Tsunami-orphan benefit art show and auction - Dorchester, MA

Boston-area artists have joined together in an art exhibition and auction to benefit the orphans of The Great East Japan Earthquake.

Ongoing through March 23, 2013 at Hancock 309 Gallery, Dorchester, MA. (Map/directions)

On Saturday, March 9, most of the works on display will be auctioned.

All proceeds go to the Soma City Earthquake Disaster Orphan Scholarship Fund (or, as noted, Tewassa: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Through Arts + Crafts).

Two years after the disaster, the young survivors still need our help. Please support these charities and the local arts scene by attending the events and bidding on any of the dozens of fine works in the auction.

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Upcoming events:

• Exhibit hours: Monday thru Saturday during regular business hours - View / silent-bid on art through 3/9 (auction day), view non-auction pieces through 3/23. (Click here to view works by each artist)

• March 9 (Saturday) 6-9:30PM - (Live auction @ 7:30pm) - Live / Silent Auction Night with Food Drinks Live Music (tickets $20 online, $25 at door)

Music by Terry Orlando Jones, Juri Ify Love, Genuine Voices and Racha Fora

Introducing the event's theme song: "Inochi Wo Utaou (Sing Your Life)"

• March 11 (Monday) 7-8:30PM - Memorial service / community gathering (donation suggested)

• March 23 (Saturday) 11:30AM-12:30PM - Talk: Disaster Management with Office of Emergency Management (donation suggested)

Guest Speaker: Christina Maryland, Office of Emergency Management

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Note: Silent auction bids (for silent-auction-only and to pre-bid on live-auction items) accepted during exhibit hours through March 9 and via e-mail at tsunamiartauction@gmail.com

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Artists on exhibit:

• Charles G. Baldwin
• Brenda F. Burton
• Camila Chaves Cortes
• Drea Designs Couture
• Jason Fitz-Gerald
• Mihoko Hakata
• Eric Hovermale
• Wendy Jean Hyde
• Nobuyuki Inukai
• Matthew Lazure

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Sponsors: A2C Productions, Boston Music Coalition, dbar, Fuji@Kendall Japanese Restaurant, Genuine Voices,  Hancock 309 Gallery, Kanto Foundation, Pikaichi Japanese Restaurant.

Artist: Matthew Lazure

Matthew Lazure is an Elliot Norton Award-nominated artist and set designer for Wheelock Family Theatre.

He uses various media to express his creativity.

Matthew is a resident at Brickbottom Artists Studio and Gallery, where he often holds his exhibitions and events.

Jailsemer (a town in India)

(Ink on paper
9"x11")

Retail value: $200

Minimum bid: $10

Mind If I Come Down

(Acrylic paint and glass
11"x13")

Retail value: $400

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

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Artist: Nobuyuki Inukai

Nobuyuki Inukai is a ceramicist and calligrapher from Nagoya, Japan, and currently residing in Boston.

His unique technique is using his non-dominant (left) hand for calligraphy, with phrases evoking Japanese proverbs and wisdom.

His works are displayed and can be purchased at Pikaichi Japanese Restaurant in Allston, MA.

Koharu Biyori - Indian Summer

(Calligraphy
17"x9")

Minimum bid: $10

 Sold

Ichigo Ichie - Treasure Every Encounter, for It Comes Only Once

(Calligraphy
10"x8")

Minimum bid: $10

Sold

Jyuou Mujin - There Is No Limit in Every Direction

(Calligraphy
9"x11")

Minimum bid: $10

Sold

Kisho Tenketsu - Introduction, development, turn and conclusion

(Calligraphy
9"x11")

Minimum bid: $10
Sold

Muri Shinakuteii - No Need to Try Too Hard

(Calligraphy
11"x9")

Minimum bid: $10
Sold

Shunka Shuto - Four Seasons

(Calligraphy
11"x9")

Minimum bid: $10
Sold

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Artist: Wendy Jean Hyde

Wendy Jean Hyde was born in Brighton, MA, in 1964. The winter months of Wendy Jean's childhood were spent in Miami, FL and the summer months spent in the suburbs of Boston, MA; in both locations she admired and connected to the Atlantic Ocean often.

