June Happening
FRIDAY JUNE 1
OPENING: See Through
6-8PM
Stop by and be moved by the work of Scott Alario and Mollie Hosmer-Dillard. Paintings, photographs, and a lovely process book featuring work by both artists on view and for sale.
If you can’t make the opening, visit us during OPEN HOURS 10AM-5PM on Tuesdays, 3-6PM on Sundays, or by appointment (write to carpenter186@gmail.com)
WEDNESDAY JUNE 6
Doors 7:30PM, Show 8PM
Delight in the musical stylings of local favorites Liz Izenberg, Omnivore (Glenna Van Nostrand), and West-coast visitor Briana Marela!~
Liz Izenberg: http://www.lizisenberg.com/
Omnivore: http://www.myspace.com/omnivoresounds and https://vimeo.com/7932072
Briana Marela: http://brianamarela.bandcamp.com/
SUNDAY JUNE 10
2-3PM
Stories Between Pictures and Words: Family Creation Experiment as part of the exhibition
See Through
In this one hour workshop families will work as a team to explore a mix of materials in investigating the ways artists use writing and pictures to construct stories. Looking at the work on view of Mollie Hosmer-Dillard and Scott Alario,families will utilize a mix of paint, text, and projected images to draw out their own narratives.
The workshop will be lead by Andrew Oesch, an artist eductor who currently works with The RISD Museum of Art, New Urban Arts, City Arts, and The Providence Comics Consortium.
$5-15 sliding scale per family.
3-8 year olds with accompanying adult
Please pre-register so we know how many people to expect.
THURSDAY JUNE 14
QUEER MOVIE NIGHT: LIQUID SKY
Doors at 7PM, movie at 7:30PM
WEDNESDAY JUNE 20
An evening of music with Noah Block-Harley
Check 186carpenter.tumblr.com/calendar for details soon
SATURDAY JUNE 23
An evening of music with Redwing Blackbird and Christine Hayward
Check 186carpenter.tumblr.com/calendar for details soon
RWBB: http://www.thethinginthespring.com/redwing-blackbird
Christine: http://www.christinehayward.bandcamp.com
ONGOING
Scratch Farm CSA pickup
(1/2 shares possibly still available)
UPCOMING
Work on the walls by Cybele Collins and Natalja Kent in July
Even hotter days
Shark Gone, Glitter Shine opening this Thursday!
Shark Gone, Glitter Shine
OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday May 3
6-8PM
Shark Gone, Glitter Shine
An exhibition of new work by Marguerite Keyes
margueritekeyes.com
OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday May 3
6-8PM
GALLERY HOURS
Tuesdays, 10am-5pm
Wednesdays, 10-5pm
Sundays, 4-7pm
WORKSHOPS
Traveling Tidepool
Friday May 4
5-6:30PM
Hands on learning experience with a visit from the Biomes Marine Biology Center.
A local biologist will set up a display with several mini-tidepools filled with various ocean animals for children to touch and learn about! ( Horseshoe crab! Sea urchin! Spider crab! Sea star! and more!) Kids will also have the opportunity to take their time observing a living display of tidepool inhabitants. We will use our observations for an experiment in drawing, painting, and writing/sharing stories inspired by the visiting sea creatures!
Please pre-register for this event as space is limited!
Cooperation Coloring Book Creation
Friday May 11
4-7PM
Old and young artists are invited to join in the making of a new kind of coloring book.
Please pre-register for this event, but drop-ins are welcome!
Children’s Gallery Talk and Creation Experiment
Sunday May 13
10AM-12PM and
2-4PM
End of April / Early May Happenings
WEDNESDAY APRIL 25
Crankies & Ballads: Annikki Dawn / Ruin/Mori/Reber
7PM (On-time start!)
