Best Minds Show

I SAW THE BEST MINDS OF MY GENERATION DESTROYED BY MADNESS.

This Allen Ginsberg quote serves as the inspiration for a one night only art exhibition being organized by Sara Santarsiero. Read on to find out more about this event.

BEST MINDS

AUG. 1ST 5:30 PM.

Things to keep in mind.

This exhibition will be installed in a Beverly, MA apartment

and feature live music and poetry readings.

A perfect time to celebrate summer, art and American poet, Allen Ginsberg.

All are welcome to attend - and bring your friends!

If you would like to submit a piece of art work please deliver it to Sara NO LATER than JULY 27TH. Also, please contact Sara if you would like to perform or do a reading.

If you have any questions or would like to mail/hand deliver your piece please email Sara at ssantarsiero@montserrat.edu

For more information visit here and here.

So there you have it folks - yet another ambitious soul making it happen. I hope you all will be able to participate in this event somehow and show your support! If you have an event coming up please let us know so we can help spread the word. Reach us at this.collective.pull@gmail.com

Keep on keeping on.

Friends of This Collective Pull

This Collective Pull has been hibernating! Bea was in the mountains of Georgia for six weeks at the Hambidge Center and Julie has been working it in the fashion world. So - in an effort to post more often on this here blog - and to help spread the love (which is really what This Collective Pull is all about) we are going to start posting the endeavors/exhibits/projects/etc of friends of This Collective Pull, as well as our own news. This project was always about creating community and encouraging others to do the same. If you have any news you'd like to share, an upcoming event or would like us to help spread the word of a project you're working on - please send it our way! Nothing is too big or too small, and you don't have to have exhibited under the This Collective Pull name - you just need to be groovin' to the same tune and in to the whole community thing. You also don't need to be a visual artist...anyone contributing to the Massachusetts creative scene is welcome! Also, if you send us a jpeg image we'll put it in our sidebar with a link to the event's website or blog for the duration of the event. Dig? Send thoughts on over to this.collective.pull@gmail.com.

So, first up: PAPERGIRL NORTHAMPTON

Now unless you have been hiding out in a cave somewhere (and maybe even then) you should know about this project that began in Berlin in 2006. It has since become a global endeavor and has now found a home in Western Massachusetts thanks to our friends at Now.For.Art.

(Poster designed by the one and only Brendan McCauley - Brendan exhibited in the first and third This Collective Pull)

This is the definition of working to build community and here's your chance to get involved in this awesome project - click the flyer for details and contact Now.For.Art at now.for.art@gmail.com if you have any questions. You can also get more information here, here and here.

Stay in touch friends, and keep us updated!

North Shore Art*Throb Article!

Dear Friends,

Please take a moment to visit the article that North Shore Art*Throb wrote about our project! We are hoping this article will open up new venues for us to have our next event. And please, if you have any ideas for future projects get in touch! Click the image below for the article.

Enjoy!

Sans-crowd Documentation

Hi Friends,
Below are a few photographs taken of the exhibit without the crowd of the opening reception.

The figurative work of Justin Bothwell held it's own while sharing a space with the abstract color fields of Rose Olson.

Fellow Montserrat College of Art Alumni Bradford Rusick, Kathleen Gerdon Archer and Catalina Viejo Lopez de Roda share a wall and bring note to their unique styles and approaches.

An installation view of Rusick, Archer and Viejo next to an Anthony Palocci painting, Heather Counselman photograph, and a collage by Hayley Perry.

Julia Purinton brought the outside in with this large landscape.

A collaboration between Bradford Rusick and Allie Hornak is proudly displayed above the mantle with other fabulous works by Luba Shapiro, Anthony Montouri, Peter Brefini and Heather Counselman.

Another view showcasing the unique space and the ecclectic styles of all the artists.

Brendan McCauley, Justin Bothwell and Hayley Perry in the front room.

Jenna Antonangeli's photographs had a great presence in our hallway space bringing people from room to room.

It was so wonderful seeing the relationships between pieces develop as they were hung together in the space. Certain pieces also developed a very unique conversation with the space itself, often complimenting the crumbling texture of the ceiling, or the lines in the hardwood floor! Enjoy the photos, and again, keep an eye out for the interview with North Shore Art Throb! Julie and Bea both have a number of photographs that are not posted here, if you would like to request an image seen here, or of another view of the exhibit please email us at this.collective.pull@gmail.com

More to come...

Hi Friends,

This is a placeholder for the up and coming images from the exhibition. We have a lot of images from the opening reception, but also thought it would nice to post images of the exhibition "sans crowd." So for those of you who were un-able to make the opening, stay tuned! Also, keep an eye out for an interview about This Collective Pull in the North Shore Art Throb. We have already started planning for the next big event, which is unlike anything we've done before. Big plans my friends, BIG PLANS!

Opening Reception!

Thank you to all of you who attended the opening reception for This Collective Pull : A Mass Collaboration! We had a wonderful turnout at the reception, received a lot of great feedback, and made a lot of new friends. The work looked great in the space, and Bea has been back a few times since to see the show sans-crowd and to show the exhibit to a few who were un-able to make the opening. While hanging the show it was really wonderful to see the connections between pieces that we didn't see while sorting through the submissions. We also began to see connections that the pieces made with the actual gallery space. We are both so pleased to see the growth of this curatorial project from the first installation (and the second!) Below are a few photos from the evening, with more to follow!

Julie and Bea in front of a collaborative piece by Bradford Rusick and Allie Hornak, and an altered book by Anthony Montouri.

We will be posting a more thorough documentation of the exhibit soon. The work will be up until February 28th. If you would like to view the exhibit please contact Bea at this.collective.pull@gmail.com to set up an appointment! More photos to come, and thank you again to all of the artists who contributed to make this the best installment yet!

All photographs in this post are copyright Julie O'Boyle

Five days and counting!

(left to right)

Top: Jenna Antonangeli, Anthony Montouri, Hayley Perry, Julia Puriton, Catalina Viejo

Middle: Judy Brown, Peter Brefini, Bradford Rusick, Justin Bothwell, Kathy Archer

Bottom: Luba Grenader, Heather Counselman, Rose Olson, Mary Bucci McCoy, Counselman

The work has been juried, the artists have been notified, and we're getting excited! No saturday night plans? Grab some friends and come to the opening on Feb. 6 at 57 Delle Avenue, Boston from 6 to 9!