Jazz Week @ ARTSomerville

By greer on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 3:16 pm

ARTSomerville and The Nave Gallery present three evenings of jazz at The Nave Gallery, Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, 155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA. Information: Randy Winchester, RWinchester@ARTSomerville.org, 617-593-3744 [high res digital images & access to sound bytes available] On Friday, May 2 at 8pm ARTSomerville presents an evening of jazz song with artists Celia Slattery, Allyssa Jones and Sandi Hammond. $10 suggested donation. Both classic and a little off-beat, Celia Slattery's music blends pop, jazz, and folk-rock, with a dash of theatrical flair. Her expressive voice is framed by Mark Shilansky's sophisticated arrangements of both originals and covers by artists like Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. In live performance, Celia weaves her music with stories and humor to share perspectives on love, hope, and the state of the world. http://celiaslattery.com Allyssa Jones was named one of Boston Magazine's "40 Bostonians to Watch" in 2002. Her belief in the movement to add new material to the Great American Songbook is the driving force behind her band's innovation and energy. Popular at both jazz and original music venues, Allyssa Jones is available for shows and promotional events wherever audiences are craving something new. http://www.allyssajones.com Singer/songwriter Sandi Hammond first started writing pop songs at age 11. In her late teens she graced the stages of Tanglewood, Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall while performing with several professional choral groups. Now a gifted classically trained singer/songwriter, and a fine musician on keyboards and guitar, she touches audiences with her prolific and impressive repertoire of unique melodic songs. http://www.sandihammond.com At 8pm on Saturday, May 3, ARTSomerville presents a jazz evening with Steve Thomas & the Co-Conspirators. $10 suggested donation. Steve Thomas (vocals, songs), Rich Greenblatt (vibraphone), David Vermette (electric bass), Gary Fieldman (drums) Steve Thomas and the Co-Conspirators play Steve’s original jazz songs from their CD, SPIRITS PASSING THROUGH—songs inflected by Brazilian music, New Orleans second line, reggae, funk, and old blues guys—plus arrangements of tunes by Miles, Steve Lacy, and Wayne Shorter. The Co-Cons are a jazz band—so improvising, group interaction, swing, and building up a head of steam are all important. http://www.stevethomasjazz.com/ On Sunday, May 4 at 7:30pm, ARTSomerville presents a madcap capper to Jazz Week at the Nave with jazz and circus by The Emperor Norton Stationary Marching Band. $5 suggested donation. Formed from the most talented deadbeats and drifters that could be rounded up, Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band is a group of raucous and rambunctious musicians that will honk, wail, blow, beat, bounce, scream and serenade their way into your hearts. This 11-piece ensemble plays an eclectic repertoire that combines the rich musical history of the circus and the vagabond peoples of Europe with the raw energy of avant-garde jazz and the irreverence and fun of today's Vaudeville for a sound that is somehow familiar yet like no other. http://www.ensmb.com/ Address & Directions The Nave Gallery Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church 155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA map of The Nave Gallery MBTA: From Davis Square take Bus 87 or 88 - Clarendon Hill. Exit at Broadway and Curtis St. and walk 3 blocks north on Curtis Street. We are on the corner of Curtis Street and Powderhouse Blvd. Free and open to the public. Parking: Available in the West Somerville Neighborhood School after 5:00 and on weekends. Lot is located on Raymond St. Turn right at intersection of Powderhouse & Curtis onto Curtis and take your first left onto Raymond. Lot is located about 1 block down. Street parking is also available one block away on Packard Avenue from Powderhouse up the hill to the Tufts University campus. There are no restrictions on street parking for Sunday events. ARTSomerville (ARTS) is a volunteer organization which draws upon the talents of local creativity, strengthening communication among artists and the public by presenting exhibits, performances, and educational activities. Visit www.artsomerville.org to learn more. Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church works for justice and peace in the community and world, celebrates racial and ethnic diversity, and the equality of women and men. A more light church, it supports the full inclusion of gay and lesbian members within its diverse and active community. Please visit www.clarendonhillchurch.org for more information on worship and our community programs. Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church is located at 155 Powderhouse Boulevard in Somerville, at the corner of Powderhouse Boulevard and Curtis Street, two blocks from Tufts University, near North Cambridge, Medford, and Arlington. Randy Winchester RWinchester@ARTSomerville.org Nave Gallery Events Coordinator PO Box 426074, Cambridge, MA 02142 http://www.artsomerville.org 617-593-3744 Listen to ARTSomerville artists at: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/artsomerville/

Call To Artists!

By greer on Sun, Mar 16, 2008 11:05 am

Call for Work: "Turn On A Dime" Your mother always told you to "never put money in your mouth, you don't know where that's been." Well, what if we did know where that spare change, that lint-encrusted jingling at the bottom of your pocket, had been? The Nave Gallery would like to ask artists to help us ponder the adventures of Lincoln, Washington and Roosevelt. We seek installation and 2D artists whose work includes and/or addresses the matter of pocket change. In 2000, the U.S. Mint produced approximately 28 billion coins for general circulation. A large number of these end up in jars and drawers in people's homes. For this fundraising exhibit to celebrate its 4th birthday, The Nave Gallery is hosting a show built around these out-of-circulation coins and the adventures they inspire. If a dime can be in your pocket today and in California tomorrow, who can imagine where else it has been, what it has seen, and what adventures it has had? The life of a penny, the biography of a nickel, may contain many untold chapters. Artists are invited to help us explore these day-to-day mysteries. If you can think from the perspective of your pocket change, please share it with us. We especially seek installation artists to create environments to interact with a conveyor belt being constructed on which gallery visitors will be asked to deposit their spare change. We ask that the work of each artist take the change through their imagined travels, each piece creatively built around, interacting, or relating to the experience of the loose money. The use of mechanical and or/interactive pieces is encouraged; however, all media are accepted, including video and animation. Please submit a sketch of the environment you envision, proposed dimensions, and 150 words describing the work and why it fits into the "Turn On A Dime" theme. Also include: a resume, statement, and up to 5 images (slides or JPEGs on CD with accompanying image list), and an SASE if you would like your materials returned to: The Nave Gallery, Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA 02144 The exhibition will be held at the Nave Gallery, in Somerville, MA, from May 2-25, 2008 and will be up during Somerville Open Studios. Deadline: 1 April 2008. No submission fee