New Fall Artists’ Workshops at Urbano

Register now for The Art of Presentation: Portfolios and the Art School Application Process (Tuesdays 4:00 – 6:30pm, October 16 – December 14, 2010) or Ghouls and Zombies and Psychos, Oh My! An Introduction to Special Effects Make-Up (Saturday October 23rd, 1:00 – 4:00pm and Saturday October 30th, 1:00 – 4:00pm at Urbano).

Register now at: www.urbanoproject.org/teenworkshops.php

9/25 and 9/26: Visit Urbano at JP Open Studios

Come to Jamaica Plain Open Studios (September 25th and 26th from 11:00am – 6:00pm) to visit Urbano’s gallery and see work by our summer 2010 Artists Workshop participants.

8/27: Urbano at the Strand! Teen Film Festival

Friday August 27th, 6:00 – 8:00pm at the historic Strand Theater.
543 Columbia Road Dorchester, MA.

Urbano’s Teen Film Curators and the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events invite you to a free film screening showcasing the work of teen film makers from Urbano, Fast Forward at the ICA, RAW Artworks Real2Reel Film School, and the The Perpich Center for Arts Education.

Free and open to the public.

Questions?
Contact Urbano at 617.983.1007 or info@urbanoproject.org

Contact the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events at 617-635-3911 or visit www.cityofboston.gov/arts

Summer Brew at Urbano: August 13, 2010

Urbano invites friends, families, and neighbors to celebrate the work of our Summer Artists’ Workshops participants. For 6 weeks more than 50 teens from all over Boston (and beyond!) have worked intensively in Urbano’s studio space, creating public art, large sculptures, performance art, musical compositions, and short films. Join us on August 13th for a mixed-media celebration of contemporary art and Boston’s young artists, composers, and performers.

August 13th, 6:00 – 8:00pm in Urbano’s studio and gallery
284 Amory St. Jamaica Plain in the Brewery Building at Stony Brook on the Orange line

Free and open to the public.

Summer 2010 Workshops for Teens

Registration closed.
Led by professional artists, Urbano’s Artists’ Workshops provide opportunities for teens to experience diverse artistic media in-depth through personal studio exploration and large-scale collaborative projects. This summer we are offering 6 Artists Workshops in public art, performance, visual art, and film making.

The Big Screen: Silkscreen Workshop & Teen Film Fest May 7th at 6:00pm

Calling artists, designers, friends, and neighbors! Come learn to silkscreen your own posters or tshirts, and stay for an evening of short films by teens from all over Boston!  Urbano’s Teen Graphic Design and Film Curators invite you to an evening of art making and film by young people. At 6:00 you’re invited to choose from a selection of silkscreen designs to create your own colorful posters or a tshirt. While your work hangs on our gallery walls to dry, you’re invited to relax with a bag of free popcorn and enjoy short films by some of the city’s most talented teen directors.

Fundred and Urbano at Wake up the Earth 2010!

Saturday May 1st, 12:00 – 6:00pm

at Urbano and in the Southwest Corridor Park at Stony Brook.

Join us in the park to make a Fundred and enjoy the art, food, performances of the 23rd annual Wake Up the Earth Festival.   Look for the Fundred Project’s armored car in the Festival parade at 11:00, then visit Urbano’s gallery to see Colombian artist Rafik Neme’s Money Laundering series and make some of your own money too!

Opening of the The Red Room, April 16th

Join us for an evening of art, music and spoken word to celebrate URBANO’s opening of The Red Room: Making Music Out of Life, a documentary project by Christina Wegs.

Opening Reception Friday April 16, 6-8pm.

In 2008-2009, four young musicians at the Hyde Square Task Force came together to create an album of original music about their lives. Lewis Hine Documentary Fellow Christina Wegs documented their journey in photographs, audio and video.

The project is a celebration of the transformative power of music-making, and of the unique voices of these four talented young artists.

This project was produced with the support of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, The Philanthropic Initiative and the Hyde Square Task Force. Thanks to the URBANO Project Gallery for generously hosting this exhibit. Thanks also to the Berklee College of Music and the Music and Youth Initiative, for their support of the music studio at the Hyde Square Task Force.

Fundred Week, April 12th-16th

Fundred Week is fast-approaching at Urbano. Urbano is a regional collection center for the national art as activism project started by Mel Chin. It has the goal of raising awareness and funds to clean the lead-contaminated soil in New Orleans, which is a problem that many areas of Boston also face. The biodiesel Sous Terre armoured truck is coming on May 1st to Urbano to pick up all of our Fundreds.

Save the Date for Spring Brew

We’re getting ready for our Spring Brew, but wanted to let everyone know to save the date so you can celebrate the culmination of our teen curatorial program and workshops with us Friday May 21st from 6 to 8.