ArtLink A. E. England Gallery

Exhibition Dates: July 2 – August 27, 2010

OPENING RECEPTION: JULY 2, 2010, 6-10PM
THIRD FRIDAY: JULY 16, 2010, 6-9 PM
FIRST FRIDAY: AUGUST 6, 2010, 6-10PM
CLOSING RECEPTION: AUGUST 20, 2010, 6-9PM

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
The Phoenix Transect is a research project undertaken by students and faculty of the School of Art, in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. The project is interdisciplinary and participants are visual artists who work alongside natural and social scientist. The group explores growth and change to the larger Phoenix Metropolitan area, its urban and outlaying spaces, its people, natural environments and resources. The goal is to explore the nature of photographic processes with the intent of probing the traditional boundaries of documentary and expressive practices, examine new media for visualization, and promote interdisciplinary collaborations.

Exhibition participants:

Mark Klett
Edgar Cardenas
Elizabeth Cantu
Bryon Darby
Jennifer Kitson
Steve Gittins
Katie Lehman
Jason Roehner
Nadia Sablin
M. Jenea Sanchez

Please visit the project website at: www.phoenixtransect.org

QUESTIONS: FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE FOLLOWING:
*Volunteering
*All other inquiries
*Gallery hours

PLEASE EMAIL thecurators@aeenglandgallery.com

We at Artlink A. E. England Gallery want to wish a fond farewell to Alison Sweet our co-curator and resident photographer for the past year. Ms. Sweet has moved to Idaho City, ID to work on her new endeavor ‘The Grandfather Project’. Information about the project can be found at her blog: The Grandfather Project.
Thanks again Alison and we wish you all the best.

Sculpture, Intermedia, Fibers, Wood, Painting & Drawing: All in the glorious grayscale.

Monochrome in Neutral: Shades of Gray is an interdisciplinary, color-themed exhibition displaying the intersection and convergence of a multitude of methodologies and artistic practices. Conceptual underpinnings of the grayscale exhibition explore a range of issues including archaic and dichotomized symbols of good and evil, light and darkness, purity vs. impurity, and traditionally saturated metaphors for black and white as representations of contrast and opposition.

Contributing artists:

Peter Christenson
Elise Deringer
Andy Hadle
Matthew Mosher
Laurie Papa
Ellie Richards
M. Jenea Sanchez
Lauren Strohacker
Nic Wiesinger
Kelsey Wiskirchen

Exhibition Dates: June 4 – 18th
Opening Reception: First Friday June 4th, 6-10 PM
Closing Reception: Third Friday June 18th, 6-9 PM

VIEWABLE FROM THE STREET
And By APPOINTMENT:
602-330-3940

For more information, contact:
thecurators@aeenglandgallery.com

The Artlink A. E. England Gallery is proud to present a photographic installation by artist Kris Sanford titled, Between the Lines. Sanford’s exhibition explores how snapshots and diaries represent and replace our life experiences.

Originally from the suburbs of Detroit, Kris Sanford currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona. She received her MFA in photography from Arizona State University, where she served as art editor for Hayden’s Ferry Review and co-coordinated the collaborative Visual Text Project. She has been an active member of the Phoenix arts community for several years and was an artist member of the Kitchenette and Eye Lounge Contemporary Art Space. She currently teaches photography at Glendale Community College and Arizona State University.

Exhibition Dates: May 1st – 29th
Opening Reception: First Friday May 7th, 6-10 PM
Closing Reception: Third Friday May 21st, 6-9 PM

VIEWABLE FROM THE STREET
and By APPOINTMENT by calling 602-538-9912
For more information please contact: thecurators@aeenglandgallery.com


Kris Sanford

Local Artists Cory Weeks and Alison Sweet present The Bird Cage. Inspired from the infamous Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone Arizona and its late 19th Century wallpaper. The collaborators offer this new multi-media art exhibition featuring portraits of modern-day women revealing their provocative and often “wild” west personas in conjunction with their modern day lives. 

Recent graduates from ASU’s Intermedia Art program Weeks and Sweet are alumni Artlink curators and both share a love for history, especially Arizona history and the state’s adventurous early women. They poke some aesthetic fun with the past displaying it in the beautiful and historic AE England building in downtown Phoenix’s new Civic Space. 

