2008 Archive
FLoCAS
Opening First Friday August 1st, 6-9 pm
August 1st-29th, 2008
In August, The 621 Gallery presents FLoCAS. This juried exhibition showcases the work of Florida’s up-and-coming artists in a diverse, large-scale exhibition. The Florida Consortium of Art Schools (FloCAS) is a collaboration of graduate students and educators from Florida’s strongest Master of Fine Arts programs. Juried by Bonnie Clearwater, Executive Director and Chief Curator at the North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, this exhibit will showcase work from students enrolled at University of South Florida, University of Florida and Florida State University. This exhibition will travel to various participating galleries throughout the state during the 2008-2009 exhibition season. Visit www.flocas.org for more information on this progressive collective. Closing reception for this exhibit is scheduled for Friday, August 29th.
In the Nan Boynton Memorial Gallery, Our Young Lives documents the lives of teenage mothers through photography. These visual journals, accompanied by poetry and writing, show the impact of art therapy on these young mothers as they explore themselves and their journey through life, outside of social expectations. Join us on Thursday, July 31 for a presentation on Our Young Lives led by exhibit coordinator, Whitney McLean.
ANJE III
July 4th - 27th, 2008
In its third year, the All-media National Juried Exhibition (ANJE) features a variety of work from across the nation. Juror Allys Palladino - Craig selected 27 works to create an exhibition that showcases a range of media. $1,000 in prizes will go to Best in Show, First, Second, and Third Places. Best in Show Award will also recieve a solo exhibit in The 621 Gallery 2008-2009 Exhibition Season.
Best in Show: Tadja Dragoo, The Boat
First Place: Richard Herzog, The Last Flower in the Emerald City
Second Place: Kati M. Luczynski, November 23, 1949
Third Place: Andrew Ortiz, Rising, La Puerta, Father
Exhibiting Artists: Vincent Barraza, Lucrezia Bieler, Ben Bivins, Charles Caldemeyer, Christina Cedeno, Terrie Corbett, Jay Michael Del Greco, Mark Dickson, Eileen Doktorski, Betsy Gandy, Devon Gibbs, Beth Kleene, Scott Marini, David McLeish, Matt Miley, Peter Prusinowski, Steven Ramsey, Keith Vipperman, Kathleen Wilcox.
Judge: Allys Palladino-Criag, Ph.D. (Humanities) and MFA (Painting/Graphics) serves on the Museum Studies faculty of the Florida State University. Since her 1983 appointment to the “Fine Arts Gallery” she has guided the institution through successful accreditation by the American Association of Museums, thereby becoming the founding director of the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts. She has edited and produced over a hundred publications for the College of Visual Arts, Theater and Dance, winning an almost equal number of grants for projects of colleagues and the Museum while serving on grant panels for the State of Florida.
In the Nan Boynton Memorial Gallery, ANJE II winner: Anna Druzcz
Beginnings and Endings
June 6th - 27th, 2008
The 621 Gallery explores the intensity and nuance of the human form. Though different in visual composition, the work of Tannaz Farsi, Elissa Cox and Petra Kralickova, depicts the possessive landscape of human emotions that collide in a vortex of desire, dislocation and longing. Individually, this can be seen in the intensity of each artist’s focal engagement by the juxtaposition of skin as a porous structure that filters memory and draws out the physicality of the body into an abstracted landscape. Where Farsi juxtaposes the invisible against the physical, Cox’s landscapes surge with buoyant energy, infused with forms both familiar and imagined. Quintessentially, Kralickova’s abstract installations highlight the physical and psychological body in moments of tension and respite. Collectively, the exhibition echoes the poetics of a body that is at once filled with vigor and overtaken by a sense of fragility that defines the human experience.
In the Nan Boynton Memorial Gallery: FSU Art Students’ League exhibits new works. Visit http://art.fsu.edu/asl for more details.
Summer SoulStice
June 21st, 2008 - 2:00pm to 8:00pm
V89 WVFS Tallahassee and The 621 Gallery, in conjunction with all of the shops and studios of Railroad Square, invite you to V89’s 4th Summer Soulstice! Celebrate the first day of summer with a bike race, music, dancing, food, and games for the whole family! Hearty White’s in control of the Mic and DJ AcrojaM is in control of the tables…
LISTEN:
- Leon Anderson and Friends
- The Frigid Airs (Formerly The Ums)
- Pat Puckett and the Sex Panthers
- The Boys’ Choir of Tallahassee
WATCH:
- Kollage Dance Troupe
- In Step Studio’s Mau Oli Oli Dancers
- Troupe Arabesque
EAT:
- Hamburgers and Hot dogs/ Vegan Burgers and Hot dogs
- Cotton Candy
- Watermelon
- Sno-cones and Margarita Sno-cones
- BEER
RIDE and WIN:
12pm: Pre-Soulstice Scavenger Hunt Bike Race with Krank it Up!– Race STARTS at 12pm @ Krank it Up! and ends at 2pm. Sweet prizes!
