Occupy Exhibition Photos

Occupy Reception          photo credit Wendy Chicoine

Occupy Reception           photo credit Wendy Chicoine

Random Pics from the Occupy Exhibit by A.J.

The amazing stone carving on the left is a work in progress by Tim De Christopher 

The various signs throughout the gallery are by NY artist Duane Pipe

On the right is Hosed 1 & 2 by Phil Lawrence

Next over is a collage by Lissie Fein titled W

Visible on the right is a portion of Maggie Nowinski's amazing sound sculpture Getting the Message.

In the center is the painting Liar by Gary Hallgren.

This untitled piece by Jorge Costa can be yours for a cool mill.

Director's note & a List of Participating Artists

Holyoke Community College

TABER ART GALLERY
OCCUPY

Born of a wish to participate in the Occupy Wall Street movement,  I put a quick shout out for artists to participate in this exhibition. Starting on Oct. 25th (through e-mailings, local newspapers, and facebook contacts) invitations were sent to a wide list of area artists. Once they received the information it was open season for them to continue to share the invitation with others.   The e-mail invitation was titled: RUSH - OPEN CALL TO ARTISTS.  The text and PDF poster file invited them to voice their opinion through their art (be it pro or con) and express their thoughts on the 99% / OWS movement. Usually exhibitions take a full year in advance planning, for this show artist’s were given less than 3 weeks to deliver their work to the gallery. There were two days set aside for this purpose Nov. 8 & 9 from 10am - 8pm. Calling it a “people’s art show” all of the entries were open to all media and all artists. It was my intention to show every submitted art work and am glad to report that I was able to do just that. Artist’s were given the opportunity to price their work for sale with an option to give a % of that amount to support the gallery at the artist’s discretion. Some opted not to sell their work where NFS (Not For Sale) is indicated. 
It’s been really gratifying to see the wide array and high caliber of work that was submitted to this impromptu current event show. With utmost respect to the artists, I gave a great deal of consideration and time to the installation and presentation. Also, wanting to include a space where visitors can continue the dialogue, a bulletin board with pens and paper are provided for that purpose.

Thanks for occupying this exhibition.


-Amy Johnquest
Director, Taber Art Gallery


Participating artists:
Gabriel Baillargeon

BannerQueen

David Barsalou

Chris Blair

Tim De Christopher

John Calhoun

Joyce Conlon

Cynthia Consentino

Jorge Costa

Lissie Fein

Steve Goodwin

Peggy Grose

Gary Hallgren

Sarah Holbrook

Lyn Horan

Nancy Howard

Lee Hutt

Rebecca H. Irwin

Astrelle Johnquest

Gilbert Johnquest

Rick Kleiner

Ray Larrow

Phil Lawrence

Seymour Lesonsky

Olivia Master

Rebecca Migdal

William Muller

Holly Murray

Maggie Nowinski

Chris P.

Duane Pipe

Pronoblem

John Romanski

Terry Rooney

Samuel Rowlett

Ben Westbrock

W. Wieliczka

Christopher Willingham

Mary Witt

Poster for the OCCUPY Exhibition

The Holyoke Community College

TABER ART GALLERY

presents

OCCUPY

an impromptu people's art show

Nov 15 - Dec. 8 2011

Reception Thursday Nov 17, 5:30 - 7:30

Artist's express their thoughts on the 99% 

Occupy Wall Street movement 

Gallery Hours Mon - Fri. 10am - 6pm

During regular school sessions

The Taber Art Gallery is centrally located on campus in the 

Donahue Building through the Campus Library Lobby

TABER ART GALLERY

Holyoke Community College , 303 Homestead Ave., Holyoke, MA 01040

For more information contact: 

Amy Johnquest, Gallery Director          Email: ajohnquest@hcc.edu   PH: (413)552-2614