IN RESIDENCE at
Art for the Soul Gallery Exhibition Dates: May 5–June 4, 2024 Opening Reception: Sunday, May 5, 3–5pm Art Forum Online: May 16, 2024, 7:30–8:30pm (Click for video) |
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Gallery A3 Artists at Art for the Soul in May 2024
Gallery A3 is excited to collaborate with Art for the Soul Gallery in 2024. In January this year, four artists from Art for the Soul exhibited at A3 in Amherst: Charlie Gould, Lorraine MacAlpine, Paul Midura, and Ryan Murray. In May, artists from Gallery A3 are honored to be exhibiting at Art for the Soul Gallery in Springfield. This is an opportunity for A3 artists to meet with and be introduced to the vibrant Springfield arts community that surrounds Art for the Soul Gallery.
Curated by William “Billy” Myers, the exhibition includes work by Marianne Connolly, Daniel Feldman, Paula Hite, Laura Holland, Karen Iglehart, Sue Katz, GK Khalsa, John Krifka, Ron Maggio, Nancy Meagher, Rebecca Muller, Evelyn Pye, Larry Rankin, Cheryl Rezendes, Rochelle Shicoff, Diane Steingart, and Janet Winston.
For Gallery A3, the collaboration with Art for the Soul is part of an ongoing initiative that began in 2021 with Bridge Through My Window, an exhibition of works created by A3 artists in response to Black Lives Matter and the murder of George Floyd. The online community forum for that exhibition included Paul Dennis (choreographer), Yvonne Mendez (arts designer and consultant), and two gallery members, Marianne Connolly and Valerie Gilman. In June 2022, Galley A3 invited Terry Jenoure to curate an invitational exhibit. She created Syncopate: Homage to Jazz with five African American artists: herself, Donald Boudreaux, Andres Chaparro, Bobby Davis, and Rodney Madison. Also in 2022, Gallery A3 invited Daniel Kojo Schrader (painter and professor at Hampshire College) to serve as the juror for the annual juried show, an exhibition open to local and regional artists who are not A3 members.
Gallery A3 members are pleased to continue this initiative and to build this colleagueship with Art for the Soul Gallery and with Executive Director Rosemary Tracy Woods and Artistic Director William “Billy” Myers.
About Art for the Soul Gallery
Art for the Soul Gallery’s mission is to be a premier venue where diverse artistic talent is discovered, honored, and celebrated. Art for the Soul is committed to promoting local emerging artists' work and aims to advance knowledge of these talented artists’ achievements, contributions, and experiences through classes and workshops for adults and children in the community.
Stella Butler and Rosemary Tracy Woods opened the original Art for the Soul Gallery at the fully renovated, former Classical High School in Springfield, with a second gallery location added in downtown Springfield at Tower Square in late 2015. From these two sites, Woods, as Executive Director, and William "Billy" Myers, as Artistic Director and Chief Curator, have brought some of the country’s most renowned artists of color to the attention of Springfield’s art-loving community.
About Gallery A3
Gallery A3 is a fine art gallery in the Cinema Complex in downtown Amherst, Massachusetts. Members of the artist-run cooperative include painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers, and mixed media artists. It is supported in part by grants from the Amherst Cultural Council, Pelham Cultural Council, and Springfield Cultural Council, all local agencies, which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Gallery A3 was founded in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. A group of local artists believed art to be essential to the health and healing of a community and began the gallery as a place to share ideas and artistic support. Since that time, the gallery has been home to over 60 artists and is now celebrating 24 years of monthly shows with openings and forums, all free and open to the public, and an annual juried show that supports regional artists.
Gallery A3 is a fine art gallery in the Cinema Complex in downtown Amherst, Massachusetts. Members of the artist-run cooperative include painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers, and mixed media artists. It is supported in part by grants from the Amherst Cultural Council, Pelham Cultural Council, and Springfield Cultural Council, all local agencies, which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Gallery A3 was founded in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. A group of local artists believed art to be essential to the health and healing of a community and began the gallery as a place to share ideas and artistic support. Since that time, the gallery has been home to over 60 artists and is now celebrating 24 years of monthly shows with openings and forums, all free and open to the public, and an annual juried show that supports regional artists.
Art Forum Online
In an Art Forum Online on Thursday, May 16, the organizers and artists will share images and discuss the IN RESIDENCE exhibition. Evelyn Pye the exhibition coordinator from Gallery A3, Rosemary Tracy Woods, Executive Director, and William ('Billy') Myers, Artistic Director and Curator, from Art for the Soul Gallery will talk about the process of collaboration between the two galleries and specifically the process of building the current Springfield show. Images of work from both the January and May exhibits will be shown.
This online event is free and open to the public. This Art in Community II outreach program is supported in part by grants from the Amherst Cultural Council and the Springfield Cultural Council, local agencies, which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
In an Art Forum Online on Thursday, May 16, the organizers and artists will share images and discuss the IN RESIDENCE exhibition. Evelyn Pye the exhibition coordinator from Gallery A3, Rosemary Tracy Woods, Executive Director, and William ('Billy') Myers, Artistic Director and Curator, from Art for the Soul Gallery will talk about the process of collaboration between the two galleries and specifically the process of building the current Springfield show. Images of work from both the January and May exhibits will be shown.
This online event is free and open to the public. This Art in Community II outreach program is supported in part by grants from the Amherst Cultural Council and the Springfield Cultural Council, local agencies, which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.