening of communal creativity. Every Tuesday night starting at 7pm. Network, create, explore. Onlookers encouraged. Some materials provided. Occasional 8mm films played throughout the evening. Select wine/beer only $2! Drink & Draw! Draw and Drink!
New Elements Gallery
Valid from May 23, 2008 thru Jun 21, 2008“Paperworks” featuring artists Rebecca Humphrey and Susan Mauney.
May 23-June 21, 2008
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from May 27, 2008 thru Dec 30, 2008ART TALK: Artists on Exhibit: a monthly art party. Join us on the last Tuesday of each month for an evening of casual creative conversations featuring local/regional artists, offering their thoughts and ideas about the local art community as well as sharing informative stories, tips, techniques and adventures. Q/A following each conversation to allow citizens and artists an opportunity to discover, opinionate, and educate. Occasional raffles and prizes! Informal and fun! Last Tuesdays at 7pm.
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jun 10, 2008 thru Jul 22, 2008Port City Portraits: a downtown exhibition: featuring artwork in a variety of mediums all related to downtown Wilmington. Oil, acrylic, photography, watercolors, film and mixed media, this art exhibition takes a new and interesting look at our downtown landscape. An opening reception will be held Friday June 13 at 7pm with live music and other such activities to celebrate our marvelous municipality.
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jun 12, 2008 thru Aug 30, 2008Contact: Steven Gibbs
CALL TO FILM MAKERS
Bottega Gallery in downtown Wilmington is currently accepting short experimental films for an upcoming film exhibition to be held on Saturday September 20th. Genres excepted include avant-garde, underground, dada, asynchronous, non-narrative, abstract and other experimental non-genre film oddities. Be creative. No censorship, all ages and experience welcome. Please submit the film in DVD format to Bottega at 208 North Front Street Wilmington, NC 28401 with contact information and a brief description of the film. Filmmakers may submit more than one entry. No fee to enter. Submissions due by August 30. Call 910.763.3737 for details.
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jun 20, 2008 thru Jul 19, 2008CALL TO POETS! Bottega Gallery in downtown Wilmington is currently accepting poetry and prose in all genres for an upcoming one-night poetry festival and publication, Between the Lines. Live readings and poetry chapbook release will be held Friday August 8th at the gallery. Please submit poetry and prose in Microsoft Word format to art@bottegagallery.com by July 19th. Submit up to ten poems. Poets encouraged to read their poems at the festival.. No cost to participate. Call 910.763.3737 for details
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jul 22, 2008 thru Aug 31, 2008Art²: ART IN THE THIRD DIMENSION
On display July 22nd –August 16, 2008, with an opening reception to be held on July 25th at 7pm with live music from Hiroshi Kishimine & Jon Senna as well as the traditional reception fare, wine sampling and artists meet & greet.
Wilmington’s finest multi-dimensional artists are included in this exciting exhibit: Dixon Stetler, Ashley Hudson, Linda Lugo, Paul Stella, Doug Campbell, Everett Freyberg, Kee Wilde-Ramsing, Vicki Smith, Ben Keys, Jennifer Hodges and Angela Johnson. Art² features new works in a variety of media; metal, textiles, glass, wood, clay, spray paint, aluminum and assemblage of found objects.
From abstract wall hangings to traditional freestanding sculpture, Art² is unique to Bottega’s space; as every piece of artwork will be in the round, although most will be attached to the wall or ceiling. Lugo, Stella and Campbell have even incorporated the fourth dimension of light into their pieces, creating functional light sculptures, sconces and softly lit paintings. Stetler, Freyberg and Hudson construct found objects to express disturbing, thoughtful and often humorous representations. Dixon Stetler reflects, “Yucky items usually left alone when spotted on the sidewalk – flip-flops, gloves, cigarette butts, and hoses– these are the inspiration for my work. All the disposable stuff that comes into our lives for just a blip is funny, yet tragic. It should make us uncomfortable. Discomfort, mixed with humor, is the mother of change. By using materials that we use every day, my work is accessible and collaborative, and everyone gets to participate. Garbage men, lost-and-found boxes, and dumpsters supply my art habit. Why buy art supplies when they are free and everywhere? Through sculpture I nurture, offering shade on a hot day, a ride across the river, or a safe place to sleep. I am adding to the conversation.”
In addition, Vicky Smith and Ben Keys have combined their mainstay mediums of Smith’s clay and Key’s oil paint to create a magnificent collaborative triptych. While Wilde-Ramsing, Hodges and Johnson remain true to form in their respective mediums of metal, textiles and glass. This amazingly daring display of artwork is on view through mid-August and should not be missed.