NEW Exhibition Dates: March 5th – April 16th

Gallery Open:

First Friday March 5th 6-10pm (Opening Party)

Art Detour Saturday March 6th 10am – 6pm

Art Detour Sunday March 7th 12 – 5 pm

Third Friday March 19th 6 – 10pm

First Friday April 2nd 6 – 10pm

Third Friday April 16th 6 -10pm (Closing Party)

VIEWABLE FROM THE STREET

and By APPOINTMENT by calling 602-538-9912

For more information please contact:  thecurators@aeenglandgallery.com

Artlink A. E. England Gallery
424 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Check out the January issue of Java Magazine that includes an interview with A. E. England’s current artist Jen Urso about her exhibition White Space. Java Magazine

Jen’s incredible show is also featured in this weeks New Times.

Photos by Alison Sweet.

The Artlink A. E. England Gallery is proud to present a month long solo exhibition by Jen Urso titled, White Space. The opening reception will commence on third Friday, January 15th, 2010 from 6-9 PM. Jen Urso’s drawings, multimedia and performance work dwell on effects of time, process, and loss.

Between August 28 and September 6, 2009 Jen Urso walked the 82 miles between the two towns she grew up in—Reading and Lansdale, PA. People were invited to “follow”her as she recorded and documented her journey through video, sound, photos, drawings and a blog on the project website: jenniferursoart.com/WhiteSpace. Jen’s exhibit at the A.E. England gallery will include drawings created before, during and after her journey and ephemera from the trip. She will also preview her White Space video that utilizes animation, video and still imagery from her walk.

She has exhibited in locations such as The Icehouse, eye lounge, @Central Gallery (all Phoenix, AZ), Smack Mellon (Brooklyn, NY), The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (Scottsdale, AZ), Dinnerware Contemporary Arts (Tucson, AZ) and Durex Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has received grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and Contemporary Forum (Phoenix).

Jen Urso is originally from Reading and Lansdale, PA. She received a BFA in Art from Carnegie Mellon University in 1996 with additional studies at University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and summer residencies at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Taliesin Artist Residency Program. She has been a resident of Arizona since 1996 and lives in Central Phoenix.

Exhibition Dates: Friday January 15 – Friday February 5, 2010
Opening Reception Third Friday January 15, 2010 6-9 PM
Closing Reception First Friday February 5, 2010 6-10 PM

www.jenniferursoart.com

Images Courtesy of the Artist and Alison Sweet

The Artlink A. E. England Gallery is proud to present a month long solo exhibition by Junjie Verzosa titled, The Style: Past and Recent Works. The opening reception will commence on third Friday, Dec 18, 2009 from 6-9 PM. Verzosa’s work explores the integration of ancient and modern cultural symbols and motifs within the media of oil painting.

Junjie Verzosa was born in Manila, Philippines and lived in Canada for 15 years before moving to Arizona. He majored in Painting at the Philippine College of Music and Fine Arts. He was a resident artist of the Heritage Art Center and an active member of the Art Association of the Philippines. His past solo exhibitions include the Queens Park Gallery in New Westminster, B.C. and The Firehouse Gallery, in Phoenix, AZ. Verzosa has been shown at the Shadbolt Center for the Arts, Thought Crime Miami Artworks, Kollektive Art and Design Group, the Gilbert Historical Museum, and most recently the Steele Pavillion Art Gallery, Herberger Theater Center.

The newly dedicated Artlink A. E. England Gallery is in its third month of operation. The gallery is a partnership between Artlink and the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation, enriching the community through arts and culture. The Curators Alison Sweet, Cory Weeks and M. Jenea Sanchez are local artists, active within the Phoenix Metro arts community. The Artlink A. E. England Gallery is located in the Historical A. E. England Building in Civic Space Park.

Exhibition Dates: December 18 – January 1, 2009
Opening Reception Friday December 18, 2009 6-9 PM
Closing Reception First Friday January 1, 2010 6-10 PM
Open by appointment.

The Artlink A. E. England Gallery hopes to see you this First Friday for the closing reception of Paco Velez: Asi Son Mis Dias/Borderline Survival. The gallery will be open from 6-10 and Velez will be performing during the night.

Thanks to Alison Sweet for the images of the opening.