$5-10 sliding scale donation
Old time fiddler Anna Roberts-Gevalt, ballad singer Elizabeth LaPrelle and shadow puppeteer Katherine Fahey combiyne forces to present an innovative show that combines mountain stories, music, and illustrated scrolls called crankies, handmade of quilted cloth, of ink and linoleum prints and of candlelit paper cuts.
A crankie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYrNBbVqQGE
Annikki Dawn: http://bsrlive.com/playlists/live-block/22308
Ruin/Mori/Reber: Shadow narratives break, bend, distort- electronics- bowed bass- overhead projectors. Visual artist Erik Ruin with musicians Sakiko Mori (Daily Life) and Scott Reber (Work/Death).
There will also be fancy signed silkscreen event posters by Erik Ruin and William Schaff for sale the night of the show!
More on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/315690221796568/
FRIDAY APRIL 27
Closing Celebration for the Reanimation Library Carpenter St Branch
Featuring the first-ever Providence Edible Books Festival*
4-6PM
Visit the Library one last time. Make some copies, scan some images, enjoy new work on view created by library visitors.
*The Edible Book Festival is organized in conjunction with the International Edible Book Festival, which has been held in 23 countries since its creation in 2000. What does an “edible book” even look like? How do you make one? That’s for you to decide! Find images, inspiration, and information online! Bring your creations and your appetite.
FRIDAY APRIL 27
Frequency Providence Poetry Reading
6:30-8:30PM
Featuring food, wine, high-class seltzer, music, and the words of Winter/Spring 2012 Frequency Workshop writers.
THURSDAY MAY 3
Opening: Shark Gone, Glitter Shine (New work by Marguerite Keyes)
6-8PM
Marugeritte Keyes explores a childhood encounter with a shark through delicate sculpture, costume and three public events for children and adults.
More information on open hours and events here.
Late March / Some April Updates!
Welcome to the end of March!
Welcome to trees blooming and more happenings in our little space!
Here’s some of the events for the upcoming weeks:
This Saturday
Reanimation Library Founder Andrew Beccone returns to town. Last time he was here he gave Joe DeGeorge a spontaneous haircut in the space; this time he will give a spontaneously-decided-upon talk. Also on Saturday we will be debuting a new show, MINING THE COLLECTION, featuring work by local artists that has grown out of the Reanimation Library Carpenter St Branch collection! Come celebrate with us.
Saturday March 31
6-9PM
One or the Other, with founder Andrew Beccone
and
Mining the Collection Opening, new works by Buck Hastings, Daniela Ben-Bassat, Nick Carter, and Emmy Bright
An experiment in collective decision-making. Andrew Beccone of the Reanimation Library will present the option of one of two talks: One will provide a fairly straightforward account of the conception, development, and work of the library; the other will be assembled entirely from randomly selected library texts and images. Each option will reveal essential aspects of the library, but in significantly different ways. Failure is possible, as is success.
Music
Wednesday April 25
7PM
Katherine Fahey, Anna Robert-Gevalt, Elizabeth LaPrelle Crankie Show, with Anniki Dawn and Erik Ruin
From the hills of Southwest Virginia and the heart of Baltimore city, papercut artist Katherine Fahey, fiddler Anna Robert-Gevalt, and ballad singer Elizabeth LaPrelle will be presenting a show of storytelling, shadow puppets, crankies, and and song! Also with Anniki Dawn and Erik Ruin.
Workshops, Classes, & Events
Sunday, April 1
11AM-3PM
Female Bodied Reproductive Health Workshop
http://providence.freeskool.org/
A four-hour workshop on the female body. The female body has consistently been misunderstood & disempowered, it is a mysterious yet practical place. We will untangle the anatomy & physiology, discuss various ailments one may encounter, & how to treat them herbally. ALL BODIES WELCOME & ENCOURAGED TO COME!!!
Sunday, April 1 + Sunday April 8 (two-session workshop)
4-6PM
Family Memoir Workshop
http://providence.freeskool.org/
“If you can’t make the family skeleton speak, you can at least make it dance.” - George Bernard Shaw
An exercise-based writing workshop about family myths & folktales. For people interested in memoir, mythology, geneaology, and good story telling, we’ll conduct writing experiments, read selections, and come away with lots of new material to work on in the future.
