Past Exhibitions & Events 2021
April 3 - 27, 2021
Weekend Woodblock Printing Workshop: April 9-11
BIG INK will be exhibiting woodblock prints and hosting a weekend of monumental woodblock printing in April, 2021.
BIG INK will transform A.P.E. Gallery into a print studio featuring The Big Tuna: our custom-designed giant mobile printing press. We'll invite the general public to witness the spectacle of you and other participants printing together.
BIG INK blends elements of a formal class and a maker fair.
See the Virtual Tour HERE
More Info: http://www.bigink.org/
Weekend Woodblock Printing Workshop: April 9-11
BIG INK will be exhibiting woodblock prints and hosting a weekend of monumental woodblock printing in April, 2021.
BIG INK will transform A.P.E. Gallery into a print studio featuring The Big Tuna: our custom-designed giant mobile printing press. We'll invite the general public to witness the spectacle of you and other participants printing together.
BIG INK blends elements of a formal class and a maker fair.
See the Virtual Tour HERE
More Info: http://www.bigink.org/
March 2021 Exhibition
March 4 - 28
Five Who Paint Outside:
Frank Gregory, David Brewster, Ray Larrow, Dave Gloman, & Christine Labich
See the Virtual Tour HERE
This group exhibition features five artists from the Pioneer Valley, each of whom find their subject matter working outside. Frank Gregory is one of the artists and the curator of the exhibition. When the idea for this show began, he looked closely at the work of many painters, trying to put together a cohesive, yet diverse group of artists that all work outside in the Pioneer Valley with the same urgency and commitment. Several he considered only occasionally paint outside, preferring to work from photographs. Others often paint outside, but not in the valley. The four artists Frank chose, plus himself, all work plein air, under the same conditions of light and weather, yet they all have their own specific formal concerns and unique visual vocabularies. This is an exhibition that compares and contrasts these elements and amplifies their particular ways of looking at a familiar landscape.
As we all continue to endure the length and challenge of the pandemic, it is refreshing to be opening the gallery this Spring with a group of painters who have been able to continue their practice of painting outside.
https://www.davidbrewsterfineart.com/
https://www.davidglomanart.com/
http://www.frankgregory.com
https://www.christinelabich.com/
www.raylarrow.com
March 4 - 28
Five Who Paint Outside:
Frank Gregory, David Brewster, Ray Larrow, Dave Gloman, & Christine Labich
See the Virtual Tour HERE
This group exhibition features five artists from the Pioneer Valley, each of whom find their subject matter working outside. Frank Gregory is one of the artists and the curator of the exhibition. When the idea for this show began, he looked closely at the work of many painters, trying to put together a cohesive, yet diverse group of artists that all work outside in the Pioneer Valley with the same urgency and commitment. Several he considered only occasionally paint outside, preferring to work from photographs. Others often paint outside, but not in the valley. The four artists Frank chose, plus himself, all work plein air, under the same conditions of light and weather, yet they all have their own specific formal concerns and unique visual vocabularies. This is an exhibition that compares and contrasts these elements and amplifies their particular ways of looking at a familiar landscape.
As we all continue to endure the length and challenge of the pandemic, it is refreshing to be opening the gallery this Spring with a group of painters who have been able to continue their practice of painting outside.
https://www.davidbrewsterfineart.com/
https://www.davidglomanart.com/
http://www.frankgregory.com
https://www.christinelabich.com/
www.raylarrow.com
In Residence at A.P.E. on Main Street
February 6 - 16
The public may view from the window in the evenings: 4:30 - 8:00 pm
Mary Beth Brooker
Title: THE SET-UP
The Set-Up is a theater setting; a workshop; a campsite; a story book; a song.
These are some of the metaphors for yet another metaphor: the five skandhas described in Buddhist philosophy as five layers of existence that constitute human experience. As an organizing principle, the skandhas suggest a simple, five part structure as well as contemplative, physical practices for focused study.
To turn this esoteric idea into concrete material for a generative art practice, over the course of several days, each day would be dedicated to one of the five skandhas, exploring a specific material that is somehow analogous.
February 6 - 16
The public may view from the window in the evenings: 4:30 - 8:00 pm
Mary Beth Brooker
Title: THE SET-UP
The Set-Up is a theater setting; a workshop; a campsite; a story book; a song.
These are some of the metaphors for yet another metaphor: the five skandhas described in Buddhist philosophy as five layers of existence that constitute human experience. As an organizing principle, the skandhas suggest a simple, five part structure as well as contemplative, physical practices for focused study.
To turn this esoteric idea into concrete material for a generative art practice, over the course of several days, each day would be dedicated to one of the five skandhas, exploring a specific material that is somehow analogous.