Reception: Friday, May 10, 6:00-8:00pm

Julie Klein was a passionate travel photographer residing at the Artists’ Building in Boston until her untimely death on April 25, 2013.

Julie Klein’s images, though captured in widespread locations around the globe, are concerned with the particularity of persons and locations rather than the exotic. Unmistakably, her sense of empathy shines through every image. Julie’s ability to record character and gesture of her subjects is equaled only by her uncanny composition skills at the moment of capture.
This exhibition was curated by Julie’s friends and neighbors at The Artists’ Building, as a loving tribute to her memory.

The FPAC Gallery is located at 300 Summer Street, on the lower level adjacent to the Channel Cafe

Hours: Monday 9-5pm, Wednesday 9-12pm and by appointment.

CLOSED Memorial Day, open Tuesday, May 28th,2013  9-5pm

The gallery is open all the hours of Art Walk: Friday May 10 from 4-8, Saturday and Sunday May 11 & 12, from noon-5.

617-423-4299

Mary McCarthy
Spring Unfolding
May 1-31, 2013
Opening Reception Thursday May 16th, 5-7pm
Made in Fort Point will be featuring Spring Unfolding, hand made books by Mary McCarthy for the month of May. “In northern climates winter takes up half the year. As Spring approaches people start to get restless for warmth and the light green buds of a new season.” This work is a series of paper collage books and poetry. The books are designed on the 17th Century Japanese screens, which unfold to illustrate the magical stages of plant growth and the return to life, manifested each spring.

Mary McCarthy has been making one-of-a-kind and limited edition books for over thirty years. Her medium is collage, incorporating paper with various other materials. The subject matter varies from nature, social consciousness, history, and the universal qualities of all people.

Made in Fort Point presents: 

Special Trunk Show, with guest artists Sophie Truong and Susy Pilgrim Waters

Wednesday April 24th 12-7pm

Sophie Truong introduces her Stitch and Tickle spring collection of handmade bags and accessories.

Susy Pilgrim Waters will be showing her hand-woven and hand-printed silk-screened cashmere and merino wool scarves.

Sophie Truong

Store: www.stitchandtickle.etsy.com

Blog: www.stitchandtickle.blogspot.com

Web: www.sophietruong.com

Susy Pilgrim Waters

Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/PilgrimWaters

Blog: pilgrimwaters.blogspot.com

Web: www.pilgrimwatersdesign.com

Made in Fort Point

30 Channel Center Street

at A and Mt Washington Streets

just past Barlow’s Restaurant

www.fortpointarts.org

617-423-1100

Underneath it all

a group show

April 10- April 21, 2013

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 18th, 5:30-8 pm

Underneath it all: Desire, power, memory & lingerie is coming to Boston NEXT WEEK from April 10^th through April 21^st at the Fort Point Artist Community Gallery, 300 Summer Street, M1 Boston MA 02210. Lingerie has a fascinating place in our society and this exhibit artfully exposes the layer of clothing closest to our skin. The Artists’ reception will be on Thursday, April 18^th from 5:30-8pm.

Underneath it all is a nationally touring exhibit showcasing the work of ten women artists from around the U.S. who use, interpret, and create lingerie. These artists utilize “womanly” arts, such as embroidery, quilting, sewing, and patterning, but employ unusual materials such as paper, eyeglass lenses, poodle fur and seashells. Other artists elevate bras and panties into portraiture and sculpture. The work ranges from satirical to political to deeply personal.

Four of the artists live in the Boston area: recycled material sculptor Ingrid Goldbloom Bloch, hand sewn paper garment creator Diane Bronstein, digital collage artist Joanne Kaliontzis, and painter Lisa Knox. The other artists are painter Amanda N. Simons, paper garment artist Erica Spitzer Rasmussen, sculptor Laura Ann Jacobs, printmaker Julie Harris and book artist Miriam Schaer.

The exhibit began touring last July in Minneapolis at the Textile Center, moved to the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff, Arizona in January 2013, and last month at the Cotuit Center for the Arts in Cotuit, Massachusetts. The show is scheduled to open this September at the ISE Foundation in New York City.

Images shown above: Joanne Kaliontzis and Lisa Knox

The FPAC Gallery is located at 300 Summer Street, on the lower level adjacent to the Channel Cafe

hours: Monday 9-5pm, Wednesday 9-12pm and by appointment

617-423-4299

Art Walk, Fort Point’s Spring Open Studios takes place May  10-12 2013

               Explore the historic waterfront warehouses that are home to painters, sculptors, ceramicists, jewelers, performance artists, fashion designers, printmakers, book artists, photographers, and more. Meet local artists and craftspeople, and get a behind the scenes look at where Boston artists create their work. Find established artists, and discover new emerging talents. Stroll, ponder, and browse. Buy original art from the people who make it.

Visitors to Open Studios can explore 10 buildings in the Fort Point neighborhood, plus galleries and creative design shops. All buildings are in easy walking distance of each other.

