Arts. Beats. Eats. Show Friday Nov. 7!
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Live
entertainment, snacks, and refreshments will be provided. These include:
- Performances by international recording artist, David R. Maracle, who plays spirit flutes as well as a variety of drums from around the world
- Living statues by Fire Magic
- Catering for the gallery opening by Northern Exposure
- Signature martini bar by the Paddock Club
- Body- and face-painting by BrushStrokes by Melina
- Live-painting demonstration by muralist Garrett McCarthy
- Aaron Hall Photography Photobooth
Invitational
artists for this opening include Better Farm and betterArts artists, David R. Maracle, Paul N. Pedersen,
River Community Wellness Program, Soldier Art, and juried art from 65
artists throughout Northern New York.
A fundraiser
will be held during the event for Dragonfly Pottery, a local business whose studio recently burned down. Pottery
donated by area potters will be for sale. All proceeds from sales
will be donated to Ann and John Donovan.
BONUS!! Combine
your enjoyment with the Lyric Theater production of South Pacific.
Musical begins at 7 p.m. Only 100 bundle tickets will be available!
Save $2 off your Lyric ticket and your Arts Beats
Eats ticket.
Tickets
are $12 and on sale now online at www.nnyart.org or at these locations in Watertown, N.Y.:
Here are bios of the "Better" contributing artists for this event:- Arts on the Square, 52 Public Square
- Sherwood Florist at 1314 Washington St.
- Kinney's Drugs locations on Washington Street, State Street and Coffeen Street
Melissa Aulet, photography
Melissa Aulet is a transplant to
the area who moved to Watertown in 2010. She
is originally from New York City, where she went to college at the
Fashion Institute of Technology. Since moving to the North Country, Melissa has worked as a Senior
Account Executive at Tunes 92.5 Radio Station in Watertown. Her work there has included helping to create
commercials, voice commercials, write proposals, create imaging for
the website and facebook, and take photos for concerts and events. Melissa additionally runs her own photography studio called Sarissa Melissa Photography. That studio has grown exceptionally in just a few years from starting
off taking family photos to shooting the Heart concert, Reba concert,
to photos for the Hilton Gardens Billboard. Melissa has used the medium
of photography in many different facets enjoying nature and landscape
photography as a way to explore, and grow her talent, as well as
study light, and color. She hopes to grow her business in the new
year to include more spectacular nature and landscape pieces for
collectors, in addition to creating art for families with customized
family sessions. The possibilities are endless. Melissa most recently joined the board for BetterArts, a local arts and culture non-profit based out of Better Farm in Redwood. For that endeavor, Melissa utilizes her knowledge in marketing to promote the
group and its many great events here in the North Country. In the
next few months, Melissa will be working with the betterArts team on
future events and the launch of Better Radio on WBTS 88.5 FM.
Nicole Caldwell, collage
Nicole
Caldwell is the co-founder of Better Farm, a 65-acre
sustainability campus, organic farm, and artists' colony which serves
as a blueprint for environmentally conscious living. Better Farm
attracts those who are interested in doing "better"—
growing from each experience, serving their communities, and creating
something that benefits the world around them. Nicole is president of
the not-for-profit arts and music outreach initiative betterArts,
which works in tandem with Better Farm to explore the intersection
between sustainability and art. She also works as a professional
writer and editor; her work has been featured in Mother Earth
News, Reader's Digest, Time Out New York, and many
others. Her first book, Better: The Everyday Art of Sustainable
Living comes out in June 2015
through New Society Publishers.
Erica Hauser,
Watercolor
Erica Hauser is a painter and
illustrator currently based in Newburgh, NY. She grew up on a
half-dirt road by a reservoir in Brewster, NY, and graduated in 2002
with a BFA from School of Visual Arts, after studying at both Cornell
University in Ithaca and the Art Students League of NY. She lived in
NYC for 7 years and moved to the Hudson Valley in 2007. Erica was a
visiting betterArts resident during June of 2011.
www.ericahauser.com
Kathryn Mollica, woodburning
Kathryn Mollica graduated from Better
Farm's Sustainability Education Program in August of 2013, and has
since become the organization's director of education and farming.
She graduated with a degree in business from Fairleigh Dickinson
University and is in the process of laying the groundwork for her own
business—a bakery called, fittingly, Mollica.
www.facebook.com/bakery.mollica
Natalie Collette Wood, sculpture
Natalie
Collette Wood has degrees from Herbert H. Lehman College City
University of New York and School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Her sculptures are like mythical creatures or submarine life forms
with clear geometries and free form appendages in equal number.
Created from found objects, the work is built from the PVC legacies
of our civilization. Natalie
lives and works in New York City. She was a visiting betterArts
resident in August of 2013.
http://nataliecollettewood.com
http://nataliecollettewood.com
This
event is co sponsored by Stewarts Shops. The Dulles State Office Building is located at 317 Washington St. in Watertown, N.Y. for more information about this event, visit www.nyart.org.
