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On Friday 21 May 2010 a group
exhibition honoring the founding artists and writers of the Fine Arts
Work Center, Provincetown will open at ACME Fine Art in Boston. An
opening reception will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. that evening, and
is open to the general public. The exhibition will be on view through
Saturday, 3 July 2010.
The Fine Arts Work Center is a not-for-profit organization based in
Provincetown Massachusetts that is today the single largest provider of
fellowships to emerging visual artists and creative writers anywhere.
It was founded in 1968 by a group of artists, one writer, and a group
of patrons who all had longstanding connections to the famous art
colony located on Cape Cod’s outer reaches. The founding writer was
prizewinning laureate Stanley Kunitz. The group of founding visual
artists includes Robert Motherwell, Jack Tworkov, Myron Stout, Jim
Forsberg, Philip Malicoat, Fritz Bultman, Richard Florsheim, Romanos
Rizk, and Salvatore Del Deo. Fine examples of work by each of the
founding artists will make up this important commemorative exhibition.
In assembling artwork for the exhibition ACME Fine Art’s Gallery
Director, David Cowan, has focussed on obtaining excellent examples
that are contemporary with the founding of the Work Center, with the
intention of capturing a snapshot of the creative spirit in
Provincetown at that particular moment in time. Likewise, Salvatore
Scibona, the Writing Coordinator for the Fine Arts Work Center, has
selected passages from the work of Stanley Kunitz that speak to the
period but also relate in a meaningful and specific way to the artwork
on display. The selected passages will share the walls with the artwork.
A special exhibition preview party to benefit the Fine Arts Work Center
in Provincetown will be hosted by the Galleries at 38 Newbury Street on
Thursday 20 May. On this occasion, the group of patrons that were
instrumental in founding the organization will also be honored. They
include Hudson, Ernest Vanderberg, Josiah Child, and Munro Moore.
Founders Salvatore Del Deo and Josephine Del Deo are the Honorary Hosts
for the event and they will be honored on this occasion as well. Drinks
and hors d’oeuvres will be served between 5:30 and 7:30. Tickets are
$50.00 p.p. and can be purchased through the Fine Arts Work Center (glongo@fawc.org)
or ACME Fine Art (www.acmefineart.com).
For further information about this
exhibition or other gallery events, please contact the gallery at
617.585.9551, or via e-mail at info@acmefineart.com
ACME Fine Art and Design is
located in Boston's Back Bay at 38 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts,
02116. Gallery hours are 11:00am to 5:30pm Tuesday through Saturday.
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