In addition to the more than 75 artists studios and galleries which will be open, spring Open Studios features a series of special events

•Artists’ Demonstrations

•Hands-On Activities

•Performance

Open Studios Events are free to the public, 
with FREE PARKING
in the Central Parking Lot on Binford Street off of A Street –thanks to Gillette/P&G and Central Parking for free parking

View the list of participating artists and galleries here

SAVE THE DATES:

Fall Open Studios 2013: October 18-20, 2013

Our Fall Open Studios always occur on the third weekend of October, and Spring Open Studios coincides with Mothers Day Weekend. All of our Open Studios events are free to the public. In December we host a holiday sale in conjunction with Fort Point’s Holiday Stroll.

STILL: Objects Observed

A group show of FPAC member artists whose work investigates the contemporary still life.

Atlantic Wharf Gallery

290 Congress Street

Opening Reception Wednesday May 1, 5:00-7:30pm

April 1, 2013- June 22, 2013

open daily 7am-10pm

Works in all media which both encompass and stretch the boundaries of traditional still life.

Artists: Jamie Bowman, Sage Brousseu, Nikolay Cherney, Ronald Cowie, Laura Davidson, Rebecca Dwyer, Leslie Anne Feagley, Franck Grail, Elisa H. Hamilton, Joanne Kaliontzis, Ian Kennelly, Lisa Knox, Amy MacDonald, Sterling Mulbry, Ann Marie Scott, Sylvia Stagg Giuliano

Special thanks to guest juror: Emily Eveleth

Earth, Sky & Flame April 1-30, 2013

Opening Reception April 11th, 5-7pm

Made in Fort Point will be featuring Earth, Sky & Flame, the paintings of  Philip Manna for the month of April. In the artist’s words:

30 Channel Center Street,
at Mt. Washington and A Streets
Boston MA 02210
617-423-1100

Made in Fort Point sells and exhibits art, craft and design of over 75 Fort Point Arts Community members, and hosts special events and community meetings. We are open daily.

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About MIFP:

Find paintings, jewelery, prints, photography, ceramics, furniture, lighting, artists’ books, wearables, greeting cards, and more, all made by local artists.

Made in Fort Point’s new location is gorgeous–lots of space, light, and even convenient parking. There are meters on A Street (generally easy to find a spot) and Channel Center Street has 10 minute parking so you can dash in for a quick fix.

With expanded facilitates, we are looking forward to offering a range of exciting art activities in the coming months. We are adding new art and artists all the time, so be sure to come by.

*NEW HOURS:
Monday-Friday 11am-6pm, Thursdays until 7pm
Saturday and Sundays noon-4pm
extended hours for special events
617-423-1100

Did you know: there’s a bus stop right outside our door, on A Street.  You can view the schedule and route of the 11 Bus here. And you can pick it up in Downtown Boston or just outside of South Station if you don’t feel like the walk across the Channel.

Thank you to Commonwealth Ventures for their support of Made in Fort Point.

Thank you to the City of Boston, Mayor Thomas M. Menino, and The Boston Redevelopment Authority.

MADE IN FORT POINT  30 Channel Center Street, at Mt. Washington and A Streets Boston MA 02210  617-423-1100

Come make some with us, Monday February 11th, at lunchtime. It’s our fourth annual Valentine’s making day! Shake off your cabin fever and make your way to Made in Fort Point  this Monday.
Artist and amazing paper-cutter Leslie Miller will be at Made in Fort Point to lead a drop-in session of cut-paper valentine making.

Monday February 11th, noon-2pm
Made in Fort Point
30 Channel Center Street
at A and Mt. Washington Streets

Free to the public, open to all.
thanks to support from the South Boston Community Development Foundation

Made in Fort Point  30 Channel Center Street, at A and Mt. Washington Streets   Boston MA 02210   617-423-1100

images above: detail from map by Elisa H. Hamilton

Don a customizable sticker that says just what it is that  you ♥ about Fort Point, and write “love notes” to Fort Point on heart shaped post-its that you can add to the interactive wall map of Fort Point by FPAC artist Elisa Hamilton.

These Fort Point love notes will be tweeted by FPAC throughout the day on Valentine’s Day.

Sample complimentary refreshments from local eateries including:

Bee’s KneesSupply Co., Barlow’s, Lucky’s Lounge, Tavern Road, Sagarinos’s, Trillium Brewing, and more!

Try out the heart-shaped dance floor–and we’re even taking requests for a love-inspired playlist that encourages dancing. Email your song suggestions to Elisa Hamilton, the creative force shaping the   I ♥ Fort Point event, at iheartfortpoint@gmail.com

Free to the public. All are welcome!

Get a jump on your valentine’s shopping while you’re here, we’re open for business too.

images above: Inside MIFP, photo Sylvia Stagg Giuliano, earrings by Lush Metals, painting by Lisa Knox, necklace by Carol Stoltze, photo by Bob Souther, tile by Bonnie Mineo