Posted on 07 July 2010 by Andrai
Slow down and enjoy the summer in your own backyard!
Stop by and enjoy the cool ambiance of flora, a refreshing beverage,
and local food prepared with a focus on wholesome pleasure.
Farmers Markets 2010 June – October
Arlington Center: Every Wednesday, 2pm-6pm
Lexington Center: Every Tuesday, 2pm-6pm
4th of JULY closed
THIRD THURSDAYS IN CAPITOL SQUARE July 15th
Celebrating Bastille Day with
French Wines, French Music and French Food!
NETWORKING AND SOCIAL GATHERING * Wellness Practitioners
Monday, July 19th 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
$10 at the door, cash bar and delicious snacks.
Feel free to come and share your practice with others.
View Evite
BRUNCH BEGINS AUGUST 1ST
Flora will resume its Sunday Brunch with
a $17 Brunch Buffet, children cost $1 per year of age!
ART DISPLAY
Dining Room: Celebration of Flowers by Marilyn Levitt
Hall: Walden Pond: A Love Affair by Linda Allen
Posted on 09 June 2010 by Andrai
Red Bird 2, Taleen Batalian, oil, encaustic on panel, 10" x 10"
On Thursday, June 17 from 7-9 pm, 13FOREST Gallery will open Preserve, an exhibition of new and recent work by Taleen Batalian, Anne Cavanaugh and Tracy Spadafora. Focusing on nature, the exhibition presents three different approaches to defining and interpreting the world through one of the oldest of all art forms – wax-based encaustic. First developed in ancient Egypt, encaustic has recently regained popularity among artists. The three women taking part in Preserve are generally recognized as being among the few of its masters in the Boston area. read more
Posted on 20 May 2010 by Andrai
Artist Talk & Reception, Third Thursday 5.20, 7-9pm, talk at 8
Strata is an exhibition of new and recent work by notable Boston-area printmakersMarc Cote, Susan Jaworski-Stranc, Ellen Shattuck Pierce, and Anne Silber focusing on the versatility of printmaking, its brilliance of color and the means by which ink can be manipulated to create infinite layers of meaning. Together the show’s four artists employ stencil-based serigraphy, linoleum-block and woodblock printing to produce worlds that can be serene, humorous or meditative. (more)
Posted on 24 April 2010 by Andrai
In conjunction with Cynthia Hurley Wine and The Spirited Gourmet from Winchester:
An Evening with Benoit Germain, Chateau de Chorey
The Germain family at Chateau de Chorey has been producing fine Burgundy for many generations. Monsieur Germain will discuss his eco-friendly farming techniques and how these methods grace and enhance his wines.
The evening will feature a 3-course menu created by Bob Sargent.
The cost is $60 per person.
Call flora to reserve.
Posted on 14 April 2010 by Andrai
 Harbinger, Susan Jaworski-Stranc, reduction linoleum print, 12" x 12" On Thursday, April 15, 13FOREST Gallery will open Strata, an exhibition of new and recent work by notable Boston-area printmakers Anne Silber, Ellen Shattuck Pierce, Marc Cote and Susan Jaworski-Stranc. Strata focuses on the versatility of printmaking, and the means by which ink can be manipulated to create infinite layers of meaning. Together the show’s four artists employ stencil-based serigraphy, linoleum-block and woodblock printing to produce worlds that can be serene, humorous or meditative.
Early Autumn: Reflection, Anne Silber, serigraph, 17″ x 35¾”
Anne Silber, the lone seriographer, uses stencils to force smooth layers of semi-transparent ink onto paper. In much the way of a watercolorist, she distills scenes of the natural world into essential color blocks with few lines separating them from one another. Silber’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Rose Art Museum and the Worcester Art Museum; and it has appeared in movies such as Charlie Wilson’s War, First Wives Club and The Departed.
Susan Jaworski-Stranc is one of two artists in Stratawho employ linoleum blocks in the printmaking process. Carving multiple plates out of linoleum, then inking and pressing them to paper, Stranc creates representational scenes and symbolic compositions, such as silhouettes denoting winter’s approach. Her color sensibilities might appear similar to Silber’s but closer inspection reveals the chance print marks of linoleum. Stranc’s books and prints have been exhibited at the Danforth Museum, the DeCordova Museum and the New Britain Museum of American Art; and they are part of the permanent collections of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and the University of California.
The work of Ellen Shattuck Pierce, also a linoleum-block printer, uses intricate black-ink lines that define compositional elements and clearly separate blocks of color. Of late Pierce has been using this technique to depict domestic scenes that clash with contemporary ideals of domestic bliss. Her frequently stressed-out themes suggest states to which any mindful but overworked parent could relate, such as a family meal that devolves into a dinner-plate battle scene atop fine table linens. A native Vermonter, Pierce now lives in Boston and her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across Canada, Massachusetts, New York, Arkansas and Wisconsin.
| Darn Ocelots Stole Conrad, Marc Cote, woodcut, 32″ x 25″ |
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Marc Cote’s woodblock prints frequently bear residual grain textures that remind viewers of medieval illustrations. It is a reasonable connection since many of his subjects are strange icons and historical events that time seems to have forgotten. In one print a team of ocelots – now an endangered species – carries a man off to a hinterland. Were the affronting party an eagle or a pack of wolves, references could be made to ancient tales. But ocelots? Myths, Cote reminds us, have to start somewhere. Cote is the chairperson of the Art and Music Department of Framingham State College, and he sits on the boards of trustees of Boston Printmakers and the Danforth Museum. His work is included in the permanent collections of Harvard University, the University of Wisconsin and the Danforth Museum. Coincident with Strata, Cote will be the subject of a one-man show at the Art Academy of Krakow in Poland.
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