Ms. Hyde studied at Framingham State (College) in 1982 to 1983; Tufts University (Somerville/Medford) and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) from 1983 to 1989. Wendy Jean returned to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2007 for the 5th Year Program where she was awarded the prestigious Traveling Scholarship Award in 2008.

For the 2010 MFA, Boston Traveling Scholars Exhibition, Ms. Hyde based her work and installation from site specific research in Iceland's Silfra Cathedral. Silfra Cathedral is a glacial water filled fissure in Iceland's Thingvellir national park, a World Heritage Site within the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Wendy Jean Hyde is an interdisciplinary artist currently residing in the Boston area with studios both in Watertown and Needham, MA.


Artist's Statement

The connection between these works, exhibited today and available on auction:

- a framed image of a polar bear swimming in a glass enclosure

- a poem stenciled, wet-graffiti style, on board

- 3 single small images of fresh water Icelandic waves mounted on individual boards

are pulled together to honor past years and through to the present, the Now, here for you, dear reader, dear looker.


Water as a vehicle for the reflected, the displaced, the dissolved, the travelled, the held, the contained, the temporary, the forever, the always, and the all things; filters through time.

It is maybe a coincidence that a polar bear swims in a zoo enclosure in Indianapolis while another polar bear swims the waters off Iceland, looking for land. It is perhaps a coincidence that you are here now. Do we filter time or does time filter through us?

It is with intention, these works will serve as vehicles for the discussion of water as a vehicle for time or the contrary; time as a vehicle for water.

New and Unforgotten" (Poem)

(Acrylic, graphite, faux silver leaf on board

12"x16")

Minimum bid: $200

Sold

New and Unforgotten (Tundra - Polar Bear)

(Pigment ink print - unframed, print only
17.5"x22.5")

Minimum bid: $350

Manuscripts (of Water to Lava - Thingvallavatn, Iceland)

(Pigment ink prints mounted on board with acrylic and graphite
12"x6"ea.)

Minimum bid: $50 each [to be auctioned individually])
Bottom one sold. Top two are still available

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Artist: Eric Hovermale

Eric Hovermale is a photographer and painter who is based in Newport, Rhode Island.

His photography centers principally on the figure and portrait, poetically expressing the essence of the human spirit and external form of his subjects.

Ingenue

(Photograph
Hahnemuhle photo rag
9"x11")

Retail value: $150

Minimum bid: $20

Ingenue #2 (same image as above, larger print)

(Photograph
Hahnemuhle photo rag
13"x19")

Retail value: $300

Minimum bid: $30
Sold

Sunbather

(Photograph
Hahnemuhle photo rag
9"x11")

Retail value: $150

Minimum bid: $20

Looking Glass

(Photograph
Hahnemuhle photo rag
9"x11")

Retail value: $150

Minimum bid: $20

Sold

Pre Partum

(Photograph
Hahnemuhle photo rag
13"x19")

Retail value: $300

Minimum bid: $30

The Rose

(Photograph
Hahnemuhle photo rag
19"x13")

Retail value: 300

Minimum bid: $30

Triptych

(Photograph
Hahnemuhle photo rag
19"x13")

Retail value: $300

Minimum bid: $30

Sold

Solo (Third panel from above)

(Photograph
Hahnemuhle photo rag
19"x13")

Retail value: $300

Minimum bid: $30
Sold

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Artist: Mihoko Hakata

Mihoko Hakata, a former Boston resident, has recently returned to her native Japan. She is an artist, model and a Happy New Year's baby!

Her mother called her "E.T." because she had big curious eyes and long fingers with lots of wrinkles. She loves to smile at strangers, and would like to spread happiness and "Relax and Feel Good" energy all over the world!

