Glass Chance- a pop up sublet event
The 12 Days of GLASS November 30th is a ticketed event and December 1-12th has
Hours - Weekdays 2-7pm & Weekends 12-7pm
Location - 222 Anderson street, Portland ME
LARGE thank you to all the sponsors & artists for making this event possible & bringing a community together to enjoy art !
Flier by @cursedluver
Floating Worlds : Intersection of Art, Science and Poetry Panel Discussion
Expanding the conversation a panel discussion about the intersections of art, science and poetry within the lens of what happens when artists work amidst scientists on a remote island in the Bay of Fundy. What are the commonalities between these practices?
The panel will be moderated by Bowdoin Museum Director, Anne Collins Goodyear and featuring artists Stefan Petranek ’99, poet Alison Hawthorne Deming, Assistant Professor of Biology and Director of the Bowdoin College Scientific Station on Kent Island, Patricia Jones, and co-curators artist Mary Hart and artist/gallerist J.E. Paterak
Opening Reception for Floating Worlds
Expanding the dialogue about Science and Art - we hope this exhibition underscores the importance of connecting artists with scientist to help communicate the importance of ongoing study into phenomena in the natural world we coexist with.
A conversation with the artists on sketching as a way of moving work forward
Four of the current exhibiting artists will be in the gallery to talk about their studio practices, embracing play and using various materials in their work. What are their influences? Why do some materials call to us more than others? These and other questions will be part of our conversation.
Sketchbooks and Small Works -Opening Reception
Sketchbooks and Small Works- work by Eleanor Anderson, Crystal Cawley, Ingrid Ellison, Rebecca Hannon and Melissa Sweet. To read more about it or find links to artists pages please see upcoming exhibitions!
BORO Bayside during the East Bayside Block Party!!
BORO bayside during the East Bayside Block Party!!
A conversation with Artist - Grace DeGennaro, Art Historian & writer - Amy Rahn
Please join us for a conversation between Artist - Grace DeGennaro, Art Historian and writer- Amy Rahn. About Grace’s process and the installation of work here at Zero Station.
Continuum Exhibition opening
Continuum, an installation of paintings that are rooted in geometrical forms and the process of accretion by Grace DeGennaro. Connected by pattern and mathematical proportions, each work presents a matrix of color beads set against shifting color fields. Carefully executed, countless rows of stipples suggest strands of sacred beads that provide aid in prayer as fingers move along to count each invocation. Informed by the Slow Art movement, the Continuum series looks to the act of art making, as well as its inherent rituals and meditative qualities.
CLOSING RECEPTION
Curators Statement:
I’m fascinated by the archetype of the witch: healer, menace, doula of life and death, keeper of wisdom and arcane knowledge, seducer, oracle, fury, helper…whichever role the witch embodies (and sometimes it is a mixture of many), it is one of otherworldly power. Having grown up in Switzerland where folklore is infused into all manner of daily life, I feel deep kinship with the witch. Much of my work is focused on fairy and folklore that feature the classic Western Germanic archetype of the lone witch at the edge of the woods who might heal your ailments or devour your children depending on the day. I’m drawn to the mixture of fear and fun between which the witch balances.
For Hex, Hex! I’ve invited three artists to join me in exploring how incarnations and powers of the witch show up in contemporary art.
Annika Earley, joined by Julia Arredondo, Siri Kaur, Maria Molteni
Hex Hex
Hex, Hex!
Julia Arredondo, Annika Earley, Siri Kaur, and Maria Molteni
opens October 26th, 2023
Artists in Conversation: Lauren Fensterstock and Stephen Burt
We have invited Lauren Fensterstock to join Stephen Burt to have a conversation about maelstroms, the cosmos, beauty, nature, drawing and more…. Seating is limited please arrive early to be assured a seat.
Ripeness Twice Over: Work by Stephen Burt
Please Join us to celebrate the work of Stephen Burt. Sign up for our email to receive more updates!
EXCERPTS- Opening reception
June 20- August 4th
opening reception June 22nd 5-7 PM
work by : Jennifer Brou, Juliet Karelsen, Liz McGhee, Mitchell Rasor, Emily Leonard Trenholm
A conversation between two of the HOLDFAST exhibition artists
Eric Stark, architect and basket maker/artist and Jeannet Leendertse, designer and textile artist both have impressive careers in architecture and design. Both are passionate about process and materials related to their current work.
Artist Reception and exhibition opening for HOLDFAST
HOLDFAST
featuring work by Sarah Faragher, Molly Haynes, Jeannet Leendertse, Amy Ray & Eric Stark. Encompassing a refreshing look at rich textures of our meandering Maine coastline. The exhibition will run from April 27th through June 8th. The gallery will host an opening reception with several of the the artists present on April 27th from 5-7:00 PM and a gallery talk the following week, see events page for May 5th.
