"Locally Sourced": Presented by Yellow Peril at Craftland Gallery
“Locally Sourced” is a group exhibition at Craftland Gallery featuring artists living in Rhode Island who intimately connect with their surroundings and create works of art using materials that are native to the Ocean State.
Providence, RI, August 07, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Yellow Peril Gallery is pleased to present “Locally Sourced,” a group exhibition at Craftland Gallery featuring artists living in Rhode Island who intimately connect with their surroundings and create works of art using materials that are native to the Ocean State.
Curated by Robert P. Stack from Yellow Peril, “Locally Sourced” is a sort of pun, lovingly poking fun not only at shows like the current one at the RISD Museum, but also restaurants that use the farm-to-table movement almost to overkill in their PR. This group exhibition will showcase works by local artists, promoting an “art-to-wall” movement, including a “menu” that acts as a guide, revealing the local or regional source of the materials used to create the art and where it was created within a 100-mile radius from Craftland.
“‘Locally Sourced’ features art locavores,” proclaims Stack. “By creating locally, these local artists create a greater connection between themselves and the community that inspires them by sourcing materials from either Mother Nature or Mom and Pop shops.”
From the shores of Aquidneck Island to the banks of the rivers meandering through the Blackstone Valley and the discarded remnants documenting someone else’s history, local artists depend on the world that surrounds them and the people that support them – in the museums, galleries, the street fairs, bars and restaurants – any place locally that they can share their works of art with a diverse audience. “Through their actions, these artists further strengthen the contemporary art landscape by supporting the local economy and establishing pride in the ‘Made in Rhode Island’ brand,” notes Stack.
Artists featured in "Locally Sourced" include: Johnny Adimando, Brooke Goldstein, Flynn Grinnan, Emma Hogarth, Jon Laustsen, Philippe Lejeune, Lisa Maloney, Mara Metcalf, Maria Napolitano, Babs Owen, Masha Ryskin, Mel St. Laurent and Tom West.
“Locally Sourced” will be on display at Craftland Gallery from August 17 until October 19, 2013. This is Yellow Peril Gallery’s first collaboration with Craftland.
About Craftland
Craftland was once an annual holiday sale which began in 2002 but is now a full-time, full-service shop in downtown Providence, RI. We celebrate all kinds of sparkly handmade objects and the people who make them. From knitted postcards to skateboard stenciling, we’ve got an amazing range of classes at affordable prices taught by enthusiastic professionals. At the Craftland Gallery, we feature a range of contemporary craft and fine art that is eclectic and fresh. For more info, visit www.craftlandshop.com.
About Yellow Peril Gallery
Yellow Peril Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located at The Plant, a historic mill complex in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The Gallery strives to foster modern art critiques on popular culture and society from emerging and mid-career artists in the United States and abroad. We aspire to exhibit provocative and visually arresting artwork created specifically to ignite conversations long after viewers have left the building. Artists that we represent share our commitment to social responsibility, and a percentage from the sale of all artwork is donated to a charitable organization of the Artists’ choice. For more info about future exhibitions, visit www.yellowperilgallery.com.
If you’d like more information about this press release, or to schedule an interview with artists featured in “Locally Sourced”, please contact Vanphouthon Souvannasane at +1 917 655 1497 or via e-mail at van@yellowperilgallery.com.
Curated by Robert P. Stack from Yellow Peril, “Locally Sourced” is a sort of pun, lovingly poking fun not only at shows like the current one at the RISD Museum, but also restaurants that use the farm-to-table movement almost to overkill in their PR. This group exhibition will showcase works by local artists, promoting an “art-to-wall” movement, including a “menu” that acts as a guide, revealing the local or regional source of the materials used to create the art and where it was created within a 100-mile radius from Craftland.
“‘Locally Sourced’ features art locavores,” proclaims Stack. “By creating locally, these local artists create a greater connection between themselves and the community that inspires them by sourcing materials from either Mother Nature or Mom and Pop shops.”
From the shores of Aquidneck Island to the banks of the rivers meandering through the Blackstone Valley and the discarded remnants documenting someone else’s history, local artists depend on the world that surrounds them and the people that support them – in the museums, galleries, the street fairs, bars and restaurants – any place locally that they can share their works of art with a diverse audience. “Through their actions, these artists further strengthen the contemporary art landscape by supporting the local economy and establishing pride in the ‘Made in Rhode Island’ brand,” notes Stack.
Artists featured in "Locally Sourced" include: Johnny Adimando, Brooke Goldstein, Flynn Grinnan, Emma Hogarth, Jon Laustsen, Philippe Lejeune, Lisa Maloney, Mara Metcalf, Maria Napolitano, Babs Owen, Masha Ryskin, Mel St. Laurent and Tom West.
“Locally Sourced” will be on display at Craftland Gallery from August 17 until October 19, 2013. This is Yellow Peril Gallery’s first collaboration with Craftland.
About Craftland
Craftland was once an annual holiday sale which began in 2002 but is now a full-time, full-service shop in downtown Providence, RI. We celebrate all kinds of sparkly handmade objects and the people who make them. From knitted postcards to skateboard stenciling, we’ve got an amazing range of classes at affordable prices taught by enthusiastic professionals. At the Craftland Gallery, we feature a range of contemporary craft and fine art that is eclectic and fresh. For more info, visit www.craftlandshop.com.
About Yellow Peril Gallery
Yellow Peril Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located at The Plant, a historic mill complex in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The Gallery strives to foster modern art critiques on popular culture and society from emerging and mid-career artists in the United States and abroad. We aspire to exhibit provocative and visually arresting artwork created specifically to ignite conversations long after viewers have left the building. Artists that we represent share our commitment to social responsibility, and a percentage from the sale of all artwork is donated to a charitable organization of the Artists’ choice. For more info about future exhibitions, visit www.yellowperilgallery.com.
If you’d like more information about this press release, or to schedule an interview with artists featured in “Locally Sourced”, please contact Vanphouthon Souvannasane at +1 917 655 1497 or via e-mail at van@yellowperilgallery.com.
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Vanphouthon Souvannasane
401-861-1535
www.yellowperilgallery.com
van@yellowperilgallery.com
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