Magnolia Spa

(Watercolor and ink - A piece for an article about "Magnolia Spa" in the Brooklyn magazine 11211.
I hope you feel relaxed and feel good by looking at this piece.

19"x19")

Retail value: $450

Minimum bid: $40
Sold

King of Hobos

(Ink, watercolor, acrylic paint, color pencils on corrugated cardboard - Dedicated to the King of Hobos, Rudy Phillips
35"x24")

Retail value: $450

Minimum bid: $30

Sold

Happy Go Hippie

(Ink and Watercolor - Published in the Brooklyn magazine 11211 as a promotional piece for a musical
22.5"x16.5")

Retail value: $350

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

The Loneliness - Turtle Shell Series

(Beautiful magazine papers found on the NYC street, cardboard, glue and lots of love - Inspired by the feeling Robin Lee Graham had in the novel, Dove
Note: background color not part of this shell-shaped item
16"x18")

Retail value: $450

Minimum bid: $30
Sold

The Content - Turtle Shell Series

(Beautiful magazine papers found on the NYC street, cardboard, glue and lots of love - Inspired by the feeling Robin Lee Graham had in the novel, Dove
Note: background color not part of this shell-shaped item
16"x18")

Retail value: $450

Minimum bid: $30
Sold

The Joy of Journey - Turtle Shell Series

(Beautiful magazine papers found on the NYC street, cardboard, glue and lots of love - Inspired by the feeling Robin Lee Graham had in the novel, Dove
Note: background color not part of this shell-shaped item
16"x18")

Retail value: $450

Minimum bid: $30
Sold

The Wild Wondrous Encounters - Turtle Shell Series

(Beautiful magazine papers found on the NYC street, cardboard, glue and lots of love - Inspired by the feeling Robin Lee Graham had in the novel, Dove
Note: background color not part of this shell-shaped item
16"x18")

Retail value: $450

Minimum bid: $30 

Sold

Still Standing WTC - New York Series

(Ink and watercolor - Published in the Japanese travel guide book Chikyu no Arukikata [Globe Trotter]
20"x16.5")

Retail value: $350

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

Africa Comes to NYC - Lion King - New York Series

(Ink and watercolor - Published in the Japanese travel guide book Chikyu no Arukikata [Globe Trotter]
25.5"x18.5")

Retail value: $350

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

A Whole World at Once - Met - New York Series

(Ink and watercolor - Published in the Japanese travel guide book Chikyu no Arukikata [Globe Trotter]
20.5"x16")

Retail value: $350

Minimum bid: $20

Spring Ride in Central Park - New York Series

(Ink and watercolor  - Published in the Japanese/English learning book Eigo Mimi & Eigo Shita [English Ears & English Tongue]
29"x22")

Retail value: $450

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

Sinking City - New York Series

(Shredded dollars, a dollar, a penny, ink, watercolor and photocopied paper - This artwork depicts the greedy city of New York, which is sinking into the shredded money ocean and almost eaten by the huge fish which is made of money
22.5"x15")

Retail value: $350

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

Seven - Lucky Moments - New York Series

(A flight ticket to NYC, pennies which I found on the street, NYC Subway map, omikuji, ink, pencil, paper - Let's talk about your lucky moments. Here is mine! The body shape I am making [I used to have a big Afro!] is the Japanese character for the number "seven," and some of you might be able to read the African symbols on my body. Wishing you many more luck moments today!
39.5"x29")

Retail value: $600

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

1970s Panorama Celebration

(Set of four record covers bought at flea market in NYC, photos, acrylic paint, OHP papers, photocopied papers, ribbons - Celebrating all the wonderful people [such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono] and music from 1970s. You will see pictures of myself, printed email and a song's lyrics as well. Cheers!
69"x18")

Retail value: $650

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

Sparkling IZZE Flower - Bottle series

(Watercolor, ink and photoshop - Perfect drink on a summer day
12"x15")

Retail value: 350

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

Fly to Amazon Sambazon - Bottle series

(Watercolor, ink and photoshop - Vitamin C boost in the Amazon
12'x15")

