Oh To Be Happy: Let’s Look To Wunderarts
I dunno about the rest of you in your various locales, but here in Western Mass we got dumped on over the weekend. Sunday brought nearly a foot of fluffy, puffy beautiful snow. In fact, I don’t truly know that it wasn’t a full foot or even over a foot as I didn’t measure. I was too busy shovelling and tromping around in the magical whiteness to care how much of it there was. Despite all my shovelling and then enjoying an afternoon of snowshoeing yesterday (snowshoeing for the very first time mind you, which, although not exactly the mystical Jesus walking on the water experience I’d expected, was, none the less, quite fun), I’m remarkably free of soreness! Oh happy day!
And so I’m here to talk to you about good things–beautiful snow that doesn’t leave pain in it’s wake, shoes that elevate the wearer above the weather and a gallery that pleases all those who cross it’s threshold. Of course, I’m talking about none other than our favorite Western Mass art gallery–Wunderarts. After a brief winter hiatus, Wunderarts is back with an exciting new show. “Consumed”, an exhibition of the work of Petula Bloomfield and Sarah Bliss, is set to open with a reception this Friday, March 6, from 6 – 9 pm. Great art, great people, great space–you should come! Wunderarts always makes it worth your while, and besides, all the cool people will be there… peeeeerpressure!
here’s a l’il preview:
image courtesy wunderarts
petula bloomfield’s poetry of desire, 2008
9 x 7″ mounted digital print
image courtesy wunderarts
sarah bliss’ plexi 3, 2008
14″ x 11″, oil and enamel on plexiglass
“CONSUMED”
Opening Friday March 6, 6 – 9 pm
on view through April 12, 2009
an artist talk with Petula Bloomfield & Sarah Bliss
Sunday, March 29, 2009, 12 – 2 pm
March 4, 2009 at 1:59 am
It is great to have a place like that to go, I mean, when you finally get out of the driveway, down the street, and somewhere where snowplows are working.
I used to tear up listening to a mundane old ski report when living in Texas. Now I live here where an Albuquerque low can swirl backwards and give me 40 inches overnight. It’s feaky, and yet beautiful sometimes…but also dangerous if the power cuts out.
March 4, 2009 at 10:47 am
ayep, wunderarts is a gem in the midst of this frozen wasteland i call home!
March 12, 2009 at 9:04 am
late comment, but the current show at Wunderarts is fabu! Steph and i had a hella time chatting it up with Petula Bloomfield, who is a charming woman who’s work i respect and admire quite alot. Sarah Bliss is down-to-earth, unpretentious, clever and her work is absolutely stunning. I LOVE going to Wunderarts openings! I really hope the place manages to thrive in these difficult times.
May 2, 2009 at 10:58 pm
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