Opening Reception for Murmuration: Murmurings from the flat files
M U M U R A T I O N
an exhibition of women artists exhibiting work from the folio files at Zero Station
Surfacing: Jarid del Deo, Meg Hahn & Mali Mrozinski in Conversation
Please join us Wednesday the 28th at 6 PM to hear the three artists in conversation with curator J.E. Paterak
SURFACING
Work by Jarid del Deo, Meg Hahn and Mali Mrozinski
Two painters and one multi-media artist, each follow their own intuition giving this exhibition a sense of fresh curiosity, as well as sophisticated skill. Sharing an archeological precision to carefully extract ideas which are just below the surface, each ever so careful as to not dig too deep or too fast. A slow methodical sweeping of sands, reveals what is previously unknown and somewhat dreamlike, occurring before us in their most recent work.
Five Artists in Conversation: The night sky, science & process
Five of the Exhibitions featured in Seeds of Light, gather to talk about the night sky and process. We could say so much more but really it is all about what the artists have to say! Come listen in. This is an in person event.
What is Astrophotography & How Does it Work? With Ara Jerahian
This event takes place after sunset so that we may (in clear skies) see how Ara can control his remotely accessed telescope to hold a camera lens for a very long exposure (between 5-20 hours) to be able to achieve the photographs seen in our exhibition. Come learn about the night skies with Ara at Zero Station.
Doors will open at 8:00, presentation begins at 8:30 PM to see the exhibition before we project Ara’s telescope images in the dark on a screen. This is an all ages event. Masks recommended unless we are outside. This event will be rain or shine. In the event of rain a simpler presentation (minus the projection of that evenings sky) will take place at 8:30 with Q & A to follow.
to read more about Ara Jerahian click on this heading.
photo credit Ara Jerahian image taken in Cape Elizabeth Maine
Poetry Party
A poetry party for the release of So Far. A book of poetry by Gretchen Berg
This summer's best book launch, so far.
Seeds of Light Exhibition Opens
Stars have been represented by humans as early as the cave drawings, throughout every period of the history of fine art and craft, through the invention of long exposure photography and now with astrophotography from terrestial set ups such as Ara Jerahian’s here in Maine, to the precision of the Hubble and Webb telescopes. Please join us with a small group of artists whose work portrays the night sky in various iterations.
Special Percussion Performance with Michael Sarin
Suggested donation $15
This performance at Zero Station is an opportunity to present the drum set on its own, this uniquely American creation: a collection of individual percussion instruments, grouped together and played with both hands and feet. The drum set (drum kit, trap kit, traps, tubs...) is always evolving, incorporating sounds from wherever the practitioner finds them, becoming part of this drum language. Primal and universal to all humans, rhythm and the drumʼs evolution is displayed by incredibly sophisticated expressions throughout the worldʼs cultures. Michael, a skilled and creative drummer will sound like an entire orchestra.
Sanctuary Exhibition Closing
On this last day of the exhibition we will be open for First Friday through 6:00 PM
Art, Object and Place as Sanctuary - opening reception
Whether we are thinking of our work as its own Sanctuary or seeking out museums and galleries to go for a place of calm introspection and collective observations. In times of rapid change and discomfort it is human nature to seek out Sanctuary. We also look to nature and or architecture to hold us in a place of Sanctuary. Sometimes holding a thing can be related to a reliquary within a place of Sanctuary. We have invited a small group of artists to present their work in which have a connection with these ideas.
Please join us for a reception for the artists 5-7 PM Saturday
The Loaded Brush: A Conversation & Film Screening with artists Natasha Mayers, Robert Shetterly & Doug Rawlings/ Veterans for Peace
In addition to screening An Un-Still Life we will have a conversation centered on art, activism, the impacts and complicated role of military and war on our cultural, economic, environmental and psychic landscape. We will call this conversation “The Loaded Brush” Please join us,
Guests include: Natasha Mayers, the Artist/activist and founder of ARRT (Artist Rapid Response Team) whose work is currently on view in the gallery in the exhibition Tell It Slant. Robert Shetterly, Artist who is best known for his portrait series Americans Who Tell the Truth and Doug Rawlings, Author and current President of Veterans for Peace
OPENING! Tell it Slant: Paintings by Natasha Mayers (& our military love affair)
Riffing on the line of Emily Dickinson’s “Tell all the Truth, but Tell it Slant” which is about the acceptance of the truth. Dickenson’s poem was published in 1890 but written at some point between 1858 and 1865 during the years leading up to and including the civil war.
From Natasha Mayers on her War Chests:
“This current War Chests series started in November 2019 during the impeachment hearings, when it was easy to visualize the President as an emperor, with or without clothes. The war chests are decorated with an array of medals, bars and stripes, epaulettes, braids, sashes, and tattoos. They are often headless, intoxicated with their own power, dangerous, blind, in a world full of violence toward one another and the planet, with men, historically, at the center of the problem. The work reflects anger, frustration, a sense of the absurd, and analysis of what masculine power, white privilege and tradition have wrought. I talk about what is scary and threatening to me/ us with a touch of irony, humor, pattern, exuberant color, and eccentricity.”
First Friday Artwalk and closing of Quotidian : Seen
Please join us for the closing reception of the Addison Woolley Group exhibition Quotidian : Seen
For details about the exhibition please visit the current exhibition page