Every month ASK provides a prompt for our members to respond to and this March the theme is The Beauty of Line: in nature, whether animate, or inanimate, the ultimate expression of the form through the simplicity of the line.
In our Front Room Gallery, ASK has invited Celebrate845 for a 10-month residency titled Celebrate845: a retrospective. Celebrate845 is an arts organization whose mission is to organize, recognize, & celebrate(!) marginalized creatives via pop-up events throughout New York’s Hudson Valley.
Our Spotlight Solo Artist for the month of April is Ernest Shaw, with dual exhibitions The Corona Suite and The Crossroads Series.
Every month ASK provides a prompt for our members to respond to and this April, the theme is The Changing Climate: Coming to Terms and Finding Hope: "Our climate has changing temperatures, precipitation, and storm frequency and duration. What are we seeing and feeling? What are hopeful visions of our future?"
In our Front Room Gallery, ASK has invited Celebrate845 for a 10-month residency. For April, Celebrate845's exhibition is titled Make. Leave. Take.
"Is making art all about the end product? We don't think so, but totally acknowledge that the world we live in wants us to. Join us in challenging that mindset by being a part of this practice in creative catharsis, impermanence, & abundance."
Linda McCauley Freeman is the author of the full-length poetry collection The Family Plot (Backroom Window Press, 2022) and has been widely published in international journals, including in a Chinese translation. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize 2022. Recently she appeared in Delta Poetry Review, Poet Magazine, Amsterdam Quarterly, and won Grand Prize in StoriArts’ Maya Angelou poetry contest. She has an MFA from Bennington College and is the former poet-in-residence of the Putnam Arts Council. Follow her on Facebook.
Every month ASK provides a prompt for our members to respond to and this May, the theme is Nightlife: “Where do you physically, mentally, or emotionally find yourself at night?”
Threads of Memory and the monotype prints in this ongoing series unexpectedly seem to be timely. With COVID, illness, war and death, families have had the unfortunate need to put closure to loved ones’ lives. Removing clothing and items from draws, closets, trunks and boxes opens up the lives of those who have passed with unanswered questions about the garments that were worn and kept. What were the personal reasons for keeping a table cloth, curtain, scarf or other items perhaps having a personal memory never shared.
"Edges of Tenderness" is a live performance that utilizes Shibari, or Japanese rope bondage, as its main technique. Masha and Margherita have been working together for over two years, integrating their personal journeys into their practice and performances.
Masha and Margherita will offer a rope workshop focused on some of the basic skills both technically and relationally. They believe Shibari is first and foremost a practice in connection, a deliberate conversation between vulnerabilities, and a possible place for growth.