Making Skeletons Dance is an an exercise-based writing workshop inspired by family mythology & folklore. For people interested in memoir, genealogy, mythology, and good storytelling, we’ll share tales, conduct writing experiments, read selections, listen to audio clips, and write some more. Participants will come away with a bunch of new material to continue working with, some stones upturned, and a skeleton or two rattling out of the closet.
Sunday, April 1
7:30-9:30PM
Cousins Reading Series
http://readcousins.blogspot.com/
Please join us for a lovely night of readings by Michael Christopher Ford, Hilary Kaplan, Yael Shinar and Nick Potter! We will bring some food and wine, and you could bring some wine too, if you’d like, and we could all sit and sip and listen.
Come say hello
THIS FRIDAY, March 30 is the last Coffee Club! For the time being!
1-8PM, check Facebook for updates
ALSO, visit us/the Reanimation Library during Open Hours:
Tuesdays 10AM-5PM
Thursdays 12-4PM
Fridays 12-4PM
Saturdays 12-4PM
Call for Work
The final week of April (April 22-30) we will put work on the walls by y’alls!
**Anyone interested in making work out of the Reanimation Library collection is invited to submit to this open-call show.**
Check out open hours (also listed above) so you can come in and do some making, and email us at carpenter186@gmail.com if you are interested in putting work in the show.
Check the calendar for updates and other events, see you soon,
186 Carpenter
March is here!
Up on the walls and in the space
For March and April the storefront is being reimagined as the REANIMATION LIBRARY CARPENTER ST BRANCH! Celebrate this transformation with us at the opening on Saturday March 3 from 6-9PM, featuring surf rock band Novus 2 and the gallery show LIVING WITH DATA. Read more about the project and how you can get involved here.
In your ears and other events
March 8 & 22: Local sensation Dylan Block-Harleycontinues “The First of More to Come” - Four Acts! Poetry and Music! Pay What You Can! on alternate Thursdays.
March 10: Young Farmers Social Hour
March 23: Frequency Writers Fundraiser (in addition to regular writing workshops on Tuesdays)
March 24: Vio/Miré and friends
Check the calendar for exact times and more details!
Come say hello
Coffee Club continues on Fridays from 1-8 (check the calendar / Facebook for updates)
Reanimation Library Open Hours for March and April are:
Tuesdays 10AM-5PM
Wednesdays 2:30-5PM
Thursdays 12-4PM
Fridays 12-4PM
Saturdays 12-4PM
More hours may be added! Check the calendar.
February Happenings
Up on the walls and in the space
Pinkos Copies / / Lush Interior
We invited Katrina + Olivia to take on the storefront as their studio for the first three weeks of February.
Join them for Fantasy Still Life Drawing on Sunday February 12 & 19, 2-5PM and for a closing event, details TBA, on Saturday February 25.
Carpenter Street Branch of the Reanimation Library
Feb 9 line up:
Music by: Noah Charley and Dylan Harley
Poetry from Carmen Mendoza King
Come say hello!
The gallery is now open on Tuesdays from 10-5, Thursdays 12-4, and Coffee Club is Fridays from 12-8. Check the calendar for updates to these times and for additional events.
“The First of More to Come” - Four Acts! Poetry and Music! Pay What You Can!
“The First of More to Come”: Four Acts! Poetry and Music! Every Other Thursday!
7-9 pm, $5
January 12
Poetry by Chanelle A. Bergeron
Music by Dylan Roscoe Hobbs Harley
Laura Brown-Lavoie
Dan Talbot
Big Souer
Cris Cali
Every Friday in January, February, and March 2012. Also featuring coffee and Ian’s incredible bread and other snacks.
January 13 – January 27, 2012
