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BSC & Storefront Artist Project Team for White-on-White Art Exhibit
Posted by Gail M. Burns - July 2010
Exhibition at Storefront Artist Project to be held in Conjunction
with Barrington Stage’s Production of Yasmina Reza’s Art
( Pittsfield , MA ) Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Julianne Boyd , Artistic Director, and Richard M. Parison, Jr., Producing Director, joins with the Storefront Artist Project (SAP), under the leadership of Julia Dixon, Acting Director, to present an exhibition of white artworks, to celebrate art in the City of Pittsfield during the month of July and in conjunction with Barrington Stage’s production of Yasmina Reza’s Art. Works will be on view at the Storefront Artist Project, 124 Fenn Street , the lobby at Barrington Stage, 30 Union Street , and various storefronts and businesses throughout downtown Pittsfield from July 13-27. A public opening reception will be held at the Storefront Artist Project on Tuesday, July 13 from 6-8 pm. For more information on White on White, please contact Julia Dixon at the Storefront Artist Project 413-442-7201 or mail@storefrontartist.org.
Artists from Berkshire County and the region will be participating in this city-wide exhibition. Works of all media will be on view, from paintings and drawings to sculpture and photography. Some artists interpreted “white on white” as an aesthetic idea, while others chose to submit works that speak to the themes present in Yasmina Reza’s play, Art: beauty, value, investment, culture, passion and creativity. The exhibition seeks to expose art and the concepts of “art on display” and “art for sale” to the public by not only displaying the selected pieces in a show at Storefront Artist Project’s gallery, but in Barrington Stage’s lobby as well as in empty storefronts and merchant’s windows up and down North Street.
White on White will be juried by Storefront Artist Project Acting Director Julia Dixon; Ferrin Gallery Owner Leslie Ferrin; and the three stars of the Barrington Stage production of Art, Brian Avers, Michael Countryman and David Garrison.
The exhibition was inspired by Barrington Stage Company’s production of Art, a thought-provoking, Tony Award-winning comedy by Yasmina Reza, playing on the Mainstage, 30 Union Street , July 22 through August 7. The play revolves around three men whose friendships are tested when they become caught in a debate over the value of art after one of them buys a white on white painting for a colossal amount of money. Translation by Christopher Hampton. Directed by Henry Wishcamper.
About the Storefront Artist Project
The Storefront Artist Project is a non-profit arts organization active since 2001. Operating in a gallery/office space in the heart of Pittsfield , it brings art and artists to diverse members of the community by presenting innovative art exhibitions and installations, providing non-traditional, visually accessible studio space to artists and connecting artists with the public through education, opportunities and exposure. Its programs include the Artist Residency Program, the Mentor Program, the Artist Salon, the Intern Program and Open Studios.
About Barrington Stage Company
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), an award-winning theatre located in Pittsfield , MA , was co-founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd . BSC’s mission is three-fold: to present top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to find fresh, bold ways to bringing new audiences into the theatre—especially young people. BSC garnered national attention when it produced William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2004, which later transferred to Broadway’s Circle-in-the-Square Theatre. For more information, visit barringtonstageco.org.