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HOLD YOUR HORSES IT’S JULY! @flora

Andrai — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:24:59 +0000

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

The world under wax @13forest

Andrai — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:02:13 +0000

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

13Forest Gallery: Strata

Andrai — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:39:54 +0000

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)

Paper Chase: Strata Opens Thursday April 15

Andrai — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:44:04 +0000

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″

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.

March into Spring @Flora

Andrai — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:54:44 +0000

MUSIC @ FLORA 6:30 – 9:00
TUE Steve Gerritsen on guitar
WED Tom West and friends play jazz
THURS 3/11 Glenn Dickson‘s gypsy jazz

MARCH WINTER RESTAURANT WEEK
March 14th – March 28th (including Saturdays)
$33.10 price fix 3 course menu
Please note that our regular menu
will NOT be available during these weeks
Restaurant Week Menu

THIRD THURSDAYS IN CAPITOL SQUARE March 18th
Time for the South Pacific!! Lesser known New Zealand well mannered vintages along with their rowdy and bold neighbors from Australia.

EARTH CITIZEN BRUNCH
Sunday, March 21st, 11am – 3pm
$25 BRUNCH BUFFET
Explore your passion for the Earth
find out how one small step can heal the planet!
Call flora to reserve.

ART DISPLAY
Dining Room: Pond Series by Lynne Klemmer
Hall: Photography by Erek Ostrowski

Alone|Together at 13Forest

Andrai — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:23:05 +0000

Alone|Together

Jeffrey P. Heyne & Dorothea Van Camp

Opening Friday, February 12, 2010 at 13Forest

Contemplating the sometimes solitary, sometimes collaborative nature of making art, Alone|Together features mixed media by Jeffrey Heyne and Dorothea Van Camp, a couple living and working alongside each other in Boston.

The exhibit will be presented as part of “Romancing the Square,” a series of events presented during Valentine’s Day Weekend by the businesses of Capitol Square in conjunction with the Arlington Center for the Arts.

IT’S COZY & WARM @ FLORA

Andrai — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:39:50 +0000

January 2010 3rd Thursday

MUSIC @ FLORA 6:30 – 9:00
TUE Steve Gerritsen on guitar
WED Tom West and friends play jazz

THIRD THURSDAY January 21st
It’s time to celebrate Robert Burns 251st birthday
(you don’t look a day over 240)
A SCOTCH TASTING
accompanied by some Scottish fare.

3rd Thursday November 19th

Andrai — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:31:29 +0000

Flora:
IT’S A NOUVEAU PARTY!!
Autumn may bring cool weather but it also brings BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU
Grab your New Beau (or old friend) and come on down…
on Thursday, November 19th
an Oak Cask of 2009 Beaujolais Nouveau arrives at flora-
We will commence pouring this awaited treat at 5:30 – the evening will include French music, and many dining specials. In addition to the Nouveau there will be a variety of whites and reds from Beaujolais at special prices. Time to welcome and savor the 2009 Gamay from Burgundy!

Monroe SaltWorks:
Pattern of The Month, 20% Off Evergreen & Moose Pottery

13Forest Gallery: Plenty is the annual roundup of the best work local and regional artists have to offer.Opening Thursday, November 19 with a reception from 7-9 pm, our salon style holiday show features new work by over 50 local artists.Plenty celebrates the artistic bounty in our midst, highlighting our latest finds from the area. In addition to painting, drawing, printmaking and photography, new media this year include sculpture, wood construction, and even pieces made from flower petals.

Maxima Gift Center: is offering 20%off of books.

PLENTY: 13Forest Gallery’s annual art roundup

Andrai — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:42:20 +0000

left:Azzurro, Lauren Drake, gouache on paper, 20" x 15"

Don’t miss Plenty – our annual roundup of the best work local and regional artists have to offer.

Opening Thursday, November 19 with a reception from 7-9 pm, our salon style holiday show features new work by over 50 local artists. Check here for a full list.

PLENTY celebrates the artistic bounty in our midst, highlighting our latest finds from the area. In addition to painting, drawing, printmaking and photography, we’ve added sculpture, wood construction, and even pieces made from flower petals.

The work is intended to be modest in size and budget – up to 20″ x 20″ and under $750 – and make great holiday gifts. Folks are encouraged to take home their pieces upon purchase, rather than at the exhibit’s close. Perfect for Santa or Hanukkah Harry to pick up on the way to a chimney or menorah near you. (more)

October 3rd Thursday

Andrai — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:59:52 +0000

Join us on October 15th from 4:30 – 8 pm. for fun fall activities and specials at the following businesses:

ARTBEAT: Decorate a Spider Sand Art card (ages 4+) FREE from 4:30-6

Flora: will be serving Massachusetts wines…they may have an inferiority complex that belies the exceptional quality!!
Come and enjoy what your state has to offer the world….

13Forest Gallery: The animal kingdom continues to reign in Capitol Square this Third Thursday October 15 as 13FOREST Gallery hosts a reception and talk in support of its fall exhibit Queer Animals.

Gallery Director Marc Gurton will read a selection of the quirkiest poems from Charles Mortimer’s Some Queer Animals and Why, the 1947 book of children’s poems which serves as the inspiration for the exhibit. Also up for discussion is the show’s queerness – or lack thereof – and how Burt Reynolds, zombies, and Icarus are members of what the Boston Phoenix dubbed a “preposterous zoo.”http://13forest.com/press/091809bostonphoenix.shtml

The reception is from 7-9 pm, with the talk beginning at 8 pm.

Monroe Salt Works: 20% off Crow Pottery