PLAY:
- DUNK- A-DJ Dunking Booth
- Robot Cornhole Toss
- Darts
- Face Painting
- Watermelon Eating Contest
BRIEF SCHEDULE:
12pm: Bike Race
2pm-8pm: SUMMER SOULSTICE
8pm: Mickee Faust Show featuring Elizabeth Whitney’s “A Day Without Sunshine”
8:30?pm- “The Goonies” Bike in Movie Night @ Krank it Up!
Industry
May 2nd - 31st, 2008
The 621 Gallery explores the effects of production in society with Industry in May. Artists Mark Abrahamson from Washington, Ira Hill from Tallahassee, and Gil Scullion from Connecticut comment on the effects of industry in the social environment. Mark Abrahamson’s aerial photographs are a global warning of how industry impacts the environment. Ira Hill stretches traditional sculpture techniques in the creation of 3-D social commentaries. Through assemblages of stencils and templates, Gil Scullion illustrates how traditional construction practices are being applied to science with genetic manipulation and selective breeding.
In the NBMG, FSU Art Students League
Tallahassee Film Festival
May 15th - 17th, 2008
The inaugural Tallahassee Film Festival (TFF) is a celebration of professional and emerging talent in the film industry. An outgrowth of Tallahassee’s Knight Creative Communities Initiative and a project of the International Creativity Center, Inc., TFF will showcase Tallahassee’s and the region’s territorial assets to filmmakers and related professionals while introducing to Tallahassee and the region the cultural and economic opportunities in the film industry. For more information check out www.tallahasseefilmfestival.com.
Primal
April 4th - 27th, 2008
The 621 Gallery is going Primal in the April exhibition. Artists Gabi Etenberg of Nevada, Linda Frost of California, and Jane Hesser of Rhode Island explore the relationship between primitive nature and humanity. Gabi Etenberg uses the camera to capture people and places that explain the tension of displacement within herself. Linda Frost addresses the suffering of animals in the name of science. Jane Hesser explores the inner, primal nature of humanness that is expressed through animalistic imagery.
In the NBMG, FSU Art Students League
Put Together
March 7th - 30th, 2008
Assembly comes to the forefront at The 621 Gallery in the March exhibition. Put Together addresses how we assemble ourselves inside and out with the work of Charles E. Birnbaum of New York, Jeana Eve Klein of North Carolina, and Marcy Sperry of Chicago. Charles E. Birnbaum reveals the construction of identity through ceramics. Jeana Eve Klein explores the disconnect between souvenirs and the places they represent by recreating tangible memories through quilting. Marcy Sperry’s images reveal a resistance against obsessive body modification.
In the NBMG, FSU Art Students League
Connected
February 1st - 29th, 2008
The 621 Gallery addresses Connected with the February exhibition. Artists Matthew Borgen of Philadelphia, Jeff Eisenberg of San Francisco, and Charles Matson Lume of Minnesota explore the internal relationships between language, science, and history. Matthew Borgen comments on perceptions of the past and the failure to recreate history. Jeff Eisenberg’s drawings examine spatial relationships inspired by science. Charles Matson Lume explores light and transforms aesthetic experiences through the language of art.
In the Nan Boynton Memorial Gallery, Randy Polumbo
Culture of Conflict
January 4th - 27th, 2008
The 621 Gallery addresses a Culture of Conflict in January. As today’s digital culture blurs the distinction between entertainment and reality, artists Carola Dreidemie of Miami, Michael Heroux of Washington D.C., and Claire Rau of South Carolina address the affect of media on social interactions, particularly conflict. Carola Dreidemie’s installations comment on conflict and confusion in society. Michael Heroux addresses the effects of digital culture, entertainment, and news. Claire Rau investigates the concept of war as sport in her sculptures and prints.
In the NBMG, FSU Art Students League.
Fertile Compilation Release Show
January 25, 2008, 6:00 PM
Looking for some fun? Come out to The 621 Gallery on Friday, January 25th @ 6PM as Cloud 13 Records presents The Fertile Compilation Release Show to benefit the Brehon Institute. Special performances by Keepbullfighting, The Intoxicators, Cox Populi and Oenyaw. Beverages contributed by Tri-Eagle Sales.