Margo Ray : Sublime Spaces, Forgotten Places

Our 36th season is closing to the lilting notes of a ukulele. Last Friday, SSG welcomed over 500 people to the opening of Margo Ray's exhibition Sublime Spaces, Forgotten Places. Margo's work crosses many mediums and we have the pleasure of presenting you with sculpture, collage, paintings, and animation from June 4-July 2.  Enjoy the pictures below!

And, if you are reading this on Friday, June 11 make sure to visit the recently paved patio area on Second Street at the Landmark Hotel construction site to see 2010 SSG's Public Art Project now being constructed...a Margo Ray water tank! It will be on display through June 23.

Margo Ray, Suspended Tank, 2010

Interior shot of Suspended Tank, 2010

Enjoying the Suspended Tank, 2010

La Pastora - The Sheperdess's Dreams, 2009

Margo Ray herself! Interior of La Pastora - The Sheperdess's Dream, 2009

Looking into the Dove at the Animation Tank, La Pastora - The Sheperdess's Dream, 2010

Watching the Animation,  Animation Tank, 2010

 To Sanctify the Feral sculptures; Bull and Boar, 2010

Containment Landscapes, 2009

Enjoying the Hawaiian cowboy "Paniolo", Containment Landscapes, 2010

Second Street Gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 pm and can be found at the corner of Water and Second Street SE in the "Live Arts" Building. Call with questions 434-977-7284.

Come visit soon!

Family Art Day at SSG, May 22nd!

Summer Art Camp Registration Form

Print out this form and fax to Second Street Gallery at 434-979-9793 to sign up your child for a Summer Art Camp session today!

SUMMER ART CAMP!

Second Street Gallery is staging its first ever Summer Art Camp for kids this season.

Session I runs July 12-16 for kids ages 4-6

Session II runs July 19-23 for kids ages 5-7

Activities in each session are thematic and include independent work, as well as work on a collaborative art project. 

Classes are limited to 12 participants to ensure special attention. Camp runs from 9:30-11:30 am Monday - Friday at $150 per session including a healthy snack.  Scholarships are available. 

Please call the gallery at 977-7284 to sign up or ask questions!

Whitney Biennial - Curator's Picks

SSG's director, Rebecca Young Schoenthal, recently made the trip north to attend the 2010 Whitney Biennial.  Here are a short list of her favorites. Tell us what you think!

Jesse Aron Green

Dawn Clements

R. H. Quatyman

Aurel Schmidt

Storm Thap

Marianne Vitale

We're serious....log opinions; low, high and in between!

p.s. Don't forget that our friends at the Bridge PAI are hosting the second annual Revel fundraiser this Saturday. Come out and support the arts.

First Fridays Photography

Dové Gallery artist Takafumi Ide, with his son and assistant Kumpu Ide, at the April 2nd First Fridays opening for "decipher". Photographs courtesy of John Mitchell.



A young woman experiences Takafumi Ide's sound and light installation. The exhibition is on view through May 29th.



Two visitors to SSG study the details in Geoffrey Chadsey's "Couple".



First Friday gallery-goers closely examine one of artist Geoffrey Chadsey's works, titled "Flex 23".



New-York based artist Geoffrey Chadsey, during his artist talk at the gallery on Friday, April 2nd. His exhibition titled "Jam, Outing, Retreat" will be on display in the Main Gallery through May 29th.

Art Handling Olympics!

In honor of our upcoming installation week, SSG would like to pass on a little gem we stumbled upon over at the NewYorkTimes ArtBeats blog: ART HANDLING OLYMPICS! We really wish we had known about this in time to crate Andrew and send him up to compete. Alas, we are just spectators this go-round. At least until Monday when the installation of paintings by Geoffrey Chadsey and the site specific sculptural piece by Takafumi Ide begins!

Make sure to come out for our members' preview on Thursday, April 1 from 5:30-7:30 or for First Fridays on Friday, April 2 also from 5:30-7:30pm.  If you walk up 2nd Street next week, look through the windows to witness our version of the art handling olympics!

Cheers, SSG

p.s. here's another blog about the ins and outs of art handling