HopArts artist Madeline Beaudry is a featured artist in Exhibit, Positively Negative-Shape and Space, opening reception is Friday July 6th, 5-8 PM at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, 7 Canal Street, Westerly, RI. Exhibit runs from July 5th through 29th, 2018.
In her works in this exhibit she presents ”A Book of Hours”, a collection of sculpture, paintings and fiber art inspired by her time in her 20s when she spent a month at a Benedictine Abbey in upstate New York, which proved to be a seminal experience in her life. Her works are built around five times of the day when the monks pause – move into the negative space of time, celebrate, honor and give thanks for the multitude of gifts, challenges and experiences that are part of the human journey.
Madeline loved the daily rhythms of monastic life, and was especially captivated by the practice of praying the hours in which monks gather multiple times each day to celebrate the gift of time, the gift of each day and the particular graces available to us as we move through the cycle of the in-between-time( Vigils), to morning (Lauds), to midday (Sext), to evening (Vespers), to night (Compline). These hours also move beyond the twenty-four-hour period to represent the five sacred directions, (the fifth being within), the seasons of the year, the span of a lifetime.
Artists’ Cooperative of Westerly is handicapped accessible. www.westerlyarts.com. 401.596.2221; Open Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 7 pm; Sunday 1 – 5 pm.
HopArts artist Joyce Hoffman opens her studio this summer, demonstrating weaving on a floor loom and tapestry frame looms in her Post Office Studio, 335 Canonchet Road in Hopkinton (Rockville), RI on Tuesdays and 1st and 3rd Saturdays, 10 am – 2 pm during the months of June- September. She has many beautiful weavings and scarves available for purchase in summer colors and also available are yarn fiber flowers. Joyce invites you to bring your fiber project to work on with her in her studio. Come stop by and visit! 860.917.7972; email hansenrc@yahoo.com for more information.
Learn about the art of Lost Wax Casting in this fascinating YouTube video by HopArts artist Joe Soares. You will be amazed at the interesting, complex and challenging steps he takes to produce a finished bronze piece of artwork! Joe is a local history buff, among his many talents. In another YouTube video he gives an historical overview of the Nichols and Langworthy Machine Company of Hope Valley. You can reach Joe at 401.316.6139; email at arcadiari@yahoo.com