2011 Open Studios

Open Studios 2011 will take place on the weekend of October 22nd and 23rd with the reception on Friday night, October 21st.

In addition to group sites featuring visual artists at First Parish Church, Pearl Street Studios, Humphreys Street Studios and Walter Baker Lofts, and individual home studios, this year's Open Studios is featuring two performance sites and a screening of three films.

On Saturday, from noon to 5 p.m. at The Great Hall in Codman Square, the following groups and individuals will perform:

11:45 – 12:15              Krisjin Williams & the Family Dinner -A fusion of true hip hop and rock

12:30 – 1:00                Bethel Steele -Bethel Steele is a regionally-touring singer-songwriter whose solo performance has been described as being reminiscent of Joan Armatrading, Ani DiFranco and Neil Young.  Bethel has a full length studio album "Come Home" which features a full band and is currently working on a second CD to be released next Spring.

1:10 – 1:30                  Stephen Alkins -Stephen Alkins is a Boston-bred neuroscientist, poet, educator, and lover of the arts.  Moreover, he is a human embracing all of its frailty and invincibility.

1:35 - 1:45                  Joan Green and Glynis Loman: Interpretive dance to cello

1:45 – 2:15                  Evens Gregoire -Evens Gregoire is a native Haitian pop rock Christian artist who also sings social conscious music about poverty and the love of his country, Haiti. He has represented Haiti through his music in Africa, Jamaica, and the US and is currently on tour with his recently released album, Sel Opsyon An.

2:30 – 3:00                  Love Queens Who Suffer From Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - A choreopoem in homage to Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls these women poetically describe their lives and experiences.

3:15 – 3:45                  Shea Rose -Shea Rose is a soulful, feisty, rockin' storyteller and performer with traces of blues, folk, jazz, and rock influence

4:00 – 4:30                  Krisjin Williams & the Family Dinner - A fusion of true hip hop and rock

4:30 – 5:00                  China Fox - China Fox is a 7-piece Funk/Soul/Pop group comprised of students from the prestigious Berklee College of Music. They have played a number of different venues around Boston. In honor of their recently released EP, "Shadow Sounds," China Fox went on a summer tour through the Midwest and is ready for more performances.

12:00 - 5:00                 Kreyol Still Life Installation -Haitian avant-garde Fashion Designer, Joelle Jean-Fontaine, presents a fashion & home goods still art installation by Kreyol, a fashion label providing design & styling services.

Schedule for readings at Pilgrim Congregational Church - 540 Columbia Road - Saturday October 22nd 1 p.m to 5 p.m.

1 - 1:20                        Nancy Conrad

1:25 - 1:55                    Jean Alonso

2:00 - 2:15                    Willie Pleasants

2:20 - 3:20                    The Dot Four:

Meg Campbell, Jean Knox, Sandra Kohler, Cornelia  Veenendaal

3:40 - 5:00                    Write on the DOT

Sam Cha, Aaron Devine, Morie Deykute, Danielle Fontaine, Natty Forsythe, Kurt Klopmeier, Karen Locasio, U-Meleni Mhlaba-Abedo

Schedule for Film Screenings at Carney Hospital Auditorium - 2100 Dorchester Avenue - Sunday, October 23rd 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

1:00  Gypsy Moon  by Cheri Robartes  (20 minutes. Introduced by Ms. Robartes)

The story of 12-year-old twins living on an island off the coast of Massachusetts in the 1890s, who discover a gypsy living in the woods near their house.

1:30  Human Geography directed by Misha Spivack (44 minutes. Introdued by Mr. Spivack)

The story of a young man who follows a girl from Boston to New York. The film maps the intertwined and complex network of connections, casual friendships and love-triangles that keep Alex a perpetual arm's length away from Nyle.

2:30 People Parade by Chris Maggio and John Wilson (25 minutes.Introduced by Mr. Maggio)

After the star of a long-running variety show passes away, is son is obligated to reunite a weathered cast of television performers and host the final episode. Retired illusionists, singing cowboys and Peruvian daredevils adorn the stage as the new host protect's his father's legacy from a bungling stepdad.  Caught somewhere in between the variety and the verite, People Parade is the tale of a new generation paying testament to its predecessor as well as the death of conventional genres.