Article: "The Next Generation III" at Emerson College in Boston, MA

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Friday December 18th, 2009Candid photos from a Big RED night on-the-town at GALLERY for the opening of "The Next Generation III" at the Huret and Spector Gallery. This is the third in an ongoing series of exhibitions at Emerson College, curated by the students of Joseph Ketner.

Featuring the work of:
Tiiu Ashcraft (School of the Museum of Fine Arts), Holly Erickson (Boston University), John Gonzalez (School of the Museum of Fine Arts), Wilson Lawrence (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), John Guy Petruzzi (School of the Museum of Fine Arts), Jim O'Neill (School of the Museum of Fine Arts), Jordan Ricks (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), Kevin Thrasher (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), Chelsea Wood (School of the Museum of Fine Arts).

Emerson College Huret and Spector Gallery

"The Next Generation III" is on view through December 23, 2009 and then Reopens for the Spring semester January 19 - February 19, 2010.

James Manning is a Boston based independent curator, artist and film producer. He is a regular contributor to Big RED & Shiny.

Live Performance Video: "Dom-Me"

Live Performance 11.21.09

"Dom-Me" at Sin-O-Matic Boston, Ma.

Videography by Michael DeCarlo

Dom-Me, is a a steaming look at dominance and pleasure with Eric X and Tiiu. Is this just a fetish performance or a glimpse into their private lives? You tell us!

Art Show: "The Next Generation III" at The Huret & Spector Gallery in Boston, MA

THE HURET & SPECTOR GALLERY

Art Show is called:

The Next Generation III

Date & Time:
March 26 - 28, 2010 at 12 - 6:00 pm.

Artist Reception:
Friday, December 18, from 5 - 7 p.m.
The Huret & Spector Gallery in Boston, MA

Price:
At Door: FREE

"The Next Generation III" Exhibit presenting artists from Masters of Fine Arts programs in schools across Boston.

The exhibition was curated by Emerson College students, who spent three weeks traveling to MFA studios at Boston University, Massachusetts College of Art and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts looking at nearly 70 artists to select the final 9.
Featured in this show will be:

• Tiiu Ashcraft, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
• Holly Erickson, Boston University
• John Gonzalez, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
• Wilson Lawrence, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
• John Guy Petruzzi, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
• Jim O’Neill, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
• Jordan Ricks, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
• Kevin Thrasher, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
• Chelsea Wood, School of the Museum of Fine Arts

Tuft Performance Center, 10 Boylston Place, 6th Floor

THE HURET & SPECTOR GALLERY: Next Gen III

Article: "Figurative Dimensions" at California State University Art Museum in Dominguez Hills, CA

“Figurative Dimensions” Features Works by Tiiu Ashcraft and Russell McMillin

“Figurative Dimensions” Features Works by Tiiu Ashcraft and Russell McMillin

Whether nude or fully cloaked, the human figure can demonstrate great power. Two contemporary artists, Tiiu Ashcraft and Russell McMillin, use drawings and sculpture to explore the interfusion of physical and psychological strength in the figure. Twenty powerful ceramic female torsos by McMillin and five giant and dramatic charcoal/mixed media drawings of the male and female figure by Ashcraft will be exhibited at the University Art Gallery, California State University, Dominguez Hills. The exhibition, “Figurative Dimensions,” opens Nov. 12 with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The exhibition continues to Dec. 10, 2009.

McMillin’s series of fantastic figures, “Power Culture Icon” are covered in armor and dressed in corsets.

McMillin, who is an art instructor specializing in sculpture at El Camino College, says these figures “relate to the acquisition of power, cultural development and ultimately, society’s creation of iconic images. These sculptures incorporate influences and elements from pre-history, history, and contemporary society.”

Ashcraft’s highly charged drawings resonate with the conflict between male and female. The large-scale mixed-media nudes emphasize the beauty of the human form in what the artist describes as “a classical fine art context.” The artist, who has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from CSU Long Beach, writes that she is exploring “the tension between beauty and depravity, visual seduction and disquiet.”

A conversation with the artists will take place at 6:15 p.m., during the opening reception of “Figurative Dimensions.”

The exhibition and related events are sponsored by the Instructionally Related Activities Committee of the Associated Students, Inc.

Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, the University Art Gallery is located in room A-107 on the first floor of LaCorte Hall on the campus of CSU Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson, near the junction of the Harbor, Artesia and San Diego freeways. Admission to all gallery events is free.

For more information about the University Art Gallery and others shows in the 2009-10 season, click here.

- Kathy Zimmerer

Live Performance: "Dom-Me"

Art Show is called: Sin-O-Matic Date & Time: November 21 at 9:00-2:00a.m. Where: Sin-O-Matic  1254 Boylston St. Boston, Ma. 02215 Price: At Door: $15

"Dom-Me": is a a steaming look at dominance and pleasure with Eric X and Tiiu. Is this just a fetish performance or a glimpse into their private lives? You tell us!

Art Show: "Figurative Dimensions: Tiiu Ashcraft and Russell McMillin"

Art Show is called:

Figurative Dimensions: Tiiu Ashcraft and Russell McMillin

Date & Time:
November 12 – December 10, 2009

Artist Reception:
Thursday, November 12, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m
The University Art Museum, CSU Dominguez Hills, CA

Price:
At Door: FREE, $3 for Parking
Figurative Dimensions, is an exhibition featuring 30 works of art by two contemporary artists from Los Angeles who work with the figure in two and three dimensions. On display will be artist Tiiu Ashcraft’s dramatic large scale mixed media drawings of BDSM figure drawings with a focus on the bondage element and Russell McMillin’s fantastic mixed medi...a figures (primarily ceramic) “Power”, “Culture”, “Icon” covered in armor and dressed in corsets.

Gallery Hours & Location When the exhibitions are on display, regular gallery hours are Monday - Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Admission is free to the exhibitions and related events.

The campus is located at 1000 E. Victoria Street in the city of Carson near the junction of the Harbor, Artesia and San Diego freeways.

Visitor parking permits may be purchased for $3.00 at the yellow dispensing machines at the front of each campus lot.

The gallery is located on the first floor of LaCorte Hall (Adjacent to Parking Lot 6), room number LCH A107. Please park in lots 6,3 or 7.

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Live Performance: "Devil and Angel"

Art Show is called: "Devil and Angel"  Bloodfeast Media Party + Halloween Bash Date & Time: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 9:00pm - Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2:00am Where: Sin-O-Matic  1254 Boylston St. Boston, Ma. 02215 Price: At Door: $15

Article: "The Mind Is A Beautiful Beast" at OKW Gallery in Boston, MA

Article on The Mind Is A Beautiful Beast Art Show with the goal to end anti-stigma on mental illness.

The Mind Is A Beautful Beast
May 15, 2009 as part of Mental Health Awareness Month
Curator Tiiu Ashcraft

(images to come later or can be found

http://www.mysouthend.com/issues/issue_160.pdf)

The OKW Gallery, 631A Tremont Street, hosted “The Mind is a Beautiful Beast” on Friday,

May 15 as part of Mental Health Awareness Month. The event aimed to empower artists

interested in creating artwork around issues involving mental health. (Left to right) OKW

owner Wheeda Ali-Salaam, curator Tiiu Ashcraft, OKW owner Henry Wong, and manager

Ibrahim Ali-Salaam posed in front of some of the gallery’s stirring paintings, while Drew Ricciardi

entertained with his violin skills. Photos: Melissa Ostrow

Art Show: "Mind is a Beautiful Beast 2009"

Art Show is called:

The Mind is a Beautiful Beast 2009

Date & Time:
May 8 – May 31, 2009

Artist Reception:
Thursday, May 21, 2009 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Medicine Wheel, 110 K Street, South Boston, MA

Price:
At Door: FREE

"The Mind is a Beautiful Beast" comes from a position of empowering artists interested in creating artwork around issues involving mental health. Calling us to end stigma, open the dialogues and looking to art as part of the healing process.

Artists include nationally known artist David Maisel's work from the "Library of Dust", SMFA current students and Alumni.

