Special Events in the Phil Mechanic Studios
December Art & Film Events at Courtyard Gallery
December 2 "My Night at Maud's" (France 1969) by Eric Rohmer
The narrator, a devoutCatholic, moves to a provincial town and vows to marry Francoise, a pretty blond he notices at mass. Vidal, an old school friend, invites him to visit the recently divorced Maud, and the narrator ends up staying the night, having philosophical discussions in her bedroom.
December 9 "Closely Watched Trains" (Czechoslovakia 1966) by Jiri Menzel
A young man follows his father's footsteps and joins the railway company, where helearns the job and has his first affair. Set in the country, during the German occupation.
December 16 Lipsett and Deren: A combined retrospective on experimental filmmakers
Arthur Lipsett and Maya Deren A collection of short experimental films will be shown and discussed.
December 23 & 30 NO FILMS - HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Classic World Cinema Foreign Film Series Films Every Friday 8 pm Presentedby Courtyard Gallery. Doors open at 7:45 / close at 8:15. Film begins at 8:00 pm. Come on in, get comfortable, have some refreshments and enjoy great films from around the world! Check our website for the film schedule or Cranky Hanke's Reviews under Special Showings. Donations appreciated. In the Railroad Library, Phil Mechanic Studios. http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com 828-273-3332
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Still showing: "Anything Goes-Everything Shows"
5th Annual International Mail Art Exhibition Located on the Mezzanine Floor, Phil Mechanic Studios Using the postal system as a medium, participants have sent in a variety of fascinating entries! ALL entries that made it through the postal system are exhibited! Artists were encouraged to explore imagery, themes, sizes and shapes of any kind. |
5th Annual International Mail Art Call
Anything Goes—Everything Shows!
Deadline: September 5, 2011
Our mail art show title says it all as ALL submissions received through the mail will be exhibited in the Courtyard Gallery, beginning Sept.10, 2011.
Format: any size; if you can stamp it and get it through the Post Office, it will show. Technique: All media will be accepted including mixed media, collage, montage, sculpture digital art, painting, printmaking, photography, you name it. Don't be afraid to experiment!
No entry fee.
ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE NON-RETURNABLE.
See our website for more information and examples from
previous shows.
Mail to: Carlos Steward/Cynthia Potter
The Courtyard Gallery and Agency
P.O. Box 9907
Asheville, NC 28815
FLIGHT
An installation by Zeph Fishlyn & Beatriz Mendoza
Flight is an outdoor installation in an industrial no-mans-land, featuring giant paper cutouts of endangered and persecuted species of the Southeastern U.S.. The piece is made entirely from found wood, paper, cordage and detritus from the Asheville area and will be subject to wind, weather and human interference for the three weeks it'll be on display.
Zeph Fishlyn (zephlyn.com) & Beatriz Mendoza (beatrizmendoza.com) are also affiliated with the Beehive Design Collective (beehivecollective.org), an all-volunteer collective of artists, activists and educators dedicated to cross-pollinating the grassroots by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools.
Sean Pace
Flood Gallery & Fine Art Center’s Co-Founder Sean “Jinx” Pace is in the news this month with his Residency at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston Salem. . . See the news cast here:
Anything Goes Mail Art Show
Call for entries - Deadline September 20th, 2010
Opening Reception Saturday September 25 2010
Exhibition runs from September 25th - Nov 1st 2010
Call for Artists (and Non-Artists!)
Anything Goes-Everything Shows Mail Art Call
Deadline: 20 September 2010
Artists are invited to submit non-returnable artwork for Anything Goes,
Everything Shows. No submission fee. Our mail art show title says it all as
ALL received submissions will be exhibited in the Courtyard Gallery, from
September 25-Nov 1st 2010. Artists are encouraged to demonstrate or explore
imagery of any kind.
Format: any size, if you can stamp it and get it through the Post Office, it
will show.
Technique: All media will be accepted including mixed media,
Collage, Montage, Sculpture Digital art, Painting, Printmaking, and
Photography.
Collage and/or the use of imagery are encouraged. Don't be
afraid to experiment with 3 dimensional art; we have exhibited painted
shoes, records, fish, sticks, and even hog jowls and coal, remember;
anything goes, everything shows!
Send to: Carlos Steward/Cynthia Potter
Anything Goes-Everything Shows
The Courtyard Gallery
P.O. Box 9907
Asheville, NC 28815
Questions can be sent to purplecoca@aol.com
http://www.ashevillecourtyard.com
Exhibit will open Sept. 25 at Courtyard Gallery
109 Roberts Street, Phil Mechanic Building
River Arts District, Asheville, NC
109 Roberts Street Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828.254-2166
Contact: Jolene Mechanic
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