Retail value: 350

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

Moose

(Oil paint on round canvas - Portrait of a dog "Moose" I played with in Florida. Moose is big and strong, yet gentle.
20"x20")

Retail value: $800

Minimum bid: $50
Sold

Man Woman

(Oil paint - Self-portrait, having a part woman, part man, and flying freely!
20"x24")

Retail value: $500

Minimum bid: $30

Gave Him a Cherry

(Acrylic paint - Captured live, a portrait of an adorable squirrel who is enjoying a cherry I gave him in Central Park, NYC
17"x22")

Retail value: $350

Minimum bid: $30
Sold

Japanese Energy - I Am Passion

(Watercolor, paper, record covers from a flea market in New York City - Celebrating Japan and its passionate energy. More positive energy for Japan!
24"x18")

Retail value: $600

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

New York Jungle

(Ink, watercolor and acrylic paint - This is dedicated to the homeless people who live strongly on the streets of NYC. One time I interviewed a homeless guy and he said he could earn $100 a day sometimes by selling things he finds on the streets. They can find almost anything on the NY streets. I used to find pretty wooden chairs and collage materials as well.
75"x39")

Retail value: $2,000

Minimum bid: $30
Sold

George Bush's Nose

(Ink and watercolor - Political piece
16"x19")

Retail value: $350

Minimum bid: $10
Sold

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Artist: Jason Fitz-Gerald

Jason Fitz-Gerald is an East Boston-based multimedia artist, specializing in fire-painting on wood.

Mask

(Acrylic and fire on paper
30"x40")

Retail value: $2,500

Minimum bid: $100
Sold

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Artist: Drea Designs Couture

Drea Designs Couture is a Boston-based fashion designer whose collections have been seen at Boston Fashion Week and in various publications, including Upscale Living magazine.  She is the recipient of the International Fashion Group award.

Her Asian robe collection is her signature creation.

Cherry Blossom Robe

(Satin)

Retail value: $350

Minimum bid: $50

Sold

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Artist: Camila Chaves Cortes

Camila Chaves Cortes has captured and documented the largest infrastructure projects in the world. Camila's provocative images of the landscape transformations of Berlin from 1994-2003 and the mythological Big Dig of Boston from 1998-2003 depict her life force.

She is exhibiting four pieces on the subjects of recent ecological disasters.

Tsunami

(5-panel collage watercolor mural
24"x48"ea.)

Not for sale

Sandy

(Collage in wood, plastic and LEGO on wood panel
36"x73")

Not for sale

 

Deep Water Horizon

(Oil painting
60"x48")

Not for sale

Oil Spill Pelican

(Oil painting
48"x24")

Not for sale

Artist: Brenda F. Burton

Brenda F. Burton is a New Hampshire-based Nantucket-basket maker and quilter.

"To me, a quilt represents warmth, carefully stitched with thoughts of friendship, hope, and a positive outlook for the days ahead.  I chose fabrics that I hoped expressed my feelings and emphasized my gratitude for the friendship we share."

Crossing the Bridge

(Quilt
72"x84")

Retail value: $350

Minimum bid: $50
Sold

Live auction
All proceeds from this item go to
Tewassa: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Through Arts + Crafts).
 
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Artist: Charles G. Baldwin

Charles G. Baldwin works as an administrator, designer, and teacher at Wheelock Family Theatre, a professional, Equity theatre for young people and adults in Boston, Massachusetts.

He is exhibiting four pieces, two of which are on auction to support tsunami orphans.

Still Life With Cat

(Ink on paper
12"x10")

Retail value: $250 framed

Minimum bid: $20
Sold

Heart-on #1

(Ink on paper
10"x12")

Retail value: $150 framed

Minimum bid: $10

Heart-on #2

(Ink on paper
10'x12")

For sale (1/4 proceeds to the cause)

Yard With Cat

(Ink on paper
12'x10")

 For Sale (1/4 proceeds to the cause)

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