Curator - Tiiu Ashcraft

Sponsors:
NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness
Medicine Wheel Productions
OKW Gallery
School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Cushing House
Beth Israel Deaconess - CEDAR Project

Call for Artists: "The Mind is a Beautiful Beast 2009"

The Mind is a Beautiful Beast 2009 A Local Pilot Event for a National Fine Art Exhibition Sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) May 11 – May 31, 2009 ... ENTRY DEADLINE: MARCH 6 Must receive emailed images by 5:00 PM, EST. Late Entries will not be Accepted The project “The Mind is a Beautiful Beast” comes from a position of empowering artists interested in creating artwork around issues involving mental health. EVENT INFO: This will be the only call for submissions open to the public. Those artists selected for the pilot show will also be considered for the main national show in October. HOW TO ENTER CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OR ARTIST: Artists who are exploring these issues in their artwork, or may be involved with someone struggling with mental illness, or who use their own personal history with mental illness to inform their artwork. METHOD OF SELECTION: The show will be selected by digital image with a follow up studio visit by the curator to discuss the meaning of your work in context to the show and to look at finished and in progress pieces. Artists may enter up to 3 works – 2 completed pieces and one that is currently still in progress. Send one view of each 2 dimensional work and up to 3 views may be sent for each 3 dimensional work. For video and performance work please follow the submission process below. ELIGIBILITY: Works in all fine art media (photography, painting, works on paper, mixed media, video, animation, fiber sculpture, metalwork, woodworks, and live performance) completed within the last 2 years are eligible. Art should be original, no mass produced prints or reproductions. Hand pulled prints, original digital prints and photographs are acceptable. Work must be the artist’s own creation, not done under the supervision of an instructor. PRESENTATION: Work may not exceed 7 feet high by 10 feet long or 75lbs. in weight. All two dimensional work must be ready to hang and with any special hanging equipment and instructions. SUBMITTING DIGITAL IMAGES: Be certain that your images follow the stated guidelines before sending. Due to the large number of entries, we cannot resize or correct incorrectly submitted images. • Send JPGs with .jpg extension, no more than 800 pixels in the long dimension at a browser resolution of 72 dpi. • Save at standard Baseline (not Progressive) at a maximum quality of 10 or 12 (or 85%) – if there is a choice. • Filename of each image: your last name, first and middle initials, for example, Jane S. Smith first entry would be SmithJS1.jpg. For multiple views of a single 3 dimensional work add a, b, or c (SmithJS1a.jpg). Use letters and numbers only, with no special characters or spaces. • EMAIL images as individual attachments to a single email. Put The Mind is a Beautiful Beast in the Subject line and put your full name and address and title, medium, and dimensions of each corresponding images in the body of the email. Send to: mindisabeautifulbeast@gmail.com by March 6 by 5:00 PM, EST. late entries will not be accepted. SUBMITTING VIDEO AND ANIMATION: Be certain that your images follow the stated guidelines before sending. • Video artists are invited to submit approximately 10 minutes of video in DVD format. • List all videos contained on the DVD in a hard case with a caption list and an artist's statement. • Work both with and without a sound component will be considered. • The 10 minutes of footage may be comprised of several shorter videos, but the work must be on one DVD. • EMAIL curator putting The Mind is a Beautiful Beast at: mindisabeautifulbeast@gmail.com by March 1 for mailing address for DVD submissions. • Materials will not be returned. SUBMITTING FOR PERFORMANCE: Be certain that your images follow the stated guidelines before sending. • Standard DVD format playable on any consumer DVD player. • List all performances contained on the DVD in a hard case with a caption list and an artist's statement. • Filename of each performance: your last name, first and middle initials, for example, Jane S. Smith first entry would be SmithJS1.jpg. For multiple views of a single 3 dimensional work add a, b, or c (SmithJS1a.jpg). Use letters and numbers only, with no special characters or spaces. • EMAIL curator putting The Mind is a Beautiful Beast at: mindisabeautifulbeast@gmail.com by March 1 for mailing address for DVD submissions. • Materials will not be returned. DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED ART: Accepted work may be hand delivered to Medicine Wheel Gallery, 110 K Street, South Boston, Massachusetts 02127 on Monday, May 4 2 -6 PM . Art will be returned in the same packing material in which it was received. All accepted work must remain at the gallery for the duration of the show. For information on the show please contact: - Tiiu Ashcraft, Curator, mindisabeautifulbeast@gmail.com - NAMI, Website, www.nami.org - Medicine Wheel Gallery, www.medicinewheelproductions.org - OKW, http://www.okwfashion.com/