Dates of this exhibit are July 22nd – August 16th 2008
An opening reception will be held on Friday July 25th from 7 – 10pm with an artists meet & greet, as well as, live music, hors d'oeuvres and the traditional gallery fare.
Interviews/questions for the artists?:
Everett Freyburg: everett447@hotmail.com
Paul Stella: numennc@yahoo.com
Kee Wilde-Ramsing: jaded1jewelry@gmail.com
Ashley Hudson: ashleyelizabethhudson@gmail.com
Vicky Smith: smiths@uncw.edu
Angela Johnson: phantazmagoria78@hotmail.com
Ben Keys: ben@benkeys.com
Dixon Stetler: independentartcompany@hotmail.com
Linda Lago: pointofviews@charter.net
Doug Campbell: art@bottegagallery.com
Jennifer Hodges: drawingnature3@yahoo.com
We will be hanging the exhibit Sunday July 20th – Monday July 21st, please feel free to stop by for a personal preview of the exhibit.
New Elements Gallery
Valid from Jul 25, 2008 thru Aug 16, 2008Exhibition: Juxtaposition of Colors
July 25- August 16, 2008
Featuring: Catherine C. Martin & Nancy Tuttle May
Opening Reception: Friday, July 25th, 6-9 pm
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Jul 31, 2008 thru Jan 1, 2000Contact Info: Steven Gibbs
Date: Thursday July 31st 8pm
Cringe: an evening of true stories: Join us for another night of dishonorable discourse. No fantasy, no fiction, no make believe: 100% true stories from local citizens. Bizarre, scary, hilarious, mischievous, scandalous, fun, wacky, and weird. Thursday, July 31st. 8pm. Hear secrets and hidden truths. Despair and comedy encouraged. Embarrassment and hilarity expected. Want to share something? Please call to sign up. We’re looking for true, fun, interesting stories to share in front of an open-minded general audience. An evening where private becomes public. 910.763.3737
Bottega Gallery & Art Bar
Valid from Aug 16, 2008 thru Jan 1, 2000Bottega Gallery presents Swoon: a celebration of women in music. Enjoy an inspirationally energetic evening of live music featuring the talents and techniques of female musicians from around the Cape Fear region. Swoon also features a collection of short films from female filmmakers as well as an assortment of female poets and a contemporary dance performance from the wonderful women of Forward Motion along with wine and beer specials from a fabulous collection of female fermenters. A female tarot card reader will also be available for fortunes and fancy. Free. All ages. 910.763.3737 for details.
Swoon Schedule:
5:00pm: Event Opening, Female Film Showcase
6:00pm: Forward Motion Dance Troupe Performance
6:30pm: Elizabeth Lewis
7:00pm: Margot in the Nightbox
7:30pm: Marysue Proveaux
8:00pm: Jennifer Melton
8:30pm: Sera Harold
9:00pm: Emily Robinson
9:30pm: Lynn Casper
10:00pm: Deanne Carroll
10:30pm: Karen Perlmutter
11:00pm: Faith Coleman
Poetry will be intermittent between music sets. Tarot Card readings throughout the evening.
Services
RDG Glassblowing
Valid from Jan 1, 2000 thru Jan 1, 2000Did you know that we're renting torch time? $10/hr & $25/hr for private lessons.
New Hanover County Public Library
Valid from Jun 6, 2008 thru Sep 1, 2008New Hanover County Public Library’s annual Summer Reading Club begins Friday, June 6, and preregistration is open now at www.nhclibrary.org. This year’s theme is “Catch the Reading Bug!”
Online registration for Summer Reading Club is new this year, and so is this: ADULTS may join as well as children and teenagers! Members will keep online logs of the time they spend reading, and can post comments about books on the library’s web page. Club members pick their own reading material and may count time spent reading magazines, newspapers, audiobooks, and web sites as well as books.
Age groups for Summer Reading Club 2008 are:
“Catch the Reading Bug” - children ages 0 to 11 will earn stickers, a bookmark, a certificate and a Treasure Chest prize while they complete a total of 12 hours reading or listening to someone else read aloud.
“Metamorphosis” - tweens and teens ages 11 to 18 who log reading time during June, July, and August will be entered in a monthly drawing for gift cards and other prizes.
· “Don’t Bug Me, I’m Reading” – adults who log reading time and post reading recommendations online during June, July, and August will be entered in a monthly drawing for gift cards and prizes.
For more information about Summer Reading Club 2008 and about free family programs offered at the Library during the upcoming summer, please call Youth Services Librarian Margaret Miles at 910.798.6303.
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